The Album Review Club - Week #145 - (page 1923) - Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans

[threespires]

Same boat as Coat and Benny, I reckon I know about a dozen of their songs some of which I really like and others I completely detest. Don't think any of them are on this album so will be starting with a clean slate.

 

[threespires]

Choices, choices...

Do I wear the tight jeans or short shorts?

I was going to like this post but pretty sure that'd be wrong.

 

[Coatigan]

I was going to like this post but pretty sure that'd be wrong.

I'm more interested in your concept album. Does each song cover an argument on a different thread?

 

[threespires]

I'm more interested in your concept album. Does each song cover an argument on a different thread?

It's a mixture, thread specific and general themes. During the course of the week, the protagonist returns back to the music threads as (mostly) sanctuary from the rest of the madness. The working titles are...

1. Nomination Day
2. Match Thread
3. Atmosphere
4. Bimbo’s Bathroom
5. Brick It, Smash It, Torch It, Claim It
6. Gated Reverb 80's Hell
7. You Know The Rules (Readers Wives)
8. You F******g Clown (AKA Politics)
9. 808 Playlist
10. Where have all the Bosnians Gone?
11. How Can You Miss Someone You’ve Never Met?
12. The Scores Are In
13. One Love

As concepts go I do accept it's pretty niche.

 

[GornikDaze]

It's a mixture, thread specific and general themes. During the course of the week, the protagonist returns back to the music threads as (mostly) sanctuary from the rest of the madness. The working titles are...

1. Nomination Day
2. Match Thread
3. Atmosphere
4. Bimbo’s Bathroom
5. Brick It, Smash It, Torch It, Claim It
6. Gated Reverb 80's Hell
7. You Know The Rules (Readers Wives)
8. You F******g Clown (AKA Politics)
9. 808 Playlist
10. Where have all the Bosnians Gone?
11. How Can You Miss Someone You’ve Never Met?
12. The Scores Are In
13. One Love

As concepts go I do accept it's pretty niche.

As a bonus track in the style of YYZ, may I suggest the old BM favourite FFS?

 

[threespires]

So just finished my first listen. Some really good music but I feel a discussion coming on around great 'screamers' of rock.

Daltry - great screamer
Plant - pretty good screamer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - clue's in the name
Joplin - great screamer
Redding - great screamer
Gillan - good screamer
Dio - probably thought of as a better screamer than Gillan but not convinced
Tyler - lot's of screaming but far from convinced in my book

As far as I'm concerned less is more on the screaming front but i'm not sure ST is in agreement.

 

[threespires]

As a bonus track in the style of YYZ, may I suggest the old BM favourite FFS?

In fairness the first few bars of YYZ would make a good sample that fits nicely into the overall style (think it's been used before in stuff?) and no FFS is a bit of an omission.

Suppose you'll be wanting a writing credit?

 

[Coatigan]

So just finished my first listen. Some really good music but I feel a discussion coming on around great 'screamers' of rock.

Daltry - great screamer
Plant - pretty good screamer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - clue's in the name
Joplin - great screamer
Redding - great screamer
Gillan - good screamer
Dio - probably thought of as a better screamer than Gillan but not convinced
Tyler - lot's of screaming but far from convinced in my book

As far as I'm concerned less is more on the screaming front but i'm not sure ST is in agreement.

Cornell, the best of the lot.

 

[threespires]

Cornell, the best of the lot.

Fair shout, loads I haven't put on, that was just some examples. I'm far from an expert but I would say to my ears that there's some interesting contrast between Cornell and Tyler in terms of how they go about it.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

So just finished my first listen. Some really good music but I feel a discussion coming on around great 'screamers' of rock.

Daltry - great screamer
Plant - pretty good screamer
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - clue's in the name
Joplin - great screamer
Redding - great screamer
Gillan - good screamer
Dio - probably thought of as a better screamer than Gillan but not convinced
Tyler - lot's of screaming but far from convinced in my book

As far as I'm concerned less is more on the screaming front but i'm not sure ST is in agreement.

No DLR renders this list instantly lacking :)