Moss

So glad you liked the Jason Isbell. I think he is the best songwriter around right now. Amazing lyrics. He was a member of drive by truckers for a few albums but has been solo for awhile now. Highly recommend his new album something more than free. Best album of the year. Enjoyed reading your review.

Josef K

If you want to check him out further, I'd also look into his album Live in Alabama. It's got some of his Drive-By Truckers stuff (including a great version of "Danko/Manuel", still probably the best song he's written) and most of his best solo material. He's released a bunch of albums but they're all pretty inconsistent other than the latest two.

Trollheart

Yeah I must say I was very impressed. I like a singer/songwriter who can engender those emotions in me, and in my opinion Country singers (good ones) seem to have the best handle on it.

Re: Elliott Smith. I think I'm right when I say the album I listened to was okay, but I just did not get the worship that this guy gets here from that album. Perhaps the next one will change my mind. I don't believe I said it was a bad album, just an okay one, but not one that made me think "Oh my god why have I not listened to this before?" or "This guy is God", which seems to be the general concensus here among certain people. That was all. Anyway, we'll see.

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Moss

His only uneven album was the first one and it's still good. Everything after is amazing. Danko Manual still might be his best song but it also might be one of the best songs ever written.

Josef K

I'm not super into Here We Rest although it has some really good songs. Yeah, I think he's a fantastic songwriter, and I didn't mean that comment about "Danko/Manuel" as a criticism of anything else he's done - it's one of my favorite songs.

Trollheart

I just realised I'm going to have a problem with bob's selection. Look into rule

10. No live albums, no double albums if possible, no boxsets and nothing over two hours long

You guys need to appreciate that at the moment I'm trying to listen to a minimum of two albums a day, every day, for Metal Month III, do my 1001 Metal Albums journal, do my Theme Park journal, make sure the rest of my journals are not too neglected and also prepare the first Presidential Debate for next week, to say nothing of all the other work I'm doing here. I simply don't have time to listen to double albums, so for now I'm moving this one down the list, along with grindy's double, and will get to it when I can.

Please try to be considerate of all the other work I'm doing here when suggesting albums, and please check the rules if unsure, or PM me. Any more albums that I find on the list which break the rules are going to have to be moved down as well. I just can't spare the time at the moment, sorry.

Edit: In fact, I see Elliott Smith is sixteen tracks. Too many man, too many. For now, I'm going to instigate new rule, to be in force at least till Metal Month III concludes. No albums will be accepted that are over 12 tracks long. If there are any on the list at the moment they're going to be moved down to the end. Sorry but as I say above, I've far too big a workload to be taking on albums of that size, unless each track is like one or two minutes long. Hope you all understand. I'll rejig the list shortly.

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Frownland

Alright I have a few more tracks for you






(the length on this one cool? I'm very interested in your thoughts on it, and I decided not to use a longer song from the same album)

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DeadChannel

Been away for a few days, so not sure if recs are open, but:

Sun Kil Moon - Benji

Trollheart

Meh, it's a living...
Yeah, I'll let that one slide, sure...
They're closed for albums, open for tracks. Also, reviewed it already and hated it. Sorry.

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Justthefacts

Anyone who doesn't appreciate Elliott Smith, D'Angelo, and Sun Kil Moon in that order must be assassinated

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