What are you Listening to Right now ? Febus XVIII - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Domadora - The Violent Mystical Sukuma (Paris, France 2016)

Mostly instrumental heavy psychedelic stoner rock trio

Sun Mammuth - Cosmo (Lousada, Portugal 2015)

Instrumental psychedelic stoner rock trio

VI - De Preaestigiis Angelorum(Indeed a superb album, loving it!!)

GG - Octopus

Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.

Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom

Meltdowner wrote:

The Bearded Bard wrote:

Pretty sure new music's not a requirement.

Ok, I never considered putting a live album on any of my lists so far, that's why the confusion Ermm

Which live albums did you like this year, by the way.

Bushman's Revenge's and Ulver's.

I agree (I presume) that there's got to be something special with a live album for it to top an album-of-the-year-list. Most live albums, for me, works best (or only) as an introduction to a band (I easily prefer live albums to studio tracks compilations when artist investigation is concerned), or to showcase what a band sounds like live in a period of time (see Rush and Motorpsycho f. ex.). I'd have a hard time picking a live album for a top spot on an album-of-the-year-list if it didn't contain new music and/or tracks that differed substantially from the studio versions, but on Bushman's Fire and ATGCLVLSSCAP we get both of that, in spades.

King Crimson's Live in Toronto is another live album that probably will end up in my top 20, but a bit further down the list probably, as it's got a good sound, and the band's in top form, but the album contains, mostly, previously released music, and the tracks doesn't differ too much from the studio versions, or other live versions, I feel (but that doesn't bother me too much on a personal level, as I'm only very familiar with less than half of their essential output, i.e. studio albums and highest rated live albums).

Anyway, before:

Now:

First listen.

Edited by The Bearded Bard - October 19 2016 at 15:41

The Bearded Bard wrote:

Bushman's Revenge's and Ulver's.

I agree (I presume) that there's got to be something special with a live album for it to top an album-of-the-year-list. Most live albums, for me, works best (or only) as an introduction to a band (I easily prefer live albums to studio tracks compilations when artist investigation is concerned), or to showcase what a band sounds like live in a period of time (see Rush and Motorpsycho f. ex.). I'd have a hard time picking a live album for a top spot on an album-of-the-year-list if it didn't contain new music and/or tracks that differed substantially from the studio versions, but on Bushman's Fire and ATGCLVLSSCAP we get both of that, in spades.

King Crimson's Live in Toronto is another live album that probably will end up in my top 20, but a bit further down the list probably, as it's got a good sound, and the band's in top form, but the album contains, mostly, previously released music, and the tracks doesn't differ too much from the studio versions, I feel (but that doesn't bother me too much on a personal level, as I'm only very familiar with less than half of their essential output, i.e. studio albums and highest rated live albums).

^ I normally go straight to studio albums when I want to discover an artist, I only get to live albums much later, with the exception of when I find a copy ("Live at the Rainbow" is the only Focus album I have for example).
I did come across a vinyl copy of that Ulver album but I didn't know if it was good so I left it there Embarrassed

Finished:

TeleStrat wrote:

Sun Mammuth - Cosmo (Lousada, Portugal 2015)

Instrumental psychedelic stoner rock trio

Thanks for the reminder, Gary Thumbs Up

Perfect, just perfect.