Love or Hate?

Trollheart · 01-20-2016, 10:31 AM

On the subject of LDR: having heard precisely nothing by her, I was expecting the usual vapid pop or maybe someone trying to be a rocker and failing at it. I thought maybe Lady Gaga or Kesha (yeah Batty: take that!) but I was amazed by the difference when I listened to her. I haven't heard any other of her albums but am hopeful now that I may become a fan.

@ bob: already listened to and reviewed (does nobody pay attention to the colour coding in the OP?) For everyone's benefit: all original recs have now been listened to. They're coloured yellow.

@ jtf: have heard that Gaslight Anthem album. Will accept something else in its place.

DeadChannel · 01-20-2016, 10:53 AM

I'll rec:

Cousin Boneless - Dance Macabre

**Goofle** · 01-20-2016, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Title: Honeymoon
Artiste: Lana del Rey
Genre: Pop
Familiarity: Zero; but who hasn't heard of her?
Recommended by: Goofle

Expectations: Let's see what all the fuss is about then, shall we?

1. Honeymoon: Well I love the orchestral intro, not what I was expecting at all I must say. Voice is very sultry and almost forties cabaret singer style. Impressed with this certainly.
2. Music to watch boys to: Whoa! Another soft, sultry song. This is quite surprising
3. Terrence loves you: And a third. Love the piano and the strings, and her voice is so strong and yet so gentle.
4. God knows I tried: Jesus freaking Christ! What a sublime and gorgeous mixture of the blues and gospel, and an angelic voice crying in real pain. Unbelievable.
5. High by the beach: Even a song I assumed would be an uptempo, pop ditty is a restrained, stately rendition driven by a grave organ line.
6. Freak: This is just a beautiful song, with a really bitter and yet encouraging message.
7. Art deco: Is there anything here that isn't perfect??
8. Burnt Norton (interlude): Even when she just speaks poetry she sounds amazing, and the soft backing behind her (harp? Strings? Synth?) is perfect.
9. Religion: I'm not sure if there's any point in trying to say how great this album is any more; I'm running out of superlatives. Suffice to say another incredible song.
10. Salvatore: Well there you are: just gets better with every track. I'm falling in love with this album. Is all her stuff like this?
11. The blackest day: Another beautiful but bitter song. The backing vocals work very well here and the dark synth backing is excellent.
12. 24: Meaning no disrespect (because my respect for her has skyrocketed since hearing this album) this would be a great album to fall asleep to. Every track is smouldering and laidback but powerful and sultry.
13. Swan song: Just another beautiful song. Sorry, I just can't praise this enough overall.
14. Don't let me be misunderstood: And a passionate soulful cover of The Animals' classic. Excellent closer.

End result: Where in the hell has this woman been all my life? My own fault. I formed my own opinion of her, based on pretty much nothing, and refused to listen to her music. Now I see my error. I need to hear her other albums, and this is so freaking perfect that I'm going out to buy it. Consider me converted. Thanks, Goof!

So, Love or Hate? It would be ridiculous and a crime were I to give this anything less than a True Love. So I won't.

Daaaaamn. You like it more than me

Pet_Sounds · 01-20-2016, 11:05 AM

You might have heard it, but Television - Marquee Moon

grindy · 01-20-2016, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

You might have heard it, but Television - Marquee Moon

He's done it here.

Plainview · 01-20-2016, 11:13 AM

A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile

Trollheart · 01-20-2016, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

You might have heard it, but Television - Marquee Moon

Yup. Been there, done that.

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Originally Posted by Plainview

A Walk Across the Rooftops - The Blue Nile

It looks really familiar. I'll have to check, pretty sure I did it.

I'm trying to put together a full list of all albums reviewed since the thread began, which will then make it easier for you guys to know what to rec, and what not to. Watch this space.

**Goofle** · 01-20-2016, 11:27 AM

Girls Aloud - Tangled Up (2007)

The Batlord · 01-20-2016, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Watch this space.

Plainview · 01-20-2016, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yup. Been there, done that.

It looks really familiar. I'll have to check, pretty sure I did it.

I'm trying to put together a full list of all albums reviewed since the thread began, which will then make it easier for you guys to know what to rec, and what not to. Watch this space.

I think I talked about them in another thread and might have posted that cover somewhere, but you didn't seem familiar with them at the time. You'd really like them, I think.

01-20-2016, 10:31 AM	#2691 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	On the subject of LDR: having heard precisely nothing by her, I was expecting the usual vapid pop or maybe someone trying to be a rocker and failing at it. I thought maybe Lady Gaga or Kesha (yeah Batty: take that!) but I was amazed by the difference when I listened to her. I haven't heard any other of her albums but am hopeful now that I may become a fan. @ bob: already listened to and reviewed (does nobody pay attention to the colour coding in the OP?) For everyone's benefit: all original recs have now been listened to. They're coloured yellow. @ jtf: have heard that Gaslight Anthem album. Will accept something else in its place. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-20-2016, 11:05 AM	#2694 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	You might have heard it, but Television - Marquee Moon __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

01-20-2016, 10:53 AM	#2692 (permalink)
DeadChannel Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Canada Posts: 1,259	I'll rec: Cousin Boneless - Dance Macabre