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

[Skeletonframes]

Funny, I never thought of the paper bag as the cover. I actually quite like the artwork under eath



Thank you for not posting it.

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I’m going to do another twofer. This here is my least favorite album cover:

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Unfortunately I wasn’t in the mood to listen to the album, so instead I picked my second least-favorite album cover, St. Vincent’s Masseduction:

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Glad we can now move on to Day 28!

.....and I just realized the name of this album is NOT "Masseducation"

Wow. I'm just learning things left and right today because of bad album covers.

 

[Rahawk2]

.....and I just realized the name of this album is NOT "Masseducation"

Wow. I'm just learning things left and right today because of bad album covers.

Ha same

 

[Waitressboy]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope
Esperanza Spalding - Emily's D+Evolution (2016)



Esperanza means hope in Spanish, so it's a very good choice for today.
Man, this album is confusing AF. It's a mindfuck, I'm not used to this kind of music.

(This is another album I could've posted yesterday. That cover is really awful, and the pictures inside are actually good.)

 

[Gavaxeman]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope

So like them or loathe them U2 have always worn their hearts on the sleeves and were optimistic to the point of naivety , especially in the 80’s. But man they were brilliant , especially live , the two gigs I saw in 85 and 87 are still the best and most uplifting concerts I’ve been to. So Hope for me is synonymous with U2 and Bono.

U2 “War” 1983

 

[imtheocean]

Day 28: An album that's full of hope

Recorded in the wake of 9/11 and also after 9 fans were killed during their show in Roskilde, there is a sense of anger and sadness in this album, but also hope. Specifically tracks like Love Boat Captain and I Am Mine were signs that the band were dealing with the current reality but also using their art as a cathartic element to keep growing and moving.

"I know it's already been sung...can't be said enough/Love is all you need..all you need is love.."

Pearl Jam ~ Riot Act

 

[MadLucas]

DAY 28 - HOPE



When I found this album 3 years ago, I felt an energy and an insouciance I had not heard in a new band in a long time.

"We're not fucked, we are fucking alive. I hope we never die."

 

[Poly-Rythmo]

Day 28 - hope

Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference

I had to think hard about this. Came up with this record, which I find very uplifting and yes hopeful.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

 

[Selaws]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope

Stevie Wonder ‎– Songs In The Key Of Life (Motown, 1976 First UK Pressing)

Not much really needs to be said about this album, I imagine its pretty unanimous that its a masterpiece in writing and music. The themes covered here (with the assistance of over 130 musicians) are everything associated with life, with the overriding feeling of hope, the lows ending with highs, etc. It's an album which I only fully appreciated years after first hearing it and its always a pleasure when it gets played, I always feel happier after a full listen.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Catching up with this one...

Day 27: Least Favourite Album Cover

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Like a Rock



There may be records in my collection with much more offensive artwork (“may” being the key word) but this is one of the lamest album covers I’ve ever seen.

 

[EarWax]

Day 28: Hope
Bruce Springsteen & The E St. Band / The Rising
So the story goes that right after 9/11 a guy in a passing car yelled at Springsteen “Hey Bruce we need you”! Springsteen responded with this record. It’s inspired and definitely hopeful. Might be my favorite Springsteen record and that’s saying something.

 

[Wicked Dreamer]

Day 28: Hope

Halsey - hopeless fountain kingdom



“I hope hopeless is just a state of mind”
- deadwax etching

 

[EarWax]

Catching up with this one...

Day 27: Least Favourite Album Cover

Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Like a Rock

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There may be records in my collection with much more offensive artwork (“may” being the key word) but this is one of the lamest album covers I’ve ever seen.

I didn't know Farrah Fawcett was part of The Silver Bullet Band.

 

[Mrrsweitz]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope



Charles Bradley - Changes

 

[gafacaode]

Ketchup Time

Day 26 - Rando

 

[LeeVing]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope

If "all hope is gone" then we can only go up from here - so this is really a happy album.

Slipknot ‎– All Hope Is Gone
Roadrunner Records ‎– 1686-179381, 2009

Cut by Ray Janos at Sterling

 

[LeeVing]

.....and I just realized the name of this album is NOT "Masseducation"

Wow. I'm just learning things left and right today because of bad album covers.

Ha same

Which is why she named the other version Mass Education - people were mispronouncing the name of Masseduction - which is a little odd, as it's the name/lyric to a song.

St. Vincent - MassEducation

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 Vinyl release of "MassEducation" on Discogs.

www.discogs.com

 

[gafacaode]

Day 27 - Ugly cover

Argentinian rock icon. I loved this record when it came but, it's production sounds pretty dated now.

 

[gafacaode]

Day 28: An album that’s full of hope

Well, maybe not "full" of hope but....

Idles - Joy as an act of resistance

 

[Fleetwood-Matt]

Day 24: Soundtrack

so many of my favorite shows ended this first part of the year. Steven Universe is one of the best best.

This is the soundtrack for the movie that was released last fall. View attachment 49248

The soundtrack to that show is seriously phenomenal and I hate how expensive it is on Vinyl