Hate to give you two live albums back to back, but that might be an interesting juxtaposition (also so highly ranked): The Confessions Tour - Madonna
Hmm... looks like the acclaim is mainly for the concert DVD, which has a bonus CD tacked on that doesn't come close to including the full concert. I'm not going to able to watch the DVD, so I can either listen to the album she was touring for (Confessions On A Dance Floor, which looks intriguing) or you can pick something else from the list. _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Hmm... looks like the acclaim is mainly for the concert DVD, which has a bonus CD tacked on that doesn't come close to including the full concert. I'm not going to able to watch the DVD, so I can either listen to the album she was touring for (Confessions On A Dance Floor, which looks intriguing) or you can pick something else from the list.
oh no worries, just go for the next one then:
Bad Girls - Donna Summer (Confessions On A Dance Floor) - sorry I just saw you had an interest in that... either one is fine ๐
Also one thing I dislike about RYM is they put live DVD's in with albums... doesn't make any sense to me. I consider those part of films (but I also understand why a film buff wouldn't like that).
No original members left except for one, and a completely unrecognizable and bland sound compared to the first several albums from this great band. HOWEVER, it's totally this brand of 80s smooth jazz-fusion cheese that makes me pretty happy. If it wasn't associated with Soft Machine at all, then it might be rated a little better.
RTB, I really enjoy the 90s albums from Everything But The Girl. I think I may like "Walking Wounded" better, but this album does have "Missing" which is a fantastic track.
BTW, listening to these albums was a bad move. So I'm gonna finish with the one's I've got, but move on to a new group of albums to explore. ๐
Supertramp- Free As A Bird
Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog
Blue Oyster Cult- Club Ninja
Grand Funk- What's Funk
Moody Blues- Keys To The Kingdom
John Paul Jones- The Thunderthief
Misfits- The Devil's Rain
Failure- The Heart Is A Monster
Modest Mouse- Strangers To Ourselves
This could have been done a little earlier today, but it is what it is. And this is a pretty great rock album that does have moments where the band was somewhat ambitious with the song construction. As well as if you want another rock album that rages that you haven't heard of, give this a listen. But that is with the caveats of where the album can sound a bit samey sounding. Vocally while good, doesn't wow me. And mainly there has been better rock albums from 1993 that just do way more for me. But I could see where if someone had this as an absolute fave for 1993. Grade wise:80 but could be more of a 85 with repeat listens.
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Arrows as a band name? You Learn something new. I'll give you Failure. Also I would argue Tempermental from EBTG was a better electronic record than Walking Wounded. But that's just me.
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BEA's Top 110 of 1993
(95) Elements Of Crime-Weibes Papier
(102) Candlebox-Selftitled
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)
(7) The Clash-Self Titled
8 David Bowie-Heroes (R)
(9) Billy Joel-The Stranger (R)
(10) Kraftwerk-Trans-Europa Express
RoundTheBendI miss the comfort in being sadProfile Ground Control
Amplified Heart by Everything But The Girl
Kinda cool husband wife story. Kinda cool they are like, yeah, we are done performing. Her vocal performance is smooth and solid. This type of music is the kind of music that kinda makes me wish I was jumping out of a high speed train though. idk why but it's painful for me. Nothing against your jams Luigii, it's just me. I mean Missing was one of the biggest hits of the 90s (albeit it was a remix, but I heard that on the radio every 15 minutes it felt like for 3-5 years). please don't hate me ๐ซข
2. Candlebox feels like a precursor to when I started to be ashamed to say I like "alternative rock". But yeah, let's get that out of the way.
3. Luigii Top 100 (3 Picks Left)
14. Older by George Michael
15. The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens
19. ๆจๆดฉ้ฝ้ใใซใฆ [At Komorebi St.] by Lamp
22. Virgins by Tim Hecker
23. Returnal by Oneohtrix Point Never
24. Heaven And Earth by Kamasi Washington
25. Bridges by Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
27. The Epic by Kamasi Washington
28. 98.12.28 ็ท้ใฎๅฅใ (98.12.28 Otokotachi no Wakare) by ใใฃใใทใฅใใณใบ [Fishmans]
6. Chiastic Slide by Autechre
You Turn Me On by Beat Happening
This one's labeled as "Twee Pop" but honestly I find that only in traces, when the female vocals kick in (Heather Lewis is the singer). It's mostly lofi indie, the sound reminds me of some other bands of that time (mainly Pavement and Sonic Youth) and the vocals (male vocalist is Calvin Johnson) remind me of David Berman at times. While I wouldn't say it's the most unique album, it's also not derivative at all. The songwriting is solid throughout and I had fun listening to it. Preferred the songs with male vocals this time around, except for the longest song here, Godsend, which is wonderful repetitive lofi jangle pop with Lewis on vocals. The lyrics were either tongue in cheek or just love songs, sometimes both and I really liked the rough noise pop edge which is present on most songs. It works better with Calvin Johnson's voice, those songs were rawer and that's probably why I enjoyed them more compared to generally more jangly cuts with Lewis on vocal duties. Low 8/10
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A lot of great stuff, but go with Virgins
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Midori - Aratamemashite, hajimemashite, Midori desu.
Charlie Morrow - America Lament
Meridian Brothers - Desesperanza
Still Corners - The Last Exit
Gatecreeper - An Unexpected Reality
Henry Flynt - You Are My Everloving / Celestial Power
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Post Cards
The Coasters - The Coasters
Wanderwelle - A State of Decrepitude
Lawrence - The Absence of Blight _________________ Overall chart Fake overall chart
Again, lazily taken from chart comment. Also wanted to add that I had never heard an Arab Strap album before BUT I knew I recognized some of the spoken word vocals and some of the deeply sad vibes, the only album that I had heard that reminded me deeply of this was a random Malcolm Middleton album I stumbled upon a decade ago and loved for a time (still have fond thoughts for but its been awhile) and that was called "Waxing Gibbous". I thought that maybe he was a member of this duo before making that album, or maybe just same accent speaking similar words. But, Nope, I was right in my first idea, I had no idea Malcolm Middleton didn't start as a solo artist. My random discovery of the day. Okay and now for the copy/pasted bit:
"(This is an awe-inspiring return by this duo after 16 years of no LPs released. Perhaps the darkest and most hopeless album I've heard this year - I suppose it helps that I can't understand the words in the new Knoll and Ad Nauseam and other death/grind albums - and also one of the better and more lovingly produced and detailed pop albums of the year as well.)
This is one of the darkest and most hopeless and nihilistic albums I've heard in a long time, maybe ever. I wasn't expecting this level of brutal verbal destruction. It is amazing if you are in the mood for an album that strips away all the false covers and veneers of life to reveal the disgusting underbelly. When I first heard the album I wasn't in the mood for such a gloomy listen. Still respected the hell out of the spoken word poetry and the detailed electronic arrangements and tracks. But yeah it put me off how unrelenting the mood was. Today I listened a couple more times and I was way more invested. Maybe that has to do with my somewhat more dark mood, maybe its just a nice change of pace from the more level-headed, stoic messages of recent albums I've heard. Anyway, the point is, this album is a dark and harsh listen thematically and lush and beautiful musically.
All throughout the album behind the captivating performances of Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, there are gorgeous, detailed and lush touches musically, melodies and excellent guitar lines and heartfelt indietronica tracks, and these swelling chamber pop moments and all kinds of beautiful musical moments. These well executed sounds and tracks make the vocals and the lyrics all the more ear-catching and intense. There is a very nice way they play off each other.
There isn't a bad track, I almost hate saying that cuz it sounds so basic. But yeah, fuck it, there aren't any tracks that I wanted to skip or felt was half baked. The consistency of the album is impressive. The way the album kicks off is awesome, with "The Turning of our Bones" being one of the most inspired and impressive opening tracks I've heard in awhile. That opening blast of desperate, poetic, hopelessness, is followed up by equally engaging "Another Clockwork Day", "Compersion Pt 1" and "Bluebird". The middle of the album keeps it strong, goes down little byways of musical expression. Then the last 3 tracks are all just as excellent and brutal with the 1-2-3 punch of ""I Was Once A Weak Man", "Sleeper", and the closer "Just Enough".
This is a hard album to rank. I think this is one of the better produced and executed albums this year. But it makes me feel, at times, a bit empty and hopeless. Quality-wise its tops, I probably will rank it a little lower than the quality would suggest, but not too much. And I suspect this will be one of those albums that I look at and I see its placement throughout the year and I move up incrementally. Not sure. All I know is it is indeed an excellent album and an amazing way to come back after 15 years away."
top 10 2021 albums that I want to hear. They are the top albums on my self-made list of albums Iโve been circling.
1. The Art of Losing by The Anchoress (art pop I think, cool cover)
2. The Cyclic Reckoning by Suffering Hour (Death/Black Metal)
3. The Plugs I Met 2 by Benny the Butcher & Harry Fraud (Hip hop)
4. I Became Birds by Home is Where (Post Hardcore, Midwest Emo)
5. 1์ง by Slant (Japanese Hardcore Punk!!!!)
6. WE ARE by Jon Batiste (apparently R&B/Soul/other cool stuff. also dope album cover.)
7. Songs for the Enamel Queen by Black Sheep Wall (Atmospheric Sludge/Doom metal)
8. Youth Novel by Youth Novel (Emoviolence...lol that genre name cracks me up)
9. Flock by Jane Weaver (Psych Pop, Art Pop)
10. No Fun by Jexno (Noise Pop, Singer/songwriter) _________________ -Ryan
This one's labeled as "Twee Pop" but honestly I find that only in traces, when the female vocals kick in (Heather Lewis is the singer).
Believe it or not, Calvin is widely considered to be one of the defining vocalists of twee pop. Beat Happening's music made me rethink my perception of the boundaries/characteristics of twee, and maybe it will do the same for you. Glad you enjoyed this album! _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
baystateoftheartNeil Young as a butternut squashProfile Massachusetts
I downloaded that Madonna album to listen to outside this game, but this one for the game. Bad Girls gets off to a promising start, with two disco classics opening up the album. The title track is pretty unique in the sense that it's a mega-hit made by a woman that addresses the taboo subject of sex work using multiple voices, one of which is a sex worker herself (see also cover and gatefold). That said, it's not fully or even predominantly an empathetic take, but there's more depth than customary. Beyond the opening salvos, there are a number of other strong disco songs. But not every dance number achieves greatness, and at over 71 minutes, this album can drag, especially when Summer takes a more straightforward r&b tack. Luckily, the pace picks back up for the conclusion. A really good listen, but one that could have been much better with some trimming. 3.5/5.
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2. Love the first one, so I'm looking forward to listening to this myself:
15. ใใฉใใใใฏ ใใฉใใใ (Platonic Planet) - KOTO
18. Once Upon A Time - Donna Summer
20. Tommy Airline - Tommy February6
21. Control - Janet Jackson
23. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
25. Madonna - Madonna
27. Rita Lee - Rita Lee
33. Janet. - Janet Jackson
35. Timely!! - Anri
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Excellent album. While it can't quite reach their 90s material, it's always impressive when a band can come back after 20 years and pick up right where they left off. It also sucks that albums like this are relegated by a lot of music media and the industry. I don't know if proper rock music will ever be in the popular culture's eye ever again, but I guess if this music is still getting made, then that's all that really matters.
YAY! City Pop album!
Listen to Anri.
Supertramp- Free As A Bird
Joni Mitchell- Dog Eat Dog
Blue Oyster Cult- Club Ninja
Grand Funk- What's Funk
Moody Blues- Keys To The Kingdom
John Paul Jones- The Thunderthief
Misfits- The Devil's Rain
Modest Mouse- Strangers To Ourselves
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