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Revisiting old albums

Travis - The Man Who

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcDQB0oSNjk&list=PLUfoMyT0Krg7ypHacqlXr-PQKrfFH1Zq9

Still excellent. They never hit those heights again though, some good tracks later on but never a really complete album that I'd want to listen to regularly. Luv is a sublime track off this album, probably my favourite.

Fran Healy is The Man Who Got Really Old Really Quickly.

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He's only 46. If I didn't know who he was I'd have him pegged at about 60!
 
Jesus - he looks like Seasick Steve after an intense diet.

The Man Who is ace - always loved As You Are.
 
First band I ever saw live, I'd guess that tour but can't be certain, stuck them on Spotify the other week when I was doing some decorating and their stuff has generally aged pretty well.
 
Beth Orton - Trailer Park
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAS9X6RK54_pyDuhl1774OF5CCUKkhuxp

Ah, Beth Orton. That fabulous voice heard singing Alive/Alone - the last track of the chemical brothers album.
What a resonant voice on that tune. I listened to this a hell of a lot 1996-2001 approx.
This was (for me) always her best album. Listening to it now, it has aged really well. Still sounds strong, and simple. That's why it worked first time.
Used to love listening to it on a sunny day. Will definitely haul this one out again over the summer months of lockdown.
No real weak tracks. A good full album.
 
lemonjelly said:
Beth Orton - Trailer Park
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAS9X6RK54_pyDuhl1774OF5CCUKkhuxp

Ah, Beth Orton. That fabulous voice heard singing Alive/Alone - the last track of the chemical brothers album.
What a resonant voice on that tune. I listened to this a hell of a lot 1996-2001 approx.
This was (for me) always her best album. Listening to it now, it has aged really well. Still sounds strong, and simple. That's why it worked first time.
Used to love listening to it on a sunny day. Will definitely haul this one out again over the summer months of lockdown.
No real weak tracks. A good full album.
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Been listening to Beth Orton quite a bit recently, Daybreaker particularly.
 
METALLICA - RIDE THE LIGHTNING

It would be so damn easy to put Master of Puppets or the Black album in here, or potentially even Justice which was a duff bass production away from majesty (thankfully now sorted in some great remasters), but this is simply my favourite high ground for the Bay Areas finest.

Title of the album came from Stephen King - Lloyd Henreid in the Stand was told that he was going to get the death penalty and he would ride the lightning. True fact that.

Tracks

Fight Fire With Fire - I love this. LOVE IT. Like Kevin Keegan levels. The beautiful acoustic intro and then intense lunacy arrives. At school we used to put it on the walkman to someone who had never experienced metal and then it was like the Darth Vader melted my brain moment from Back to the Future (although we were a year ahead of the curve with that!)

Ride the Lightning - title track has a staggeringly great solo. For me Kirk's best effort until Dyer's Eve on Justice four years later (shhhh - Mustaine wrote it) Great riff and the finish is superb. I love it.

For Whom the Bell Tolls - SUPERB. Simple really simple. First of their output I ever learnt to play properly. It's great. Still a live staple virtually every show after 36 years.

Fade to Black - yes, a thrash band can do a "ballad". It's absolutely perfect for me, bar the fact it has a fade out. That has always annoyed me. Finish it properly in the studio for god's sake! Lyrics are great and the solos are beautifully composed.

Trapped Under Ice - my secret love on the album. A lot of listeners are not huge fans of the track but for me it is EPIC. Proper fast thrash track with three superb solos and the riff after the second chorus is one of my faves ever. Plus a great shout out crowd bit too.

Escape - weakest track on the album for me but still has some nice moments. The air raid siren finish is cliche central but it worked in the mid eighties. I love that most of it is in F# rather than E. Muso moment there.

Creeping Death - DIE! DIE! DIE BY MY HAND. This is a truly stunning track. The verse riff is actually bloody simple but the chord progression in the chorus is sexual. Great solo too.

Call of Ktulu - a spectacular instrumental. Hard to describe without asking people to listen. The song totally encapsulates HP Lovecraft that it is about. The riffs just make you think of Cthulhu sneaking out of Ry'Leh to properly fuck the world up. And again a great solo. AND THE FINISH IS MASSIVE.

Overall points - the '84 production is really a love it or hate it thing. It is awash with a ton of reverb. I like that. Others might be less keen.

One of my favourite pieces of vinyl ever. It always will be.
 
broughtonwolf said:
Jesus Jones - Liquidizer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ce-bEYI4Og

Ahead of its time I reckon, got unfairly lumped in with the incessant playing of Unbelievable/EMF back in the day and still stands up as a great album
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Bloody hell. Competely forget about them. Although EMF definately had far more street cred. Stigma was a superb album - Light that burns twice as bright is great.
 
Been revisiting a lot of albums now I'm working from home.

Yesterdays choice both albums by The Stands, what an amazingly underrated band! Also the Ordinary Boys debut, not aged brilliantly but was a nice nostalgic hit. Forgot how much I was into them off that first album, all went down hill quite rapidly but at the time their early gigs were great fun.
 
Papper said:
Bloody hell. Competely forget about them. Although EMF definately had far more street cred. Stigma was a superb album - Light that burns twice as bright is great.
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I would have thought it was the other way around. EMF (who I also liked) were very mainstream and lusted after by most of the girls at my school whereas Jesus Jones were more underground and liked by the 'cool' kids.
 
Simon Amstell was a smug prick though.
 
Doctor Doog said:
Been listening to Beth Orton quite a bit recently, Daybreaker particularly.
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I've debated revisiting some of her other albums, as none ever lived up to Trailer Park for me. Central Reservation is a great song.
Which other albums you had on, and how do they stand up?
 
Moby - Everything is Wrong

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjIuADMrDKIaNMW8olnCRdCoHjk_yT5eR

I have a vague memory of listening to this a fair bit 20 odd years ago. Having blasted it out today, I'm unsure as to whether it was a bit of a fad, or was a staple for 3 months and then consigned to history.

So I listed to both cds (an "underwater" cd was with the album.)

It hasn't dated well. A couple of the tracks are very of their time. Feeling so Real seemed so much better then. As did Every time you touch me. Essentially, side 1 of the album was very meh.
Side 2 has interesting stuff, with God Moving Over the Face of the Waters still being a completely majestic piece of music.

The underwater cd is just gubbins though. Indulgent.
 
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