The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Given that when I went to change the baby’s diaper, my wife asked Alexa to stop, I’m pretty sure she was not enjoying the Eno.
 
#9 - Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets

So here's one I've never listened to before despite being a big Roxy Music fan and liking a lot of his ambient and production work. This is a definitely an out there listen, but it is never short of interesting. Eno will never be mistaken for an ideal rock vocalist, but I do think his vocals mix well with the bizarre but musical pop tunes. I love the collage of sounds and how one minute we have a freak out, then a pretty melody and then a mix of strange and exciting sounds. Influence-wise, I can hear how a heck of a lot of alternative/rock music of the late 70s, 80s, and 90s was influenced by this work. This is quite in my wheelhouse and I'm here for it.

Rating - 5.0/5
 
Listened to ArchAndroid yesterday. Honestly, I loved it. I was a little surprised, because there was so much talk about how long it was and repetitive. But I never felt the need to skip a song cuz I was exhausted of it. And we're talking ADHD ultimate song skipper here. So yeah, it's not super my style for sitting around and like, an intensive listening, but for my primary method of listening (ie, doing things in the kitchen), it was awesome and I will listen to it again. 4/5
 
GritNGlitter said:
Listened to ArchAndroid yesterday. Honestly, I loved it. I was a little surprised, because there was so much talk about how long it was and repetitive. But I never felt the need to skip a song cuz I was exhausted of it. And we're talking ADHD ultimate song skipper here. So yeah, it's not super my style for sitting around and like, an intensive listening, but for my primary method of listening (ie, doing things in the kitchen), it was awesome and I will listen to it again. 4/5
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Have you listened to her album Dirty Computer?
 
GritNGlitter said:
Listened to ArchAndroid yesterday. Honestly, I loved it. I was a little surprised, because there was so much talk about how long it was and repetitive. But I never felt the need to skip a song cuz I was exhausted of it. And we're talking ADHD ultimate song skipper here. So yeah, it's not super my style for sitting around and like, an intensive listening, but for my primary method of listening (ie, doing things in the kitchen), it was awesome and I will listen to it again. 4/5
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There’s a big difference between giving it s dedicated listen which is a slog and it being background music. Because I was sick, it was probably the first time I ever tried to give it a go while actively listening and oh my god is it long.

The people that claim it is repetitive are 🤪
 
I have this Eno album.
His voice is really something else.
I like the overall musical quirkiness of it, but yeah, those vocals are borderline annoying.
I kept picturing Eno in the studio going something like this:
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For my money Before and After Science is a better album.

This one: 3/5
 
I saw Rocket Man in the cinema when it came out, and my respect for Mr John went up considerably when I realized the enormous amounts of cocaine he must have done.

I don't think I have ever listened to this, but I sure as hell recognize some of the song titles, and I am looking forward to this one.
 
Growing up in the 80's/90's and mostly listening to metal and punk rock, Elton John was always the epitome of sentimental crap for me, with "Sacrifice" as the crowning pillar of achievement for everything that was wrong about late 80's radio pop. I've come to warm up to him a bit since then, especially his 70s stuff, but still can't say I'm a huge fan. I mean, I understand the talent of his songwriting and this album is objectively "great" (I even have it in my collection), but I'm not really keen on having to listen to "Candle in the wind" ever again. But I'll give it a shot.
 
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Whiteout75 said:
Growing up in the 80's/90's and mostly listening to metal and punk rock, Elton John was always the epitome of sentimental crap for me, with "Sacrifice" as the crowning pillar of achievement for everything that was wrong about late 80's radio pop. I've come to warm up to him a bit since then, especially his 70s stuff, but still can't say I'm a huge fan. I mean, I understand the talent of his songwriting and this album is objectively "great" (I even have it in my collection), but I'm not really keen on having to listen to "Candle in the wind" ever again. But I'll give it a shot.
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I'm with you on this (except the metal and punk rock part, it was funk and noise for me).
Elton John never got much of my time nor attention.
He was always classified as the epitome of the worst of radio pop and gloopy sticky slow ballads.
I've matured since then (this is what I tell myself) so I'm coming to this with an open mind.

I've just started the listening process.
There's definitely something new to my ears, and have to admit to enjoy the process.
So far I really liked Bennie and the Jets, while Candle in the wind is an immediate fast-forward.

I'll keep at it and report later.
 
panino said:
I'm with you on this (except the metal and punk rock part, it was funk and noise for me).
Elton John never got much of my time nor attention.
He was always classified as the epitome of the worst of radio pop and gloopy sticky slow ballads.
I've matured since then (this is what I tell myself) so I'm coming to this with an open mind.

I've just started the listening process.
There's definitely something new to my ears, and have to admit to enjoy the process.
So far I really liked Bennie and the Jets, while Candle in the wind is an immediate fast-forward.

I'll keep at it and report later.
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When I saw the post
above, at first glance, I thought it
must be a haiku
 
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