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

Cat Stevens - Numbers
Cat Stevens - Catch Bull at Four
Cat Stevens - Back to Earth

Numbers is eclectic and a just slightly proggy concept album. It was ambitious and high-minded and mischievous.


Edited by Finnforest - March 14 2019 at 19:17

Last night:

Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow
The Byrds – Turn! Turn! Turn!
The Doors – Strange Days
Yes – Time and a Word
Andreas Vollenweider – Behind the Gardens...

Frank Perry – Deep Peace (always a stunning LP, hypnotic bell/chime-based drones)

Ditto – In Human Terms (a cool experimental late 80’s percussion-heavy, lightly new-wave electronic album given a recent LP reissue, very dreamy and jazzy in parts too)

Samadhi – s/t

Thanks for the update Sam on the new album by Claypool Lennon Delirium, sounds interesting since I did enjoy the Monolith of Phobos album.

Edited by AEProgman - March 15 2019 at 14:40

Meltdowner wrote: HolyMoly wrote: ^ You mean Outof Reach? Yeah that is one questionable album alright. The band themselves (except possibly Rosko and Reebop) basically think it sucks. But it still is good enough for an occasional spin. Bad for Can is still pretty good. Pink Floyd also think Atom sucks and it's my favourite, maybe this one will be too?  I did hear their next one and thought it was pretty cool. Yesterday: Arturo Stalteri - André Sulla Luna Casiopea - Casiopea Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (5.1 Surround Mix. Much more interesting than the DSOTM Surround mix, but then they have better material to work with on this one. "Welcome to the Machine" sounds fantastic.)

Yeah, I quite like Out of Reach . You can tell that it was kind of rushed - it lacks some of the ambient depth that most Can albums have. A little more time spent mixing would have helped (the absence of Holger hurts here). Still, a very chill listen, though Reebop’s tune (Like Inobe God) is a mess.

Also, Atom Heart is my fav Floyd too. I can understand why the band isn’t enamored with it - the title suite is as much a Ron Geesin work as a Floyd work. Ron Geesin is a total badass by the way - familiar with his other work?

Edited by HolyMoly - March 15 2019 at 18:23

Iggy and the Stooges | Raw Power
Iggy and the Stooges | Georgia Peaches (official 1973 bootleg)
Animal Collective | Campfire Songs
Bambara | Swarm
Cervello | Melos
Franco Battiato | M. Elle le “Gladiator”

I'm currently beginning to explore later Tangerine Dream - first listens to Tangram 2008, Quantum Gate, Quantum Key, second to Phaedra 2005 and the full What A Blast, then chilling out with The Seven Letters From Tibet which is growing on me a lot.

Prog Sothoth wrote: Finnforest wrote: Early Joni...Clouds is my favorite.  Joni Mitchell - Song to a Seagull Haven't heard the other two yet, but I do like this one a lot...super folky. Been a while: Overkill - The Wings of War: I've never been a major fan of them, but I keep trying. I think it's the singer...like a cross between a heavy metal vibrato wailer and a barroom brawler. Just doesn't work for me. I respect them though. Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty: The one I would recommend to newcomers. Covers lots of ground, from creepy folk to creepy rock to creepy electro pop/rock. And she's kinda creepy! The Gentle Soul - s/t: A little folksy gem from the late 60's. Great duel male/female vocals over nice instrumentation. I'm really digging the bonus tracks from this expanded version, especially the early singles "Tell Me Love" and "Our National Anthem", which are seriously groovy psych-pop coolness. The Smoke - It's Smoke Time: a 1967 album that has some psych influences and lots of songs about weed, but this is more of a garage rock deal, and it's cool man! Blossom Toes - We Are Ever So Clean: More early psych, and this dives right into that British vaudville style with horns and stuff. Starts off good, but overall I didn't get into the whimsical silly vibe all that much. I heard their followup in '69 was heavier...I should check that out. The Who - The Who By Numbers: I never listened to this whole deal before; the cover and "Squeeze Box" held me back all this time. I was missing out though, as I'm loving this. Great grumpy lyrics and less embellishments. Many years ago "However Much I Booze" could've been my anthem if I knew about it. Mitski - Be The Cowboy: It took a few listens, but it eventually clicked. Underneath the indie-girl facade, there's lots of clever things going on musically. Jazziness in chords/arrangements. She gets accolades for her lyrics, which seem fairly typical to me, but the music has some real theory behind it. Short buggers too.

Jim, Z album I think is my favorite by MMJ.

Today
Consider the Source-Past is Prologue
Crack the Sky-s/t

Record show tomorrow, we'll see what I come up with.