What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Even though I didn't get the second CdZ album when it came out, I did do a catch-up order with it from Syn-Phonic, but this was about a year ago, and I put it away on my CD shelf when I did an alphabetical tidy-up several months back, and I STILL haven't listened to it! It's meant to be rather good, though.

I spent 11 hours in airports and on airplanes yesterday, so I passed my time with:

Meltdowner wrote: Speaking of them, I should get their second album, I spun this one and the debut a lot already  Oh, and it looks like there will be new CdZ and Unreal City albums next year

Even though I didn't get the second CdZ album when it came out, I did do a catch-up order with it from Syn-Phonic, but this was about a year ago, and I put it away on my CD shelf when I did an alphabetical tidy-up several months back, and I STILL haven't listened to it! It's meant to be rather good, though.

Sun Of Man - Sun Of Man I

According to Dave they worked 3 weeks in a primitive Rome studio and recorded "the entire soundtrack" but MA rejected most of it.

I just read some interview clips from that time.  They weren't too pleased that they did all this work and he only chose a bit of it 

Finnforest wrote: Thanks Michael for reminding me to listen to the Zabriskie music, I found 8 songs on YouTube.  Checking it out right now.

Jim, the way I compiled it was the following:

1. Heart Beat, Pig Meat
2. Crumbling Land
3. Come in Number 51, Your Time is Up
4. Country Song
5. Unknown Song.
6. Love Scene Version 6
7. Love Scene Version 4

It plays quite beautifully too! The Floyd could deliver really nice bluesy tracks well called upon!

Rush - "Exit... Stage Left"

Egg - The Polite Force 7/10  Don't normally care for prog trios, especially keyboard-bass-drum trios (ELP, Le Orme, Triumvirat etc), and Egg certainly doesn't entirely escape my problems with the format, but this is a good listen. Boilk is a great experimental piece, while A Visit and Long Piece both have some interesting segments. Contrasong is odd and the vocals are horribly incorporated, but works well enough otherwise. Won't explore Egg's discography any further, although Symphony No. 2 sounds nice. 

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Area - Arbeit Macht Frei One of the first albums I've checked out at the beggining of my Italian Prog revival. Still, it remains one of my favorites. I like all things jazz-prog that sound original and heck, is Area one of these bands? Magnificent music, really holds a significant value in my musical development.

Fred Frith - Speechless Really enjoyed Gravity yesterday, so I had to listen to the follow-up of it - Speechless. One thing I love about all things Henry Cow-related is that the musicians, in most of the side projects, always make an effort to stay fresh. Here, Frith mixes the ethnic folk rhythms with a jazzier, more RIO-like music. Excellent!

Raccomandata Con Ricevuta Ritorno - Per... Un Mondo Di Cristallo Man, I really regret I listened to this album today. I was not in the right... circumstances, in the right mood, right time. Had some work to do and was really bothered, could not devote my full attention to the music. Anyway, I hope I did not spoil it for myself. What I could catch was something that reminded me of Il Balletto Di Bronzo at times. Except it has more pastoral, acoustic passages. Still, feel like it's very good and look forward to meeting it again.

Kultivator - Barndomens Stigar Thanks a ton for the recommendation, Sagi, friend! This was a great album and I was very surprised to find out these guys were from Sweden, most bands with that sound that produced at the beggining of the 80's came from either USA or France. Very pleasant music and it is, how you described it, a great zeuhl/Canterbury fusion in the clearest meaning.

I Giganti - Terra in Bocca (Poesia di un Delitto) Wow, that's pretty nice! I did some research on the band before listening and learned that they were actually a beat band for the most part, recording only one progressive album in their career. Melodies are a l l    o v e r    t h e    p l a c e . Everywhere! Great, beautiful, romantic melodies. And there is also a good amount of sophistication. You can hear their pop roots in places, but still, compares very well to RPI of 1971.