What CD are you listening to right now?

[bigburner]

"Highway Companion" by Tom Petty.

This CD is getting lots of play in my house. The album was produced by Jeff Lynne (who played with Tom Petty in the Traveling Wilburys) and his influence shows.

This album has universal appeal. It's very female friendly.

[twitch54]

I'm NOT spinning a CD, it's vinyl Sunday !!! Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning...... a superb duet alblum to say the least !

[Chris D]

I've heard good stuff about that one (listening to Brothers in Arms right now)

[wkhanna]

The Halloween CD my wife bought at the store today. We traditionally dress as the Adam’s Family, with my daughter as Wednesday, but we never had the theme song playing. I always have Bach’s fugue playing at outrageous SPL with my surrounds perched in the windows and echoing throughout the local neighborhood.

This year, all on one CD we have the Adam’s Family original theme, the Twilight Zone theme, Funeral March for a Marionette (form Alfred Hitchcock Presents), and Bach’s Fugue!

OK. So the SQ on the CD may not be up to par, but I am ecstatic that I won’t have to spend 4 straight hours listening to Bach’s fugue, over, and over and over. Frankly, I was ‘batty’ by the end of night.

[bigburner]

I'm NOT spinning a CD, it's vinyl Sunday !!! Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris / All The Roadrunning...... a superb duet alblum to say the least !

I'll have to give this album another go. I got it 3 or 4 months ago and listened to it twice, but it didn't spin my wheels. I thought that Emmylou and Mark performed well but the material was a bit lacking. However the two things I've learnt about music are (a) timing is everything; if you're not in a receptive mood then don't review new music, and (b) you need to listen to many albums a few times over before they make an impact; love at first hearing is wonderful but it isn't an essential prerequisite for a great album.

I'll put "All the Roadrunning" back on my playlist.

Question: are many new albums released on vinyl these days?

[twitch54]

Question: are many new albums released on vinyl these days?

Not all but a fair number are, example....Fagen's "Morph the Cat" is another good one.

[chinets]

Liley Allen CD " SMILE" !! Great album and lots of rhythm!! Great to show off your system!

[bigburner]

"All the Roadrunning" by Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris.

I have to thank twitch54 for prompting me to give this album another go. It's very pleasant. Lovely harmonies.

[Chris D]

I should try that, given Knopfler.

[bigburner]

"The Road To Escondido" by JJ Cale & Eric Clapton

Very mellow, very cool. 'Like two peas in a pod', as Jed Clampett used to say. This album will get played a lot.


Before that I was listening to "Turn Around" by Jonny Lang.

Very Stevie Wonder. Quite a change from his earlier albums, which is OK by me. This will get played a bit too.

Two winners!

[David Meek]

The best new CD was "Another Days Blues" by Robin Trower. Listen up Mr Meek; this album is well worth an audition!

You are correct sir! This is a fine disc that'll get played a lot. I LIKE IT! :T

[8thDwarf]

Sufjan Stevens "Illinoise"

[Alloroc]

Sufjan Stevens "Illinoise"

I saw Sufjan play in Dublin two weeks ago. He's amazing live. Have been a real big fan for a couple of years now........

Vincent.

[8thDwarf]

Would "Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State" be a good second Sufjan disc to get?Considering ,I am really enjoying this one.
All those acoustic instruments would shine live.

[8thDwarf]

The new Vince Gill/These Days is a stone bargain.

[Alloroc]

Would "Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State" be a good second Sufjan disc to get?Considering ,I am really enjoying this one.
All those acoustic instruments would shine live.

It's a bit more mellow - but engrossing(and beautiful) none the less. 'Holland' is a wonderful track.

If you really like Illinoise, I'd recommend 'The Avalanch'. It's a collection of outtakes and other recordings from the sessions from Illinoise. Great stuff.

He mentioned during the concert that his next album's theme will be about 'Birds' - he played a new track called 'Majesty, Snowbird'.

And they did shine - there were about 12 or 13 musicians on stage, including a brass section of 5.

I don't know where you're based but he's finishing his Euro tour in a few days. Then he's back to the States. If you can, go see! Then it all makes sense!

V.

[Race Car Driver]

Justin Timberlake: FutureSex/LoveSounds ...... *hides*

[eddiespaghetti]

Foo Fighters - The Color and the Shape

[Race Car Driver]

Tool: Undertow

[BillBramha]

Miles Davis A Kind of Blue

[bigburner]

The new Vince Gill/These Days is a stone bargain.

I've been eyeing that one up. Does "stone bargain" mean good or bad?

[bigburner]

"All Your Love (I Miss Loving): Live at The Wise Fools Pub Chicago" by Otis Rush

[Ovation]

Genesis--Wind and Wuthering

[David Meek]

Beth Hart - Leave The Light On

[Club1820]

John Legend - Once Again

[Race Car Driver]

Tonight/this am music album is brought to me once again by T00L: Anima

[Alloroc]

Right now it's Weezer - Blue Album....

[8thDwarf]

Alloroc thanks, 'The Avalanche' ,paraphrasing Sufjan,who said it, "wasn't that good. Just extras and scrapings"...and many critics begged to differ,saying his extras and outtakes are very worth getting...if it's 2/3rds of "Illinoise"..."it will be mine." I'll hunt down "Michigan" too. Maybe a Sufjan show is in my future cards...thx.

Bigburner let me rephrase that to... "Solid deal", the Gill 4 disc 43 track box set,street price $20 new. Very good recording quality.
Some guests; Lee Ann Rimes ,Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Alsion Krauss Diana krall, Trisha Yearwood,Lee Ann Womack,John Anderson,Phil Everly,Emmylou Harris,Patty Loveless,Rodney Crowell,Gretchen Wilson.
An eclectic mix .If anyone here likes the Allison Krauss/Union Station albums...by all means go online and listens to samples of this offering.
I wait for most of my music to show up used...but,this type of set usually ends up split up,with the parts selling used for more than the whole new.

[Alloroc]

Alloroc thanks, 'The Avalanche' ,paraphrasing Sufjan,who said it, "wasn't that good. Just extras and scrapings"...and many critics begged to differ,saying his extras and outtakes are very worth getting...if it's 2/3rds of "Illinoise"..."it will be mine." I'll hunt down "Michigan" too. Maybe a Sufjan show is in my future cards...thx.

He's pretty much dismissive of all his stuff.... Interestingly, he was very dismissive of the track 'Chicago', and that has turned out to be the track that gets most airplay in Ireland - a hit in other words.

I only just remembered this now but berfore we entered the theater to see him, we went for dinner in a restaraunt next door(The Mermaid in Dublin, for those interested). And we were seated right beside a table where Sufjan and two others were eating dinner. We (my wife and I) did the decent thing by not interupting him and let him enjoy his dinner in peace......

[KeithM]

Head for the Shallow by Big Business. Very unheard of, but so so good.

[Boombox]

Dr. John.....Mercenary.....track 12 is the bomb...

[Race Car Driver]

Cities 97 Sampler vol 18

[Burke Strickland]

Malcolm Holcombe "Another Wisdom"
"Not quite country, somewhere beyond folk, Holcombe's music is a kind of blues in motion, mapping backwoods corners of the heart." ~David Fricke- Rolling Stone Magazine

"Another Wisdom" was produced in Nashville, but it isn't Grand Ole Opry-style country music by any means. By turns, Malcolm sounds a bit like Gordon Lightfoot with an overlay of Roger Miller, maybe even Chris Rea, with a dash of Dire Straits thrown in for good measure. But in the end, his sound is enough its own to make it worth repeated listening. (I especially like track 4 "Love Abides".). The engaging instrumental backup is flawlessly recorded.

Burke

[bigburner]

Beth Hart - Leave The Light On

The title is enough to make me try this out!

[wkhanna]

Miles Davis A Kind of Blue

My CD’s are categorized alphabetically by genre/artist, starting with my largest collection, Jazz.

I do, however, compromise with my anal-retentive organization compulsion by having my 30 something Miles Davis CD’s at the beginning ahead of the ‘A’s’, and as further deviation from perfection, have my three different ‘Kind of Blue’ editions at the top of the list.

[wkhanna]

‘Trio Two’, Emmylou Harris, Linda Rondstat, Dolly Parton.

I just picked this up at the flea market today for $3.
Maybe a bit more ‘overproduced’ than it should be IMHO, but the synergy and pure angelic harmony of these three vocal Divas is just remarkable.

[David Meek]

The title is enough to make me try this out!

Nigel, she has a somewhat unique style. Sort of Joplin-esque vocally, but with better music/musicians. I hope you like it.

[Marzen]

Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Swingin' for the Fences...

Link
Quote: Gordon Goodwin calls upon an all-star lineup of L.A. session players to exercise their musical muscles on a wide variety of styles and genres while remaining true to the legacy of the great big bands. Make no mistake about it, this is big band music by musicians that love big bands!

Yeah, big, phat, punchy brass section that rocks! Elvis karate moves definately apply here. Tons of percussion on the Cuban styled cuts are a welcome treat.
-Ward

[bigburner]

Peter Wolf - "Sleepless"

This is an excellent album from the former frontman for the J. Geils Band. It's a lovely mix of country rock and R&B - the sort of album you play often.

[bigburner]

Alanis Morissette - "Jagged Little Pill"

It's hard to believe that this landmark album is now 11 years old. "Ironic" is one of the most powerful songs I know, and one of my all time favourites.

[chinets]

Flaming lips Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots on DVD-A is sensational :T ;x( and each speaker plays on it's own. WOW factor!!! :T ;x(

IMHO this is the best Multichannel 5.1 album to show off your system ,and people will be in Shock and Awe and mesmerized at the same time by the separation of sounds comming out of every speaker individually :E and the sound was recorded perfectly. Amazing quality of sound and pure bliss!!!!

Can't say anymore except if you like MultiChannel 5.1 Music this is a MUST HAVE album in DVD-A!!!! :T

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!1 :lol:

[Chris D]

Yes, that's a very popular multichannel disc. I bought it because everybody else raves about it, and I agreed with the sonic clarity. However, I just can't get into the music, so for me, the album goes most of the race, and then peters out in the last 100 yards.

On the other hand, my personal taste in music is much more suited to Dire Straits: Brothers in Arms, and so that is the album that I use and recommend as the "definitive" multichannel demo disc.

[chinets]

Yup Chris,
I have the |Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms In HDCD, SACD, DVD-A and Red Book CD so I know what you mean ,as I am an Avid Multichannel 5.1 type of guy in Music and HT!!

Took me a while to appreciate the Falming Lips, but as you said the first 8 songs brilliant then ,it sort of fades away!! It sounds a bit like the Art of Noise/Pink Floyd/Eagles/Cat Stevens type of Music, but what kills me is the distribution of the sound: Sound Factor is 12 out of 10 a HUGE BIG WOW!!! for the sound!!!
The best Multichannel with Brothers In Arms for sure...A MUST BUY!!!!!! I was Mesmerized by the quality and disribution of Sound!! Great to Show off your system to ANY guest whether they like MUsic, That type of Music or not!! It's more of a thrill and WOW factor for me!!!! Disney Land In Music type of Fantasy!!!

I agree with everyhting you said Chris. Hope you are safe out there in the Boondocks!!!

Take it easy my friend, and thanks for your comments!!

Cheers

[Alloroc]

Flaming lips Yoshimi battles the Pink Robots on DVD-A is sensational :T ;x( and each speaker plays on it's own. WOW factor!!! :T ;x(

IMHO this is the best Multichannel 5.1 album to show off your system ,and people will be in Shock and Awe and mesmerized at the same time by the separation of sounds comming out of every speaker individually :E and the sound was recorded perfectly. Amazing quality of sound and pure bliss!!!!

Can't say anymore except if you like MultiChannel 5.1 Music this is a MUST HAVE album in DVD-A!!!! :T

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!1 :lol:

Saw the Flaming Lips in Dublin last Saturday night! Great gig. The man is a genius!

Tenacious D is next on 10th December.

V.

[Race Car Driver]

Currently listening to John Mayer: Heavier Things.