What are you listening to?

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:51 pm

Astral Enigma wrote:: Anathema - We're here because we're here (don't understand what all the fuss is about)

I like this album, but (a) you do need to be in the right mood, and (b) you have to listen to the whole thing in one sitting, otherwise it loses impact.

Astral Enigma wrote:: Within Temptation - The unforgiving (rather good!)

Now I like this one - Something of a change in direction, which is quite frankly what they needed. They were starting to get stuck in a musical rut.

Astral Enigma wrote:: Black Mountain - Wilderness heart (ok but needs another listen)

Underwhelming in the extreme - Classic rock watered down for the indie-addled who can't handle the real thing.

Astral Enigma wrote:: Blood Ceremony - Living with the ancients (quite liked it)

Black Sabbath fronted by Angela Gordon?

Astral Enigma wrote:: Caravan - In the land of grey and pink (herecy I know but I find a lot of it quite tedious - prefer others...)

Only Caravan album I've got - having enjoyed their CRF and HV sets, which others do you recommend?

Astral Enigma wrote:: Mostly Autumn - Still Beautiful (ditto, although don't understand track resequencing?)

I'd love to know the logic behind this, and for the omission of "Fading Colours" and "Spirit" with Liam's solo.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:31 am

Kalyr wrote:

Astral Enigma wrote:: Caravan - In the land of grey and pink (herecy I know but I find a lot of it quite tedious - prefer others...)

Only Caravan album I've got - having enjoyed their CRF and HV sets, which others do you recommend?

That's easy - (1) For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night - the first 2 or 3 they played at CRF were off this, and (2) Cunning Stunts.

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

I like Waterloo Lily, Cunning stunts and If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you. But they are all available on budget re-issues at very good prices these days.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:40 pm

It's been a somewhat metallic week:

The Final Frontier - Iron Maiden
Endgame - Megadeth
Hybrid Child - District 97
The Open Door - Evanescence
ReVamp - ReVamp
Design Your Universe - Epica
Blood Mountain - Mastodon

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:38 pm

Working through the post-CRF CDs

Credo - Rhetoric. Very very generic 80s neo-prog by numbers, but nicely done even though it's nothing groundbreaking
Final Conflict - Simple. See above, but slightly better
Ebony Tower - Dead Planets New Stars. Entertaining and rocky 4-track EP, though it's a different lineup to the one I saw at CRF, in particular a different lead singer.
Swans in Flight - s/t. Really not what I expected, and sounds nothing like they sounded live. All the guitars are acoustic, so the end result is a lot softer than the electric band I saw live. Some of it still rocks, some is closer to folk than to rock.
Mostly Autumn - Still Beautiful. This one has it's own thread
Caravan - For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:10 pm

Whilst back in the UK (had a couple of weeks with little listening!):

Whitesnake - Ready And Willing ~307~
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy ~324~
Asia - Omega ~364~
Black Sabbath - Tyr ~460~
Love/Hate - Blackout In The Red Room ~523~
Michael Schenker Group - M.S.G. ~557~
Green Day - Dookie ~606~
Gary Moore - Victims Of The Future ~806~

plus Prognosis samplers 1-5

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:21 pm

The journeyt back to the UK (train, plane and automobile - well coach anyway):

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon ~4~
Breathing Space - Breathing Space ~29~
Emerald Sky - Shadows Of Darkness ~37~
Breathing Space - Coming Up For Air ~49~
Stray - Hearts Of Fire ~299~
Wildhearts - Coupled With ~308~
Madonna - Ray Of Light ~536~
Dragonforce - Valley Of The Damned ~840~
Cheap Trick - All Shook Up ~935~
Anathema - We're Here Because We're Here ~1085~
Stray - Saturday Morning Pictures ~1194~
Opeth - Deliverance ~1223~
Oceansize - Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up ~1350~

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:07 pm

On the first few stages of my cross-USA train trip (about Goleta to Dodge City I think):

Sunfly - Live At The Target 8 Mar 1979 ~~
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose ~233~
Ian Dury - New Boots And Panties ~295~
Honeycrack - Prozaic ~305~
Katmandu - Katmandu ~391~
Larry Miller - Man On A Mission ~403~
Deke Leonard - Kamikaze ~418~
Kiss - Dressed To Kill ~423~
Thunder - The Thrill Of It All ~432~
Horslips - The Tain ~450~
Burlesque - Burlesque ~475~
Iron Butterfly - Metamorphosis ~499~
Santana - Santana ~503~
Sass Jordan - Rats ~513~
Extreme - Extreme ~538~
Status Quo - Whatever You Want ~552~
Therion - Deggial ~558~
Gary Moore - Dirty Fingers ~584~
Splodgenessabounds - Splodgenessabounds ~621~
Dan Reed Network - The Heat ~670~
Charlatans - Some Friendly ~707~
Gun - Swagger ~739~
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger ~756~
U.F.O. - No Place To Run ~765~
Hawklords - 25 Years On ~924~

Then Prognosis 6-13 when the battery went flat on my first MP3 player! I have to say that, after listening to them starting at the first, I've been disappointed by how little has really interested me. Mostly all fairly mediocre - OK but nothing to remember - with a few exceptions.

Is anyone still reading these? Seems to have gone a bit quiet recently!

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 13, 2011 5:08 pm

HippyDave wrote:: Hybrid Child - District 97

How is the District 97 album? It's one I added to my possible-to-buy list, then heard a sample and crossed it off again!

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:36 pm

Astral Enigma wrote:

HippyDave wrote:: Hybrid Child - District 97

How is the District 97 album? It's one I added to my possible-to-buy list, then heard a sample and crossed it off again!

It's an absolute blinder. District 97 are far and away my favourite American-based new discovery since I learnt of the existence of Spock's Beard back in '97, and Hybrid Child is as bold a statement of intent as you could wish for. It falls neatly in two halves: 4 mid-length proggy numbers, and 1 20+ minute 10-part(!) epic 'concept' piece concerning alien abductions. Nary a dull moment! The musicians are all very technically proficient, but amongst the crunching riffs and mental jazz-influenced freak-outs, they've got a fine ear for big melodies - not to mention an all-time great frontwoman in the making in the shape of Leslie Hunt. They're a bit like a noughties version of Curved Air mixed with Dream Theater. It's most definitely prog (if you don't like madly shifting time signatures, don't even bother), but with that in mind, it's one of the best debut albums I've ever heard, never mind recently heard.

Two thumbs up from Hippy Towers! Cool

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:39 pm

Looks like I ought to put District 97 back on the list....

Had a quiet week. No idea why. Almost had the feeling of getting bored with listening to music (how does THAT work???).

Various - Classic Rock 162 - Splat
Various - Classic Rock 161 - Buzz 2011
Monstermagnet - Monolithic Baby ~466~
Datsuns - The Datsuns ~526~
Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction ~560~
Marillion - Clutching At Straws ~584~
Sisters Of Mercy - First Last And Always ~590~
Oasis - Definitely Maybe ~596~
Def Leppard - On Through The Night ~613~

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

Been listening to a lot of Motley Crue, AC DC, Rory Gallagher & Alice in Chains

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:08 pm

Last week, finally got round to a bit of music again! A somewhat varied mixture although I guess 'Hard Rock' appears a lot... Must re-listen to Renaissant though - way less good than I remember it.

Electric Boys - Funk-O-Metal Carpet Ride ~395~
Joe Satriani - Flying In A Blue Dream ~441~
Gillan - Glory Road ~469~
Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours ~479~
Jump - World Of Wonder ~479~
Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse Of Reason ~504~
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap ~504~
Annie Haslam's Renaissance - Blessings In Disguise ~514~
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. ~533~
Nice - Elegy ~540~
Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying ~560~
Colosseum - Daughter Of Time ~570~
Black Velvet Band - When Justice Came ~595~
Mind Funk - Mind Funk ~618~
Ozzy Osbourne - The Ultimate Sin ~633~
R.E.O. Speedwagon - Nine Lives ~633~
Saxon - Wheels Of Steel ~633~
U.F.O. - Obsession ~687~
U.F.O. - Making Contact ~687~
Girl - Sheer Greed ~743~
Hawkwind - Hawkwind ~798~
Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind ~844~
U.F.O. - The Visitor ~865~
Ian Gillan Band - Scarabus ~878~
Ministry - Psalm 69 ~918~
Renaissant - South Of Winter ~923~

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:24 pm

Opeth - Heritage
Matt Stevens - Relic.
Sankara - Enigma
Steven Wilson - Grace in Drowning
Mastodon - The Hunter

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:47 pm

Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland ~284~
Karnataka - The Gathering Light ~377~
Hanoi Rocks - Two Steps From The Move ~434~
Def Leppard - Adrenalize ~462~
Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom ~498~
Alan Parsons Project - The Turn Of A Friendly Card ~503~
Gary Moore - Back On The Streets ~510~
Within Temptation - The Unforgiving ~567~
Orange Deluxe - Vodka, Doughnuts And Dole ~567~
Jimi Hendrix - Cry Of Love ~586~
Bob Seger - Stranger In Town ~598~
Doctor And The Medics - Laughing At The Pieces ~606~
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping ~620~
Larry Miller - Unfinished Business ~625~
Van Halen - Van Halen II ~640~
Paradise Lost - One Second ~647~
Saxon - Crusader ~656~
Angel - Helluva Band ~658~
Genesis - Abacab ~684~
Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink ~719~
Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension ~723~
Mama's Boys - Plug It In ~764~
Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare ~779~
Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart ~811~
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream Dracula Scream! ~1208~

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:32 pm

Last week:

Edgar Winter - They Only Come Out At Night ~355~
Aerosmith - Get A Grip ~474~
Heavy Metal Kids - Kitsch ~519~
Nice - The Nice ~534~
Blondie - Plastic Letters ~560~
Tygers Of Pan Tang - Wild Cat ~572~
Def Leppard - High'n'dry ~572~
Coney Hatch - Coney Hatch ~582~
Mannfred Mann's Earthband - Watch ~600~
Wildhearts - Landmines And Pantomimes ~607~
Whitesnake - Trouble ~610~
Bryan Adams - Waking Up The Neighbours ~617~
Ratt - Detonator ~644~
Terrorvision - Formaldehyde ~678~
Jethro Tull - Roots To Branches ~691~
Simple Minds - Sparkle In The Rain ~699~
Living Colour - Vivid ~699~
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die ~712~
Gillan - Magic ~715~
Ratt - Invasion Of Your Privacy ~732~
Gillan - Future Shock ~735~
Steve Hillage - Green ~735~
Him - Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights ~744~
W.A.S.P. - The Last Command ~747~
Spirit - Twelve Dreams Of Dr Sardonicus ~751~
Testament - Souls Of Black ~751~
Slade - We'll Bring The House Down ~751~
Uriah Heep - Head First ~759~
Kingfisher Sky - Hallway Of Dreams ~793~
Scorpions - Love At First Sting ~801~
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar ~842~
Chalice - Back To Back ~845~
Vardis - The World's Insane ~1087~

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

Apart from all of my Wishbone Ash and The Allman Brothers CDs I have had a lot of Nazareth playing, and the new Touchstone album, which I really like a lot.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:36 pm

Touchstone... another one for my shopping list when I get back (not long now). What are the 'new' Nazareth albums like?

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

I like 'the Newz' a lot, but not heard this years yet, is it called 'big dog'?

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:41 pm

Pendragon - The Masquerade Overture ~480~
Python Lee Jackson - In A Broken Dream ~512~
Man - The Welsh Connection ~568~
Rare Bird - Sympathy ~610~
Joe Jackson - Look Sharp ~617~
Joan Jett And The Blackheart Band - I Love Rock And Roll ~626~
Ginger - Market Harbour ~635~
Hawkwind - Chronicle Of The Black Sword ~660~
Free - Fire And Water ~669~
Mannfred Mann's Earthband - The Roaring Silence ~699~
Jilted John - True Love Stories ~748~
Thin Lizzy - Renegade ~770~
Starcastle - Real To Reel ~781~
Devo - Are We Not Men ~784~
Saxon - The Power And The Glory ~828~
Hagar Schon Aaronsen And Shrieve - Through The Fire ~850~
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine ~910~
Various - Peter And The Wolf ~916~
Sammy Hagar - Voice Of America ~934~
Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced ~959~
Therapy? - Infernal Love ~1075~

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

Spent the last few days enjoying New York Dolls, The Clash and Arena (various) CDs

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:43 pm

Looks like just us Colin. Music for my trip back from California, via Texas and Florida...

Various - Classic Rock 159 - Discover Download
Various - Classic Rock 158 - Teepee Sampler Volume II
Various - Classic Rock 157 - Songbook Vol 3
Various - Classic Rock 156 - Eruption
Various - Classic Rock 160 - Super Rock Power Hour
Cozy Powell - Octopuss ~413~
Skin - Lucky ~464~
Mission - Carved In Sand ~494~
Antiproduct - Please Take Your Cash ~496~
Twelfth Night - Twelfth Night ~562~
Days Of Worth - The Western Mechanism ~590~
Thin Lizzy - Johnny The Fox ~606~
Samson - Head On ~639~
Budgie - Power Supply ~652~
It's A Beautiful Day - Choice Quality Stuff ~660~
Blue Oyster Cult - Cultosaurus Erectus ~667~
Cathedral - The Carnival Bizarre ~671~
Curved Air - Airborne ~675~
Ekseption - Beggar Julia's Time Trip ~682~
Tomita - Pictues At An Exhibition ~692~
Status Quo - Never Too Late ~695~
Faith No More - Introduce Yourself ~725~
Madness - One Step Beyond ~748~
Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute ~755~
Loverboy - Wildside ~767~
Freak Of Nature - Freak Of Nature ~778~
Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition ~791~
Mannfred Mann's Earthband - Nightingales And Bombers ~799~
Juliette Lewis - Terra Incognita ~807~
Stray - Move It ~868~
Be-Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic ~868~
Molly Hatchet - Take No Prisoners ~878~
Ekseption - Trinity ~1190~

Tail Gunner Posts : 234 Join date : 2010-03-12

Trevor, is that Manfred Mann album worth the effort of buying. I nearly did once before but as I haven't heard it I changed my mind.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:38 pm

I've had a few days (or weeks?) of quiet. No idea why. Can'ty even get up the energy for gigs. Perhaps it's the concentration on 'work'... Still, train last week, and car down to Bourne and a few meetings, so:

Emerson Lake And Palmer - Tarkus ~5~
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Emerson Lake And Palmer ~5~
Genesis - Foxtrot ~17~
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Trilogy ~28~
Emerald Sky - Shadows Of Darkness ~37~
Curved Air - Second Album ~38~
Pink Floyd - Meddle ~44~
Deep Purple - Fireball ~57~
Horslips - The Book Of Invasions ~422~
Accept - Balls To The Wall ~704~
Nektar - Magic Is A Child ~793~
G-Force - G-Force ~810~
Gary Moore - Corridors Of Power ~814~
Iron Butterfly - Sun And Steel ~848~
Status Quo - Back To Back ~871~
...plus the Whit KLnight sampler, The Union and St Jude.

Subject: Re: What are you listening to? Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:42 pm

ColinCamel wrote:: Trevor, is that Manfred Mann album worth the effort of buying. I nearly did once before but as I haven't heard it I changed my mind.

To my mind, not really Colin. Nothing really bad on it. The first track is the one you'll know, nice and singalong etc, but the rest is listenable but no more. Looking at my assessment, most tracks fell into a 2 out of 5 rating, which means 'Quite happy to listen to again but wouldn't go out of my way'. Currently standing at number 799 out of a bit over 1500 albums...