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New Fragility - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
I was wondering which album is waiting for me in this game and realised there's none. I listened to this like two weeks ago and somehow forgot to write about it. Anyway, I think I remember it well enough. It's the vocals that make or break this album, depending on your perception. They are so dominant, they barely leave any space for the other parts to develop, they demand your full attention. There was some Bono and some Thom Yorke influences among others, though I'm sure there was a much more striking one that I struggle to recall right now. The one part of this record I definitely won't forget is Where They Perform Miracles, it stands head and shoulders above the rest of the album. In general the second half was preferable, but I can't tell if it was actually better or it had to do with getting used to their style. Overall, respectable and enjoyable, though far from anything exciting or revolutionary.
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Best 2021 albums based on BEA rankings
1. Drunk Tank Pink - Shame
2. J.T. - Steve Earle & The Dukes
3. Magic Mirror - Pearl Charles
4. South Loop Summer - Hospital Bracelet
5. Tyron - Slowthai
6. The Last Exit - Still Corners
7. On All Fours - Goat Girl
8. SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
9. Not Your Muse - Celeste
10. Carnage - Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
This is the second album I've heard from Sheena Ringo, with the first being the everything but the kitchen sink pop of 2003's Kalk Samen Kuri No Hana. This one, her sophomore effort, apparently features less of her own production, and sounds quite different. It's a heavy, noisy alt-rock record that feels greatly influenced by the 80s/90s giants of that realm. There are more sonic curveballs than you'll find on an average album, but overall it's not as exciting as what she would go on to release in 2003. That said, it is still a great and dynamic listen with strong vocals. 4/5.
16. Alison Kraus & Union Station Live - Alison Krauss & Union Station
21. At The Ryman - Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
60. Live @ The Fillmore - Lucinda Williams
66. Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
70. Blacklisted - Neko Case
87. Essence - Lucinda Williams
108. Sweet Old World - Lucinda Williams
115. Diary Of A Mod Housewife - Amy Rigby
120. Soul Journey - Gillian Welch
130. Other Voices Other Rooms - Nanci Griffith _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I am one of those music lovers who try to like everything, and I am not keen on bagging music that artists worked hard on, and that people love, so lets stick to the positives. The guy could sing (well duh!), and I love the album title. I usually don't care what an album is called but this is a great album title. Especially considering at the time following on from Wham! and some massive solo hits, and his status as a sex symbol, and ambiguity about his sexuality, I am sure he wanted everyone to listen to this album without prejudice...and I tried to do that. Although maybe I should have listened with some prejudice because I actually have a soft spot for Wham!. They were a lot of fun at the time. I also love that the title is just a damn good piece of advice, probably even more so in todays times. If everyone could just listen to others without prejudice maybe that could aid understanding. The Vol. 1 is unnecessary as it has turned out, but that's just a quibble. I did quite like Soul Free, with its similarity to what Primal Scream and others were doing at that time, but the album was nearly over by then. Not my style, and Luigii you were basically on the mark, if a bit optimistic with your "up to 7", and I do give this 6/10, and place it at 65/65 in my 1990 chart.
There's a lot of Lucinda Williams there, and I recently listened to her album from last year which was really good, so lets try one of hers. May as well go with the self titled.
Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 by RoundTheBend (last pick)
1. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik by Herbert von Karajan / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
5. Allegria (1990) by Gipsy Kings
7. Mama Said Knock You Out by LL Cool J
10. Mixed Up by The Cure
11. The Best Of 1968-1973 by Steve Miller Band
13. Lawn Boy by Phish
15. Domenico Scarlatti: Thirty Sonatas For The Harpsichord by Joseph Payne
16. Brumel: Missa "Et Ecce Terrae Motus" A 12 Voci / Sequentia "Dies Irae" by Paul Van Nevel / Huelgas Ensemble
17. Music Of The Gothic Era by The Early Music Consort Of London
19. X by INXS
Gesang Der Jรผnglinge - Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen
This is one of the leftovers from the last year when I had an "early electronic" day (or two). It's 60s electroacoustic stuff, mostly musique concrรจte and tape music as well as something called Integral Serialism according to RYM. It's the use of Schoenberg's twelve-note system combined with serialist techniques of Anton Webern, thus bringing it all to an extreme. The original idea was to achieve a cold, calculated sound and "remove" tonal functionality, and then the composers tried to do the same to rhythm, pitch etc. This seems to be more of a philosophical approach to deconstructing classical Western music than a real "genre". Some of this requires too much music theory/history for me to understand, I'm sure RoundTheBend or Chief can explain it better. How does it sound though? Well, not anything close to Schoenberg, if you were wondering. Gesang der Jรผnglinge is musique concrรจte after all, and Kontakte is tape music. If I ignore the hows and whys and concentrate only on how good the music actually is, it's still intriguing. I can't say I've enjoyed the compositions quite as much as I've hoped, but I understand why it's held in such a high regard and also why it's influential. But it's still more historically important than enjoyable to me. There wasn't much music that sounded like this in the early 60s, I'll tell you that. 7/10
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Harpsichord sonatas sound cool
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Shub Niggurah - Les Morts Vont Vite
Midori - Aratamemashite, hajimemashite, Midori desu.
Charlie Morrow - America Lament
Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix
MIKE - Weight of the World
Laurie Anderson - Bright Red
Still Corners - The Last Exit
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Sunshower by ๅคง่ฒซๅฆๅญ [Taeko Ohnuki]
reminds me of stevie wonder at times. likely incredibly influential on later japanese artists. idk stuff with things with words.
2. idk what your take on classical music is, so I'll stear clear of that until you say otherwise. Also thanks for choosing my chart - it inspired me to update my year charts for first time since 2016. Kinda surprised being from Australia and not listening to INXS album - not a fan? I mean I haven't heard ALL American albums ๐คฃ so perhaps dumb conclusion to come to... hehe. I'll settle for Mixed Up by The Cure... idk why, but I feel like their songs are the best remixed songs.
oops Led Zep: Laurie Anderson and Fairport Convention are the only artists I've heard on that list, so might as well go blind and from the top: Shub Niggurah - Les Morts Vont Vite
3. Luigii's top 100 (10 picks left)
2. Sawayama by Rina Sawayama
3. Vocalcity by Luomo
6. Chiastic Slide by Autechre
7. The Velocity Of Love by Suzanne Ciani
8. Celestial Vibration by Edward Larry Gordon
10. Breezin' by George Benson
12. Plexure by John Oswald
13. Love Deluxe by Sade
14. Older by George Michael
15. The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens
So I haven't listen to my album pick yet. Hopefully that will be by tomorrow. But for today, I type this at my new place. Still got stuff to unpack as well as getting things situated. But I'll ask a few things. For Pash, while I was guessing a 7, it was more leaning to a light 7. But I wasn't that shocked with the 6/10. Now with Bend and this is more of a question, how many albums do you have that you haven't heard on my greatest list? See you guys and girls later tomorrow.
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
So I haven't listen to my album pick yet. Hopefully that will be by tomorrow. But for today, I type this at my new place. Still got stuff to unpack as well as getting things situated. But I'll ask a few things. For Pash, while I was guessing a 7, it was more leaning to a light 7. But I wasn't that shocked with the 6/10. Now with Bend and this is more of a question, how many albums do you have that you haven't heard on my greatest list? See you guys and girls later tomorrow.
35 listened to? So that's 65 not?
I'm really tired and don't trust my counting skills... ๐คฃ .
It's funny, after going from Low we go to an act that early on the drummer for Duran Duran was inspired by Low. But this is later on in there career. And while this is my first album from them. I remember when I try to start this up, I would believe the first track sounded somewhat odd. But after getting over that particular hurdle, it got really good. Hell I would argue the opener and most of the album was excellent. Like I could understand that the tide of wanting new exciting music for the 90's and anything that was more regulated to the 80's must of been a no go for some people. But at the same time, I wasn't affected by that. I think the only track I wasn't crazy about was Femme Fatale. But the rest of the album is just a jam of a record and was fun. While having those intricate details that I like to notice. Grade wise:90 but this is closer to a 95 for me. Range it's a light to decent 9.
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Bend, man I don't know what to pick. So I would say go with Vocalcity.
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BEA's Top 110 of 1993
(95) Elements Of Crime-Weibes Papier
(102) Candlebox-Selftitled
(103) The Wildhearts-Earth Vs. The Wildhearts
(107) Cynic-Focus
(109) Paul McCartney-Off The Ground
(110) Porcupine Tree-Up The Downstair
BEA's Top 100 of 1977
(2) Pink Floyd-Animals
(3) Television-Marquee Moon
(5) Sex Pistols-Never Mind The Bollocks
(6) Steely Dan-Aja (R)
Les Morts Vont Vite by Shub-Niggurath
I had literally no idea what this was before looking at the cover and listening. It's been in my "queue" playlist forever, dunno how it got there and where I've picked it up. Anyway, the cover + the year (1986) suggested it was a first wave black metal release, but it turns out it's a French Zeuhl album. Dark, ominous and mysterious just like some early black metal, but it's avant-prog. Also, it turns out some Mexican death metal band has the exact same Lovecraft reference as a name, except they're lacking the "-". Time for RYM quotes!
Quote:
Fuck all your horror themed death/doom and funeral doom metal bullshit, This is the translation of HP LOVECRAFT's works into the form of music. 1986 probably wasn't still ready for releases as advanced and ahead-of-time as this.
Quote:
Magma played by dead people.
The music is great, the vocals were distracting at times although once I got used to them they weren't that bad. The most interesting thing is how timeless this felt. This weird avant-prog style wouldn't sound out of place in 1973 (obviously), but it also doesn't sound out of place in 1986. 8/10
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Wow that's a lot of great choices. Obviously everything from 77' are classics, but go with a 93' classic in Cynic.
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Midori - Aratamemashite, hajimemashite, Midori desu.
Charlie Morrow - America Lament
Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Paix
MIKE - Weight of the World
Laurie Anderson - Bright Red
Still Corners - The Last Exit
Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality
Henry Flynt - You Are My Everloving / Celestial Power _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
My prior experience with Lucinda Williams consists only of Car Wheels On A Gravel Road, an album I love, so checking out more of her work is overdue. And after one listen, I love this self-titled album about as much - possibly more. Williams exudes effortless cool musically just like she does on the cover. First of all, the eleven original songs are excellent. They're to-the-point, not showy, with an economy of language reminiscent of Neil Young. They're incredibly evocative and emotionally potent. And they have a depth of lived-in authenticity that's uncommon. The only song Williams didn't pen is the closer, a great Howlin' Wolf cover. This album's second great strength is that Williams' vocals are as stellar as her songwriting. Finally, the arrangements are cool too, with lots of rootsy americana plus some rather surprising jangle pop influence. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, and would not be surprised if it grows into a personal favorite with future listens. 4/5.
16. Alison Kraus & Union Station Live - Alison Krauss & Union Station
21. At The Ryman - Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
59. Live @ The Fillmore - Lucinda Williams
70. Blacklisted - Neko Case
88. Essence - Lucinda Williams
106. Sweet Old World - Lucinda Williams
116. Diary Of A Mod Housewife - Amy Rigby
118. Soul Journey - Gillian Welch
129. Other Voices Other Rooms - Nanci Griffith
131. Short Sharp Shocked - Michelle Shocked _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
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