Paul Kersey Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 The Breeders - Pod 1990 release by the "supergroup" led by Kim Deal of The Pixies and Tanya Donnelly of Throwing Muses. An excellent album. Lo-fi production and dark and often highly sexualized lyrics. A pretty intense album. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Audio Bullys - Ego War A recently rediscovered fave from 2003. A very solid, and well produced, electronic/dance/whatever album with amusingly bad, but sincere, lyrics and exceedingly phat* beats. * I'm at least 20 years too old to be using such terminology but they really are! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 One for any ageing hippies out there ... Been compiling an "Americana" playlist and populating it with stuff from the likes of the late great Justin Townes Earle. This got me trawling back through old vinyl LPs and I came across a long forgotten album "It'll Shine When It Shines" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. It's hardly "banging" music but on revisiting I'd forgotten how good some of the music was - great laid back non-commercial southern country rock. At the time (mid 70s) I hadn't picked up on how much religious influence there was in the lyrics, but I guess you'd have to expect that for music emanating from America's "bible belt". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Kersey Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique I'm not the biggest fan of the Beasties, but this good. Easily their best work. Much better than that Fight For You Right To Party pish that they slavered over us a few years earlier. This album still sounds fresh. It's hard to believe that it's 33 years old. Heck, there are adults out there today with kids and mortgages who hadn't even been conceived when this album was released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, Paul Kersey said: Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique I'm not the biggest fan of the Beasties, but this good. Easily their best work. Much better than that Fight For You Right To Party pish that they slavered over us a few years earlier. This album still sounds fresh. It's hard to believe that it's 33 years old. Heck, there are adults out there today with kids and mortgages who hadn't even been conceived when this album was released. It's a shame that most people associate the Beastie Boys with Fight For Your Right To Party. Their albums that came after Licensed To Ill - Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head were much better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible This album was released 28 years ago on the 30th of August 1994. As you can probably guess by my username, I am a massive fan of this band. This was the last album they released before the disappearance (and likely death) of Richey Edwards. - who wrote most of the lyrics on this very dark album. This album is a work of absolute genius and I would rank it as their best album alongside Everything Must Go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowdenleith Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 16/08/2022 at 20:47, Paul Kersey said: Scars - Author Author An excellent album by a largely forgotten Edinburgh band. Dark lyrics and some great guitar work. An early 80s post-punk classic. It is a brilliant album, I was too young to appreciate it at the time, though my older brother liked them and saw them in Edinburgh a number of times. I got the expanded 3 CD release that came out over a year ago, with demos and bits of some live shows, which are understandably not amazing quality but a fascinating snapshot. ‘Your Attention Please’ remains a stunning track, though I appreciate the lyrics are not the bands. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the aggressive beggar Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible This album was released 28 years ago on the 30th of August 1994. As you can probably guess by my username, I am a massive fan of this band. This was the last album they released before the disappearance (and likely death) of Richey Edwards. - who wrote most of the lyrics on this very dark album. This album is a work of absolute genius and I would rank it as their best album alongside Everything Must Go. The Manics we're one of those band I liked during my teens without ever really getting into them. I read a gushing review of The Holy Bible about 10 years ago and thought I'd give it a bash. f**k me, I've never felt so utterly shite after listening to an album, like actually dirty. I sat for a while afterwards thinking about it, not really sure if I should listen to it again or set my phone on fire. Because I thought that despite feeling awful, I think I kind of liked it. A few more listens and I realised that it is indeed an absolute work of genius. Edited September 2, 2022 by the aggressive beggar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Central Reservation by Beth Orton came on my Apple Music. I had genuinely forgotten about, but it’s bloody great. Lovely 1am whisky music. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 02/09/2022 at 18:09, Cowdenleith said: It is a brilliant album, I was too young to appreciate it at the time, though my older brother liked them and saw them in Edinburgh a number of times. I got the expanded 3 CD release that came out over a year ago, with demos and bits of some live shows, which are understandably not amazing quality but a fascinating snapshot. ‘Your Attention Please’ remains a stunning track, though I appreciate the lyrics are not the bands. I used to work with someone who was at that George Square theatre gig, and was still raving about it almost twenty years later. They were slightly before my gig going time too, sadly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 29/08/2022 at 18:26, Richey Edwards said: It's a shame that most people associate the Beastie Boys with Fight For Your Right To Party. Their albums that came after Licensed To Ill - Paul's Boutique and Check Your Head were much better. Agree, but they wouldn't have got the budget to f**k about in the studio as much as they wanted without having had the big hits first. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 5 hours ago, coprolite said: Agree, but they wouldn't have got the budget to f**k about in the studio as much as they wanted without having had the big hits first. True. If they hadn't made a daft hit single that became so successful then the rest of their career doesn't happen. Their first album, while good, borrowed heavily from other acts such as Run DMC. Paul's Boutique is were they started showing what they were really capable of. They were very talented and have such a diverse discography. I wish I had got to see them live. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 23 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: True. If they hadn't made a daft hit single that became so successful then the rest of their career doesn't happen. Their first album, while good, borrowed heavily from other acts such as Run DMC. Paul's Boutique is were they started showing what they were really capable of. They were very talented and have such a diverse discography. I wish I had got to see them live. Here's the set i was lucky enough to see. Some show. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 I might be wrong here, but I get the impression that the Beastie Boys are much better remembered for the Ill Communication period than Licenced to Ill. I don't remember the last time I heard Fight for Your Right. Incidentally, I know everyone probably already knows this, but Kerry King of Slayer playing on that album was the original reason I leant them an ear I remember Paul's Boutique reviewing really badly on release, so I was really surprised when there was a popular clothes label of the same name; funny how opinions change over time. Must be the Pet Sounds of hip-hop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: True. If they hadn't made a daft hit single that became so successful then the rest of their career doesn't happen. Their first album, while good, borrowed heavily from other acts such as Run DMC. Paul's Boutique is were they started showing what they were really capable of. They were very talented and have such a diverse discography. I wish I had got to see them live. I only saw them live once, at TITP 1998. It should have been a good set, but I was knee deep in mud, soaked to the bone and freezing cold so I didn't really enjoy it as much as I should have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 26 minutes ago, BFTD said: I might be wrong here, but I get the impression that the Beastie Boys are much better remembered for the Ill Communication period than Licenced to Ill. I don't remember the last time I heard Fight for Your Right. Incidentally, I know everyone probably already knows this, but Kerry King of Slayer playing on that album was the original reason I leant them an ear I remember Paul's Boutique reviewing really badly on release, so I was really surprised when there was a popular clothes label of the same name; funny how opinions change over time. Must be the Pet Sounds of hip-hop. This made me revisit “Fight for your right” and it’s still an awesome way to spend three and a half minutes kick it! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 7 hours ago, topcat(The most tip top) said: This made me revisit “Fight for your right” and it’s still an awesome way to spend three and a half minutes kick it! The dangers of writing a song as a pisstake 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 (edited) I dug out a couple of classic reggae albums this afternoon... Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution. 1978 album by the brummie reggae act. Fecking excellent. The Congos - The Heart of the Congos. Lee "Scratch" Perry produced this dub reggae classic. Some of the sweetest sounds ever. Both of these albums are a solid 10 out of 10. Edited September 11, 2022 by Paul Kersey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iminavest Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 White Lies 2009 debut, To Lose My Life... One of the first albums I bought after swapping my first car for one with a cd player. The nostalgia is strong with this one! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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