What Are You Listening To? February 2018

[Unsomnambulist]

Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Ric Lee and Chick Churchill carry on. I really need to give this a listen, but I have a hunch I will be disappointed. Even Leo Lyons' latest efforts have been pretty weak. Joe Gooch is no A. Lee.

I'm not very familiar with the band's work. However, I think this album is pretty good. I give it 3.5 stars.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

U2 - Achtung Baby (1991)

 

[Old Uncle Toe]

Slaid Cleves - Sorrow and Smoke

Singer songwriter in the ilk of James McMurtry and Todd Snider.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish (1993)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

28th Day - s/t (1985)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Bailter Space - Trinine (2013)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Calexico - The Black Light (1998)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Gliss - Strange Heaven (2018)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)

Some great dense, sleazy fuzz bass here plus an out-of-sight guitar solo on "Black Napkins"

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Steven Wilson - 4 ½ (2016)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Supergrass - In It For the Money (1997)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - All The Roadrunning (2008)

 

[lpfreak1170]

Prince - Sign "☮" the Times


The man did no wrong in the 80s.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Live Bullet (1976)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Chico Freeman - The Outside Within (India Navigation 1981)

Vinyl Rip Of The Day.

An all star session that does not disappoint.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Ronnie Lane - Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance (1975)

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On (1969)

Good revisiting this - between Zappa and this, I'm getting my share of great guitarwork today. Dreamy psych-blues
Allmusic callls "Oh Well" "immortal" and notes its "hard-edged, thickly layered guitars and chamber-like sections, is perhaps the band's most enduring progressive composition" and who can argue. It's "Transplendent"
Whole album is great, really - how elegant is "Closing My Eyes"!? (heart emoji)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

X-Legged Sally - The Land Of The Giant Dwarfs (1995)

 

[Ojai Sam]

Various Artists - The Rough Guide To Chicago Blues (2003)