The four Grace Jones Albums (Warm Leathrette - Slave to the Rhythm) were pretty mindblowing and classic. "Walking in the Rain" is just great in its dated 80s synthesizers and Grace's menacing voice, and "I've Done It Again" proves she can actually sing.
David Bowie's Station to Station - I'm still trying to figure this album out, but it always leaves me intrigued after a full spin. I love "Golden Years." Very funky. I also liked that David was apparently so baked he can't remember what he was thinking while recording.
Lou Reed's Transfomer I didn't know "Walk on the Wilde Side" exited until two weeks ago. It's a great song. I was a little put off by the colored girl's line but then realized that in the lyrics he is talking about the Andy Warhol's superstars who are really screwed up so I got off my PC horse quickly.
― lilsoulbrother, Friday, 8 October 2010 18:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
That is existed until two weeks ago. Yeesh.
― lilsoulbrother, Friday, 8 October 2010 19:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Heaps of Joni Mitchell like Court & Spark and Ladies Of The Canyon. Don't know if it's considered classic, but I checked out Bad Religion's album Suffer, based on it being ILMs favourite and it's pretty great.
― Tim. E "LazRus" Lucas (Prose b4 Hoes...and Big Hoos), Sunday, 10 October 2010 21:28 (2 years ago) Permalink
odessey and oracle
― nerve_pylon, Sunday, 10 October 2010 21:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
Not sure about knocked out, but I recently enjoyed hearing Marquee Moon for the first time a great deal.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Sunday, 10 October 2010 21:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Every time I put on some old Eno or Cale I get knocked out.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 11 October 2010 00:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
last one was talk talk's laughing stock
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 11 October 2010 01:13 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ride - Nowhere
― very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Monday, 11 October 2010 03:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
traffic - low spark of high heeled boys
― balls, Monday, 11 October 2010 04:08 (2 years ago) Permalink
Deluxe by Harmonia. Awesome.
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 06:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
'supa dupa fly'
― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 06:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
man shit yeah that's an album
― miss danilelle steven and her clitoral stimulator (contenderizer), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 06:05 (2 years ago) Permalink
The Pebbles series
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 10:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mine was Screamadelica. I thought Primal Scream was like, a grunge band.
Also the Stone Roses debut. Heard a lot about it, it seemed like one of those overhyped critic's faves that's good but obnoxious and overwrought (see also: Arcade Fire, Neutral Milk Hotel).
― frogbs, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeahhh i have only recently realized the classic-ness of zz top.
― tylerw, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
^thirded. What a great record that is.
― Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:27 (2 years ago) Permalink
Finally, after many years reading about them, I listened to the NY Dolls debut. Wow. There was a Stones-vibe I about the Dolls that I wasn't expecting. I love the Stones, so yeah.
― musicfanatic, Thursday, 14 October 2010 17:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
are the boys being busted for smuggling weed on that album cover? it doesn't look like weed but still...
anyway yeah they are awesome, altho that's the one pre-Eliminator album of theirs I don't own
― i was like a person at a table at a place (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
i love zz top but i guess i don't consider el loco "classic" compared to the earlier ones....i think they start to fade a bit starting with deguello, and then obv with eliminator they become something different.
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:10 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mingus - The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Selected Ambient Works
― Chonus, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
i think they start to fade a bit starting with deguello
hatin on Deguello?! you mad
― i was like a person at a table at a place (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:35 (2 years ago) Permalink
CHEAP SUNGLASSES
Stevie Wonder's Talking Book... I knew the singles but recently had my mind completely blown by "Maybe Your Baby"
― sleeve, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
When was the last time you heard Pearl Necklace? That song smokes.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
i like deguello! it's still zz top (actually manic mechanic is a nice album cut)...but anyway i'm just saying IN COMPARISON to like tres hombres or rio grande mud...they still rule in comparison other ppl
― S Beez Wit the Remedy (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 14 October 2010 18:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
ZZ top is like Rush for me: the early guitar stuff is the best, the 80's shiny, synth stuff does nothing for me. Give me Rio Grande Mud, 3 Hombres or Fandango any day. THe middle period stuff is ok.
― Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, 14 October 2010 19:39 (2 years ago) Permalink
― very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Monday, 11 October 2010 04:56 (3 days ago) Bookmark
U should check this out if you haven't seen it:
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
that's not a track off Nowhere obvs but that's the first song on a good live video, all of which is up on that guy's You Tube account.
also we saw the new upcoming Creation movie 'Upside Down' last night and that does a fantastic job of at last giving Ride the credit they deserve. Mark G saying that essentialy Ride paid for Loveless but he was happy about that!
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:44 (2 years ago) Permalink
Roxy music-for your pleasure
― nakamura, Friday, 15 October 2010 00:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ride paid for Loveless? I thought Oasis did.
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Friday, 15 October 2010 01:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
Loveless recorded: 1989-1991
Oasis' first record sales: 1994
― Mary Lynn Ice Cube (sic), Friday, 15 October 2010 02:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
Oh well, I meant post-Loveless spend rescuing the label, I guess if we're talking pre-Loveless financing... of course.
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Friday, 15 October 2010 02:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
10cc - Sheet MusicTom Verlaine - Words From The Front
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 15 October 2010 02:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
The first Suicide album
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Friday, 15 October 2010 05:24 (2 years ago) Permalink
ZZ top is like Rush for me: the early guitar stuff is the best, the 80's shiny, synth stuff does nothing for me[ is fucking all time classic forever dog.
― Zeppelin to Howlin Wolf: "Suck It" (Bill Magill), Thursday, October 14, 2010 12:39 PM (10 hours ago) Bookmark
― contenderizer, Friday, 15 October 2010 06:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
― cathedral-sized jellyfish in your mind (Trayce), Thursday, October 14, 2010 6:58 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
everybody paid for oasis
― contenderizer, Friday, 15 October 2010 06:16 (2 years ago) Permalink
Violator.
― A brownish area with points (chap), Friday, 12 November 2010 13:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
my beautiful dark twisted fantasy!!!
― lotta diamonds ... but prolly more display names (deej), Friday, 10 December 2010 21:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol
liar
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Friday, 10 December 2010 22:03 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mobb Deep "Hell on Earth"
― fuckin magnates, why don't they work (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 10 December 2010 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
herbie hancock - sextant
this actually happened a while back but i'm re-discovering it now and its blowing me away more this time
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 December 2010 22:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
― solitary posts that effortlessly summarize the spirit of ilxor (ilxor), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 22:02 (2 years ago) Permalink
Cat Stevens. Never heard the dude before, checked out Teaser and the Firecat because I've been singing "Morning Has Broken" a lot to my baby daughter and wanted to check out the original (yeah I know it's not the original original, but whatever). And Tea for the Tillerman because "Father and Son" has been going round my head on repeat while I wonder if and when my son and I will ever get to that point. Anyway both albums are stellar. He's playing here soon and I'm wondering whether to go. Does he still do the old stuff?
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 05:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
Mark G saying that essentialy Ride paid for Loveless but he was happy about that!
This is actually a really fascinating story. If the extensive David Cavanagh account is to be believed, Ride didn't so much "pay for Loveless," tho the success of Nowhere was probably the only thing that kept the label afloat, while McGee scrambled to borrow enough to cover the recording cost. Still, Loveless was never a big seller, esp. off the bat, so it was mostly Screamadelica & Bandwagonesque that recouped the debt iirc. I sincerely hope Gardner etc. have recouped whatever royalties they didn't see at the time. Oasis, at least, should have more than made up for any old Creation debt.
― thats my meme dont were it out (Pillbox), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 06:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
I don't how I've managed to avoid And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out for so long before this week. Its a tiny beautiful thing.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 07:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
i found a tape of "Hunky Dory" a few months ago, and tho i had it on CD when i was 13 or so, had completely forgotten what a brilliant, brilliant album it is.
― whenever the vein was to throb (the table is the table), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 07:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
xp to anagram yeah he still does the old stuff and loads of it but there's a catch. when we saw him (late '09) he was promoting bizzarely enough, an upcoming Cat Stevens *musical* and was doing this via a 20 minute mid section that was essentially a kind of sample of scenes from the musical itself. it was one of the most unusual things i've ever seen at a gig! anyway the crowd didn't seem to mind (it was Liverpool; always a friendly upbeat gig crowd) but in Dublin folk were um.. less appreciative: http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/catcalls-and-boos-greet-folk-hero-of-the-70s-1945341.html
that was more than a year ago, maybe he's dropped that part by now!
― piscesx, Wednesday, 18 May 2011 09:14 (2 years ago) Permalink