oldviolin wrote:

Been so long I heard this, it's like hearing it for the first time.  Gonna have to spin it a second time, it's that good. 

 SeriousLee wrote:

You picked a good one!

After a couple days on the road, it's nice to sit in my favourite chair, pour myself a nice drink and spin some new wax. 

 SeriousLee wrote:

It’s pretty obviously a cousin of Another Green World or the quiet part of Before & After Science.

 Steely_D wrote:

"the blank, instrumental second side" is what actually got my attention. It reminded me (as odd as this may sound) of what turned me on to Porcupine Tree.

 SeriousLee wrote:

THE HELL YOU SAY
Pitchfork review: a friggin TEN


but, this is a better version of Always Crashing. Lush, intimate, organic. 

And this bit of genius that came much later. 

 Steely_D wrote:

This one was intriguing. I'll have to give it one more (close listen) spin before deciding if it'll get the boot.

 SeriousLee wrote:

I played this bit of genre-defining genius so much during my freshman year that my roommate remembers yelling at me to “TURN THAT SHIT OFF!”

and, decades later, he apologized. “You were right.”

Heh.
I also turned him onto Dylan with Bring It All Back Home.

 Steely_D wrote:


ha ha...yup, cover art is rather weird and awkward. I'm not a Bowie fan. Right now i'm going through some old used vinyl i accumulated back in the days when CD was king and vinyl cheap. I plan on either selling, giving or trading them. Gotta make room for the vinyl i've purchased the last 7 years since i've gotten back into vinyl. Having said that, i actually enjoyed some of what i heard here. Although i do recall listening to a Sanborn CD years ago and wasn't impressed.

And what do you know...another Bowie album coming right up...

 SeriousLee wrote:
Such a weird, unpleasant, awkward album. The cover is apt. And I really don't appreciate Sanborn's sax most of the time.