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

Yeah only Countdown to Ecstasy left to hear from the original Dan records so I'll probably get to that next!

Finnforest wrote: Lapera - L'Acqua Purificatrice Murple - Il Viaggio

Brave man with the Lapera, my friend! But, it is a rather lovely album, and I definitely don't regret buying the recent mini LP reissue of it. Nice to see it pop up on here!

Murple's `Il Viaggio' is perfectly decent too!

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Just one today, with Camel - Mirage. One of my favourites and still a total masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. One thing that I noticed this time especially was how much energy Andy Ward has a drummer. Listen to the uptempo 6/8 keyboard solo in White Rider or the solo section in Earthrise and you'll hear exactly what I mean; the man was on fire!

Andy Ward is probably who I admire the most in Camel, especially on Mirage. His energy and versatility, the smooth way he changes time signatures and tempo.

Stereolab - 'Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night': One of those CDs so lengthy that it transformed into a double LP quite nicely. Arguably the band's most experimental album.

Steely Dan - "Aja"
Steely Dan - "Gaucho"
Steely Dan - "Countdown to Ecstasy"
Kayo Dot - "Plastic House on Base of Sky"
Steely Dan - "Gaucho"
Steely Dan - "Katy Lied"
Steely Dan - "Countdown to Ecstasy"
Kayo Dot - "Coffins on Io"
Steely Dan - "Countdown to Ecstasy"
King Crimson - "Red"


Edited by Ozark Soundscape - October 26 2016 at 00:13

Yes - Close to The Edge - As with yesterday, only one album today, but what an album it is! Everyone here knows this one inside and out, forwards and back, so I just have one thing to say about this. Seasons. Of. Man. I think I had this one cranked loud enough that my whole building woke up. If anyone can find me a more breakneck, intense, and infectiously maniacal section to play air keyboards to, I will be forever indebted to you.

Last two days:

Haken – Affinity
The Winstons – s/t
Rush – Moving Pictures
Ben Craven – Last Chance to Hear
Dave Kerzner – New World
Jethro Tull – Stormwatch (dull, but interesting reading the background to it)
Jethro Tull – Warchild (Urgh, I discovered today that mostly everything I dislike about Tull is on this one! So smug and wordy and dominated by Anderson’s personality).
Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick
Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
Pendragon – Men Who Climb Mountains
Pendragon – Not of this World
Riverside – Second Life Syndrome
Riverside – Shrine of the New Generation Slaves (Not one of their best, but still wipes the floors with `Love, Fear…)’
Harald Grosskopf – Synthesist
Alpha Wave Movement – Harmonic Currents
Alpha Wave Movement – Earthen
Betzler & Bruckner - Two
Jack Hertz – Secret Coves
Cosmic Ground – 3 – It is really good, Sam. Although the influences are still there, they’re more subdued and not as obvious as before, and the album seems like Dirk’s most natural and flowing effort yet. As you said, those pieces with the sequencers are really frantic and up-tempo.

Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure – I love the first (title) track on this one, but I HATE that amazing drifting build that culminates in that awful plinky-plonky bit at about the 16:20 mark! It’s so cheesy to what came before it!

Marillion - The Thieving Magpie

Meltdowner wrote: Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Rush – Moving Pictures Jethro Tull – Stormwatch (dull, but interesting reading the background to it) Riverside – Shrine of the New Generation Slaves (Not one of their best, but still wipes the floors with `Love, Fear…)’ Harald Grosskopf – Synthesist Cosmic Ground – 3 – It is really good, Sam. Although the influences are still there, they’re more subdued and not as obvious as before, and the album seems like Dirk’s most natural and flowing effort yet. As you said, those pieces with the sequencers are really frantic and up-tempo. Tangerine Dream – Force Majeure – I love the first (title) track on this one, but I HATE that amazing drifting build that culminates in that awful plinky-plonky bit at about the 16:20 mark! It’s so cheesy to what came before it! Any change of opinion about Moving Pictures? Yeah, I have "Aqualung" with a book full of interesting interviews and details about the recording but when I play the record my interest fades  By the way, three Dull albums in a row?  It sounds better when you put it in perspective  I meant to reply the other day, but Riverside's latest really grew on me, although for very different reasons than their previous ones. Oh, and it's been almost a year since I saw them, time really flies. I meant to listen to Synthesist the other day, I'll have to put it on the pile. I'll have to give the new Cosmic Ground another listen, but it seems like top 20 material already  Indeed! Thankfully that part is not long enough to ruin the whole track

I don't mind `Moving Pictures', it's pretty easy to put on in the background at work. I'll have to start giving it proper close listening eventually.

I don't think `Love, Fear...' is a bad album by any means, and I certainly don't think Riverside have come close to a poor album yet, but it still feels lightweight and all surface thrills. I also think the more `commercial' songs on `Shrine...' are stronger than the ones on `Love...'. But like I said, all good.

Actually, that wasn't really three Dull's in a row, I just lumped them together for the sake of that list...but to my shame, I have to admit I recently bought three remaster Tull Cd's - `Stormwatch', `Heavy Horses' and `A' for a few dollars each off a local Ebay vendor. I figured just get their `classic' period ones and give them all a fair listen...but it still hasn't helped change my opinion of them much. `Warchild' (which I picked up a few months back) absolutely did my head in on the drive into work today, I found most of it (and by It, I mean Anderson ) unbearable.

Yeah, `Force Majeure' is a ripper album from them (despite that crappy little moment! [LOL[), probably one of their closest to being `proggy'? I know a lot of people have issues with the final track on that, which I think is a little overlong and repetitive, but hardly bad at all!

`Synthesist' is a cracker, such a perfect melodic electronic album.

I'll be listening to the rest of `Cosmic Ground 3' ont he way home tonigth in about an hour. But I was very impressed with what I heard. I've liked the other ones, but this sounds really strong.

My Brightest Diamond - This is My Hand