May 2020 Record Challenge Thread (PRIZE RAFFLE AT THE END!)

Fleetwood-Matt said:
I figured this one would be questioned once we got to it. And this is exactly how i meant it. There are artist (like personally paul simon and margo price) whose music feels very personal and intimate to me, as if I am having a deep conversation with them just by listening to the album.

this all being said the themes are totally up to interpretation and if you read it differently or have a different take on it thats more than ok
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I've got some thinking to do
 
第十二天： FOMO got me good

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Philip Glass ~ solo piano

I love instrumental, I love the piano, but I wasn't sure I needed this, I saw something on the old forum about this record and it caused me to jump in blind and buy it. It was regular spin at the old place but as the collection grew and more ambient works came in this sat on the shelf. glad I found a good reason to pull it out and reminisce
 
Day 12: FOMO buy you haven’t spun in awhile

I picked this up shortly after getting back in the vinyl club. I’m not the biggest Iron Maiden fan but I like just about everything up to Powerslave. A few friends tipped me off that it was an Amazon deal for $12.99 and of course I couldn’t pass up a 3 lp album for that price. Even if it was a picture disc. I’ve only played it once 😁

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DAY 12 - FOMO

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If you were into this music in 2003, you get it.
This was in every publication, every zine, every website. Instant classic.

To this day, I still have a hard time finding people who are that familiar with this album. It seems then and now it was more talked about than listened to, but I wanted to actually be versed with an opinion.

Loved it then and, surprisingly, held up rather well!

This was a fun listen. Let’s see how I feel in 10 years.
 
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Day 13: An album that feels conversational

Björk "Vespertine"

So if I understand today's challenge correctly, it's about an album that creates a very personal, intimate atmosphere and feels like the artist is having a special conversation with you. I've picked this Björk record for its special atmosphere, whenever I listen to this beautiful album I'm completely drawn into it, the choirs, the snow landscape and nature references 🌨️❤️
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DAY 13 - AN ALBUM THAT FEELS CONVERSATIONAL
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Given we went over different interpretations of this theme earlier, I felt this was an album that fit both the meaning of an album that felt intimate and personal as well as an album that provokes discussion and conversation. I know I used a Kendrick album already this month but I wasn't really sure what else to do for this one. For such a political and ambitious project, there's still several glimpses into the personal struggles of Kendrick and his own demons and vices, the most obvious example being the song "u." The album being built around the context of a poem makes it feel much more intimate and the album itself even ends with a conversation. Each Kendrick album feels like you're really getting to know a piece of him and a part of his story.
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gaporter said:
DAY 13 - AN ALBUM THAT FEELS CONVERSATIONAL
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
Given we went over different interpretations of this theme earlier, I felt this was an album that fit both the meaning of an album that felt intimate and personal as well as an album that provokes discussion and conversation. I know I used a Kendrick album already this month but I wasn't really sure what else to do for this one. For such a political and ambitious project, there's still several glimpses into the personal struggles of Kendrick and his own demons and vices, the most obvious example being the song "u." The album being built around the context of a poem makes it feel much more intimate and the album itself even ends with a conversation. Each Kendrick album feels like you're really getting to know a piece of him and a part of his story.
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Dammit! I was about to play this one lol
 
It's all good gap. It's cool we had the same idea, though you wrote it out much better than I would have been able lol.

ThePakoBuelna said:
Day 12: FOMO buy you haven’t spun in awhile
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I haven't listened to this in a while and it was a FOMO buy. I do like it though. 🔥🤘
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This album feels like a conversation on acid. Random questions to familiar feelings. Outbursts of thoughts and self battling demons. Great album.

Also this was one of the albums I listened to the first time I took lsd(not entirely related to why I picked it lol). Twas fun.
 
Day 12 - FOMO

Miles Davis & John Coltrane - Paris, March 21 1960

I don't really do FOMO as since getting back into buying vinyl a decade ago I told myself I'd only buy records I really like. I pretty much never buy something without hearing it first, but this is one of the exceptions. I love it but haven't listened to it for a while so a good moment to correct that.

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Day 11: Record Club

I never belonged to a record club prior to VMP...my parents never let me order the 10 for a penny cassettes...or later, CD's. Never got into it once I got out of the house, as I knew better by then.

I have since had a short run through the TMR Vault, subscribed to Waxwork Records to get their subscriber variants and swag - and recently signed up for Terror Vision's subscription, but haven't gotten my first record from them yet.

I have a few Record Club releases (Columbia House/BMG, etc) but I usually avoid these when digging, as they usually are inferior pressings/cuts...unless it's a release I don't usually see - like this one.

This has "Yes" as the artist, but it is more of a split album between the current version of Yes (Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Tony Kaye, and Alan White) and the former members that split off to make up the band "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe". The 2 bands don't actually perform together and each just added there songs to make up the album.

Yes ‎– Union
Arista ‎– AL-8643, 1991

Columbia House release

Pressed at Specialty
Cut by "SL" (unknown who this is)

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Day 13: An album that feels conversational


So I took this as an album where the band/artist is almost communicating a direct personal message to the listener.. cutting thru the past and telling you where they are at now.

So personally there is no better album for myth busting than this ...

John Lennon “Plastic Ono Band” 1970

The lyrics to this are brutal, searing , tender and angry , resigned , and ultimately weary ...John was telling us the Beatles were no more , and were never those
Moptops ... it’s a brilliant album , and the production absolutely nails the music to the lyrics , stark and simple , no bullshit here people ..and remember this was 1970’s Britain ..we didn’t and don’t talk feelings much us brits , so this was a therapy bomb on record ..no stiff upper lip here ..”My Mummy’s Dead...”

“hold on John, it’s gonna be alright....” and it was ....


All three Beatles solo debuts are possibly their best work (sorry Ringo) , Paul goes lofi, George does the kitchen sink and John torpedoes the Beatles myth.

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