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

8/1/23
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Stereo MC’s - Connected




Funky, groovy.

A little bit dark and Primal Screamy.

A read a review, and it said the rapping sounds like an afterthought, and I must say it is pretty shite.

There's some Massive Attack vibes going on thee too.

Pretty good, bopping at my desk.

3 / 5 stars.
 
8/1/23
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Stereo MC’s - Connected




Alright. It's below average, not awful like I expected. The raps are trash, further strengthening my thoughts on UK hip hop having only a few standouts in its history.

"Connected" is something I've heard before, and I still found it enjoyable enough. The rest was mostly HeistMovieCore, as you were alluding to @Lee Newman. The fusion of electronic and UK hip hop only works well when one of the two genres doesn’t dominate. For instance, “Everything” is closer to straight hip-hop and suffers as a result.

I won't be revisiting.

Rating: 2/5 [Mediocre]
 
This Stereo MCs album reminds me of the Spiders album from the band Space. They had a big hit with "Female Of The Species" but the rest of the album is similar in style to this one, especially the spoken/rap parts.
They are basically one hit wonders and are excellent additions to any 90s playlist/mix tape as a result. Like if you wanna add a Nirvana song to the same playlist it would be much less crowd pleasing since there is so many options to choose from some are gonna prefer one track to another but with Stereo MCs and Space everybody knows what song they wanna hear.
 
They are basically one hit wonders and are excellent additions to any 90s playlist/mix tape as a result. Like if you wanna add a Nirvana song to the same playlist it would be much less crowd pleasing since there is so many options to choose from some are gonna prefer one track to another but with Stereo MCs and Space everybody knows what song they wanna hear.

Space had a couple of tunes. They did the one about Tom Jones with Catatonia and there was another one I can’t remember the name of. Neighbourhood I think? They were from Liverpool though so more exposure.
 
Space had a couple of tunes. They did the one about Tom Jones with Catatonia and there was another one I can’t remember the name of. Neighbourhood I think? They were from Liverpool though so more exposure.
I think the “Female Of The Species” was the only remote hit they had in America and most of that came as a result of it being included on the Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery soundtracks
 
I think the “Female Of The Species” was the only remote hit they had in America and most of that came as a result of it being included on the Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery soundtracks

Yeah they were by no means big hit after hit monsters but in that sorta 95-97 time when British music dominated over here they were a little bit ahead of some of the real one hit wonders of the time!
 
8/2/23
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Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (AKA 3 or Melt)



 
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8/2/23
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Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (AKA known as 3 or Melt)




After a fair streak of records in this randomizer that I'm not super enthused with, a good one has made way. Haven't listened to this in many years. Peter Gabriel an art rock/art pop standard, to be sure.
 
I was thinking last night that it sounded like Gabriel told the drummer to sound like Phil Collins, well it is Phil Collins. Lol

From the wiki:
Peter Gabriel hired his former bandmate in Genesisdrummer Phil Collins for the recording sessions along with another drummer, Jerry Marotta. He gave them one specific demand. "Artists given complete freedom die a horrible death", he explained to Mark Blake. "So, when you tell them what they can't do, they get creative and say, 'Oh yes I can,' which is why I banned cymbals. Phil was cool about it. [Marotta] did object and it took him a while to settle in. It's like being right-handed and having to learn to write with your left."
 
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