babynoz said:

Tell me about it. Why is it must have.

HamsterHuey said:

Well, it has "Mama's Pearl," "I'll Be There," and "Darling Dear" for starters. It also features some good covers like "The Love I Saw in You Was Just a Mirage" and "Ready or Not (Here I Come)." I'd have to agree that it's probably their best album. That being said, I don't think it fits what you want. There are too many great cuts on their other albums to make Third Album the only must-have. I recommend getting all of the regular albums (10 albums on 5 CDs), but you'd at least need a hits collection (like Gold) to get songs like "The Love You Save," "I Want You Back," "Never Can Say Goodbye," "Dancing Machine," "Looking Through the Windows," "Maybe Tomorrow," etc.

AlexdeParis said:

Hehehe, you might be mistaken about thinking it is not up my street; I love Michael's voice if he does not use that "Ee-Ee" sound too much. I love his older stuff, I love some of the stuff Janet's done, but never gotten around to Jacksons/Jackson Five stuff beyond the I Want You Back's and Can You Feel It, if that's the right title.

So thanks! I will get me some!

Erm, Bob Marley and the Wailers.

I recommend ´Catch a Fire´. Its rootsy, excellent and includes the wonderful ´Stir It Up´.

HamsterHuey said:

Oh, I wasn't saying you might not be into the music - are there really people who don't like the Jackson 5? I was saying the J5 don't fit the criterion of having one must-have album. AFAIK, you either need all the hits in a collection or you need all of the (regular) albums.

And it should be a crime not to own the J5 Christmas album.

Just got Stereolab, everything by Bright Eyes, did my FIRST ever Rolling Stones album, alot of Millie Jackson, Bette Davis aaaaand, two installments of the Stax/Volt sets.

purrrr

I forgot Mogwai! Probably because I havent listened to them for a long while. I dont think they have ever topped ´Young Team´ but if you can get your hands on the EP they brought out a few years ago then thats a good a place as any to start. Their last album ´Mr Beast´ was as strong as any of their output I believe but Im yet to listen to it.

JDInteractive said:

I never heard any of there music.

Lemme check them out.

HamsterHuey said:

Some of it can be an acquired taste. But it is overall moving.

Both Richard Swift and Mogwai are currently downloading. I liked what I read about Mogwai so much I kinda went in overdrive with the EP's. They got LOADS of EP's!

I am also getting Smashing Pumkins and lots of Chess albums.

Next week will all be about classical music. I am tired of Mozart now. I need lots more.

JDInteractive said:

I really dig Mogwai.

Rufus/Chaka Khan

DirtyChris said:

My fave is Ask Rufus, cuzza the fact the entire album is so damn' good. And cuz it was probably the album that made Prince want to work with Clare Fisher. I sometimes think Parade is nothing else but Prince wanting to recreate Ask Rufus.

HamsterHuey said:

yes I love the strings
loved them on The Family also

Ask Rufus is probably my favorite
Rufus record also
but most played would be the pink one
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan
or maybe Rufusized... hell I don't know
I always have a hard time picking a favorite
I usually try & go against the grain (Ask Rufus)
because it's so many other folks' favorite

they are all great
except that very first one:

I mean, it's necessary
but it's my least favorite
[Edited 4/9/07 10:00am]

Arabia25 said:

Good artist, but I just like Inxs' Kick and their singles. Marvin Gaye, I love, but lots of his material is TOO 70's for me.

Of both I just have a few albums.

KELIS is someone else
that I have all 4 of her albums
and I check for her all the time
cameos, remixes, unreleased, etc

DirtyChris said:

I am on three now.

I looooove Rahsaan Patterson stuff also. Both he and Kelis do something special in the R&B world; they are creating very personal songbooks, using originality and grace, flair and a wink to putsomething beautiful in the world.

Do you (see; italics!) write yer own stuff?

HamsterHuey said:

Rahsaan is GREAT.....

If anyone can tell me where I can find an MP3 of Rahsaan's Love's Taken Over as presented on http://www.myspace.com/rahspace ????

HamsterHuey said:

nah, I didn't see the codes
that's why I used that code
in my profile box... but evidentally
it doesn't work there LOL

I'm falling in love with
Mr. Patterson myself
I like to call him "Rahsaan Khan"

which is your favorite album of Kelis'?
[Edited 4/9/07 10:38am]

DirtyChris said:

I once had the pleasure to see Rahsaan Patterson perform in a TV studio. Just standing there, holding that cigarette, be channelled the kind of finesse I have been missing in R&B for a long, long time.

His music breathes, you know. Blue Moon-like, so to speak. It makes me yearn for artists like The Family Stand and Sandra StVictor, Rufus with Chaka Khan and the rest, you know?

And Kelis? Hard. I love most her stuff cuz it is HER singing. Almost same with Prince, his voice even makes lame stuff sound better. I love Kelis so much better cuz she knows what writers/producers to pick. And she is cocky and does her own stuff.

I probably love her latest the best at the moment, but that is cuz it is still so recent to me.

HamsterHuey said:

well then, what is your favorite
track from Kelis Was Here?
mines would either be "Circus" (I'ma Saadiq stan)
or "I Don't Think So" (cheesy, but I can never resist)

@ "Blue Moon" reference

Heh. We alike in some ways, it seems. It took ONE listen to make I Don't Think So my instant favourite. The chorus. The guitar. I love her mixing styles up. This is beatbox times punk.

I don't think SO!

Just great. And I kinda dig Fuck Them Bitches. Just in your face. I like. "That's right I said it."

HamsterHuey said:

and?

Lalah Hathaway
Donnie Hathaway

Graycap23 said:

Heard Lalahback in the day, not so impressed. Donnie, him I got everything off.

GangstaFam said:

Gimme some time to digest. LoL

HamsterHuey said:

Just wondered if you'd had a chance to listen yet or what your first impressions are. Take your time.