Listening To... (#2) |
Posted on May 26th, 10:55PM , 2009 by chris in |
- Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind
- Another solid neo-soul release from the trans-atlantic paring of Phonte and Nicolay. Not quite the classic that their first album together was, but we're talking a matter of degrees here. Lots of good tracks, lots of good vocalists on this release.
- Dangermouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night of the Soul
- (Not yet) released due to issues with his (Dangermouse's) record label, this album was created with a set of photos by David Lynch that supposedly illustrate the story of the songs, probably in an very abstract way. Not that I have a copy, which one could probably obtain very easily on this here interweb, but I've heard it's quite good. I'm going to get the book (which contains the photos and a blank CD-R for one's own use), though.
- Tosca - No Hassle
- A good release from our Austrian friends. The title fits, very mellow, a bit of ambient, a bit of lounge, a bit of this, etc... Similar to their last album J.A.C. but I like this one better.
- Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz
- A gem in my 12" collection that I bought several years ago and never actually listened to that much - and have now re-discovered. Ray on the Hammond B3, with a big band backing, arrangements by Quincy Jones, 1960 session on Impulse! vinyl. Serious!
