I listened to this in high school but I never went back to it until 2020 during covid. I liked remembering what it was like to hear it for the first time. Jan is a guy who was on a lot of really great records during the 70s.
Songs: 3.5 Ds
Performance: 3.75 Ds
Influence: 3.5 Ds
Overall: 3.75 Ds
I am not a fan of this album. I should be because of the amount of talent and how revolutionary the record was. I just don't like Miles' style of jazz.
Songs: 2.5 Ds
Performance: 4.75 Ds
Influence: 2.0 Ds
Overall: 3.25 Ds
Al is my latest musician hero. I saw a clip of him a few months ago on Facebook and I was sucked into his 70s stuff. A real rockstar. His bands were awesome.
Songs: 3.5 Ds
Performance: 3.75 Ds
Influence: 3.25 Ds
Overall: 3.5 Ds
This album is an all star roster of a bunch of my favorite jazz musicians. Love the chops on this record. I can listen to 2 spins in a row without hesitation.
Songs: 4.0 Ds
Performance: 4.5 Ds
Influence: 4.25 Ds
Overall: 4.25 Ds
I'll always love pompous music. Summon the best jazz musicians of the mid-seventies and make an iconic fusion record. There's so much to like about this band. This year, I'm all in on Al Di Meola. Next year, it might be Stanley Clarke.
Songs: 3.75 Ds
Performance: 4.75 Ds
Influence: 3.5 Ds
Overall: 4.0 Ds
Michael Brecker was a great horn player. I could go off for hours on how The Brecker Brothers influenced my musical vision but this is about the man, Chick Corea.
Fantastic album. I can't say enough about this lineup. Steve Gadd, Chick, Michael....ugh. So awesome. This is gonna bring me to places where I wanted to go. Hold on wankers.
Songs: 3.5 Ds
Performance: 4.75 Ds
Influence: 3.0 Ds
Overall: 3.75 Ds
My 2nd favorite Steve Winwood album. The stuff always just sounds really good. That's him drumming on the title track by the way. He's a great drummer.
Songs: 3.5 Ds
Performance: 4.25 Ds
Influence: 3.75 Ds
Overall: 4 Ds
Decent album. I appreciate what they did here and when they did it. It's not my favorite Traffic record but for 1967, it was pretty cool.
Songs: 2.5 Ds
Performance: 2.5 Ds
Influence: 2.0 Ds
Overall: 2.5 Ds
Great group of iconic musicians. Steve Marriott was wonderful. Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagen and Kenny Jones. This wasn't a go-to album for me but I appreciate it now.
Songs: 3.0 Ds
Performance: 3.0 Ds
Influence: 1.5 Ds
Overall: 2.5 Ds
This is the middle album of the first remarkable trio of albums from King Crimson that I adore. Nothing will beat 'Red' in this era but 'Starless...' comes close. 'Great Deceiver' and 'Lament' are fabulous.
Songs: 3.75 Ds
Performance: 4.0 Ds
Influence: 4.25 Ds
Overall: 4.0 Ds
'The Yes Album' is a top 15 all-time record for me. It's my favorite album from Yes (edging out 90125 by a snatch hair). It's groundbreaking, a personal memory capsule and a GREAT prog album. I love memories of my uncle Bill and me cranking this on road trips.
Tony Kaye is an underrated keyboard player. I love this record and play it several times a year. God bless Chris Squire.
Songs: 4.75 Ds
Performance: 4.5 Ds
Influence: 5.0 Ds
Overall: 4.75 Ds
One of the greatest albums made in the 80s. Great production. Great guitar tones. Can't say much else.
Songs: 4.0 Ds
Performance: 4.25 Ds
Influence: 3.75 Ds
Overall: 4.0 Ds
A pretty groundbreaking album. Loved the innovation but I didn't appreciate the entire record. Thomas Dolby is a genius and we should thank him for being a musician.
Songs: 2.25 Ds
Performance: 3.0 Ds
Influence: 1.5 Ds
Overall: 2.25 Ds
I went to Coachella in 2005. It was a unique experience. Saw Keane, Bauhaus and Weezer. Bauhaus was really awesome.
This album was ok. I actually liked Peter's solo record more than this.
Songs: 2.5 Ds
Performance: 2.25 Ds
Influence: .5 Ds
Overall: 1.75 Ds
I've been surprised about some of the albums I've chosen to listen to on this journey. This was an ear pleaser. The production is solid and even though I don't like Peter's choices for vocal melodies sometimes, his heavier singing and chorus melodies are really great. The drums sounded really good on this. That's probably John Siket's magic because 'Crash's drums were amazing.
I'm gonna listen to this again soon.
Songs: 2.75 Ds
Performance: 2.75 Ds
Influence: 1.0 Ds
Overall: 2.25 Ds
1996 was a great, great year. Love, love of music, life lessons. This was prime Dave era for me and this album got played and played and played and concerts and love and music and friends and goofy and love of all things. Marvelous album...objectively. It's hard to listen to now because of the melancholy but the quality of the record forces me to fight through.
Songs: 4.0 Ds
Performance: 4.0 Ds
Influence: 5.0 Ds
Overall: 4.5 Ds
Songs: 4.5 Ds
Performance: 4.0 Ds
Influence: 3.5 Ds
Overall: 4 Ds
'Once In A Lifetime' is my favorite Talking Heads song. Arguably the band's best record but it only sold 500,000. Brian Eno did a great job producing this record. It'a re-listen record.
Songs: 4.0 Ds
Performance: 4.5 Ds
Influence: 2.25 Ds
Overall: 3.75 Ds
This abridged release was mail order only from Columbia Records. It's a great, concise representation of Frank's band during this era. Tight as hell and my favorite lineup. I gravitated towards that whole later 70s era Zappa catalog when I was a kid. Wish I would have been able to see them live.
Songs: 4.5 Ds
Performance: 4.75 Ds
Influence: 5.0 Ds
Overall: 4.75 Ds
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Stu has played on a bunch of records I love. This is first solo record and it's really good. More of an EP today but it's a great first 7 song album for a session master. First time I listened to it but I'm gonna sneak another spin in later on today.
Songs: 2.75 Ds
Performance: 3.75 Ds
Influence: 1.0 Ds
Overall: 2.5 Ds
