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Lee Newman said:
3/8/23

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The Cure - Seventeen Seconds



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Seventeen Seconds by The Cure released in 1980. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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First time listening. The Cure is another band I've generally avoided for most of my life. I don't particularly dislike them though, so it's a bit odd. I actually found this to be quite an enjoyable listen, but also pretty forgettable. I quite enjoy the instrumentation throughout and the bass sound of this particular mix. 3/5
 
Been on a conference trip since sunday, but caught up with this project on the flight home yesterday. Some brief notes:

Stevie Wonder - "Innervisions": Genius at work, and a great album overall, but nothing really grabs me beyond the awesome trio of Living for the City, Visions and Higher Ground. Score: 4/5

Sepultura -"Arise": A weird album to include on this list, as it is the least interesting or groundbreaking of the Max Cavalera-era Sepultura albums. Schizophrenia and Beneath the remains introduced their unique blend of thrash and death metal to the world, and Chaos A.D and Roots sent them in new, groovier, directions. Arise is fine, but just a bit anonymous in their discography. Score 3/5.

The Cure -"Seventeen Seconds" I like The Cure, but I've rarely actually listened to any of their albums. This was ok, but I think I preferer the later more pop oriented stuff from them. Score: 2,5/5
 
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Yeah this is a strange cure pick. I like their gothier, sort of post punk, early stuff and it’s generally much more highly regarded in the Uk than perhaps in the US. However, for me they built through that era with Faith improving on this and for purposes of a list like this Pornography is the great one of this era. It’s probably my second favourite of theirs after Disintegration. Solid 3/5 for this one.
 
Aretha Franklin ~ Lady Soul

I would have rated this 5/5 in any case, but given I just watched the Muscle Shoals doc the other day about the background musicians at Fame, it was already top of mind. And I'm a sucker for any version of People Get Ready, and this one is stellar.

5/5 - thinking this is gonna be the album that tops Tribe in the rankings.
 
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Aretha Franklin ~ Lady Soul

I would have rated this 5/5 in any case, but given I just watched the Muscle Shoals doc the other day about the background musicians at Fame, it was already top of mind. And I'm a sucker for any version of People Get Ready, and this one is stellar.

5/5 - thinking this is gonna be the album that tops Tribe in the rankings.
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Yeah, but @jt4527 ’s one is gonna bring the average down. 😂
 
3/10/2023

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Michael Kiwanuka - Kiwanuka



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Discover Kiwanuka by Michael Kiwanuka released in 2019. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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Lee Newman said:
This is an outstanding album that I am sure some of you have never heard, which makes me jealous. I had been a fan of Kiwanuka since his first album, but this was a whole other thing. One of my most played records.
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I only just got this on vinyl for my birthday, but it was my #1 album of 2019 (a new artist discovery for me then) and my CD and Stupify have both seen a ton of action on this one. The vinyl only once so far - but it hasn't even been a month yet. This is also the first one in the group project to double up from my personal one. 5/5. Again. And always.
 
Lee Newman said:
This is an outstanding album that I am sure some of you have never heard, which makes me jealous. I had been a fan of Kiwanuka since his first album, but this was a whole other thing. One of my most played records.
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I first heard it when one of the tracks played over the closing credits of a season one episode of Atlanta. I remember enjoying it and downloading it but I probably shoot revisit it.
 
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