Friday, February 4, 2022
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Jan-March 2019 Post
For the sake of explination, if I do enjoy an album but don't think it's really better than a 6, I'll add it to these posts. That or if I think it's worth checking out. Also the selections in Yellow are a favorite record of mine
10- Elvis TV-Special
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- Jolene - Dolly Parton
- Afrodisiac - Fela Ransome-Kuti & the Africa '70
- I.T.T. - FEla Anikulapo Kuti and the Afrika 70
- In London - B.B. King
- A Street Called Straight - Roy Buchanan
- Cliff Hanger - Jimmy Cliff
- Guitarra de Venezuela - Alirio Diaz
- Dig A Little Deeper - Latimore
- Elvis (The Fool Album)
- Saved - LaVern Baker
- Live at the Star-Club, Hamburg - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Sahara - McCoy Tyner
- Love Letters from Elvis - Elvis Presley
- Undead - Ten Years After
- Tristeza on Guitar - Baden Powell
- Teresa Brewer in London with Oily Rags
- Elvis is Back!
- Song for America - Kansas
- The Temptations in Japan
- Idlewild South - The Allman Brothers Band
- Jackson Browne
- Eagles
- French Kiss - Bob Welch
- Al Green Gets Next to You
- Latimore
- Rattlesnake - Ohio Players
- Live in London - Flight of the Conchords
- You Don't Mess Around with Jim - Jim Croce
- Out of Step - Minor Threat
- Larry Carlton
- El Hombre - Pat Martino
- Solid Rock - The Temptations
- Anne, Man! - Ann Richards
- Harlem Street Singer - Blind Gary Davis
- You're the Man - Marvin Gaye
- The Allman Brothers Band
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- Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Power-Fuerza - Ghetto Brothers
- Yellow Fever - Fela Aníkú°ápó Kuti & Afrika 70
- 120 Years of Deutsche Grammophon: The Tokyo Gala Concert - Saito Kinen Orchestra/Matheuz/Ozawa/Mutter
- Tattoo You - The Rolling Stones
- The Doobie Brothers
- Some Girls - The Rolling Stones
- Blues Caravan - Buddy Rich and His Sextet
- God Save Us/Do the Oz - Bill Elliott and the Elastic Oz Band
- Brown and Roach Incorporated - Brown and Roach
- Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs - Marty Robbins
- Some Girls: Live in Texas 1978 - The Rolling Stones
- Treat Him Right - Barbra Mandrell
- Johnny Cash at San Quentin
- The Bells Are Tolling - The Fairfield Four
- Firefly - Uriah Jeep
- The Fairy's Kiss - Igor Stravinsky (1956)
- Live in Japan - Chicago
- Canned Heat
- Another Life - Kano
- Aretha Now
- Indianola Mississippi Seeds - B.B. King
- Last Exit - Traffic
- On Air - The Rolling Stones
- Time and a Word - Yes
- Slaughter on 10th Avenue - Mick Ronson
- This Means We Mean It - REO Speedwagon
- L.A. Woman - The Doors
- Chopin / Schumann - Aleksandra Hortensja Dabek
- The Allman Brothers Band at Fillmore East
- Don't Cry Now - Linda Ronstadt
- Too Hot - Kool & The Gang
- Czarface Meets Ghostface
- Ace - Bob Weir
- Hello Happines - Chaka Khan
- Dog Days of Tomorrow - Czarface
- Down to Earth - Rainbow
- Entertainment! - Gang of Four
- Diamond Life - Sade
- My Sweet Summer Suite - Love Unlimited Orchestra
- Diamond Touch - George McCrae
- The Other One - Bob Welch
- Fair Warning - Van Halen
- Blues from the Gutter - Champion Jack Dupree
- The Brussels Affair (Live 1973) - The Rolling Stones
- Black Velvet - Charles Bradley
- Heavy Jelly
- Fighting - Thin Lizzy
- Into the Music - Van Morrison
- Silver Apples
- Eargasm - Johnnie Taylor
- Back for a Taste of Your Love - Syl Johnson
- Five Live Yardbirds
- On the Line - Jenny Lewis
- Mal-1 - Mal Walrdron Quintet
- Slow Dancer - Boz Scaggs
- Connnie Smith Sings Great Sacred Songs
- Andy Nogger -Kraan
- Funkadelic
- Zietgeist - Denny Zeitlin
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- L.A. Reggae - Johnny Rivers
- Fever - Little Willie John
- Shout! - The Isley Brothers
- Nature Planned It - Four Tops
- 17-11-70 - Elton John
- Livetime - Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Check Your Head - Beastie Boys
- Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye
Revisit
- Reincarnation of a Love Bird - Charles Mingus (1988)
- Future Games - Fleetwood Mac
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
October-December 2018 Post
This is the last round up for 2018, I probably won't have the next one out until April (but I might do a review in that time, Idk for sure. In the Bowie boxset I would probably have to give that Serious Moonlight album a 7-7.5
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- Jazz Collaborations Vol. 1 - Charles Mingus & Thad Jones
- Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead
- Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance
- Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
- Eat a Peach - The Allman Brothers Band
- Makin' Music - Roy Clark & Gatemouth Brown
- Blood, Chet and Tears - Chet Baker
- The Dealer - Chico Hamilton introducing Larry Coryell
- Oxnard - Anderson .Paak
- Sound of Christmas - The Ramsey Lewis Trio
- Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones
- Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
- Proof Positive - J.J. Johnson
- Unplugged - Eric Clapton
- Burnin' - The Wailers
- I Feel Love Comin' On - Felice Taylor
- Workingman's Dead - Grateful Dead
- Rape of the Bastard Nazarene - Akercocke
- Stone Gon' - Barry White
- Wolf - Bill Wolfer
- Alright Again! - Clarence Gatemouth Brown
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- Force It - UFO
- Home Again - New Edition
- Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Pride - Robert Palmer
- Get It - Dave Edmunds
- It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Vince Guaraldi
- Tonight - Savage
- A Night on the Town - Rod Stewart
- Together Through Life - Bob Dylan
- Da Drought 3 - Lil Wayne
- Mønk - Thelonious Monk
- The Moldau; From Bohemia's Fields and Groves - New York Philharmonic/Szell -
- Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Bayou Country - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Wasteland - Uncle Acid & The Dead Beats
- R.E.O./T.W.O. - REO Speedwagon
- The Alternate Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac
- Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
- Thrice X - Big K.R.I.T.
- Rossini: Stabat Mater - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks/Arman
- King, Does the King's Things - Albert King
- H2O - Daryl Hall & John Oates
- Dark Days Ahead - Iron Reagan
- MassEducation - St. Vincent
- Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch - Tyler, The Creator
- One Bad M.F. Live!! - Marty Friedman
- Train Kept a Rollin/Knockin Blues - Tiny Bradshaw
- Fire on the Mountain - The Charlie Daniels Band
- Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
- Triumphant Hearts - Jason Becker
- Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions - Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris
- FM! - Vince Staples
- A Christmas Album - Barbra Striesand
- Sunshine Superman - Donovan
- The Prophet Speaks - Van Morrison
- Liszt: Via Crucis - Netherlands Chamber Choir/Leeuw
- Isolation - Kali Uchis
- The Illinois Concert - Eric Dolphy
- Unchained Melodies - Roy Orbison with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Dreamboat Annie - Heart
- Little Feat
- Shotgun Willie - Willie Nelson
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- Night Moves - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
- Loving the Alien [1983-1988] - David Bowie
- Agent Provocateur - Foreigner
Revisit
- Pride - Robert Palmer
- Mirage - Fleetwood Mac
- The Illinois Concert - Eric Dolphy
- Dreamboat Annie - Heart
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
July-September 2018 Post
I'm going to try and finish this up, for 2018, and post 1 every two weeks or so.
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- Further Definitions - Benny Carter and his Orchestra
- Speak No Evil - Wayne Shorter
- The Poll Winners - Barney Kessel with Shelly Manne and Ray Brown
- Tokyo Tapes - Scorpions
- La traviata - Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Klieber
- Moment of Glory - Scorpions & Berliner Philharmoniker
- Acoustica - Scorpions
- Sailin' Shoes - Little Feat
- I'm A Resident! - The Residents
- Struggling Man - Jimmy Cliff
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- Liszt: Athanor - Beatrice Berrut
- Streams of Thought, Vol. 1 - Black Thought
- Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods - Dizzy Gillespie & Machito
- Dark Endless - Marduk
- The Outer View - George Russell
- Brahms: Choral Works - Monteverdi Choir/Gardiner
- Frampton
- Don't Break the Oath - Mercyful Fate
- Frampton Comes Alive!
- Satori - Flower Travellin' Band
- Poppy. Remixes
- Backwards - Coil
- Herzeleid - Rammstein
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk
- Elegant Gypsy & More - Al Di Meola
- What That Is! - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
- Changes One - Charles Mingus
- Undercurrents - Bill Evans & Jim Hall
- Resurrection - Michael Schenker Fest
- Snakebite - David Coverdale's Whitesnake
- TA13OO - Denzel Curry
- 10+ 8 - The Andrzej Kurylewicz Quintet
- Swimming - Mac Miller
- The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- Then Play On - Fleetwood Mac
- Manifesto - The Souljazz Orchestra
- Sometimes I'm Blue - Kim Parker
- Double Fun - Robert Palmer
- Live in London - Randy Newman
- Miles Smiles - Miles Davis
- Secrets - Robert Palmer
- Nuovo Cinema Paradiso - Ennio Morricone
- Clues - Robert Palmer
- Piano & A Microphone 1983 - Prince
- Der Freischutz - Staatskapelle Dresden/Kleiber
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- I'm In You - Peter Frampton
- Cry Tough - Nils Lofgren
Revisit
- The Outer View - George Russell
- Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane
- Undercurrents - Bill Evans & Jim Hall
- Double Fun - Robert Palmer
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
April-June 2018 Post
This time I decided to add albums I plan to revisit, that doesn't mean I don't like them but I'm unsure how I felt or the way I felt about it isn't a final feeling. I need more listens or time to say what I think for sure.
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8
- Blues for Allah - Grateful Dead
- Stand By - Heldon
- The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6 - Miles Davis & John Coltrane
- Beethoven: "Choral" Symphony - Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus / Furtwängler (1955)
- The Exciting Debut of Andre Watts Playing Liszt
- 9 Symphonien - Berliner Philharmoniker/Karajan (1963)
- From Memphis to Vegas/From Vegas to Memphis - Elvis
- The Harder They Come soundtrack
- Standing Room Only - Frank Sinatra
- Chocolate Factory - R. Kelly
- Ives: Symphony No. 2 - New York Philharmonic/Bernstein
- The Jaki Byard Experience
- Terasoma - Avantist
- Anthem of the Sun - Grateful Dead
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- Gloria - I Barocchisti / Coro della Radiotelevisione svizzera/Diego Fasolis
- Flute Fever - The Jeremy Steig Quartet
- Abandoned Lunchonette - Daryll Hall & John Oates
- Brunch: Scottish Fantasy/Vieuxtemps: Violin Concerto No 5 - Jascha Heiftz
- Nova - Steve Reid featuring The Ledendary Master Brotherhood
- Nils Lofgren
- Petrouchka - Deutsche Symphoni-Orchester Berlin/Fricsay
- Earth Wind and Fire
- Stravinsky Conducts The Fairy's Kiss
- Jazz Studio Orchestra of Polish Radio
- 5 bambole per la luna d'agosto - Piero Umiliani
- Tristan und Isolde - Vienna Philharmonic/Solti
- Street Survivors - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Live in Chicago - King Crimson
- Verdi: Requiem/Quattro pezzi Sacri - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner
- Peter and the Wolf - David Bowie
- Schumann: Complete Symphonies - Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique/Gardiner
- Firebird Suite (New Augmented Version) - New York Philharmonic/Stravinsky
- Welcome to the Blackout - David Bowie
- Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex - Deutsche Symphonie Orchester/Fricsay
- 'Nuff Said! - Nina Simone
- Primal Heart - Kimbra
- La Boheme - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra/Beecham
- Live: You Get What You Pay For - REO Speedwagon
- Face to Face - The Kinks
- You're Driving Me Crazy - Van Morrison and Joey DeFrancesco
- Messa a quattro voci et Salmi of 1650: Volume II - The Sixteen/Christophers
- Blank Face LP - Schoolboy Q
- Book of Dreams - Steve Miller Band
- Destination Out! - Jackie McLean
- Liszt - Lucille Chung
- The Midnight Hour - Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Adrian Younge
- Kids See Ghosts
- In the Shadow of the Sword - Non
- Done by the Forces of Nature - The Jungle Brothers
- Stravinsky Conducts Cantata, Mass 1948 & In Memoriam Dylan Thomas
- Brahms: Symphony No. 3 - Houston Symphony Orchestra/Stokowski
- Coronation Mass - St. John's Sinfonia/Nethsingha
- NASIR - Nas
- Dune - Toto
- Mingus Lives - Mal Waldron
- Both Directions at the Once - John Coltrane
- Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike - RIAS Symphony Orchestra/Fricsay
Revisit
- Symbiosis - Bill Evans
- George McCrae
Thursday, October 4, 2018
January-March 2018 Post
So since I haven't posted anything in quite some times I figured I'd just post a list of all the albums I've been playing on repeat or really enjoyed in the past months or so, sorted by the current scores I've given them at the time of posting this. I'll do this, hopefully, every six months or every three. Depending on how many albums are listed.
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- Dvorak: Sinfonie Nr. 5 E-moll Op.95 - Fricsay/RIAS Symphonie Orchester
- The Roxy Performances - Zappa/Mothers
- Symphony in Three Movements - Stravinsky/New York Philharmonic
- The Lounge Lizards
- Presenting Sylvia Sass: Opera's Sensational New Star
- Eric Dolphy & Booker Little Memorial Album: Recorded Live at the Five Spot
- Recent Stravinsky Conducted by the Composer
- It's Monk's Time
- Discovery - Daft Punk
- Baltimore - Nina Simone
- Changes - Charles Bradley
- Bobby Vinton with the Village Stompers Live at the Copa
- Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio #1
- Love Scene - Elmer Bernstein
- Die Moldau/Les preludes - Fricsay (1960)
- Römischer Karneval; Sylphen-Ballet - Fricsay (1959)
- Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op.92 - Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra
- Adagio - Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker
- Concerto in F; Cuban Overture; I've Got Rhythm Variations - Fielder/Boston Pops Orchestra
- True Stories - Talking Heads
- Rigoletto - Serafin/Callas/Orchestra del Teatro all Scala
- Das Rheingold - Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker
- Sarabande - Jon Lord
- Le sacre du printemps - Bernstein/New York Philharmonic
- Don Carlo Gesualdo - Prince of the Madrigalists - Craft/Columbia Symphony Orchestra
- George Gershwin plays Rhapsody in Blue - Michael Tilson Thomas/New York Philharmonic
- One People One World - Femi Kuti
- Ouverture 1812; Marche Slave; Romeo und Julia - Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
- Concierto - Jim Hall
- How About Uke? - Lyle Ritz
- Grande messe en ut mineur, K.427 - Fricsay/Orchestre radio-symphonique de Berlin
- Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord - Schneider/Kirkpatrick
- Symphony No. 9; Egmont Overture - Fricsay/Berliner Philharmoniker
- Alexander Nevsky; Cantata No. 47 - Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra
- Chet Baker Sings
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- Requiem - Gyorgy Ligeti
- Conversations - Eric Dolphy
- Mingus in Europe Volume 1
- Screamin' the Blues - Oliver Nelson Sextet
- Triple Threat - Roland Kirk
- Four Corners of the World - Esquivel
- Le sacre du pritemps - Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker (1977)
- Magic Christian Music - Badfinger
- The Nerves
- Kurtis Blow
- Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Le Rossignol (The Nightingale)
- Perambulator - Fela Kuti & Egypt 80
- Out Front - Booker Little
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 Pathetique - Currentzis/MusicAeterna
- A Brand New Me: Aretha Franklin with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Mozart: Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488 - Giesking/Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra
- Persephone - Stravinsky/New York Philharmonic/Westminster Choir
- Penguin - Fleetwood Mac
- Boulez Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka
- The Biggest Things Since Colossus - Otis Spann
- Kreisleriana / Piano Sonata No. 2 - Hélène Grimaud
- Communiqué - Dire Straits
- Boscoe
- Casiopea
- Dvorak, Smetana - Zuzanne Szambelan
- Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 - Thelonious Monk
- Rhapsody in Blue - Fielder/Boston Pops Orchestra
- Sonata No. 3, 10; Fantasia and Fugue in C - Glenn Gould
- Die Walkure Act III - Karajan/Bayreuther Festival Orchestra and Chorus
- Pelleas und Melisande - Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker
- Piano Sonata No. 3; 6 Klavierstucke, Op. 118 - Hélène Grimaud
- Introduction et Allegro pour Harpe; Danses Sacrée et Profane - van Beinum/Societe de musique de chambre d'Amsterdam
- Beethoven: Streichquartette op. 127; 135; 130 (Finale) - LaSalle Quartet
- Haydn: English Canzonettas - Bilson/Csengery
- Little Dark Age - MGMT
- Chrysta Bell
- Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 - The Doors
- The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast - Roger Glover and Guests
- Das Lied von der Erde - Jochum/Concertgebouworkest
- Chant funebre; Le sacre du printemps - Chailly/Lucerne Festival Orchestra
- Guess Who - B.B. King
- Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake - Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra
- Schumann: Concerto en la mineur: op.54 - Karajan/Philharmonia Orchestra/Lipatti
- Boulez Conducts Webern II
- Cul-de-sac - Krzysztof Komeda
- Sand Woman - Henri Texier
- Duran Duran [Wedding Album]
- Bootleg Ep - The Blue Oyster Cult
- Captain Beyond
- Beethoven: Symphonie Nr.5 - Kleiber/Wiener Philharmoniker
- Piano Sonatas, Op. 31 complete - Glenn Gould
- Eggs for Breakfast - Bobuck
- Black Panther the Album - Various
- Born Yesterday - Margaret Glaspy
- Suite from Petrouchka - Stravinsky/New York Philharmonic
- Yesshows
- The Mozart Piano Sontatas Vol.3 - Glenn Gould
- Beethoven: Bagatelles Op. 33 & Op. 126 - Glenn Gould
- Gotterdammerung: Brunnhilde's Immolation Scene; Wesendonck Songs - Bernstein/New York Philharmonic
- "Linz" Symphony - Koussevitzky/Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Historie du soldat - Markevitch
- Never to Be Forgotten - Eddie Cochran
- Der ring des Nibelungen (excerpts) - Solti/Wiener Philharmoniker
- Blue Bird - Charles Mingus
- Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Lenard/CSR Symphony
- Daytrotter Sessions - Chairlift (2012)
- Bad Reputation - The Ritchie Family
- Could Nine - George Harrison
- Symphonies Wq 173-175, 197, 180 - Remy/Les Amis de Philippe
- "Devil's Trill" Sonata; Sonata in B flat - David Oistrakh
- Scheherazade - Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Czarface Meets Metal Face
- The Sidewinder - Lee Morgan
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Done with Mirrors - Aerosmith
- Let The Music Do The Talking: This is a reworking of a songs that was the title track of the 1980 debut album of Joe Perry's solo project the Joe Perry Project. It has some different lyrics, a fact I have only ever read and not noticed. What's more noticeable is the faster tempo, kind of. That and the much more Aerosmith feelinjg to the song, which isn't solely because Steven is singing it. There is a this sort of the classic era vibe, mixed with shapes of the Geffen era to come. Well even though technically started with this album.... I mean more the good stuff from the 13 year period (85-98). This is a solid hard rock number, that while not the greatest tune, it isn't half bad. It does remind me of Draw the Line, which is actually quoted in the solo, but not nearly as good. Well maybe not as memorable as the classics would be a better way to put it. It's fun and a great way to show they're back and start the album off.
- My Fist Your Face: That's for sure! This song is not too bad. It's memorable in that I know the chorus and the hook to the song. I mean maybe I listened to it more then I thought back in 8th grade, but I recognize this. The song itself though doesn't hold up. I mean I was never heads over heals, but it could easily be forgotten if I hadn't heard it and it want ingrained in me. I guess the worst part is it's kind of generic. It also kind of reminds me of Pump.
- Shame on You: This is another tune, while I know it by heart and can recall what happens I can't say I love it. I enjoy it, but outside of occasion refreshers I can't say I like it. I like the riff there is some punch to it.
- The Reason a Dog: "Has so many friends, is he was his tail instead if his tongue". Ouch, the song itself isn't anything special. Very bare with some arpeggios and sounds like a rehearsal or them playing it the first time before its done. Joey was right about this sound like it wasn't finished.
- Shela: I like the drums on this and the guitar tone and riff, quite tasty. I like the replication of a siren with the lead in the intro. This song feels like, outside of mixing, it was done. This song isn't too bad and has a lot of nice parts. But the vocals aren't really anything that mind blowing, to me at least.
- Gypsy Boots: The guitar in the beginning puts me off a bit, but I like the song itself. Its kind of fun and has a nice vocal harmony that harkens back to Toys title track or Bright Light Fright. Actually this sounds like an 80s redux of Toys in the Attic. But the head is so bland and kills the songs momentum. Doesn't murder, but halts the song. Also great solo honestly, but this "head". Are you fucking me? The solo reminds me a little of Last Child.
- She's on Fire: There is some nice acoustic electric guitar in this tune in the beginning. This remind me of a later song but I can't think of it at the moment. This is another passible song. Nothing really mind blowing but you'll remember the chorus. The rest is kind of filler to be honest. Also there are timing and synchronization errors. And there isn't any thing wrong with my Cd because there aren't any scratches. I like the bass that thunders in the track. Nice solo, but the rest of the song takes away from my enjoyment of it.
- The Hop: I really dig the drums and the dance feeling to this. Its another fun song that just needed a bit more care. Like I feel like this would be a song that was recorded during the Get Back sessions. Which this kind of could be compared to kind of.
- Darkness: This is a bonus track that is exclusively on the CD version of the album. At first I didn't like this song, but then when I heard this in it's entirety, a few times, it hit me. This is one sick fucking song. I really like the band stand vibe. We also get an 80s piano ballad to end the album. Its a very welcome change of pace. I like the Duke Ellington vibe I'm getting from Steven's phrasing at parts. Reminicent of Take the A Train. I also live the tempo change and how the song actually feels urgent and flows. This could also be compared in feeling to Round and Round. This is a bit of a chaos to it but its welcome. Even if the lyrics are kind if cliche. The solo works but not mind blowing.
Overall I have to give this a 6/10. First off, this is most definitely not one of their best albums. But one thing I love about these songs are that I still, after not hearing one of the songs for at least probably like a good year some even more, I know the choruses to almost every song and know the melody. There is also this weird sort of atmosphere to the songs. Not off putting but it feels almost like there's air. Maybe it was done digitally. I mean I enjoy this over all more than my overall experience with some of the later albums, now at least. Look at it as a transition from the band they were, to the band they would become. Not to say Pump or Permanent Vacation are bad albums, but post 89 isn't very positive in my opinion. Also I want to say I think this was important for the mere fact it was raw, like they used to make, and I guess they realized they couldn't do it anymore.
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