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

[Nee Lewman]

5/10/24

Buddy Holly & the Crickets - The Chirping Crickets

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The "Chirping" Crickets by Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Buddy Holly released in 1957. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at A...

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[Nee Lewman]

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’m looking forward to listening to this because I haven’t ever. I love Buddy Holly though and know at least four of the songs by name. Used to have a Greatest Hits thing on cassette.

By the time I was in middle school, my parents mostly listened to oldies radio in the car, so I knew his songs real well.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

5/10/24
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Buddy Holly & the Crickets - The Chirping Crickets

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The "Chirping" Crickets by Buddy Holly & the Crickets, Buddy Holly released in 1957. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at A...

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Buddy Holly & The Crickets were the American Beatles six years before The Beatles. Incredible songs and hooks galore produced in a mere 2 years. They don't get the recognition they deserve.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I’m looking forward to listening to this because I haven’t ever. I love Buddy Holly though and know at least four of the songs by name. Used to have a Greatest Hits thing on cassette.

By the time I was in middle school, my parents mostly listened to oldies radio in the car, so I knew his songs real well.

This was the era of the single though. I have a tough time thinking of any rock album prior to 1963 as something really worthwhile other than a device to collect singles. The 4 songs you know are probably the only ones you really need.

I love oldies music too. I just prefer a nice comp to any actual albums from that era.

 

[Nee Lewman]

This was the era of the single though. I have a tough time thinking of any rock album prior to 1963 as something really worthwhile other than a device to collect singles. The 4 songs you know are probably the only ones you really need.

I love oldies music too. I just prefer a nice comp to any actual albums from that era.

I get that, I do like the fact that this isn’t an album that left the singles off those usually don’t work as well.

I do like the nuggets in an album like this… are they essential, no, but they’re fun and neat historical documents.

 

[dbarila]

12 songs, 25 minutes, no messing around. That's how you do it.

 

[Nee Lewman]

5/13/24

Nirvana - In Utero

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In Utero by Nirvana released in 1993. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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[Nee Lewman]

Not awful timing.

My favorite Nirvana album. The production being stepped back and the music still advancing makes for the best synthesis of what this band was. The writing was better. The band tighter and it was gritty again.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

5/13/24
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Nirvana - In Utero

In Utero - Nirvana | Album | AllMusic

In Utero by Nirvana released in 1993. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Excellent. Pretty much all three of their albums are perfect. I was too young to have a “I remember where I was when I first heard SLTS” moments. By the time I started really caring about music Nirvana was already ubiquitous, with SLTS, Come As You Are, and In Bloom in heavy rotation on MTV. This was an album I purchased the weekend it was released. The “Heart-Shaped Box” video premiere was huge deal and the album surpassed my lofty expectations.

 

[Nee Lewman]

In Utero

Check out our album review of Artist's In Utero on Rolling Stone.com.

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[Nee Lewman]

I’ve always found it really funny that Rape Me is essentially a reworking of Smells Like Teen Spirit.

 

[Nee Lewman]

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

5/13/24
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Nirvana - In Utero

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In Utero by Nirvana released in 1993. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Living the blazing arc of Nirvana in real time was pretty wild. When In Utero was released, the whole trip blasted clean thru the stratosphere all the way into the thermosphere. The first 30 seconds of 'Serve The Servants' made that clear. This record had an artistic rage and an aural presentation to do it justice. A perfect record in my house.

Underappreciated track...

 

[Nee Lewman]

 

[Nee Lewman]

Living the blazing arc of Nirvana in real time was pretty wild. When In Utero was released, the whole trip blasted clean thru the stratosphere all the way into the thermosphere. The first 30 seconds of 'Serve The Servants' made that clear. This record had an artistic rage and an aural presentation to do it justice. A perfect record in my house.

Underappreciated track...

My mom called me twice when someone outside of the family died…when Kurt died and when Jerry Garcia died.

 

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

My mom called me twice when someone outside of the family died…when Kurt died and when Jerry Garcia died.

Mom is legit. And you got good genes.

 

[Thackeraye]

I had tickets to see them in Glasgow for the In Utero tour. Unfortunately, other events intervened. An amazing album.

 

[jamieanderson1968]

30 years later and I feel like I am still processing his suicide. A great album, like a cathartic scream, which sadly was not enough for Kurt to get past his own hurt.

5/5

 

[dbarila]

Hmm... I actually can't say with any certainty that I've listened to In Utero before. I know I had Nevermind and Bleach growing up but I never actually owned this one. I know a good amount of the tracks from radio play and listening to them at friend's houses, but I don't think I've ever actually sat down and listened to it straight through.