Despite liking a lot of acts that are seemingly influenced by Springsteen I've never been able to really get into him myself. However I started to warm up to this album as it went along. Enough that this is probably the best on first listen of his from the handful I've heard. I wasn't keen on the first half of the album (Hungry Heart does nothing for me at all), although I did like whenever Clarence Clemons came in with his sax - it a always seemed to add something to the song - and being a double album I feared this was going to drag, but from the great double of the title track and Point Blank onwards I started to get right into it. Drive All Night was my favourite. I won't say it's too long of an album - just that I preferred the second half over the first. I give it a 7.5/10, which is the highest score I've given to a Springsteen album, and 28/34 in my 1980 chart.
5. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) by David Bowie
11. Pretenders by Pretenders
12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
13. Sandinista! by The Clash
14. Boy by U2
15. Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Ace Of Spades by Motörhead
21. Gaucho by Steely Dan
22. Blizzard Of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne
23. Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
The River by Ali Farka Touré
I couldn't help but think that a lot of the songs overstayed their welcome a bit. But at the same time, all of the songs were very good and the album is consistent and varied. It's certainly a heartful album, like a good blues album should be. Not sure if it's better than Toumani Diabaté and Ali Farka Touré's In The Heart Of The Moon. I'm not sold on the vocals on The River at times, but it does have more variety. Both are absolutely excellent, and I'm glad I've chosen Jameth's chart to get more familiar with African blues (among other styles). 8 or 8.5/10
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Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is the last good Bowie album before those questionable 80s experiments.
Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
The Locust - Plague Soundscapes
Shiner - The Egg
Wilderness - Wilderness
KMD - Black Bastards
Gravitar - Freedom's Just Another Word For Never Getting Paid
Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
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Kasai Allstars - In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish And Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic
Boubacar Traoré - Mariama _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Great synthpop/vaporwave album from the prime vaporwave year of 2013. Relies less on gimmick and on actual decent 2 minute songwriting. No pitchshifted vocal samples either. Like and actual band made this instead of just one artist.
I would go with Gravitar next, but apparently that album does not exist on youtube anymore, so if you want to replace that one then you should. Go with Wilderness instead. Not many have heard that one.
Precipitation - Meditations on the Self and the Other
Perigeo - Non È Poi Così Lontano
Heathered Pearls - Loyal
Il Baricentro - Sconcerto
Musette - Datum
The Work - Slow Crimes
Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows
Miharu Koshi - Parallelisme
MIchael Chion- Requiem
End. - The Sounds Of Disaster
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
The glaring thing here should be why is this even on my list? Ashes To Ashes would have to be one of the most influential songs on my music taste when I was 11 and getting right into the radio and chart shows. Became a fan from Let's Dance onwards, and while keeping up, I went back and listened from the start. I've missed some here and there, and I hadn't made it back to Scary Monsters where, from the singles, my love of Bowie started. Of course this was excellent, with side A being right up there as one of Bowie's best sides of an album. Of the songs I hadn't heard before Teenage Wildlife was amazing, maybe because it was here, with this vocal performance, where I really felt his loss. You know it still hurts every time I listen to a Bowie album but I won't stop. 9/10, 3/35 for 1980, and 36/100 for the '80s.
Staying in the '80s with The Work - Slow Crimes next
11. Pretenders by Pretenders
12. Crazy Rhythms by The Feelies
13. Sandinista! by The Clash
14. Boy by U2
15. Get Happy!! by Elvis Costello And The Attractions
17. Ace Of Spades by Motörhead
21. Gaucho by Steely Dan
22. Blizzard Of Ozz by Ozzy Osbourne
23. Zenyatta Mondatta by The Police
24. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexys Midnight Runners
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
I had already downloaded this from LedZep's rec under the new rule, and it was the one I wanted to hear most, so I stuck with it.
I love Human Performance, so I came in with high hopes, but this one might actually be even better. Compact, catchy, angular (so overused but are there other words for it?) indie rock that doesn't exactly tread new ground, but does a great job of melding established sounds and influences into something that feels fresh. I love the vocals, songwriting, guitars, and energy. And yeah it may be Brooklyn hipster as hell, but this is one case in which those folks actually had great taste. 4/5.
1960: Have Guitar, Will Travel - Bo Diddley
1974: Rock N Roll Animal - Lou Reed
1981: Prayers On Fire - The Birthday Party
1997: Slightly Odway - Jebediah
2006: Just Like The Fambly Cat - Grandaddy
2008: The Long Now - Children Collide
2009: Baby Darling Doll Face Honey - Band Of Skulls
2011: Thank You, Happy Birthday - Cage The Elephant
2019: Commit Yourself Completely - Car Seat Headrest
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I love Human Performance, so I came in with high hopes, but this one might actually be even better. Compact, catchy, angular (so overused but are there other words for it?) indie rock that doesn't exactly tread new ground, but does a great job of melding established sounds and influences into something that feels fresh. I love the vocals, songwriting, guitars, and energy. And yeah it may be Brooklyn hipster as hell, but this is one case in which those folks actually had great taste. 4/5.
Exactly my thoughts. Have you heard Wide Awake? Light Up Gold and that one are very close in quality imo, love them both. _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
I love Human Performance, so I came in with high hopes, but this one might actually be even better. Compact, catchy, angular (so overused but are there other words for it?) indie rock that doesn't exactly tread new ground, but does a great job of melding established sounds and influences into something that feels fresh. I love the vocals, songwriting, guitars, and energy. And yeah it may be Brooklyn hipster as hell, but this is one case in which those folks actually had great taste. 4/5.
Exactly my thoughts. Have you heard Wide Awake? Light Up Gold and that one are very close in quality imo, love them both.
I've listened to it once and have it at a 3.5/5 (Human Performance a 4/5). Will have to try again at some point. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Yeah Light Up Gold is my favorite too. I'm a huge fan of Content Nausea which is a sort of 30 minute odds and sods record (complete with pretty banging covers and b-sides and the like). But Uncast Shadow of a Southern Myth is by far their best ballad and the title track is the genesis of Savage's literate diatribe style rants. And of course Savage's pre NYC move, Denton Texas DIY band Teenage Cool Kids slaps.
I'm a huge fan of Content Nausea which is a sort of 30 minute odds and sods record (complete with pretty banging covers and b-sides and the like)
I tried Content Nausea twice, a few years ago and didn't like it. It felt like a B-sides collection, and not in a good way. Might have to try it again. _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
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