1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die- Music Banter Edition

**Frownland** · 08-26-2014, 10:19 AM

57. Son House - Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992)

Keeping up the blues albums, this is my favourite delta blues artist and album. That's saying quite a bit because there are Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, and Robert Johnson competing for that slot. Son House has the awesome voice, guitar chops, and way with words that make this such an enjoyable listen. Recorded in 1965 and released many years later, it still maintains the stripped down and emotional style that Son House perfected (along with the help of his contemporaries, of course) in the 1930s. Each song on this is a delight, but then again I'ven't come across a Son House song I didn't like.

Charlemagne · 08-26-2014, 10:06 PM

58. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee

Maybe this is a little predictable coming from me, but this is easily my favorite concept album. It finishes up the fascinating and devastating saga of the Alpha couple, who had appeared quite often in Darnielle's past albums. It's the first Mountain Goats record with a full band sound and it gives the instrumentation richness, it feels full and developed. Of course, as always, the stand-out here are the lyrics which are incredibly dark and bleak, but somehow manage to have just a shred of hope and light peaking through.

08-26-2014, 10:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	57. Son House - Father of the Delta Blues: The Complete 1965 Sessions (1992) Keeping up the blues albums, this is my favourite delta blues artist and album. That's saying quite a bit because there are Howlin' Wolf, Leadbelly, and Robert Johnson competing for that slot. Son House has the awesome voice, guitar chops, and way with words that make this such an enjoyable listen. Recorded in 1965 and released many years later, it still maintains the stripped down and emotional style that Son House perfected (along with the help of his contemporaries, of course) in the 1930s. Each song on this is a delight, but then again I'ven't come across a Son House song I didn't like. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-26-2014, 10:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
Charlemagne Say something vague Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,551	58. The Mountain Goats - Tallahassee Maybe this is a little predictable coming from me, but this is easily my favorite concept album. It finishes up the fascinating and devastating saga of the Alpha couple, who had appeared quite often in Darnielle's past albums. It's the first Mountain Goats record with a full band sound and it gives the instrumentation richness, it feels full and developed. Of course, as always, the stand-out here are the lyrics which are incredibly dark and bleak, but somehow manage to have just a shred of hope and light peaking through. __________________ Charlemagne had eyes like a lover, but last winter there was weather and his eyes they iced right over. My Last.fm