What albums did you listen to today?

Sunday...

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: I Teoremi – s/t

Saturday:

Well since last night I've listened to a few different Riverside albums and then listened to Anathema's Weather Systems.

Theo's Mystic Robot Orchestra - "Ambient Recordings For Weary Humans"
Nujabes - "Metaphorical Music"
Azimuth - s/t
Deerhunter - "Halcyon Digest"
Rare Goat - "Hallways"
Kayo Dot - "Blue Lambency Downward"

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Oh, man, got me wanting to give this a new listen, Sam! I still dismiss it a little because of my obsession with the previous album, but I'll give it a fresh spin very shortly. I definitely remember it was good, just not `D' good for me!

It didn't seem that good before, but it really hit me this time. It's really different from D, it has a relaxing/meditative vibe that reminds of Popol Vuh 

I Teoremi - S/T (Mike I can't say I like this album too much, it's certainly not bad and there are a few great moments here and there but overall it's just ok, not very interesting and definitely not an essential. Osage Tribe's sole album is much more interesting and with better playing imo)

Deerhunter - "Fading Fronteir"
Deerhunter - "Cryptograms"
Hanashukketsu - "Ceramic Knives"
Xiu Xiu - "A Promise"
A-ha - "Hunting High and Low"
Cap'N Jazz - "Analphabetapolothology"

Meltdowner wrote: Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets (I think this album is much better (and trippier) than the debut, the title track alone is better than any of the debut's tracks. It feels like TD continued the last part of that track  I wonder how the music world would be if PF hadn't signed with a major label.)</span>

Oh man, I couldn’t agree with you there at all, Sam! It may sound of its time, but `Piper’ is iconic, one of the best all-time psychedelic albums, one that sounds like no other before or since. I don’t rate `Saucerful’ much higher than the `Relics’ compilation, because that’s what `Saucerful’ sounds like – a compilation of scattered tracks. It’s a cool psychedelic album, no doubt, but I think the studio versions of `Set the Controls’ and (especially) `Saucerful’ are very weak in comparison to the versions on the `Ummagumma’ live album, not to mention the ones found on the endless bootlegs we’re not meant to listen to! They sound like practice versions, way too embryonic, and `Saucerful’ in particular sounds kind of taped together, the transitions between the differentr passages are not as smooth. `Let There Be More Light’ is a terrific opener, `Remember A Day’ is cool, `See-Saw’ is pretty but kind of dull, but `Corporal Clegg’, while fun, is dogsh*t, and `Jugband Blues’ doesn’t fit on the album at all.

By the way, would you have heard the almost `pre-Piper’ Floyd album `Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London’, which has two lengthy Floyd instrumental improvisations, including a blistering take on `Interstellar Overdrive’? Simply amazing!

But man, that Arachnoid album – total f*cking classic!! I’m quite intimidated at the idea of writing a review for it. Man, the Mellotron alone is terrifying!!

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Oh man, I couldn’t agree with you there at all, Sam! It may sound of its time, but `Piper’ is iconic, one of the best all-time psychedelic albums, one that sounds like no other before or since. I don’t rate `Saucerful’ much higher than the `Relics’ compilation, because that’s what `Saucerful’ sounds like – a compilation of scattered tracks. It’s a cool psychedelic album, no doubt, but I think the studio versions of `Set the Controls’ and (especially) `Saucerful’ are very weak in comparison to the versions on the `Ummagumma’ live album, not to mention the ones found on the endless bootlegs we’re not meant to listen to! They sound like practice versions, way too embryonic, and `Saucerful’ in particular sounds kind of taped together, the transitions between the differentr passages are not as smooth. `Let There Be More Light’ is a terrific opener, `Remember A Day’ is cool, `See-Saw’ is pretty but kind of dull, but `Corporal Clegg’, while fun, is dogsh*t, and `Jugband Blues’ doesn’t fit on the album at all. By the way, would you have heard the almost `pre-Piper’ Floyd album `Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London’, which has two lengthy Floyd instrumental improvisations, including a blistering take on `Interstellar Overdrive’? Simply amazing! But man, that Arachnoid album – total f*cking classic!! I’m quite intimidated at the idea of writing a review for it. Man, the Mellotron alone is terrifying!!

Sure, Piper is a unique album, I'm just generally not into Syd's music (hence my hate for his solo albums). Which live version from Ummagumma (or Pompeii) isn't better than the studio version?  I really like the studio version of Saucerful though, I think it has a different atmosphere because it's more minimalistic and I think the strange transitions are cool... it probably inspired Faust, now that I think of it