TSR&#x27;s One Album a Day Club

Bumping in hopes of a tie-breaking poll vote! :bump:

...though with risk of it becoming a four or five way tie. :ahee:

Always accepting new participants and/or album recommendations, too! :blow:

Reply 762

Original post by AngryJellyfish

Bumping in hopes of a tie-breaking poll vote! :bump:

...though with risk of it becoming a four or five way tie. :ahee:

Always accepting new participants and/or album recommendations, too! :blow:

I mean there has been a significant lack of jazz this thread...

Reply 763

Original post by Sinnoh

I mean there has been a significant lack of jazz this thread...

Yeah, Gregory Porter was quite a while ago! I've liked most jazz that I've listened to in passing, or as background music in other media, but that's about all the exposure I've had to it.

Reply 764

A tie, so we'll go with the one that happens to be higher up on the poll order:

Album #90

John Coltrane - Blue Train

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Z11cXWEa2qqYQBGkJrCga

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin will be next, and I'll add Peggy Lee - Black Coffee to the backlog. :smile:

Reply 765

John Coltrain - Blue Trane

I saw there were only 5 songs on here and was like "oh, a short one" and then realised they're all about 10 minutes :lol:

Blue Train - A little busy and unstructured for me (I guess that's kinda what Jazz is), but got better. Alright.

Moment's Notice - Didn't notice this one starting, but it sounds pretty much the same as the first. Pleasant background music.

Locomotion - Also quite similar to the previous two.

I'm Old Fashioned - Slower, nicest so far :yy:

Lazy Bird - Like the first three.

5/10. A bit samey (might just be that I don't listen to enough Jazz), too chaotic for background music imo.

Reply 766

John Coltrane:

Blue Train - Nice. I'm also used to more of a predictable structure from music, but it sounded good. :yy:

Moment's Notice - Love the energy in this one! :yy:

Not often you hear a bass solo. :zomg:

Locomotion - The drums at around the 5:36 mark were the highlight. Liked the outro, too. :yy:

I'm Old Fashioned - Slower, very easy to listen to. :yy:

Lazy Bird - Solid. :yy:

6/10 from me, which almost certainly doesn't do the album justice, but long and unpredictable instrumentals aren't something I'm used to. Very pleasant to have on in the background, though.

Original post by Theloniouss

John Coltrain - Blue Trane

I see what you did there. :mmm:

Reply 767

Can we also add All About Eve (self-titled) to the list? ty

Reply 768

Original post by Theloniouss

Can we also add All About Eve (self-titled) to the list? ty

Added.

Reply 769

I quite liked Blue Train even if I only had it on in the background. A lot more easy listening than Ascension (hard to think there's just nine years between the two). With other songs we've heard I always like a nice jam session so this was more up my street.
8/10

Reply 770

Blue Train is our lowest average score since Sub-lingual Tablet by The Fall :redface:

Reply 771

Just for fun here are the top 10 albums by score.
These are the ones where there were at least two people giving a score.

1. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - 9.75/10 (I don't see this ever being beaten...)

2. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours - 9.5/10

3. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 8.9/10

4. Fountains of Wayne - Welcome Interstate Managers - 8.70/10

5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Waters - 8.67/10

=6. Roxette - Joyride - 8.50/10

=6 The Who - Who's Next - 8.50/10

=6. The Delgados - Hate - 8.50/10

9. Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker - 8.34/10

10. Jeff Buckley - Grace - 8.33/10

Reply 772

Album #91

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4LrLP7DM1KBj8r2Sc098JA

Reply 773

Original post by Sinnoh

I'm glad at least one of mine is still up there. :yay:

Reply 774

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin

I’m a Fool to Want You - Simply amazing. :yy:

For Heaven’s Sake - Nice. :yy:

You Don’t Know What Love Is - Also good. :yy:

Slightly samey, though.

I Get Along Without You Very Well - Bittersweet. :yy:

For All We Know - Love it. :yy:

Violets for Your Furs - A bit dated.

You’ve Changed - Yeah, very samey by this point.

It’s Easy to Remember - Alright.

But Beautiful - Pleasant enough.

Glad to Be Unhappy - Okay, this one had more interesting lyrics. :yy:

I’ll Be Around - Very reminiscent of the others.

The End of a Love Affair - A nice ending. :yy:

7/10. Fantastic vocals, nice orchestral music, but not much variation in style or theme.

Reply 775

Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin

Not sure. Didn't really like her voice, and there's not much else going on. A bit slow as well. Grew on me toward the end, though. 5/10

Reply 776

Album #92

Cream - Disraeli Gears

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6fRqzJT070Kp9RWlSXmKcY

Reply 777

Cream - Disraeli Gears

Not bad. Not sure about some of them though, 7/10

Reply 778

Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin

I was in the process of making a song-by-song review but I couldn't really distinguish between them. They're all nice to listen to but a bit boring collectively.
Very powerful vocal performance all around even if she had lost some of her voice by that point in her life.
6/10

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