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There are occasional releases by artists that are often obscure, or perhaps by bands that have gone 'over their peak' and are somehow ignored completely by the public, undeservedly. Occasionally stuff resurges or is championed long afterwards (eg Nick Drake) but some.....just doesn't.
This thread invites you to mention recordings that excelled but sank. Please namedrop and with some clue as to style of the music.;
EMF - Stigma (far better than their previous teeny synthpop 'hit' stuff)
NEDS Atomic Dustbin - Brain Blood Volume (tough and fairly direct, Neds get edgey - and with powerful guitar, almost metal)
David Baerwald - Triage (shades of Floyd/Roger Waters)
Suzanne Vega - Songs In Red and Gray (it's the only cd I own by her because it's excellent. Powerful lyrics that she seems to mean, spanks yer alanis morrisettes and fiona apples into puree)
Townes Van Zandt - Far Cry From Dead (folk singer/songwriter bordering on country)
Marianne Faithful - A Secret Life. (smoulders like Leonard Cohen, brillaint arrangement and instrumentation)
The Damned - Grave Disorder (they've always been great, but this one shows all their much-overlooked talents for writing great tunes)
The End - Introspection (for fans of latter-sixties psych, soft but not toytown, produced by Bill Wyman, wonderfully, and yet... sold very few. [one for zeffarelly in particular, and fans of such as Art, Kaleidoscope, Idle Race])
This thread invites you to mention recordings that excelled but sank. Please namedrop and with some clue as to style of the music.;
EMF - Stigma (far better than their previous teeny synthpop 'hit' stuff)
NEDS Atomic Dustbin - Brain Blood Volume (tough and fairly direct, Neds get edgey - and with powerful guitar, almost metal)
David Baerwald - Triage (shades of Floyd/Roger Waters)
Suzanne Vega - Songs In Red and Gray (it's the only cd I own by her because it's excellent. Powerful lyrics that she seems to mean, spanks yer alanis morrisettes and fiona apples into puree)
Townes Van Zandt - Far Cry From Dead (folk singer/songwriter bordering on country)
Marianne Faithful - A Secret Life. (smoulders like Leonard Cohen, brillaint arrangement and instrumentation)
The Damned - Grave Disorder (they've always been great, but this one shows all their much-overlooked talents for writing great tunes)
The End - Introspection (for fans of latter-sixties psych, soft but not toytown, produced by Bill Wyman, wonderfully, and yet... sold very few. [one for zeffarelly in particular, and fans of such as Art, Kaleidoscope, Idle Race])
