what was the last 'classic album' you got and were knocked out by?

thanks. i was inspired to check it out because of the new charles stepney demos comp.

is there no thread for charles stepney? for shame!

When John Hassell died someone recommended Possible Musics; oof that’s fantastic, especially Delta Rain Dream. It’s a shame he didn’t get as much credit for Houses In Motion as he should’ve.

What Color Is Love is all time... need to put on Occasional Rain again. His voice is the epitome of comfort/reassurance to me. Love the dude

what color is love is next on my list, certainly. and i might as well complete the stepney trilogy with i just can't help myself while i'm at it

occasional rain was my entry point, too + i think it's undervalued. if not quite as good as what color is love, it's close.

No idea why but I had never given ‘In The Court Of The Crimson King’ a listen until today.

I’ve known the album art since my teens, and remember King Crimson being referred to as an ‘influence’ by many bands I enjoy in NME / guitar mags back in the 90’s. I’ve even had phases of listening to Rush and Yes over the years but skipped KC probably on the basis of reading an interview with Robert Fripp about Fripptronics in my early teens and thinking it didn’t sound very punk.

Turns out I’ve been missing out, what a spectacular album. ‘I talk to the Wind’ especially, right up my street.

The recent 40 year anniversary remix/master of ITCOTCK was like listening to it new again. Felt like it had been recorded last week.

Tbf that is what I have been listening to, it sounds so good.

The best thing I've heard in the past year is 1974's "Anima latina" by Lucio Battisti. If you've never heard it, he was an Italian singer-songwriter inspired by the Brazilian/tropicalia music of the time to make something similar, and he was wildly creatively successful at it. Think Milton Nascimento and Lo Borges meets Italian prog. Gorgeous stuff. Bowie dug it too.

To connect the dots between those, I was just listening to Jon Lucien: Rashida ('73). Fairly diverse, tasteful and interesting auteur soul/bossa record with Dave Grusin string arrangements, all original songs, the singer overdubbing his own backing vocals.

jon lucien - thread is on fire with 70s altsoul guys today!

rashida also recommended 420 music.

One that keeps me coming back to the well is Parallel Lines.

this happened to me recently and i thought of this thread but forgot to post

I know the guy is a piece of shit but damn this Red House Painters album is punching me right in the heart lately https://open.spotify.com/album/3F9xD3Dg2zu2LZbVHdKeVD?si=ai3-rjLNRGSkr_zZ-Pc29w&utm_source=copy-link

I understand people who already knew Red House Painters still listening to them. But actively checking them out after the Kozelek revelations seems like an odd choice imo.

He put the disclaimer on there, and you're still trying to shame him?
I mean, if you extend that logic, you've cut out a pretty broad swath from the classic albums pantheon.

(fwiw, I can't listen to kozalek anymore, but I do think there's some recency bias at work here, because I'm fine with Prince or Jimmy Page or Miles Davis)

yeah, anima latina definitely has that MPB/RPI crossover sound to it and it is indeed great! i do really really think RPI is slept on as a genre in general; i've just gravitated to it more and more over time. (of course, there's the chico buarque/ennio morricone collabo for more of the sao paolo/lazio express!

wow yeah thanks Chris L, that album is sounding very cool, I’ve always seen Lucio’s albums about but didn’t know what his deal was

Gene Ammons 'Brother Jug'
- This is a very funky and groovy record. "Jungle Strut" has some filthy drums.

Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers 'Free for All'
-Pretty much anything these guys did for a few years especially when Wayne Shorter was in the group is pretty ace. Title track to me is really great and to me sounds to have a bit of a Coltrane influence.

thank you earl! really love gene whenever i hear him, but so much of his catalogue is in limbo so i didn't know that one. "jungle strut" is indeed pretty badass. bernard purdie as solid as ever.

Just bought The Psychedelic Furs' Mirror Moves. I'd listened to it on Spotify on headphones before and really liked it, but what a gigantic sounding album through the stereo!

The second side faffs around a bit but the album's a solid compromise brokered between contemporary sounds and Butler's sudden interest in becoming the Bryan Ferry of "Dance Away."

kenny larkin, metaphor

i just am always looking for shimmering jazzy late night techno that sounds exactly like this

What Color Is Love is all time... need to put on Occasional Rain again. His voice is the epitome of comfort/reassurance to me. Love the dude

― octobeard, Tuesday, September 20, 2022 6:12 PM (two months ago) bookmarkflaglink

A very comforting voice...I always turn to TC when I'm down...

― henry s, Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:29 (twelve years ago) link

i just am always looking for shimmering jazzy late night techno that sounds exactly like this

would make a cool thread if there isn't one already

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how have i never heard this before?!

what is this record? i have bad eyes and on my mobile phone, lol

The Watts Prophets - Black In A White World

thanks!

gris gris

suddenly it clicked

Workingman's Dead.

King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. Perfect dub!

It’s a good album, but overall I prefer the one where said rockers are met in a firehouse. Elements of that are haunting psychedelic dub.

Oooh, I don't know that one, thanks for the rec!

It's a cliche, but in the wake of Christine McVie's death I have put Rumors back in heavy rotation. It's a near perfect album.

It is. I however don't need to play it because my Starbucks has had it on rotation for years, every track except "Oh Daddy."

Haha, another album "ruined" by Starbucks.

The self-titled album is nearly as good, and "Landslide" is imho not only their best song but one of my three or four favorites of all time.

The only thing wrong with Rumors is the missing "Silver Springs"

Agreed, that song is next level.

Sidebar Starbucks fact: When I worked there, if you ever wanted to put your own CDs on the stereo (instead of Starbucks-approved CDs) it would play them backwards

Like in reverse track order, or “I buried Paul” backwards?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Graffiti

"I buried Paul", literally-backwards style

surely you mean "turn me on, dead man."

Or "wolf in white van."

have we ever done thread for songs that sound good when played backwards?

I didn't realize a CD could be played backwards without a CDJ.

I still have fond memories of a set Ken Goldsmith did on WFMU consisting of Rolling Stones songs played backwards.

Don't own it yet but is Discover America great or what