February 2022 Vinyl Spin Challenge Thread - Games People Play

[rightasra1n]

Day Three - The Game of Life - Play a record that deals with or has a song that deals with mortality

Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant



The last two songs pretty explicitly address mortality. On "Stone or Lavender" Nai Palm (one of the greatest front women people of all time), sings about her recent battle with breast cancer, the same disease that took her mother when she was a child. And on "Blood and Marrow" she sings to her beloved, and recently deceased, pet parrot, Charlie Parker.The time between the last Hiatus Kaiyote album and this one was a devastating period for Nai.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

Day Four - Connect Four - Think of an artist that had a great four record run. Play any (or all!) of the four

Four records released in four years.
Seven LPs.
Fourteen sides of challenging, ambitious music.
The only band that matters.

The Clash - The Clash > Give 'Em Enough Rope > London Calling > Sandinista!

 

[Matt M]

Day Two - Risk - Play something you bought without listening to first/went in blind.

toe - the book about my idle plot on a vague anxiety

I did give a quick listen to one of their records last year, loved the during work vibe to help concentrate, then ordered 4 of their records.

 

[LeeVing]

Day Two - Risk - Play something you bought without listening to first/went in blind.

I seem to blind buy a lot these days...both regular albums and scores/soundtracks to movies I haven't seen yet. Most are from artists/bands I can rely on, so it's not a huge risk. I rarely listen to those single download tracks I'm sent with pre-orders, as I like to listen to a album as a whole.

I got this one somewhat blind, I really didn't remember the music from the movie since it's been close to 30 years since I've seen it, and I'm not really an anime fan.

Tetsuya Komuro – Vampire Hunter D
Tiger Lab Vinyl – TLV017, 1985/2022

"Blood Moon" variant

Pressed at MRP/GZ

 

[nolalady]

Day 4 : Connect 4

Tori Amos is one of my favorite artists and she had a great run of first 4 albums.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes 1991 press


Tori Amos - Under the Pink 1994 Pink press


Tori Amos - Boys For Pele 1996 clear press



And the crown jewel of my collection and one of the rarest presses I have. I got to see Tori for the first time on her Choirgirl tour.

Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel 2LP US press

 

[ranbalam]

Great start everyone! Thanks for playing along.

And my wife wants to thank folks for their pet pics so far....we are currently between cats with a plan to get a pair in March.

 

[Kris]

Day 4 - Connect Four
Portishead - Third

Might edit this with the previous three if I get to listen to music today.

 

[Hemotep]

Day 4 - Connect Four
Portishead - Third
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Might edit this with the previous three if I get to listen to music today.

I streamed these in my office at work yesterday!

 

[Hemotep]

Day 4 - Connect Four

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King

In the Wake of Poseidon

Lizard

Islands


What a run! I'm almost through the second one this morning, will have to play the other two this afternoon after my meetings are over.

 

[Turbo]

Day Four - Connect Four - Think of an artist that had a great four record run. Play any (or all!) of the four

Up To Here
Road Apples
Fully Completely
Day For Night
Trouble At The Henhouse
Phantom Power



The Tragically Hip "Day For Night" (1994 MCA; 2019 half-speed remaster)

 

[imtheocean]

Day Four - Connect Four - Think of an artist that had a great four record run. Play any (or all!) of the four

Will update as the day goes on. Starting with the debut album that brings me back to my college dorm.

Pearl Jam ~ Ten



#2. This one is the one that sealed the deal for me. Really it was the MTV Awards performance of Animal where they brought out Neil Young for Rockin' in the Free World that did it.

Pearl Jam ~ Vs.



#3. Released in 1994, Last Exit is inextricably linked in my mind with Donkey Kong Country for the SNES since that came out two weeks later, and I played them both incessantly.

Pearl Jam ~ Vitalogy



#4. This one took time to digest, but definitely signaled a slide into maturity and independence. Pearl Jams 'ditch' album I suppose.

Pearl Jam ~ No Code



Hell, I'm going add a 5th to this, since it just turned 25 yesterday and it's my favorite. It also happens to be my oldest kids 25th birthday today, but I'm not going to pick favorites there...

Pearl Jam ~ Yield

 

[LeSamourai]

Day Two - Risk - Play something you bought without listening to first/went in blind.

Destroyer - Ken

Ever kind of miss out on an album by an artist you like for no good reason? Well I just kind of spaced out on this one when it came out, but this week I had some b-day gift cards to use, so I filled this gap in his discography. First listen happening right now.

 

[sarcasticfairyprincess]

Day 4: Connect 4

I'm sure absolutely NO ONE is surprised with my answer....

Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West, The Moon & Antarctica, Good News for People Who Love Bad News, and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

I will literally fight anyone who disses WWD because that's my favorite album in their entire discography.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 4: Connect 4

It makes sense that the Queen of Soul would have a legendary run like this!

Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You / Aretha Arrives / Lady Soul / Aretha Now



I would’ve gone with Janet if I had The Velvet Rope on wax which, sadly, I don’t.

 

[cul8er]

Day Four - Connect Four - Think of an artist that had a great four record run. Play any (or all!) of the four

Run the Jewels conveniently labels their albums 1-4.

Run The Jewels 4

 

[Rip_City]

Day 3 - The Game of Life
Play a record that deals with or has a song that deals with mortality

Lost Girls - Menneskekollektivet

Existentialism is a recurring theme on this mind-bendingly unique record from last year. In particular, Jenny Hval's spoken poetry on the self-titled track:

Sound is more familiar than subjects, and time, and time
We are, and sound hugs our bodies
There is darkness
Sound travels across it
Invisible bodies carry
Darkness leads us closer to what will in the future be called death
Which is now inseparable from what in the future will be callеd life
​

 

[avecigrec]

Day Four - Connect Four
The Comet Is Coming ‎– Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery
The Comet Is Coming – The Afterlife
Shabaka And The Ancestors – We Are Sent Here By History
Sons Of Kemet – Black To The Future


Shabaka Hutchings' run of amazing albums is more than four long already and seems to still be getting better and better with each one. His plan of focusing primarily on one project each year where albums are concerned seems to be a very solid pace to ensure consistently fantastic results so far. Last I read, he was looking to put out his first solo record this year before returning to The Comet is Coming in 2023. I am here for the continuation of this streak, however long it lasts.

...and am grateful for the unplanned day off today that lets me really dig in and play all four of these albums, rather than having to choose only one!

 

[gafacaode]

Day Two - Risk - Play something you bought without listening to first/went in blind.

I used to play Risk a lot when I was a kid but, we don't own a copy now. The game is called War here in Brazil.
As for my pick, her previous albums are so freaking great I bought this one as soon as it was announced.

Little Simz - Sometimes I might be introvert

 

[gafacaode]

Day Three - The Game of Life - Play a record that deals with or has a song that deals with mortality

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree



Our Game of Life hasn't been out in a while.

 

[LeSamourai]

Day Three - The Game of Life - Play a record that deals with or has a song that deals with mortality

Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill

It's hard not to see death in a posthumous release like this one, and impossible not to with lines like "I can't prepare for death any more than I already have."