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 Posted: May 10 2020 at 19:05 |
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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 donīt 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 Lakeīs side I really like "Cīest La Vie" & "Closer To Believing", other three songs are little bit mediocre. Palmerīs side is the weakest, Prokofiev & Bach pieces are ok, but heīs two first compositions are terrible, "Food For Your Soul" is ok, but I donīt 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 Iīve heard after "In the Hot Seat". I donīt think I have no reason to listen "Works vol.2" because it has leftovers from this album.
Streets: Crimes In Mind This isnīt 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 tomīs 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 albumīs 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 Rīn`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 Johnsonīs 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 havenīt 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 donīt rise into level of their best albums, but itīs 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 didnīt 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 donīt listen this again, I like Ramones, but it has never been as big to me as many. There are three more Hanson Brothers-album, letīs see will I listen those. |
Haha, when I saw this the first thought I had was MMMBop. Different Hanson though I guess lol. Btw I used to be a pretty big Ramones fan. I love their It's Alive album. Really rockin and just great.
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 19:09 |
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Well if you throw Chicago down the toilet after some point you may as well do the same thing to Genesis after Steve Hackett left. 
Anyway, I recommend Yesesis listen to the first two when he gets a chance. Also, Abraxas by Santana. Then after that the early pre Steve Perry Journey(there's a Santana connection there).
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Nope. No throwing Genesis down the toilet lol. Or at the very least spare No Jacket Required. I need that album.
Anyway, Santana is an artist that I've been meaning to listen to(beyond what's on the radio).. but I keep forgetting. So this Abraxas is an album that I'll very likely check out sometime soon. Thanks for the reminder.
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 19:15 |
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That was ROCKIN! Wow, some good old fashioned rock and roll right there! He can REALLY belt it out man. I definitely see why you call it the best R 'n' R album. Many familiar songs and a few I don't think I'd ever heard before like I'll Never Let You Go and All Around the World. But man, high energy throughout!
I definitely need to listen to that next time I'm on the elliptical. That'll get the old heart pumping!
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 I am really glad youīre likin that too! I really also love "All Around the World", it has that really great New Orleans-rhythm! Got no information, whoīs playing drums in that album (there could be of course many drummers). What do you like 50ties Rīn`R generally? My biggest faves are Little Richard, Chuck Berry & Eddie Cochran (just bought magazine that was full of articles about him, in English), but I like really much also Elvis, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Gene Vincent, Johnny Burnette, Dale Hawkins and Link Wray.
Going to listen today that ELP:s Works, also I think I will try Streets Crimes In Mind Cristi recommended. Have to admit I have doubts about it, because I havenīt really been at all into typical eighties music recent years, but going to listen it anyway with open mind. |
A couple of those artists I haven't even heard of. But then you know so much more music than I ever will. Chuck Berry I do know considered a GIANT of early rock and roll here. So I'll have to listen to one of his full albums at some point also. But for tonight... It's the debut album by Little Richard. Right now.
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 19:56 |
That's an album I wish I'd discovered years ago! I liked it better even than the one last night. That was really really good.
Ok, my notes. True, Fine Mama I liked a lot. Good flow to it. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave also. Ready Teddy and Jenny, Jenny were rockin. Slippin' and Slidin' was very good. Miss Anne and Oh Why? were the two weakest tracks imo(but still good). Rip It Up had a cool sound to it and was my favorite track on the album. Tutti Frutti everyone knows, all time great.
Yeah that's an album I'll definitely listen to again. And again... and again...
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I think I've heard every ELP album except works. I even used to own works volume 2 but not the original black album. How weird is that? I also haven't heard the triple live welcome back my friends.... but that's a live album so it doesn't really count. Speaking of live albums I recommend listening to all the worlds a stage by Rush and Playing the Fool by Gentle Giant. I'm sure you have probably heard the live Genesis albums. If not add seconds out to the list also.
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 21:53 |
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Mortte wrote:
6 in sunday:
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 donīt 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 Lakeīs side I really like "Cīest La Vie" & "Closer To Believing", other three songs are little bit mediocre. Palmerīs side is the weakest, Prokofiev & Bach pieces are ok, but heīs two first compositions are terrible, "Food For Your Soul" is ok, but I donīt 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 Iīve heard after "In the Hot Seat". I donīt think I have no reason to listen "Works vol.2" because it has leftovers from this album.
Streets: Crimes In Mind This isnīt 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 tomīs 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 albumīs 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 Rīn`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 Johnsonīs 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 havenīt 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 donīt rise into level of their best albums, but itīs 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 didnīt 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 donīt listen this again, I like Ramones, but it has never been as big to me as many. There are three more Hanson Brothers-album, letīs see will I listen those. |
Haha, when I saw this the first thought I had was MMMBop. Different Hanson though I guess lol. Btw I used to be a pretty big Ramones fan. I love their It's Alive album. Really rockin and just great.
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I like also quite much seventies-eighties Ramones. First album is the best, they could have split after that because they said everything in that. But of course Rocket to Russia and Itīs Alive are also really good albums!
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 21:55 |
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Well if you throw Chicago down the toilet after some point you may as well do the same thing to Genesis after Steve Hackett left.
Anyway, I recommend Yesesis listen to the first two when he gets a chance. Also, Abraxas by Santana. Then after that the early pre Steve Perry Journey(there's a Santana connection there).
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Nope. No throwing Genesis down the toilet lol. Or at the very least spare No Jacket Required. I need that album.
Anyway, Santana is an artist that I've been meaning to listen to(beyond what's on the radio).. but I keep forgetting. So this Abraxas is an album that I'll very likely check out sometime soon. Thanks for the reminder.
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Three first Santana-albums are really great! And Caravanserai and few after that are not bad too (band went into really meditative jazz direction).
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Posted: May 10 2020 at 21:57 |
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That's an album I wish I'd discovered years ago! I liked it better even than the one last night. That was really really good.
Ok, my notes. True, Fine Mama I liked a lot. Good flow to it. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave also. Ready Teddy and Jenny, Jenny were rockin. Slippin' and Slidin' was very good. Miss Anne and Oh Why? were the two weakest tracks imo(but still good). Rip It Up had a cool sound to it and was my favorite track on the album. Tutti Frutti everyone knows, all time great.
Yeah that's an album I'll definitely listen to again. And again... and again...
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I donīt think youīre not alone with your opinion. To me his second is even better although first is of course really great! Try first Chuck Berry (After School Session by Chuck Berry) itīs my favorite of him, itīs really versatile album and proves that Chuck Berry was the first world music artist!
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Posted: May 11 2020 at 11:33 |
Two albums of the first day of the week: Jambinai: Onda I have made a review from this album last year soon it became, so nothing more to itīs music, but have to say this band is one of the greatest to me that has founded in 2000`s. It has put into post rock/math rock -genre in PA, but it really isnīt math rock at all and not also typical post rock (I am not post rock fan at all). One thing that might be the reason I love this band is Korean traditional instruments together with modern. This was one the greatest albums last year & sounded today also really good, but still I prefer their second album "a Hermitage".
Laura Nyro: Spread Your Wings And Fly; Live At the Filmore East May 30, 1971 Laura has been really late finding to me, but I have become quite big fan of her! She wasnīt mentioned as influence to Kate Bush, but I really wonder if Kate hasnīt heard her. After Lauraīs passing in the quite early age there has come quite many live releases and I think this is the earliest concert recorded. There was just Laura performing with piano, but nothing more is needed just because sheīs so great player & singer! Here are songs from all her five first album, except from the original version of her first album. But also there are three new songs, "American Dove", "I Am the Blues" & "Mother Earth" that only second one is recorded in her next studio album. This and Lauraīs other albums are just so soulful and give me strength into my life!
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Posted: May 11 2020 at 19:38 |
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I think I've heard every ELP album except works. I even used to own works volume 2 but not the original black album. How weird is that? I also haven't heard the triple live welcome back my friends.... but that's a live album so it doesn't really count. Speaking of live albums I recommend listening to all the worlds a stage by Rush and Playing the Fool by Gentle Giant. I'm sure you have probably heard the live Genesis albums. If not add seconds out to the list also.
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Thank you for the suggestions. Man, too many albums too little time! lol. But I like GG a lot so definitely might check out this Playing the Fool deal at some point.
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Two albums of the first day of the week:Jambinai: Onda I have made a review from this album last year soon it became, so nothing more to itīs music, but have to say this band is one of the greatest to me that has founded in 2000`s. It has put into post rock/math rock -genre in PA, but it really isnīt math rock at all and not also typical post rock (I am not post rock fan at all). One thing that might be the reason I love this band is Korean traditional instruments together with modern. This was one the greatest albums last year & sounded today also really good, but still I prefer their second album "a Hermitage".
Laura Nyro: Spread Your Wings And Fly; Live At the Filmore East May 30, 1971 Laura has been really late finding to me, but I have become quite big fan of her! She wasnīt mentioned as influence to Kate Bush, but I really wonder if Kate hasnīt heard her. After Lauraīs passing in the quite early age there has come quite many live releases and I think this is the earliest concert recorded. There was just Laura performing with piano, but nothing more is needed just because sheīs so great player & singer! Here are songs from all her five first album, except from the original version of her first album. But also there are three new songs, "American Dove", "I Am the Blues" & "Mother Earth" that only second one is recorded in her next studio album. This and Lauraīs other albums are just so soulful and give me strength into my life!
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Both of those artists look like they might be something I'd be interested in. But I... there's too many albums lol.
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Posted: May 11 2020 at 19:42 |
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That's an album I wish I'd discovered years ago! I liked it better even than the one last night. That was really really good.
Ok, my notes. True, Fine Mama I liked a lot. Good flow to it. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave also. Ready Teddy and Jenny, Jenny were rockin. Slippin' and Slidin' was very good. Miss Anne and Oh Why? were the two weakest tracks imo(but still good). Rip It Up had a cool sound to it and was my favorite track on the album. Tutti Frutti everyone knows, all time great.
Yeah that's an album I'll definitely listen to again. And again... and again...
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I donīt think youīre not alone with your opinion. To me his second is even better although first is of course really great! Try first Chuck Berry (After School Session by Chuck Berry) itīs my favorite of him, itīs really versatile album and proves that Chuck Berry was the first world music artist! |
There's my album for tonight right there. Thank you!
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Hey Yesesis, I won't throw any more suggestions your way until you catch up on all the others. I did think of another but then I forgot it again. Anyway, just go back through this thread and write them down then when you get a chance to listen just get back to me and let me know. I'll keep an eye out.
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I quite enjoy that and, you're right Mortte, it's pretty eclectic(versatile).
Ok my notes.. School Days - massive classic!
Deep Feeling - Instrumental
Too Much Monkey Business - rockin, good groove to it. jammin guitar break. favorite song on album.
Wee Wee Hours - very smooth
Roly Poly and Berry Pickin' guitar jam(liked the latter more).
No Money Down - Story
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - the jam
Together (We'll Always Be) and Drifting Heart - Slower, relaxing
Havana Moon - Cool and different from the rest of the album.
Not sure if I liked that as much as Little Richard's debut last night(which I listened to again this morning btw). But it was quite good and I definitely enjoyed it.
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Hey Yesesis, I won't throw any more suggestions your way until you catch up on all the others. I did think of another but then I forgot it again. Anyway, just go back through this thread and write them down then when you get a chance to listen just get back to me and let me know. I'll keep an eye out. |
Alright, I'll let you know friend. Thanks again.
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Two albums of the first day of the week:Jambinai: Onda I have made a review from this album last year soon it became, so nothing more to itīs music, but have to say this band is one of the greatest to me that has founded in 2000`s. It has put into post rock/math rock -genre in PA, but it really isnīt math rock at all and not also typical post rock (I am not post rock fan at all). One thing that might be the reason I love this band is Korean traditional instruments together with modern. This was one the greatest albums last year & sounded today also really good, but still I prefer their second album "a Hermitage".
Laura Nyro: Spread Your Wings And Fly; Live At the Filmore East May 30, 1971 Laura has been really late finding to me, but I have become quite big fan of her! She wasnīt mentioned as influence to Kate Bush, but I really wonder if Kate hasnīt heard her. After Lauraīs passing in the quite early age there has come quite many live releases and I think this is the earliest concert recorded. There was just Laura performing with piano, but nothing more is needed just because sheīs so great player & singer! Here are songs from all her five first album, except from the original version of her first album. But also there are three new songs, "American Dove", "I Am the Blues" & "Mother Earth" that only second one is recorded in her next studio album. This and Lauraīs other albums are just so soulful and give me strength into my life!
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Both of those artists look like they might be something I'd be interested in. But I... there's too many albums lol.
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Hereīs something for Jambinai you love (you might not like their noisy songs):
And fabulous Laura (sheīs really not known at all in Europe, but I have thought she was very famous in US):
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I quite enjoy that and, you're right Mortte, it's pretty eclectic(versatile).
Ok my notes.. School Days - massive classic!
Deep Feeling - Instrumental
Too Much Monkey Business - rockin, good groove to it. jammin guitar break. favorite song on album.
Wee Wee Hours - very smooth
Roly Poly and Berry Pickin' guitar jam(liked the latter more).
No Money Down - Story
Brown Eyed Handsome Man - the jam
Together (We'll Always Be) and Drifting Heart - Slower, relaxing
Havana Moon - Cool and different from the rest of the album.
Not sure if I liked that as much as Little Richard's debut last night(which I listened to again this morning btw). But it was quite good and I definitely enjoyed it.
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Too Much Monkey Business is my fav Berry track! Yardbirds made quite good version of it, but Berryīs still a looot better! If you want to listen more rockin album from Berry, you can try his second "One Dozen Berrys". It is many "THAT" album from Berry, as Little Richard first is too. You know I am guy who likes eclectic & versatile albums!
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Tuedayīs listenings (that partly started already yesterday)
Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire & Beyond, 1964-69 I have mostly just driving in a car this week in my work. Yesterday I really get bored to same songs all over again in the radio. Then I noticed that car has cd-player (I have drive it almost a year every now & then)! So I have listened this 4cd compilation yesterday and today in a work. This compilation really proves how much there were guitar based garage/psych bands in UK and round the world that just didnīt make it. Also proves that punk rock really wasnīt invented in seventies! Of course many of these are just good ones, but also some really great! My fave bands in this are: The Creations, Tomorrow (Steve Howe was in this), the Pretty Things, the Misunderstood, the Masters Apprentices, We All Together, Kaleidoscope, the Troggs, Timebox, Love Sculpture, the Bluestars, the Open Mind, the Dantalianīs Chariot (this band has Policeīs Andy Summers, their great album from 1967 was released in the nineties), Os Mutantes & the Blossom Toes.
Eddie Cochran: Singin`To My Baby I have been Cochran-fan from the eighties, but it was not yet till 2000`s when I got to know existence of this his only album he released in his lifetime. But I wasnīt the only one in Finland, even Jake Nyman who made first Finnish language Rock encyclopedia in the end of seventies didnīt know it. Many Rīn`R-fans donīt like this album because it has more ballads than rockers, but as one journalist in that Cochran-magazine I just read (probably same kind of fanboy as I) said this masterpiece and I agree with him. Reason is that this album includes so many sides of fifties music, also itīs recorded and played really well! Also itīs not typical single-collection as many other fifties albums are (although many of them are still as great masterpieces), Cochran made these songs for this album. Have to say I love Cochranīs style of vocals much more than Elvis, heīs much more versatile, from raw to soft (but not ever too soft). Also here are the great guitar playing, really love also Cochranīs ukule playing in two pieces: "Loving Time" & "Drive In Show". If somebody started to interest this album, I really recommended 1958 UK version, where was added three great pieces for example great re-make of "Twenty Flight Rock".
Christian Vander: Tristan et Iseult (later under name Magma: Wurdah Itah) Really wonder, is there anything in this albums lyrics from that original love-story? I believe Vander just used opportunity to get recorded the second part of his trilogy. Anyway this album sounds really great and hard to believe there is only small choir, bass, piano & drums! I hope this next wonīt hurt you Yesesis. I really love the whole trilogy, but if I have to say which is better, I think first part is the best, then comes this and then MDK. I really love also MDK, but I just think those two other parts are musically more versatile.
Os Mutantes: Mutantes Arco Iris is the greatest South-American band to me, but Os Mutantes comes also really close! This "Brazilian Beatles" mix into their psychedelic pop elements from Zappa-style avantgarde and also naturally from Brazilian folk music. So it wonīt be wrong to say this world music. This their second album is as cheerful as the first! But there are also three really great slow, sad pieces: "Dia 36", "Fuga No II" & "Qualquer Bobagem", although the last one changes into parody of dramatic songs in the end when it starts to collapse. This album and band really arenīt for those who thinks musicmaking has to be always deadly serious!
The Stranglers: Rattus Norvegicus Some journalists said in 1977 that the Stranglers are not punk band, because theyīre skillful players and one member is too old. But attitude in this band has really been punk! In this their first album there are all the great elements of that band: great keyboardplaying of Dave Greenfield, really great bass playing & sound of Burnell and whatīs most important: great and yes, progressive melodic songs! Towards prog they really go into ending piece that lasts over 7 minutes and even has four parts! I think together with Talking Heads & Television this band made post-punk, although that term didnīt exist then. Also I think they were pioneers of "progpunk", little later for example bands like "Minutemen" and "Nomeansno" continue from the same basis into more complex music.
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MDK is a masterpiece or I will not post again.
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I'm kidding you can put it last if you want, but to me it is a towering masterpiece and Magma's best album(although they have several good ones).
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