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March 08, 2010 02:08PM
1. Norman Greenbaum: Spirit In The Sky
The title track is a classic and heads and shoulders above the rest of the album. A perfect song to add to your record collection as a 7" single, but the whole album unfortunately isn't on the same level, as I said in the first sentence.
2. Keith Richards: Main Offender
I remember listening this album from 1992 once before, but only now I have the album on cd. A good album but maybe not quite as good as his solo debut Talk Is Cheap from 1988. Of course, it's hard to beat Talk Is Cheap which is perhaps the best Stones solo album in my opinion, even if Jagger's solo debut from 1985 is a strong contender. The best track on this album is Wicked As It Seems.
3. Blind Faith: Blind Faith
I bought my first Clapton album in about 1987 and finally in 2010 it was time for this one. This is a vinyl edition with different cover than the famous "teenage girl with her breast visible and a silver plane in her hand" cover.
The two tracks that every rock fan knows are Windwood's Can't Find My Way Home And Clapton's Precence Of The Lord. Obviously this six track album benefits of the deluxe edition treatment it received some years back.
4. Blondie: Encounters With Blondie: 28 of Blondie's Greatest Tracks
Surely there can't be many essential Blondie tracks left out of this 2-lp? Before listening this album I only could name one of their classics (Denis), but hearing this collection reminded me they had some other absolute classics like Dreaming, The Tide Is High and what's that fourth one again...?
5. The Faces: The Best Of
This 2-lp collects all the best Faces tracks under one roof. I suppose the biggest hit is Stay With Me. Includes lots of compositions by Stewart/Wood, also some with Lane and McLagan. In my opinion, the best Stewart/Wood joint compositions however can be heard on the early Rod Stewart albums.
6. Genesis: From Genesis To Revelation
I think I have now all the Genesis' albums except their last studio outing We Can't Dance.
I had a presumption on this first album the band had not quite yet found their own style. How wrong I was! Without a doubt, this is the first proud chapter in a series of complicated Genesis albums.
7. Gloria Gaynor: The Best Of
Another new name in my record collection. Never Can Say Goodbye is the best track. Many of the other tracks are only of average quality but it's good to have atleast one album of mid-seventies disco in your collection, isn't it?
8. The Blues Brothers: Best Of
This one's got not much to to with blues, and a better name for the band could have been Soul Brothers. Among the highlights are cover versions of Soul Man and Gimme Some Lovin'. They sound a lot like Hall & Oates at times.
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March 03, 2010 03:38AM
1. Wigwam: Being
I remember listening this album once through in about 1988 and I thought then it was "difficult" and not easily approachable. Now I've changed my mind and I think this is a rather laid back album. Many of the vocal parts bring Stevie Wonder in mind.
2. Yoko Ono: Starpeace
I had this album in vinyl but the condition wasn't too good so I bought this cd which also has a bonus track, Yoko's live version of Imagine recorded in 1986.
I think Yoko Ono is one of the most original songwriters in modern popular music. A true master in avantgarde rock, but she also composes contemporary rock songs that are exceptional good.
3. V.A.: Legends Of The Blues Volume One
Blues is something of which I'm interested of in principal but which I haven't listened much. I have some blues albums, like a 4 cd collection of Muddy Waters' early recordings and a Howlin' Wolf album, the best of B.B. King etc.
On this album there's 20 early blues recordings, 15 of them are between 1925-1939. It can't get much closer to the roots than that, can it? My favourite track on this album, if anyone's interested of that, is perhaps a song called Truckin' My Blues Away, # 2 by Blind Boy Fuller. It sounds kinda funny.
4. Eric Clapton: Sessions For Robert J
After listening these two albums one after the other, I can say without a doubt that I personally like white blues better than black blues and I prefer newer recordings (from 60's onwards).
The feeling on this album by Clapton is as close to a live concert experience as you can get when listening to a record. A perfect record for all air guitarists at home.
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March 02, 2010 03:38AM
I've been listening my new albums.
1. John Cale: Paris 1919
This is unbelievable good. I gotta get more of John Cale's albums ASAP.
2. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra: The Rolling Stones Songbook
I also collect Rolling Stones tribute albums but I only have six of them so far. This one sounds, hmm... interesting. It's a cd edition from 2004 of an album released originally 28 years earlier.
3. Uriah Heep: Demons & Wizards (expanded deluxe)
My friend Juha K has a very affectionated viewpoint towards all heavy metal. From him I've learned that heavy metal all in all is a very large concept. By today's stardards Uriah Heep sounds not so much heavy metal at all. It's more like some pop proge with slightly heavier sounds. I have their first album too and next I gotta get that one with Lady In Black.
4. Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: We're Only In It For The Money
I'm not sure if I like this one better than their Absolutely Free album. I have to listen more carefully to make an opinion about that, but it's obvious they both are excellent. Wild stuff.
5. Neu!: Neu!
Neu!'s first album sounds just as interesting as their second album. The last track on this one, which features some mumbling or "singing" is hilarious! I think I'd like to listen one of Kraftwerk's albums next because I only have one of them at the moment.
6. Ringo Starr: Ringo Rama
Although Beatles is a self-evident favourite to me, I've been a bit lazy in acquiring the last two or three Ringo albums. On this album from 2003 the highlights in my opinion are Never Without You, a touching homage to his departed soulmate George, and another song with the title Write One For Me, which is a duet with Willie Nelson.
In this arduous world, Ringo's jovial voice always lets you loose your collar a little bit, doesn't it? Or, if you're already feeling ok, just turn his record on and you're guaranteed to feel even more happy! What could be better, really?
7. Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
The same can be said of the musical genius that is Brian Wilson. On this album from 1995 he sings his old compositions, but it doesn't make the album any less important.
Brian Wilson's unique voice mixes naive innocence and tenderness in a way that creates a kind of an inspired universe all of it's own.
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