Albums You're Digging II

Antonio · 08-17-2009, 11:08 AM

I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed back, pair a khaki pants with my shoe shined black

scottsy · 08-17-2009, 10:54 PM

Really enjoying the dense, often dark but very relaxing sounds of Geogaddi by Boards of Canada.... really interesting stuff both sound and composition wise, and something completely new for me... a very good thing!

Enjoying it immensely! It' going to be a favorite methinks...

Bulldog · 08-18-2009, 04:23 PM

A few more albums I've been giving airtime lately...

^ Featuring David Gedge, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the mighty Wedding Present, this being his project after they split. A few good songs, but most it's a bit average - seems to try too hard to conjure a slower, indie-pop kinda sound that doesn't really yield very good results. Basically he's much, much better at the faster stuff he did with the Wedding Present.

^ Not a bad album by any means but definitely the least interesting XTC album. Recorded as it was in 1984, it's the only album of their's I've heard that sounds at all dated.

^ I won't say much as this due a nice, long-winded review from me in the near future, so I'll just say this is the finest Burritos album.

^ One I've been meaning to get my hands on for years and only just have as of a few days ago. Absolutely loved it. It takes the promise of the preceding Take Them On On Your Own, re-wires it to a country rock motor and produces some fantastic results. Needless to say, it's fast worked its way up my albums of the decade list.

buffryan45 · 08-18-2009, 08:28 PM

new to the boards but i've been listening to mofro/jj grey and mofro albums alot lately. I'm a fan of the mix of funk, soul, and blues he offers.

scottsy · 08-18-2009, 10:09 PM

Reviewing some Blur tonight in the form of "The Great Escape"d... an album in their catalogue that is much derided and put down, but I think its actually brimming with great punchy ironic songs and a sense of modern "lostness" that still speaks to me to this very day... a really great album with some actually fairly insightful lyrical observations...

Antonio · 08-18-2009, 10:15 PM

One Nation Under the Groove

scottsy · 08-18-2009, 11:01 PM

Now moved a little later down the Blur timeline to listen to Think Tank, they're very excellent last studio album... very, very good album... lots of different sounds and moods coming through the headphones... I liked this alot when I first got it..... but now with a bit of age behind me, I am recognising this as the truly wonderful album it is!

Bulldog · 08-23-2009, 03:35 PM

^ A name I've been meaning to check out for a ridiculously long time now. I would've done earlier if his albums weren't rare as hen's teeth. Brilliant album this - comes across as gothic country to me, which is quite something considering this album was released in 1969.

^ Fast working its way up my list of favourites. I reckon it's Amorphous Androgynous' best album, coming up with a fantastic mix of ambient, down-tempo and neo-psychedelia. Another brilliant piece of work - still can't get enough of it.

^ And I very much doubt I'll ever get bored of this one.

scottsy · 08-23-2009, 10:28 PM

Revisiting some Pumpkins tonight, namely the much maligned and misunderstood Machina, which I actually think is a damn good rock record with a really dense, busy sound... which some see as fault in the album's production, but I really love it... all those little details ofr my ears and brain to pick through.... its still one of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins albums...

+81 · 08-23-2009, 11:31 PM

I haven't heard all of the Smashing Pumpkins albums but Machina might be my favorite. My favorite overall song by the band is Raindrops + Sunshowers.

Digging: Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall

Not digging: Frog Eyes - The Golden River

08-17-2009, 10:54 PM	#1732 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,845	Really enjoying the dense, often dark but very relaxing sounds of Geogaddi by Boards of Canada.... really interesting stuff both sound and composition wise, and something completely new for me... a very good thing! Enjoying it immensely! It' going to be a favorite methinks... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-18-2009, 10:09 PM	#1735 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,845	Reviewing some Blur tonight in the form of "The Great Escape"d... an album in their catalogue that is much derided and put down, but I think its actually brimming with great punchy ironic songs and a sense of modern "lostness" that still speaks to me to this very day... a really great album with some actually fairly insightful lyrical observations... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-18-2009, 11:01 PM	#1737 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,845	Now moved a little later down the Blur timeline to listen to Think Tank, they're very excellent last studio album... very, very good album... lots of different sounds and moods coming through the headphones... I liked this alot when I first got it..... but now with a bit of age behind me, I am recognising this as the truly wonderful album it is! __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

08-23-2009, 10:28 PM	#1739 (permalink)
scottsy Untalented Drummer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sussex, Wisconsin Posts: 2,845	Revisiting some Pumpkins tonight, namely the much maligned and misunderstood Machina, which I actually think is a damn good rock record with a really dense, busy sound... which some see as fault in the album's production, but I really love it... all those little details ofr my ears and brain to pick through.... its still one of my favorite Smashing Pumpkins albums... __________________ "If you're like me, then it's possible you're a clone generated from my stolen DNA. I suggest you turn yourself in for destruction immediately" - Shaun Micallef.

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08-18-2009, 04:23 PM	#1733 (permalink)
Bulldog Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,669	A few more albums I've been giving airtime lately... ^ Featuring David Gedge, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the mighty Wedding Present, this being his project after they split. A few good songs, but most it's a bit average - seems to try too hard to conjure a slower, indie-pop kinda sound that doesn't really yield very good results. Basically he's much, much better at the faster stuff he did with the Wedding Present. ^ Not a bad album by any means but definitely the least interesting XTC album. Recorded as it was in 1984, it's the only album of their's I've heard that sounds at all dated. ^ I won't say much as this due a nice, long-winded review from me in the near future, so I'll just say this is the finest Burritos album. ^ One I've been meaning to get my hands on for years and only just have as of a few days ago. Absolutely loved it. It takes the promise of the preceding Take Them On On Your Own, re-wires it to a country rock motor and produces some fantastic results. Needless to say, it's fast worked its way up my albums of the decade list.

08-18-2009, 08:28 PM	#1734 (permalink)
buffryan45 Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 10	new to the boards but i've been listening to mofro/jj grey and mofro albums alot lately. I'm a fan of the mix of funk, soul, and blues he offers.

08-23-2009, 03:35 PM	#1738 (permalink)
Bulldog Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 4,669	^ A name I've been meaning to check out for a ridiculously long time now. I would've done earlier if his albums weren't rare as hen's teeth. Brilliant album this - comes across as gothic country to me, which is quite something considering this album was released in 1969. ^ Fast working its way up my list of favourites. I reckon it's Amorphous Androgynous' best album, coming up with a fantastic mix of ambient, down-tempo and neo-psychedelia. Another brilliant piece of work - still can't get enough of it. ^ And I very much doubt I'll ever get bored of this one.

08-23-2009, 11:31 PM	#1740 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,581	I haven't heard all of the Smashing Pumpkins albums but Machina might be my favorite. My favorite overall song by the band is Raindrops + Sunshowers. Digging: Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall Not digging: Frog Eyes - The Golden River