In your CD player
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All Things New Again - Wallflowers
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En konsert for folk flest (Norske skuffelser og andre gleder, Nidarosdomen 31 juli 2014) - Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken featuring Kammerkoret Aurum and Sheriffs of Nothingness. Motorpsycho is a rock band that is not afraid to move outside the rock format. This is a live album recorded in Nidarosdomen, which is the biggest church in Norway and everything about this project is huge, featuring a huge choir and musically is as much classical contemporary music as it is rock. The 'for most people' title is a bit ironic, it's a limited edition 2000 vinyl copies (+ bonus CD/DVD) release, and lyrically this is as much social criticism as a tribute to Norway. It's also the first time they have made a record in the Norwegian langauge. These guys have quite a following in Europe.
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Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
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Odessa - Bee Gees 3CD 2009 reissue. Sometimes their handful (or two) of fantastic hits get in the way of some of their fantastic albums and "Odessa" is one of them. Released as a double album in 1969, leaning on epic ballads and orchestrations. Disc one in stereo, disc two in mono and a third disc of "Sketches for Odessa".
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Words Of Love - Buddy Holly and several takes of the same by the Beatles (inclusive of BBC version)
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Last train to London ~ ELO Goodbye to Europe for a while...
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The Game - Queen 2011 digital remaster. I often hear Queen fans who don't think "The Game" is any good, but to me that perhaps more respect the band creatively than being a fan, it is perhaps their best. Freddie Mercury had an amazing voice, the irresistibly catchy "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" show that he could also sing in a rockabilly style and make it swing.
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Child of the Future - Motorpsycho Exclusive 2009 vinyl LP release only, to celebrate twenty years since their formation as a band. It is recorded by Steve Albini, who recorded classic 90's albums like "In Utero" by Nirvana and "Rid of Me" by PJ Harvey. It's a rather basic and raw sound, probably why he uses the characteristic 'recorded by' instead of 'produced by'.
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The Voice ~ Moody Blues Just went to an awesome Moody Blues concert!!
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love2travel:
The Voice ~ Moody Blues Just went to an awesome Moody Blues concert!!
"Out on the ocean of life my love...there's so many things we must rise above" Love that song!
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SurSteven:
love2travel:
The Voice ~ Moody Blues Just went to an awesome Moody Blues concert!!
"Out on the ocean of life my love...there's so many things we must rise above" Love that song!
There are so many great songs they played! So many more I would love to hear as well... Such as The Best Way To Travel, the whole House of Four Doors, In My World...just so many... They are great musicians and lyricists ! We missed hearing the Actor... It was a great birthday gift for me!! A Gemini Dream
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It's Only Rock N' Roll - Rolling Stones
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25 classical greats
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Word Crimes - Weird Al
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Accellerate - R.E.M. I disccoverd R.E.M. in 1985, when they released "Fables of the Reconstruction". It was a period where I discovered that there was an undergroud movement. Up until the mid-80s I thought music was what was on the charts. So it opened up new territory for me a as a listener, interested in music new and old. Garage bands like R.E.M., Violent Femmes, The Dream Syndicate, Green on Red... made records I enjoyed as much as those by McCartney, Harrison, Springsteen, Prince., Bowie... To this day, I consider R.E.M.'s I.R.S. years 1982-87 as their best period. I can't make lists without adding "Reckoning" and other albums they made in this period. Many years later... after their breaktrough with "Out of Time" in 1991 and after their drummer quit in 1996, they started to make albums I continued to buy but listened less to. Electronic inspired music that made them sound more like a studio project than a band. Not bad but I just didn't play these records as much when they came out. I think "Accellerate" (200 is the closest thing they came to make a guitar band album again, with a live in the studio atmosphere. Some catchy power pop songs on it and I consider it my favorite post-Bill Berry R.E.M. album until their breakup in 2011. So.... hey, I'm writing/babbling this like anybody cares about my "reviews". Let's Stop here.
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Moonlight sonata -Beethoven
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New York - Lou Reed An album that plays like a book, a novel. I've never been to New York and this is Lou Reed's version of the city from 1989. I think it's great record, among his best to my ears. And I'm very fond of his guitar playing, kind of minimalist with a distinctive sound. Music that is both laidback and rocking at the same time.
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No Pier Pressure - Brian Wilson I've played this album regulalry since it came out earlier this year and there's plenty of good songs on it. I've read that some critics called it uneven, but I think varied is another word you can use, depending on how you look at it. My favorite so far has been "Guess You Had to Be There", a duet with Kacey Musgraves, which I already consider a Brian Wilson classic on my stereo.
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Hope of deliverance
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McCartney II - Paul McCartney I have the "Ram" Deluxe Edition of the exlusive reissue box sets, it came with the mono version of the album and "Thrillington" remastered so I thought it was essential in my collection. Now I decided to finally get hold of the "McCartney II" 4CD set as well. It's quite expensive stuff and a little bit back and forth, should I get this... or save the money for other records by other artists... I have the regular 2CD set but I play the deluxe cronological anyway, and I just put it on...