What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

Jonathan Wilson’s Frankie Ray. Some people refer to it as his ‘lost debut’ – he made it long before Gentle Spirit. Problems with the record label at the time seem to have interfered with its distribution.

What an incredibly talented muso. He plays all the instruments himself, and builds such interesting layers of sound IMO. Quality work.

Here’s ‘Yonder Lies My Love’ –

[video=youtube;raDCQAiM3is]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raDCQAiM3is[/video]

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Isaac Brock – lead vocals, guitars, banjo, ukulele
Jeremiah Green– drums, percussion
Eric Judy – bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar



Recording History

studio albums - 8
compilation albums - 2
live albums - 1
ep's - 6
singles - 14

from my library (cd)



Producers: Brian Deck, Isaac Brock, Phil Ek

compilation album - #147 US

This is listed as a compilation album and contains the entire Japan vinyl release of the Night on the Sun ep with previously unreleased tracks
which were chosen to be left off The Moon & Antarctica. I thought it was a regular studio album. This is why I didn't get the concept part of
The Moon & Antarctica. They left pieces of the concept on the cutting room floor. How was I supposed to figure that out? This album just misses
a like mark from me. Only 8 tracks and 1 of those an instrumental, clocking in at only 33 minutes. Also contains a different version of I Came
As A Rat which was on The Moon & Antarctica. I guess with the minor success of that album they wanted to get some of their material out that had
been unheard by the new fans. Not sure if this attracted any.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - The Air
Best Track - Here It Comes

[video=youtube;jnFP4gWFS8k]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnFP4gWFS8k[/video]

Track Listing

1. Willful Suspension of Disbelief *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QItcAmHKMs
2. Night on the Sun **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZATq7wEdaE
3. 3 Inch Horses, Two Faced Monsters **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pNz4XG4H-0
4. You're the Good Things *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-e18snsF3U
5. The Air *
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ognte-Tat-o
6. So Much Beauty in Dirt **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlw7Z9H1218
7. Here It Comes **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnFP4gWFS8k
8. I Came as a Rat (Long Walk off a Short Dock) **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f47a3fPVwd4

3's - 0
2's - 5
1's - 3

grade - 1.6 of 3.0
allmusic - 3.0 of 5.0

[SteveO]

I like this Ruby ! Some other multi instrumentalist of note,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFEJO2ezl8c - Andrew Bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6xbXpMrLU - Patrick Watson

Jonathan Wilson’s Frankie Ray. Some people refer to it as his ‘lost debut’ – he made it long before Gentle Spirit. Problems with the record label at the time seem to have interfered with its distribution.

What an incredibly talented muso. He plays all the instruments himself, and builds such interesting layers of sound IMO. Quality work.

Here’s ‘Yonder Lies My Love’ –

[video=youtube;raDCQAiM3is]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raDCQAiM3is[/video]

[Ruby]

I like this Ruby ! Some other multi instrumentalist of note,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFEJO2ezl8c - Andrew Bird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc6xbXpMrLU - Patrick Watson

Thanks SteveO! I know Andrew Bird but hadn’t heard Patrick Watson. Sounds to me like a cross between James Vincent McMorrow and Antony Hegarty. That would probably horrify both of them, LOL! Will listen to more of his stuff.

If you liked that Jonathan Wilson clip, perhaps you’ll enjoy this one too – I think I might’ve posted it before, apologies if so. He’s well respected for production - for the sound quality of his analogue recording studio, amongst other things. He has Graham Nash and David Crosby collaborating on this track from his latest album, Fanfare. Love it -

[video=youtube;IvgH_Ce09jk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvgH_Ce09jk[/video]

[jazzboCR]

Any discussion of multi-instrumentalists that doesn't feature Yusef Lateef front and center isn't worth the powder to blow it up--he sometimes played many reeds AT THE SAME TIME:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ9TQrdD...wxMI89vVMB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhqQFs7h...7B5C4D3E1D
And then there's Ernie Farrow (piano, bass and drums): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qewueka8obQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9p2ngyy6Zw << Is y'all's vision a bit too new and too narrow? Casting the net wider catches more fish...or so Jesus tells us.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NO COVER ART PICTURE AVAILABLE


IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS "sex & drugs & rock & roll-very best of" cd, 1999

Ian Dury...had the fullblown punk attitude from day one but often used ska/reggae and musichall/vaudevillian sounds in his songs...
was also an unlikely star...not very well groomed,couldnt really sing and vocals were the complete opposite to the gnerally smooth one of ska/reggae artists, rude,crude, brash by nature and almost totally incapacitated down his left side from polio...
but i guess he had the cheeky cockney rhymes and witt that endured him in the hearts and minds of the UK buying public...
lots of catchy tunes here, some autobiographical,mostly humorous, and some serious with a social conscience attatched, but good fun anyway IMO
he died in 2000 from memory from live cancer and was almost broke as he used to give his money away to charity to help children with serious illnesses.
all up one of those artists you either love or loathe,me, i love the guy and his music!

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

worst track: blockheads
best track: there aint half been some clever bastards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2GmYE_piE audio

tracks:

1. sex and drugs and rock and roll ***
2. razzle in my pocket ***
3. wake up and make love with me **
4. sweet gene vincent **
5. billericay dickie ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu3PoWpI1BE live
6. clever trevor **
7. blockheads **
8. youre more than fair **
9. what a waste! ***
10.hit me with your rhythm stick ***
11.there aint half been some clever bastards ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY2GmYE_piE audio
12.inbetweenies **
13.reasons to be cheerful pt.3 ***
14.common as muck ***
15.i wanna be straight ***
16.thats not all **
17.sueperman's big sister **
18,you'll see glimpses ***

3s=10
2s=8
1s=0

rating: 2.6

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Isaac Brock – vocals, guitar, banjo, baritone guitar, ukulele, piano, Rhodes, Hendx 3000, whistle, freak beak
Eric Judy – bass, acoustic guitar, backup vocals, pump organ, mellotron, tin whistle, percussion
Dann Gallucci – guitar, keyboards, piano, backup vocals, mellotron, drum loops, pump organ, timpani, percussion, glockenspiel
Benjamin Weikel – drums
Tom Peloso – standup bass, fiddle



Recording History

studio albums - 8
compilation albums - 2
live albums - 1
ep's - 6
singles - 14

from my library (cd)



Producers: Dennis Herring

6th studio album - #18 US, #40 UK
Singles - Float On - #68 US, #46 UK
.............Ocean Breathes Salty - #96 UK

This is the album that turned me onto the band. Then I went back and picked up their last 2 prior to this. Not sure where I first heard Float On
but it stuck with me and remains my favorite, plus 4 other love tracks and nothing I don't like. The group listed 3 members prior to this album
with plenty of sidemen. Now we have morphed into a 5 piece. That touring stuff requires actual people, lacking in todays music with all the
electronic crap, but they don't care anymore. This is the bands best selling album reaching platinum status, and nominated for a Best
Alternative Album Grammy, losing to White Stripes.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Black Cadillacs
Best Track - Float On

[video=youtube;CTAud5O7Qqk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAud5O7Qqk[/video]

Track Listing

1. The World at Large *** love the fag
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxTmftNiDs8
2. Float On ***
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldHWli6TB3Q
3. Ocean Breathes Salty *** Conan show
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJn15iy94so
4. Bury Me with It **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_gi9T24qtM
5. Dance Hall **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86exJqSdaus
6. Bukowski ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gFu2asIWfM
7. This Devil's Workday **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcZNxfz4yaM
8. The View **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHOpmF3glak
9. Satin in a Coffin ** Letterman show
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3dAPsTGbZQ
10. Blame It on the Tetons ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1UzPkkuOtU
11. Black Cadillacs **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmqlI5rSuws
12. One Chance **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2cvC5nWODc
13. The Good Times Are Killing Me **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ6c-6NhZgk

3's - 5
2's - 8
1's - 0

grade - 2.4 of 3.0
allmusic - 4.5 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

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ICEHOUSE "primitive man" vinyl, 1982

career stats:
studio albums.........9
singles..................39

this album: #3 AU, #1 NZ, #64 UK, #129 US
singles:
"great southern land".................#5 AU......#10 NZ...#83 UK
"hey,little girl"...........................#7 AU......#9 NZ.....#19 UK
"street cafe".............................#57 AU....#40 NZ....#62 UK
"uniform"..............................................................#83 UK

second album from this Aussie synth-pop group...
first one was under the name Flowers, but someone in Europe already had that name so they needed to change it when they got Euro releases
i have two of theirs on vinyl,this one and one from around 78ish(man of colours)...
their songs are reasonably catchy for the most part and certainly more intelligent than most of the early 1980s synth-pop crap...
in some places,vocalist Iva Davies' has a distinct Bowie vocal quality,not surprising considering he was one of Davies' biggest influences growing up
all up, not a bad album but only the one i love pushes it across the line....i guess it is what it is and was what it was for that music period

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: glam
best track: great southern land
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mkidP2OUCk video

tracks:

1. great southern land ***
2. uniform *
3. street cafe **
4. hey,little girl **
5. glam *
6. trojan blue **
7. one by one **
8. break the chains *
9. mysterious thing *
10.goodnight,mr.matthews **

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

rating: 1.7

[Music Head]

Band Members for this release

Isaac Brock – lead vocals, guitars, banjo, ukulele
Jeremiah Green– drums, percussion
Eric Judy – bass guitar, double bass, acoustic guitar
Johnny Marr - guitar
Tom Peloso - guitar, bass, keyboard
Joe Plummer - drums



Recording History

studio albums - 8
compilation albums - 2
live albums - 1
ep's - 6
singles - 14

from my library (cd)



Producers: Dennis Herring

7th studio album - #1 US, #47 UK, #12 AUS, #1 CAN
Singles - Dashboard
.............Missed The Boat
.............We've Got Everything

The most recent album and it was 7 years ago. Come on guys, really? Still showing up at festivals. They did put out an ep of cutting room floor
stuff. This doesn't quite measure up to the last but that was hard to do. It reached #1 here and Canada but the sales were far short of Good
News. Johnny Marr joined the band for this album but left in 2009. Maybe he wanted to make some damn music somewhere. seven freakin years.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Little Motel
Best Track - Missed The Boat

[video=youtube;SxdzOd-2kh8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdzOd-2kh8[/video]

Track Listing

1. March into the Sea **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2SNEKHxG7c
2. Dashboard ***
video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=penvn9VL32Y
3. Fire It Up **
live - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPbm4OdGrV4
4. Florida **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bTjjS_palc
5. Parting of the Sensory **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SgJqZzS7Dc
6. Missed the Boat ***
video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4XskfT6vNY
7. We've Got Everything **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XZY-z85cx4
8. Fly Trapped in a Jar **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23RlR-tWjZQ
9. Education **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw6yPRmAKF4
10. Little Motel **
video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqQTODR3kR8
11. Steam Engenius ***
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBAOw9RTYGM
12. Spitting Venom **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eifPUvi7kA
13. People as Places as People **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_yjNeG8hw
14. Invisible **
audio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbYq4-nh1b8

3's - 3
2's - 11
1's - 0

grade - 2.2 of 3.0
allmusic - 3.0 of 5.0

[CRAZY-HORSE]

MARIANNE FAITHFUL "a child's adventure" vinyl 1983

career stats:
studio albums................18
singles..........................24

this album: #107 US, #99 UK, #42 CAN, #14 AU
singles:
"running for our lives"...........#40 AU

only album of hers i own...
love the fragile,insecure almost childlike uncertainty in the way she sings....
it sets the songs up perfectly for the themes of longing,loneliness,regret,sorry that fills the album....
not sure whether she deliberately picks themes like that or whether its all a part of her psychy,what with the troubled life she had almost up till that point, if it is its good to see her bare her soul, if its not, then shes a bloody good singer who knows where to put the emotion/emotional bits in the right places...
songs on here are generally solomn,both in lyrical content and musically and it works very well,
album gets a pretty good score from me,wasnt sure it would when i plucked it from the box(thinking time might not serve this well)...but it did and it has...
i was surprised to find this one charted higher here than all other locations on wiki,the single "running for our lives" only appeared to chart in Australia also and Australia was the only place where this one recieved a sales status(gold)...strange indeed!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: times square
best track: running for our lives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb_hISnEd6Q audio

tracks:

1. times square **
2. the blue millionaire **
3. falling from grace ***
4. morning come **
5. ashes in my hand **
6. running for our lives ***
7. ireland ***
8. she's got a problem **

3s-3
2s=5
1s=0

rating: 2.3