Perfect Albums

[Trekka]

Whoa... hey now yall..

*shakes my cane at the lot of you*

This is a music thread.
Chill out, grab a bean bag chair, light a joint.
Put on some headphones, relax, and let's talk about perfect albums.

This is LIT-erotica. Emphasis on the lit. As in literature. As in, the written word is coin here.

Making a case, here, regarding video posting, @latecomer91364, is going to be an uphill battle. You can always go start your own video-friendly thread? It's a well known fact that vids load more slowly than any other media. Lots of threads, forums, and OPs request that posters avoid them. Looking at your join date and wondering why you're arguing with this?

And I think it's worth considering respecting the OP's wishes.
LOL, Even Mo's. It's his own thread, after all, which he's attempting to curate, for our enjoyment, should we choose to participate --> basic forum etiquette.

Sincerely,

An Old Lady Litster who
1. loves everyone plus
2. she loves music too and
3. she's been around a long time and
4. she has had threads taken down by mods because posters didn't behave and it was so sad

SNOOCHES

 

[PotNoodle79]

Songs for the Deaf - Queens of the Stone Age.
Videos are available online, should you wish to locate them.

 

[Btq97]

Fear of music
Talking Heads

 

[BongoGal]

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

That album is magical, beautiful, and compellingly deranged.

 

[Wonderer67]

I’m guessing it’s not a good idea to post a vid… it does glitchify the thread. I think it’s just one video that maybe corrupts the page.

On my punk rock thread it’s happened and as soon as the page fills up and yoh start a new page it deglitchifys.

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco is a perfect Album. Recorded when Arlo Guthrie’s daughter found some song lyrics and undid her songs. She turned em over to Billy Bragg and Wilco and they rocked the fuck out of them.

Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy have really different voices and I like the contrast and at the same time it’s great to hear a more modern take on protest songs and great songwriting by Arlo Guthrie.

This was one of the many CDs I packed or received when I was deployed in Iraq so it’ll always remind me of being there, and bring me back there. It’s also a CD that I played for my daughter and early memories for us when I returned. So lots of memories.

Standout songs are California Stars (tweedy on Vocals) and a song that is still one of my daughter’s favorites.

hesitating Beauty and way over a yonder in The Minor Key are standout songs but there’s not a bad song on the whole album.

Thus, it’s a perfect album.

 

[BongoGal]

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco is a perfect Album. Recorded when Arlo Guthrie’s daughter found some song lyrics and undid her songs. She turned em over to Billy Bragg and Wilco and they rocked the fuck out of them.

Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy have really different voices and I like the contrast and at the same time it’s great to hear a more modern take on protest songs and great songwriting by Arlo Guthrie.

It’s probably worth noting here that it was Woody Guthrie, a great songwriter, who wrote those lyrics, not his son Arlo. Woody was a hardcore Stalinist supporter of the Soviet Union, and Arlo rejected that nonsense. I very much like the songs you mentioned, but I never bought the album. (I think I heard that Billy Bragg and Wilco are going to tour together and play that album.)

 

[Wonderer67]

It’s probably worth noting here that it was Woody Guthrie, a great songwriter, who wrote those lyrics, not his son Arlo. Woody was a hardcore Stalinist supporter of the Soviet Union, and Arlo rejected that nonsense. I very much like the songs you mentioned, but I never bought the album. (I think I heard that Billy Bragg and Wilco are going to tour together and play that album.)

Yes, you are correct. Woody and not Arlo.

My bad.

I’d heard they are touring and would go in a minute if I can make it. Apparently there was a falling out and bad feelings after the album was made. But glad they are touring together.

It’s a fantastic album.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

I’m guessing it’s not a good idea to post a vid… it does glitchify the thread. I think it’s just one video that maybe corrupts the page.

On my punk rock thread it’s happened and as soon as the page fills up and yoh start a new page it deglitchifys.

Mermaid Avenue by Billy Bragg and Wilco is a perfect Album. Recorded when Arlo Guthrie’s daughter found some song lyrics and undid her songs. She turned em over to Billy Bragg and Wilco and they rocked the fuck out of them.

Billy Bragg and Jeff Tweedy have really different voices and I like the contrast and at the same time it’s great to hear a more modern take on protest songs and great songwriting by Arlo Guthrie.

This was one of the many CDs I packed or received when I was deployed in Iraq so it’ll always remind me of being there, and bring me back there. It’s also a CD that I played for my daughter and early memories for us when I returned. So lots of memories.

Standout songs are California Stars (tweedy on Vocals) and a song that is still one of my daughter’s favorites.

hesitating Beauty and way over a yonder in The Minor Key are standout songs but there’s not a bad song on the whole album.

Thus, it’s a perfect album.

Great album both Volumes 1 and 2. If you can find it there is a good doc about recording of album and some of early drama between Billy Bragg and Wilco, called Man In The Sand. Some good Woody Guthrie stuff in there too.

There is also a video performance of them on Letterman for Secret Of The Sea that has disappeared from web. Jay Bennet RIP is wearing fur coat and playing double neck guitar.

I have seen Wilco and they almost always play some songs from Mermaid Ave. I saw them as recently as May with daughter and they played California Stars. I know at some point I have seen them play Airline To Heaven which is one of my favorites too.

 

[Wonderer67]

Great album both Volumes 1 and 2. If you can find it there is a good doc about recording of album and some of early drama between Billy Bragg and Wilco, called Man In The Sand. Some good Woody Guthrie stuff in there too.

There is also a video performance of them on Letterman for Secret Of The Sea that has disappeared from web. Jay Bennet RIP is wearing fur coat and playing double neck guitar.

I have seen Wilco and they almost always play some songs from Mermaid Ave. I saw them as recently as May with daughter and they played California Stars. I know at some point I have seen them play Airline To Heaven which is one of my favorites too.

Wilco can really do no wrong. Or very little wrong. At 639 am I can’t think of a bad record they’ve made.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

Wilco can really do no wrong. Or very little wrong. At 639 am I can’t think of a bad record they’ve made.

I am definitely an Uncle tupelo to AM-YHF era fan but they still bring good rocknroll vibes.

 

[Trekka]

I am definitely an Uncle tupelo to AM-YHF era fan but they still bring good rocknroll vibes.

i miss uncle tupelo
i was late to that party!

late to this party, too: assuming we've covered all the basics like dark side, the white album, the black album, jagged little pill, etc? in which case, i'd like to submit, for the approval of the midnight society...

joan osborne's relish

 

[Vinylguy]

i miss uncle tupelo
i was late to that party!

late to this party, too: assuming we've covered all the basics like dark side, the white album, the black album, jagged little pill, etc? in which case, i'd like to submit, for the approval of the midnight society...

joan osborne's relish

That’s a very underrated album. Her voice is soulful and raspy. Are live recordings up for consideration?

 

[Jessiat30]

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

Put on your LBD and dance!

 

[Trekka]

That’s a very underrated album. Her voice is soulful and raspy. Are live recordings up for consideration?

'what if god was one of us....' --> that lyric represents her body of work about as well as 'and i start to complain that there's no rain....' represents blind melon's catalogue. smh. they killed her career overplaying that single.

she performed "bring me some water" live with melisaa etheridge ages ago on VH1 i think and if we are talking live recordings, well... that moment pops to mind. those two were staring at each other on stage, belting it out, making eyes like theyre stevie and lindsay! i needed water after that one

 

[Mo_Bandy]

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

Put on your LBD and dance!

Such an underrated record. Every song is great. Back in late 90s used to play this at record store I hung out and worked occasionally. Like High Fidelity. People would ask about and fly off shelves.

 

[PotNoodle79]

Not so much an album but a film score...
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Ennio Morricone.

 

[Mo_Bandy]

Has anyone posted about The Gaslight Anthem and 59’ Sound? One of my favorite records. A few years back the Ringer wrote about how that record basically came out of almost nowhere. I will post article and you all can read about it because I have to go work my fake job instead of being a rock star.

https://www.theringer.com/2018/06/13/music/gaslight-anthem-59-sound-oral-history-10th-anniversary

 

[Wonderer67]

Has anyone posted about The Gaslight Anthem and 59’ Sound? One of my favorite records. A few years back the Ringer wrote about how that record basically came out of almost nowhere. I will post article and you all can read about it because I have to go work my fake job instead of being a rock star.

https://www.theringer.com/2018/06/13/music/gaslight-anthem-59-sound-oral-history-10th-anniversary

This is a great fuckin record! Agree 10000%

I got this on a whim cause they were local and being talked about by everyone all of the sudden but if beer heard anything by them. Friend of mine at work was all about this band and knew some of them.

It’s a great record all the way through. Not one bad or even mediocre song on it. Punk meets Americana. This album IS New Jersey… maybe even more than Bruce… at least on the same level. That’s saying a metric fuck ton.

When I heard the first track (I can’t remember the name), I thought this was a kick ass, Bruce Bruce Springsteen song

Blown away. But my ex-wife loved this record and this band, even more… we played the CD a lot while driving around.

———
I always confused this band name w Streetlight Manifesto.

 

[stxjimmy]

Came across this gem of an album 40 years ago. Clean jazz guitar beautifully played, the phrasing is wonderful.
A lot of great music is about the gaps not just the notes, hard to find but it’s on Spotify.

 

[Wonderer67]

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

Put on your LBD and dance!

I never really got Joe Jackson back in the day. Songs were all over the radio when I was a kid and really getting into music. I certainly didn’t find any of the songs bad, I just didn’t love them.

I liked is she really going out with him, Sunday papers, i’m the man, but never enough to get any of his albums.

Then I had some time to revisit in the late 00s. I learned how influential he was with the mid 70s pub rock movement and really listened to his CDs with a different year. Really perfect power pop!

I guess I just had to wait till the time was right for me.

Agree, this is a perfect record!

 

[Wonderer67]

Cuz I posted a song by the germs on a daily music challenge thread.

(GI) by The Germs is a perfect album.

I got the reissue when I was a teenager and by then Darby crash was long dead (84ish?). But man, this album is hardcore before there was hardcore. It’s worth noting that Joan Jett produced this, and I don’t think this album would’ve been the same without anyone else at the controls. Brilliant.

The album production is super fucking tight and it comes out of the gate like an album possessed!

What we do a secret is something like 45 seconds long and is the perfect hardcore song.

What follows is a blistering trail of fast and loud beautifulness of rage and nihilism. Something 15-year-old me and 58-year-old me loves.

Communist, eyes, land of treason, Richie, dagger’s crime, lexicon devil are all fucking scorchers.

We must bleed is a punk classic. Can’t figure out why it’s not even bigger. Media blitz tell us what we knew way back then and probably more relevant now than ever.

I love the clothes out of annihilation man. I always like slower punk, and this is a great dirge.

I got this album on CD and it had some bonus tracks. None are worth mentioning except for caught in my eye, which I wish made it onto the original album.

But the 16th songs on this album are amazing from beginning to finish!

Like the sex pistols, this was their first and only record.

 

[Pavlovsdog6862]

Lynyrd skynyrd Second helping

 

[StrentWriter]

Obvious one - Fleetwood Mac, Rumours.

 

[Pavlovsdog6862]

Eagles Hotel California