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The Album Review Club - *** Christmas Break Playlist (next album 7/1/26) ***
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GornikDaze
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Who’s nominated Bob Dylan again?!Just a quick thread bump as I believe our holiday song picks are due today to @Coatigan.
Happy holidays blues!
Pretty much all the regulars have contributed a song now, plus a couple of of 'in-aboot-comers' too so more or less there now for tomorrow.
While we wait, I was reminded recently why 3 listens sometimes for some albums, just can't ever be enough.
Listening to Biffy's Puzzle album, the wife only just clicked that while Folding Stars is sang/told from Simon's point of view, As Dust Dances is told from his mother's. This is after not far off 20 years of listening to the album at various times, knowing it reasonably well, singing the songs out loud at numerous gigs etc.
So what chance then did you guys have with your 3 rushed listens! ;). In fairness, I never did expect people to pick up all the subtleties of it in 3 listens anyway, that would always have been asking too much of anyone. But I did think at least some (fog perhaps) would have noticed how cleverly it is all put together and structured, how rounded it is as an album, how the concept comes full circle, and how the interlude segments add up.
Instead it boilded down to 'sounds like' discussions, and a bit of genre defining, and some tangential spraffing on about the Foo Fighters (who let's face it never wrote anything even remotly close to that profound).
I know it was before posters like belf, B&W and spires who have somewhat different prisms, and it makes me wonder (and not for the first time), what would happen if someone re-nominated an album, how would it be recieved revisited given the passage of time, other albums we had, our own growth and wider context shifts. Anyone else ever questioned that out of interest?
On the other end of that, I have loved hearing what others notice in albums, whether it aligns with something I do or is a new take, or where they see things I don't etc. Just feel, some may never really work on 3 listens. And I may start paying attention to whether simpler plainer albums that don't take acquiring tastes or digestion tend to fair better.
Them's my thoughts of the evening.
While we wait, I was reminded recently why 3 listens sometimes for some albums, just can't ever be enough.
Listening to Biffy's Puzzle album, the wife only just clicked that while Folding Stars is sang/told from Simon's point of view, As Dust Dances is told from his mother's. This is after not far off 20 years of listening to the album at various times, knowing it reasonably well, singing the songs out loud at numerous gigs etc.
So what chance then did you guys have with your 3 rushed listens! ;). In fairness, I never did expect people to pick up all the subtleties of it in 3 listens anyway, that would always have been asking too much of anyone. But I did think at least some (fog perhaps) would have noticed how cleverly it is all put together and structured, how rounded it is as an album, how the concept comes full circle, and how the interlude segments add up.
Instead it boilded down to 'sounds like' discussions, and a bit of genre defining, and some tangential spraffing on about the Foo Fighters (who let's face it never wrote anything even remotly close to that profound).
I know it was before posters like belf, B&W and spires who have somewhat different prisms, and it makes me wonder (and not for the first time), what would happen if someone re-nominated an album, how would it be recieved revisited given the passage of time, other albums we had, our own growth and wider context shifts. Anyone else ever questioned that out of interest?
On the other end of that, I have loved hearing what others notice in albums, whether it aligns with something I do or is a new take, or where they see things I don't etc. Just feel, some may never really work on 3 listens. And I may start paying attention to whether simpler plainer albums that don't take acquiring tastes or digestion tend to fair better.
Them's my thoughts of the evening.
Christmas Break Playlist
Songs:
1. Patti Smith - Gloria
2. Chapel Roan - the giver
3. Spinal tap - big bottom
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura)
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect
8. Sarah McLachlan - River
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis
10. Family - the weaver's answer
11. The Pixies - Hey
12. The Organauts - I feel love
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul
16. High Fade - think about you
Participants:
Coatigan
GornikDaze
Bennyboy
Saddleworth2
Threespires
OB1
RobMCFC
BimboBob
OutOnBlue6
LGWIO
Journolud
Mancitydoogle
Homerdog
FogBlueInSanFran
Mrbelfry
Black&White&BlueMoon
Two notable absences, Hammer and Naespires. Hopefully take part in listening and guessing though.
Playlist link below, courtesy of threespires
Songs:
1. Patti Smith - Gloria
2. Chapel Roan - the giver
3. Spinal tap - big bottom
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura)
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect
8. Sarah McLachlan - River
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis
10. Family - the weaver's answer
11. The Pixies - Hey
12. The Organauts - I feel love
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul
16. High Fade - think about you
Participants:
Coatigan
GornikDaze
Bennyboy
Saddleworth2
Threespires
OB1
RobMCFC
BimboBob
OutOnBlue6
LGWIO
Journolud
Mancitydoogle
Homerdog
FogBlueInSanFran
Mrbelfry
Black&White&BlueMoon
Two notable absences, Hammer and Naespires. Hopefully take part in listening and guessing though.
Playlist link below, courtesy of threespires
RobMCFC
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Christmas Break Playlist
Songs:
1. Patti Smith - Gloria
2. Chapel Roan - the giver
3. Spinal tap - big bottom
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura)
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect
8. Sarah McLachlan - River
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis
10. Family - the weaver's answer
11. The Pixies - Hey
12. The Organauts - I feel love
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats feom the soul
16. High Fade - think about you
Participants:
Coatigan
GornikDaze
Bennyboy
Saddleworth2
Threespires
OB1
RobMCFC
BimboBob
OutOnBlue6
LGWIO
Journolud
Mancitydoogle
Homerdog
FogBlueInSanFran
Mrbelfry
Black&White&BlueMoon
Two notable absences, Hammer and Naespires. Hopefully take part in listening and guessing though.
Playlist link below, courtesy of threespires
What's the deadline for guesses/votes again?
What's the deadline for guesses/votes again?
Good question.
Let's go with Sunday the 4th of January, I can round up sometime on the 5th, and we resume the albums on the 7th.
Happy for all guessing and favourites (top 5 max) to be posted on the thread, for extra discussion participation.
stonerblue
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Pixies- Holiday Song.
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Christmas Break Playlist
Songs:
1. Patti Smith - Gloria
2. Chapel Roan - the giver
3. Spinal tap - big bottom
4. DakhaBrakha - Monakh
5. Mission of Burma - Academy Fight Song
6. Chase & Status - Baddadan (feat Irah, Flowdan, Trigga & Takura)
7. Mark William Lewis - tomorrow is perfect
8. Sarah McLachlan - River
9. The Delines - Christmas in Atlantis
10. Family - the weaver's answer
11. The Pixies - Hey
12. The Organauts - I feel love
13. Wishbone Ash - blowing free
14. Albert King - Santa Claus wants some Love
15. Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band - new threats from the soul
16. High Fade - think about you
Participants:
Coatigan
GornikDaze
Bennyboy
Saddleworth2
Threespires
OB1
RobMCFC
BimboBob
OutOnBlue6
LGWIO
Journolud
Mancitydoogle
Homerdog
FogBlueInSanFran
Mrbelfry
Black&White&BlueMoon
Two notable absences, Hammer and Naespires. Hopefully take part in listening and guessing though.
Playlist link below, courtesy of threespires
I think Naespires told me he'd got a job in patisserie so I imagine it'll be a busy time for him, but hopefully he'll have a moment for a guess or two.
journolud
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When it comes to the guessing I suspect the doyens of the history thread might be at an advantage if they have been paying attention
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No @BlueHammer85 no Dylan :(
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When it comes to the guessing I suspect the doyens of the history thread might be at an advantage if they have been paying attention
Personally I couldn't be arsed to indulge in any kind of diversionary tactics this time round :-)
GornikDaze
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Of course you couldn’t… ;)Personally I couldn't be arsed to indulge in any kind of diversionary tactics this time round :-)
Fair point...as I just noted @Coatigan added an unnecessary "The" to the name.Pixies- Holiday Song.
And of course Seasons greetings to one and all, hoping that the New year brings a fall from the top by The arse.
Fair point...as I just noted @Coatigan added an unnecessary "The" to the name.
Just checking if anyone's paying attention.
BimboBob
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That's a delicious list of complete curveballs! I've never heard of most of them...apart from Chappell Roan of course.
That's a delicious list of complete curveballs! I've never heard of most of them...apart from Chappell Roan of course.
Chappelle Groan, mair like!
BimboBob
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I've got you down for Miss Groan.Anyone that doesn't guess mine should be disqualified from the next round! Just saying.
GornikDaze
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Nominated by Foggy again …That's a delicious list of complete curveballs! I've never heard of most of them...apart from Chappell Roan of course.