What album are you listening to v.8

[nick_z]

Other than waaaaay to much Christmas music for most of Thanksgiving yesterday  ...some more 2023 stuff:




The Final Gasp is a pretty cool slab of Killing Joke-sque music...

Dyssebeia are from Switzerland...nothing too groundbreaking, but neat melodeath album

[Bluefish]

[Bluefish]

[Buddyhunter1]

Had the opportunity to spin a few of my all-time favorites while traveling for Thanksgiving.

[Jamesman42]

Dream Theater - A View From the Top of the World (3rd listen)

To follow up on this - there are some good moments on this album. I think that would be true of any DT album. My favorite song was Transcending Time, I felt it had the most unique stuff going on.

The rest is still a blur, and I tried to listen with intent on each song. I will probably give it more chances when I have more time for it, but I am still labeling this as mediocre for now.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

Taeko Onuki - Sunshower

[jjrock88]

Rainbow- Long Live Rock n Roll

Queensryche- Hear in the Now Frontier

[twosuitsluke]

I listened to this yesterday too! Such a good album 

[Glasser]

Pathology- Prelude To Destruction.

[Zydar]

Rush - All The World's A Stage

[jjrock88]

David Lee Roth- Best of

Night Ranger- Greatest Hits

Aldo Nova- Best of

[pfillion]

The debut album from Deposed King is undoubtedly one of my highlights of 2023. It's a definite contender for my top 10 albums of the year. I highly recommend this gem to fans of Steven Wilson, Lunatic Soul, and Radiohead. Give it a spin! 🎶

https://deposedking.bandcamp.com/album/one-mans-grief

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

David Bowie - Let's Dance

[Sacul]

Don't mind me, I'm just vibing to more Argentine prog. This one is pretty nice.

[jjrock88]

Journey- Greatest Hits

Foreigner- Greatest Hits

[Bluefish]

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

bright eyes - the people's key

[Nachtmerrie]

Some recent releases:

Mayfire - Cloudscapes & Silhouettes
This is really good. Progressive, a lot of variation, mostly vocals and great vocal melodies, a few great riffs and Baard Kolstad on one of the songs.
Fans of TesseracT will love this.

Morne - Engraved With Pain
Post/sludgemetal with some doomy leads. First listen followed by two more. I like it a lot. Some Cult of Luna influences mainly in the vocals and tribal drumming.

TesseracT - War of Being
This one still gets better which each listen. Can't wait to see them live in February.

[ProfessorPeart]

We lost a giant today. RIP Geordie.

[NoseofNicko]

[Glasser]

Opeth- Watershed.

[TheHoveringSojourn808]

porcupine tree - in absentia

[hefdaddy42]

Polyphia - Live at the Factory in Deep Ellum

[Sacul]

Oops, I had missed a few records from Charly, let's see...

Charly García Parte de la Religión
Very good album, quite pop but feels more refined than the previous albums in the production, and some songs are simply epic.

Charly García Cómo conseguir chicas
Wasn't expecting much given the title ("How to get ladies"), but I'm quite pleased - another great, great pop album. Influences of Funk and Synthpop, pretty spacey and somewhat atmospheric.

Charly García / Pedro Aznar Tango
A short collab with his good friend Pedro, of Serú Girán. And no, it's not tango music, but a very good Synthpop EP instead. I already knew Hablando a tu corazón from the radio and whatnot, but rediscovering it here was a pleasant surprise.

Spinetta Un Mañana
Hmnnn in some regard his final studio album is a step above the previous efforts, which I had found a bit dull tbh, and I'll prob need to revisit it a few times, but I liked the diverse use of synths, and string and piano arrangements.

Charly just couldn't be stopped back in the 70s when he made Prog, and in the 80s his shift to New Wave only gave us many amazing, very memorable records. What a legend. Spinetta had higher highs in my opinion, but after the 80s his work was all over the place, not always in a good way. Still, for such a massive catalogue, the amount of iconic tunes he made is staggering. I'm close to finishing my way through his discography, and although it's been a bit rough at times, it's just been a very rewarding experience. I think I definitely need to make a thread or something about Latin American music with all of these discoveries, from a native's perspective. Once I'm done with my roulette (which should begin this week), that is

[Zydar]

Rush - Grace Under Pressure

My deep dive continues.

[Samsara]

Going through the Rush discography from the first album to CA.

[hefdaddy42]

Kurt Rosenwinkel and Geri Allen - A Lovesome Thing

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I think I definitely need to make a thread or something about Latin American music with all of these discoveries, from a native's perspective. Once I'm done with my roulette (which should begin this week), that is

I'd definitely be up for it.  I have a bit, but it's not one of the deeper areas of my collection, so I can always use more. 

[hefdaddy42]

Subsignal - The Beacons of Somewhere Sometime

[twosuitsluke]

[hefdaddy42]

Leftover Salmon - Brand New Good Old Days

[energythief]

Currently doing a listen to all the Mangini DT albums. I've not really spent the same amount of time with them that I did with the Portnoy ones, particularly AVFTTOTW. I don't think I could even hum any of the parts from memory.

[NoseofNicko]

Another very good album. Yes I really liked First Two Pages of Frankenstein and I’m not ashamed of it.

[hefdaddy42]

Portugal. The Man - American Ghetto

[Bluefish]