Legendary Pink Dots

Pretty sure I bought Shadow Weaver at Best Buy back in the day!

ha, yeah those domestic PIAS releases were all over the place in the US, too bad they screwed the band

I assume those are the new 2LP reissues on Metropolis?
― portugal. the bland (sleeve), Saturday, October 27, 2018 5:56 PM

CDs. Most expensive new single disc CDs I've seen in ages.

ridiculous, here's a £10.99 + £4.00 shipping CD from Norway:

https://www.discogs.com/sell/item/740553873

I guess that's not that much cheaper, it's also an older US release

makes me think of

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Wish they'd lept using the Beksinski covers, I thought they were very fitting. I might try and seek out the reissues with his covers.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/2237235-Zdzisław-Beksiński

I did I buy Shadow Weaver from Fopp and will probably listen soon.

they're beautiful artwork overlaid with inexplicably terrible typeface choices that make them look like bootleg DVDs you buy on the subway in Buenos Aires

never seen any of those Beksinski covers! jeez there are a lot of versions of the cover art on some of these - The Tower has at least four.

this is pretty good, but putting Island Of Jewels instead of Asylum is madness

A Beginners’ Guide to Cult Psych Icons the Legendary Pink Dots

Even so, nice to see another take on the now endless discography.

Was a lot less fond of Shadow Weaver than the previous 3 I've got (Maria Dimension, Asylum, Any Day Now).

First few tracks are good though.

yeah, I was very disappointed with it at the time, it's aged well though

"You'll meet your fear and see it's bigger, so much bigger than you feared"

Is it possible that "Ghosts Of Unborn Children" is an anti-abortion song?

Made myself a playlist based on the set they're currently touring with, and "Happy Birthday Mr. President" is pretty awesome... can't wait to see them this weekend!

Would you mind posting the setlist? I have not heard the new album.

Anyone here going to the Portland show? I'm gonna drive up.

Maid to Measure (Angel in the Detail)
Happy Birthday Mr. President (Angel in the Detail)
Itchycoo Shark (Angel in the Detail)
Junkyard (Angel in the Detail)
Red Flag (Angel in the Detail)
Real World (Chemical Playschool 19)
Disturbance (Maria Dimension)
Just a Lifetime (Crushed Velvet Apocalypse)
Neon Calculators (Angel in the Detail)
Andromeda Suite (Chemical Playschool 8/9)
The Photographer (Angel in the Detail)
Hellsville (Crushed Velvet Apocalypse)

Angel in the Detail is their 2019 album.

hmph "Hellsville" is not my favorite closing oldie choice but it'll be nice to see them do Andromeda again.

thanks! I guess I should listen to the new album in the next 10 days.

there's only a couple dates on this tour so far with posted setlists, they might mix up the set a little (especially encores)

i just looked these guys up on discogs.

jesus christ.

i've never seen one of their albums in person, nevermind actually having heard one.

this is also a good sign: the highlighted album pick on allmusic.com is rated, but doesn't have a review written for it.

definitely gonna check the bins next time i hit amoeba. these folks seem quite engaging, if for nothing else than their prolificacy.

lol yes Bananafish magazine once said "no one can accuse Edward Ka-Spel of glossing over ideas" which is a fair point

pretty sure I give my starter recommendations somewhere upthread, you can't go wrong with Any Day Now or The Maria Dimension tho.

is there a good comp? like felt's stains on a decade? that was introduction to felt and it was very kickass.

Stone Circles is a good comp of the 80's stuff

CanTa MienTras Puedas - same, but for the 90's

and this pair of comps released in Poland (some overlap)

https://www.discogs.com/The-Legendary-Pink-Dots-A-Guide-To-The-Legendary-Pink-Dots-Vol-1-The-Best-Ballads/master/628132

https://www.discogs.com/The-Legendary-Pink-Dots-A-Guide-To-The-Legendary-Pink-Dots-Vol-2-Psychedelic-Classics-And-Rarities/release/752667

rad. thank you.

also, i know it's just a user review, but this in that first link you posted sounds very promising:

This selection of psychedelic power ballads is so skillfully compiled that it sounds like a proper free standing album, not a compilation.

\m/

that comp is like 1/3 from the Maria Dimension, just listen to the Maria Dimension

lol will do. thank you.

Maria Dimension is a good entry point... I love the Tower as well, and Chemical Playschools 3 and 4 (Tower-era). But check out some older tracks like Apocalypse Then, Love in a Plain Brown Envelope, or So Gladly Screaming so you are seeing the attic of the LPD mansion and not just the nice front room.

Chemical Playschool 3&4 is my very favorite of all, good call f. hazel

Right? The Chemical Playschools are a vital part of the LPD experience, nothing like cueing up a sprawling pair of them and letting the music repeat in the background of your day until something jumps out at you... I've been listening to CP 19 the last few days and So Gallantly Screaming Anno 30 (did I write So Gladly Screaming up there? typo) has a real Laurie Anderson kind of vibe, it's great.

Next week'll be my...fifth or sixth time seeing them, I'm just not positive. But first in about six or seven years, so I'm very much looking forward. And I fully appreciate how they focus on the new album on this tour, as they should.

I'm conflicted, they're like Wire... such a huge back catalog that I love every iteration of, so it's always a little bittersweet knowing they can't possibly play all of it on a given night.

(then the Cure say "hold my beer")

Saw 'em tonight and it was plush. Dude they've got playing guitar now is fantastic. The Photographer was mesmerizing live, Just a Lifetime was my favorite from their back catalog. Don't miss them!

Been listening to Pages of Aquarius, wanted to hear more stuff featuring Erik Drost (current incarnation's guitar player) since he was so good live... reminds of me Magician Among the Spirits-era Church, spaced-out and low-key, with pretty guitars. Naturally there's another dozen or so releases from the era to investigate. Fun!

yeah he's been playing with them for quite a while now! starting with Poppy Variations iirc

Watching the World Series with the TV on mute and 12 Steps off the Path and 10 to the Power of 9... going deep with LPD this week

New to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F1Xq83diEE

https://kittysneezes.com/category/reviews/music/lpd-project/

that's pretty cool!

band-compiled overview of their last ten years:

https://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-10-years-a-compilation-for-the-courageous

This collection is an overview of The Legendary Pink Dots in the years 2010 to 2020. It's primarily aimed at those who recently discovered The Dots, but are terrified by the enormous discography (like the character on the cover for instance) and those who perhaps stopped listening a couple of decades ago but are curious. Dive in, enjoy and prepare yourself for the BIG rollercoaster ride.

(technically, this covers 2012-2019)

Thanks for the tip!

New album's great! So I wrote about it, in the context of this overall guide/introduction to their remarkable career

https://theshfl.com/guide/legendary-pink-dots

That's very interesting to me as I only really know their records up to 1990. But is there meant to be any significance to the order of the entries, or is that the point of "theshfl"?

No significance, the guides are intentionally not rated, and the order changes each time the page is refreshed. Worked with the site founder for about a year now and he's a good egg, and this is very much part of his idea of random discovery that's not algorithmic but driven by critical writing and work.

Great guide, Ned, and yes, the new album is so good. I know I'll only ever scratch the surface of the LPD / Ka-Spel discography but every time I do dig in I am rewarded with such joy that I wonder why I don't do it more.

I'm determined to catch a date on their 2023 tour.

Thanks, and as well you should! Caught them now...you know, I'm not sure. I think five times, but definitely four at least, the last being the 40th anniversary tour stop in fall 2019, which I'm obviously grateful for.

I have just seen them the one time in 2011, in Belgium. Sadly they have almost no following in the UK so rarely play here, and if they do almost never outside London.

thanks Ned!

the order changes each time the page is refreshed.

this is a cool trick that I had not noticed

they really have never made a bad "proper" album, it's impressive

Truly!