Logan's Run: 4th Album

Sorry Paul, nothing I know here at all, with the probable exception of Kate Bush... I'll have to sit it out!

Jared wrote: Sorry Paul, nothing I know here at all, with the probable exception of Kate Bush... I'll have to sit it out!

Jared wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: Jared wrote: Sorry Paul, nothing I know here at all, with the probable exception of Kate Bush... I'll have to sit it out! That's okay. I have a good feeling Kate Bush might just go on to win this poll, but I have a sinking feeling Weyes Blood won't pick up any votes at all.  I've come to the conclusion that our listening habits are polar opposites and neither are probably very healthy. You've listened to everything on PA (and beyond) but only once, whereas I've listened to about 0.01% on PA but a minimum of 100 times each!!

Three five stars:

Kate Bush - The Dreaming
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Joni Mitchell - Blue

-and three four stars:

P J Harvey - Is This Desire?
Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic

Despite this being Logan's run, I only know nine of these very well, but most of the following I have played many, many times (also listened to the Angel Olsen in full at least, but I can't recall any of the music in my head right now -- that said, I did just wake up -- actually heard that St. Vincent less than the others too):

Bjork - Homogenic
Kate Bush - the Dreaming
Pj Harvey - Is This Desire?
Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic
Joni Mitchell - Blue
St. Vincent - St. Vincent
Susanne Sundfor - Ten Love Songs
Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss

Of these, I consider the Bjork, Bush, Harvey, von Hausswolff, Mitchell, Sundfor and Weyes Blood to be particularly strong. My first thought was Bush, but while I don't care about the idea winners or losers in such thing (making sport of Art as Peter Rideout used to la, whereas I'm more apathetic when it comes to the idea), I do like to see a broader set of votes cast. I will give the sinking ship it's second vote even if I tend to like the following album even more still. And "Wild Time" off it is one of my very favourite songs. She may be the most important female artist to me these days and I do like that she is one of the few artists that I love that my wife also likes very much.

Love to see a "Paul's Psyched!" series at some time. Psyched is in very enthusiastic, just covering your favourite acts and that ones that have been worth multiple spins for you, Paul. A revisiting of your fondest friends musically-speaking, Be so nice to see walls of four and five star rated albums. :) Even if you did something like that before, you have listened to a lot since

By the way, when I love an album, I listen to it many, many times. Sometimes until I don't love it anymore. I'm OCD that way. I'm not so discography-oriented, but that has its advantages for sure and can give one feel for an artist's evolution, sometimes they return to old themes and reference old works, but then I think it takes multiple spins, at least for me, to truly appreciate and "grok".

1. Weyes Blood - Titanic Rising

Joni was in fine form at last night's FireAid benefit concert held at the Kia Forum.

It is very very hard to pick any album that could snatch my vote away from The Dreaming; the history of humankind has maybe produced three such albums or so.