Your Favourite Album of the Week

[cheekyboy]

7 hours ago, April Snow said:

I only got this today and already played it three times 

 

 

 

 

My wife and I caught Chris Isaak live a couple of times in Melbourne, he's a fabulous performer and I'm a big fans of his music........he'll be played a lot here over the next few days.

 

Cheers,

 

Keith

[metal beat]

Kanye West – Donda.  album of the week, album of the month and for me, album of 2022.   Can't believe 4LP's - 8 sides go so quick.

     the recording and pressing is very good, but the bass on this album is almost subterranean but it's so clean and controlled in my system - the bass on Jesus Lord and Jesus Lord Pt2 is reference.

 

[ZEN MISTER]

Edgar Froese changed his cosmic address this day in 2015. Tangerine Dream played the final 3 performances of his life right here in Melbourne. They are collected on The Supernormal Concerts triple album set.

This live album, however, LOGOS remains my most played album ever.

Red Billy

 

[Guest deanB]

Far from my first spin of this album but really bonded with it the other night (possibly due to an ideal ratio of accompanying refreshments).

Southern Culture On The Skids- For Lovers Only (1992)

Edited January 21, 2023 by deanB

[mylene]

 

 

Remember the book The 100 Best Australian Albums? Here's the album I was pushing for to be #1. That it didn't make the 100 (or the 110 in the latest edition) shows how out of touch I am with current Australian thinking. Anyway, everyone involved with this album and all the critics hate it with a passion (the CD version is totally remixed with vocals and instruments replaced and remodelled) but I like the lack of choruses and the linear structure of the songs. There's a song about Arthur Lee which is total fiction and all the song titles make good reading. Singer,songwriter and Tactics' mainman Dave Studdert had made so many enemies by the time it came out no one wanted to review it (someone wrote to RAM magazine and said they turned it into an ashtray) When the album ended I played it again. It's up there with Diesel and Dust, Whispering Jack and Innocent Eyes in the parthenon of Australian achievement.... or not. Genius or total trash?

 

[Phill451]

9 hours ago, mylene said:

 

 

Remember the book The 100 Best Australian Albums? Here's the album I was pushing for to be #1. That it didn't make the 100 (or the 110 in the latest edition) shows how out of touch I am with current Australian thinking. Anyway, everyone involved with this album and all the critics hate it with a passion (the CD version is totally remixed with vocals and instruments replaced and remodelled) but I like the lack of choruses and the linear structure of the songs. There's a song about Arthur Lee which is total fiction and all the song titles make good reading. Singer,songwriter and Tactics' mainman Dave Studdert had made so many enemies by the time it came out no one wanted to review it (someone wrote to RAM magazine and said they turned it into an ashtray) When the album ended I played it again. It's up there with Diesel and Dust, Whispering Jack and Innocent Eyes in the parthenon of Australian achievement.... or not. Genius or total trash?

 

Don’t know much about the cd release or this album in particular, but I’ve got a couple 45s by them that I always enjoyed. Might need to dig them out and re-assess.

[Ian McP]

On 21/01/2023 at 2:49 PM, deanB said:

Far from my first spin of this album but really bonded with it the other night (possibly due to an ideal ratio of accompanying refreshments).

Southern Culture On The Skids- For Lovers Only (1992)

DeanB, big fan of SCOTS, have quite a few of their albums. Saw them live at an instore at Greville Records and Corner Hotel Richmond when they toured ten(?) or so years back. Great live, check out their many youtube clips.

 

 

[Bomber Rock]

So after a bit of a break, I've gotten back into The Murder Capital - Gigi's Recovery. Of all the the Dublin post punk thing that's happening, I reckon this album is way and above everything else. Fontaines have nothing on this. Truly a classic

 

[Peterbean]

The unique genius Robert Wyatt. A guy with an amazing , and scary, bio

[ZEN MISTER]

Classic from the dawn of 80s budget electro. 2/3rd of it holds up very well today, and it contains the greatest ever song about a phone box  in this or adjacent universes, the peerless ' RED FRAME WHITE LIGHT ' . Pure and dumb towering genius. Respect 

Billy 

[zenikoy]

To be honest, The Replacements 1985 album "Tim" is one of my favourite albums of all time. Somehow the quality of the songs and performance shone through what was a horrendous production/mix on the original release. 2023 finds the original recordings being remixed by Ed Stasium and it's a miracle. To me it's like having only seen my favourite movie on VHS for 35 years and then being shown the DVD (or maybe even BluRay!). Or in audiophile speak, "A veil has been lifted!"

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-replacements-tim-let-it-bleed-edition/

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2023 by zenikoy

[anth0110]

1 hour ago, zenikoy said:

To be honest, The Replacements 1985 album "Tim" is one of my favourite albums of all time. Somehow the quality of the songs and performance shone through what was a horrendous production/mix on the original release. 2023 finds the original recordings being remixed by Ed Stasium and it's a miracle. To me it's like having only seen my favourite movie on VHS for 35 years and then being shown the DVD (or maybe even BluRay!). Or in audiophile speak, "A veil has been lifted!"

 

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/the-replacements-tim-let-it-bleed-edition/

 

 

 

Great. Ordering mine now. 
another hugely unknown band that deserved much more. Just as Jon Bon Jovi lol  

[anth0110]

What I meant to say was “ just as Jon Bon Jovi said ‘ the replacements?? They can’t be any good if I’ve never heard of them ‘ “ lol 

[Peterbean]

On 22/1/2023 at 1:15 PM, mylene said:

 

 

Remember the book The 100 Best Australian Albums? Here's the album I was pushing for to be #1. That it didn't make the 100 (or the 110 in the latest edition) shows how out of touch I am with current Australian thinking. Anyway, everyone involved with this album and all the critics hate it with a passion (the CD version is totally remixed with vocals and instruments replaced and remodelled) but I like the lack of choruses and the linear structure of the songs. There's a song about Arthur Lee which is total fiction and all the song titles make good reading. Singer,songwriter and Tactics' mainman Dave Studdert had made so many enemies by the time it came out no one wanted to review it (someone wrote to RAM magazine and said they turned it into an ashtray) When the album ended I played it again. It's up there with Diesel and Dust, Whispering Jack and Innocent Eyes in the parthenon of Australian achievement.... or not. Genius or total trash?

 

I moved to Canberra to teach in 78, this has brought back a lot of memories and feelings, Although I never saw them, but they had quite a rep. Along with the late Cody Anderson.
I think a nephew of his is in a really funny folk band here but I’ll have to check that. Both Dave and Tactics are on Facebook. There are probably some associates there, I noticed one inner city bass player I know followed them.

[Peterbean]

The Beatles White Album ( ok it’s name on the cover was ‘the Beatles ‘)

the latest one that has multiple discs ( more than 2). 
streaming it since 6 and it’s now 11,

starts with the released album then goes into all the outtakes, etc. Fabulous! Hearing that album when you haven’t heard it for a while is incredible,. There’s some gumph in the other stuff, first cut of Yer Blues is astonishing, as are various others 

[JukKluk2]

This thread hasn't had a lot of loving recently but here's my small contribution to keeping it going.

 

 

This could just about be my album of the last 12 months, not just the past week. It's overtaken all comers on my Roon list of Most Played albums this week as well, which is why I thought to put it in this thread.

 

I've only just noticed the signature by the artist, Vaughan Flowers. What were his parents thinking when they gave him a middle name beginning with a "D"? Sounds like something to avoid in Bunnings garden section.

[April Snow]

1 hour ago, JukKluk2 said:

This thread hasn't had a lot of loving recently but here's my small contribution to keeping it going.

 

This could just about be my album of the last 12 months, not just the past week. It's overtaken all comers on my Roon list of Most Played albums this week as well, which is why I thought to put it in this thread.

 

I've only just noticed the signature by the artist, Vaughan Flowers. What were his parents thinking when they gave him a middle name beginning with a "D"? Sounds like something to avoid in Bunnings garden section.

Oh gosh, too right, I have forgotten my own thread I started - thank you for bumping it back up, I shall add to this later in the week too 

[JukKluk2]

On 25/10/2023 at 7:09 PM, April Snow said:

Oh gosh, too right, I have forgotten my own thread I started - thank you for bumping it back up, I shall add to this later in the week too 

Well, April, I'm waiting.......

[April Snow]

13 minutes ago, JukKluk2 said:

Well, April, I'm waiting.......

hahahaaa - you made me laugh so hard *thank you * 

Madonna has been getting a lot of love these last two weeks and this is one I have played a bit lately and one of my all time Favs of Madonnas.

 

Rain

US

12 inch

 

Your turn now @JukKluk2  

 

Edited November 23, 2023 by April Snow

[JukKluk2]

In 2005 I started a series of compilation discs for a younger friend of mine  to help him catch up on music that he had likely missed because he was born 14 years after me, I called it Music For Beginners. After a space of two years I have just sent him MFB Part 166, and I have been playing it over and over and over for the past few weeks.

It contains two tracks by Rachel flowers, followed by two by Jose Pedro Beledo, followed by one from Solstice, after which there are three from Dee Dee Bridgewater, and then, finally, two more from Rachel Flowers.

When you consider that each disc is very close to having 80 minutes of music on it that's a huge body of music for my friend to have absorbed over the past 18 years. Obviously he is now older than I was when I made MFB Part 1. Here's the cover photo.

[mylene]

Stock Aitken Waterman Gold. Most PWL compilations are all over the place featuring stuff the trio had nothing to do with, wrong versions and Steps. The first two discs of this one have some kind of internal logic that makes a lot of sense. If you know the backstories to the songs and the artists it's all pretty brilliant. To make it even better disc 2 ends with Mandy Smith's unreleased original version of Got to be Certain which Kylie took to #1 in 1988. Disc 3 is remixes, some work, some don't but until someone has the guts to compile a box set this will have to do. 

[Ian McP]

A perennial favourite album that always raises a smile, great lyrics and backing band!

Doesn't take a genius to uncover the perpetrator!

 

The Legendary Marvin Pontiac: Greatest Hits

 

https://www.discogs.com/release/1303086-The-Legendary-Marvin-Pontiac-Greatest-Hits

 

quite a list of luminaries in the backing band, see above!

 

 

[Jamie m]

I've been obsessing over this one, only recently discovered it.

[Skeptical]

Jack white: Fear of the Dawn

[Peterbean]

through my I’ve been through my records pre cul

and came upon this gem . This is the sort of thing I used to play through the stereo often. Probably for lots of bad reasons . Lots of pings and pops and great percussion. A great sound space !