What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XIII)

17cd/1 DVD set borrowed from a friend

ewemon posted:

Stevee_S posted:

(1979)

I always preferred Fleetwood Mac with Greeny but this is my favourite of theirs after he had left.

I remember having a promo copy of this a week before it was issued and we were told it had to be played everyday whilst in work. Got sick of it for awhile.

Still think it would make stunning single dics album.

That's interesting Ewen,  by '79 I had (mistakenly) given up on FM after Greeny had left. Yep, it would make a good single disc album no doubt, these days I'm more than happy to play all my albums all the way through from start to finish, quite often connecting with tracks and music that never worked for me back in the day. 

MDS posted:

Clive B posted:

Having rediscovered 'Don Juan's Reckless Daughter' last night, I thought a little more of Joni. Tonight I'm playing 'Turbulent Indigo' which I have decided is either my 4th or 5th favourite Joni album. First would be 'Shadows and Light' (naturally), followed by 'Hejira', 'Court and Spark' and the other album to challenge 'Turbulent Indigo' for the 4th slot would be 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns'. There you have it!

For me this would be number one.

I've been listening to Joni all of my adult life (and for most of my teens!). She's one of the artists I always come back to, together with Van the Man, Beatles, Stones and Prefab Sprout.

In my opinion, there's something of value on every one of her albums. Can't say I would agree with your ranking order, though! For Me, it would be "Blue", "Blue", "Blue", "Court and Spark", "The Hissing Of Summer Lawns" and then "Blue".

I like "Shadows And Light" - great songs, stellar band - but it just doesn't come together as a performance of the highest order for me, perhaps because it doesn't have the intimacy and balance of the studio albums. Plus I think Jaco Pastorius dominates the mix rather than complements it.

Just my opinion, of course.

Happy listening,

Vlad

ewemon posted:

Stevee_S posted:

(1979)

I always preferred Fleetwood Mac with Greeny but this is my favourite of theirs after he had left.

I remember having a promo copy of this a week before it was issued and we were told it had to be played everyday whilst in work. Got sick of it for awhile.

Still think it would make stunning single dics album.

Absolutely agree with the single album comment. I bought this when it came out and never took to it at all. Ended up giving it away to one of my sisters. That's a very unusual thing for me - I've kept all my give-away flexi-discs from the covers of NME and Melody Maker from the 1970s!

Now  playing......

Amina Alaoui - Alcantara

Enjoyed Amina's work with Jon Blake on the Siwan album enough to purchase her Arco Iris album. Love her voice......

Fats Domino 'February 26, 1928  - 25, October 2017' RIP.

I was just going to listen to one track before moving onto their latest album and here i am at track 7...

London Grammar - If You Wait

Got there in the end - 

London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing

Jeff Buckley, Grace. Sampling the less often played tracks. Deliberately avoiding the magnificent, best-ever versions of 'Hallelujah' and 'Lilac Wine' for the sake of variety and glad I did. 'So right', for instance is such a great track.

Final one for tonight. Still a lovely album i often overlook when choosing what i'm going to listen to. 

Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms

One of my favourite John Lennon albums, 'Rock 'n' Roll', which, of course, features his version of Fats Domino's 'Ain't That a Shame'. It might have seemed like a dull contract filler if such an album had been recorded by anyone else, but quite clearly he was having fun. There is so much fun and energy on this record that it is quite infectious. 

Nerina Pallot, Stay Lucky. This is her sixth album and the first she has produced and released herself and what a difference it's made. Gone are the pop songs from recent years replaced with funk, jazz and soul. This is a seriously mature album and damned good with it. I cannot wait to see her later this year. If you listen to one new album this month, make it this because it's brilliant. Tidal via audirvana/Hugo

Strange but very enjoyable....

Tidal.

Now Playing......

Robert Plant - Carry Fire

Taking Robert out for another spin..... He sounds mighty fine this evening, this album ages well multiple plays!

TK421 posted:

Strange but very enjoyable....

Meant to pick this one up.

Probably the only new album I sort of dig probably because they are heavily borrowed from others that I like from the past.

Now Playing......

Dire Straits - Live at the BBC

Just something to play a little loud while the wife is out shopping......

A favorite Jordi Savall-Montserrat Figueras disc. Highly recommended.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nax-rcfrc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF1VClOAeyE

Courtney Barnett-Lotta Sea Lice

Cool album

Now Playing.......

Metheny - Mehldau

Pat Metheny (guitar), Brad Mehldau (piano), Larry Grenadier (bass), and Jeff Ballard (drums)

Settle in to some evening jazz.....

Notes from TIDAL: 

A bit challenging violin concertos for the early morning...

I started listening to this late last night so it's getting a listen again on my portable setup this morning.

Out of all of her albums, i love the way her voice has been captured on this one. The songs and production are sublime too.

Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart

Staying into more difficult to appreciate music, but now not in classical but now in jazz...

Ella Fitzgerald - 's Wonderful (Live in Amsterdam 1957 and 1960)