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Erykah Badu - Mama's Gun (2000)
What Are You Listening To? July 2025
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The Mysteries of Life ~ Solar Power (2024)
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Folk Bitch Trio - Now Would Be A Good Time (2025)
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axolotl
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Pell Mell ~ Interstate (1995)
IINM, lownotes introduced our musical tribe to this album. It is rated well in most places with the possible exception of RYM, where it's rated the least well of PM's other albums. Then again, Interstate still breaks into the top 1K albums of the year.
It's definitely a fun re-listen after all these years. It has elements of Post-Rock, Math Rock, even Krautrock.
IINM, lownotes introduced our musical tribe to this album. It is rated well in most places with the possible exception of RYM, where it's rated the least well of PM's other albums. Then again, Interstate still breaks into the top 1K albums of the year.
It's definitely a fun re-listen after all these years. It has elements of Post-Rock, Math Rock, even Krautrock.
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Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Paul Paray, cond.) - Chabrier (rec. 1957-60, Mercury comp. 1991)
This collection represents the perfect union of composer, conductor, orchestra and reproduction. From the early 1950's on, Mercury was at the forefront of high quality classical recordings. Wiki explains why this album sounds so good:
"In late 1955, Mercury began using three omnidirectional microphones to make stereo recordings on three-track tape. The technique was an expansion on the mono process—center was still paramount. Once the center, single microphone was set, the sides were set to provide the depth and width heard in the stereo recordings." This system provided the live feel of the concert hall while avoiding the sonic gimmickry that ruined many early stereophonic albums.
This collection represents the perfect union of composer, conductor, orchestra and reproduction. From the early 1950's on, Mercury was at the forefront of high quality classical recordings. Wiki explains why this album sounds so good:
"In late 1955, Mercury began using three omnidirectional microphones to make stereo recordings on three-track tape. The technique was an expansion on the mono process—center was still paramount. Once the center, single microphone was set, the sides were set to provide the depth and width heard in the stereo recordings." This system provided the live feel of the concert hall while avoiding the sonic gimmickry that ruined many early stereophonic albums.
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Isis - Oceanic (2002)
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R.E.M. - Fables Of The Reconstruction (1985)
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Giant Sand - Chore Of Enchantment (2000)
Zeeba Neighba
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Pretty plain Jane, classic listening planned this week - periodically like to jump start albums listening with starting out the acclaimedmusic.com top album list. So the usual suspects today starting out with Pet Sounds, Nevermind, Revolver etc. Not intriguing enough for you eclectic listeners but will post the occasional one so you know I haven't died or sublimated. 
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Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
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Now: Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967)
Then: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
Acclaimed Music's #14 and #15
Astral Weeks always beats out Moondance in almost all critical lists, but for me Moondance is supreme
Then: Van Morrison - Astral Weeks (1968)
Acclaimed Music's #14 and #15
Astral Weeks always beats out Moondance in almost all critical lists, but for me Moondance is supreme
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The Heavy Heavy - One Of A Kind (2025)
I would've rated this four stars, except for the fact they went for shrill vocals in production (to simulate 60's albums?). Loses a star.
I would've rated this four stars, except for the fact they went for shrill vocals in production (to simulate 60's albums?). Loses a star.
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The Heavy Heavy - Life And Life Only (2022)
Same production. At least they're consistent.
Same production. At least they're consistent.
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遠藤ふみ [Fumi Endo]
つめたい光、あたたかい青の中 [Cold Light in Warm Blue] (2023)What has fewer notes than mimimalism? Reductionism.
Mozart is said to have said, "The music is not in the notes but in the silence between." There is far more silence than there are notes, here.
Miles Davis said, "It's not the notes you play; it's the notes you don't play." I doubt that even Miles would have countenanced this.
As for me, I don't need an excess of this kind of thing; one or two albums may be sufficient.
ETA: I like it. I like it.
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