Lot of open chords. I can tell they built these songs without drums Worth another listen at some point Fits in the two back to back final song albums
Was this before or after maggot brain? How Bay Area is this group of musicians? Gotta contextualize it to the time… but nothing but the deluxe on streaming Clearly a classic.
Oh this is nice. TBH my first listen thru I fell asleep but I don't think its exclusively the album's fault. I think my general listening habit of not hearing lyrics until a month or so into listening hurts this album. Is it a tad tongue in cheek? Also curious what percentage of this list is Northern California.
Wish there were half stars. Hard to rate this the same as other four stars but hard to give it just three just on the strength of its singles. Definitely benefits from being easy enough listen to ignore the lyrics. Really prefer smaller budget Coldplay.
More dynamic guitar work than expected. Feels surprisingly bounded to its time. Honestly a little miffed by lyrical content and the fact that cobain is PNW royalty
This mixing is all over the place. I can't tell if the album would benefit from a complete technical overall, with more of a studio sound and a mixing pattern that doesn't slam certain instruments in completely different sonic pockets, or if it benefits from everything sounding like its orbiting around some kind of celestial cavernous megachurch. Was it always intended to be overheard playing on Peter Quills' walkman? A distant memory of humanity trying to reconnect with a possible way to experience itself. It's also perplexing why the lifestyle was celebrated. Jimi doesn't really sound like he's having fun. I imagine what this is going to be what it's like for future generations to listen to Future.
Stellar. Loses steam at the end of the first side with his dream. And then man Mr tambourine man is very heard before Dylan and immediately bounced off it. But definitely going to revisit
Befuddling and heartfelt - wish there were more projects that explored this scope. If Santa Rosa allowed this same amount of room to its different musical ideas it went down it might've been an easier listen. An incredible 10 song album in here, but it changes on each listen so maybe it's right to include all 69.
Some very comforting songs on here but I'm left thinking its just for comfort, not for expression. Does he really live his raps? For all the albums so far that lack the proper context for me, I can hear every Shins, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Fleetwood Mac antecedent that went into this Sub Pop product. Might be better as an EP?
Why is the London symphony on here!!! Isn't this his first album? Were Genesis or Yes or whatever overcompensated/ing band of the 70s big enough to rent out a whole symphony??? Wonder what the fees/artist relations needed to set up that connection. Very curious of there's a Phil Collins is a Peter Gabriel rip or vice versa fanbase sect
In one twist of the prism, a gentrified Zombie, another, a spaceship in suburbia with an insistence that disco wasn't dead, it just needed more quirk, detachment and body. 80s "world music" not beating the allegations. Did they not have soft power cultural critique back then? Or was the pull to live for our neighbors too great while still (or perhaps only when) benefiting from them materially? Angelique Kidjo's version of this album is interesting.
Raw and urgent. Some of these songs actually feel somewhat rushed and peaked. Very charming crowd work and electric room sound but I might prefer a studio "chill" version of all these song. Of course I feel like I'm missing context but I find myself preferring something like Live at the Apollo for a document of a live performance.
Same year as pixies is super interesting. Pretty sure Pearl Jam, nirvana, blind melon and most 90s alt acts are just Jane’s addiction cover bands? Also who knew Jane was gonna be talked about!
I can hear music in this - melody, texture, rhythm - but it doesn’t feel like music that lives in me. I’d be in the room for a few songs, recognize that it effects others and move on.
This twinkles! The piano trills, that guitar whine emerging from the last verse on many of the track, subtle organ pedaling under the mix, little flourishes that turn these familiar personal anthems into textured glitter bombs shimmering under the light of retrospection. Unfortunate that this album has probably sold me a car.
Meandering in a somewhat freeing way. I'd love to know how some of these instrumentations were captured. A lot of sampling? The Brian Eno collaborations make me think so. Another product of its geopolitical position. Again wish I could do half stars
Meandering. Could use an artistic director. Without a potluck and general sense of community, feels selfish
Similar to magnetic fields in that there is likely a very good like 8/9 track album in here, but different in that the extra tracks don't really expand the palette, they're just more of the same.
Further confirms I don’t like anything related to hardcore, metal or heavy rock even through a pop, indie, surfer, alternative rock songwriting prism. Clearly interesting, and clearly influential but don’t care for it. Except where is my mind - that doesn’t get old.
Ok I see it now. With the context of Santa Rosa, this noise becomes clearer. Still don’t fully understand each turn this album takes but the hits makes sense
Immediate vibe killer. Only to rebuild it in its image. Hard not to eventually tap ur foot to but man I felt like he was holding off on saying some racial slurs. Or calling the cops. Half star would put this higher than others
A clear predecessor to Talk Talk, Phil Collins, Lewis and James Blake. Had me in a chokehold until the last jelly tracks. Are my problems with the album problems with British music in general? Wonder how he learned the blues.