What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XII)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016
2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.
Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;
They say that in Wagner, a soprano has to cut through the orchestra; in Strauss, a soprano floats above the orchestra. Well, Stemme cuts through in any case, with her radiant dramatic soprano.
Cheers
EJ
spurrier sucks posted:
Via Tidal. Now I must decide whether to buy the download now or wait til the CD comes out.
You can carry on listening to it on Tidal in the meantime(if your subscription is HF premium) it's CD quality, isn't it? The CD comes out on the 17/06. Not long to go.
Bruce Springsteen. Greetings From Asbury Park. On an early vinyl pressing from 1973. Onward with my Springsteen journey. Far from a blockbuster debut album, yet still a good harbinger of where Springsteen's music was headed, especially with tracks like "Growin' Up" and "Spirit In The Night". Probably the most familiar track is "Blinded By The Light" made popular by Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover in 1977.
Bruce Springsteen. Born In The U.S.A. On original vinyl from 1984. Great SQ on my pressing; from the days that vinyl was at its best yet about to be supplanted by the silver disc. A brilliant album no doubt, but for me trends to the more commercial/poppy side of Bruce's offerings.
Streaming | WAV 24/48 | Download from radiohead.com
First opportunity to listen to this. Liking it very much from the off.
Excellent
Genesis - Abacab
On Vinyl
On CD:-
Bryan Ferry - "Boys and Girls"
First listen, having seen eweman post an album of her I thought I would check her out. So glad I did this is excellent old time bluegrass music.
Streaming | WAV | CD rip
(2000)
This is a lovely record; seriously mellow.
Evanescence 'Fallen', CD rip played through NDS. Goth metal 
Somehow I don't think I'll be playing this too often!
Pete Yorn - "Arranging Time"
Ry Cooder - "Crossroads - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Great musicianship on this classic. Always a good listen.
Streaming | WAV | Bandcamp from Bandcamp
(2002)
Interesting darkwave album from this American band.