- You actually got me to enjoy something by Steely Dan, good job. Equally surprised to find how much I enjoyed that XTina track.
Yeah, that Dan song was actually fairly popular back in the day, but because it's not on a studio album doesn't get as much attention. And I hoped the Xtina would go over well; the song was co-written with Santigold and it sounds much more like her stuff. Inexplicably, Christina left it off the album proper and it was only on the bonus disc.
- Not surprising, the Bash and Pop song, after you gave us a setup for who they are.
I also put this right next to the Faces track, to highlight the similarities. I think the Bash & Pop could easily pass for something from that era.
- That wasn't what I was expecting Ween to sound like.
- Things I didn't care much for: Nelly Furtado, she really just never seems to work out for me. Also the transition from Phoenix to Steely Dan, in what was otherwise a pretty flawless piece of work.
Ween sounds different on practically every song, so you're rolling the dice every time. They're really worth checking out.
I was worried about that transition
The Phoenix track has an abrupt ending because it segues directly into the following song on the album. I could have found some way to edit it but didn't really want to "cheat" in that way, plus it would have been a lot of work.
- Stricken City is that band you turned me onto a couple years back, right?
- I clearly need to hear more Eno/Cale.
- The closer and the song by Sarah Shannon remind me a bit of some of my favorite songs that played on the Quiznos radio, so that made me wonderfully nostalgic.
I discovered Stricken City through a Pitchfork review that sounded intriguing. Was able to order their CD from the UK for a very low price, and it even came with a DVD. I have definitely hyped them a couple times.
Can't stress enough how good the Eno/Cale album is. Very pleasurable
And I think many people would enjoy Bettie Serveert if they tried an album or too. Singer sounds a lot like Jenny Lewis, and like one of their main influences the Velvet Underground, they can do delicate ballads just as well as their long jam-outs. They were a fairly popular indie band in the 90s due to being on Matador, and the albums Palomine or Dust Bunnies would probably be a good place to start.
Dug the first half of Laz's list. I'm not sure if I'd agree with it being the aftermath of a party, though - the first like seven songs made me want to get up and groove about. I also really dug the Lemonheads song, which I was not expecting to like so much. After that, it sort of dies down and gets a little away from what I was liking, and so I wasn't massively into it, but it ends really well with that Van Morrison song. It's very Neil Young-ish.
When I finished the list I was a little disappointed that I wasn't able to pick up the pace again, or keep the fun going for a few tracks longer. But I got more caught up in the transitions then the overall picture, I suppose, and there were too many mellower tracks that I couldn't bear to part with.