I'll say this, we had to drive home late after a long day. Aja by Steely Dan kept my thirteen year old happily asleep for most of the ride. This album is how I imagine much of the late 70s radio music scene must have felt.
Interesting instrumentals.
Interesting view into early Winehouse before Back to Black album blew up.
English indie pop. Excellent post-house music electronic pop. Favorite Tracks: Intro VCR Islands Shelter
I listened to the Deluxe edition on Spotify with B sides and live tracks. The Polly Smart Studio session was a cool find. Memories of buying this album at the Buckingham Square mall in Denver. Musicland CD store. Probably the same place that I bought Guns n Roses Use Your Illusion. An era.
Need to go back and relisten to this one!!
GnR were such a part of my early teen years
Hmm.
Fantastic. Enjoyed learning more about English ska history.
Great to drop some blues in the middle of Appetite for Destruction and Costello brit pop. I wanted to jump in the car and drive to Memphis.
A blast of guitar that's instantly recognizable. "With a little Help" morphs into "Lucy in the Sky.". The plane ride to post colonial India with the first biggest Rock band in the World that resulted in "Within You Without You." Sgt Peppers is more than an album. It's a postcard from The Beatles to give future generations an insight into what the end of the road felt like for George, Paul, John, and Ringo.
This album broke my streak of knowing (and liking) the artists and the music selections. If I liked the music more I might spend time researching more of the "why?" Behind what is going here. But I gave it about half an hour of time and I was still more like "why the f--k??" Were they trying to be English cottage Frank Zappa?
Verve has always felt like Third Eye Blind, Semisonic, Goo Goo Dolls, Friends theme song, yadda yadda. Pseudo alternative music that came after Nirvana, Pumpkins, Oasis. It's for people too chickenshit to listen to music that pisses off their parents. I'm listening to it now picturing Liam Gallagher beating the lead singer with an amp.
Enjoyed getting to hear this album as a whole for the first time. And then starting to unpeel the stories of each of the group members.
Interesting bridge between the Beatles and solo and Wings work. Love the album art.
An album overshadowed by Tommy. Thankful to listen to this rediscovery.
I didn't like the misogyny of gangster rap then and definitely not now.
It turns out that 70s rock opera is way more my speed than I even expected.
Gave me a new appreciation for the music born out of New Orleans.
I'll say this, we had to drive home late after a long day. Aja by Steely Dan kept my thirteen year old happily asleep for most of the ride. This album is how I imagine much of the late 70s radio music scene must have felt.
It was fun to learn about Fogerty and CCR. Crazy to think about the amount and quality of songs that he created in the 1975-1969 span.
Great. This is what an album experience should be. Each song is unique, but adds together to build into a whole.
Meh.
Original albums are such a better experience than Greatest Hits.
Loved this first-time listen. Opening "Billy Jack" and the sincere "Jesus". Favorite was "Blue Monday People". The cover art is brilliant.
Great metal band!!
As classic album as classic albums get.
Rock and roll
Another classic album in the timeline of guitar evolution.
Looking forward to this one! I know Welch's name, but not her music very well. Let's see where this goes...