Author Topic: What album are you listening to? v.6 (Read 478477 times)

TAC · « **Reply #10606 on:** August 07, 2021, 03:14:24 PM »

Quote from: Trav86 on August 07, 2021, 08:29:51 AM

Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
Van Halen - Van Halen II
AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video

3 great albums. Night In The Ruts is by far my favorite Aerosmith album.

Trav86 · « **Reply #10607 on:** August 07, 2021, 08:18:03 PM »

Quote from: TAC on August 07, 2021, 03:14:24 PM

Quote from: Trav86 on August 07, 2021, 08:29:51 AM
Aerosmith - Night In The Ruts
Van Halen - Van Halen II
AC/DC - Blow Up Your Video

3 great albums. Night In The Ruts is by far my favorite Aerosmith album.

I think I would still put it behind Rocks, Toys and Wings…but it’s better than everything that came after it.

WildRanger · « **Reply #10608 on:** August 08, 2021, 08:19:40 AM »

Sacul · « **Reply #10609 on:** August 08, 2021, 08:33:48 AM »

Quote from: NoseofNicko on August 07, 2021, 01:37:39 PM

How is it? I liked her previous albums so I'm curious about this one

Trav86 · « **Reply #10610 on:** August 08, 2021, 03:02:47 PM »

Primus - Frizzle Fry
Fates Warning - Perfect Symmetry
Fates Warning - Theories of Flight
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet

nick_z · « **Reply #10611 on:** August 08, 2021, 03:57:33 PM »

Quote from: HOF on August 07, 2021, 11:05:29 AM

Love this album, and love Enchant. I think I prefer Break, and I also really like Juggling 9 or Dropping 10, but this was an outstanding debut. I’ve always heard a little Fates Warning in their sound as well, partly due to Ted’s voice but maybe because they’re a slightly heavier version of Rush like you said.

Yes, I can definitely hear some Fates Warning as well...especially on their second album, Wounded. Always felt some of the vocal melodies could be sung by Ray Alder...

nick_z · « **Reply #10612 on:** August 08, 2021, 04:14:31 PM »

Continuing, for some reason, my Enchant rediscovery...Wounded is a good album taken by itself, but it felt like a bit of a disappointment after Blueprint. Starts pretty great with Below Zero (I remember seeing them open with it live when they supported DT), then the songs kind of settle on a relatively consistent tempo, without a ton of highlights within them. Nice melodies and great playing, just not quite as "bright" as the debut. Time Lost is somewhat of an oddity, given it's a collection of "leftovers", but I always enjoyed it. The pre-Blueprint songs are fun. I'm repeating myself, but Interact, in particular, always sounded to me like 80s Rush playing prog metal, perhaps with a couple of Marillion guest spots

Speaking of Marillion, somehow I found myself in the mood for Holidays in Eden. I know this is considered Marillion's "pop/commercial" album, but I've always been very fond of it. Doesn't reach the heights of Seasons End, or other top Marillion albums, but I have to say I enjoy it more than many of their more recent efforts. Also, semi-random observation: there are a couple of spots - second half of The Party, beginning of the title track - I feel could be at home on Rush's Presto or Roll the Bones...

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #10613 on:** August 08, 2021, 06:21:20 PM »

Quote from: Sacul on August 08, 2021, 08:33:48 AM

Quote from: NoseofNicko on August 07, 2021, 01:37:39 PM

How is it? I liked her previous albums so I'm curious about this one

It’s pretty much just as great as the previous two but less noisy/heavy but still very dark and intense.

HOF · « **Reply #10614 on:** August 08, 2021, 06:46:48 PM »

Quote from: nick_z on August 08, 2021, 04:14:31 PM

Continuing, for some reason, my Enchant rediscovery...Wounded is a good album taken by itself, but it felt like a bit of a disappointment after Blueprint. Starts pretty great with Below Zero (I remember seeing them open with it live when they supported DT), then the songs kind of settle on a relatively consistent tempo, without a ton of highlights within them. Nice melodies and great playing, just not quite as "bright" as the debut. Time Lost is somewhat of an oddity, given it's a collection of "leftovers", but I always enjoyed it. The pre-Blueprint songs are fun. I'm repeating myself, but Interact, in particular, always sounded to me like 80s Rush playing prog metal, perhaps with a couple of Marillion guest spots

Speaking of Marillion, somehow I found myself in the mood for Holidays in Eden. I know this is considered Marillion's "pop/commercial" album, but I've always been very fond of it. Doesn't reach the heights of Seasons End, or other top Marillion albums, but I have to say I enjoy it more than many of their more recent efforts. Also, semi-random observation: there are a couple of spots - second half of The Party, beginning of the title track - I feel could be at home on Rush's Presto or Roll the Bones...

Agree on Wounded being a letdown after the debut. Some songs I love (Pure, Look Away) but the overall sound is not great and some of the songs seem to be searching for a melody. I love Time Lost though. New Moon, Under the Sun, Interact are all top shelf Enchant songs, and the production sounds better to my ear than on Wounded.

Holidays in Eden is an album I’ve come to really appreciate. Some definite pop leanings but enough creativity and quirkiness for the album to defy characterization. It’s just Marillion.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10615 on:** August 09, 2021, 06:33:18 AM »

Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10616 on:** August 09, 2021, 09:37:16 AM »

Durand Jones & The Indications - Private Space

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10617 on:** August 09, 2021, 10:17:00 AM »

Horsey - Debonair

jingle.boy · « **Reply #10618 on:** August 09, 2021, 10:31:08 AM »

You listen to some 'out-there' shit man. Not that I've ever heard of most of 'em, but my impression of what the style of music must be like is

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10619 on:** August 09, 2021, 12:58:03 PM »

Quote from: jingle.boy on August 09, 2021, 10:31:08 AM

You listen to some 'out-there' shit man. Not that I've ever heard of most of 'em, but my impression of what the style of music must be like is

I would get bored listening to the same stuff all the time. I still listen to plenty of prog and metal, but I like broadening my horizons. Sometimes its stuff I only visit once, but other times I discover gold. Today has been all gold.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10620 on:** August 09, 2021, 12:58:21 PM »

LUMP - Animal

jjrock88 · « **Reply #10621 on:** August 09, 2021, 01:21:31 PM »

Armored Saint- March of the Saint

Saxon- Destiny

Accept- Balls to the Wall

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10622 on:** August 09, 2021, 02:28:05 PM »

skirts - Great Big Wild Oak

darkshade · « **Reply #10623 on:** August 09, 2021, 02:58:47 PM »

jingle.boy · « **Reply #10624 on:** August 10, 2021, 05:45:33 AM »

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on August 09, 2021, 12:58:03 PM

Quote from: jingle.boy on August 09, 2021, 10:31:08 AM
You listen to some 'out-there' shit man. Not that I've ever heard of most of 'em, but my impression of what the style of music must be like is

I would get bored listening to the same stuff all the time. I still listen to plenty of prog and metal, but I like broadening my horizons. Sometimes its stuff I only visit once, but other times I discover gold. Today has been all gold.

All good man. Different strokes.

Quote from: jjrock88 on August 09, 2021, 01:21:31 PM

Armored Saint- March of the Saint

Saxon- Destiny

Accept- Balls to the Wall

And then there's JJ.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10625 on:** August 10, 2021, 06:58:44 AM »

Son Volt - Electro Melodier

Zydar · « **Reply #10626 on:** August 10, 2021, 07:40:09 AM »

The Coral - The invisible Invasion

romdrums · « **Reply #10627 on:** August 10, 2021, 09:31:14 AM »

Friday's Playlist:

Akord: Aether Reality
BTBAM: Coma Ecliptic
The Comet is Coming: Trust in the Life Force of the Deep Mystery
Dream Theater: SDOIT
Elsyne: Elsyne
The Faint: Wet From Birth
God is an Astronaut: Helios/Erebus
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters
The Intersphere: Relations in the Unseen

Monday's Playlist

Jolly: The Audio Guide to Happiness Vol 1
Kosatka: Colossus
Long After Midnight: Painkiller EP
Meniscus: War of Currents
Ned's Atomic Dustbin: God Fodder
OSI: Fire Make Thunder
Porcupine Tree: Fear of a Blank Planet
Queensryche: The Verdict
Rush: Signals

Today's Playlist (so far)
Soilwork: A Predator's Portrait
Tears For Fears: Songs from the Big Chair
UK: UK
VOLA: Witness
Winger: Winger
Yes: Close to the Edge
22: You Are Creating: Limb 1

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10628 on:** August 10, 2021, 10:38:21 AM »

TORRES - Thirstier

ReaperKK · « **Reply #10629 on:** August 10, 2021, 12:41:32 PM »

Dream Theater - Images And Words Live In Japan, 2017

I don't know what the fuss is all about, this is a pretty solid release and I enjoy the little changes they did to some of the songs. The vinyl also sounds great.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10630 on:** August 10, 2021, 01:01:20 PM »

Yola - Stand For Myself

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10631 on:** August 10, 2021, 01:49:35 PM »

King Woman - Celestial Blues

nick_z · « **Reply #10632 on:** August 10, 2021, 02:35:12 PM »

Last one is Eneferens - "The Bleakness of Our Constant". One-man band. Great 2018 album of atmospheric black-metal (I guess?), in the vein of Agalloch, Alcest and others along those lines...Very melancholic sound, beautiful guitar melodies. One of the few cases where I wished the instrumental intro (Leave) were actually longer. Good stuff.

Lowdz · « **Reply #10633 on:** August 10, 2021, 02:51:23 PM »

Vain - No Respect

Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours

Vicious Rumors - Welcome To The Ball

AC/DC - Back In Black

TAC · « **Reply #10634 on:** August 10, 2021, 03:08:10 PM »

Quote from: nick_z on August 10, 2021, 02:35:12 PM

Last one is Eneferens - "The Bleakness of Our Constant". One-man band. Great 2018 album of atmospheric black-metal (I guess?), in the vein of Agalloch, Alcest and others along those lines...Very melancholic sound, beautiful guitar melodies. One of the few cases where I wished the instrumental intro (Leave) were actually longer. Good stuff.

I Saved in my Spotify account when it came out. Yeah, it's a very cool album.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #10635 on:** August 10, 2021, 03:17:29 PM »

TAC · « **Reply #10636 on:** August 10, 2021, 07:40:46 PM »

Any fans of Michael Monroe out there?

Been on a huge Hanoi/Monroe kick this week.

This guy is amazing!

Zydar · « **Reply #10637 on:** August 11, 2021, 01:04:28 AM »

Ayreon - The Final Experiment

My first listen to this album.

ReaperKK · « **Reply #10638 on:** August 11, 2021, 06:24:13 AM »

Tenacious D - Post-Apocalypto

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #10639 on:** August 11, 2021, 06:50:27 AM »

Foxing - Draw Down The Moon

News: Video of online chat between fans and members of Dream Theater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx8cLlXnHpA&feature=youtu.be (*no chickens were harmed during the filming of this chat)

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