Guys I was lucky enough to listen to a performance of Dark Side of The Moon at the local planetarium the other day - they played the whole album through the sound system with loads of psychedelic old-school graphics on the big screen. Mind - fairly blown
I got thinking - when was the last time I turned the lights off, switched off the phone and sat through a whole album end to end? Itās been ages I can tell you. So apart from Pink Floyd albums, what can you recommend for turning on and dropping out for an evening?
I work on my own a lot, so sometimes Iāll put on the soundtrack to my favourite film of the past 20 years āMoonā and listen end to end.
Clint Mansell is a really good composer imho.
If youāve never seen the movie itās about guy who works on his own on the moon. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqxRCUp4r0
The other movie soundtrack I listen to in full at work is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J7O46j8IS0c
I do this all the time, with every single album I have at one time or another. It is so so so more meaningful to listen this way.
Honestly - any album made back in the day of album creation for the sake of creating a complete āalbumā, but - here are a few of what I think fit the bill best and I listen to over and over start to finishā¦
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme - just do it, and do it a lot until you āget itā, you can thank me later
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love - absolute masterpiece - especially all the other songs besides āRunning Up That Hillā
Abbey Road
Twin Peaks soundtrack - any and all - turn the lights down
Peter Gabriel - So
Zeppelin - Physical Graffitti
Tower of Power - Live in Living Color
KISS - Destroyer, Alive!
Sinead OāConner - The Lion and the Cobra
Oliver Nelson - Bluses and the Abstract Truth - brilliant
Pharoah Sanders - Karma
Kamashi Washington - The Epic (I dare you not to love it)
The Peddlers - any of the 3 they made
Billy Joel - Turnstiles
Marvin Gaye - Whatās Going On
Prince - Purple Rain
Lords of Acid - Lust - you wonāt be ātuning outā you will be jumping all over the room in happiness
I could go on, but these are really the cream of the crop from my āwallsā.
I defy you to hate any of these if you give them a proper critical listen.
Definitely Abbey Road - I got into that while trying to record Something
My brother was a big Tower of Power fan. Back to Oakland was worth a listen
I remember Kiss from long ago
You know, Iāve never given Prince much of a go. Iāll put that near the top of the list ā¦
I do this a fair bit, and it does depend on mood which dictates what goes on, but off the top of my head
Any Talking Heads album (I play Remain in Light and Naked a lot)
Pink Floyd - Wish you were here
Pepe Deluxe - Queen of the Wave. This is a bit mad, but it really feels like the whole album is 1 big journey
I second the Twin Peaks albums too - especially the soundtrack to Series 3. Thatās really good. In fact, thatās what got me playing bass lines to the band Chromatics.
War of the Worlds soundtrack
Public Broadcasting Services - any album
The Cure - Mixed Up and Disintegration albums
Steven Wilson-The Raven that Refused to Singā¦awesomeness personified.
War-The World is a Ghetto
Anything by David Gilmour
Alice Cooper-Welcome to my Nightmare-The āStevenā trilogy of songs really gets to me
I wore out my vinyl LP of Dark Side of the Moon twice during the 70s, and finally got the CD when it was released.
Aside from that, the rock opera Tommy by The Who.
Due to a reoccurring back injury, a couple of times a year I have lay on my back for a day or two (until the spasm stops and I can go to the physio). The only way to alleviate the boredom is to lay on the lounge floor, midway between the speakers and play an album, eyes shut, no ear phones.
This morning was Peter Gabriel - Us. This afternoon was The Silencers - A letter from St Paul.
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