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

[Joe Mac]

What? Wetness?

Secondary definition. Might be more a British thing.

wetness

1. the state of containing or being covered with water or another liquid: 2…

dictionary.cambridge.org

 

[Nee Lewman]

Secondary definition. Might be more a British thing.

wetness

1. the state of containing or being covered with water or another liquid: 2…

dictionary.cambridge.org

Wow.

 

[dbarila]

Well there you go…
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I don’t know this one real well. I’m sure I’ve listened to it, but I don’t remember it.

Spoiler alert!

For the record, Parachutes will be a 5/5 for me. A Rush of Blood to the Head I'm not as fond of besides a few tracks. I'm an X&Y truther.

 

[dbarila]

"Eight Miles High" is a banger.

 

[dbarila]

I'll see your hot take and raise you a "Strawberry Swing is in the running for their best song."

Can't tell if you're being serious or not..... If so, this would be quite a hot take. Especially considering the track that it follows on the album.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

Poor Coldplay. Made two great albums to start and get a lot of hate (as usual for my weird everything… I think Viva La Vida is fantastic and their best work)

Not that weird of a take on Viva la Vida. They have only 3 good albums that I'd rank:
1. Rush Of Blood
2. Viva La Vida
3. Parachutes

 

[jamieanderson1968]

There are way more than two versions. lol.

Heresy! Burn them all!!

 

[Nee Lewman]

It's my sincerely held belief, so you're not allowed to say anything discriminatory to me about it.

@Joe Mac may have some thoughts.

 

[Joe Mac]

@Joe Mac may have some thoughts.

I have lots of thoughts all the time about lots of things. I like music, it turns my brain off sometimes.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Having given the Byrds a listen last night, I can 100% understand why this was here. 1966 and psychedelia. Much less popular psychedelia. It’s a weird album though. Uneven is how I would describe it.

 

[dbarila]

It's my sincerely held belief, so you're not allowed to say anything discriminatory to me about it.

I already texted my wife who despises that song. So, starting...now.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

Having given the Byrds a listen last night, I can 100% understand why this was here. 1966 and psychedelia. Much less popular psychedelia. It’s a weird album though. Uneven is how I would describe it.

It is definitely from that change in bands being singles oriented to album focused

 

[dbarila]

Having given the Byrds a listen last night, I can 100% understand why this was here. 1966 and psychedelia. Much less popular psychedelia. It’s a weird album though. Uneven is how I would describe it.

I enjoyed the psychedelic rock tracks much more than the folky tracks.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

hard to top this hippy

 

[Nee Lewman]

5/2/24

Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I See a Darkness

Here’s a YouTube playlist:


Doesn’t appear to be on Spotify.

I See a Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy | Album | AllMusic

I See a Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’ve never listened to this album. I’m not all that hip on Me Oldham, honestly.

I knew the title track because:


Also @Indymisanthrope once gave me a Oldham record that I love. Maybe this will inspire me to dig deeper.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Well shit, 30 seconds in this is fucking awesome.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

5/2/24
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Bonnie “Prince” Billy - I See a Darkness

Here’s a YouTube playlist:


Doesn’t appear to be on Spotify.

I See a Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy | Album | AllMusic

I See a Darkness by Bonnie "Prince" Billy released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

Will Oldham is one of my faves and this album is excellent. The title track is understandably fantastic but the Final Cut “Raining In Darling” is one of the all time best closers, it gives me all the feels I can handling from a sub two minute ballad.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Side note about Will Oldham. In the early 2000s prior to R. Kelly becoming a convicted pedophile/sex offender, Will had bit of a thing for R. Kelly. He did some killer covers…


Will even had a cameo as a Police Officer in R. Kelly’s epic/bonkers “Trapped In The Closet” video. Unfortunately/Understandably, that epic hours long music video appears to have been scrubbed from the internet.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I’ve never listened to this album. I’m not all that hip on Me Oldham, honestly.

I knew the title track because:


Also @Indymisanthrope once gave me a Oldham record that I love. Maybe this will inspire me to dig deeper.

He's similar to Jason Molina and Bill Callahan not only in style but also in monikers. Will Oldham has recorded albums under the following names:
Palace Brothers
Palace Music
Palace
Palace Soundtrack
Will Oldham
Amalgamated Sons of Rest (a collaboration with Jason Molina and Alasdaire Roberts)
The Sundowners (a collaboration with Smog)

and has collaborated on albums with:
Matt Sweeney
Dawn McCarthy
Tortoise
The Cairo Gang
Trembling Bells
Bill Callahan

As you might have guessed dude is quite prolific.If I was gonna suggest a few albums, besides I See A Darkness I would recommend checking out:

Palace Music - Viva Last Blues
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Ease On Down The Road
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master & Everyone
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy/Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go

Pretty much all of his albums are at least good but the above listed titles are my favorite and a great place to start.