mrdespues said:

What do you think of it?

GangstaFam said:

I think it's awesome. I've bought so many CDs lately though and had little time to listen to them, so I've only listened to it twice, but I think it is a brilliant album. I love the instrumentals, particularly Warsaw (I think it's called). Sound and Vision has become one of my favourite Bowie songs, as has Always Crashing In The Same Car. I love its duality - it has this funkiness and then it has the brooding atmospheric Eno instrumentals. It's really cool...I want to listen to it more, though.

Debut album by Razorlight. It's a remarkable album, with some serious rock, blues and punk influences.

And...



Latest instalment from the incomparable Tom Waits.

TheFrog said:

This is a "classic"? I love Tom Waits but I've avoided this album like the plague as it's brought about some pretty scathing reviews.

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mrdespues said:

That's interesting - the reviews I've seen have all been pretty and/or overwhelmingly positive. Although i get the impression sometimes that critics are nervous about finding fault with anything Waits does.

I think it's a classic, yes. But to be honest, I'd be hard pressed to find an album by Waits that I didn't think was a classic (at least from SwordfishTrombones... onwards). He's utterly unique, still creating music that's exciting and lyrically outstanding.

The album isn't quite as user-friendly as Alice or Blood Money, I don't think, but I still find it to be outstanding - if requiring more attention due to less obvious melody than the previous two albums. When I say obvious melody, I mean that there are still beautiful melodies on there, but sometimes they're shrouded in total, gutteral noise.

Anyway, whether it's a classic...certainly on the criteria given above, yes. Whether it would make music critics' lists as a classic in 10 years time - well, I think Alice would be far more likely to be listed.

chickengrease said:

I rarely skip any tracks. Ever. Why would I do that? I tend to buy good records so I don't have to do it at all. It's easy - just don't buy terrible music.



"Just as great"? That hasn't happen with one single album in my lifetime, after the initial excitement of course you are going to get at least a bit bored of it.



Most records do this anyway. But genre-crossing in itself isn't any criteria for good music.

Several months ago,I bought three remastered CDs by Fleetwood Mac...

'Fleetwood Mac'
'Rumours'
'Tusk'


I consider each of these albums to be classic and timeless,especially the self-titled one.

this one:




i don't know what it is about this album, but it's probably
going to be my favorit album ever, no matter what anyone is
every gonne release in the future.

from the first time i heard it, it jumped right up to # 1
on my personal chart, dethroning even Sign O The Times as
my fav album.

it's so dark and strange and simply not of this world that
it soothes me when i listen to it and yet haunts me when i
don't.

it's a kind of landscape for me, a whole different world
to run to and hide away in.

IstenSzek said:

explain your thread in GD!

TheFrog said:

i finally bought this last week, based on all the good reviews it's been getting. i'm not really crazy about it, to be honest, but i've only listened to it once. honestly, i like "blood money" better (i don't have "alice"). maybe i just need to give it a few more spins - i'm not exactly a diehard tom waits fan, but i really enjoy his style...still and all, i'm not sure if my ears are "trained" to fully appreciate his stuff.

I would have to say "Your Arsenal", by Morrissey.

mrdespues said:

That's cool that you like it on first listen. A lot of people have to warm up to that one. For some reason when I was getting into him, I just knew this album would end up my fave. And I was right!

IstenSzek said:

Anyone who thinks they don't like Tori, would have to seriously reconsider after listening to this.

GangstaFam said:

Anxiety said:

Yeah! You included.

j/k

GangstaFam said:

No sir, I don't like it.

Anxiety said:

You've heard it?

GangstaFam said:

yah, it was played for me once. i just can't get into her stuff. can't do it. i recognize her talent and i admire what she's done for victims of sexual abuse, but to my ears, i find her music to be shrill and derivative.

then again, i like ELO.

Anxiety said:

but have you listened to it?

it's like a barefoot walk through an autumn forest at dawn
when the leaves and the ground are damp with dewdrops as
the sun carves slightly through the branches and a ghostly
film of fog rises from the ground all around you

there are some strange enigmatic birds sitting in the trees
and you're riding your mythical 6 legged horse.....

wait a minute....

:countshispillsandrealisesheforgottotakehismedicationtoday:

IstenSzek said:

are we talking about tori amos or jethro tull here??

Anxiety said:

I didn't mention kissing no willies, now did I?

GangstaFam said:

Is it me, or do you think "Golden Years" sounds like it should have been on the Young Americans album?

Anxiety said:

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suit. I can see myself listening to it 10 or 15 years from now.

Patience - George Michael

IstenSzek said:

I hear ya.


I am obsessed with that girl. Her music is in my head day and night. When I'm away I want to go running back... Feed me! Feed me! Feed my soul!

Eminem - Encore

I can't recall. But the next one I'll be purchasing is:

"Judy [Garland] at Carnegie Hall"

Anxiety said:

the only problem i have with her is that i can only handle her in relatively small doses. i had that album, it's the only one i ever owned, though i've heard plenty by her through friends, lovers, etc., anyway, 30 minutes is about all i can handle before it all becomes a little bit too much. not in an uncomfortable way, though. i genuinely enjoy hearing her, but a full-length album is "too much"