What albums did you listen to today?

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I do have a recommendation for you, one I picked up the CD reissue of a few months back and have been overdosing on lately, the sole Horn album `On the People's Side', and the whole album can be played on Youtube here. It's a confusing little one - a seven-piece band that offered everything from lengthy Canterbury-flavoured jazzy musings, protest songs with gentle acid-rock qualities, lightly country influenced rockers with male and female vocals singing in unison, loopy Gong, Zappa and Cos-like improvisations, Zeuhl intensity and even a sly sense of humour! I think it;s frequently great, have a listen if you can to the clip and see what you think! I've got a review ready to go as well.

Michael, I heard that Synergy album when you posted something about it. I saw it on Youtube's suggestions so I gave it another listen. It's very accessible but good for what it is.

David, that Minami Deutsch album is really cool

Yesterday:
Eloy - Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes
Light Year - Reveal the Fantastic

Guldbamsen wrote: Yesterday: The Winstons - s/t

I hope (I bet?) you loved that one, Dave? I think fans of the early Soft Machine albums would go mental for it

Sagichim wrote: Michael, great review as always for Nyl, you've made me spin the album today. I don't know if you've heard that missing song but it's about 1.5 minutes long and yes the song's quality is weird like it wasn't recorded with the album. It isn't such a big loss but I do totally agree with you that they should have kept it no matter what, and that rearranging of songs also annoys me so when I copied the album to my computer I arranged it just as the original album too, man we're such dorks  About Il Volo, only until recently I used to prefer the first album over the second but now it's definitely the other way around, man talk about a slow grower! Essere O Non Essere is simply priceless, I'm not sure why I couldn't connect with it but boy am I glad I did, it is a beautiful album. How do you like it? And finally have you ever checked Cos - Babel? This is another album I've totally overdosed on recently, it's not for everyone I'm sure but if I was to review it I would probably go with 5 stars, there's something about those songs that totally grabbed me, especially the vocals.[

I think our little particular music quirks are pretty funny, Sagi! Annoyances like those I discussed over that album really do my head in, I think it's partly an OCD issue!

I'll report back about Il Volo, as I have only fairly recently got both of their albums, and I'm just starting to come around to the debut now. I do recall the second one was probably more adventurous from what I remember, but the debut is just a great rock album period.

Never explored Cos further than `Viva Boma', but I'll make a note to look into it shortly.

I do have a recommendation for you, one I picked up the CD reissue of a few months back and have been overdosing on lately, the sole Horn album `On the People's Side', and the whole album can be played on Youtube here. It's a confusing little one - a seven-piece band that offered everything from lengthy Canterbury-flavoured jazzy musings, protest songs with gentle acid-rock qualities, lightly country influenced rockers with male and female vocals singing in unison, loopy Gong, Zappa and Cos-like improvisations, Zeuhl intensity and even a sly sense of humour! I think it;s frequently great, have a listen if you can to the clip and see what you think!



I've got a review ready to go as well.

Michael, great review as always for Nyl, you've made me spin the album today. I don't know if you've heard that missing song but it's about 1.5 minutes long and yes the song's quality is weird like it wasn't recorded with the album. It isn't such a big loss but I do totally agree with you that they should have kept it no matter what, and that rearranging of songs also annoys me so when I copied the album to my computer I arranged it just as the original album too, man we're such dorks 

Katatonia - The Fall Of Hearts

Sam, I think (if I remember) I bought that same Synergy album a year or so ago on vinyl, but I don't recall if it's any good or not? I haven't had a lot of luck getting into the Synergy albums in the past.

Tonight's choices:

Flamborough Head – Unspoken Whisper
Beardfish – Comfortzone
Nyl – s/t
Rick Wakeman – Myths and Legends...
Ars Nova – The Book of the Dead
Arti e Mestieri – Tilt
Area – Arbeit Macht Frei
Il Volo – s/t
Cos – Viva Boma
Casa das Marquinas – Lar de Maravilhas
Lutz Thunz and Wolfgang Gsell – Our Secret Lives
Steve Roach – Light Fantastic
Sage Taylor - Raintime

Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies

Genesis - "Spot the Pidgeon"
Deakin - "Golden Chords"
Genesis - "Spot the Pidgeon"
Radiohead - "A Moon Shaped Pool"
Gurun Gurun - "Kon B"
Mens Recovery Project - "The Very Best of"
Autechre - "Tri repetae"

Tonight's choices:

Pendragon – Not of this World
Camel – Rain Dances
Dzyan – Time Machine
Nosferatu – s/t
Nyl – s/t (played it about six times! )
Ash Ra Tempel – Starring Rosi