What album is totally rocking your world right now?

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sat Sep 13, 2003 4:18 pm

Listened to the new SACD version of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy this evening. Absolutely incredible sound, truly worth all the fuss. I'm off to get a few more of these re-issues tomorrow.

costellopunk · Post by **costellopunk** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:55 am

as i said on another thread frank black's show me your tears is completley rocking my world along with the trust reissue and a buzzcocks greatest hits album i picked up at a used cd store.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:12 am

Yup, Decoration Day is my favorite album of this year as it stands right now. Anyone here who is inclined to take my recommendations seriously is advised to pick this one up.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Sep 16, 2003 11:54 am

martinfoyle wrote:Listened to the new SACD version of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy this evening. Absolutely incredible sound, truly worth all the fuss. I'm off to get a few more of these re-issues tomorrow.

I just picked up Blood On The Tracks and Highway 61 Revisited. I only have a regular CD player so can't take advantage of the SACD layer (or the 5.1 mix on Blood On The Tracks), but can tell even on my lower-end equipment that the sound is a vast improvement over the older CD's. I'm anxious to get more of them, and an SACD player

senior_service · Post by **senior_service** » Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:57 pm

I just borrowed Lucinda Williams' "Essence" from my sister in law. It's heartbreakingly beautiful. I've been listening to it in my car for the past two weeks.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:02 am

Essence is a wonderful record. I Envy The Wind is one of the most remarkable lyrics I have ever heard and the title track is another all time favorite of mine.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:53 am

I wanna hear her stuff, is Essence a good one to start with?

My world is inevitably being rocked by Reality, of which more soon, and the other CDs I've got recently: Lloyd Cole's Music in a Foreign Language, which is very non-immediate in its low-keyness, and isn't going to do anything to alter his position in the margins, but, inevitably, contains many lovely songs with great words, especially the wonderful My Other Life; Radiohead's Hail To The Thief, good, but still with that school report sense of 'could do better'; and Damien Rice's O, as mentioned elsewhere, a talented fella.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 2:45 pm

Otis, I would recommend starting with her 1998 album, Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. If you like that one (and I'm pretty sure you will) then I would go from there to Essence, World Without Tears and her self-titled album from 1989. Sweet Old World is good but not as great as her best stuff while Happy Woman Blues and Ramblin' are both early albums where she was finding her voice. Having said that, there are no bad Lucinda albums and I think you'll like her music a lot.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:18 pm

Ta! Am taking note.