The last Album You Listened to.

Arghus

Maybe someone has done a thread like this before, I dunno. But there should be one. There's a "what's the last movie you watched thread" in the film forum and a "what's the last book you read" thread in the literature forum, so let's have the equivalent for music. There's a thread for new albums in the Alternative and Indie forum, but sometimes you just wanna post about older stuff and discuss it all.

So here we are:

Anyway.

So the last thing I was listening to was Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada.

I was listening to some Aphex Twin and one of BoC's songs automatically came on after the playlist finished and, yeah, BoC still and will always kick ass.

The glitches. The hypnotic beats. The ethereal loops and spooky melodies. Does anyone do it better?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxByyoMynZA

iamstop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Story_(Grace_Jones_album)

Picked it up for a dollar with 19 other records.

ednwireland

start to finish kate rusby hand me down

Rothko

Listened to the Joshua Tree in full for the first time in ages this evening. I prefer Achtung Baby but Red Hill Mining Town is a song that I'll never get tired of hearing.

IAMAMORON

Being listening to ooodles of techno and house the last while. But I only have an old CD player in the bedroom and I have been listening to Morcheeba - Big Calm.

loyatemu

looking at my Spotify history, the last album I listened to start to finish was Nick Cave's "The Good Son" - I love his 80s and early 90s stuff, the later albums I find a bit hit and miss, but "The Good Son" is one of his best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhOVY58zIo

Rothko

loyatemu wrote: »

looking at my Spotify history, the last album I listened to start to finish was Nick Cave's "The Good Son" - I love his 80s and early 90s stuff, the later albums I find a bit hit and miss, but "The Good Son" is one of his best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhOVY58zIo

Yeah, I think any album that had Blixa on it was great.

s1ippy

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leBje7eHHfrBQOJTpi0FmqIHBqSPcXpgA
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake. Their best imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9l9HBJ1o0

Lockheed

Start to finish, most recent was Substance the 2010 compilation album by Joy Division
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtSFtvXgeRk&list=PLiN-7mukU_RG2S66H04bGUamMiGUqs8Qt

Arghus

s1ippy wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_leBje7eHHfrBQOJTpi0FmqIHBqSPcXpgA
Parquet Courts - Wide Awake. Their best imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9l9HBJ1o0

Fuck Tom Brady.

Yeah, liked that album a lot. Their previous album Human Performance also had a lot going for it.

Kylta

Babylon by bus. Bob Marley.
I do need a journey back to youth every now and again

KaneToad

Nebraska - Bruce Springsteen

thebronze14

Ancient Melodies of the Future - Built to Spill...Came up randomly on my Spotify and liked what I heard

luketitz

The Scientist Rids the World of the Curse of the Evil Vampires - The Scientist

dasdog

luketitz wrote: »

The Scientist Rids the World of the Curse of the Evil Vampires - The Scientist

That's a pretty good choice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gslg3g6WEWc

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was We Can't Dance by Genesis.

mehico

Listened to Rust in Peace by Megadeth a few evenings ago. I found the cd while doing a bit of a clear out, still sounds good.

4Ad

Fleet Foxes new one...bored me....and I like Fleet Foxes...

murpho999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-RT3nxr3T4

Letter to You - Bruce Springsteen's new album. Only came out on Friday. Listened to it twice already and I think it's fantastic

iamstop

Hallways by Homeboy Sandman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POc9R5NOKu0

Arghus

Last few things I listened to:

Juju by Siouxsie and The Banshees.

Really great this one. Don't know why I had never listened to it before: it's a classic. Post-punk that threads the fine line between darkness and accessibility with aplomb. Fantastic vocals, really cool guitar work and a dynamite rhythm section. A killer album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQuyjGg3fHE

Sign by Autechre

I think I admire Autechre more than I love them. I've tried my best to keep up with their recent output, but, jesus, there's just so much of it. So it came as a shock to see them release a conventional ordinary straight ahead single disc album. It's, by far, the most accessible stuff they've put out recently: very ambient, even warm sounding though it could still be a bit of challenge to a lot of people; Conventional song structures are still not what you'll find here. Good music for a soundtrack if you're looking out the window of a train, or omnisciently floating over a thrashed post-industrial landscape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhKHbLw6ivg

Visions of Bodies Being Burned by clipping.

Some of this I really love, it's the most cohesive and impressive clipping record that I've heard. Some of the production is amazing - loads of little details and unusual touches and how they construct the beats out of noise, but can still make them oddly flow and groove: it's pretty cool stuff and when it really comes together with the flow and storytelling of Daveed Diggs it can be very satisfying. The album has a few songs though that don't fully take off and the rapping isn't always 100% engaging - it can be hit and miss. And sometimes the whole album and their shtick is so overly dark and serious that it come across as a bit try-hard and not totally sincere, but I don't know, I still like what I heard so far and I think it'll improve with further listens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0RYIIzsvFw

Chivito550

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Listening to a lot of the Boss and U2 at the moment.

tritriagain

Chivito550 wrote: »

Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Listening to a lot of the Boss and U2 at the moment.

I'm with you. Listen to other stuff but always go back to these two. Brings back great memories of great live gigs.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Violator by Depeche Mode.

Say Your Number

Royal Tea, the new one by Joe Bonamassa, it's decent enough.

run_Forrest_run

Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

It's been a long time since I've listened to some Maiden stuff and I popped this on with the intention of just listening to the opening track but I ended up listening to the end, great band.

Relikk

If anybody is interested in Progressive Rock or Jazz Fusion then this is a great listen. It has elements of both, veering more on the Prog side of things. Exceptional musicianship.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5P8R_PHKJc

thebronze14

Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have it so Much Better. Forgot how good it was

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Reading, Writing and Arithmetic by The Sundays.

JupiterKid

All Blessed by Faithless, their first in 12 years. Excellent!

Kintarō Hattori

Working through Covid at a desk in my bedroom at some point I realised there was a lovely Yamaha amp and Wharfedale speakers doing nothing. I went out and got myself a CD player and decided I was going to start buying 'The Top 100 albums' to get myself listening to artists I wouldn't normally have. First on the list is Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. I'd never listened to an album of theirs.

It's a very good start to this journey.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Tango in the Night by Fleetwood Mac.

Lockheed

Today, Animals by Pink Floyd.

Always a treat to listen to a PF album start to finish.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Oh Mercy by Bob Dylan.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was New York by Lou Reed.

Thesiger

Northern Exposure 1, Disc 1 - Sasha & Digweed.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Days of Open Hand by Suzanne Vega.

Arghus

I was listening to Funeral by Arcade Fire over the past few days. Getting reacquainted, it had been a good few years since I listened to it. It's as amazing still to be honest. I can't listen to it without being transported back to the Winter of '05 and having it on the go in my discman - remember those - for an extended period. That was the time of my first proper romance and the songs really do bring back so many of the wild wondrous emotions of that time.

But, even taking that into account, objectively it's still an absolute knockout of an album. No song is bad, most are unbelievable. It was so fresh at the time - there was nothing else like it. But now I really appreciated how confident and marvelously layered all the songs are. And there's a euphoria to it, but with a bit of darkness that stops it from becoming sappy.

I got a lump in my throat for this one -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJRPPUr1yic

Yeah, I know, we've all heard it a million times. But it immediately made me think of hearing it constantly a the end of the night in the local indie club and every sloshed person in the room - which is to say, everyone - getting all melodramatic and singing along like a fool. That was normal life, guys, wasn't it great? And to think we took it for granted...

Lockheed

The Idiot by Iggy Pop

enough said

Bobtheman

Just listened to bruce springsteen new album.
Letter to you.
Not impressed. Nothing original in my view sound wise or theme wise. By the numbers

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Best..1 by The Smiths.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore.

Declan A Walsh

The last album I listened to was Live in the City of Light by Simple Minds.

DelBoy Trotter

Bruce Springsteen - Letters to You

sbsquarepants

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

Bruce Springsteen - Letters to You

Snap;)

BraveDonut

The last album I listened to was After the Goldrush by Neil Young

DelBoy Trotter

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Snap;)

I watched the documentary of it on Apple TV the other night and enjoyed it, so stuck the album on today and have been impressed!

jiltloop

Working from home has been great for being able to listen to music while plugging away.

Today I listened to the new Actress album - Karma & Desire. based on a recommendation from a friend. I was a few songs through it and then realised that I had actually listened to it already a couple of weeks ago and hadn't liked it. I find it quite repetitive and draining in parts. The 2nd listen invoked the same feeling about the album. I'm absolutely not averse to repetitive music, quite the opposite generally in fact but this I did not gel with.

I then moved on to Jyoti - Mama, You Can Bet! which again was another recommendation that i had really enjoyed a few weeks ago. Never heard of Jyoti before but I was very impressed with this, it's warm, jazz tainted, great vocals and a good mix which really grabs your interest.

IAMAMORON

Mike Oldfield's AMAROK. It is quality and a great listen.

jiltloop

IAMAMORON wrote: »

Mike Oldfield's AMAROK. It is quality and a great listen.

I love Mike Oldfield but am not aware of that album, must give it a listen.

My Dad was a big Mike Oldfield fan back in the day and we always listened to his albums when dragging a caravan around Ireland on family holidays. Brings back great memories and I think a lot of the music still stands up well.