What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM "get hurt" cd, 2014.

career stats:
studio albums............5
singles......................8

this album...............#4 US...#4 UK...#3 CAN...#11 AU
singles:
"get hurt"................no chart action
"1000 years"............no chart action

I don't know what it is about this one and their fourth album "handwritten" that I don't like???
theyre the same band that played and wrote the first three albums???!
I cant say im growing tired of their soud because I liked Horrible Crowes album and Fallon's solo set...
only one track I love on here, and that is probably the one that saves it from not liking it!
very very average album, if you want a good place to start with these guys try their third album "American slang"
followed by the first two albums.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: get hurt
best track: break your heart

[video=youtube;WszGQrPMnd0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WszGQrPMnd0[/video]

tracks:

1...stay vicious **
2...1000 years **
3...get hurt *
4...stray paper **
5...helter skeleton **
6...underneath the ground *
7...rollin' and tumblin' *
8...red violins *
9...selected poems *
10.aint that a shame **
11.break your heart ***
12.dark places **

3s=1
2s=7
1s=4

rating: 1.8

[Music Head]

from the cd room



come on guys
did you really think you could come back after 14 years and still have it
I didn't
but I bought it anyway
3rd and last album
really not that bad but when you compare it to Marquee Moon, it pales

single

[video=youtube;l4QZSDu1wx8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4QZSDu1wx8[/video]

[CRAZY-HORSE]

MIDNIGHT OIL "blue sky mine" cd 1990

career stats:
studio albums........11
singles..................39

this album..................#1 AU...#1 NZ...#28 UK...#20 US
singles:
"blue sky mine".............#8 AU...#2 NZ...#66 UK...#47 US
"forgotten years".........#26 AU..#24 NZ..#97 UK
"king of the mountain"..#25 AU
"bedlam bridge"...........#46 AU
"one country"..............#51 AU

I don't know why I persisted with these guys for so long as their albums never seem to hit
the same heights that their singles do/did.
theres always around half of each album that I consider to be 'filler' and three or four absolutely
brilliant tracks (much like INXS for me)...
another anti-big business album with some anti mining themes also...
hello Peter Garrett!!!, mining is what drives the Australian economy followed by farming and construction!
but lets go bankrupt Peter and send even more of what we don't have overseas....idiot!
the guy is a crackpot, he seriously thinks that stopping industry and giving the whole country back to
Aborigines that we'll be better off.
that said, I do love watching Garrett perform in his videos and he is so unco-ordinated with his jerky dance moves!

I DO LIKE THIS ALBUM (but barely)

worst track: river runs red
best track: blue sky mine

[video=youtube;Ofrqm6-LCqs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofrqm6-LCqs[/video]

tracks:

1...blue sky mine ***
2...stars of warburton **
3...bedlam bridge **
4...forgotten years ***
5...mountains of Burma *
6...king of the mountain ***
7...river runs red *
8...shakers and movers *
9...one country **
10.antarctica *

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

rating: 1.9

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE CULT "hidden city" cd, 2016

career stats:
studio albums.....10
singles...............30

this album............#19 UK...#42 AU...#153 US
singles:
............no singles released as yet!

tenth album from this British rock/hard rock/gothic band...
biggest influences were Doors, Led Zep and Bowie....
I don't really hear Doors in their sound but there are certainly the Page style solos
and on occasion the Bowie-esque vocals, I also hear Eddie Vedder's vocal style/tones at times...
I know nothing of their previous releases so I cannot make comparisons, all I know is...
this a very very good solid rock album and....

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: birds of paradise
best track: deeply ordered chaos

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

tracks:

1...dark energy ***
2...no love lost **
3...dance the night ***
4...in blood **
5...birds of paradise **
6...hinterland **
7...G.O.A.T ***
8...deeply ordered chaos ***
9...avalanche of light ***
10.lilies **
11.heathens **
12.sound and fury **

3s=5
2s=7
1s=0

rating: 2.4

[bob_32_116]

Re Midnight Oil: They are one of several acts who I came to appreciate quite some time after the event. I picked up Diesel and Dust quite early on, but it was only a couple of years ago that I found myself tempted to acquire several others.

Blue Sky Mining is one of their best, and on that album my favourite is probably Bedlam Bridge. Those lyrics are very mysterious, and I still have not quite figured them out.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

Re Midnight Oil: They are one of several acts who I came to appreciate quite some time after the event. I picked up Diesel and Dust quite early on, but it was only a couple of years ago that I found myself tempted to acquire several others.

Blue Sky Mining is one of their best, and on that album my favourite is probably Bedlam Bridge. Those lyrics are very mysterious, and I still have not quite figured them out.

I bought "10 thru 1" back in the day, then "diesel and dust" followed by "Blue sky Mine" on either cassette or vinyl,
picked up the cds later on.

I used to love them back in the day but not anymore.

[Music Head]

from the cd room



what a stupid name
2nd album
highest charter here at #89
remind me of Midnight Oil

title track

[video=youtube;orIy18qIaCU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orIy18qIaCU[/video]

[bob_32_116]

The The never reminded me of Midnight Oil, though I can see how you might find some similarities.

I have the Infected album, but I don't listen to it very often. It has four great tracks: Infected, The Mersey Beat, Heartland, and Slow Train to Dawn. Some of the other songs I find a little off-putting.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

The The never reminded me of Midnight Oil, though I can see how you might find some similarities.

I have the Infected album, but I don't listen to it very often. It has four great tracks: Infected, The Mersey Beat, Heartland, and Slow Train to Dawn. Some of the other songs I find a little off-putting.

I have their first two albums on vinyl..."Soul Mining" and "Infected",
I have not heard either since probably the mid 1990s, maybe its about time I did!

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE DANDY WARHOLS "best of the Capitol years: 1995-2007" 2010, cd

career stats:
studio albums.......8
singles................25

this album.............no chart action
singles:
"this is the tide".....no chart action

Alt rock band from up around Seattle from memory....
this is a compilation covering their first decade of music at Capitol Records before they left and
formed their own label....
first time I heard this album I hated every track except one......."bohemian like you"...!
and gradually I got to like more of it with more listens....theses still nothing I love on it
as its still too messy sounding, ie: the music has no melody at times and the vocal tune doesn't
match the music, but its cool to listen to when you get your head around it...
not a bad album but I wouldn't go out and seek their back catalogue on the strength of these songs.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: good morning
best track: bohemian like you

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

tracks:

1...boys better **
2...everyday should be a holiday **
3...not if you were the last junkie on earth **
4...good morning *
5...Godless **
6...get off **
7...bohemian like you **
8...we used to be friends **
9...scientist **
10.the last high **
11.plan "A" **
12.holding me up *
13.all the money or the simple life honey **
14.smoke it *
15.this is the tide *

3s=0
2s=11
1s=4

rating: 1.8