The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

Should we do a group project

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Lee Newman said:
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I’ve only really ever listened to & Nico which I actually love.
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I didn’t think it was possible that there could be an album that was more obviously drug fueled than & nico but here we are. Absolutely brilliant. Absolutely a statement of it’s time. Absolutely still worth a listen.

There was a lot of talk in the other thread of Artic Monkeys being of a time and place. AM is of a time and place and as far as I’m concerned it could stay right there.

This on the other hand is of a time and space and still seeps under your skin and has meaning now. It transcends that time and space. Hell in some ways it encapsulates it. The title track plays like Dylan in a drug fogged bender. The next two tracks are the soundtracks to acid trips worth taking.

Here She Comes Now sounds like the birth of the Lou Reed who would be legend till he left us.

Then it all amps up and starts to rock.

Fucking brilliant and epic.

An album that deserves more of my time from a band I was already certain deserved more of my time.
 
You know it dawns on me that as I listen to the madness of Sister Ray that I love everything I’ve ever heard by Lou Reed but I don’t spend much time reaching for him. I think it’s two fold… 1. I left my drug days behind me a long time ago. Probably why I don’t reach for early Floyd as often as I do DSOTM or Momentary Lapse. 2. The other is it’s just such a bummer. It’s dark. I think that’s why I don’t listen to the Doors or Nine Inch Nails much anymore (although if I’m listening to Trent, my wife will ask me what’s wrong and 99% of the time, she’s right to ask)

It’s not that it’s useful music, though it is…. It’s just music for a different mindset than I normally have.
 
Lee Newman said:
I’m also absolutely certain my wife does not like the Velvet Underground. Which you know plays into my musical habits. But when I think about before I was with her, I’ve had a copy of & Nico since college. It got a lot more time when I was more likely to be in that headspace.
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Have you had a chance to listen to Lou Reed’s Words & Music, May 1965?

It’s some skeletal lo-fI demos of many of the songs that would become VU & Nico and it’s really great. It’s like Lou Reed channeling Dylan. Worth a listen.
 
Slipknot was quite the adrenaline rush all the way through. Not much breathing room between songs, and I was a bit worn out by the last couple, but overall it was fun to listen to them again. I enjoyed going back to this album a lot more than I did Hybrid Theory earlier in the project. The latter I didn't feel aged as well for me, but both are in that pile of angry-driven music of that era I listened to as a teenager.
 
avecigrec said:
Day 9 is one of my mom's all-time favourites, but I don't know that I've ever listened to the entire thing...

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Not sure I have the juice to get through the whole thing before I pass out, but we'll see!
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Streamed the first two sides, but I'm fading fast now. I can easily see why this set is so beloved by many - it's amazing.
Unless the latter two-thirds of the album is just "Revolution 9" redux for an hour and a half I can already safely agree with those who claim this is the best solo Beatle album
 
Lee Newman said:
Next up for me:
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Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark

I actually have a nice little Joni collection on vinyl, including this one, and I don’t really feel like I know any of it.
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If you're like me, Music is a journey. My journey is punctuated with these little epiphanies.

When I was a comic book critic, I discovered some things about myself that I unknowingly carried into my.music hobby. Left to my own devices, probably as much a product of human nature, I gravitate to the things I like. Ill venture out to things that relate. I like this Watchmen Comic, what else has Alan Moore written? I initially started reviewing comics to get some traffic to the site for the comic book shop I managed. I found that I was "promoting" things I wanted to sell or just waxing poetic about things I liked.

I joined a weekly review thread at the comic site I hung out on, because I wanted an "assignment.". Something to keep me honest.

I've slowly been keeping myself honest with my.music. its certainly a reason I usually have multiple subscriptions going. Its a reason I love the new Friday thread. Its the reason I check out pitchfork, consequence and stereogum nearly daily. Its the reason I build a weekly playlist, incorporating whatever goodies @Ghost highlights in his brilliant attack and flux. Its the reason I went nuts when @Thackeraye introduced me to the project.

Left to my own devices, I'd probably just listen to The Phosphorescent Blues for the thousandth time. My appreciation for it and all music wouldn't grow if i did that.

So what does all of this have to do with Court and Spark?

Listening to Articles Monkeys, I realized that if the music doesn't speak to me, I probably need the lyrics to and AM checks off no boxes.

Mitchell writes these gorgeous songs with incredible lyrics. Her voice is stunning, her interpretation is incomparable. The structure is complex. They often feel like a warm blanket. So, why don't I reach for her more often?

I think it's all just too much. It's overwhelming. I can't focus on her singing for the musical accompaniment. I can't get a good picture of what all is going on with harmony and melody.which hinders me from grasping the lyrical content.

I've been operating under the impression ever since I bought a copy of Ladies of the Valley from a bargin bin at an FYE that her music was too advanced for me. Today as I am a quarter of the way through a second listen, I'm realizing that this is not the case. It's more that its just overwhelming in its perfection.
 
Lee Newman said:
Love George Michael
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Lee Newman said:
If you're like me, Music is a journey. My journey is punctuated with these little epiphanies.

When I was a comic book critic, I discovered some things about myself that I unknowingly carried into my.music hobby. Left to my own devices, probably as much a product of human nature, I gravitate to the things I like. Ill venture out to things that relate. I like this Watchmen Comic, what else has Alan Moore written? I initially started reviewing comics to get some traffic to the site for the comic book shop I managed. I found that I was "promoting" things I wanted to sell or just waxing poetic about things I liked.

I joined a weekly review thread at the comic site I hung out on, because I wanted an "assignment.". Something to keep me honest.

I've slowly been keeping myself honest with my.music. its certainly a reason I usually have multiple subscriptions going. Its a reason I love the new Friday thread. Its the reason I check out pitchfork, consequence and stereogum nearly daily. Its the reason I build a weekly playlist, incorporating whatever goodies @Ghost highlights in his brilliant attack and flux. Its the reason I went nuts when @Thackeraye introduced me to the project.

Left to my own devices, I'd probably just listen to The Phosphorescent Blues for the thousandth time. My appreciation for it and all music wouldn't grow if i did that.

So what does all of this have to do with Court and Spark?

Listening to Articles Monkeys, I realized that if the music doesn't speak to me, I probably need the lyrics to and AM checks off no boxes.

Mitchell writes these gorgeous songs with incredible lyrics. Her voice is stunning, her interpretation is incomparable. The structure is complex. They often feel like a warm blanket. So, why don't I reach for her more often?

I think it's all just too much. It's overwhelming. I can't focus on her singing for the musical accompaniment. I can't get a good picture of what all is going on with harmony and melody.which hinders me from grasping the lyrical content.

I've been operating under the impression ever since I bought a copy of Ladies of the Valley from a bargin bin at an FYE that her music was too advanced for me. Today as I am a quarter of the way through a second listen, I'm realizing that this is not the case. It's more that its just overwhelming in its perfection.
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I had known Joni’s popular songs growing up since my Dad used to play her music sometimes. And I picked up a copy of Blue a few years back (someone here actually got me a copy of the Kevin gray cut they saw at their local). For the longest time didn’t get past that album or check out her other albums. But with how much @Joe Mac and others alway raves about her music, I took the deep dive and ordered the two Joni box sets from the target sale. Man….they are great. My wife and I have been spinning them a bunch and Court and Spark was the first record we played for our son 2 months ago when we came home from the hospital. Been streaming Hejira too so will need to pick that up at some point
 
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