Thursday, November 24, 2011

Planet Rotations #18 & 19

In the age of digital music, we tend to skip through albums, listening to one or two tracks - missing some of the deeper cuts that may be brilliant. I am a big fan of the album format, and love to experience the entire album the way the artist intended. Listening to one or two songs is like randomly reading a few chapters of a book and expecting to understand the completed work.


Like any music lover, I love to share what I'm listening to and discover some new things from friends. Here's my playlist for this week. Please put your lists in the comments below, or interact at the Life On This Planet Facebook Page.




Debut album from Scotland.
Key Tracks:  Conductor, Quiet Little Voices, Moving Clocks Run Slow
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2010 EP. Currently on tour with M83.
Key Tracks:  I'm In Your Church At Night, When Your Love Is Safe, She Was A Vision
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My favorite Siouxsie record.
Key Tracks:  Spellbound, Into The Light, Night Shift, Halloween
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From 1996 - a bit underappreciated.
Key Tracks:  Want, This Is A Lie, The 13th, Mint Car
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The Cure followed up the incredible Disintegration with this epic record.
Key Tracks:  Apart, To Wish Impossible Things, A Letter To Elise, Trust
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The Cure's 1979 debut.
Key Tracks:  10:15 Saturday Night, Three Imaginary Boys, Accuracy
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The second album - a major departure from Three Imaginary Boys
Key Tracks:  Play For Today, A Forest, At Night
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Dark and gloomy.
Key Tracks:  The Funeral Party, Primary, All Cats Are Grey
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I have this one on vinyl. Great for a cold night.
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A really impressive, fourth LP from England's Frank Turner.
Key Tracks:  I Am Disappeared, Rivers, Peggy Sang The Blues
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Released this year, Love Life is the second solo album from the James frontman.
Key Tracks:  Buried Alive, All About Time
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1984 Smiths' compilation.
Key Tracks:  If you don't own this, buy it now.
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Campbell's farewell album. One of my favorites of the year.
Key Tracks:  Any Trouble, Ghost On The Canvas, A Better Place
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Another brand new album you should check out. Her voice is really mesmerizing.
Key Tracks:  Avalanche, In Your Nature, Vessel
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Another 2010 EP. 6 songs. Worth it alone just for the track 'Night.' 
Key Tracks:  Night, Trust Me, Manifest Destiny
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The 1988 debut studio album. So incredible.
Key Tracks:  Mountain Song, Summertime Rolls, Jane Says, Pigs In Zen
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Tiger Army frontman's debut solo album. Buy this.
Key Tracks: all of them
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Produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, James, Counting Crows, etc.)
Key Tracks:  Show Me Mary, Crank, The Nude, Fripp
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The Gallagher Brothers' sixth album. I really dig this one.
Key Tracks:  Love Like A Bomb, Keep The Dream Alive, The Importance Of Being Idle
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Sadly this is the final Oasis album. Some good tracks on here, but overall - nowhere near the quality of Don't Believe The Truth.
Key Tracks:  I'm Outta Time, Falling Down, The Shock Of The Lightning
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The Furs are still touring, but the World Outside LP was their last album - released in 1991.
Key Tracks:  In My Head, Until She Comes, Sometimes, Get A Room
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The Reid brothers' third LP.
Key Tracks:  Between Planets, Head On, Here Comes Alice
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Gram's first solo album.
Key Tracks:  Still Feeling Blue, A Song For You, How Much I've Lied
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Recorded shortly before his death. Amazing album.
Key Tracks:  Return Of The Grievous Angel, In My Hour Of Darkness, Love Hurts
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One of the best records of all time.
Key Tracks:  Red Hill Mining Town, With Or Without You, Where The Streets Have No Name
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1980 Bauhaus debut LP.
Key Tracks:  Double Dare, In The Flat Field, Nerves, Stigmata Martyr
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Traveling songs. Definitely should be in your collection.
Key Tracks:  Born On A Train, I Have The Moon, Lonely Highway
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