The 1001 Album Generator Project Thread

Should we do a group project

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OK most of the picks have been underwhelming so far but I'm really digging Pentangle's "Basket of Light" I've never heard of this band / group at all and this album is brand new to me. It's an interesting mix of sound styles but it's like 60's Sitars over medieval folk. Not sure how else to describe it. I'm also enjoying today's Leonard Cohen's "Songs from a Room" -it hits the vibe today at least. I think i probably need a few more listens of this one. I can see why people like him.
 
avecigrec said:
Always happy to discuss the deeper depths of Cohen's catalogue should you ever feel inclined.
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Lee Newman said:
I am in no way able to discuss the finer points of Cohen’s catalog, but Sings from a Room is easily the least of the four I’ve listened to. I have the Debut on CD. I have Songs of Love and Hate and You Want It Darker on vinyl.
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I've only heard this album and maybe only "Hallelujah"
Might need to catch up. Any particular reason you dont listen to this one as much?
 
Lee Newman said:
I am in no way able to discuss the finer points of Cohen’s catalog, but Sings from a Room is easily the least of the four I’ve listened to. I have the Debut on CD. I have Songs of Love and Hate and You Want It Darker on vinyl.
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You Want It Darker is a special album for sure. I think it, Bowie's Blackstar and Warren Zevon's The Wind are some of the finest staredowns with mortality ever recorded.
 
zomgbear said:
I've only heard this album and maybe only "Hallelujah"
Might need to catch up. Any particular reason you dont listen to this one as much?
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It’s not that I listen to it less. My first listen was the other day for the project. I’ve been crawling through his catalog for the last ten years. I only skipped room in purchases because love and hate was cheap.
 
7/1001
Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age
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A solid album. It wasn't even a foundational album for settling into the catchier, rougher sound they would be associated with later as it sounds more like a continuation from frontman Josh Homme's band Kyuss. The tune "Walkin on the Sidewalks" is very industrial-era Swans with its repetitive riffage to close the track.
They would only improve from here.

Personal highlights: "Regular John," "How to Handle a Rope," "You Can't Quit Me Baby"
Rating: 3/5 [Good]
 
avecigrec said:
One of my old bosses constantly referred to Paul Simon as the "beige turtleneck of music." Which is hilarious. But I think he and Garfunkel were actually pretty amazing. And I dig a couple of his solo albums too.
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I'd never actually bothered to sit down and listen to a full project of theirs before, so I feel like a lot of the preconceived notions I had of what they sounded like were shattered by this album. This is proof to me that it's not folk music as a genre I dislike, but that a lot of artists that make this type of music tend to prioritize lyrics over good melody/song structure/etc and as a result you get music that's sort of formless and lacking in a good hook as a result. Every song on here had a strong musical idea of some kind in addition to being beautifully composed and arranged. This is probably the kind of record that would benefit from a listen where I have the lyrics up in front of me, but even on a purely aesthetic level, I was in love with it. While it wouldn't crack my all times favorites list or anything, I can at least see myself coming back to it, so all in all I'd say my first pick was a win!
 
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