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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Tim Buckley: Starsailor

30 mar 14

This album is the work of the Devil. No doubt about it. Terrifying and hallucinatory.

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hjhhjij
30 mar 14

Oh aliens, to whom this person probably gave some tips, in 1970.
hjhhjij
30 mar 14

How did we say once while discussing it? Free-Jazz for Voice?
SydBarrett96
30 mar 14

Simply God. Did you manage to find it in CD format, Silas? I can't find it.
Mr. Money87
30 mar 14

I agree that the album is the work of the Devil. But surely the voice is that of God!
hjhhjij
30 mar 14

For me, the voice and album are by Tim Buckley, then it's up to you :)
Izo
30 mar 14

This album is exactly what happens when a sensitive and tormented folkie simultaneously indulges in heroin and the Avant-Garde. Fucking genius...
SilasLang
30 mar 14

@syd I have it on vinyl, for about 15 years.
hellraiser
30 mar 14

Magnificent record, with Lorca his most visionary work... chills.
SilasLang
30 mar 14

Indeed, this is perhaps the zenith for me, after the stunning "Blue Afternoon" and "Lorca." Three albums I would take with me to the Moon.
hellraiser
30 mar 14

True, even Blue Afternoon... anyway, everything from great to excellent up to Starsailor, from there on a sad decline.
GIANLUIGI67
31 mar 14

an Angel possessed by the devil.

CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Tim Hardin: Tim Hardin 1

26 feb 22

Great album. Not my favorite, that remains the underrated (in my opinion) "Suite For Susan Moore...", delightful like a sonata before a noose.

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Tom Waits: Real Gone

22 oct 15

In a hypothetical ranking of preferences, this 2004 work ranks in my top 5 (alongside "Bone Machine" and "Swordfishtrombones") when it comes to Uncle Tom's discography. Ugly, raw, with skewed hip-hop inspired rhythms, and the usual sandpaper voice rambling nightmares and who knows what else is going through his mind.

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hjhhjij
22 oct 15

And, to innovate a little more, no piano. He called it "cubist funk"; indeed, it's all about rhythm, even the voice. A masterpiece. But damn, this cover has taken off too.
SilasLang
22 oct 15

Artwork that's incredibly cool....in my opinion.
bluesboy94
22 oct 15

The latest work where he tries to innovate, however, doesn't make it into my top 5 of his discography ("Frank's Wild Years," his ultimate masterpiece for me, "Swordfishtrombones," "Rain Dogs," "Bone Machine," and "Alice," which beats "Blue Valentines" by a hair).
bluesboy94
22 oct 15

The latest work where he tries to innovate, however, doesn't make it into my top 5 of his discography ("Frank's Wild Years," his ultimate masterpiece for me, "Swordfishtrombones," "Rain Dogs," "Bone Machine," and "Alice," which beats "Blue Valentines" by a hair).
hjhhjij
22 oct 15

Not even in the top 5 for me, in sixth place, tied with all his other albums behind Sword, Black Rider, Bone Frank, and Rain :-D
hjhhjij
22 oct 15

And anyway, I LOVE Closing Time, there you go...
j&r
22 oct 15

Bone Machine is a blast, but Rain Dogs remains my favorite, even though I have a soft spot for Frank Wild Years.
Loconweed
23 oct 15

but what about adding the covers?
hjhhjij
23 oct 15

Unfortunately, the problem is that it can't be added here; it's like it got deleted but it was there, so it doesn't let you add it. It would be an issue to resolve, although I wouldn't say it's particularly urgent.
madcat
24 oct 15

Cool disco

CD Audio I have it ★★

Toy: Toy

14 oct 13

The umpteenth of the umpteenth so-called next big things pumped up by good old NME in 2012, but by 2013 no one knew anything about them anymore. It's the usual "cool" little pop act from Albion disguised as watered-down shoegaze. I still remember some idiot on OndaPROT insinuating that this stuff is superior to LOVELESS. Oh well... I got the album as a gift, then I used it as a frisbee...

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GIANLUIGI67
14 oct 13

I prefer "Crocodiles" from "Endless Flower" in the long run, shoegaze that is hyped by the press but much more substantial. This, upon a second listen, you forget.
SilasLang
14 oct 13

even at the first. really trendy and commercial, people who care more about their look and hairstyle to pose on the cover of nme than about the music itself. I don't know the Crocodiles :-)
GIANLUIGI67
14 oct 13

they're a bit better, nothing thrilling...

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Tricky: Nearly God

13 feb 14

Even darker and more claustrophobic, Tricky, in this second work under the pseudonym Nearly God, year 1996. Much lower fidelity compared to "Maxinquaye," with elongated, paranoid, drugged atmospheres. The second masterpiece of the (once) genius from Bristol. The cover of "Tattoo" by Siouxsie & The Banshees that opens the album has haunted me for years... morbid like few others.

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ZannaB
13 feb 14

I score, you know...
SilasLang
13 feb 14

and you do it really well!!!!

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Unsane: Unsane

8 feb 13

Today I've turned back the clock by 15 years. Just filthy rotten noise... fuck the rest. Ah, of course, this is for me a hell of a record, really a hell of a record.

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Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Unwound: Leaves Turn Inside You

16 feb 14

After the '90s spent releasing album after album in the erosion of Hardcore material, in 2001 Unwound put out their magnum opus, a double album where their style has become so unique that it no longer makes sense to provide examples. Perhaps a kind of Pink Floyd grown up in Hardcore circles would have reached a sound like this. After this supreme album, Unwound disbanded.

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ZannaB
17 feb 14

I want it shit, I want it!!!
SilasLang
17 feb 14

And you're right to want it!

CD Audio I have it ★★★★★

Uzeda: 4

17 sep 13

4 tracks of lethal noise rock. The best Italian band of the '90s? I wouldn't know, but they were amazing. God, I love them!

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hjhhjij
17 sep 13

Extra-marked.
SilasLang
17 sep 13

Cabbages....get yourself this EP and then the albums "Waters" (slightly more drinkable, but beautiful) and "Different Section Wires" (a real jumble)....and remember that they had a certain Steve Albini doing the recording..
SilasLang
17 sep 13

+uncomfortable'
hjhhjij
17 sep 13

Azz Albini. The immense.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Walter Wegmüller: Tarot

2 jul 13

One of the most mad and disturbing masterpieces that can be associated with the Kraut-Psychedelic rabble of all time. A must-have record!

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GIANLUIGI67
2 jul 13

Great album. A must-listen.
GIANLUIGI67
2 jul 13

Also to be heard "Lord Krisna Von Goloka," 1972, by my friend Sergius Golowin.
SilasLang
2 jul 13

I miss that! Thanks for the tip, I'll make sure to fill that gap as soon as possible :)
Psychopathia
2 jul 13

I've got it! It's grandiloquent, too much, 2 CDs of heavily armored kraut. Why don't they make albums like this anymore? Or maybe they do, and I'm just not getting them...
SilasLang
2 jul 13

Psycho, cool stuff out there...even today! Anyway, it’s useless, I fear that the quality of the drugs was much higher back in the days of this record!
GIANLUIGI67
3 jul 13

Perhaps the most has already been said and there is less room for originality and wonder than 30 years ago. Drugs are still good today, they can help, but ideas are what’s needed. Otherwise, all addicts would be artists.
GIANLUIGI67
3 jul 13

Perhaps the most has already been said and there is less room for originality and wonder than 30 years ago. Drugs are still good today, they can help, but ideas are what’s needed. Otherwise, all addicts would be artists.
SilasLang
3 jul 13

True, very true, Gianluì... If you have nothing inside, drugs are useless. Although I must say that the overall quality has dropped a bit in the last 10 years, since it has become fashionable to get high.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Wipers: Youth of America

24 mar 15

One of the most beautiful records of the '80s, period. Greg Sage is a God. Post-punk vibrations, hints of psychedelia, and stunning pop sensibility for one of the greatest yet criminally underrated bands in history...

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imasoulman
25 mar 15

only the '80s?
SilasLang
25 mar 15

Indeed, yes. One of the most beautiful albums, that's it ahah.
Lao Tze
25 mar 15

That's right, at least at first, really played by just a few... then mentioned as an influence by the Seattle bands ten years later, and a little more light on them as well... but not that much.
madcat
25 mar 15

between is this real and this, I prefer this, great album, I need to catch up on over the edge now
SilasLang
25 mar 15

'Over The Edge' is another incredible album. The first three are must-haves for sure.
darth agnan
26 mar 15

uh, cool them. although I wouldn't give their albums top marks. anyway, of the ones I know, my favorite is over the edge, but this one is notable too, yes yes.

Vinile I have it ★★★★★

Wire: Pink Flag

23 jan 13

Expanded Punk Rock. 5 palettes are not enough here.

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hjhhjij
23 jan 13

I can't see it as Punk :) It starts from there, sure, but... it becomes something else. Something huge.
SilasLang
23 jan 13

We can say that this is where the so-called Postpunk, New Wave begins, call it what you will, but it's from '77, and it already goes way beyond the various anarchies in the United Kingdom.
hjhhjij
23 jan 13

Yes, for me too, Post-Punk and Wave start as early as 1977, and this is one of the focal points. Revolutionary and undoubtedly way ahead of the Punk of '77 that was around at the time (which I appreciate a lot, just to be clear). Post-Punk starts from here; we agree.
SilasLang
23 jan 13

Even from the first of the Talking Heads, for example! Which, however, I find pretty crappy, even though it's important. Well, I'm off to whip up something to eat, damn being a vegetarian...
jdv666
23 jan 13

AaAAaAaargh! I'm pretending I didn't read the blasphemy you fired at the BEST Talking Heads album ;) anyway, this one is nice, but the two that follow have a lot more punch.
hjhhjij
23 jan 13

For the first time, I don't agree with either of them, and what the hell. The next two don't provide any breaks to this, not even a bit, even though we're on the same level. And how the hell does Silas make a record like "77" that makes you feel shit about it? Malnati XD
SilasLang
23 jan 13

I'm sorry, but I think they suck, ahahah... always have! While I acknowledge their undeniable importance! Regarding Wire, these, Chairs Missing, and 154 are three masterpieces one after another showing astonishing growth!! Bye
Lao Tze
23 jan 13

It's just like you said in your last comment, Silas: most bands would sell their souls for a HALF masterpiece in their discography, and they cranked out three FULL ones in just two years. It was a rock that moved at embarrassing speeds. 1977, the era of the first Talking Heads (indeed) but above all, I would add, the first Suicide - for me, THE album of that year.
hjhhjij
23 jan 13

That's also terrifying/fundamental/avant-garde/ cool. But I've always seen them as alien to Post-Punk; I've always seen them as a separate galaxy, albeit highly influential. I'm not quite sure why.
SilasLang
23 jan 13

For me, that's also an island album :)

CD Audio I have it ★★★★

Wool: Box Set

12 aug 13

Great "alternative" Rock album from the mid-'90s, with hints of Punk and psychedelia. Wool emerged from the ashes of Scream, a hardcore band from Washington DC. The vocalist, the great Pete Stahl, we will find in the future at the microphone of many great projects [Goatsnake, Earthlings?, Desert Sessions, and Orquesta Del Desierto among others]. An excellent work, this Box Set...