Quick! I need some autumn road music suggestions!

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Going to do some excruciatingly long driving and I'm in a deperate need of some good "road" albums. So far I only got The Charm of the Highway Strip by Magnetic Fields and a couple of East River Pipe albums...and I've been told that United States Live boxset by Laurie Anderson is a must. What else do I need?

― Neon Noodle, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:27 (twenty years ago) link

Weekend - La Variete...the most autumnal record I've ever heard.

― Jez (Jez), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:37 (twenty years ago) link

Eleventh Dream Day - Prairie School Freakout

They've just reissued it as well, which is nice.

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 11:51 (twenty years ago) link

Joni Mitchell's 'Hejira' is pretty much THE autumn road album.

― Baaderist (Fabfunk), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 13:23 (twenty years ago) link

Grateful Dead, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 13:31 (twenty years ago) link

Joe's Garage Act I, II & III by Frank Zappa
Peggy Suicide by Julian Cope
Heaven or Las Vegas by Cocteau Twins

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 13:54 (twenty years ago) link

Tony Joe White's selftitled second album, recently reissued on Sepia Tone

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 15:40 (twenty years ago) link

A huge second for "La Variete"!!!
May I also suggest
"Antarctica" by Windy and Carl
and
"Golden Star" by Nonplace Urban Field

― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:18 (twenty years ago) link

Something Else -- Cannonball Adderley

― christoff (christoff), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:39 (twenty years ago) link

New York by Lou Reed. Serious must.

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 19:48 (twenty years ago) link

"Only Life" by the Feelies...i break it out every autumn.

― arc, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 20:43 (twenty years ago) link

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― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:04 (twenty years ago) link

if it starts to storm, Alec Empire + Merzbow, Live at the CBGB's would be wonderful

― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:15 (twenty years ago) link

Vashti Bunyan's "Just Another Diamond Day" will be nice (assuming you aren't sleepy when you listen to it).

― Alex Pittman, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

Yo la Tengo, "And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out"
Mojave 3, "Excuses for Travellers"
maybe Sea and Cake, "Oui"

and definitely "Hejira".

― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 4 November 2003 22:15 (twenty years ago) link

Nick Drake = autumnal.. Bryter Layter would be his best "driving" album, I suppose

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 4 November 2003 23:19 (twenty years ago) link

The For Carnation "The For Carnation"
Low "Secret Name"
Rolling Stones "Sticky Fingers"
Wolf Eyes "Slicer"
Van Morrison "Moon Dance"

― Ian Johnson (orion), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 01:52 (twenty years ago) link

Roy Harper - Stormcock

― youn, Wednesday, 5 November 2003 11:52 (twenty years ago) link

a big second vote for "only life." there are also some get individual tracks you could put on a mix cd for the trip, like "silver" by echo and the bunnymen and zep's "ramble on."

― seanp (seanp), Wednesday, 5 November 2003 14:04 (twenty years ago) link

thirteen years pass...

Revive! I know it's still technically summer but ...
I second the Feelies — any Feelies.
Also I would add that any Mark Mulcahy music — Miracle Legion and Polaris, especially — seems to provide a perfect soundtrack for the fall.

― Jazzbo, Friday, 8 September 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link

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