Albums You're Digging II

It's been a while since I have heard this:

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Commercial Rock/Pop from the 80's but it has nostalgia attached to it.
 
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Nothing else seems worth my time atm. As good a retrospective as you could hack out of a billion-album career i suppose; every band he has started is gold. An obscure one featured here is Thee Headcoats Sect, a mid-90s partnership which brought together one of the most prolific Childish groups, Thee Headcoats, and a 60s R&B group called the Downliners Sect who had a tunes on Nuggets II. Well i just think that's cool.

He really honed the whole garage/punk/blues thing and tinged it with R&B/spoken word/rock & roll/whatever as took his fancy, yet has remained grounded and astoundingly fresh all this time. His band the Buff Medways were also the opening act at my first gig.

No Billy, no White Tripes - simple as!
 
Haven't listened to that in yonks - I'm a bit too obsessed with Our Mother the Mountain y'see.

Jem - Down To Earth
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A lot better than I thought it'd be. One pretty awful song aside, this is quite a nice cocktail of trip-hop, neo-soul and very memorable pop melodies. Nothing truly brilliant, but a good pop album all the same.
 
i was just asking him to look at it from a different perspective. a lot of great artwork goes completely unappreciated just because people don't understand how they should be looking at it. if he changes his perspective and still doesn't like it, no skin off my back but at least let me explain why I like it so much
 
I closed the last one because it was essentially a game, this time post the albums and say something on them, right-track gave me this idea. They don't have to be extensive like mine are I'm just wordy and get carried away they can be as simple as one sentence but please make it more than a simple "I like it" comparisons and favorite songs would be cool.

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3. Manic Street Preachers "Gold Against the Soul"
This album floats somewhere between Arena Rock, Punk, maybe britpop? I don't know its a corabination of a lot of things. This band would go onto release The Holy Bible one of my recent favorite albums of the 90s and the banRAB masterpiece but they're not quite at that point yet still they manage to create a solid rock album. Richey James and Nickey Wire (mostly Richey) are too great songwriters, though this band writes some odd melodies in order to fit with the lyrics.
Favorite Songs: Roses in the Hospital, La Tristesse Durera (Scream To A Sigh), From Despair To Where, Gold Against The Soul, Life Becoming A LanRABlide

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2. The Smiths "The Smiths"
The Smiths debut is less refined than the albums following it and the production makes it seem even more amateur but Morrissey writes some of the most poetic lyrics of his career here, which isn't shocking seeing as he spent months writing this album in his bedroom before he was even aware of Johnny Marr's existence..
Favorite Songs: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Suffer Little Children, Still Ill, This Charming Man, Hand In Glove, Reel Around the Fountain

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1. Belle & Sebastian "If You're Feeling Sinister"
This is the First Belle & Sebastian album I've heard yes I've only recently started warming to it as I get more and more into them. I still don't like it as much as Dear Catastrophe Waitress but I think it could be my third favorite album by them. I love Murdoch's lyrics.
Favorite Songs: Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying, Mayfly, If You're Feeling Sinister, Judy and the Dream of Horses, Like Dylan in the Movies
 
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Pretty decent breakbeat album, even if it's a bit more commercial than I usually like the stuff.

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An album I haven't touched for years. It's got one or two great songs, but all in all it's the first of a few sub-par albums in Bowie's discography.

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And here's another one I haven't given a go for a while. Probably a little bit on the unfocused side (each song sounRAB very unique from the other), but it's still one of my favourites from the guy.
 
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Fang Island

Some really catchy, upbeat, proggy, mathy, indie rock that really defies classification. It'll appeal to anyone, so check it out. An excellent new release.
 
Oooh so you liked it! I love how its quirkiness sets it apart from most other female/folk singer songwriters. Very decent album. Thanking jackhammer for the recommendation. Also, I wasn't aware of this before but she was Tom Waits' nanny for his three children before she became well-known!
 
Yes I have and I'm not a big fan. I grew up with Fleetwood Mac being a Blues band and they have made some OK tracks over time but they are not the most liked band over here.
 
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