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Old 11-16-2008, 10:35 AM   #71 (permalink)
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All very nice picks thusfar Jack. I'll have to check out EBTG too, as they look really interesting.

PS: Camel and Goblin kicks Eloy's ass.
This is alphabetised so I had more than enough 'C's so Camel did'nt get in and I have'nt reached 'G' yet. That's why it's a little different to a typical Best of thread. I can only pick 4 albums for each letter. I have narrowed it down to 17 artist for 'F', which has to be narrowed down again to 4.
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Old 11-19-2008, 05:15 PM   #72 (permalink)
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Fat Freddy's Drop - Based On A True Story (2005)


There are many albums that intrigue, educate, enthrall, enrage, envelope, delight and perplex me. Very few albums elicit passion in me. A bass heavy, sensual mix of Dub, Reggae, Funk and sweet Soul alters my perception and appreciation of music.

BOATS is a mish mash of well established musical styles. It riffs on the smooth electro sounds of 80's soul. It incorporates gentle rocksteady reggae riffs. It layers jazz/funk horns all over it's compositions like icing on a cake. It is everything that screams of safety nets, a lack of originality and musical safety.

It is also an album that begs to be played with the lights down low. A faint aroma of the sweetest alcohol and gently burning candles. It's purpose is not to impress. It's purpose is to ingratiate itself into the ambience. Put simply: this album is sex on a stick.

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Old 11-19-2008, 06:29 PM   #73 (permalink)
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It is also an album that begs to be played with the lights down low. A faint aroma of the sweetest alcohol and gently burning candles. It's purpose is not to impress. It's purpose is to ingratiate itself into the ambience. Put simply: this album is sex on a stick.
Well put, and if I may continue your sexual metaphors, about the 3 minute mark would be the climax! Ha. Nah, this is really funky. I definitely like it. And yes I was bopping my head.
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At last- someone get's it
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Fat Freddy's Drop is great and I listened to that album today.

NZ's dub/reggae scene makes up for the horror it has unleashed on the world in the form of Goodnight Nurse and Young Sid.
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Fields Of The Nephilim - Elizium (1990)



Probably the pinnacle of the hugely underated and influential Fields Of The Nephilim. Thrown in (unfairly) with the slew of Goth bands that appeared in the mid 80's in the U.K, FOTN (with the exceptionof Carl McCoy's vocals) built their lyrics and imagery about The Nephilim who were a race of people and their music around many textured layers.

Many fans equated the Nephilim sound to a heavy Pink Floyd sound. Indeed Nod's drumming style although of a higher tempo compared to PF's Nick Mason uses that same languid ride cymbal rhythm instead of the usual Hi-Hat sound that most heavy guitar bands utilise. FOTN almost always use the two guitars differently to create a trademark sound. One would play the main riffs while the other would play a steady and simple picking rhythm.

Their sound really softened on this album and is a forgotten masterpiece encompassing some truly outstanding ambient atmosphere punctuated by powerful and emotional outbursts of guitars.

Gone from this album was McCoys trademark guttarl dark baritone to be replaced by a broody and at times alluringly melancholic vocal style. The album drags you in from the opening track and takes you on a journey both lyrically and musically. It is rich, imaginative and all enveloping, in fact this album possesss a rare beauty and (if you like this sort of music) demands to be heard.

Brilliant rendition of 'At The Gates Of Silent Memory' (just wait for little tempo change @ 6 mins-and the actual quality too):

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I know you dislike them. Is it the image or because of their lyrical contents?
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It was more the nature of how I was introduced to them.

I was 15 & wanted to listen to stuff like Motorhead and I had a best friend who would insist on playing this stuff to me all the time when I just wasn't interested.

Ever since then I've avoided them like the plague.
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Five Or Six - Cantame Esa Cancion Que Dice,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah (1982)


Big props to Urban who introduced this Post Punk release to me. Their is barely info on the net about this band so my background knowledge is sadly lacking.

This album is a compilation that consists of mainly unreleased/ B-side tracks but it is so experimentally brilliant. Strange instrumentals, atmospheric atypical lofi post Punk tracks, a horn solo here and there, electronic rhythms and a genuine sense of talent and uniqueness have quickly made this album one of my favourites in the relatively short time i have had it.

Lost Cause and Chalk Circle are highlights for me. At times incredibly cohesive and at others it just wanders around aimlessly like an old drunk deciding where to go. This IS a good thing though. No youtube vid's for this extraordinary band either. That's what i call cult music.
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