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

The opener, Charity Ball, gets me off also!  If I would have seen them in the 70s, I would have become their groupie and still be there....

What did you think of Wilson's "To the Bone" album?  I have not heard it yet.

My mom used to play the whole Innocent Man album quite often when it came out, so listening to it again was like a trip down memory lane. I love the title track, as it could fit right in 52nd Street, plus it's got one of the, possibly the, best vocal performance by Billy in his whole discography. I didn't get into the album as a whole (much like your scenario with Nylon), but my wife was really enjoying it! I will say though that you can tell he was having a great time recording it, nostalgic reflections of the music he grew up with, plus dating a supermodel doesn't hurt. It radiates positive vibes.

Past few days:

Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels: Yep, my favorite of theirs fully confirmed. Some of the chord progressions during the latter half are rather dissonant and strange, which adds to the coolness.

The Tea Party - Splendour Solas: You can tell they were a young band finding their way at this stage. The Zep influences were a major factor, and the lyrics sort of combine Page's interest in the occult with some of Plant's bravado and Jim Morrison's sex and shamanism. I like how the acoustic instrumental ditty near the end segues into the last song, which is my fav off the album.

Sirenia - Perils of the Deep Blue: Boasts arguably my favorite album cover by a metal band, possibly anyband (grabbed this on vinyl which includes a poster of the cover). Love dangerous mermaids, maybe I should check out that Polish musical flick The Lure someday. Gothic Symphonic metal with some added aggression and a female vocalist with a high range and an unusual lilt.

Sirenia - The Seventh Life Path: Like Perils but on an even more epic scale. Every song is pretty long with lots of changes going on. That cool female singer is hitting some super high notes at times without using her head voice. She's an acquired taste, but a taste I crave at times.

Sirenia - Dim Days of Dolor: Less aggressive and with a new singer. Her operatic voice is technically sound, but rather rote for the genre compared to the previous girl. I found this rather boring.

Sirenia - Arcane Astral Aeons: Same singer, but the music is much better than DDoD, with some bursts of speed back in the mix and more variation musically and vocally. Like Xandria and Nightwish, but "meaner".

Cocteau Twins - Victorialand: Like new age yoga music that doesn't remotely suck. The lack of percussion gives this a nice "airy" vibe, like I'm floating around in the clouds. Really nothing gothic here, pure dream ballads.

HolyMoly wrote: I’d just like to add that that Fanny youtube live thing mentioned above is really really cool. I’m looking more into this shiz.

Same here.  Quite a story there. Rundgren produced one of their records....but I'm going straight to the live stuff right now. 

Okay guys....while the earlier Beat Club appearance is arguably better, here is another collection of LIVE Fanny tv appearances....sound quality can be a bit patchy, but oh well.  Still cool. 

The drumming in "Blind Alley"   !!!  Awesome. 

Fanny - Fanny Hill

The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

Ad Maiora - Repetita Iuvant

Mike Rutherford - Smallcreep's Day (I'm still trying to get into this album, it's so uneven but samey at the same time, if that makes sense.)

Tangerine Dream - Hyperborea