Best album ever
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You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
For universal approval, I can't beat Johnny Cash's American IV: A Man Comes Around.
I can play it at any occasion and it gets approval from everyone form my 'way too cool' kids to my 80 year old mother. I love that he took so many classic songs and covered everyone in such a way as to put more of himself into them than the original artists did. In also like that his voice is so 'unique' that even I can sing along with the album and not sound too bad.
I can play it at any occasion and it gets approval from everyone form my 'way too cool' kids to my 80 year old mother. I love that he took so many classic songs and covered everyone in such a way as to put more of himself into them than the original artists did. In also like that his voice is so 'unique' that even I can sing along with the album and not sound too bad.
Raygun said:
You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Found the fatal flaw in this idea.Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
"you put an album on"
err no, you put on a music streaming website and pick a playlist which suits the mood or the persons present.
That way you get :-
A variety of music
No blame for putting on duff music
Happy guests
Yourself into the 2010's (you are nearly 7 years late already)
(you are right about Aja and Darkside of the moon though - they are definitely albums for uninterrupted immersion via a good system)
err no, you put on a music streaming website and pick a playlist which suits the mood or the persons present.
That way you get :-
A variety of music
No blame for putting on duff music
Happy guests
Yourself into the 2010's (you are nearly 7 years late already)
(you are right about Aja and Darkside of the moon though - they are definitely albums for uninterrupted immersion via a good system)
In '87, Huey released this, Fore, their most accomplished album. I think their undisputed masterpiece is "Hip to be Square", a song so catchy, most people probably don't listen to the lyrics. But they should, because it's not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it's also a personal statement about the band itself.
singlecoil said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Raygun said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.
Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Dave Grohl rescuing the Neve desk? Was discussing this just the other night. Most famously, Nevermind was recorded on that desk & I'd certainly put that record in my top ten.Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Raygun said:
You've got some friends round who have varying musical taste, you put an album on that works for everyone that means it won't be Aja, Dark Side Of The Moon or Court And Spark so it has to be Rumours, brilliant album, brilliantly recorded and caters for everyone.
Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Umm no.Rumours imho the greatest album ever made, the staple diet of every classic gold radio station but still it fails to not impress even after all these years.
Not saying it's bad, but if you prefer the Peter Green days, then this will likely be a let down. And let downs can never be the 'Greatest'.
Eddie Strohacker said:
Raygun said:
Going to sound harsh(no pun intended) but as recording goes all the Beatles albums sound dated but because the late 70s and early 80s recording was at it's pinnacle a lot of the albums released then sound great then in the mid 80s a lot of studios bought SSL consoles which made everything sound tinny and fake. Good comparision being Follow You Follow Me by Genesis on a Trident console compared to Invisible Touch recorded on an SSL, but to be fair that tinny sound with lots of reverb was all the rage in the 80s only now do we realise that the sound quality of the late 70s albums is far superior.
Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
Dave Grohl rescuing the Neve desk? Was discussing this just the other night. Most famously, Nevermind was recorded on that desk & I'd certainly put that record in my top ten.Check out a film called Sound City well worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVuo8WIaXN8
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