Gonna be a couple of hours til I can make my pick. Feel free to put me in self-imposed AK status and I will have my pick up in a couple of hours or so. Let's keep this thing moving!
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
With my next pick, I am proud to select in the category of Album: 1994-96, the best album I bought in 2008, Mighty Joe Moon from Grant Lee Buffalo.
It's crazy to me to think that I had never heard of this band before this year. I was catching up on The Shield this summer, and was watching the 4th episode of the 4th season, a great episode called 'Doghouse'. Near the end of the episode at a particularly dramatic moment I hear this awesome song start playing with the scene. At first, I was distracted by the great moment in the show, but as the song moved on it totally grabbed my attention away from the scene and I started writing down lyrics in an attempt to find the song. Demon Called Deception made its mark on me and I was hooked. That's how I came to this album, and the 4 subsequent Grant Lee Buffalo albums I have purchased since. This one is great, from start to finish. Grant Lee Phillips is the guitarist, songwriter and vocalist for the band. He brings a unique style in all three aspects of his contributions to the record. Well...just listen for yourself. I sincerely hope GM's will listen to the youtubes. I love, love, love this record. [edit] Track listing
Lone Star Song
Mockingbirds
It's The Life
Sing Along
Mighty Joe Moon
Demon Called Deception
Lady Godiva And Me
Drag
Last Days Of Tecumseh
Happiness
Honey Don't Think
Side By Side
Rock Of Ages
Lone Star Song
Mockingbirds
It's The Life
Demon Called Deception
Happiness (House MD Style)
Side By Side
Rock Of Ages
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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Pulp Fiction was one of the biggest films of 1994. The soundtrack reached No. 21 on the Billboard 200, and at the time, went platinum (100,000 units) in Canada alone.[3] By November 12, 1994, total sales of more than 1.6 million were reached[4] and by 1996 over 2 million units had been sold.[5] In 1995 the soundtrack reached No. 6 on the charts according to SoundScan.[6]
The soundtrack helped launch the band Urge Overkill, which covered Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon", into a mainstream market. Sony "received a nice sum" for "Son of a Preacher Man"[7] and Kool & The Gang enjoyed a resurgence when "Jungle Boogie" was released on the soundtrack.[8]
I had several ideas for my pick in the soundtrack category, but eventually the choice was pretty clear. There were three things I wanted to consider:;
1) Overall quality. Obvious.
2) Originality. There's nothing wrong with a really strong compilation soundtrack, but you have to give extra credit to someone who has actually created new music for the purpose.
3) Significance to the whole. There's plenty of good soundtracks material out there, but truly great soundtracks can turn good stuff into magic.
This soundtrack is awesome in all three categories. It's outstandingly marvelous in itself, it's completely original even to the point of still sounding unique after 18 years, and there's just no way this show would've been as magical without this soundtrack.
In the 6th round, team Twist/Shout picks Twin Peaks (1990) by Angelo Badalamenti in the soundtrack category.
"All of the songs from this album, released in conjunction with the series, were written by Angelo Badalamenti, who won a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Twin Peaks Theme." While most of the songs were instrumental, three tracks included lyrics which were written by David Lynch."
Curious, has anyone else bought a CD as a result of a post in this thread?
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I haven't bought any cd's, I rarely if ever buy them nowadays. But I have downloaded some music as a result of this thread.
Same thing. I'm old and haven't partaken of the downloading bonanza yet.
I still like to have that hard copy that I can hold onto.
Once I have a vehicle with an iPod compatible stereo and a 120GB iPod (30 GB's is not going to be a long term solution for me) I may join you.
Thanks for answering though, I'm curious if this thread is a bonanza for others too.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
I'm planning on hitting up the used CD place. I have a number on the list that I'd like to get, I just need to finish up a lot of the Christmas obligations before I get some free time to chase down some of these.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
May as well AK then, and I doubt anyone will pick the same.
__________________
"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
With my 6th round pick, from the Album - Rap / Hip Hop / R&B / Funk category, I'd like to choose N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton (1988).
I can't remember how I came across this album originally. I do remember the impact it had on a 14 year old prairie kid in 88. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I had never heard certain words and subject matter used in this fashion. I was literally shell shocked. The attitude of their message was equaled by the attitude of the music. The title track rivals any hip hop/rap track to this day. Never really dug into too much other rap but damn did this have an impact on me.
Sorry for the delay... Going to be tough for me to get my picks up on time over the xmas break, limited internet access... Anyway.... for our pick we'll go with, in the Electronica/Techno cateogry, Daft Punk's Homework
At this point, I think the world agrees on OK Computer as the last major event in album rock. For at least a few months, the world can stop waiting for Radiohead's next album, and start wondering how in the hell Modest Mouse will ever top the monumental, ground-breaking, hypnotic, sublime The Moon & Antarctica.
For the first time, Modest Mouse craft an album, not a collection of songs. That they manage to go beyond any other rock band out there is staggering. The sequencing weaves a dramatic ebb and flow of emotion. Every song is packed with fantastic sounds that reach out for space and salvation. The band is now precise and broad. Eric Judy's fluid bass quietly escorts the ear subconsciously through the appropriate moods. Green's drumming is playful and inventive. There is no way Modest Mouse will ever pull this off live. The space, equipment, and personnel needed seems limitless. Yet this scale rockets the album instantly into Vahalla.
An intoxicating mix of uncertainty and confidence, The Moon & Antarctica constructs hallow approximations of heaven, hell, and deep space-- most of which exist vividly in Isaac Brock's questioning mind. OK Computer must be mentioned, for Modest Mouse just got invited to the same club. They can chat existentially in the sauna. But unlike's Radiohead's unease at technology and quickening society, Modest Mouse grapple with the general conjectures of humankind. The title aptly entails the whole of the album. Sometimes the most spooky, alien places are not too far off. Similarly, our immediate surroundings and internal environment feel even more otherworldly. Modest Mouse seek salvation in God, death, and relationships. Fortunately, the rest of us can sometimes find it in records.
...with Lemon Jelly's Lost Horizons, I've been having trouble forcing myself to sit down at the keyboard and start typing. I'm afraid my words won't do it justice. It's that good.
...This gift for bouncing between and even layering totally incongruous elements is what makes Lost Horizons such a joy to listen to, even on the twentieth repeat. On "Return to Patagonia", a breathy sax slithers over an urgently jazzy backbeat while a "Carmina Burana"-like chorus chants in the background; on "The Curse of Ka'Zar", a two-part harmony chorus and jazzy drum loop that could have been lifted from an old Buddy Rich record mutate in and out with a slow, menacing hip-hop beat before giving way to a "Dragnet" horn section that in turn gives way to a shimmering Brit-pop cascade of warm guitar and piano chords.
..I think what Deakin and Franglin are actually striving for here is to strike a balance between the warmth and humanity of their music's sounds and the machine-like grace of its flawless production. To my ears, they succeed, and in doing so create exactly sixty minutes of aural bliss that few other downtempo acts can rival.
There are also some awesomely creepy songs on here - Experiment No. 6, and my personal fav, Return to Patagonia. No youtubes though.
In the um.....er (acid)Jazz/Classical category, jamiroquai's
Travelling without moving
The album that helped expose North America to Jamiroquai. Released in 1996, and containing the international hit single "Virtual Insanity". Estimated to have sold 11.5 million copies worldwide, it is also the only Jamiroquai album to be certified platinum in the united states
Not really a good enough album to make as a selection in this type of great albums list, in fact not even close to being one of her best recordings... but sometimes when we have limited room for selections sometimes a weaker recording ends up being the best of whats left and where her other recordings (although much better) were not good enough to make the cut.... Oh well I guess not really much was recorded in these 3 years worth the crap.... so I'll pick it I guess
With my 6th, I select in the category of “Album 2000-2002”, Tori Amos's 2002 release of "Scarlet's Walk".
Track listing
1. "Amber Waves" 3:38
2. "A Sorta Fairytale" 5:30
3. "Wednesday" 2:29
4. "Strange" 3:05
5. "Carbon" 4:33
6. "Crazy" 4:23
7. "Wampum Prayer" 0:44
8. "Don't Make Me Come to Vegas" 4:51
9. "Sweet Sangria" 4:01
10. "Your Cloud" 4:30
11. "Pancake" 3:54
12. "I Can't See New York" 7:14
13. "Mrs. Jesus" 3:05
14. "Taxi Ride" 4:00
15. "Another Girl's Paradise" 3:34
16. "Scarlet's Walk" 4:16
17. "Virginia" 3:55
18. "Gold Dust" 5:54
A Sorta Fairytale
Taxi Ride
Crazy
I think 'A Sorta Fairytale' is simply an amazing track, pretty much carries the album for myself. Although I don't really think the other tracks stand up strong enough on themselves to fit into being a classic album. I do enjoy this recording for the fact that it does have a wonderful "album" feel to it. You don't listen to this recording as a collection of tracks but rather as a sit down and listen as a complete recording... and for that, I'll scratch this time period of my list and start looking for my next pick... enjoy
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Solid choice Hanna, and I hear you. Not Tori's finest by a longshot, but it's still a damn good record and one that I find myself liking more and more as time goes on.
I'm not afraid to admit that the woman drives me bonkers too. It really is part of her music, not her business plan. She's incredibly sexy.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
