Awesome writing, top notch musicianship... of course the fact that this is a great album is news to no one. Still, it's fun to be reminded to give it a relisten now and then.
Some albums get better each time you listen to them. Some don't. And SOME even get worse. I was intrigued the first few times I listened to "Tago Mago" but the discordance and free form soloing eventually drove me up the wall. Some experiments should not be conducted.
Umm... No.
As Robert Dimery reviews in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die this albums exhibits a "quiet, tiptoeing quality" with "minimal musical fuss". It's the perfect soundtrack to relaxing with your eyes closed, just letting pleasant musical waves caress you. Excellent.
Thinking man's country. Give it a listen.
It ranges from great ("Sure 'Nuff 'n' Yes, I Do" and others) to forgettable ("I'm Glad" to just plain weird ("Abba Zaba").
My edit but not my photo. Licensed to me.
Like a night in a Texas Honkey-Tonk and that's not a bad thing.
Well, except it would mean you'd have to be in Texas. And surrounded by Honkey-Tonk people. But the music would be good.
Perhaps now I'm a grumpy old man, but I don't think I would have liked this album when it was released either. I went ahead and listened to a few more of their songs -- those "most popular" on Spotify -- and they appealed to me more. Still, this is probably my last listen of the Butthole Surfers. I guess I'm not now, and never have been, that angry.
I seem to be stuck in 1972, but If you were stuck on a desert isle with only one artist's work on your solar powered MP3 player, could you do better than the music of Stevie Wonder?
Listen to Stevie Wonder's Talking Book on Spotify.
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One of my favorite "discoveries" from this list so far. Perhaps the rest of you already know them [shrug]. I believe they are more popular in the UK. Anyway, the sound goes from richly orchestrated anthems to soft melodies. Guy Garvey, the lead singer, sounds quite a bit like Sting but has a better, sweeter voice.
