part 2 of You must listen to the album below you:canon edition by 
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This was cool. I haven’t seen the movie and I usually skip soundtracks of things I’ve never seen or played. But I guess I was intrigued because the cover doesn’t look like an anime and the description seemed interesting. And it was. I liked the mix of pop and classical and those cool choral parts and it’s all very pretty. But I can’t say I really REALLY liked it. It was good to play in the background and on occasion peeking up when the strings come in with a beautiful melody and a dramatic part. The vocals and the pop singing was alright, kinda silly and not my cuppa, but generally well done. I am glad I heard this. Gave it a 3/5 on RYM. Not likely to be returned to nor on any charts (maybe 1997 charts because year charts are really just me keeping track of everything heard up until I’ve heard 101 albums - only happened with 3 years -1969, 1977, 2021). If I ever watch the film, I may return to this bad boy so I get the context and emotional resonance more. RYM’s obsession with Japanese soundtracks both games and anime is weird. I don’t really get it. Maybe just a high high incidence of Japanese culture fans… forget the name for that, weeb? I don’t recall. Anyway, this non-review ends… now!
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Powerslave is a pretty amazing heavy metal album. It sounds like a perfect representation of classic heavy metal. The duel-attack solos, the active riffs, the bass player and his thumping power, the drummer and his rock solid style, and even the vocals (despite being something I don’t like) is classic and technically impressive.
The songs and the craft is top notch, cool change ups, excellent dynamics, cool stuff like I said.
Is this style my fave? Nope. I didn’t love this album. It’s cool though that I finally have heard (twice) this classic album and can finally check this off my metal education checklist without feeling like I totally brushed it off and didn’t pay attention.
Maybe it’s just because it was the first Maiden I ever owned and listened to a lot, but I much prefer Number of the Beast. As a youngster after listening to ride the lightning I used to look up in mags and on Amazon.com what the most essential and highest rated metal albums were. And so of course the album I heard about first was their classic from 1982. Remember never loving it but slowly falling into a deep liking of it. (I still consider “Hallowed be thy Name” to be an all time 10/10 classic of classics.).
Anyway, this was a great listen. Thanks
For nominating it and making me face my classic metal demons. I pushed play on this at least a dozen times whenever I’d see how highly ranked it was on RYM (#10 highest rated metal of any kind album) and I was always almost repulsed. For some reason. Not sure why. I think it’s just Dickinson. I really don’t like his whole thing and style. Despite it being classic and perhaps technically amazing, I always thought it to be shite. While I don’t think it’s shite anymore, still don’t like it. HalFord blows him out of the water. I’m tired of Dio amd DICKINSON being mentioned alongside Halford. It’s not close. Lol. (IMHO of course, apologies to those who worship at the double D’s altar).
I love that this album and NotB follow somewhat similar flows and have similar traits. What I mean is half or more of the songs here are all time Maiden classics, just like Number of the Beast. They both tackle similar sonic ranges, and both have certain EPIC historical song subjects, and both - most awesome to me - end with their best songs and the longest. After only a couple listens to the masterpiece that is “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - I am not yet sure I can say it is quite on the same tier as Hallowed, not to me personally at least. But idk, it left a mark on my raging wild metal heart! And the fact that only a few listens in I am even comparing it to a song I have heard and obsessed over 100+ times the last 19 years is saying something. It’s a stunning awesome way to end a classic metal album that is for sure.
Okay that is all good bye.
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How and I listened to Seventh Son of a Seventh son as well. It was similarly cool. The vocals were even more irksome for me, but the musicianship and the more proggy structures were better than any other
Maiden I’ve yet heard. Really great! Not sure which I liked more. Both solid if not new faves. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
The songs and the craft is top notch, cool change ups, excellent dynamics, cool stuff like I said.
Is this style my fave? Nope. I didn’t love this album. It’s cool though that I finally have heard (twice) this classic album and can finally check this off my metal education checklist without feeling like I totally brushed it off and didn’t pay attention.
Maybe it’s just because it was the first Maiden I ever owned and listened to a lot, but I much prefer Number of the Beast. As a youngster after listening to ride the lightning I used to look up in mags and on Amazon.com what the most essential and highest rated metal albums were. And so of course the album I heard about first was their classic from 1982. Remember never loving it but slowly falling into a deep liking of it. (I still consider “Hallowed be thy Name” to be an all time 10/10 classic of classics.).
Anyway, this was a great listen. Thanks
For nominating it and making me face my classic metal demons. I pushed play on this at least a dozen times whenever I’d see how highly ranked it was on RYM (#10 highest rated metal of any kind album) and I was always almost repulsed. For some reason. Not sure why. I think it’s just Dickinson. I really don’t like his whole thing and style. Despite it being classic and perhaps technically amazing, I always thought it to be shite. While I don’t think it’s shite anymore, still don’t like it. HalFord blows him out of the water. I’m tired of Dio amd DICKINSON being mentioned alongside Halford. It’s not close. Lol. (IMHO of course, apologies to those who worship at the double D’s altar).
I love that this album and NotB follow somewhat similar flows and have similar traits. What I mean is half or more of the songs here are all time Maiden classics, just like Number of the Beast. They both tackle similar sonic ranges, and both have certain EPIC historical song subjects, and both - most awesome to me - end with their best songs and the longest. After only a couple listens to the masterpiece that is “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - I am not yet sure I can say it is quite on the same tier as Hallowed, not to me personally at least. But idk, it left a mark on my raging wild metal heart! And the fact that only a few listens in I am even comparing it to a song I have heard and obsessed over 100+ times the last 19 years is saying something. It’s a stunning awesome way to end a classic metal album that is for sure.
Okay that is all good bye.
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How and I listened to Seventh Son of a Seventh son as well. It was similarly cool. The vocals were even more irksome for me, but the musicianship and the more proggy structures were better than any other
Maiden I’ve yet heard. Really great! Not sure which I liked more. Both solid if not new faves. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
Year of Release:
1984
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This was a really cool album. The deeply heavy grooves and the bluesy soulful lead guitar and the impassioned vocals with surprisingly well written hooks and melodies, it was all solid. I'm glad I heard it.
The heavy psych elements and the corresponding impassioned soloing ws some of my favorite bits here. The fact that Homme was like 20-21 when he made this classic is mind-blowing. This sounds like a whole band of hardened hard rock metal veterans. The grooves especially side 1 blew me away but I think the whole 52 minutes was worthwhile and excellent and I plan to return to this soon.
I like that this was almost perfectly split between heavy thick slabs of metal and thick slabs of hard rock. You can hear quite clearly the slight differences between these styles within this album. I may slightly prefer the more in the red, wild ly heavy metal parts slightly more but its the way the heavier parts play off the almost catchy groovy rock bits that makes this album work so well.
anyway, yep its cool. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
The heavy psych elements and the corresponding impassioned soloing ws some of my favorite bits here. The fact that Homme was like 20-21 when he made this classic is mind-blowing. This sounds like a whole band of hardened hard rock metal veterans. The grooves especially side 1 blew me away but I think the whole 52 minutes was worthwhile and excellent and I plan to return to this soon.
I like that this was almost perfectly split between heavy thick slabs of metal and thick slabs of hard rock. You can hear quite clearly the slight differences between these styles within this album. I may slightly prefer the more in the red, wild ly heavy metal parts slightly more but its the way the heavier parts play off the almost catchy groovy rock bits that makes this album work so well.
anyway, yep its cool. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
Year of Release:
1994
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1,848
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This is a GREAT album. This may be my 2nd or lowest 3rd fave Mingus yet. Its such a killer album start to finish. It has a soulfulness and a humanity that is so warm and relatable. It also manages not to sacrifice any of its next-level arrangements to achieve this warmth and familiarity. So, I guess I'm saying, it communicates deeply in both an emotional and mental way. The music is mysterious and gorgeous, and its adventurous and swinging. It's all things and it flows beautifully. Despite being the longest of Mingus' albums I've heard, it flows and so nicely and never wears out its welcome with any track, so it feels like a 45 minute album when its really 60.
I am no jazz expert or fan (although I do adore Miles Davis and some Mingus and Colktrane and a few oddballs outside of that big three) so I tend to have a hard time pinning down what a great jazz album to my ears does well. If its too technical I tend to drift off and stop caring. Also if its too familiar and set in a familiar mode, I also juist drift off and get bored. For the records I adore in this "genre" (hardly a genre, its a whole musical vista, with more variety than can be said to exist in a "genre) I think that there has to be both a compelling mood and style that keeps me engaged, it has to be complex and unpredictable enough to keep me on my toes, and it has to be full of gorgeous or aesthetically impactful moments (such as with solos or hooks or whatever...something that almost takes my breathe away and makes me say "whoa!".)
This album has those qualities. As of now it goes for me, off the top of my head:
#1. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - 9.5/10
#2. Mingus Ah Um - 8.5/10
#3. Let My Children Hear Music - 8.5/10
#4. Roots and Blues - 7.8ish/10
#5. Tijuana Moods - 7.5/10
#6. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - 7/10
those are the ones I really remember. May have heard others but it hardly counts.
Anyway, great stuff. Glad I heard it. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
I am no jazz expert or fan (although I do adore Miles Davis and some Mingus and Colktrane and a few oddballs outside of that big three) so I tend to have a hard time pinning down what a great jazz album to my ears does well. If its too technical I tend to drift off and stop caring. Also if its too familiar and set in a familiar mode, I also juist drift off and get bored. For the records I adore in this "genre" (hardly a genre, its a whole musical vista, with more variety than can be said to exist in a "genre) I think that there has to be both a compelling mood and style that keeps me engaged, it has to be complex and unpredictable enough to keep me on my toes, and it has to be full of gorgeous or aesthetically impactful moments (such as with solos or hooks or whatever...something that almost takes my breathe away and makes me say "whoa!".)
This album has those qualities. As of now it goes for me, off the top of my head:
#1. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - 9.5/10
#2. Mingus Ah Um - 8.5/10
#3. Let My Children Hear Music - 8.5/10
#4. Roots and Blues - 7.8ish/10
#5. Tijuana Moods - 7.5/10
#6. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus - 7/10
those are the ones I really remember. May have heard others but it hardly counts.
Anyway, great stuff. Glad I heard it. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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1972
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This was lovely. It was dreamy, airy, and a nice escape from the more hectic parts of life. Its just an expertly crafted pop album good enough to put almost any other pop album to shame. The variety of sounds and styles that the duo is yet able to fit together and make cohesive is downright impressive.
A year ago or so Luigii on this game thread said I should check out this album after not responding super well to their even more famous 2003 album. I see why he thought I may vibe with this one more. This is more accessible. The main issue I had about Velocity:Design:Comfort was simply the glitchy electronic stuff. Simply a personal preference point as I recognized even then that what they were doing with the electronic elements was detailed and impressive - just irksome to my more acoustic sensibilities. This album though is filled with just as many gorgeous melodies and glimmering pop moments as the preceeding album but without the more jarring bits, the "pleb-filters" so to speak. Smile
Anyway, there are few times when I really fall in love with dream pop or indie rock/pop of a more gauzy, airy quality, and I won't say I have "fallen for" this one either. I will say I enjoyed it a lot and it was a nice change of pace from what I have been listening to lately. Expertly crafted mix of various pop genres. And this is a good listen also because I do want to hear their 2021 release which is getting a lot of love, and I feel I am more set up for that album now. 3.5/5 I guess if I gave it a personal grade. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
A year ago or so Luigii on this game thread said I should check out this album after not responding super well to their even more famous 2003 album. I see why he thought I may vibe with this one more. This is more accessible. The main issue I had about Velocity:Design:Comfort was simply the glitchy electronic stuff. Simply a personal preference point as I recognized even then that what they were doing with the electronic elements was detailed and impressive - just irksome to my more acoustic sensibilities. This album though is filled with just as many gorgeous melodies and glimmering pop moments as the preceeding album but without the more jarring bits, the "pleb-filters" so to speak. Smile
Anyway, there are few times when I really fall in love with dream pop or indie rock/pop of a more gauzy, airy quality, and I won't say I have "fallen for" this one either. I will say I enjoyed it a lot and it was a nice change of pace from what I have been listening to lately. Expertly crafted mix of various pop genres. And this is a good listen also because I do want to hear their 2021 release which is getting a lot of love, and I feel I am more set up for that album now. 3.5/5 I guess if I gave it a personal grade. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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Not much to say about this. Or, rather, not much that I myself can think to say about this. It’s great musicians making some music. I can’t say the music moved me, amazed me or blew me away. It didn’t break through and kick its way into my mind or hit me emotionally or spiritually. But that is the case with a lot of acclaimed jazz albums. Maybe I’ve been so thoroughly indoctrinated or trained into listening to music with an almost simplistic aim to make me relate or to make me see what is being communicated in a direct way that music like this which is a bit more … idk… aloof? Hard to grasp?… that I just can’t quite feel the music. I like it. It’s good. I don’t know.
I keep trying to really get classic jazz and especially Coltrane records of the pre-A Love Supreme/Spiritual Jazz/Free jazz eras. And it has yet to really blow me away or take hold of me. Although all of em have been good to great and always impressive (Talking about Blue Train, Giant Steps, Ole Coltrane, this album, My Favorite Things…), none have made me fall in love and feel something DEEPLY SPIRITUAL like A Love Supreme or has made me feel such deep primal feelings (at least partially of horror) like Ascension.
Whatever, this is a poorly worded post. Basically I liked it but felt like I was most definitely on the outside, observing respectfully from Afar. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
I keep trying to really get classic jazz and especially Coltrane records of the pre-A Love Supreme/Spiritual Jazz/Free jazz eras. And it has yet to really blow me away or take hold of me. Although all of em have been good to great and always impressive (Talking about Blue Train, Giant Steps, Ole Coltrane, this album, My Favorite Things…), none have made me fall in love and feel something DEEPLY SPIRITUAL like A Love Supreme or has made me feel such deep primal feelings (at least partially of horror) like Ascension.
Whatever, this is a poorly worded post. Basically I liked it but felt like I was most definitely on the outside, observing respectfully from Afar. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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1961
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572
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Okay I have now listened and listened closely and I liked it. Was still not awed or blown away. But I found that the entire overly long length of the album was engaging and wasn't 100% a slog like I remember. This is a rich and powerful post punk album. The heavier, louder, more abrasive sounding parts are a bit much and actually kinda hurt my ears (punk roooock!!!) and that was not in a way I always loved. The slower more somber longer and drawn out slowly building ambient or even slow folk songs are great.
Something tells me this is like an onion... I am sure there are many layers of meaning and metaphor and sound that if I listened a bit more times through and listened closely, I would find myself more and more engaged in this modern classic. And I may yet do that. I certainly was impressed enouigh by the sheer beauty and ambition of the album and I am impressed with how, at times, this album pulls you into deep, swirling whirlpools of emotion and atmosphere. Very cool. Overall I did think (quite shallow comment coming) it is a bit too long, and it lost me at points. SAtill, even this "weakness" may be one that I won't even count as a critique after a few more revisits.
Good stuff and I am glad I am no longer giving it such short shrift. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
Something tells me this is like an onion... I am sure there are many layers of meaning and metaphor and sound that if I listened a bit more times through and listened closely, I would find myself more and more engaged in this modern classic. And I may yet do that. I certainly was impressed enouigh by the sheer beauty and ambition of the album and I am impressed with how, at times, this album pulls you into deep, swirling whirlpools of emotion and atmosphere. Very cool. Overall I did think (quite shallow comment coming) it is a bit too long, and it lost me at points. SAtill, even this "weakness" may be one that I won't even count as a critique after a few more revisits.
Good stuff and I am glad I am no longer giving it such short shrift. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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2008
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4,790
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This was excellent. I felt while listening that this is a gorgeous and consistent and melodically rich album, that is subtle. Subtler than Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. What I mean is quite simplistic - there are few “WHOA! HOLY SHIZ!” moments on Foxtrot. There are moments of grandeur and moments of propulsive heaviness on Selling England… and The Lamb… which this album doesn’t have. At least based off what I noticed this time through.
Also this album doesn’t sound super dated. The main thing in old Prog of this era that, for me, dates it and can admittedly make me feel a little embarrassed is that super bright, outlandish keyboard sound. That sound I didn’t notice until the massive end track “Supper’s Ready”. It was good keyboard playing and technical and expressive - but was less my thing than most of the other art rock, literate softness that dominated the first tracks and most of the rest of Supper’s Ready.
Supper’s Ready tho, I have to say, was incredible. When I saw 23 minutes (broken into 7 parts that aren’t noted on Apple Music) I was a little daunted. My experience with these types of MASSIVE suites in Prog is hit and miss. I consider Yes’ Close to the Edge to be perhaps the single greatest “song” I’ve ever heard and I worship it. But I consider Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick to be mostly a slog. And even Yes couldn’t capture that same level of brilliance in subsequent albums with 18-22 minute tracks (though none of them are less than great). Anyway, back to Supper’s Ready, I thought the lyrics and the whole equal parts philosophical and heart-wrenching writing to be masterful and the way it builds and crescendos at the end would put GY!BE to shame.
The rest of the track list was cool. Need a few more listens to really pinpoint particularly great moments. But there were half a dozen times I was struck by some chord change or melody and thought it was cool as hell.
Great album. Will revisit.
Oh and I went ahead and listened again to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. After Foxtrot I was just in a Genesis/Peter Gabriel mood. And… it was great. Like awesome. Not sure which brand of artsy Prog I liked more - Foxtrot or Lamb - but both were excellent in unique ways. Genesis really were on a tear in the early 70s. I’ve heard Nursery Cryme is also quite good. Will get to that in this game eventually - but probably I was skip ahead and listen to it before we get that far down (or up this list - as we are working from both sides). Peter Gabriel vocally and personality wise is one of the most strange and unique and genius rock musicians of all time. I kind of already knew that but this last 2.5 hours of listening sort of cemented that take. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
Also this album doesn’t sound super dated. The main thing in old Prog of this era that, for me, dates it and can admittedly make me feel a little embarrassed is that super bright, outlandish keyboard sound. That sound I didn’t notice until the massive end track “Supper’s Ready”. It was good keyboard playing and technical and expressive - but was less my thing than most of the other art rock, literate softness that dominated the first tracks and most of the rest of Supper’s Ready.
Supper’s Ready tho, I have to say, was incredible. When I saw 23 minutes (broken into 7 parts that aren’t noted on Apple Music) I was a little daunted. My experience with these types of MASSIVE suites in Prog is hit and miss. I consider Yes’ Close to the Edge to be perhaps the single greatest “song” I’ve ever heard and I worship it. But I consider Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick to be mostly a slog. And even Yes couldn’t capture that same level of brilliance in subsequent albums with 18-22 minute tracks (though none of them are less than great). Anyway, back to Supper’s Ready, I thought the lyrics and the whole equal parts philosophical and heart-wrenching writing to be masterful and the way it builds and crescendos at the end would put GY!BE to shame.
The rest of the track list was cool. Need a few more listens to really pinpoint particularly great moments. But there were half a dozen times I was struck by some chord change or melody and thought it was cool as hell.
Great album. Will revisit.
Oh and I went ahead and listened again to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. After Foxtrot I was just in a Genesis/Peter Gabriel mood. And… it was great. Like awesome. Not sure which brand of artsy Prog I liked more - Foxtrot or Lamb - but both were excellent in unique ways. Genesis really were on a tear in the early 70s. I’ve heard Nursery Cryme is also quite good. Will get to that in this game eventually - but probably I was skip ahead and listen to it before we get that far down (or up this list - as we are working from both sides). Peter Gabriel vocally and personality wise is one of the most strange and unique and genius rock musicians of all time. I kind of already knew that but this last 2.5 hours of listening sort of cemented that take. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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1972
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5,884
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Of all the recent albums I’ve been listening to for the RYM top 1000 list, this is probably my fave. Off screen I went and listened ahead and listened to Fiona’s When A Pawn… and that was another one I adored and gave 4.5 score to. It’s rare that I hear an album and like it so much so quickly. This album is stellar.
I don’t know exactly why I love it so much. I think because it has an emotional core to it that I don’t find in much Prog. Some of the melodies especially the keyboard parts and a good amount of guitar lines are so gorgeous and soaring and powerful. The guitar line/reoccurring melody on Lady Fantasy is sublime and some of the coolest and most rich stuff I’ve heard in awhile.
The band also can rock more intensely when needed. It’s awe-inspiring when they just “let loose” (in quotes because they are always controlled and precise even in the more intense rocking moments).
Also technical mastery has always been something that is almost a direct index of how much I can really relate to music. I guess on either extreme I don’t feel a connection. If a band or artist sucks and can’t play for shit I also don’t like it much or connect. (Usually). But certainly when I hear intensely technical Prog or prog death metal or fusion sometimes this just sorta bewilders and hard me out of the moment. This happens a lot with those genres. But with this album and hopefully band (I’ll soon listen to their other classics) while sure there is a precise sound and there are rhythm changes and I’m sure what is happening is complex and is cat nip for Prog heads, I can’t think of a single time I weird change or uptick in technicality took me out of the heart of the song. My immersion is never broken with this album. I think this is because the songs and the melodies or gorgeous and so well written and logical.
The vocals are the only part I don’t think is 9-10/10. They are fine and they sound peaceful and they work well in the context of the music and it’s great not hearing a showboat lead singer, one who just embodies the song and does his job in a rock solid way. They aren’t super distinctive, but they’re good and basically just what this album needs.
Anyway, I love this. Listening for the 3rd time now. And I think I like it more. This is possible overall chart worthy once I take it off private. Certainly going high on a super super stacked decade chart. I highly recommend this album to all ye music fans. Even if you don’t generally love Prog rock. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
I don’t know exactly why I love it so much. I think because it has an emotional core to it that I don’t find in much Prog. Some of the melodies especially the keyboard parts and a good amount of guitar lines are so gorgeous and soaring and powerful. The guitar line/reoccurring melody on Lady Fantasy is sublime and some of the coolest and most rich stuff I’ve heard in awhile.
The band also can rock more intensely when needed. It’s awe-inspiring when they just “let loose” (in quotes because they are always controlled and precise even in the more intense rocking moments).
Also technical mastery has always been something that is almost a direct index of how much I can really relate to music. I guess on either extreme I don’t feel a connection. If a band or artist sucks and can’t play for shit I also don’t like it much or connect. (Usually). But certainly when I hear intensely technical Prog or prog death metal or fusion sometimes this just sorta bewilders and hard me out of the moment. This happens a lot with those genres. But with this album and hopefully band (I’ll soon listen to their other classics) while sure there is a precise sound and there are rhythm changes and I’m sure what is happening is complex and is cat nip for Prog heads, I can’t think of a single time I weird change or uptick in technicality took me out of the heart of the song. My immersion is never broken with this album. I think this is because the songs and the melodies or gorgeous and so well written and logical.
The vocals are the only part I don’t think is 9-10/10. They are fine and they sound peaceful and they work well in the context of the music and it’s great not hearing a showboat lead singer, one who just embodies the song and does his job in a rock solid way. They aren’t super distinctive, but they’re good and basically just what this album needs.
Anyway, I love this. Listening for the 3rd time now. And I think I like it more. This is possible overall chart worthy once I take it off private. Certainly going high on a super super stacked decade chart. I highly recommend this album to all ye music fans. Even if you don’t generally love Prog rock. [First added to this chart: 08/26/2021]
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1974
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2,579
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Went ahead and listened also to that 2019 JPEGMAFIA album. I thought Cornballs was pretty good. I thought this one, Soul Station, was good. Its another Hard Bop/Jazz of this era album that I thought was admirable and well played (obviously) and I especially love the subdued and versatile playing of Mobley on sax. IO liked the bass playing a lot and the drummer was dope. Some of the extended piano solos and bits were alright but less my thing. Overall, well, this was good. I enjoyed listening to this while soing some boring work from home. Sorry my jazz comments (and others - its not just jazz - are so bland usually.)
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1960
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| Charles Mingus | 2 | 2% | |
| Queens Of The Stone Age | 2 | 2% | |
| ボリス [Boris] | 2 | 2% | |
| Between The Buried And Me | 2 | 2% | |
| Isis | 2 | 2% | |
| フィッシュマンズ [Fishmans] | 2 | 2% | |
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