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I've been listening to this as of late; it's good fun. I think it may have been uploaded before, but I don't care.
Supertramp - Breakfast in America A&M :: 1979 :: Rock 1. Gone Hollywood 2. The Logical Song 3. Goodbye Stranger 4. Breakfast in America 5. Oh Darling 6. Take the Long Way Home 7. Lord Is It Mine 8. Just Another Nervous Wreck 9. Casual Conversations 10. Child of Vision Download here AMG: With Breakfast in America, Supertramp had a genuine blockbuster hit, topping the charts for four weeks in the U.S. and selling millions of copies worldwide; by the 1990s, the album had sold over 18 million units across the world. Although their previous records had some popular success, they never even hinted at the massive sales of Breakfast in America. Then again, Supertramp's earlier records weren't as pop-oriented as Breakfast. The majority of the album consisted of tightly written, catchy, well-constructed pop songs, like the hits "The Logical Song," "Take the Long Way Home," and "Goodbye Stranger." Supertramp still had a tendency to indulge themselves occasionally, but Breakfast in America had very few weak moments. It was clearly their high-water mark. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Radar Bros. - The Singing Hatchet
1999 :: Philips Media :: Rock 1. Tar the Roofs 2. Shiftly Lies 3. Shoveling Sons 4. All the Ghosts 5. Find the Hour 6. You're on an Island 7. The Pilgrim 8. You've Been Hired 9. To Be Free Again 10. Five Miles 11. Open Ocean Sailing 12. Gas Station Downs Download Here I found this album for $5 in a tiny record store in Providence. Anyone already familiar with this band is going to enjoy this album, since it's similarly themed to their other albums. AMG: The Radar Bros.' second album The Singing Hatchet delivers more of their quietly quixotic, psychedelically rootsy songs, which roll along like tumbleweeds: shambling and seemingly fragile, yet surprisingly strong. Crackling static, solemn pianos, doleful mellotrons, and chiming guitars support the rambling, almost weightless melodies of songs like "Shifty Lies," "You've Been Hired," and "Tar the Roofs" and the clean production shows off the songs' expressive arrangements -- "Shoveling Sons"' guitars sparkle like dust motes in the sunlight. Musically and lyrically, The Singing Hatchet often manages to be poignant, spooky, and funny all at once; Jim Putnam's mournful upper register makes vaguely disturbing lines like "All the Ghosts"' "Eyes are painted shut and we won't come clean" even more unsettling, while "Open Ocean Sailing"'s lament "fight the ways of a slow production day" hints at emotional truths without tipping the entire hand. Somnambulistic reflections like "The Pilgrim," spaced-out spaghetti western soundtracks like "Five Miles," and sweeping epics like the aforementioned "Open Ocean Sailing" and "You're on an Island" make this release a surprisingly diverse album, while the songs' relatively concise lengths make it surprisingly coherent. A shabbily majestic, subtly accomplished work, The Singing Hatchet doesn't wear its heart on its sleeve, but it's in the right place. Blonde Redhead - 23 2006 :: 4AD :: Rock 1. 23 2. Dr. Strangeluv 3. The Dress 4. S.W. 5. Spring and by Summer Fall 6. Silently 7. Publisher 8. Heroine 9. Top Ranking 10. My Impure Hair Download here I recently saw this group in Chicago; watching the band jump around the stage to the music was quite a sight. It's great music to move to, since there's so much energy to feel. AMG: With each album since Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blonde Redhead has made huge strides forward with their sound. Misery Is a Butterfly pitted fragile melodies against dark, swirling arrangements, and its tragic glamour turned the album into a cult favorite. On 23, the band trades the cloistered chamber rock of Butterfly for tone-bending dream pop and subtle electronics; while the wide open spaces sound a little bare at first, this streamlined approach ends up making this Blonde Redhead's loveliest and most accessible work yet. The group begins each album with a bold statement of purpose, and 23 is no different. The epic title track's delicate electronic rhythms, swooping, shimmering guitars, and majestically bittersweet melody pitch it somewhere between My Bloody Valentine and Asobi Seksu, showing how a more restrained Blonde Redhead can still sound lush and haunting. "Spring and Summer by Fall"'s streaming, comet-tail guitars and "Silently"'s thorny melody hark back to Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, while "Heroine"'s vocoders sound surprisingly fresh, giving the song a fairy tale-meets-sci-fi vibe. This more whimsical, if not exactly lighthearted, feel flows through much of 23, especially on "Dr. Strangeluv," which boasts playful percussion and sparkling synths, and "Top Ranking," which layers Kazu Makino's vocals into futuristic girl group harmonies. However, Blonde Redhead hasn't ditched the brooding beauty of Misery Is a Butterfly entirely. "The Dress" is just as darkly stunning as any song on that album, with looping gasps and insistent guitars circling lyrics like "the fear starts creeping up when you have so much to lose," while "SW"'s melody and psychedelic brass interlude have a Butterfly-esque intensity. And as always, Blonde Redhead has a flair for haunting melodies, particularly on "Publisher," the chorus of which sounds peculiarly like Aerosmith's "Dream On." 23 is stunning -- in fact, its only flaw might be that its track listing is a little top-heavy, resulting in an album with an amazing first half and a flip side that is only very good. Nitpicking aside, 23 is mysterious and modern, with an artfully strange beauty that is more memorable than perfection. Destroyer - Ideas for Songs 1997 :: Granted Passage Cassettes :: Folk/Rock Side A 1. A Month in the Country – 2:06 2. Song About Disappointment – 2:01 3. Spring Cleaning – 2:23 4. No One Needs to Know – 3:16 5. Death to the Northern Man – 2:06 6. Child of Styx – 2:31 7. Marrying the Hammer – 1:40 8. Nothing Against You (Bored Spectre) – 3:46 Side B 9. Song About a Girl Up to a Point – 1:31 10. The Terror Serves a Purpose – 2:42 11. Leaving London – 1:38 12. Untitled – 2:50 13. Forget America – 1:06 14. Stuffed and Sick – 1:29 15. The Leg We Stand On – 2:33 16. Why Banacek Doesn't Love – 5:24 Bonus Tracks Idea 17 (You Can't Go Home Again) Idea 18 (It is Me Who Will Rate You) Idea 19 (These Times) Download here This album (a cassette release, actually) is about as "Destroyer" as you can get. Stripped down to nothing more than an acoustic guitar and Bejar's vocals (and little else), the album stands entirely on the highly descriptive, highly cryptic lyrics. It's tough to get into; even I had reservations the first time I heard it (and I love Destroyer). Now, though, I love every piece of the puzzle, the imaginative and creative world that I honestly don't entirely understand. Unless you don't like Destroyer at all, giving Ideas for Songs a couple listens are all it takes to get into it. How ya doing, buddy? |
Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire
1984 :: Columbia :: Rock 1. Lovers in a Dangerous Time 2. Maybe the Poet 3. Sahara Gold 4. Making Contact 5. Peggy's Kitchen Wall 6. To Raise the Morning Star 7. Nicaragua 8. If I Had a Rocket Launcher 9. Dust and Diesel Download Here There's something very '80s about this album, that for me, works really nicely. He's put a lot of energy into the album, and you can feel it. The track "If I had a Rocket Launcher" is probably one of the best songs I've heard in a long time. AMG: After visiting Central America, Bruce Cockburn recorded Stealing Fire, part of which passionately and eloquently details what he'd seen while in Nicaragua and Guatemala. With the opening track, the terse rocker "Lovers in a Dangerous Time," Cockburn conveys both a sense of urgency and uncertainty. There's a brief calm as the second half begins, before a triad of songs written about his time spent in Central America brings the record to a sober conclusion. These three tunes, which, like the majority of the album, sport a tight, worldbeat, folk and rock flavor, are the true highlights of Stealing Fire, and Cockburn at his very best. The first, "Nicaragua," is part observation, part commentary, and part tribute to the Sandinista-led revolution in that country. "If I Had a Rocket Launcher" follows, and is arguably Cockburn's most powerful merging of personal and political feelings. Written after witnessing Guatemalan refugees being chased across the border by gun-wielding helicopters, "Rocket Launcher" evokes not only the pain and suffering of the people, but the conflict between Cockburn's pacifist leanings, and the vengeful anger and hatred incited by such a horrific sight. The Nicaraguan, road-inspired "Dust and Diesel" closes the record with a portrait of a country whose daily contrast of beauty and violence is summed up by the images of people who are proud, hopeful, passionate, afraid, and tired. Stealing Fire, despite a few less than compelling tracks, is the work of an artist at his peak. It also contains some of the most intensely significant material by a singer/songwriter in the 1980s. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
electronic dance :: Modular Interscope :: 2008 1. Feel the Love 2. Out There on the Ice 3. Lights and Music 4. We Fight for Diamonds 5. Unforgettable Season 6. Midnight Runner 7. So Haunted 8. Voices in Quartz 9. Hearts on Fire 10. Far Away 11. Silver Thoughts 12. Strangers in the Wind 13. Visions 14. Nobody Lost, Nobody Found 15. Eternity One Night Only Download Here I was in the mood for some dance music, and came across this on Last.fm while listening to stuff similar to Ladytron. It's got quite the beats, all across the album; the album itself is also great because each song blends into one another, so it feels like a consistent whole (instead of just a bunch of cool songs). It's quickly become one of my favorite albums. Allmusic: Spoiler:
Stereolab - Margerine Eclipse electronic :: Elektra :: 2003 1. Vonal Declosion 2. Need to Be 3. ...Sudden Stars 4. Cosmic Country Noir 5. La Demeure 6. Margerine Rock 7. The Man With 100 Cells 8. Margerine Melodie 9. Hillbilly Motobike 10. Feel and Triple 11. Bop Scotch 12. Dear Marge Download here Did I upload this before? It's fun electronic stuff. The lead singer has a strange voice (very French) but she's cool and the music is really fun. Allmusic: Spoiler:
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