― thesplooge (thesplooge), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― common_person (common_person), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― darin, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
i more or less have all of his records and i have the feeling otb is his best studio album. it's the most intense of his folky/soft songwriter albums. there are no real standouts except the first song which i knew from decade. it's all pretty much made of one stone. by the way neil did many shit and average albums. most of his 90s (except ragged glory, dead man was ok) and a lot of his 80s releases (trans, reactor, landing on water etc., hawks + doves was ace) should be mentioned here.
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― tom cleveland (tom cleveland), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― roger adultery (roger adultery), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:24 (nineteen years ago) link
oh and Kinda Kinks
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Before that, probably Galaxie 500 - On Fire.
― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― firstworldman (firstworldman), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link
and
The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― drew, Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link
...although What's Going On is still in its shrink-wrap, so that may surprise me yet.
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Bimble (bimble), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 20:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Snnap Dragon (snnap dragon), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 21:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Dylan's Planet Waves too.
― piers, Thursday, 29 July 2004 05:15 (nineteen years ago) link
ELO's Greatest Hits (is that classic?)
Another Green World too, though it wasn't immediate, and I'm still not into all of it.
― derrick (derrick), Thursday, 29 July 2004 06:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Thursday, 29 July 2004 06:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sasha (sgh), Thursday, 29 July 2004 06:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Thursday, 29 July 2004 07:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mog, Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 29 July 2004 08:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 29 July 2004 09:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― piscesboy, Thursday, 29 July 2004 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Also John Prine's first, Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners, and a bunch of Eno
― Josh Love (screamapillar), Thursday, 29 July 2004 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
Me neither... On the other hand there are definitely some classics which still knock me out on the rare occasions where I dig them out and put them on again. I think the last ones I did that with were Marquee Moon and Van Halen's first record, in the wake of this thread.
― martin m. (mushrush), Thursday, 29 July 2004 15:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Doobie Keebler (Charles McCain), Thursday, 29 July 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Friday, 30 July 2004 02:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― gaz (gaz), Friday, 30 July 2004 03:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian c=====8 (orion), Friday, 30 July 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 30 July 2004 07:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― dleone (dleone), Friday, 30 July 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
talking heads
― piscesboy, Tuesday, 31 August 2004 11:11 (nineteen years ago) link
Seconded (from the last coupla years): Odessey & Oracle, Village Green Preservation Society, Forever Changes.
― OleM (OleM), Tuesday, 31 August 2004 12:17 (nineteen years ago) link
(Also, T2 and 10cc obv classique)
― Funding Hostile (Craig D.), Sunday, 10 March 2024 14:35 (one month ago) link
Man Original Albums box.Listened to 4 of them so far. Might be s/t yet but all pretty great. Nice psych prog stuff from a band I've known of but not been familiar with for decades.I read Andrew Lauder memoir Happy Trails where he talks about them quite a bit and wanted to hear the lps he mentions. So got this when I saw it.Pretty great.
Funny that you mention this, I am going through the exact same box. I've had Maximum Darkness, the live album with John Copollina, for awhile, but this is my first deeper dive into them. I've only made it through the first three albums, they all have highlights but I do like the S/T best too I think. I also picked up the similar box with their five live albums, excited to go through this.
In the past few years I've had a lot of fun digging into those UK bands that drew heavily from West Coast psych and country rock, like Man, Mighty Baby and Help Youself.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 March 2024 14:02 (one month ago) link
Alchemist on s/t seems to be the one track that doesn't work for me so far. Maybe I need to listen on headphones. But seems not to have anything happening. I had a great live set from Germany in 1970 that reminded me of Mirror Man Beefheart but haven't heard anything similar so far.But generally great band from this.
Mighty Baby are great. I loved the Action from the time the Edsel compilation came out. Lauder talks about that too.Good to have the box sets of the 2 eras of the band.
& I probably need to know Help Yourself better. I have one 2fer CD which is good.Not sure what the pairing is.
Lauder also talked about Cochise who I've heard a little bit of since. Sound interesting. Individual take on country rock.
― Stevo, Monday, 11 March 2024 14:50 (one month ago) link
Yeah "Alchemist" felt too much like random experiments stitched together, was hard to keep my attention throughout.
This was the Help Youself box I got, from Esoteric: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/help-yourself-esoteric-recordings-present-the-complete-studio-albums-of-help-yourself/
I'll have to check out Cochise.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 11 March 2024 15:00 (one month ago) link
happy trails rools
― brimstead, Monday, 11 March 2024 15:16 (one month ago) link
Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Is Blue
Holy crap, how have I missed out on this amazing album until now? And is there really no dedicated Abbey Lincoln thread?
― Requiem for a Dream: The Musical! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 10 April 2024 05:24 (one week ago) link