Apparently, the success of that ballad freed the band from any classifications or stigmas, letting them feel like they could do anything they wanted on their fifth album, Warning. They responded by embracing their fondness for pop and making the best damn album they'd ever made. There's a sense of fearlessness on Warning, as if the band didn't care if the album wasn't punk enough, or whether it produced a cross-platform hit.
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In the 97-99 category, I'll take Love Undone by The Deadly Snakes.
I heard the Snakes the first time at the Night Gallery, in the opening slot for a tuesday night Sadies show. They were awesome. Picked their first album up at Sloth the next day and have been listening to them ever since. They came back through town several times, and put out a bunch more records, but this one's till my favorite. It's really classic Stones/Sonics style garage rock. Greg Cartwright from The Oblivians and The Reigning Sound produces and plays extra guitar. Everything is overdriven and on the verge of collapse. Heck, the vibraphonist sounds like he's been up all night. A really awesome album.
With my 15th round selection, I'm proud to pick in the WILDCARD category, what is in my humble opinion, Sir Elton John's finest album, 1971's Madman Across the Water.
Some really wonderful records came out in the year of my birth! As for this particular pick, I knew that I could not go through this draft without selecting an Elton John record. His early work, when he and Taupin were cranking out songs like Chris Lindberg cranked out Flames line combinations, is often lost on younger music fans because his present work isn't exactly rock music. Is there anyone in this draft that fits in that category? Likely not, but if you find yourself fitting that description do yourself a favor and pick up anyone of the early Elton John records. You will not be disappointed.
I think this is his best album. Solid from start to finish and one I often listen to in its entirety. I've been debating with myself whether to choose this one or Goodbye Yellowbrick Road for a couple of months now. Madman wins out because every song is great IMO. Yellowbrick Road is a great record, with some outstanding individual songs, but I don't think it quite lives up to Madman. Madman is a bit obscure, as Tiny Dancer is really the only mega popular song on the record. More seasoned rock fans will know other songs like Levon as well. I often find that people have never even heard the title track or Indian Sunset and I feel sorry for them!
Without further adieu, I give you Madman Across the Water....
Tiny Dancer
Levon
Razor Face
Madman Across the Water
Indian Sunset
Holiday Inn
Rotten Peaches
All The Nasties
Goodbye
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Just noticed your choice of Will The Circle Be Unbroken....OUTSTANDING CHOICE!
Well done.
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Thanks DFF! Back in the day it was my first introduction to old school country and bluegrass music and I've been a big fan ever since. Vol 2 is also very good. BTW, when I was doing a little research for my post I discovered that a Vol 3 was produced. Do you know if it is any good?
Thanks DFF! Back in the day it was my first introduction to old school country and bluegrass music and I've been a big fan ever since. Vol 2 is also very good. BTW, when I was doing a little research for my post I discovered that a Vol 3 was produced. Do you know if it is any good?
I do not.
Sadly, I haven't left much room for good country and bluegrass the last two decades.
I have gotten into some less traditional sort of speed bluegrass lately that's a lot of fun. I'll share that somewhere along the way!
The names on volume 1 is like a HOF of bluegrass. Great stuff.
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Sorry, it's been a real busy couple of days, just found the time to see McElhinney get his first W. Am I late?
Anyway, here's the pick. Sometimes referred to as "The greatest band no-ones ever heard of", or more simply "the best Finnish band ever". Not that I necessarily agree, but this was really a magnificent band, well worthy of international recognition. This and "III Tri-Logy" by the same band are among the dozen or so albums which I've owned seemingly forever, I keep coming back to time after time, and I never fail to be pleasantly surprised by how good they are.
For our 15th round pick, team Twist/Shout picks II by Kingston Wall in the 1991-1993 category.
All the musicians are individually great, but the drummer is one of my all time favourites of any instrument. The album is great from end to end, here's just some picks. They're all on YouTube apparently.
II, was released in February 1993. This time the group brought in some more acoustic and folk elements to their songs, like acoustic guitars and violins in "Istwan" and saxophones in "Shine On Me". They also included a cross-genre cover version of the Donna Summerdisco classic "I Feel Love".
During their active time, Kingston Wall never achieved mainstream popularity. All their albums were printed in limited amounts and released on Walli's own independent label, Trinity. It was only after the group had disbanded that their popularity slowly grew through word-of-mouth.
Although Kingston Wall never played outside Finland apart from one gig in Tallinn, Estonia during their early days, the group is considered even by many Finns as one of the country's best hard rock groups. The cult followingstatus of Kingston Wall has also gained them a steadily growing fan base around the world, mostly thanks to the Internet.
well its been over 24 hours since troutman picked
What is really amazing, i was going through my albums and Im shocked by how little music I purchased in the period of 2000-2002. I think Ive got something like all of 8 albums from that period of which, 3 I cant even choose anyways because Ive already taken the artist else where in the draft, and 3 more that I had penned in for different categories, and a couple which are alright, but not great.
As such...I think what Im going to do, is move Frou Frou - Details to 2000-2002
also, was looking at the draft board, and seems my 1991-93 pick of Tool - Undertow was missed
with the opening in the electronic/techno category,
Sneaker Pimps - Becoming X
Great choice, 6 underground is one of my favorite tracks. Too bad Corner and his ego couldn't deal with this fact that Kelli is far superior singer to him and "asked her to go."
Yikes, sorry everyone, I've been in New Orleans since Tuesday.
Anyway, for my pick I'll take in soundtrack, former Pop Will Eat Itself singer/frontman Clint Mansell's brilliant score (some of which was arranged/performed by Kronos Quartet) from Requiem For a Dream.
Sofia Coppola's impressionistic romance Lost in Translation features an equally impressionistic and romantic soundtrack that plays almost as big a role in the film as Bill Murray and Scarlett Johanssen do. In the film, Bob and Charlotte are able to stretch their instant connection as strangers in a strange land into something that seems to last longer and feel deeper because of their need to believe in a love like that; their relationship is a beautiful, fleeting little world unto itself, and the music that plays behind them emphasizes the romantic fever dream. The soundtrack's luminous atmospherics come from a variety of sources, but My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields leads the pack by contributing the Loveless classic "Sometimes" and four new tracks penned under his own name.
As worthwhile as Shields' contributions are, it would be a mistake to let them eclipse the rest of this fine soundtrack. Interestingly, many of the other pieces on Lost in Translation sound more like Shields' previous work than his own tracks. Chief among them is Death in Vegas' lovely "Girls," a slow-building epic that combines breathy vocals, deceptively simple guitars, and distant but powerful drumming in a way that evokes My Bloody Valentine but doesn't borrow from them too shamelessly. Likewise, the Jesus & Mary Chain's "Just Like Honey" is nearly as swooningly romantic as "Sometimes." Sebastien Tellier's "Fantino" and Squarepusher's "Tommib" fit in well with Shields' work and also recall the work of Air, whose "Alone in Kyoto" is a smoothly flowing, Asian-inspired piece that reflects both their own sound and the film's setting. Ironically enough, Happy End's "Kaze Wo Atsumete" is the only song by an authentically Japanese group, but it sounds a lot like Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again, Naturally," which was used to devastating effect in The Virgin Suicides. Phoenix's "Too Young," a stylish re-creation of '80s soft rock, is another highlight from Lost in Translation, which works equally well as background music or as a way to replay the movie in your head (the hidden track of Bill Murray's drunken karaoke rendition of "More Than This" heightens this effect). Perfectly defined in its hazy beauty, this soundtrack loses nothing in its translation from a quietly wonderful movie into a quietly wonderful album
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On September 28, 2004, Slean released her fourth album, Day One. Here Slean's piano takes a less important spot for the first time in her career. The focus is more on beats, rhythms and guitar, which is evident in the album's first single, "Lucky Me".[3] The up-tempo title track "Day One", and "Mary", a song about Slean's grandmother, were released as the second and third singles.
"Pilgrim"
"Lucky Me"
"Mary"
"California"
"Day One"
"Out in the Park"
"Vertigo"
"When Another Midnight"
"The Score"
"Your Wish is My Wish"
"Wake Up"
"Somebody's Arms" (hidden track)
lucky me
mary
out in the park (live)
your wish is my wish
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In the Rock category I am pleased to select the Jeff Beck's "Live at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club".
CD Track Listing:
1) Beck’s Bolero
2) Eternity’s Breath
3) Stratus
4) Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers
5) Behind The Veil
6) You Never Know
7) Nadia
8) Blast From The East
9) Led Boots
10) Angels (Footsteps)
11) Scatterbrain
12) Goodbye Pork Pie Hat / Bush With The Blues
13) Space Boogie
14) Big Block
15) A Day In The Life
16) Where Were You
Angles
Behind The Veil
A Day In The Life
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In the Punk category, I take Pennywise - Land of the Free
Quote:
1. "Time Marches On" 2:57
2. "Land of the Free?" 2:31
3. "The World" 2:27
4. "###### Authority" 3:16
5. "Something Wrong with Me" 2:39
6. "Enemy" 2:34
7. "My God" 2:48
8. "Twist of Fate" 2:33
9. "Who's on Your Side" (co-written by Brett Gurewitz) 2:50
10. "It's Up to You" 2:56
11. "Set Me Free" 2:31
12. "Divine Intervention" 3:30
13. "WTO" 2:58
14. "Anyone Listening" 3:00
EG,Rube and Jagger up next if the Bobbola skips were accurate
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