MB Album Club 2022

music_collector · 04-28-2022, 03:48 PM

Thanks for that Lisnaholic.

My nomination is Matthew Good Band's Beautiful Midnight.

music_collector · 04-29-2022, 06:04 PM

Hi folks.

I'm assuming I can post my review now?

Trollheart · 04-29-2022, 06:33 PM

Sure, go for it.

music_collector · 04-29-2022, 08:43 PM

Deleted! Hooray for undo.

Trollheart · 04-30-2022, 05:11 AM

Right, okay, no you're misunderstanding there.

Your album has been NOMINATED but it doesn't get reviewed until the shown date in the OP. Everyone else is going to be working on the current album, the one from Rubber Soul, so you have to wait till your album comes up before you review it. Sorry, I thought you understood the format here.

rubber soul · 04-30-2022, 06:36 AM

Also (and this is no rule, just advice), when your album does come up, you may want to let others weigh in first before you post your own review. That way you can defend your choice if it doesn't play so well with the audience for example. The idea of the Album Club, I think, is to give the participants a glimpse at the varying musical tastes around here.

Trollheart · 04-30-2022, 07:34 AM

Yeah, generally I'll wait till last before I post my review of my album. Otherwise it can look as if you're trying to lead people or guide them as to how they should react to it, which is not what we're about here.

I would delete your post, music collector, for now (save it of course first) and wait until we get to your album - ideally, until others have commented on it - before reposting it. Or perhaps you'll want to re-edit or even rewrite it, I don't know. But either way, I'd get rid of it for now and concentrate on the album we have current.

FYI, your album is due third, which is not until next month.
The end of next month.

SGR · 04-30-2022, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

I hope your laptop problems are behind you, SGR! Your review of Program Music I was worth the wait; a long, detailed review that did something that only the best reviews do - it made me go back and listen to the album again with a new perspective, so thanks for that.

Alright, I'm nominating LIQUID : LAB Vol. 5 by KREAM. A house mix with some sass and some style. I'll post a link to it when we get to it.

Trollheart · 04-30-2022, 05:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elphenor

they're not coming back

You say that why, you who have not contributed anything to the club?

SGR · 04-30-2022, 05:49 PM

Okay, reviewing Al Stewart's Time Passages:

The songwriting on this album is just great. I haven’t really attempted to make heads or tails of the lyrics, but damn does it work - he could really be singing about his favorite crayon colors for all I care. Al Stewart has a great voice. This sounds to me somewhat like a Bowie album in the best ways. The one two three punch of the album’s opening track and the two succeeding tracks work wonderfully to capture the listener’s interest, all displaying a different approach and sound. And the album continues in that vein. I’ve listened to it nearly three times thus far and it seems to get better with every listen, each pop hook slowly revealing itself, as the album unfolds. The mark of any great album is that you continue to be entertained with more listens and this is the case here - everything just seems so well crafted. The production on this thing is stellar - as an album from 1978, I’ve gotta say it’s aged wonderfully. Props to Alan Parsons because the mix here is wonderful - it sounds so natural and everything seems to be in sync and polished without ever sounding overproduced.

The one criticism I will levy is that after the great “Timeless Skies” - “Song on the Radio” just seems out of place. I feel like it kills the mood a bit and the album would’ve benefited by going directly to “End of the Day” instead. Not to say that “Song on the Radio” is a bad tune, it just seems to be out of place and a bit long.

I will readily admit I’ve never even heard of this guy before, and after this album, I’m impressed. I plan to continue listening to it and hopefully he has other material I will enjoy as much, if not more. So to Trollheart I say: A wonderful pick! Great job.

10/10

(In the strange foreign hypothetical universe where Trollheart didn’t approve me submitting a house mix for nomination to this album club, I may or may not have awarded this album an 8/10 instead

)

04-29-2022, 06:33 PM	#203 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Sure, go for it. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-29-2022, 08:43 PM	#204 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 757	Deleted! Hooray for undo. Last edited by music_collector; 05-01-2022 at 08:29 PM.

04-30-2022, 05:11 AM	#205 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Right, okay, no you're misunderstanding there. Your album has been NOMINATED but it doesn't get reviewed until the shown date in the OP. Everyone else is going to be working on the current album, the one from Rubber Soul, so you have to wait till your album comes up before you review it. Sorry, I thought you understood the format here. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-30-2022, 07:34 AM	#207 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Yeah, generally I'll wait till last before I post my review of my album. Otherwise it can look as if you're trying to lead people or guide them as to how they should react to it, which is not what we're about here. I would delete your post, music collector, for now (save it of course first) and wait until we get to your album - ideally, until others have commented on it - before reposting it. Or perhaps you'll want to re-edit or even rewrite it, I don't know. But either way, I'd get rid of it for now and concentrate on the album we have current. FYI, your album is due third, which is not until next month. The end of next month. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

04-28-2022, 03:48 PM	#201 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 757	Thanks for that Lisnaholic. My nomination is Matthew Good Band's Beautiful Midnight.

04-29-2022, 06:04 PM	#202 (permalink)
music_collector Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Canada Posts: 757	Hi folks. I'm assuming I can post my review now?

04-30-2022, 05:49 PM	#210 (permalink)
SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	Okay, reviewing Al Stewart's Time Passages: The songwriting on this album is just great. I haven’t really attempted to make heads or tails of the lyrics, but damn does it work - he could really be singing about his favorite crayon colors for all I care. Al Stewart has a great voice. This sounds to me somewhat like a Bowie album in the best ways. The one two three punch of the album’s opening track and the two succeeding tracks work wonderfully to capture the listener’s interest, all displaying a different approach and sound. And the album continues in that vein. I’ve listened to it nearly three times thus far and it seems to get better with every listen, each pop hook slowly revealing itself, as the album unfolds. The mark of any great album is that you continue to be entertained with more listens and this is the case here - everything just seems so well crafted. The production on this thing is stellar - as an album from 1978, I’ve gotta say it’s aged wonderfully. Props to Alan Parsons because the mix here is wonderful - it sounds so natural and everything seems to be in sync and polished without ever sounding overproduced. The one criticism I will levy is that after the great “Timeless Skies” - “Song on the Radio” just seems out of place. I feel like it kills the mood a bit and the album would’ve benefited by going directly to “End of the Day” instead. Not to say that “Song on the Radio” is a bad tune, it just seems to be out of place and a bit long. I will readily admit I’ve never even heard of this guy before, and after this album, I’m impressed. I plan to continue listening to it and hopefully he has other material I will enjoy as much, if not more. So to Trollheart I say: A wonderful pick! Great job. 10/10 (In the strange foreign hypothetical universe where Trollheart didn’t approve me submitting a house mix for nomination to this album club, I may or may not have awarded this album an 8/10 instead )