Really good album, but it's super overrated in Fela's discography. I wouldn't put it in his top twenty albums. I also don't think it's the best thing he made with Ginger Baker on board. This is:
Dark Days & Canapes by Ghostpoet
This one was much better than Some Say I So I Say Light. I had no idea who ghostpoet was before this game lol. Anyways, Dark Days is an improvement on all fronts. I liked Some Say I a lot, it was an interesting and unique listen, but I think I like it less now than when I initially listened to it (gave it 7.5 I think). It was a bit monotone and samey, both in the instrumental and in vocal department. There is much more variety with the beats here, there's a lot more electronic and rock influences. His delivery is less rap bars, and more singing, which isn't necessarily better, but it does makes for a more diverse album. And of course the songs themselves are much more memorable. There's not a weak track here, fabulous stuff. Loved it, 8/10
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deepcuts top 50 of the decade & RYM metal top 100
15/ The Armed - Untitled
20/ Mica Levi - Under the Skin OST
34/ Esparanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (forgot to put that one on the list when I made it :/)
49/ Greg Ward - Touch my Beloved's Thought
50/ Oceansize - Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood
Cryptopsy - None So Vile
Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun
Immolation - Close To The World Below
Dismember - Like An Ever Flowing Stream _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Pretty good jam here. Reminds me of my family. I wouldn't be dying to play this any time soon, but if it were on again, I'd totally dig listening to it again. Good jam music.
2. Kyuss - Blues For The Red Sun, easy choice for me here, even if it isn't my favorite stuff.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (608/1001... been burning candles at both ends)
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970s 1970
Trafalgar Bee Gees 1970s 1971
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby 1970s 1971
Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1970s 1971
A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces 1970s 1971
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies 1970s 1971
White Light Gene Clark 1970s 1971
Shaft: Music from the Soundtrack Isaac Hayes 1970s 1971 (never purposely put on even if familiar with some of it... I mean who isn't)
John Prine John Prine 1970s 1971Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1970s 1971Manassas Manassas 1970s 1971Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1970s 1971Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972Transa Caetano Veloso 1972American Gothic David Ackles 1972Made in Japan Deep Purple 1972Eagles Eagles 1972Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1972Home Is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972Sail Away Randy Newman 1972Slayed? Slade 1972The Slider T. Rex 1972All Directions The Temptations 1972Greetings From LA Tim Buckley 1972Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972The World Is a Ghetto WAR 1972Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version Yasunori Mitsuda (1972) 1972Space Ritual Hawkwind 19733 + 3 Isley Brothers 1973Solid Air John Martyn 1973Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973Bongo Rock The Incredible Bongo Band 1973Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973American Graffiti Soundtrack Various Artists 1973Honky Tonk HeroesWaylon Jennings 1973Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973Sheet Music 10cc 1974Bad Company Bad Company 1974461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974No Other Gene Clark 1974The Grand Tour George Jones 1974Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron 1974Grievous Angel Gram Parsons 1974Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon 1974Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974I Want to See the Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 1974Country Life Roxy Music 1974Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1974Kimono My House Sparks 1974Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder1974Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison 1974Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1975There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975Young Americans David Bowie 1975Born to Be With You Dion 1975That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris 1975The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975The Kรถln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators 1975Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator (1975) 1975Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 1975Joan Armtrading Joan Armtrading 1976Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976Music From the Penguin Cafรฉ Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton 1976Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1977New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury 1977One World John Martyn 1977Hard Again Muddy Waters 1977Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1977Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977Babylon By Bus Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978C'est Chic Chic 1978Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely 1978Real Life Magazine 1978Here, My DearMarvin Gaye 1978Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978Public Image Limited Public Image Limited 1978Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman 1978The Scream Siouxsie & The Banshees 1978Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts The Adverts 1978The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978Eternally Yours The Saints 1978Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1978Siembra Willie Colรณn & Rubรฉn Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risquรฉ Chic 1979Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979GI Germs 1979Movies Holger Czukay 1979Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979Metal Box Public Image Limited 1979We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979Street LifeThe Crusaders1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones1979
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I'm a big fan of Chutes Too Narrow, and while this is definitely a step down it still has a lot of the things that I like about that album, including great hooks and Mercer's fantastic vocals. I'll be listening to this again, and it also makes me want to listen to Oh Inverted World, which I've never been a fan of, to see if my views on it have improved over the years.
546. Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
571. Making Movies by Dire Straits
579. Pure Heroine by Lorde
625. A New World Record by Electric Light Orchestra
652. Nursery Crime by Genesis
654. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
655. Queen II by Queen
656. Mirage by Camel
659. Waiting for the Sun by The Doors
660. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins _________________ And it's hard to be a human being. And it's harder as anything else.
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I liked Hot Buttered Soul better in some ways but in other ways the orchestration is pretty top notch (albeit rich in that 70s corny stuff I am less a fan of) /unique collection of work/could be considered great pending on my mood. Pretty ok for today though even if the title track, Do Your Thing (pretty impressive 20 minute jam) and Soulsville I dug - 3.5/80.
2. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins is pretty good/best of the bunch from what I remember.
3. Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (608/1001... been burning candles at both ends)
Ananda Shankar Ananda Shankar 1970s 1970
Gasoline Alley Rod Stewart 1970s 1970
John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic 1970s 1970
Trafalgar Bee Gees 1970s 1971
If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby 1970s 1971
Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton 1970s 1971
A Nod's As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces 1970s 1971
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies 1970s 1971
White Light Gene Clark 1970s 1971
John Prine John Prine 1970s 1971
Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 1970s 1971Manassas Manassas 1970s 1971Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart 1970s 1971Let's Stay Together Al Green 1972Transa Caetano Veloso 1972American Gothic David Ackles 1972Made in Japan Deep Purple 1972Eagles Eagles 1972Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake, & Palmer 1972Home Is Where the Music Is Hugh Masekela 1972Will the Circle be Unbroken Nitty Gritty Dirt Band 1972Sail Away Randy Newman 1972Slayed? Slade 1972The Slider T. Rex 1972All Directions The Temptations 1972Greetings From LA Tim Buckley 1972Something/Anything? Todd Rundgren 1972The World Is a Ghetto WAR 1972Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version Yasunori Mitsuda (1972) 1972Space Ritual Hawkwind 19733 + 3 Isley Brothers 1973Solid Air John Martyn 1973Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan 1973Bongo Rock The Incredible Bongo Band 1973Next The Sensational Alex Harvey Band 1973A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren 1973American Graffiti Soundtrack Various Artists 1973Honky Tonk HeroesWaylon Jennings 1973Tres Hombres ZZ Top 1973Sheet Music 10cc 1974Bad Company Bad Company 1974461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton 1974No Other Gene Clark 1974The Grand Tour George Jones 1974Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron 1974Grievous Angel Gram Parsons 1974Court and Spark Joni Mitchell 1974Autobahn Kraftwerk 1974Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon 1974Good Old Boys Randy Newman 1974I Want to See the Bright Lights Richard & Linda Thompson 1974Country Life Roxy Music 1974Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis 1974Kimono My House Sparks 1974Pretzel Logic Steely Dan 1974Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder1974Phaedra Tangerine Dream 1974It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison 1974Marcus Garvey Burning Spear 1975There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield 1975Young Americans David Bowie 1975Born to Be With You Dion 1975That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire 1975Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris 1975The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell 1975The Kรถln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators 1975Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits 1975Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator (1975) 1975Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson 1975Joan Armtrading Joan Armtrading 1976Hejira Joni Mitchell 1976Music From the Penguin Cafรฉ Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1976Frampton Comes Alive! Peter Frampton 1976Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson 1977New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury 1977One World John Martyn 1977Hard Again Muddy Waters 1977Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel 1977Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers 1977Heavy Weather Weather Report 1977Babylon By Bus Bob Marley And The Wailers 1978C'est Chic Chic 1978Honky Tonk Masquerade Joe Ely 1978Real Life Magazine 1978Here, My DearMarvin Gaye 1978Dub Housing Pere Ubu 1978Public Image Limited Public Image Limited 1978Shalimar Rahul Dev Burman 1978The Scream Siouxsie & The Banshees 1978Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts The Adverts 1978The Only Ones The Only Ones 1978Duck Stab/Buster & Glen The Residents 1978Eternally Yours The Saints 1978Live and Dangerous Thin Lizzy 1978D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle 1978Siembra Willie Colรณn & Rubรฉn Blades 1978Germ-Free Adolescents X-Ray Spex 1978Risquรฉ Chic 1979Armed Forces Elvis Costello 1979GI Germs 1979Movies Holger Czukay 1979Broken English Marianne Faithfull 1979Metal Box Public Image Limited 1979We Are Family Sister Sledge 1979Street LifeThe Crusaders1979Machine Gun Etiquette The Damned 1979Live at the Witch Trials The Fall 1979Reggatta De Blank The Police 1979Undertones The Undertones1979
Took me awhile to get around to this album, but I'm glad I finally listened to this thing. I'm still unsure of what Foorwork is as a genre, I mean, I understand some technial differences between it and other House or Instrumental hip hop music, but I get the same vibes from it, so that's all that really matters to me. It's interesting to see some of the polarizing takes on this album, some hailing it a masterpiece and others not quite bashing it, but not impressed in the slightest. I find myself leaning towards the first group, as I was thoroughly entertained while listening to this album, even if it does get a bit repetitious. (And I know repetition). Happy to put it near the end of the decade chart, because Footwork was an important thing to gain popularity in the past decade.
Seth, Flamin' Groovies are great.
Alan Watts- This Is It
Herbst9 - Buried Under Time And Sand
Bob Bell-Necropolis
็ซ ใท Corp. : Palm Mall
Gnidrolog- Lady Lake
Shannon Wright- Over the Sun
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes - Uganda
GรRARD GRISEY : "Les Espaces Acoustiques"
Blaze- 25 Years Later
Theo Parrish- Sound Signature Sounds
This started out okay enough with the first two tracks, but I guess that's all there was to offer. The rest of the album is meandering and insipid. It just seems really flat and seems to be uninspired recycling...this came out in 2002 for all I know.
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What is buried under time and sand?
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Luigiiโs 84 Greatest Music Albums (three more):
3. Caracal /--/ Disclosure
11. Astral Progressions /--/ Josef Leimberg
12. The Velocity Of Love /--/ Suzanne Ciani
15. The Royal Scam /--/ Steely Dan
16. Love Deluxe /--/ Sade
17. Emergency On Planet Earth /--/ Jamiroquai
20. Here To There /--/ DJ Spinna
21. Bridges /--/ Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
22. One From The Heart /--/ Tom Waits
23. Big Calm /--/ Morcheeba _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
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