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[dholliday]

As of right now I'd probably put Animals, Wish you were here and Dark side of the moon as my top three

aye, the classic imperial-phase...the production is even today superlative.

Ummagumma, Obscured and Saucerful are the records I'm most excited to dive deeper into, as I've just heard them a couple of times before, and I remember enjoying it.

Ummagumma is their most under-rated studio album. It's split into 4 sections, with each band member writing their own section...

spoiler alert lol

Rick doing a spooky horror-movie soundtrack, sounds dated now but still packs a punch.

Roger has two tracks: the bonkers Pict number (bit cringey scots accent near the end, mind) and then a lovely acoustic folk song.

Dave has probably the strongest section: two trippy guitar-laden instrumentals then topped off with a moody classic rock song.

Nick's section is oft-derided, but i love it for the brooding mysterious dark ambience. Those 3 droney minutes in between that meandering flute & drums was a significant influence on the upcoming dark-ambient subgenre (along with some Delia Derbyshire).



Obscured's songs are mostly a bit dull to my ears...but the final track, Absolutely Curtains, is absolutely magical!

Saucerful lacks direction, being as it coincided with Syd's last messy contributions. But Set The Controls is beautiful, one of their greatest tunes deffo.

I'm very fond of Syd's vocals, and the best tracks from Piper ranks up there with Floyd's best for me.

agreed...love Flaming and Bike from Syd, and also Astronomy Domine & Interstellar Overdrive (what a riff!).

There's two albums I've literally never listened to (other than one or two songs): The Final Cut and More.

More is a bit aimless in places, lots of incidental instrumental fluff. Nice, tho'. And has very strong songs too: Cirrus Minor, Nile, Cymbaline, Green is the Colour.

Final Cut is an emotional ride, more intellectual than The Wall, more political than Animals, very Roger-heavy. Lots of singing, less long instrumentals.


What about Atom Heart Mother?

Endless river I find completely pointless.

yeah...it's nice enough but inoffensive, unchallenging.

It's also nice hearing music from their oldest records performed live by 'Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets' project, which I got on bluray like half a year ago.

Good call! Nick's a lad for doing that. I've got his Inside Out book but never got round to reading it...yet.

Wish they included this on Piper:

i recently got their "Early Singles" release on CD, it's on there, as well as a couple of others i'd never heard before.

Also got Syd's solo albums...some very fine promise, tho' stark basic production. You can hear his influence on a lot of modern folky singer-songwriters. Nick Mason has my favourite non-band work from them, eccentric stuff with Robert Wyatt on vocals.

 

[summerisle]

Kenwright's definition of good times.

 

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[Parker]

 

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[SuperTimCahill]

aye, the classic imperial-phase...the production is even today superlative.

Yeah, I guess it's a boring choice, but oh well lol You never know, it might even change a bit when I get more into the obscure stuff.

agreed...love Flaming and Bike from Syd, and also Astronomy Domine & Interstellar Overdrive (what a riff!).

Yeah, the first four tracks on the album + Bike and last but not least Interstellar Overdrive are all stellar tracks!

More is a bit aimless in places, lots of incidental instrumental fluff. Nice, tho'. And has very strong songs too: Cirrus Minor, Nile, Cymbaline, Green is the Colour.

The Nile Song and Green is the Colour are the only songs from the album I believe I've heard. The Nile Song is great, and quite possibly their heaviest tune (at least from what I've heard).

Final Cut is an emotional ride, more intellectual than The Wall, more political than Animals, very Roger-heavy. Lots of singing, less long instrumentals.

I hear people have mixed feelings towards this album. A colleague of mine doesn't like it because it's too Waters-y, while another colleague named it as her favorite Floyd record. Really looking forward to giving it a go.

What about Atom Heart Mother?

Wow, I forgot that one. The middle tracks are basically in the same category as Obscured and Saucerful for me, as I just haven't listened to them for years. I did listen through the album today though. I absolutely love the title track, it's a masterpiece. It sounds like James Bond on acid, and it's great!

i recently got their "Early Singles" release on CD, it's on there, as well as a couple of others i'd never heard before.

Also got Syd's solo albums...some very fine promise, tho' stark basic production. You can hear his influence on a lot of modern folky singer-songwriters. Nick Mason has my favourite non-band work from them, eccentric stuff with Robert Wyatt on vocals.

The Early singles collection was actually what I was looking for, when I ended up buying a bunch of other stuff instead. I found a different early years double disc collection (Cre/ation 1967-1972) that doesn't include Candy and the Currant Bun, and bought that one as well as a Later Years collection (1987-2019).

I actually discovered Candy and the Currant Bun by searching for the setlist from Nick Mason's current tour. I didn't recognize the title whatsoever, but for some odd reason the song sounded familiar when I played it. I love Arnold Layne, and it might just be so that it's come up straight after I've listened to A.L. as CatCB it's originally a B-side from the A.L. single.

 

[SuperTimCahill]

Rammstein's latest video premiered a couple of minutes ago. I just love this song. Video isn't too shabby either.

 

[efcjames]

 

[dholliday]

Yeah, I guess it's a boring choice, but oh well lol You never know, it might even change a bit when I get more into the obscure stuff.



Yeah, the first four tracks on the album + Bike and last but not least Interstellar Overdrive are all stellar tracks!



The Nile Song and Green is the Colour are the only songs from the album I believe I've heard. The Nile Song is great, and quite possibly their heaviest tune (at least from what I've heard).



I hear people have mixed feelings towards this album. A colleague of mine doesn't like it because it's too Waters-y, while another colleague named it as her favorite Floyd record. Really looking forward to giving it a go.



Wow, I forgot that one. The middle tracks are basically in the same category as Obscured and Saucerful for me, as I just haven't listened to them for years. I did listen through the album today though. I absolutely love the title track, it's a masterpiece. It sounds like James Bond on acid, and it's great!



The Early singles collection was actually what I was looking for, when I ended up buying a bunch of other stuff instead. I found a different early years double disc collection (Cre/ation 1967-1972) that doesn't include Candy and the Currant Bun, and bought that one as well as a Later Years collection (1987-2019).

I actually discovered Candy and the Currant Bun by searching for the setlist from Nick Mason's current tour. I didn't recognize the title whatsoever, but for some odd reason the song sounded familiar when I played it. I love Arnold Layne, and it might just be so that it's come up straight after I've listened to A.L. as CatCB it's originally a B-side from the A.L. single.

enjoyed reading that, always up for some Floyd discussion

glad you like the Atom Heart Mother epic, not many appreciate it. Ron Geesin arranged the orchestra for that piece, he also did the curio The Body soundtrack together with Roger.


i recently discovered Magma, who sometimes sound like a speedy mantra version of the Atom Heart Mother piece:

Rammstein's latest video premiered a couple of minutes ago. I just love this song. Video isn't too shabby either.

haha very fun band lol Rosenrot their best album to my ears, but they're very consistent, nice chunky metal with a dark sense of theatrical drama & twisted humour.


Check this video out, more story in 4 minutes than some movies manage:

 

[SuperTimCahill]

enjoyed reading that, always up for some Floyd discussion

Same, I never feel I get to talk music with likeminded people enough!

haha very fun band lol Rosenrot their best album to my ears, but they're very consistent, nice chunky metal with a dark sense of theatrical drama & twisted humour.


Check this video out, more story in 4 minutes than some movies manage:

I more or less love everything Rammstein ever did, and Rosenrot is wonderful. There's two songs on the album I can't stand (Te quiero puta and that Stirb nicht vor mir), but everything else is perfection. The deep cuts Hilf Mir, Feuer und Wasser and Ein Lied are superb as well!

Oh, and they make the best videos in music in my book, they've got some absolute masterpieces!

 

[dholliday]

Same, I never feel I get to talk music with likeminded people enough!



I more or less love everything Rammstein ever did, and Rosenrot is wonderful. There's two songs on the album I can't stand (Te quiero puta and that Stirb nicht vor mir), but everything else is perfection. The deep cuts Hilf Mir, Feuer und Wasser and Ein Lied are superb as well!

Oh, and they make the best videos in music in my book, they've got some absolute masterpieces!

Agree on Te Quiero....terrible lol

Feuer und Wasser hands down my favourite Rammstein, love singing along to it. When that beefy guitar kicks in...woof!

Keine Lust honorable second-place...what a nutty video:




You might enjoy Einstürzende Neubauten. They're up there with Floyd in my affections. More varied than Rammstein, excellent discography. Here's three cuts from each era, these have in common dramatic climaxes:


80's dark heavy industrial noise era:



90's smoothing out their sound era:



post-00's elder statesmen era:



bonus...my personal favourite from them, a three-piece suite with a wonderful middle-section:



bonus2...their frontman is probably most famous in english-speaking circles for being Nick Cave's guitarist and sometime duettist:

 

[Littlesue]

Mama Cass one of the best female singers