A great soul record written by the one and only Swamp Dogg. He's the man, and I'm glad that he's had a bit of a renaissance over the last several years. This wouldn't fly nowadays, but he really had a knack for writing from the perspective of a scorned woman. He wrote for Doris Duke on "I'm a Loser" and most of the songs follow the same kind of feeling on here. Both excellent albums, and I'd give a recommend for those that like soul from this time period.
Ledzep, usually, I would pick the album that I've heard, but let's listen to Demilich.
Patty Pravo- Concerto Per Patty
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - L'incendie
gangpol & mit - the hopelessly sad story of the hideous end of the world
Rippikoulu - Musta Seremonia
Damião Experiença – Planeta Lamma
Paket aranžman - Šarlo Akrobata
Nespithe by Demilich
Dank af. Brutal death metal, but with complex rhythms, a lot of technical, progressive and even experimental tendencies. I like to complain, but there's nothing I can complain about here. It sounds a bit samey, but that's not really a problem since I love the sound. And it seems Demilich were highly influential on bands like Blood Incantation, not only with their playing and song structures, but with song names as well. "Putrefying Road In The Ninteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside The Bowl...)", or even better, "The Planet That Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality (Suffocated to the Flesh That It Desired...)". Both hilarious and cool. If you can take "burping" bdm vocals, this is for you. The best Finnish death metal album I've heard that's not from a band called Amorphis. 9/10
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I'll pass Paket Aranžman for now, let's continue with Finnish death metal. Never thought I'd see Rippikoulu in this game, but Musta Seremonia is a classic death/doom demo. Not my favourite but well worth hearing.
Nevermore - Enemies of Reality
John Coltrane - Soultrane
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation
Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
Swallow The Sun - New Moon
Lightning Bolt - Sonic Citadel
Theo Parrish - Sound Signature Sounds Vol 2
Darkspace - Darkspace III
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Haha, the vocals are absolutely perplexing. I don't know why anybody thought that added anything to the music which I thought sounded like a more metal version of Don Caballero. There really are some times (there's a big one in the second track) that it really does just sound like somone burping. It's too funny to take seriously.
This was pretty good Doomy death metal stuff that was over quickly in just 32 minutes. Vocals on this were more typical than Zep's choice, that's for sure. Not anything that I noted being special about it though. Demilich was better.
Zep, Darkspace III is excellent.
Patty Pravo- Concerto Per Patty
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - L'incendie
gangpol & mit - the hopelessly sad story of the hideous end of the world
Damião Experiença – Planeta Lamma
Paket aranžman - Šarlo Akrobata
Langsyne - Langsyne
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
My second Fugazi album, and I like it significantly more than Repeater. The pure energy of their debut is nice, but The Argument's subtler sound palette is paired with more fully-realized compositions. I'm sure my stylistic biases play a role in my preference, but the consistency here is also impressive - very good songs from start to finish. 3.5/5.
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2. Take it from the top.
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3. Chief's AOTYs
1981: Tin Drum - Japan
1982: Milo Goes To College - The Descendents
1987: George Best - The Wedding Present
1999: Play - Moby
2003: Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt
2011: Gloss Drop - Battles
2014: Plowing Into The Field Of Love - Iceage
2015: Viet Cong - Viet Cong
2017: A Hairshirt Of Purpose - Pile
2019: Animated Violence Mild - Blanck Mass _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I was listening to some Chris Cornell live acoustic performances just before this, and as fantastic a singer as he is, Tim Buckley is even more impressive here. His vocals on this album blew me away. I love the experimentation of 1969 and 1970, and the avant-garde experimentation (a bit jazzy at times - but never too much, a bit bluesy at times) here is fascinating while at the same time allowing Tim Buckley's vocals to be on full display and the star of the show. I have loved This Mortal Coil's version of Song To The Siren for a long time but I've never heard the original before. Shame on me because it's even better. An amazing song and sure to be a new favourite of mine. I also loved when he seemed to just let himself go on Monterey. Jungle Fire was incredible, and the whole second half of the album was great from Song To The Siren to the closer. Why is this album not in the top 100 of the decade? A strong 8.5/10, 4/23 for 1970, and 26/100 for the decade.
A couple of great albums here Baystate, and a few more I've wanted to hear for a long time, but I'm not sure you would like my favourites from these choices, so give The Wedding Present a go instead.
11. Let It Be by The Beatles
12. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos
15. Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
16. American Beauty by Grateful Dead
17. Deep Purple In Rock by Deep Purple
18. Tea For The Tillerman by Cat Stevens
19. Abraxas by Santana
21. Morrison Hotel by The Doors
22. Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One by The Kinks
28. Band Of Gypsys by Jimi Hendrix
Starting off a pop album with a 12 minute orchestral suite is a bold move, but Ms. Pravo and company pull it off. It's a great piece with some other good songs (and a Beatles cover) but the highlight for me is undoubtedly this track. It sounds like something that RJD2 or another hip hop producer would've have made in the 00s. I'm sure it's been sampled more than a couple of times.
Glad you enjoyed Starsailor, I think it's an impeccable album. My dad's a Deadhead, so why don't you go with American Beauty next.
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - L'incendie
gangpol & mit - the hopelessly sad story of the hideous end of the world
Damião Experiença – Planeta Lamma
Paket aranžman - Šarlo Akrobata
Langsyne - Langsyne
DJ Pica Pica Pica – Planetary Natural Love Gas Webbin' 199999
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Very high-energy, relentless jangle pop. Fantastic guitars and very good vocals. The songs are quite nice, but I don't know if I'd call the songwriting strong. The emotional range is fairly typical for the era and style. It would be nice if this had more diversity in sound/tempo or more great tracks, but it's still well worth a listen as it is. Perfect for if you want a concentrated blast of jangling. 3.5/5.
1981: Tin Drum - Japan
1982: Milo Goes To College - The Descendents
1999: Play - Moby
2003: Wonderful Rainbow - Lightning Bolt
2011: Gloss Drop - Battles
2014: Plowing Into The Field Of Love - Iceage
2015: Viet Cong - Viet Cong
2017: A Hairshirt Of Purpose - Pile
2019: Animated Violence Mild - Blanck Mass
2020: Rattle - Wailin Storms _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
You know when that first techno track transitions to an Irish-like folksong that you're in for a wild ride. Genre transitions on pretty much every track, but with a consistent techno backdrop. Thank you Yamantaka Eye. Very Cool!
Baystate, really hard to pick one, but I want more people to listen to Pile (they're actually from your state) so give their last album a shot.
Ama Divers- Shadow Seeking Sun
Steve Roden - Crop Circles
Skepticism- Stormcrowfleet
Crash Worship - This
Brigitte Fontaine & Areski - L'incendie
gangpol & mit - the hopelessly sad story of the hideous end of the world
Damião Experiença – Planeta Lamma
Paket aranžman - Šarlo Akrobata
Langsyne - Langsyne
Steve Marcus, Miroslav Vitous, Sonny Sharrock, Daniel Humair -- Green Line
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
Really good record. Skillful musicianship that produces an appealing indie rock / post-hardcore stew. For some reason I have a lot of trouble differentiating quality in this general genre niche. Every album I hear I enjoy, but I'd be hard-pressed to pick one as better than another and explain why. Perhaps I simply don't have enough listening experience, I don't know. I'm four records into Unwound's discography and can't make any distinctions in how much I like them. Anyway, the songwriting and vocals in A Hairshirt Of Purpose are solid throughout, but the highlights are all instrumental. 3.5/5.
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2. I've heard a Sonny Sharrock album before, so go with the last one.
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3. Purplepash's AOTYs
1953: Black Coffee - Peggy Lee
1960: Have Guitar, Will Travel - Bo Diddley
1970: The Madcap Laughs - Syd Barrett
1974: Rock N Roll Animal - Lou Reed
1981: Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
1982: Junkyard - The Birthday Party
1986: Infected - The The
1990: Ritual De Lo Habitual - Jane's Addiction
1993: Suede - Suede
1996: Beautiful Freak - Eels _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Haha, the vocals are absolutely perplexing. I don't know why anybody thought that added anything to the music which I thought sounded like a more metal version of Don Caballero. There really are some times (there's a big one in the second track) that it really does just sound like somone burping. It's too funny to take seriously.
To be honest, I actually kind of liked them? I mean they're hilarious, but that doesn't bother me. Brutal DM stuff has to tick 3 boxes for me: energetic, fun, interesting. This one is all of that and more. It's fun as hell, it's very complex/progressive (unusually so for 1993), the songwriting is top notch, and the energy is through the roof. I understand it if you (or anybody else for that matter) dislike the vocals though.
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Dark Space III by Darkspace
This is pretty damn intense. Even in its dark ambient moments, it's unsettling. Probably the best of the 3 Tobias Möckl albums I've heard so far (the other two are Paysage d'Hiver), but only just. It could've been a bit shorter, but I know Tobias loves to make long lofi pieces of music. The songs are as uniform as their names are, but they all fit rather well together. Like one very long ambient black metal jam. 8/10
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A lot of cool stuff there, but listen to Nick Cave and the gang in their craziest days. Junkyard it is.
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RYM metal top 100 / SquishypuffDave's Top 100 Greatest Albums / Xxnu99etxX Top 100 Greatest Albums
Immolation - Close To The World Below
Autopsy - Mental Funeral
24. Gum Takes Tooth - Mirrors Fold
27. Geinoh Yamashirogumi - 輪廻交響楽 [Ecophony Rinne]
13) White Suns - Totem
16) Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
18 ) Dean Roberts - Be Mine Tonight
19) Akron/Family - Akron/Family
24) Love, Claire - Love, Claire
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