What album are you rediscovering? (funk, cd, single, albums)

WaspStar · 11-06-2008, 06:54 PM

You buy an album and fall in love with it. It's on constant rotation. One day you file it away, and for whatever reason, don't play it for months, years. Eventually you play it again, and it brings back amazing memories.

Sift through your music collection, physical or virtual, and pick out five or ten albums you used to love but haven't played for at least a year. Listen to them all. You're guaranteed to find at least one that knocks you out.

Lately I've been listening to Dire Strait's Communique a lot (don't laugh!)

As a high school freshman, this was my favorite record. The sound is impossibly clean and slick. Every track has at least one special moment that makes it memorable. Listening to this now, I'm amazed that I'm still discovering little things to love about this record. The guitar solo at the end of Lady Writer is truly phenomenal, maybe even better than Sultans Of Swing. The guitar licks in Single Handed Sailor are lovelier than I remembered. The backing vocals on Angel Of Mercy just make that song. Wow. I haven't felt this excited about an old favorite since I dug Let It Bleed out of the basement.

jackhammer · 11-06-2008, 07:24 PM

The Undisputed Truth-Cosmic Truth. One of the greatest Funk albums ever.

Astronomer · 11-06-2008, 07:58 PM

'In Absentia', Porcupine Tree.
I bought it when it was released, didn't listen to it for years, and now am crazy about it again.

kthedrummer · 11-06-2008, 08:29 PM

A Perfect Circle-The 13th Step...how I could forget it I don't know.

Astronomer · 11-06-2008, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by kthedrummer

A Perfect Circle-The 13th Step...how I could forget it I don't know.

How could you forget about it?! Ahhh I love that album.

dac · 11-07-2008, 02:45 AM

Coldplay - Parachutes (Go ahead and laugh)

jackhammer · 11-07-2008, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dac

Coldplay - Parachutes (Go ahead and laugh)

Bulldog · 11-07-2008, 03:36 AM

The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

One of my top 10 albums anyday, I'd just been giving it a rest for a few weeks

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Originally Posted by dac

Coldplay - Parachutes (Go ahead and laugh)

LULZ

boysetsfire · 11-07-2008, 03:41 AM

Oasis- Be Here Now. The first CD I've ever gotten haha. I found it in my old cd case and i've been listening to it a lot lately.

4ZZZ · 11-07-2008, 07:26 AM

A hell of a lot of John Cale's work

11-06-2008, 06:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
WaspStar Back to mono Join Date: May 2008 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 509	What album are you rediscovering? You buy an album and fall in love with it. It's on constant rotation. One day you file it away, and for whatever reason, don't play it for months, years. Eventually you play it again, and it brings back amazing memories. Sift through your music collection, physical or virtual, and pick out five or ten albums you used to love but haven't played for at least a year. Listen to them all. You're guaranteed to find at least one that knocks you out. Lately I've been listening to Dire Strait's Communique a lot (don't laugh!) As a high school freshman, this was my favorite record. The sound is impossibly clean and slick. Every track has at least one special moment that makes it memorable. Listening to this now, I'm amazed that I'm still discovering little things to love about this record. The guitar solo at the end of Lady Writer is truly phenomenal, maybe even better than Sultans Of Swing. The guitar licks in Single Handed Sailor are lovelier than I remembered. The backing vocals on Angel Of Mercy just make that song. Wow. I haven't felt this excited about an old favorite since I dug Let It Bleed out of the basement. __________________ "This sure doesn't look like 'Crazy Ernie's Amazing Emporium of Total Bargain Madness!'"

11-06-2008, 07:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The Undisputed Truth-Cosmic Truth. One of the greatest Funk albums ever. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

11-06-2008, 07:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Astronomer we are stardust Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,894	'In Absentia', Porcupine Tree. I bought it when it was released, didn't listen to it for years, and now am crazy about it again. __________________

11-06-2008, 08:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
kthedrummer King of the Idiots Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The free love freeway Posts: 262	A Perfect Circle-The 13th Step...how I could forget it I don't know. __________________ Your brain has the shell on it.

11-07-2008, 02:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
dac MB's Biggest Fanboy Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cloud Cuckoo Land Posts: 2,852	Coldplay - Parachutes (Go ahead and laugh) __________________

11-07-2008, 03:41 AM	#9 (permalink)
boysetsfire Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 6	Oasis- Be Here Now. The first CD I've ever gotten haha. I found it in my old cd case and i've been listening to it a lot lately.

11-07-2008, 07:26 AM	#10 (permalink)
4ZZZ Forever young Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Brisbane Posts: 608	A hell of a lot of John Cale's work