Yesesis´s & Mortte`s Album Thread

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works Volume 1

Full points to Emerson to take a risk in the times of punk rock to make one side piano concerto. Risk takin was worth of, album sales were quite good! I don´t think that concerto is greatest piece of music, but not really also worst. I liked beautiful parts, in the last part there is quite typical intensive Emerson style music that he has composed also into earlier ELP-albums, but it sounds better when played in piano and big orchestra. In Lake´s side I really like "C´est La Vie" & "Closer To Believing", other three songs are little bit mediocre. Palmer´s side is the weakest, Prokofiev & Bach pieces are ok, but he´s two first compositions are terrible, "Food For Your Soul" is ok, but I don´t know do I need soul music from ELP. And first album version of "Tank" is better. Last sides "Pirates" is highlights of this album. Anyway I think this is their weakest album what I´ve heard after "In the Hot Seat". I don´t think I have no reason to listen "Works vol.2" because it has leftovers from this album.

Streets: Crimes In Mind

This isn´t the worst album of the eighties, but anyway only great thing in this album is Walsh vocals. What really irritate me is those electric tom tom´s that drummer really does many times. I listened this whole album expecting at least one good song, but no. Some humor guy has put into wikipedia this album´s genre prog rock, only very little prog is in the last song. This is just adult oriented hard rock. Hard to say will you Yesesis like this album, I liked even Moodies "The Other side" more.

The Gun Club: Fire Of Love

I really needed some punk after Streets-album! Gladly in the eighties were made albums that has really other side. This band together with Meat Puppets and Violent Femmes were called country punk. I think this album is more just really great R´n`R with blues influences. Singer Jeffrey Lee Pierce sing in their later, more pop albums badly out of tune, but in this album his personal voice fits like nose in the head! There are not many artists that have succeeded make great versions of Robert Johnson´s songs, but Gun Clubs version of "Preaching the Blues" is really great! And this album is not just great uptempo songs, there are slower pieces like "Promise Me" and Tommy Johnson-cover "Cool Drink Of Water" with really interesting atmosphere. This album is their greatest, but also second album "Miami" and "Las Vegas Story" are really great!

Gnidrolog: Lady Lake

I like this album, but prefer their first. In this they went much more into ordinary style prog of that time, many album songs reminds quite much King Crimson of that time, naturally there are also Jethro sounding. Opening song "I could Never Be a Soldier" is greatest, but other songs are weaker. To me it sounds they haven´t got enough ideas in some songs, for example title song is just too long. Also singer Colin Goldring sounds still quite bad specially when he sings very high. But I believe I will listen this album also again.

Can: Unlimited Edition

This is compilation album from bands leftovers from 1968 to 1975. Earlier I have listened just first album, that came first under name "Limited Edition". I was surprised the second album in this double is better than that original first! Also the best songs in this are sung by original singer Malcolm Mooney, my faves are "the Empress and the Ukraine King", "Cutaway", "Connection" and "Fall Of Another Year". Naturally this album don´t rise into level of their best albums, but it´s really good anyway!

Hanson Brothers: Gross Misconduct

This band was the side project of Nomeasno`s Wright brothers & Tom Holliston. They took their identity from two mean ice hockey players from "Slap Shot"-movie and their music style from Ramones. Almost all the songs are still their own. I didn´t looked the song list before listening, so I though few times "now they do Ramones song" but it was their "own". Finally came Blitzkrieg Bop with their own words. Anyway this album is better than Ramones albums of nineties. At least Dee Dee and CJ never got as great bass sounds as in this album! Also I really listen this rather than some Green Days or Offsprings album. But very possible I don´t listen this again, I like Ramones, but it has never been as big to me as many. There are three more Hanson Brothers-album, let´s see will I listen those.

No. I've obviously heard a bunch of their songs on the radio but never a full album. I'm sure their early one's are good though(just from the hits that I've heard).

Cool. Glad you liked it. Their second concerto grosso album isn't as good imo but has two really good songs on it. Check out the post an obscure prog track thread for one of them(the other is le roselai which kind of sounds like Queen in parts). 

Also, don't forget about Pavlov's Dog. I must warn you about the vocals on that though but if you can get used to them it's a very good album. 

I have a little bit of Traffic. I know I have John Barley corn and like it. I think I have low spark also but not sure. 

So close! Man that was an absolute masterpiece right up until that huge LONG drum part right at the end there. Which was impressive, but just went on too long imo.

Ok, second track was less energetic than the first but beautiful stunning. 3rd track was SO good. Shadows was awesome. Last track was bombastic in spots lol, certainly interesting(kind of all over the place).. Then the drum stuff.

Oh well, really good album though. I'd certainly recommend it to anyone without any hesitation. A lot of it sounded like modern classical. I love classical music so this was right up my alley. Thank you FlowerKC for recommending it!

Also, check out the 70's US band Pavlov's Dog. Start with the pampered menial album then the at the sound of the bell album. All can be found on youtube.

That's all for now.

Wow. Geez I see why that hit you lol, it's really good!

Ok, here are my notes. Great strings on the title track. Whispering Grass - SMOOTH. What a voice on Carnival(on all the track really, but especially that one). Dark The Night - just really good.. smooth and satisfying. Until The Real Thing Comes Along - very old fashioned sounding, good stuff.

That whole album was great, I enjoyed it immensely. Actually made me think of like a lazy summer day. No track was even remotely close to being weak on that.