Archive: Latest music 8/03-3/04

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #120 on:** 1 Feb 2004, 06:46 pm »

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Rob Babcock · « **Reply #121 on:** 1 Feb 2004, 06:47 pm »

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #122 on:** 1 Feb 2004, 06:49 pm »

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #123 on:** 1 Feb 2004, 06:49 pm »

I was finally able to find a local copy of Built To Spill's "Ancient Melodies of the Future"; as this has been compared to Flaming Lips a lot I thought I'd give it a try.

Well, I really like it, but on the basis of just that album I don't think they bear much more than a superficial similarity- mostly the singers are very similar. Built sounds to me very much like a rock band with rock band influences, much more conventional than the Lips. (Bear in mind I've only heard just this one album). Certainly the guy's a great guitar player, and "Ancient Melodies of the Future" is a great album. Not quite as original and inspired as Flaming Lips, but a definate thumbs up. I'll be picking up some more of their stuff as soon as I can find it.

JoshK · « **Reply #124 on:** 2 Feb 2004, 03:43 am »

My comparison was meant mostly as, if you like Lips, you will probably like what Built is going for as they have some similarities in style, however superficial.

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #125 on:** 2 Feb 2004, 03:51 am »

I really do like Built To Spill based on that one disc. Naturally I'd have to try a few more albums but so far I'm a fan.

JoshK · « **Reply #126 on:** 2 Feb 2004, 03:58 am »

Glad you like them, I do, and they keep growing on me. I hear more and more each time I listen.

SWG255 · « **Reply #127 on:** 4 Feb 2004, 03:15 am »

Before watching the Super Bowl on Sunday I popped into Best Buy and got the following SACDs:

James Taylor "Hourglass"
Jim Hall Quartet "All Across the City"
Colin Linden "Big Mouth"

Then I went next door to BN and got:

Richard Thompson "The Old Kit Bag"

The Richard Thompson disc is good, but not the best sound he's ever had on CD. I also think some of the guitar playing has gotten a little derivitive (for him), but perhaps I'll feel differently on repeated listening.

The Jim Hall disc is wonderful, great playing and very nice sound. The piano and cymbals seem a trifle bright, but only a trifle.

I only put the Colin Linden disc in for long enough to determine that both the SACD and CD layers played, and I listened to the first track on the SACD layer. The recording quality is quite good, with a warm and layered presentation of his voice and electric guitar. I think this will be a nice addition to my blues collection.

I haven't listened to the JT Hourglass disc yet, i have it on CD and liked that, so I'll listen to the other SACDs all the way through before putting this one in the player.

mcrespo71 · « **Reply #128 on:** 4 Feb 2004, 03:17 am »

I just picked up Ryan Adams Heartbreaker on vinyl. It's pretty sweet sounding.

Talking Heads- Remain in Light- LP

zybar · « **Reply #129 on:** 14 Feb 2004, 03:59 am »

Just got these:

10,000 Maniacs - Campfire Songs

Norah Jones - Feels Like Home

Yes - The Ultimate Yes

Ella Fitzgerald - The Best of the Song Books

Eleanor McEvoy - Yola

Charlie Hunter - Charlie Hunter and Right Move Now

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne (remastered)

GW

Inscrutable · « **Reply #130 on:** 15 Feb 2004, 01:25 pm »

Purchased yesterday:

Warren Zevon - The Wind
Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Norah Jones - Feels like Home
Shania Twain - Up! (gift for someone)

Last shipment in from record club:

Tony Bennett - Playin' With My Friends
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Live at Yoshi's
Bill Evans - Waltz For Debby
Bering Strait - self-titled
Rickie Lee Jones - self-titled

cjr888 · « **Reply #131 on:** 18 Feb 2004, 01:12 pm »

Beatles - Let it Be...naked
Tori Amos - Tales of a Librarian
Aimee Mann - Lost in Space - Special Edition
Grateful Dead - The Closing of Winterland - Dec 31, 1973
Vida Blue - The Illustrated Band
Neil Youn & Crazy Horse - Greendale
Wes Montgomery - Full House - live at Tsubo, Berkeley California
Johnny Cash - American IV

Rob Babcock · « **Reply #132 on:** 18 Feb 2004, 09:23 pm »

I finally got tired of waiting for BB to get it in, so I ordered a couple DVD-A's from Amusicdirect.com: Donald Fagen- Kamakira & Zephyr's Voices Unbound. The latter is one of the only discs to get a "10" rating for sonics from TAS, so I'm anxious to hear it.

pjchappy · « **Reply #133 on:** 18 Feb 2004, 09:30 pm »

Purchases in the past month:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Greendale
Radiohead: My Iron Lung (Import)
Radiohead: OK Computer (Replacement for a scratched copy)
the White Stripes: the White Stripes
Beatles: Let it Be. . .Naked

maxwalrath · « **Reply #134 on:** 18 Feb 2004, 09:33 pm »

Zepplin How the West Was Won DVD-A. If only I didn't blow the fuses of my stratos I could listen to it...What's on the Radiohead import pjc?

pjchappy · « **Reply #135 on:** 18 Feb 2004, 09:50 pm »

Max,

Here is a link to the Radiohead import. . .

I heard it a long time ago. . .I haven't listened to it since I bought it, though.

http://www.towerrecords.com/product.aspx?pfid=1547256

The date on the link says 1999. . .likely a reissue, I guess, b/c mine is dated 1994 & 1993.

p

Sa-dono · « **Reply #136 on:** 20 Feb 2004, 06:26 am »

Fairly recent purchase:
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home

Just arrived:
Torn, Karn, Bozzio - Polytown
Joss Stone - Soul Sessions
Thelonius Monk - Underground "Deluxe Edition" (Columbia CK 63535)
Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
Jack Johnson - On and On

backordered:
Radka Toneff - Fairytales
Shannon Curfman - Loud Guitars Big Suspicions
Vienna Teng - Waking Hour

It's about darn time I picked up some of these albums (some have been on the list for a long time now)...

oneobgyn · « **Reply #137 on:** 20 Feb 2004, 11:44 pm »

Sa-Dono--good to see you ordered "Fairy Tales" by Radka Toneff. I know that you enjoyed it when you heard it at my house.

Did you get the new Nora Jones album?

Sa-dono · « **Reply #138 on:** 21 Feb 2004, 05:41 am »

oneobygyn:

Yes, I did enjoy Radka Toneff. It was rather difficult to find the album, and I ended up having to special order it. Hopefully they'll be able to obtain it, or I will have to look elsewhere.

I bought the new Norah Jones album the first day it released

I am liking the music....but have not done any critical listening, as my DAC is still in the shop. It is just not the same listening to music without it.

Also, you should check out Polytown. More of the brilliance of Bozzio. Many even consider it a better album than BLS. If you want to hear it first, I'll bring it by next time.

JoshK · « **Reply #139 on:** 26 Feb 2004, 12:40 am »

I think I purchased more than 60 albs in the last two months. @ 50 cds, @ dozen or so LPs. Just getting some time to go through them all, which is quite fun.

Ryan Adams - Rock n Roll LP :: good, verdict is still out as it didn't totally grab me
Electric Six - Fire LP :: pretty f***in cool if you ask me. Weird as hell though
The Thrills LP :: not sure what to make of this one yet