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[nlgbbbblth]

Depeche Mode
Speak and Spell - 5
A Broken Frame - 6
Construction Time Again - 7
Some Great Reward - 8
Black Celebration - 9
Music For The Masses - 8
Violator - 10
Songs Of Faith And Devotion - 9
Ultra - 8
Exciter - 6
Playing The Angel - 6
Sounds Of The Universe - 6
Delta Machine - 6

 

[Jim Daniels]

This Mortal Coil
It'll End In Tears - 9
Filigree and Shadow - 9
Blood - 9

And...

The Box Set: 10

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Is that the most recent box set?

There was a previous one which had original versions of 21/30 tracks.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Is that the most recent box set?

There was a previous one which had original versions of 21/30 tracks.

This one was released in Nov 2011. Its really beautiful. The 3 original cds and a 4th "Dust and Guitars" - featuring the singles/ b sides.

http://4ad.com/news/19/9/2011/4adlauncheswebstorewiththismortalcoilboxset

My Mam bought it for me for my big-4-0

 

[Jim Daniels]

This Mortal Coil
It'll End In Tears - 9
Filigree and Shadow - 9
Blood - 9

Loved the whole concept behind TMC, and the way they pulled it off so well.
I never gave the Hope Blister a chance, as I felt it couldn't repeat the highs of TMC. Worth investigating?

http://www.4ad.com/artists/thehopeblister

The principle was the same as This Mortal Coil, banding together cover versions, handpicked for their melodic ingenuity, and tapping Ivo's devout love of melancholia. However, this time he assembled a core group of musicians, as opposed to a revolving line-up. The Hope Blister comprised singer Louise Rutkowski (who contributed to This Mortal Coil), bassist Lawrence O'Keefe (ex-Levitation/Dark Star) and string arranger Audrey Riley with Ivo handling production/spiritual guidance and John Fryer on mixing duties. Drummer/saxophonist Richard Thomas appeared on two tracks.
The Hope Blister's 1998 debut, ...Smiles OK, comprised eight songs penned by a variety of artists, including Brian Eno (‘Spider And I’), John Cale (‘Hanky Panky Nohow’), David Sylvian (‘Let The Happiness In’), Heidi Berry (‘Only Human’) and Mojave 3's Neil Halstead (‘Dagger’). The mail-order album Underarms followed a year later, featuring largely instrumental outtakes from the same sessions.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Midlake

2004: Bamnan and Silvercork: 7 - a very debut album. Hadn't arrived at their own sound yet.
2006: The Trials of Van Occupanther: 9 - almost perfect. Melodies, sadness, interesting lyrics
2010: The Courage of Others: 5.5 - Songs too long and dull. Absence of melodies!

 

[rettucs]

Midlake

2004: Bamnan and Silvercork: 7 - a very debut album. Hadn't arrived at their own sound yet.
2006: The Trials of Van Occupanther: 9 - almost perfect. Melodies, sadness, interesting lyrics
2010: The Courage of Others: 5.5 - Songs too long and dull. Absence of melodies!

I think that for The Courage of Others all the songs stand up fairly well in isolation. Put them together on an album and they don't work at all. Probably because too many of them are too samey.

I love Banman. I'd give it an 8. I agree though, its like some total other band.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Loved the whole concept behind TMC, and the way they pulled it off so well.
I never gave the Hope Blister a chance, as I felt it couldn't repeat the highs of TMC. Worth investigating?

http://www.4ad.com/artists/thehopeblister

The principle was the same as This Mortal Coil, banding together cover versions, handpicked for their melodic ingenuity, and tapping Ivo's devout love of melancholia. However, this time he assembled a core group of musicians, as opposed to a revolving line-up. The Hope Blister comprised singer Louise Rutkowski (who contributed to This Mortal Coil), bassist Lawrence O'Keefe (ex-Levitation/Dark Star) and string arranger Audrey Riley with Ivo handling production/spiritual guidance and John Fryer on mixing duties. Drummer/saxophonist Richard Thomas appeared on two tracks.
The Hope Blister's 1998 debut, ...Smiles OK, comprised eight songs penned by a variety of artists, including Brian Eno (‘Spider And I’), John Cale (‘Hanky Panky Nohow’), David Sylvian (‘Let The Happiness In’), Heidi Berry (‘Only Human’) and Mojave 3's Neil Halstead (‘Dagger’). The mail-order album Underarms followed a year later, featuring largely instrumental outtakes from the same sessions.

The Hope Blister's first album is short and very sweet. The Eno and Sylvian covers are great. I recommend it.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Green Day:

39/Smooth - 8
Kerplunk - 9
Dookie - 10
Insomniac - 9
Nimrod - 9

Foo Fighters:

Foo Fighters - 9
The Colour and the Shape - 9
There is Nothing Left to Lose - 6

Weezer:

Blue - 10
Pinkerton - 10



It's amazing how all these bands split in 1999 AND NEVER RELEASED ANYTHING ELSE.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Still love the first two Green Day records,after that,do not care.

Foo Fighters can still be great when they want to.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Peter Hammill

• Fool's Mate (July 1971) - 3
• Chameleon in the Shadow of the Night (May 1973) - 9
• The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage (Feb 1974) - 8.5
• In Camera (July 1974) - 8.9
• Nadir's Big Chance (Feb 1975) - 6.5
• Over (April 1977) - 9
• The Future Now (Sept 1978) - 7.4
• pH7 (Sept 1979) - 7
• A Black Box (Aug 1980) - 8.8
• Sitting Targets (June 1981) 8.5
• Enter K (Oct 1982) - 6.4
• Loops and Reels (June 1983) - 7
• Patience (Aug 1983) - 8.3
• Skin (March 1986) - 6.5
• And Close As This (Nov 1986) - 6.5
• In a Foreign Town (Nov 1988) - 6.6
• Out of Water (Feb 1990) - 6.75
• The Fall of the House of Usher (Nov 1991) - 5
• Fireships (March 1992) - 5
• The Noise (March 1993) - 5
• Roaring Forties (Sept 1994) - 5.2
• X My Heart (March 1996) - 4.9
• Sonix (Nov 1996) - 4.7
• Everyone You Hold (June 1997) - 6.7
• This (Oct 1998) - 7
• The Fall of the House of Usher deconstructed and rebuilt (Nov 1999)- 5
• None of the Above (April 2000) - 3.9
• What, Now? (June 2001) - 3.9
• Unsung (Oct 2001, instrumental) - 3.9
• Clutch (Oct 2002) - 4.6
• Incoherence (March 2004) - 3
• Singularity (Dec 2006) 5.5
• Thin Air (June 2009) - 9
• Consequences (April 2012) - 7
  
  Pretty decent run but slipped into kinda dull samey samey irrelevance as the 90s wore on. The heart attack in 2004 and the subsequent Van der Graaf Generator reunion seem to have given him a bit of a shake up though. Thin Air is one of his very besy albums. If I'm honest, there are a few albums there that I couldn't hum a single tune off of.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Sly and the Family Stone

A Whole New Thing - 9
Dance to the Music - 6
Life - 6.5
1969: Stand! - 8
1971: There's a Riot Goin' On - 10
1973: Fresh - 9
1974: Small Talk - 7

I appear to be alone in loving their debut album but there you have it.

Wildhearts

shoulda never reformed

Don't be Happy Just Worry - 9
Earth Vs. - 10
P.H.U.Q. - 8.5
Fishing For Luckies - 8.5
Endless Nameless - 9
The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed - 3
The Wildhearts - 4
¡Chutzpah! - 2

a real urge to just give every 90's album a 10.


The Police

Outlandos D'Amour - 8
Regatta de Blanc - 9
Zenyatta Mondatta - 6
Ghost in the Machine - 8
Synchronicity - 8

I might actually try Sting, I think I know most of his stuff.


Cyndi Lauper

She's so Unusual - 8
True Colors - 7
A Night to Remember - 3
Hat Full of Stars - 6
Sisters of Avalon - 5
Merry Christmas... have a Nice Life - 5
Shine - 4
Bring Ya to the Brink - 8

Tends to be hit and miss on her albums but actually has quite an interesting career. I haven't listened to any of her cover albums. The Body Acoustic would get an 8 or 9.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

An Englishman In New York is decent. Plus that first solo LP - Dream Of The Blue Turtles.

 

[Jim Daniels]

The Hope Blister's first album is short and very sweet. The Eno and Sylvian covers are great. I recommend it.

Ordered it there a few weeks ago. You're right - its lovely! Especially the Eno track

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Actually, can someone do Eno's albums?

 

[nlgbbbblth]

I'll do some Eno.

 

[nlgbbbblth]

Brian Eno

• Here Come the Warm Jets - 10
• Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - 9
  
• Another Green World - 10
  
• Discreet Music - 7
• Before and After Science - 9
• Ambient 1: Music for Airports - 7
  
• Music for Films - 8
  
• Ambient 4: On Land - 6
• Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - 7
  
• More Music for Films - 7
  
• Thursday Afternoon - 5
  
• Nerve Net - 4
  
• The Shutov Assembly - 4
• Neroli - 3
• The Drop - 3
• Another Day on Earth - 6

 

[nlgbbbblth]

The logical follow-up is Phil Collins

Face Value - 6
Hello, I Must Be Going - 5
No Jacket Required - 6

Hipsters must struggle with Collins' presence on Brian Eno and Robert Fripp LPs.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Excellent thanks!

I only have Here Come the Warm Jets, and Apollo'. Must get hold of some of the other 7-10ers.

Re. Phil Collins. Is he not becomming slightly hipsterish these days, after the Gorilla tv ad and that soundalike song on the Bon Iver album?

Brian Eno

• Here Come the Warm Jets - 10
• Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - 9
  
• Another Green World - 10
  
• Discreet Music - 7
• Before and After Science - 9
• Ambient 1: Music for Airports - 7
  
• Music for Films - 8
  
• Ambient 4: On Land - 6
• Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks - 7
  
• More Music for Films - 7
  
• Thursday Afternoon - 5
  
• Nerve Net - 4
  
• The Shutov Assembly - 4
• Neroli - 3
• The Drop - 3
• Another Day on Earth - 6

 

[hermie]

On Land would be a 9 or 10 for me. Love, love, love it

 

[Jerry Twig]

The Police

Outlandos D'Amour - 8
Regatta de Blanc - 9
Zenyatta Mondatta - 6
Ghost in the Machine - 8
Synchronicity - 8

I might actually try Sting, I think I know most of his stuff.


Cyndi Lauper

She's so Unusual - 8
True Colors - 7
A Night to Remember - 3
Hat Full of Stars - 6
Sisters of Avalon - 5
Merry Christmas... have a Nice Life - 5
Shine - 4
Bring Ya to the Brink - 8

Being into this type of stuff means that buying records second hand is cheap.