4.5 superb |
Air Moon Safari |
Ben Harper Fight For Your Mind |
Ben Harper Live From Mars |
Bjork Vespertine |
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath |
Black Sabbath Master of Reality |
Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend |
Camel Mirage |
Cream Disraeli Gears |
Cream The Very Best Of Cream |
Crowded House Woodface |
David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars |
David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World |
David Bowie Hunky Dory |
Deep Purple Fireball |
Deep Purple Made in Japan |
Dire Straits Brothers in Arms |
Dire Straits Communiqué |
Dire Straits Dire Straits |
Dire Straits On the Night |
Dire Straits Alchemy: Dire Straits Live |
Dire Straits Live at the BBC |
Faith No More Angel Dust |
Faith No More The Real Thing |
Faith No More King for a Day... Fool for a Lifetime |
Frank Zappa Hot Rats |
Genesis Selling England by the Pound |
George Harrison All Things Must Pass |
Herbie Hancock Thrust |
Herbie Hancock Maiden Voyage |
Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles |
Howlin Wolf Moanin' in the Moonlight |
Jean-Michel Jarre Equinoxe |
Jeff Buckley Grace |
Jeff Buckley Grace Around the World |
Jethro Tull Aqualung |
Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick |
Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys |
John Butler Trio John Butler |
John Butler Trio Sunrise Over Sea |
John Coltrane A Love Supreme |
Kamasi Washington The Epic |
King Crimson Larks' Tongues in Aspic |
King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
King Crimson Red |
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava |
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Polygondwanaland |
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Flying Microtonal Banana |
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard Nonagon Infinity |
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of... |
Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley |
Led Zeppelin Presence |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin |
Led Zeppelin Houses of the Holy |
Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti |
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin [Box Set 2] |
Led Zeppelin BBC Sessions |
Led Zeppelin Celebration Day |
Mahavishnu Orchestra The Inner Mounting Flame |
Metallica ...And Justice for All |
Midnight Oil Species Deceases |
Midnight Oil Blue Sky Mining |
Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust |
Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
Nick Drake Five Leaves Left |
Nick Drake Pink Moon |
Pearl Jam Ten |
Pink Floyd The Wall |
Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets |
Pink Floyd The Piper at the Gates of Dawn |
Pink Floyd Pulse |
Powderfinger Internationalist |
Powderfinger Odyssey Number Five |
Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool |
Radiohead In Rainbows |
Rage Against the Machine Evil Empire |
Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Mexico City (DVD) |
Rainbow Rising |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Off the Map |
Red Hot Chili Peppers Live at Slane Castle |
Roy Harper Stormcock |
Santana Santana |
Santana Abraxas |
Soundgarden Down on the Upside |
Soundgarden Badmotorfinger |
Tame Impala Innerspeaker |
Tame Impala Lonerism |
The Beatles Rubber Soul |
The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour |
The Beatles The Beatles |
The Black Crowes The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion |
The Cure Staring at the Sea |
The Doors Waiting for the Sun |
The Doors Morrison Hotel |
The Doors Strange Days |
The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis: Bold as Love |
The Tea Party Transmission |
The Tea Party Alhambra |
The Tea Party Live From Australia |
The Verve Urban Hymns |
Tool Fear Inoculum |
It has taken me 10 to 15 listens (and being absolutely in the moment with their music) to fully understand and appreciate this great album. It takes patience, an open mind and a willingness to go on a journey with the band. It is probably worth not hanging on too tightly to what the band has done previously here, although IMO Lateralus was the major stepping stone that launched them on this tangent. There are many subtle shifts in tempo throughout - including some very tranquil, meditative moments to start off songs or as interludes, but it makes it well worth the wait as the songs build into amazing crescendos. Think of llght and shade, yin and yang - these guys are the masters of it, and it is an apex of their maturity and musicianship to this point in time, Ignoring the filler tracks in the digital version, there is barely a weak moment. I think even the drum solo of Chocolate Chip Trip is tastefully melded in as a diversion and showcase of Carey's freakish drumming skills. Culling Voices is about the only track that is slightly weaker then the rest for me - but probably still essential in this epic journey the band are taking you on. This album is probably unfortunately a swan song for the band, but if that's so what a way to go out. |
Tool Ænima |
U2 The Joshua Tree |
U2 Achtung Baby |
Van Morrison Astral Weeks |
Wishbone Ash Wishbone Ash |
Wishbone Ash Argus |
Wishbone Ash There's the Rub |
Yes The Yes Album |
Yes Fragile |
Yes Yessongs |