The Flying Burrito Brothers- The Gilded Palace Of Sin: Kevin Gray Master (1969/2017)- ****
Dion- The Rock 'N' Roll Philosopher (2025)- ***1/2
(Okay collection of new, fairly pedestrian blues tunes with big name special guests, reimagined classics and a few live cuts. Nothing essential. Decent enough once, but just stick to the originals.)
Nilsson- Aerial Ballet: MONO (1968)- ****
Pink Floyd- Atom Heart Mother (1970)-****
("Fat Old Sun" should have been twice as long and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" should have been half as long, then we would have had one amazing record. Still love it though.)
David Gilmour- The Luck & Strange Concerts: Personal Edit (2025)- ***1/2
Charlie Rich- I Hear Those Blues: Rich In Stereo (2023)- ****
Blur- S/T (1997)- ****
(I feel a Blur binge coming on.)
Rush- Grace Under Pressure (1984)- ****
(The post-"Moving Pictures" records felt like a personal affront. I was completely off this band--one of my favorite bands--for a long time. But in the wake of Neil Peart's death, and reading Geddy's book, and watching their brilliant documentary, I found a new love for all things Rush. It pays to be a mensch. Both Geddy and Alex are beyond likeable and that made me listen to these synth-heavy records with different ears.)
Los Lobos- By The Light Of The Moon (1987)- ***1/2
5 comments:
A good music day. I feared as much about the new Dion, marvel at your ability to give things a second and third and fourth chance (Rush deserves it!) and Blur is great! Damon Albarn's career in general is really impressive.
Ending the day with Los Lobos sounds good, after what would be a tough slog for me.
Grace Under Pressure is a very good album. Are you going to see their upcoming tour with former Jeff Beck drummer Anika Nilles? https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/she-was-not-a-rush-fan-geddy-lee-on-anika-nilles-who-will-attempt-to-fill-the-very-big-shoes-of-neil-peart/ar-AA1P9uJg
- Paul in DK
I signed up like a good little Rush fan, went on Ticketmaster day of sale, was #7854 in the queue, and by the time it was my turn, there were only $1200 tickets available. So...no.
Live Nation / Ticketmaster suck.
- Paul in DK
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