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Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
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Beautiful songs, beautiful performances. Billie's singing is very intimate and meandering. Her vocal timbre is that of smoke and honey, with an earnestness that encourages the listener to take heart to her stories and how she sings them.
Again, an all-timer for some, but not me. A wonderful listen regardless. Happy 65th to this record.

Personal highlights: "I'm a Fool to Want You," "You Don't Know What Love Is," "It's Easy to Remember," "The End of a Love Affair"
Rating: 4/5 [Excellent]
 
First time I listened to this in full this morning. Great album. Far more poignant in it's political critiques than most reggae I've heard. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but the lyrics reminded me of some Delta blues at times, despite the clearly different musical styles. I loved that historical importance that I felt in this listen. Easy 4/5, and I can see it climbing as my appreciation grows on subsequent listens.
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Hemotep said:
First time I listened to this in full this morning. Great album. Far more poignant in it's political critiques than most reggae I've heard. I'm not a huge fan of the genre, but the lyrics reminded me of some Delta blues at times, despite the clearly different musical styles. I loved that historical importance that I felt in this listen. Easy 4/5, and I can see it climbing as my appreciation grows on subsequent listens.
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Top 5 reggae album for me!
 
avecigrec said:
Day 46

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I recognize the band name. Oh! And I recognize the first song!! The second song reminds me of the first song. The third song really reminds me of the first song. The fourth song sounds familiar, I think I've heard this one before too. It also reminds me of the first song. Song five sounds different - definitely the same band. The back half of the album feels a little more varied while also feeling very cohesive in its sound. The instrumental jam to shut things down at the end is quite a nice touch. I actually enjoyed this one quite a bit, but don't know how much I'd feel called toward frequent listens. 3.5/5, round down.
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A compilation. Interesting. This was a sort of sampler of their early albums done for the UK market to launch them there by Alan McGee on his short lived label Poptones. I really enjoyed it all those years ago and it’s pretty much all I think anyone would ever need of them.
 
Joe Mac said:
A compilation. Interesting. This was a sort of sampler of their early albums done for the UK market to launch them there by Alan McGee on his short lived label Poptones. I really enjoyed it all those years ago and it’s pretty much all I think anyone would ever need of them.
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Ha! I didn't even look this one up so I never realized it was a compilation. Fascinating choice.
 
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man, i'm not sure how i've never heard this before. from the opening bass notes of ether to the final drum beat in anthrax, this might be the first album in this project where i feel like i've missed out on years of enjoyment, especially since many of the bands i listen to like r.e.m. have often mentioned gang of four as an influence. really love the bass playing throughout especially. top notch record, this one is going to stay in rotation for a little while.
 
avecigrec said:
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I'm gonna rock the heck out of this one in the truck tomorrow! For the meanwhile, I need to sleep.

FIVE DEADLY VENOMS STARS
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This. Changed. Everything.

Personally, I was a couple of years late to the party. Living in pre-internet suburban western Canada with no other friends who were really into hip-hop meant I wasn't yet ahead of the curve. I'd seen their name around a bit but it was a track on The Jerky Boys soundtrack that served as my introduction to the Clan. As a result of that song I already had Ol' Dirty Bastard's solo album by the time I finally copped a copy of Enter the Wu-Tang in the summer of '95. I loved the wild-out weirdness of ODB, but the clan united was a goddamn force! Nuthing ta f wit, indeed. The lo-fi dark grimy beats were a far cry from the g-funk sound that otherwise dominated my hip-hop CDs at the time. So tasty. And the full Clan spitting unstoppable, untoppable bars over top was just over the top. I don't remember listening to anything else for the first week or two I had this. I just kept playin' it, and playin' it, and playin' it, and playin' it... Absorbing all the voices, figuring out who was who and how their flows all came together so damn well.

Hell, the first couple of times I ever went on the internet shortly after copping this, I spent most of my time digging deeper into the Wu and marvelling at their industry takeover that allowed for each solo member to sign with a different label than the group itself, spreading their fingers through most of the major label hip-pie.

Now, nearly three decades later, knowing the album backward and forward, skits and all, and having deciphered nearly all of the samples, this still stands as an absolute beast of an album. The hunger of the Clan in its youth is still palpable, and very few debuts since can hold a candle to this.

Let your feet stomp.
 
avecigrec said:
Gwen doesn't make Moby any less insufferable.

BUT... separating the artist from the art, if possible.

I do remember somewhat enjoying this album in spite of myself back in the day.
I'm curious how many old advertisements I'll suddenly recall while revisiting this.
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When VMP picked it the Gwen was a bit of a meme. Also, I really like it. He is a bit of a prickly fucker, but he does know how to make a catchy tune.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I was able to pick up an OG pressing of this from my local where the band name is still “Dinosaur” (the “jr.” Hadn’t been added on yet). Not that SST necessarily worried too much about fidelity but it’s on that Quiex II translucent brown vinyl too. It’s one of my favorite albums that I own.
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Possibly at the disgust of both you and @Yer Ol' Uncle D - this band is one of the glaring blindspots in my musical history.
 
avecigrec said:
Gwen doesn't make Moby any less insufferable.

BUT... separating the artist from the art, if possible.

I do remember somewhat enjoying this album in spite of myself back in the day.
I'm curious how many old advertisements I'll suddenly recall while revisiting this.
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I love this album but regardless how anyone feels about Moby or this album, he really pioneered the the idea of licensing all the music, whereas mixing art and commerce was thought of as selling out but Moby prove the relationship was more symbiotic because it gave Play so much exposure (probably too much at the time).
 
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