I dig it, great explosive performances by Jimi
Great performances and atmosphere. Felt a little samey to other Floyd stuff I've heard in the part though
Love Radiohead but this one ain't my favourite. Some really solid singles but a lot of tracks that are just kind of filler to me
Absolutely blown away by this one, the mix of impressive performances musically with heartfelt expression and emotion is incredible
Fav tracks: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Radio Cure, War on War, Ashes of American Flags, Jesus Etc.,
Least fav tracks: I'm The Man Who Loves You (you ever give a jazz guitarist a fuzz pedal?)
Stray Thoughts While Listening
- Really like the subtle instrumental textures near the beginning of the record, gamelan??
- Heavy Metal Drummer and I'm the Man Who Loves You both having pastiche openings felt a bit repetitive
- Are they using the same vocal chain that Elliot Smith used on Pot Kettle Black?? (not a complaint)
- Tag yourself I'm Lazy Locomotives
- This album's losing me a bit in the second half ngl, Poor Places bringing me back a bit though
- Poor Places: They're saying the thing!!! (Yankee hotel foxtrot)
- Okay it came back around for me
OVERALL THOUGHTS
Would probably give it a 3.5/5, rounding it up because I respect it's influence on the wider indie rock landscape. Some great songwriting from Jeff Tweedy, really liked the vibes of the first half of the album but when it picked up the energy a bit I feel some of the uniqueness it had going on was lacking. Brings me back to that early indie twee but not in a dated way!
OVERALL THOUGHTS (2.5/5)
I think this was one of those albums where listening to it was mostly fun as a historical document to see where a bunch of different genres branched off from. I think this would have been a SICK show to see live but listening back to it only offers so much. I can't help but compare it to other rock or jazz live albums where the musicianship is on such a high level compared to this. The soundscapes and synth work here is very neat but are mostly found in the interludes of the songs. It was fun overall on a song to song basis but at almost two hours the full album wore me down a bit
STRAY THOUGHTS
- Giving King Gizz vibes
- THEY HAVE FLUTE
- It's kind of camp I dig it
- "Space does not care"
- Decent amount of power chord chuging on this record
- Always appreciate having saxophone in a jam band
- Having Lemmy play power chords on the bass while the guitar solos is good fun
- Like I don't think albums should inherently be limited by length but MY GOD IS THIS LONG
FAV TRACKS: Down Through The Night, Lord of Light, Orgone Accumulator
LEAST FAV TRACKS: Brainstorm,
OVERALL THOUGHTS - 3.25/5
Definitely enjoyed listening to this and wouldn't be mad if someone threw this album on but I don't think I'd go out of my way to listen to it. Despite how mopey the lyrics were, there were some fun lines there! I can see where they were going with the washed out sound and I found it largely effective but it could serve to be more 'lush', it often gives it the appeal of background music rather than an all encompassing bliss. Think it's another 'they did it first but not best', I would rather listen to the stuff it inspired like MBV or Slowdive.
STRAY THOUGHTS
- Softer sound than I was expecting, apparently their previous album was the more proto-shoegaze sound I associate them with and they went in a more subtle approach for this record
- "plug into her electric cool"
- Did Garbage rip off "Happy when it rains" from them???
- They liked the rain so much they got 9 million of them!
- I thought we were depressed now but they were really going through it in the 80s damn
- "Life in a sack is coming back"
- Rain as a motif on this album?? They would've loved Matt Reeves' 'The Batman'
FAV TRACKS: April Skies, Happy When It Rains, Fall,
LEAST FAV TRACKS: N/A
OVERALL THOUGHTS 2.5/5
Some cool guitar stuff (Duane Allman apparently taking a lot more lead parts then people realize) but yeah it really did feel like some white dudes trying to make compelling blues music without any of the soul and emotion that should come along with it. Not the most offensive dad rock I've heard by far though. (maybe one of the more offensive dad rockers tho, dude stinks big time)
STRAY THOUGHTS
- Beatles ass chorus on Bell Bottom Blues
- Neat that they're using a Tabla drum but kinda distracting???
- There were some compelling songs at first but mannnn they start dragging
- People hyped up Little Wing, it's fine
FAV SONGS: I Looked Away, Layla
LEAST FAV: Key To The Highway, Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad, It's Too Late
