Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

Trollheart · 11-06-2017, 09:44 AM

All right then, time to check out some of the albums you've rated for February but which are

Album title: Fantasizing About Being Black
Artist: Otis Taylor
Suggested by: Frownland
Genre: Blues
Nationality: American
Release date: February 17
Position in Discography: Fifteenth
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Somewhat
Average RYM Score: 3.40
Cool and smooth to kick off with, great bass rhythm, very – well, there's just no other word for it – cool. Second track is a little more upbeat, little more frantic, and the banjo on “Banjo Bam Bam” is, again, cool and different. I like the introduction of wild electric guitar on “Hand On Your Stomach”. Stupid thing to say, I do know this, but it almost sounds like it could be the blues equivalent of a drone track. Okay I'll move on. Trumpet (cornet?) in the next track is great, really upbeat and happy, makes you want to move your feet, and I don't mean towards the exit, while the harmonica, one of my favourite “backup instruments”, adds a great feel to “D to E Blues”. A great album to kick back to and not worry too much about dissecting. After all, this is the blues, ya dig?

Check out more from this artist? Yup
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yup

Expectation Index: 0

Trollheart · 11-06-2017, 10:33 AM

Album title: Unfold
Artist: The Necks
Suggested by: Frownland
Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Nationality: Australian
Release date: February 10
Position in Discography: Nineteenth
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.39
Whether this is supposed to disarm me or not, or just lull me into a false sense of security, there's a lovely piano and organ intro to the first track that is quite spacey, none (so far) of the frenetic, seemingly chaotic music that tends to characterise my poor understanding certainly of AGJ. Only four tracks, in fairness, but none of them under fifteen minutes, with the longest hitting twenty-one, so much to get through. Second one is more driven by what sounds like a church organ (some sort of organ anyway) with definitely a more jazzy tone than the opener. It's good stuff but 15-20 minutes of basically the same stuff is a little hard to take. It gets a bit boring at times. Good background music I guess. But I'm now halfway into the third track and I don't feel I can take another twenty minutes plus of this. Just too boring really.

Check out more from this artist? Probably not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Again, probably not

Expectation Index: 3

11-06-2017, 09:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	All right then, time to check out some of the albums you've rated for February but which are Album title: Fantasizing About Being Black Artist: Otis Taylor Suggested by: Frownland Genre: Blues Nationality: American Release date: February 17 Position in Discography: Fifteenth Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Somewhat Average RYM Score: 3.40 Cool and smooth to kick off with, great bass rhythm, very – well, there's just no other word for it – cool. Second track is a little more upbeat, little more frantic, and the banjo on “Banjo Bam Bam” is, again, cool and different. I like the introduction of wild electric guitar on “Hand On Your Stomach”. Stupid thing to say, I do know this, but it almost sounds like it could be the blues equivalent of a drone track. Okay I'll move on. Trumpet (cornet?) in the next track is great, really upbeat and happy, makes you want to move your feet, and I don't mean towards the exit, while the harmonica, one of my favourite “backup instruments”, adds a great feel to “D to E Blues”. A great album to kick back to and not worry too much about dissecting. After all, this is the blues, ya dig? Check out more from this artist? Yup Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yup Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-06-2017, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Unfold Artist: The Necks Suggested by: Frownland Genre: Avant-Garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz Nationality: Australian Release date: February 10 Position in Discography: Nineteenth Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.39 Whether this is supposed to disarm me or not, or just lull me into a false sense of security, there's a lovely piano and organ intro to the first track that is quite spacey, none (so far) of the frenetic, seemingly chaotic music that tends to characterise my poor understanding certainly of AGJ. Only four tracks, in fairness, but none of them under fifteen minutes, with the longest hitting twenty-one, so much to get through. Second one is more driven by what sounds like a church organ (some sort of organ anyway) with definitely a more jazzy tone than the opener. It's good stuff but 15-20 minutes of basically the same stuff is a little hard to take. It gets a bit boring at times. Good background music I guess. But I'm now halfway into the third track and I don't feel I can take another twenty minutes plus of this. Just too boring really. Check out more from this artist? Probably not Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Again, probably not Expectation Index: 3 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018