it's a good idea for a thread; bedroom albums. or very cheaply made albums. i never knew until watching one of those 'Soundbreaking' docs recently but the big early Eurythmics hits (Sweet Dreams, Love Is A Stranger etc) were recorded stupidly cheaply in a loft somewhere. Annie Lennox commented that they preferred 'the Volkswagen to the Rolls Royce' when it came to recording.
i have no recollection of Kindness at all weirdly.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
I really liked some of that first album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abI3NHYKB_w
― yesca, Thursday, 10 August 2017 02:52 (six years ago) link
New album is out today, with some interesting guests: Robyn, Jazmine Sullivan, Cosima, Seinabo Sey (Kelela co-wrote the track on which she features), and Samthing Saweto of "Akanamali" fame.
https://open.spotify.com/album/3EIYi24x5X0US5vJyso0cv
― monotony, Friday, 6 September 2019 05:21 (four years ago) link
I want to believe you mean Cosima Devito
― Tim F, Friday, 6 September 2019 06:20 (four years ago) link
i want to believe you mean people in general
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 September 2019 06:37 (four years ago) link
Few people talking about this one. Highlights for me are the 2 Robyn tracks.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 9 September 2019 22:20 (four years ago) link
Jazmine Sullivan track for me. Some not so great reviews around but heh some of these have soundtracked my summer.
― mmmm, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 11:33 (four years ago) link
The track with Jazmine just clicked hugely with me (I was enjoying the album generally but no one track has really jumped out, similar experience with the previous one). Maybe this is why he gets ignored on lists and in general plus although the influences are evidently diverse they're all rather obvious and he can never really at least match them, only homage in a pleasing but ultimately unremarkable way. Still deserves more love though.
― nashwan, Monday, 9 December 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link