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

[Yer Ol' Uncle D]

I admire how With All Nations (International Anthem) is followed by I Laugh In Your Face.

I wouldn't put it past The Gibbs to buy a time machine with all that Saturday Night Fever money and give us a modern-day preview.

 

[Rip_City]

Yikes is this prog gees?

…

Oh great, it sounds like. Jimmy Fallon and Timberlake doing The Bee Gees.

So what you're saying is that this is a 2/5 or worse?

 

[Rip_City]

Either way, I will try it.

 

[Nee Lewman]

All I’m saying at this point is it is weird. I’m only on the third song and they’ve managed to sound like a parody of themselves, the Moody blues, Neil Diamond, and that weird 60’s British psychedlia.

…

Song four and their on to Byrds style Country

…
Evidently they almost broke up making this album.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

The 1st song on the Bee Gees sounds like the Decemberists.

 

[Nee Lewman]

This album taught me that I have made the right decision in only having compilations of The Bee Gees in the collection.

 

[Nee Lewman]

8/5/24

The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come for Free

A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets | Album | AllMusic

A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

 

[duke86fan]

i feel like this album really only hits if you are in the UK (have never been to the UK, plan to next year). unlike his more dance focused original pirate material the streets takes the electronic influences as more of a structural idea rather than as a beat and the concept is fairly interesting with that

 

[Nee Lewman]

I’ve not spent much time with The Streets. I know folks like him. I like the beats so far. I do not like his flow or singing. I also find the lyrical content rather juvenile. Allmusic’s review doesn’t give me any reason to think I am reading this wrong.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

8/5/24
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The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come for Free

A Grand Don't Come for Free - The Streets | Album | AllMusic

A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets released in 2004. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

This album is fantastic. When Mike Skinner’s debut, Original Pirated Material dropped it really didn’t click with me but AGDCFF really hit home. As a concept album it works great but the singles ”Fit But You Know It” and “Blinded By The Light” were excellent too. The latter in particular is such a relatable story, being young and fucked up at the club, the drugs causing him to spiral into paranoia and jealousy. “Dry Your Eyes” is such a beautifully sad song. It’s nice to see a record like this on the list.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

I already own Original Pirated Material on vinyl but I just bit the bullet and ordered the 20th Anniversary wax of A Grand Don’t Come For Free from Juno.

 

[Rip_City]

Finally listened last night.

8/2/24
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Bee Gees - Odessa

Odessa - Bee Gees | Album | AllMusic

Odessa by Bee Gees released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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Innocuous, and forgettable. The first song was a slog that had me preparing the worst for the remainder. However, the album is surprisingly listenable as a passive experience with a few tracks I didn't mind. Kinda like The Moody Blues or The Band but worse. Plenty of nondescript balladry.
Don't expect to be dancing.

Rating: 2/5 [Mediocre]

 

[Nee Lewman]

8/6/24

Suba - São Paulo Confessions

São Paulo Confessions - Suba | Album | AllMusic

São Paulo Confessions by Suba released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

www.allmusic.com

 

[Nee Lewman]

Unfamiliar, but I tend to dig Brazilian music.

 

[Nee Lewman]

Album is a vibe. I wonder if @Ghost is familiar

 

[Ghost]

Album is a vibe. I wonder if @Ghost is familiar

I am not . I go listen

 

[dbarila]

I'm back from vacation and going to try and get caught up today. The Streets and Cypress Hill at work today? Oh boy!

 

[Nee Lewman]

8/6/24

Justice - Cross

Cross - Justice | Album | AllMusic

Cross by Justice released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.

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[Nee Lewman]

This is one of those reasons I like this whole shebang. It gives me a reason to visit some of this stuff. I listened to this album in 2023, 1 time. Don’t really remember it. It might have been part of the previous thread or it may have very well just been me listening to it randomly at work one night for whatever reason.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

This is one of those reasons I like this whole shebang. It gives me a reason to visit some of this stuff. I listened to this album in 2023, 1 time. Don’t really remember it. It might have been part of the previous thread or it may have very well just been me listening to it randomly at work one night for whatever reason.

Justice reminds me of a more brooding Daft Punk. This albums is good but “D.A.N.C.E.” is a masterpiece. The song consists of samples of a children’s choirs singing Michael Jackson songs.

The biggest issue with the album overall is nothing else comes close to that level of joyous revelry. It’s vibe feels a bit out of place.