What a flashback this album is! Listened to it a ton as a kid. Had the cd in my car. My closeted gay friend absolutely loved the album and would sing along to every song.
Another wicked trip down memory lane. My late roommate from Minneapolis played this album on the regular!
Wasn’t too familiar with Paul Simon’s music other than Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard. Listening to this album in Hi-Res at breakfast was quite the enjoyable experience. Chill vibes with well mixed audio.
Decent album. A couple of classics but nothing that gets me super into them.
Classic that inspired the posthumous release of Mac Millers Ballonerism. I’ve done quite the deep dive on both albums and would recommend comparing the parallels of each. Both leaning into the more experimental side of their music portfolio.
Was not actively listening to this album. But I enjoyed what I paid attention too.
Never heard of Nina Simone but I loved this album
First time for Napalm Death. Not much of a grindcore fan personally. Cool that this album was one of the first for the genre.
This album is so iconic to my childhood. I probably bought this album shortly after it came out. Then jumped around on couches in my friend’s basement rocking out to it. The lyrics for the time filled with angst, fit right in with so many other artists of the day. Potentially masking Chester’s struggles with mental health (RIP) . As much as I have deep nostalgia for this album, and play it somewhat regularly. Musically I don’t think it holds up to many other great albums. Linkin Park carved out a very unique sound in an emerging genre of music.
Wasn’t too familiar with Louis Prima’s music. I enjoyed this whole album though. I’m sure if I played this for my grandma she would be loving it too.
Another nostalgic throwback to high school for me. Cool see they are still making music these days. I’ll have to check out their newer work. Musically they bring a lot of fun complexity to this album. Personally I find the vocals too shrill for my liking but it works. Great listen after forgetting their existence.
Excellent listen for a colder evening staying cozy at home. I wasn’t aware of Bill Callahan’s music but it will make its way into the rotation from time to time.
Decent album not likely to check it out again.
This was great! I was familiar with Isaac Hayes album Black Moses which I’d recommend checking out. He’s a fairly iconic artist for a lot of musicians that grew up in the black community in North America. I’ve never heard of the movie Shaft but listening to the music for it I’m interested in checking it out.
“He has a scary voice kinda, he makes me feel kinda scared” - Kerri. I really enjoyed this album. I have listened to the odd song of Leonard Cohen mostly through the radio. But it was dark, moody and worth a listen for sure.
We had a kid in high school that was quite the Elvis impersonator. He would always perform a few songs at talent shows or whatever they were called. Basically he introduced me to Elvis. I didn’t really appreciate it at the time and just thought it was funny how much this kid loved Elvis. But Elvis is one of the greats for a reason. His ability to push entertainment to places it had never been, and move his hips in a way that entranced so many people is impressive. The fact that early video recordings of Elvis’s music purposefully only recorded above the waist is hilarious to reflect on. I wonder if we will ever see a modern day equivalent of how Elvis revolutionized music. I guess twerking is maybe the modern day equivalent of dance moves breaking the status quo.
Wasn’t a huge fan of this one. Very typical sound for the decade imo.
While I was cleaning the kitchen with the windows open in the morning listening to this album a contractor walked up and could hear the music from outside. He said “Is this Björk?!? Björk is god. Like there’s Prince and Björk is above that. I have all her vinyl (apparently one of them was $500, plus a handful of other special copies he was proud about but I don’t recall exactly). When Björk says she’s doing something all of Iceland listens. I don’t even care that you’re in a robe right now. Anyways I’m here to take care of your yard. You enjoy Björk and watch your baby I’ll take care of the rest.” Upon the end of his work Jason recommended checking out Alicia Marie and claimed they would be the new Amy Winehouse. I listened to her album and I think he has a point. Check it out. He also suggested Ren. I’ll see him again in a couple weeks. So I hope whatever we are listening to then he has something to say about it. I didn’t know much about Björk but I learned a ton from Jason and really enjoyed this album.
Cool to hear something quite different. Apparently Koffi is also quite influential to Congolese people pushing what was done in music at the time.
Was fairly certain I had never heard of The Verve. Then after the opening track bitter sweet symphony I knew I had at least heard one song many times before. The vocals sort of remind me of local artist JP Hoe.
Haven’t managed to listen to the whole album yet. But this is great!
I enjoyed this album. Would love to learn about it.
Never heard of this guy before. He made for some nice evening listening.
I laughed when this album came up as one of the essentials. Remembering sweaty school dances and kids screaming “G-UNIT!” at school in the halls. At the time I wasn’t into hip hop or rap at all, so I never understood why people cared about 50 cent. But I’m impressed with this album. The album art and style of the album inspired Tyler the Creators most recent album Don’t Tap the Glass. Which is a great 2000s style dance album I’d recommend checking out. Learning that 50 cent was mentored by Jam Master Jay from Run DMC. Also signing a joint venture with Eminem is a huge deal. Probably a big part of why he made this list. 50 cent may not be the best rapper out there. But he is iconic and brought a very fun style played regularly in clubs and parties. 50 cent also famously claimed bankruptcy later into his career. Then apparently later became a bitcoin millionaire by finding 700 Bitcoin that he accepted for payment for an album release. Likely the best thing he has ever forgotten about in his life. Which he totally denies years later.
Classic for a reason! Nate’s parents were probably 5 when this album came out and watched their older brother dress up as Bruce Springsteen
Pretty chill rainy day listen. Very typical 80s music imo. Stereo mixing was fun but nothing overall complex. Probably won’t ever listen to this again.
Great album! I wasn’t too familiar with any of their music other than Last Nite. A quick play through of the album was followed immediately by another start from the beginning of the album.
I don’t know…it was alright. I enjoyed most of it but won’t go out of my way to listen to it again. The sound production was quite well done and fun to listen to on a stereo.
Harps kinda neat.
One late night in high school I was hanging out at my friend’s house. His parents were sleeping and we didn’t want to piss them off. So we listened to the radio outside in my friend’s driveway smoking dope. Listening to late night CBC radio, the only station that came on in High Bluff with anything good to listen to at the time. The song “those are not my bongos” by the band fuck played. When I saw today’s album included bongos, I was hoping it was that random band I heard nearly 20 years ago. Alas, The Incredible Bongo Band is not fuck. But fuck those bongos from The Incredible Bongo Band are the backbone of so much iconic music. I don’t think I have ever listened to the original source of so many samples that are all over music history. I guess drums are pretty universal to music samples so it makes sense The Incredible Bongo band is so widely sampled. The first notable sample to me was Apache which obviously is a main sample for Jump on It. Turns out Sugar hill Gang sampled incredible bongo band for the same track title Apache. Then sir mix a lot sampled sugar hill gang to make jump on it 🤯. Fun fact the same track was sampled by Nas, Jay-z, and Kanye. But this album alone was sampled with various other artists including The Beastie Boys, Fat Boy Slim, Buck 65 (another CBC throwback iykyk - likely the radio host that late night evening in highschool), N.W.A, Massive Attack, The Chemical Brothers and more! I really enjoyed this album and absolutely agree you should listen to it before you die. If possible a late night listen with friends having some fun.
Listened to this with my Grandma. Asked her what she thought of it. She responded with an unrelated answer because she clearly can’t hear anymore. So I guess we’ll never know what she truly thinks of Deerhunter. Overall this album was pleasant to listen to. Your stereotypical indie album imo.
I’ve heard of this guy Beck before. I can’t say I’d know any of his music. I enjoyed this album. It’s very chill and well mixed.
Sounds like a typical folk fest act. Clearly lots of potential Shameka is correct. I can appreciate the music and hate it at the same time somehow. The first song reminds me of Swift when she chitters at birds through the window. I found this album overall ebbs and flows between annoying and enjoyable listening throughout. Okay is this dogs now or is that coming in from the window? What are you screaming for? Hey this sounds great ah…. a step back again…. rinse and repeat. I debated turning it off many times but somehow I’m still glad I played through.
The fact I had to hunt around for this album makes me enjoy it more. Not on Apple Music, Spotify or SoundCloud. I found it on YouTube. Considering this was Throwing Muses compilation of early music. They have a lot of music later than this album on streaming services. It makes me want to check out some of their later work. Musically I enjoyed it. A bit of a punk vibe to it.
I feel like love is more of a primary emotion that rules them all. People do dumb shit for love, Tina. So I’m more in the Beatles camp on the love subject. This album is great though. Enjoyed listening to it this morning.
I knew I probably was familiar Jethro Tull’s music. But I couldn’t tell you a single song of theirs I had heard of before playing this one. When the first guitar riff played in the album title track Aqualung, I was ready for a fun classic rock experience. The album art is thematic to the album experience. Which was apparently inspired by photographs of unhoused people along the Thames and drives the story more around that.
Honestly wasn’t super attentive when I listened to this one.
Another Lenard Cohen album! Quite different from the You Want it Darker album. This paired well with the rainy weather outside. I do like it darker personally. But this was a moody vibe for a gloomy fall Sunday morning.
Bangers only
This is my first time listening to a full album from Simon & Garfunkel. The sound mixing was really fun on this album. The instruments were distinctly separated creating a cool live music experience. I listened to it on my walk to La Maison du Pain near our Airbnb in Samois sur Seine. So that added an element of fun exploring a new area.
“This music sounds so boring. It all sounds exactly the same.” - Kerri This album would be a great one to listen to while crying yourself to sleep. Clearly some people enjoy it but I agree with Kerri.
The whole time listening to this all I can think of is Toy Story.
Different Class by Pulp was quite mellow and easy to listen to. I was trying to figure out some of the more unique sounds on it. Apparently one of the instruments is a mellotron invented in the UK. Fitting name for an instrument with the mellow sort of vibes. They also played a few other instruments I had no clue that existed like a synare (which appears to be an early version of an electric drum pad), and a vocoder which essentially distorts vocals into synthesized musical sounds.
Not sure I truly understand jazz. I’m sure there is something unique about this album. But it sounded like good jazz.
Never heard of this one. This album leans a bit on the ethereal side imo. Pairs well with our rest day/lazy day in France with not much going on. Feeling like you’re in limbo for the next day to arrive fresh and ready to explore again.
Back in university one of my coworkers in the kitchen tried to sell me his tickets to the Pixies show in Winnipeg. He claimed it was the last tour they were going to play to try and drive value in his tickets. I didn’t fall for his tricks seeing as they are still touring today. Maybe I was just too poor to justify going to live shows for bands I’d never heard of. Listening to this album today, I wish I went to that show. The Pixies are definitely a style of music that I’ve been to many other similar artists shows live. So I’m sure I would have had a blast rocking out with them in ~2009. The track Where Is My Mind? Is the only song I’m aware of listening too. This album is very nostalgic for me of an era of time in my life. Despite not following the pixies closely I’m sure much of the music I listened to may have been inspired by them to some degree.