the rediscovering an album thread

strumjoughlamps · September 2013

Tonight I did listen to Verve - A Storm in Heaven and then wondered why its been so long since I last did, absolute dream of an album

[Deleted User] · September 2013

Just done the same thing with Joni Mitchell's 'Night Ride Home'. Good music has a timelessness that makes rediscovering it a joy. And age often gives you a different perspective on it as well, which alters your appreciation too.

bigjon · September 2013

I listened to Eric Johnson's 'Tones' for the first time in ages yesterday. Music with depth and soul. And speed. And chorus.

jaygtr · September 2013

My wife put " odelay" by beck on at the weekend. 17 years old but it could have been released yesterday as it hasn't really dated at all. Haven't heard it for probably 7 or 8 years. It's still a great album.

dogload · September 2013

jaygtr said:

My wife put " odelay" by beck on at the weekend. 17 years old ...

:-O

I feel suddenly old.

Col_Decker · September 2013

Odelay! Has it been 17 years? That "do do, dodo do do, dodo do do" opening tag has been stuck in my head all this time.

17 years!!!!

rpr · September 2013

No so much an album, but I've been rediscovering the Byrds. Always liked them, but they sort of got lost in amongst other bands during my several Psychedelic 60's periods.

bazxkr · September 2013

I just rediscovered Rainbow Rising - Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow - not listened to it since disconnected my turntable perhaps 25 yrs ago. Wow..... gonna get all my other old 70's albums out... just came across Rick Wakeman 6 wives Henry VIII that will get a blast this weekend too. Good times refreshing memories with these sounds.

Cheers

Baz

HAL9000 · September 2013

I recently went through my old vinyl and found Eric Clapton's first solo album...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Eric-Clapton/dp/B000FDEUG2/ref=sr_1_20?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1379628514&sr=1-20&keywords=eric+clapton

Forgotten just how good an album it is.

Grunfeld · September 2013

A tangential route led me to listen to Pink Floyd's "Meddle" on spotify.

It's a good album, not especially great, but what surprised me was the detail I remembered as it was playing, I knew every note and phrase, remembered all the lyrics. I guess I really listened to albums back then.

axisus · September 2013

Kate Bush Hounds of love. Bought it on vinyl when it came out and I loved it. Haven't had a working record player for decades, but recently got it on CD.

strumjoughlamps · September 2013

Drugstore - Drugstore, absolutely bloody awesome album must be 12 years since I last listened to it, I remember them being a superb band live

ICBM · September 2013

Grunfeld said:

A tangential route led me to listen to Pink Floyd's "Meddle" on spotify.

It's a good album, not especially great, but what surprised me was the detail I remembered as it was playing, I knew every note and phrase, remembered all the lyrics. I guess I really listened to albums back then.

I think we all did. All the albums I got before iTunes, I know inside out - all the song titles, lyrics, details in the arrangement, and when a song ends I 'hear' the intro of the next one in my head. All the ones I got since iTunes, I barely know the song titles, and I can often listen to a song I've had for years and not be sure if I've even heard it before.

I'm currently rediscovering a lot of early REM which I lost when my old cassette player died and I didn't bother replacing it. Found most of the albums on CD at a charity sale a few weeks ago.

bertie · September 2013

jaygtr said:

My wife put " odelay" by beck on at the weekend. 17 years old

your wife is 17 years old ?

crikey

[Deleted User] · September 2013

ICBM;39298" said:
I think we all did. All the albums I got before iTunes, I know inside out - all the song titles, lyrics, details in the arrangement, and when a song ends I 'hear' the intro of the next one in my head.

Even CD impacted my listening habits-it's just too easy to skip the song you find 'difficult', whereas with vinyl it was too much of a faff. Often the least obvious tracks on albums became my favourites-yet these days I rarely listen to them long enough to give them a fair chance.

A busy life gets in the way; I tend to listen to music when I'm doing something (driving, ironing, etc). In my youth I had a lot more time to sit down in a quiet environment and listen without distraction.

jaygtr · September 2013

bertie;39307" said:
jaygtr said:

My wife put " odelay" by beck on at the weekend. 17 years old

your wife is 17 years old ?

crikey

Alas no.
Although she was once!

viz · September 2013

bazxkr said:

I just rediscovered Rainbow Rising - Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow - not listened to it since disconnected my turntable perhaps 25 yrs ago. Wow..... gonna get all my other old 70's albums out... just came across Rick Wakeman 6 wives Henry VIII that will get a blast this weekend too. Good times refreshing memories with these sounds.

Cheers
Baz

@Bazxkr I put Rising on yesterday for the first time in yonks and played guitar over the whole of side 1 - it felt magic.

ICBM · September 2013

richardhomer said:
Even CD impacted my listening habits-it's just too easy to skip the song you find 'difficult', whereas with vinyl it was too much of a faff. Often the least obvious tracks on albums became my favourites-yet these days I rarely listen to them long enough to give them a fair chance.

A busy life gets in the way; I tend to listen to music when I'm doing something (driving, ironing, etc). In my youth I had a lot more time to sit down in a quiet environment and listen without distraction.

I never really used to skip tracks on CDs unless it was something I truly hated.

I also do listen to almost all my music when I'm doing something else - usually working, and most often I leave iTunes on shuffle so I get unexpected things from my collection that I might not otherwise think to listen to, but it does destroy the 'album experience'. I have been making more of an effort to change the settings occasionally and listen to complete albums recently though.

Bucket · September 2013

"Echo Park" by Feeder was the first album I ever really listened to, dad brought it home when I was seven and I just couldn't stop listening to it, loved it (that a couple of the tracks were featured on Gran Turismo 3 may have helped, used to play that constantly)... "found" it again a year or two ago and still absolutely love it. Really cracking album.

NervousJohn · September 2013

Moved house recently and found "Us and Us Only" by the Chalatans at the bottom of a box. I didn't listen to it when it was released, but with fresh ears it sounds amazing.

strumjoughlamps · September 2013

NervousJohn said:

Moved house recently and found "Us and Us Only" by the Chalatans at the bottom of a box. I didn't listen to it when it was released, but with fresh ears it sounds amazing.

Ahh, there lay another discussion, albums that got better with age... James - Laid, couldnt be bothered with it in the early 90s but it would make my top 100 now possibly top 50

NervousJohn · September 2013

strumjoughlamps;39663" said:

Ahh, there lay another discussion, albums that got better with age... James - Laid, couldnt be bothered with it in the early 90s but it would make my top 100 now possibly top 50

I think this may be one of the most beautiful examples of damning with faint praise I've seen! Have a wow.

Never really got James - the seemed to ruin many an indie disco when I was at University and I think built up an irrational dislike. May go back and have a listen sometime.

Another rediscovery recently was "Tomorrow the Green Grass" by The Jayhawks. Always seemed disappointing after "Hollywood Town Hall" but it's improved with age too.

IanSavage · September 2013

NervousJohn said:
Never really got James - the seemed to ruin many an indie disco when I was at University and I think built up an irrational dislike. May go back and have a listen sometime.

Likewise, although to 'ruin' an 'indie disco' may be kind of analogous to 'damning with faint praise'

in the words of a comedian I can't quite remember, it's like mixing Baileys with Sunny Delight...it was quite shit enough already, thanks...

Back on-topic, someone who came 'round for drinkies the other night put on Skunk Anansie's first album - bloody hell, I'd forgotten how good that was.

mudslide73 · September 2013

Dog Man Star... massively into it atm. I think we were a bit spoiled for choice back then so some albums seemed a bit ordinary...plus I was listening to Zeppelin obsessively so I was a bit one eyed.

I also listened to Us and Us Only the other week after Jon Brookes' passing. I got that and the third Supergrass album on the same day (seem to remember them being out on the same week but might be wrong).. corkers both.

not_the_dj · September 2013

Paul Rodgers, Muddy Water Blues.

I loved it when it came out (early 90s), with it's line-up of different guitarists (Beck, Gilmour, Slash, May, etc etc) but haven't really listened to the whole thing for years. I had it on in the car so I had to play "stop the guitarst" without the album sleeve.

Great stuff for a modern(ish) take on what is literally a whole album of blues standards. Great voice, great playing, but it does all sound just a little bit dated.

strumjoughlamps · September 2013

The Meices - Tastes Like Chicken

Seriously great album not listenined to it for a few years, well worth your consideration.

I am loving being back into having a hifi on and listening to full albums, I have pretty much ditched music files now, they are just too convenient.

Deadman · September 2013

Michael Jackson - Off the wall.
Music I grew up to and love. I can't stand most of his later stuff but my God this is good. It really takes me back.

jaygtr · September 2013

Deadman;44263" said:
Michael Jackson - Off the wall.
Music I grew up to and love. I can't stand most of his later stuff but my God this is good. It really takes me back.

+1

Great album, just as good as "thriller" in my view.
Excellent bass as well.

EricTheWeary · September 2013

bertie;39307" said:
jaygtr said:

My wife put " odelay" by beck on at the weekend. 17 years old

your wife is 17 years old ?

crikey

' seventeen and natures queen, you know what I mean' - this was on the radio earlier. I hope Operation Yewtree are looking at the past members of UFO.

HAL9000 · October 2013

Just been listening to Ronnie Wood's Now Look album - sounds like it was recorded in his living room by someone who, quite frankly, was new to mixing. F#*@ing brilliant!

strumjoughlamps · October 2013

Inspiral Carpets - Revenge of the Goldfish

Forgotten how great this album is, full of great beats and basslines. great memories.

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