What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Closing Time...i like that song,
never got round to buying the album...
sounds like I needn't worry about doing so.

[Music Head]

Virginia band formed in 1992
six albums to their credit and this is their best selling at #24 here
last was in 2008 so I guess they're history

this is the bands only charting single
grunge rock I guess
hell I don't know, it's music

[video=youtube;NjNn4bbbgSw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjNn4bbbgSw[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE PIXIES "Doolittle" cd, 1989
career stats:
studio albums..........5
singles...................12

this album...................#98 US....#3 UK....#26 AU...#17 NZ
singles:
"Monkey Gone To Heaven"..........#60 UK
"Here Comes Your Man"..............#54 UK, #3 US

second album from this alt group...
music is a cross between grunge and punk for me...
I hear lots of Sonic Youth and Siouxsie & The Banshees through this one...
probably not to everyones tastes, but I like it
I checked MH's post of this one and on score we are on the same page...
we even rate the same track as best track...
we differ slightly on track scoring, on a few tracks though....

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track: dead
Best Track: Monkey Gone To Heaven

[video=youtube;mK3iSglbZUM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK3iSglbZUM[/video]

tracks:

1. Debaser **
2. Tame ***
3. Wave of Mutilation ***
4. I Bleed **
5. Here Comes Your Man **
6. Dead *
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven ***
8. Mr. Grieves ***
9. Crackity Jones **
10. La La Love You **
11. No. 13 Baby *
12. There Goes My Gun **
13. Hey **
14. Silver **
15. Gouge Away **

3s=4
2s=9
1s=2

rating: 2.1

[Music Head]

California band
not near as good for me as their debut, Up From Below
yet this charted higher at #5
probably on the strength of that previous effort
as none of 3 singles from here even charted

this was the first and the leadoff track
a nice in studio performance

[video=youtube;NEFnxazWLIg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFnxazWLIg[/video]

[Music Head]

very nice alt band from New Mexico
4th album, first for me
charted at #3 here

my fav

[video=youtube;TyNf_DNbRxY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyNf_DNbRxY[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

i have that album also...
Corey recommended it to me when it got released...
good album, nothing I love on it, but nothing I dislike neither

[CRAZY-HORSE]

ELVIS COSTELLO & THE ATTRACTIONS "all this useless beauty" cd, 1996

career stats:
studio albums.........30
singles...................62

this album...................#28 UK...#53 US
singles:
"its time".....................................#58 UK
"the other side of the telescope".....no charted action
"little atoms"...............................no charted action
"all this useless beauty"................no charted action
"distorted angel"..........................no charted action
"you bowed down"........................no charted action

album #19 for Mr.Costello....
one of the worst charting of his career to date...
six singles released and only one charted in the UK at a paltry #58, the rest failed to chart....
I guess he loved this one and really wanted it to sell....
a lot of slow ballady type material on this one with a couple of alt rockers thrown in the mix...
it makes the passing grade for me and im a fan, but by his standards it is very average...
but as usual theres a couple of great songs on it, but unusually, theres a few dud tracks also...
not a good place to start your collection of his music, one for the fans only.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

best track: the other side of the telescope
worst track: poor fractured atlas

[video=youtube;W2k-FbGV5PY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2k-FbGV5PY[/video]

tracks:

1...the other side of the telescope ***
2...little atoms ***
3...all this useless beauty **
4...complicated shadows **
5...why cant a man stand alone? ***
6...distorted angel **
7...shallow grave **
8...poor fractured atlas *
9...starting to come to me *
10.you bowed down *
11.its time **
12.i want to vanish *

3s=3
2s=5
1s=4

rating: 1.8

[CRAZY-HORSE]

JAMES BAY "chaos and the calm" cd, 2015

album stats.................#1 UK...#3 AU...#15 US
singles:
"let it go"....................#10 UK....#8 AU
"hold back the river"......#2 UK....#4 AU
"scars".......................#48 UK...#55 AU

debut album from this dude from the same hometown as my mum(Hitchin, Hertfordshire)....
some folky sounds on here, some blues and some alt rock also....
pretty catchy for the most part and possibly one of the best albums of 2015...

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: scars
best track: let it go

[video=youtube;GsPq9mzFNGY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsPq9mzFNGY[/video]

tracks:

1...craving ***
2...hold back the river ***
3...let it go ***
4...if you ever want to be in love **
5...best fake smile ***
6...when we were on fire **
7...move together **
8...scars **
9...collide **
10.get out while you can **
11.need the sun to break **
12.incomplete **

3s=4
2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.2

[CRAZY-HORSE]

TAME IMPALA "currents" cd, 2015

career stats:
studio albums..............3
singles.......................12

this album...................#1 AU...#1 NZ...#3 UK...#4 US...#4 CAN
singles:
"let it happen"......................#84 AU
"cause im a man".................#80 AU
"the less I know the better"....no chart action
"eventually"..........................no chart action
"disciples"............................no chart action

third album from Perth boy Kevin Parker...
he records all of his albums in his home studio,plays all instruments and produces the final results...
his first album "innerspeaker" was totally psychedelic", his second "lonerism" was a bit more radio friendly but with
less psychadelia and a more guitar driven sound...
this one, his third, veers away from the guitar and goes more electronic/synth based...
the results....?
not as catchy as the second album but still melodic...
less variation in the songs on this one also....
but nonetheless not a bad album from a one man band from Perth, Western Australia, who also
happens to be one of the nicest people you could ever meet!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: past life
best track: eventually

[video=youtube;38xuHjUwXu8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38xuHjUwXu8[/video]

tracks:

1...let it happen *
2...nangs *
3...the moment **
4...yes im changing **
5...eventually **
...."gossip"(interlude)
6...the less i know the better **
7...past life **
8...disciples **
9...cause im a man **
10.reality in motion **
11.love/paranoia **
12.new person **
13.same old mistakes **

3s=0
2s=10
1s=3

rating: 1.8

[Erucysae]

A bit of Twin Peaksy dream pop https://soundcloud.com/pqlyr/tight-wake