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

List 3

104. 6/14/23 Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns 3.75 stars
105. 6/15/23 Elis Regina - Vento de Maio 3 stars
106. 6/16/23 Fatboy Slim - You’ve Come A Long Way Baby 3.71 stars
107. 6/19/23 The Rolling Stones - Aftermath 3.13 stars
108. 6/20/23 Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies 3.86 stars
109. 6/21/23 Nanci Griffith - The Last of the True Believers 3.43 stars
110. 6/22/23 Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish 4.33 stars
111. 6/23/23 Daft Punk - Homework 3.71 stars
112. 6/26/23 George Harrison - All Things Must Pass 4.57 stars
113. 6/27/23 The Who - My Generation 3 stars
114. 6/28/23 Stephen Stills - Manassas 3.43 stars
115. 6/29/23 Steve Earle - Guitar Town 3.86 stars
116. 6/30/23 Jeff Buckley - Grace 3.56 stars
117. 7/3/23 Green Day - Dookie 4 stars
118. 7/4/23 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement 3.29 stars
119. 7/5/23 Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 3.43 stars
120. 7/6/23 The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain 2.8 stars
121. 7/7/23 Pink Floyd - The Wall 3.88 stars
122. 7/10/23 Fats Domino - This is Fats Domino 2.8 stars
123. 7/11/23 Van Morrison - Moondance 4.29 stars
124. 7/12/23 The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo 3.5 stars
125. 7/13/23 Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba 4.14 stars
126. 7/14/23 The Beatles - Abbey Road 4.75 stars
127. 7/17/23 Joanna Newsom - Ys 4 stars
128. 7/18/23 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 4.33 stars
129. 7/19/23 Culture Club - Colour By Numbers 3.63 stars
130. 7/20/23 Chic - C’est Chic 3.2 stars
131. 7/21/23 Count Basie & His Orchestra - The Atomic Mr. Basie 4.5 stars
132. 7/24/23 The Police - Reggatta De Blanc 2.75 Stars
134. 7/25/23 Nico - Chelsea Girl 3 stars
135. 7/26/23 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca 3.4 stars
136. 7/27/23 Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message 3.33 Stars
137. 7/28/23 B.B. King - Live at the Regal 4.5 stars
138. 7/31/23 Pixies - Doolittle 4.17 stars
139. 8/1/23 Stereo MC’s - Connected 2.25 Stars
140. 8/2/23 Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (3 or Melt) 4 stars
141. 8/3/23 Motörhead - Ace of Spades 3.4 Stars
142 8/4/23 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 4 Stars
143. 8/7/23 Lou Reed - Transformer 4.2 Stars
144. 8/8/23 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground 4 Stars
145. 8/9/23 The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 3.4 Stars
146. 8/10/23 N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton 3 Stars
147. 8/11/23 Ray Charles - The Genius of Ray Charles 3.6 Stars
148. 8/14/23 The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness 4 Stars
149. 8/15/23 Jack White - Blunderbuss 2.25 Stars
150. 8/16/23 David Bowie - The Next Day 3.4 Stars
151. 8/17/23 Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On 4 Stars
152. 8/18/23 A Tribe Called Quest - People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm 4 Stars
153. 8/21/23 Massive Attack - Blue Lines 4.2 Stars
154. 8/22/23 Iggy Pop - The Idiot 3.6 Stars
 
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I did not get a chance to listen to this last night or this morning. I am absolutely certain that one youtube listen while at work is not the ideal way to listen to this and that I will want and need to spend time with it in the future. I know it sounds great, but I figured that going in knowing both artists. Think is Scott-Heron very much needs attention to the lyrical content. Not sure I will feel comfortable scoring this. May just come back to it later. Anyone got recommendations on a pressing that won't kill the bank since nothing seems to currently be available.
 
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Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die



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Not my favorite Tortoise album buts excellent nonetheless. Tortoise drummer, John McEntire has been a central figure in Chicago underground rock scene for the better part of 30 years.
 
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hey it's #n&gcore - did I do that right, @Rip_City? ;)
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Of course 🤗

A fantastic post-rock record, to boot. Takes you on a wordless journey, as most in the genre should set out to do. I can't quite say it is a 5 like TNT (the true Needles&GroovesCore of Tortoise's discography), as TNT has more moments that stick with you. But...

Rating: 4.5/5 [Outstanding]

I'll admit that it is my favorite of theirs.
 
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Not my favorite Tortoise album buts excellent nonetheless. Tortoise drummer, John McEntire has been a central figure in Chicago underground rock scene for the better part of 30 years.
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2 drummers named John in the band. Don’t forget Johnny Machine.

It is a great record, though not as good as TNT or Standards. I love the 4 remixes that came off of this as well.
 
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Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die



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This is one of those bands where I've seen the name mentioned throughout the 90's...but honestly I have no idea what they even sound like. I see the first track is 20 minutes long soo...here we go!
 
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This is the album of there's that I started with.
20+ years after buying it for the first time, I still have great things to say about it. I enjoy the willingness to stretch and create the sonic landscapes that they do.
However, it is also a fantastic gateway to the more jazz-driven TNT or the heavier hitting Standards.
If you get to see them love, jump at it because it is really something to watch. I had the opportunity in '04 to see them and I was amazed when they played "Djed" how effortless it was for them to turn a studio experiment into a fully cohesive performance.
 
dbarila said:
This is one of those bands where I've seen the name mentioned throughout the 90's...but honestly I have no idea what they even sound like. I see the first track is 20 minutes long soo...here we go!
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I can see why I never heard this before. Nothing on there screams radio or MTV play. I was honestly expecting it to be more post rock sounding and not quite as electronic. Not generally a fan of instrumental post rock but this was fine. It probably would take more closer listens for things to stand out. Right now I'll say 3/5.
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
Still an amazing album almost 30 years later. 4.5/5

A great live band. I have been lucky enough to see them several times, last was for Ancestors about 12 years ago. It is amazing how well they can pull these very much studio creations off in a live setting.

Adding Jeff Parker (N&G favourite son) to the band with TNT really elevated them further.
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I’ve only seen em once at a music festival and though that setting isn’t ideal for what they do they still absolutely killed it.
 
As a surprise to possibly no one, I am not a huge fan of post rock. I like Mogwai and God Speed. Nothing else has really ever spoken to me. I have TNT because of the club here but have not ventured outside of it yet. I REALLY like this. It’s kind of like Aphex Twin made a post rock album.
 
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