I bought Spirit of Eden reissued on vinyl in December? They tacked John Cope on the end of side 2.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
ooh, they're doing colour of spring, too!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
John Cope is a great track but I have problems with including it on the vinyl version of SoE. Not only does it mess with the song cycle (and there's no choice to drop it with a custom playlist), but conceivably the grooves would be made tighter to accommodate the extra track.
I assume that the digital files that accompany this new version will be 24bit/96khz? Wondering how these will compare with the SACD version from 2006.
― doug watson, Wednesday, 15 February 2012 01:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
the john cope version is a BOOTLEG dawgs
― cutty, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
The way to do it is a bonus 7" with John Cope b/w It's Getting Late In The Evening
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Spirit of Eden Vinyl Reissue from EMI coming early April with 24bit WAV files on Bonus DVD"
well fuck it might be time to stick my sacds on ebay then
― akm, Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I would have probably voted for 'Spirit Of Eden' in this, but for me this is definitely a bit of a tough one to call.
― Turrican, Friday, 17 February 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was listening to these albums again for the first time in a while recently. I still rate them both about equally, but would give LS the slight edge because of "New Grass". The last ninety seconds of that song is the most profoundly moving passage of music I've ever heard, although even saying that is to banalise it, without wishing to be too lofty. :)
― Freedom, Saturday, 18 February 2012 17:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
I may have mentioned it somewhere upthread, but I'd heard that song so many times before I ever really even noticed the bass line. It was one of the closest things I've ever had to a true musical epiphany. Now I turn it way up and get lost in the low end.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 February 2012 20:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Something I wrote about that song in my blog a couple of years ago:
Talk Talk - New GrassThis is the song I'd play to someone just about to kill himself. No. Maybe that should say that's the song I would play to myself if I was about to leave this world on my own. The beauty of this song transcends the appeal death could have for someone who has lost all hope. It is the warmest, most caressing, most soothing song on Laughing Stock. It's a holy song, the lyrics use Christian terminology: sacrament, Christ, heaven, vow. Mark Hollis is English, if he had been from India he would sing about Vishnu or Krishna, the words and names don't matter. It's all about the music. What reaches our brain via the ears directly without the interference of the ratio. Call it truth, love or anything. I think I would call it trust.
― alex in mainhattan, Sunday, 19 February 2012 08:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
both equally overrated
― Poliopolice, Sunday, 19 February 2012 08:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I first listened to Spirit of Eden at a time of crisis in my life. It was the year I graduated college and my first love/first relationship ended. I was at rock bottom. Spirit of Eden was the most deeply moving and spiritually cathartic album I had ever heard.
Around the same time, I had also listened to similar albums such as Hex (Bark Psychosis) which became one of my favorite albums and is, for me, perfect late-night listening and the quintessential winter album. At this time, I listened to Laughing Stock, as well, and, although its instrumental complexities were entrancing, it simply did not speak to my emotions the way Spirit of Eden did.
Spirit of Eden is still the album I go to when I'm at my lowest and searching for my path.
It's one of my Desert Island albums, alongsideA Storm in Heaven (The Verve)No Other (Gene Clark)Lazer Guided Melodies (Spiritualized)
― Graveyard Poet, Monday, 25 February 2013 09:35 (2 months ago) Permalink