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.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
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.
― mig (guess that dreams always end), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 21:56 (one year ago) link
jon lucien - thread is on fire with 70s altsoul guys today!
rashida also recommended 420 music.
― ใ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ก ๐ ๐ ๐ๅฝก (Austin), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 22:37 (one year ago) link
One that keeps me coming back to the well is Parallel Lines.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 01:32 (one year ago) link
this happened to me recently and i thought of this thread but forgot to post
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 01:40 (one year ago) link
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
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 18:44 (one year ago) 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.
― The Ghost Club, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
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)
― enochroot, Wednesday, 21 September 2022 22:53 (one year ago) link
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!
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 21 September 2022 23:08 (one year ago) link
wow yeah thanks Chris L, that album is sounding very cool, Iโve always seen Lucioโs albums about but didnโt know what his deal was
― brimstead, Thursday, 22 September 2022 00:08 (one year ago) link
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.
― earlnash, Thursday, 22 September 2022 00:49 (one year ago) link
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.
― ใ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ก ๐ ๐ ๐ๅฝก (Austin), Thursday, 22 September 2022 02:40 (one year ago) link
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!
― i need to put some clouds behind the reaper (PBKR), Sunday, 2 October 2022 21:05 (one year ago) link
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."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 2 October 2022 21:11 (one year ago) link
kenny larkin, metaphor
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 28 November 2022 19:29 (one year ago) link
i just am always looking for shimmering jazzy late night techno that sounds exactly like this
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 28 November 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
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
โ 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...
โ henry s, Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
― henry s, Monday, 28 November 2022 22:13 (one year ago) link
would make a cool thread if there isn't one already
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Monday, 28 November 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1DXwtBwwuL._SX466_.jpg
how have i never heard this before?!
― ใ๐๐ ๐ ๐ ค ๐ ก ๐ ๐ ๐ๅฝก (Austin), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
what is this record? i have bad eyes and on my mobile phone, lol
― sknybrg, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
The Watts Prophets - Black In A White World
― nickn, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 19:57 (one year ago) link
thanks!
― sknybrg, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 20:23 (one year ago) link
gris gris
suddenly it clicked
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
Workingman's Dead.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 December 2022 11:06 (one year ago) link
King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown. Perfect dub!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 December 2022 12:41 (one year ago) link
Itโs a good album, but overall I prefer the one where said rockers are met in a firehouse. Elements of that are haunting psychedelic dub.
― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 8 December 2022 13:04 (one year ago) link
Oooh, I don't know that one, thanks for the rec!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:05 (one year ago) link
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.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:22 (one year ago) link
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."
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
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.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
The only thing wrong with Rumors is the missing "Silver Springs"
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
Agreed, that song is next level.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
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
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
Like in reverse track order, or โI buried Paulโ backwards?
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Thursday, 8 December 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Graffiti
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
"I buried Paul", literally-backwards style
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
surely you mean "turn me on, dead man."
― Thus Sang Freud, Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
Or "wolf in white van."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 8 December 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
have we ever done thread for songs that sound good when played backwards?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 8 December 2022 17:16 (one year ago) link
I didn't realize a CD could be played backwards without a CDJ.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 8 December 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
I still have fond memories of a set Ken Goldsmith did on WFMU consisting of Rolling Stones songs played backwards.
― o. nate, Thursday, 8 December 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
Don't own it yet but is Discover America great or what
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 9 December 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
The funny thing about it was it still sounded like the Stones. xp
― o. nate, Friday, 9 December 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link
Full House by Fairport Convention. I've loved Unhalfbricking and Liege & Lief for years but never bothered to listen to any other Fairport album, largely due to the absence of Sandy Denny. Only recently did the penny drop that Richard Thompson was still in the band for Full House and indeed assumed greater importance in the line-up. It never scales the heights of Unhalfbricking or Liege & Lief, but "Sloth" is great and the single Now Be Thankful (bonus track on the CD reissue) is superb.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Friday, 9 December 2022 16:44 (one year ago) link
Madonnaโs Like a Prayer
― Westernยฎ with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 9 December 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
First 2 Fairport lps are pretty great too if you haven't looked in that direction. I enjoy Judy Dyble both on the s/t and on Trader Horne.Sandy has joined by What We Did On Our Holidays though iain Matthews is still co lead singer. & the North Star Grassman and the Ravens is good for Sandy playing against Richard still. Bits of incidental guitar sound quite Televisiony or vice versa too.
― Stevolende, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
'sloth' is so good, half of it sounds like television playing a slint song
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Friday, 9 December 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
The Djangology records with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grapelli
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 9 December 2022 20:39 (one year ago) link
I confess I've never been that interested in 50s rock and roll so haven't listened to that much of it but I've just listened to the first two Gene Vincent albums, "Bluejean Bop!" and "Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps" and they are fucking great. I can totally see why so many people rate him as the best of the best. Great singer, so charismatic and exciting, and Cliff Gallup's guitar playing is absolutely out of this world, that guy must have blown so many people's minds when they first heard him. Both albums are good all the way through, even the corny old schools ballads are good because Vincent totally sells them, he had a sweet voice when he wanted to.
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Monday, 19 December 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Yeah, there's a reason the Birthday Party covered "Cat Man", he was totally wild out of the gate.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 20:03 (one year ago) link