Non Metal Now Listening

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Holiday here yesterday for the aul Armistice meaning wife and kid at home meaning exclusively dipping into the minority non-metal section of the record collection.

Peter Gabriel - s/t
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky

Also happened to watch Rick Beato's recent interview with Parsons over the weekend, well worth a watch for any sound engineering or band anecdote aficionados!

[astfgyl]

Peter Gabriel - s/t

Which one?

[ldj]

Genesis - Foxtrot
Nick Cave - Wild God

Anyone hitting either of the Nick Cave gigs today/tomorrow?

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Peter Gabriel - s/t

Which one?

Ha, true: the first, 'Car', tis the only one I have on vinyl.

[astfgyl]

Fuckin smashing album that one.  Top quality across all those self titled ones tbf

[Carnage]

Void Stasis: Eschaton
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée

[Ducky]

Caravan - If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink

Here's one for the controversial prog rock opinions thread - I prefer Caravan to Pink Floyd.

Also prefer Caravan (and Camel) over Floyd.

I've never heard a note of Camel. I must give them a listen. What's their best album?

Personal favourites are Moonmadness (probably their most complex) and Mirage, but the first four albums are all classics (those are numbers four and two, respectively).

The only other album of their's I have is the fifth one, namely Rain Dances. It's a bit more polished and commercial sounding, but still a worthwhile listen. They added Mel Collins (of King Crimson) on sax, and Richard Sinclair (funnily enough of Caravan, and was involved with those two you were listening to) on bass and occasional vocals for it.

And if you're into Mikael Akerfeldt's style of melodic lead playing, he borrowed very heavily from Andy Latimer of Camel.

Thanks. I threw on Mirage yesterday. It's great stuff, have the album in my Amazon basket. I'll give the others you mentioned a spin as well. Rain Dances sounds interesting, I'm a big King Crimson fan as well.

I had to Google Mikael Akerfeld.  I'm not a fan of Opeth at all. A mate of mine, who was obsessed with them, burned their first 5 albums for me years ago but they never clicked with me. He also burned a rake of Katatonia albums for me, but I just couldn't get into them.

Did you get on their other albums since? I've been giving them (and the few Caravan I have) a proper hammering this last week. Also - Soft Machine.

Snowgoose seems to be the best regarded, and it works great as a concept album, but it's my least favourite of the first four (still a 9.5/10, mind).

Can't help with the Opeth/Katatonia Don't revisit either band too much these days to be fair. Though I still get goosebumps when I hear that transition towards the end of Moonlapse Vertigo.

[Ducky]

Also happened to watch Rick Beato's recent interview with Parsons over the weekend, well worth a watch for any sound engineering or band anecdote aficionados

That was a cool watch for sure. Have you seen Beato's recent one with Jimmy Chamberlin playing "Jellybelly"? Also cool.

Random musing - is Beato his actual name or something he named himself? If it's the former it's a beautiful slice of nominative determinism

[astfgyl]

Also happened to watch Rick Beato's recent interview with Parsons over the weekend, well worth a watch for any sound engineering or band anecdote aficionados

That was a cool watch for sure. Have you seen Beato's recent one with Jimmy Chamberlin playing "Jellybelly"? Also cool.

Random musing - is Beato his actual name or something he named himself? If it's the former it's a beautiful slice of nominative determinism

I think it's his real name. Always though the same about the Beato playing drums for Carnivore, like could there be a better drummer name?

That chap.

NP - Madonna - Like A Prayer album. Perfect pop shit I love it but every time I have it on the wife starts slagging me off and saying I'm a closet homosexual but fuck what she says it's a class album

[Giggles]

That chap.

NP - Madonna - Like A Prayer album. Perfect pop shit I love it but every time I have it on the wife starts slagging me off and saying I'm a closet homosexual but fuck what she says it's a class album

This is odd, but I've been having recurring thoughts of Type O covering 'Beautiful Stranger'. I hear it in my head and it sounds decent 

[astfgyl]

Only Type O could pull it off..

[Maggot Colony]

Did you get on their other albums since? I've been giving them (and the few Caravan I have) a proper hammering this last week. Also - Soft Machine.

Snowgoose seems to be the best regarded, and it works great as a concept album, but it's my least favourite of the first four (still a 9.5/10, mind).

Can't help with the Opeth/Katatonia Don't revisit either band too much these days to be fair. Though I still get goosebumps when I hear that transition towards the end of Moonlapse Vertigo.

I ended up buying Mirage, Moonmadness and Rain Dances. Moonmadness is great, I'd rank it alongside Mirage in terms of quality. I was less impressed with Rain Dances. It's a bit wanky in places, but it's still a good album. I was listening to those albums and some Gong one weekend, and the missus asked if I was back on the drugs again. 

Soft Machine are great alright, but I really have to be in the right mood for them, whereas I can throw Caravan on any time. Those first three albums are sublime. I really need to check out their releases after In the Land of Grey and Pink.

[Giggles]

Kneecap - Fine Art. This is a fun wee album with some banging beats 

[Mr Barlow]

Did you get on their other albums since? I've been giving them (and the few Caravan I have) a proper hammering this last week. Also - Soft Machine.

Snowgoose seems to be the best regarded, and it works great as a concept album, but it's my least favourite of the first four (still a 9.5/10, mind).

Can't help with the Opeth/Katatonia Don't revisit either band too much these days to be fair. Though I still get goosebumps when I hear that transition towards the end of Moonlapse Vertigo.

I ended up buying Mirage, Moonmadness and Rain Dances. Moonmadness is great, I'd rank it alongside Mirage in terms of quality. I was less impressed with Rain Dances. It's a bit wanky in places, but it's still a good album. I was listening to those albums and some Gong one weekend, and the missus asked if I was back on the drugs again. 

Soft Machine are great alright, but I really have to be in the right mood for them, whereas I can throw Caravan on any time. Those first three albums are sublime. I really need to check out their releases after In the Land of Grey and Pink.

Moonmadness is my fav Camel album. Brilliant. Get Snowgoose too. Make sure its the original and not the re-record though.

[Ducky]

Did you get on their other albums since? I've been giving them (and the few Caravan I have) a proper hammering this last week. Also - Soft Machine.

Snowgoose seems to be the best regarded, and it works great as a concept album, but it's my least favourite of the first four (still a 9.5/10, mind).

Can't help with the Opeth/Katatonia Don't revisit either band too much these days to be fair. Though I still get goosebumps when I hear that transition towards the end of Moonlapse Vertigo.

I ended up buying Mirage, Moonmadness and Rain Dances. Moonmadness is great, I'd rank it alongside Mirage in terms of quality. I was less impressed with Rain Dances. It's a bit wanky in places, but it's still a good album. I was listening to those albums and some Gong one weekend, and the missus asked if I was back on the drugs again. 

Soft Machine are great alright, but I really have to be in the right mood for them, whereas I can throw Caravan on any time. Those first three albums are sublime. I really need to check out their releases after In the Land of Grey and Pink.

Deadly. Those two are my fave Camel jobbies for sure. Might stick Moonmadness on later with the headphones and a beer. Had an ex ask was I into drugs when she heard some Van Der Graaf Generator. Good ol' prog

Same with both of those bands! I do wonder about personal music saturation. Like we're all music dorks on here, but when is your head as full as can be? It's why I find myself thinking if I can absorb ten or so new albums a year these days I'm doing well.