Originally Posted by gotjuice (Post 822418) http://independentrock.info/wp-conte...cia-733823.jpg Why?-Alopecia Finally checked these guys out after all of the chatter about them on this board. Should have done it a lot sooner, this album is burrowing its way into my skull bit by bit. I downloaded Eskimo Snow as well but I haven't even gotten around to it, I keep going back to Alopecia.

Originally Posted by Bulldog (Post 822966) [ http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h3fTLn_l3p...+of+spring.jpg And this one's a kinda bridge between the more accessible, pop stylings of Talk Talk and their latter-day, Spirit Of Eden/Laughing Stock, avante-garde era. Top stuff in other words.

Originally Posted by jackhammer (Post 823125) As you say it's a bridge between their Pop sensibilities and their experimental future releases. It's still my favourite Talk Talk release. Brilliant album. An album that opens with such a laid back melancholic vibe with unusual instrumentation as this deserves a listen for sure.

Red Garland - Red Garland's Piano
A simple, soulful, and very bluesy piano jazz album. Some great standards from one of jazz's best and most legendary players . Iv'e been fishin' for a good blues oriented jazz piano trio for quite a while. I'm glad I found this.

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Ugly Casanova - Sharpen Your Teeth
Boy (Edgar Graham aka Ugly Casanova) meets band (Modest Mouse), boy follows band around on tour and writes an album in the process, boy disappears off the face of the planet leaving band, namely Isaac Brock, to record the album in hopes of luring the boy out of the perilous void. It didn't work, but the album is stellar.

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Simon & Garfunkel - The sound of Silence
Well Ya' Know, cuz' like I'm gettin' old n' shit.

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Originally Posted by Bulldog (Post 823133) Yeah, the opener there's one of my favourites off of the album too. April 5th, Living In Another World and Time It's Time are all reason enough to get the album alone as well. The thing I love about the album is that it's very unique musically (some excellent vocal parts from Mark Hollis too) but perfectly accessible as well. Definitely one of the three absolutely essential albums of theirs. As for my favourite, Laughing Stock just shades it for me.