“High Flying Bird” is his most unheralded classic song. I also am a total sucker for “Have Mercy on the Criminal” He was an album artist until he fired his band. The run from the s/t through Captain Fantastic is all excellent
High Flying Bird is playing right now! Yeah this thing is fucking great. I didn't actually know about him firing his band, but that's kinda amazing that Captain Fantastic is the last album of his I consider any good, so I knew it without knowing it
Dee Murray, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnston were such a big part of his signature sound. All those backing vocals are them with no input from Elton. He'd go off and relax and leave them in the studio to arrange and record them.
There's a shaggy charm to those first two Bruce albums that is completely unique from anything else he ever recorded. He revisited that sound a bit on his latest, by digging up some songs from that era, and I loved the flashback. The Wild, The Innocent is even better, as @cshadows2887 will tell you. Piano Player was on my initial list, but I bumped it last minute. I should listen to it anyway, ha.
The Colour and the Shape is the essential Foo Fighters listen. It's not my personal favorite, but it's stacked with incredible singles and sets the template for them. Sufjan Stevens, I'd go Carrie & Lowell. I think some people like Illinois or even Age of Adz more, but that's his most emotionally direct album and is, imo, the must-hear. Bowie, I'll let someone else comment, but my favorite is Ziggy Stardust. Also, can I please give you a country-leaning artist to try to change your mind on that front? Haha
Great! I’ll make sure to give these a listen! And yes you absolutely can, being from the U.K. it isn’t something I am exposed to much!
Would recommend either closing your eyes and listening super close or reading along the second time. Man tells stories so much better than everyone else. "Christmas In Prison" and "The Accident" are awing.
If you're really open, I'm always on a crusade to make sure people have heard What Love Has...Joined Together by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Drawn to Revolving Doors by Averi.
I'm awful at RIYLs for the most part, but I've seen jazz rap used a ton when describing the album. I'm sure someone else who's heard the album can give you a better answer than that. Not that p4k is a be all end all, but on the debut album they mention Digable Planets and GoGo Penguin.
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Arthur Russel - World of Echo Kate Bush - Hounds of Love The Cure - Head on the Door The Blue Nile - Hats
This was a delightful listen EXCEPT for "The Accident (Things Could Be Worse)," just because of the lyrical content in the chorus. I realize that 1973 was a different time than 2021 is now, but YIKES.