Yesesis´s & Mortte`s Album Thread

I liked that album a lot as a teenager, and it is very good but not an all-time great album or anything. But it is quite good.

Everyone knows the big hits from it like Dreams, Why Can't This Be Love, Best of Both Worlds, etc. Then there are some songs that people might not know like the opening track. Good Enough is.. just that. Sammy seems like he's trying to sound like Dave in some parts. Get Up is a pretty good straightforward song, but sounds a little... fillerish. And then the last song Inside is cool sounding, but again... slightly... fillerish.

All in all a very good album though obviously, and I really enjoyed listening to it again.

And no age limits in any direction in my music taste, I guess the oldest is Hildegard Of Bingen music from 1000-1100). And I have quite much enjoyed Radiopuhelimet and Ranaldo/Refree-albums of this year.

Kevin Ayers: Whatevershebringswesing

I believe I am in a minority in PA, when loving 5 first Kevin Ayers albums more than any Soft Machine album. I have understood many proglisteners don´t like Kevin because he isn´t all the time so absolutely serious with his music. Well have to say the starter "There is Loving Among Us There Is Loving" is the most prog piece of Kevin with it´s great way arranged woodwinds & brass. In this album have those really relaxed pieces with Kevin´s soft voice that are in his most albums, but also one dixieland piece & really scary, psych piece. Just so great album!

Caravan: In the Land Of Grey And Pink

Don´t have to say much about this album, but this really are those albums you have listened many times but they still sound just so absolutely great every time! This album also has one of my fav covers! And I think I now managed to follow "Nine Feet Underground" eight sections changes right! In my own made poll I choose their first album to be greatest, but after today really hard to say which of their three first albums is greatest! It´s amazing how they managed to make so great three albums from the beginning and then never again anything as great, although they haven´t made a bad album.

Wow, I'm glad I went back to them! That was really good.

My notes..

First song was groovin, I liked it.
I was jamming out to Pearly Queen.
Don't Be Sad - also really good.
Feelin' Alright I've obviously heard before. Great song.
Vagabond sounds somewhat fillerish.
Forty Thousand Headmen was pretty cool.
Cryin' To Be Heard was really good.
No Time to Live - somewhat fillerish
Means to an End - really good, jammin

All in all very good album I would say. Right on.

Tom Waits: Orphans; Brawlers, Bawlers & b*****ds

Started my day with this almost four hour Waits-marathon! Waits got 56 unreleased or very rare songs from the past years and he decided to release them as 3CD-compilation in 2006. Three years later came 7 vinyl version with 6 bonus songs. But this really isn´t some boring leftovers compilation, there are really much great stuff and every song is at least good! Just shows how good songmaker he is. I am not sure what´s the difference between brawler and bawler, but anyway first one includes mostly bluesy & rocker tracks when second one has lots of ballads. And the last one includes all that hasn´t fit into those others, there are experimental tracks with spoken stories, even one hip-hop track, but also quite bluesy and even folk track. Those six bonuses of the vinyl version are as good as the other material, don´t know sure why they weren´t in this at first place. This compilation really includes all the sides of Waits, so it´s good introduction to his music, but naturally only true fans can listen it whole through in one time.

Roy Harper: Bullinamingvase

Really love this spiritual acoustic troubadour! This is not Roy´s greatest album, but really great anyway! As almost every album after Stormcock this has also quite much electric instruments. To proglovers it´s very interesting information, that also this album has a long, great epic "One Of Those Days In England" that starts from the side one and last the whole second side.

Comus: Out Of the Coma

This their comeback album from 2012 has lots more common with great "First Utterance" than their second, much more popmusic album (that I also really love). First side three songs are really great! I don´t know how many else as I have wondered, could they have made second side also as great new material, but on the other hand I really understand they wanted to release the only recording from their "Malgaard Suite" from 1972. So sad this recording has so poor audio quality, earlier times that has caused my concentration going somewhere else. But today I really concentrated this piece and understood how great it is! We just can imagine, how great their cancelled second album would have been, if their record company had been with their project!

J J Cale: Live

This is the only official Cale live album, released in 2001. Songs are recorded in many gigs from nineties. Here are many old Cale "hits", "After Midnight", "Cocaine", "Call Me the Breeze", "Sensitive Kind" & "Magnolia", but also newer pieces and I think also at least really great "Old Man" that I don´t remembered to have a studio version. It´s great almost all the songs are at least little bit rearranged. I think this is the most intimate live-album with really positive vibe! It´s really great to hear also really good playing without anybody´s need to show his skills.