Shadowfax - Too Far To Whisper
Camel - Moon Madness
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Arcane - Gather Darkness
The Guess Who - Share the Land |
Airsculpture - Before the Moon
Rosie Thomas - With Love |
Spryo Gyra - Carnaval
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Works Vol. 2
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Tangerine Dream - Stratosfear (In Search of Hades box set)
Thomas Dolby - Astronauts and Heretics
Fanger and Shonwalder - Analog Overdose 4
Van Morrison - The Prophet Speaks
Sky Cries Mary - Seeds |
Uber, Carnaval is really great. I have it on CD, both the MCA and Amherst masters, which definitely differ from one another in terms of sonics.
Spyro Gyra, especially on their early releases, seemed to craft loosely-themed concept albums, of which Carnaval is certainly one. From the prog-lite of Catching the Sun to the funk-sprinkled Free Time, there was a unifying musical direction on each record. And Jeremy Wall was at his compositional peak in those years.
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Uber, completely agree!
Ron Boots - By Popular Demand (More Live)
Billy Joel - Storm Front
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Johannes Schmoelling - Whiteout
Beth Orton - Central Reservation
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Parallel Worlds and Dave Bessel - Dystopia
Chris Isaak - San Francisco Days
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Otarion - Genius
Cream - Fresh Cream
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Stanley Clarke - School Days
IQ - The Road of Bones |
Steve Joliffe - Deep Far Down
Deborah Holland - Vancouver |
Syndromeda - Last Days on Earth
Billy F Gibbons - The Big Bad Blues (surprised by this one - first listen. A real throwback to Gibbons' blues roots and reminiscent of ZZ Top's early records).
Ghosthouse - Deborah Holland has a number of solo releases, and they are all superb. Her solo style differs from that of her work with Animal Logic, but it is excellent nonetheless. |
Mike Oldfield - Discovery
Yes - From a Page |
David Clayton-Thomas - Blue Plate Special
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Paul Ellis - The Sacred Ordinary
Oingo Boingo - Boingo (last album and very different from their earlier releases)
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Paul Lawler - Bronx Age
Supertramp - Some Things Never Change
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Eat Static - Science of the Gods
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will |
Keller and Schonwalder - Noir
The Stills-Young Band - Long May You Run
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Redshift - Wild
Alan Parsons - The Secret
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Brendan Pollard and Hastronaut - Analogue Satourn
David Byrne - American Utopia
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Boards of Canada - Twoism
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
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Two VERY different, nautically-themed selections:
Vangelis - The Bounty soundtrack (despite its ostensible formal release on a European “label” - One World Music - the sound quality is bootleggy at best, leaving me wondering whether it was lifted from a well-worn VCR copy of the movie).
Jimmy Buffett - The Far Side of the World |
William Orbit - Strange Cargo
Steeleye Span - Below the Salt
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Radio Massacre International - Been There, Done That
Saga - Images at Twilight
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Ozric Tentacles - Technicians of the Sacred
Portishead - Third |
Uber - what a find! Fun times ahead, indeed...
Dom F. Scab - Twelve Stories
The Kinks - Kinks (first album)
Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love
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Arc - Radio Sputnik
The Cars - Candy-O |
[‘ramp] - Synchronize or Die
Harry Chapin - Verities and Balderdash
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The Cosmic Smokers - On Another Planet
Heart - Fanatic
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Andreas Vollenweider - Caverna Magica
Beck - Sea Change |
Uber, I was surprised, too, by Sea Change (this was my first listen). Not what I was expecting, considering my experience with other Beck recordings. Perhaps repeated listening will reveal more nuance and lead me to appreciate Sea Change more, but the songs were not variegated with respect to style, approach or instrumentation.
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80’s flashback:
John Carpenter - Christine (1983 soundtrack)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) Running To Stand Still continues to give me the shivers even 30 years later. |
I saw Vampires in the theater, actually. Good movie. I don't think I've seen it since. I don't remember the soundtrack, but I'll have to check it out based on your recommendation... Thanks, Reubent.
Arctikdeth - I have not seen Trick or Treat, but I will try and track it down. There is a time and place for everything, including cheesy movies!! |
Navigator - Airwaves
Steely Dan - Everything Must Go
Peter Gabriel - Shaking the Tree. |
Paul Haslinger - Future Primitive
The Beatles (White Album)
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Manuel Gottsching - E2-E4
Steve Winwood (his eponymous first solo album) |
