The Return of the Challenge Thread - February 2020

Day 7 - Goin’ Solo
Spin an album from artist that split from their band and released a killer Solo record

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Christopher Owens "Chrissybaby Forever"

Former lead singer of the band Girls this is his 3rd solo record, I enjoy them all but this one gets the most spins for me personally
 
Day 8 - That Should Do It...
Spin a record that you’d play LOUD to piss off the neighbors
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
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There is a few ways to go with this. If your neighbor is trying to sleep there is nothing better to get under their skin than some teeth-rattling booming bass music but if they are trying to relax and enjoy their Sunday morning then some thashy power chords with relentless barking vocals can really chap their ass. Thankfully we purchased a home a few years ago and now don’t have much concern about pissing off any of our downright decent neighbors but I will always remember the hellscape of living in an apartment complex where my downstairs neighbor would routinely get drunk, and pass out with a frozen pizza in the oven and his TV turned up full blast and the upstairs neighbor would be on some sort of BiPoler diet pill cleaning frenzy and decide to vacuum her tiny 600sq ft apt at 5:00 am on Sundays for 45 minutes stretches. Needless to say, we had our battles. I am glad that’s over now.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Day 8 - That Should Do It...
Spin a record that you’d play LOUD to piss off the neighbors
Power Trip - Nightmare Logic
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There is a few ways to go with this. If your neighbor is trying to sleep there is nothing better to get under their skin than some teeth-rattling booming bass music but if they are trying to relax and enjoy their Sunday morning then some thashy power chords with relentless barking vocals can really chap their ass. Thankfully we purchased a home a few years ago and now don’t have much concern about pissing off any of our downright decent neighbors but I will always remember the hellscape of living in an apartment complex where my downstairs neighbor would routinely get drunk, and pass out with a frozen pizza in the oven and his TV turned up full blast and the upstairs neighbor would be on some sort of BiPoler diet pill cleaning frenzy and decide to vacuum her tiny 600sq ft apt at 5:00 am on Sundays for 45 minutes stretches. Needless to say, we had our battles. I am glad that’s over now.
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Day 9 - This Ones A Grower

Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992 First Pressing on Island Records)

Same thought process as @Poly-Rythmo with this one. I've been a massive fan of Tom Waits for years now, and devour anything I can (all his albums, films, books etc). I always found Bone Machine to be the most difficult of his albums, it's a very heavy avant-garde blues-rock. Once you really listen (perhaps after a few full-plays) the initial heaviness of the music gives way to some really deep and dark lyrics about death and life. It's also a perfect depiction of Wait's musical approach. He went to the Prairie Sun Recording studios to record the album and was taken to a state of the art recording room. He wandered around the building and found a dark concrete room in the basement with a water boiler in one corner. He went back to the room and got everyone to move the equipment into this basement as it perfectly fit the albums dark themes and produced an eery echo which he loved. This is the first pressing from 1992 (one of the trickier ones to find from his discography), and unfortunately, there hasn't been any official represses of the album on vinyl. Well worth listening to all the same (stream etc).

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Selaws said:
Day 9 - This Ones A Grower

Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992 First Pressing on Island Records)

Same thought process as @Poly-Rythmo with this one. I've been a massive fan of Tom Waits for years now, and devour anything I can (all his albums, films, books etc). I always found Bone Machine to be the most difficult of his albums, it's a very heavy avant-garde blues-rock. Once you really listen (perhaps after a few full-plays) the initial heaviness of the music gives way to some really deep and dark lyrics about death and life. It's also a perfect depiction of Wait's musical approach. He went to the Prairie Sun Recording studios to record the album and was taken to a state of the art recording room. He wandered around the building and found a dark concrete room in the basement with a water boiler in one corner. He went back to the room and got everyone to move the equipment into this basement as it perfectly fit the albums dark themes and produced an eery echo which he loved. This is the first pressing from 1992 (one of the trickier ones to find from his discography), and unfortunately, there hasn't been any official represses of the album on vinyl. Well worth listening to all the same (stream etc).

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My white whale and my favorite TW album, very nice. I'm starting to think this won't ever get a repress.
 
Day 9: This Ones A Grower

Probably the most recent album I can remember that I didn't really care for when it was released. I was a bit put off by the new sound...not as "metal" as their previous albums. I've come around to thinking it's a good album...not my favorite of theirs, though.

Ghost ‎– Prequelle
Loma Vista ‎– LVR00375, 2018

Deluxe edition - Red w/ Black Smoke, lenticular sleeve, bonus 7", poster

Cut by Joe Nino-Hernes at Sterling
Pressed at MRP/GZ

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ranbalam said:
My white whale and my favorite TW album, very nice. I'm starting to think this won't ever get a repress.
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I have to admit that I completely lucked out on this one. A charity put it on ebay with 1 poor photo. I imagine most people assumed it was one of the bootlegs that tends to pop up and might not of wanted to risk it. I ended up getting it for £30 which was a risk, but it was for charity so I thought it was worth it. When it came it was indeed the first press in top condition. There were several times before this when I have had it in my hand for more than double that price and seriously contemplating buying it.

Its a shame but I would be surprised if it was repressed at this point. I was really hoping he would release just 1 more album and tour before retiring but that doesnt seem likely either.
 
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