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Feb. 9th, 2011 11:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seekingferretI want to bring back my Album of the Week project again, now that my car is out of the shop and I'm getting a little tired with the music on my iPod.
(Just a little tired, though. I've been having some good music days lately. Listened to all of Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" on my morning drive one day last week, and this morning listened to Haydn's "Le Matin" symphony (Symphony #6 in D). Those are pieces which, no matter how many times I listen to them, remain sources of constant discovery. I love the attention to individual instruments in the "Le Matin". In the later symphonies Haydn's increasing mastery over the whole orchestra meant less of an interest in individuating voices (there are, of course, exceptions to this generalization). In "Le Matin" we see a composer still learning what each instrument can say, not quite in full command of the bigger picture, but still inspired to create beautiful sounds. The structure, the edifice that Haydn erected in something like "The Surprise", is missing. But... I digress)
The last time, I think I tried to be too specific about the parameters of the albums I sought. In requesting Top 10 albums, I don't think I was making an unreasonable request, and I'm glad I got a chance to listen to Gaga, but well... my friends are nerds and tend to have an instinctive mistrust of the popular. Even if we do like Top 10 albums, I don't think we would realize that they're Top 10 albums. I'll admit I was thrown off my game earlier this year when the Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" hit #1. It was an odd sensation, to have purchased a #1 album the week it hit #1. In any case, I had difficulty getting recommendations.
So I'm going back to the basics.
Recommend an album you think I should listen to for a week. No requirements. Any genre, any style, any era. Preferably, it should acquirable on Amazon's MP3 store, but it doesn't need to be. I will listen to it on my drive to and from work and then post a review. Past reviews can be found at My AotW tag
(Just a little tired, though. I've been having some good music days lately. Listened to all of Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" on my morning drive one day last week, and this morning listened to Haydn's "Le Matin" symphony (Symphony #6 in D). Those are pieces which, no matter how many times I listen to them, remain sources of constant discovery. I love the attention to individual instruments in the "Le Matin". In the later symphonies Haydn's increasing mastery over the whole orchestra meant less of an interest in individuating voices (there are, of course, exceptions to this generalization). In "Le Matin" we see a composer still learning what each instrument can say, not quite in full command of the bigger picture, but still inspired to create beautiful sounds. The structure, the edifice that Haydn erected in something like "The Surprise", is missing. But... I digress)
The last time, I think I tried to be too specific about the parameters of the albums I sought. In requesting Top 10 albums, I don't think I was making an unreasonable request, and I'm glad I got a chance to listen to Gaga, but well... my friends are nerds and tend to have an instinctive mistrust of the popular. Even if we do like Top 10 albums, I don't think we would realize that they're Top 10 albums. I'll admit I was thrown off my game earlier this year when the Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" hit #1. It was an odd sensation, to have purchased a #1 album the week it hit #1. In any case, I had difficulty getting recommendations.
So I'm going back to the basics.
Recommend an album you think I should listen to for a week. No requirements. Any genre, any style, any era. Preferably, it should acquirable on Amazon's MP3 store, but it doesn't need to be. I will listen to it on my drive to and from work and then post a review. Past reviews can be found at My AotW tag
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