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| 691.1 | | WONDER::REILLY | Sean / Alpha Servers DTN:223-4375 | Tue Jan 17 1995 13:03 | 26 |
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The BEST released in 1994:
Soulhat - Good To Be Gone
The rest of the best released in 1994:
Tragically Hip - Day For Night
Primal Scream - Give Out But Don't Give Up
Kinks - Phobia
Reverand Horton Heat - Liquor In The Front
Some more best stuff played in '94, but "officially" released prior:
Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon
Raging Slab - Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert
Urge Overkill - Saturation
re. .0:
> Dada American Highway Flower
I wanted to pick this, but this CD just didn't match their first
effort, in my opinion - I was hoping for more.
- Sean
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| 691.2 | | CSLALL::PLEVINE | | Tue Jan 17 1995 13:36 | 10 |
| my favorite releases for 94
Peter Droge Necktie 2nd
Dino Jr w/out a sound
Heavy Metal Horns horns in the house
Proclaimers forgot the name
Carpenters If i were a carpenter
Combustable Edison forgot again
Peter
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| 691.3 | top 10 | CSLALL::PLEVINE | | Tue Jan 17 1995 14:01 | 12 |
| favorite shows of 94
Pete Droge Kendall Cafe
Roger Daltry Great Woods
Bob Dylan Orpheum
Proclaimers Paradise
Jesus Christ Superstar Middle East Cafe
Buffalo Tom Lupos
Offspring Axis
Dino Jr Lupos
Combustable Ed Paradise
Extreme Local 186
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| 691.4 | Top Ten for me | MKOTS3::KERR | That's Sir Eric, By The Way | Tue Jan 17 1995 14:54 | 17 |
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Here are my top ten CDs (selected from what I bought only)
Eric Clapton From The Cradle
Danny Gatton/Joey Defrancesco Relentless
Green Day Dookie
The Cranberries No Need To Argue
Sinead O'Connor Universal Mother
Joe Pass My Song (93' really, but bought and
played in 94')
The Beatles Live at the BBC
Mary Chapin Carpenter Stones in the Road
Soundgarden Superunknown
Harry Connick Jr. She
Only saw one concert -- Eric Clapton at the Centrum (fantastic).
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| 691.5 | The Envelope, Please | BSS::MESSAGE | My name is Bill & I'm a head case... | Wed Jan 18 1995 11:05 | 16 |
| Here's A List (IMHO, of course 8^) ):
MSFL Disk of "Muddy Waters, Folk Singer"
Tom Petty "Wildflowers"
Liz Phair Just forgot the name; the newer disk...
The Beatles "The Beatles At the BBC"
The Eagles "Hell Freezes Over"
Green Day "Dookie"
Eric Clapton "From the Cradle"
Counting Crows "August & Everything After"(In my mind, Best New Artists)
Melissa Etheridge "Yes I Am"
Dick Dale Again, forgot the name, but it's way cool Surf...
Bill Message
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| 691.6 | IMHO | RTOEU::RWINTER | | Thu Jan 19 1995 04:08 | 14 |
| my favorite 1994 CDs:
Dream Theater Awake
Violent Femmes New Times
Mother Tongue Mother Tongue
Tiamat Wildhoney
Townes Van Zandt No Deeper Blue
Pearl Jam Vitalogy
Stone Temple Pilots Purple
Tea Party Splendor Solis
Kyuss Welcome to Sky Valley
Beastie Boys Ill Communication
Ryener
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| 691.7 | how the "experts" voted.. | RTOEU::RWINTER | | Thu Jan 19 1995 04:26 | 17 |
| and according to the staff members of "Musikexpress"...
1. Soundgarden Superunknown
2. Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral
3. Black Crowes Amorica
4. R.E.M. Monster
5. Pearl Jam Vitalogy
6. Frank Black Teenager Of The Year
7. Tom Petty Wildflowers
8. Helmet Betty
9. Sister Double
Happiness Horsey Water
10. Redd Kross Phaseshifter
(to be honest, I leave out the actual #9, an obscure Austrian group)
Ryener
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| 691.8 | others, REM, Sugar, David Gray, | ESSB::IMPORTS | | Thu Jan 19 1995 05:25 | 18 |
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..... and here are the best of '94 for me
Stina Nordenstam And she closed her eyes.
Divine Comedy Promenade
Jeff Buckley Grace
Oasis Definitely Maybe
Elvis Costello Brutal Youth
Grant McLennan Horsebreaker Star
Suede Dog Man Star
Neil Young Sleep with Angels
Freedy Johnston Eva's Tears
Portishead Dummy
Des.
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| 691.9 | | LEZAH::CLARK | | Fri Jan 20 1995 13:38 | 31 |
| I don't have time to really think about '94, or pore over my CD list to
remind myself, but... A few items leap to mind.
1st, amazing reissues all year, for jazz (e.g., Louis Armstrong "Portrait
of the Artist as a Young Man"), blues (Smithsonian "The Blues"), country
music (practically all the giants), R&B (Smokey Robinson box, Otis Redding
box, Arthur Alexander, Little Willie John, Hank Ballard, on & on).
Most listened-to '94 blues: Otis Rush, "Ain't Enough Comin In"
folk/country: Iris Dement, "My Life"
R&B: Hmm -- probably George Clinton's (or Public E.)
rock: 3 songs (only) from REM "Monster"
jazz: Vincent Herring "Folklore Live" (w/
pianist Cyrus Chestnut & other rising stars)
A couple of decent "tribute" albums this year -- my favorite is the
tribute to Richard Thompson, "Beat the Retreat", with contributions from
Dino Jr., X, Bob Mould, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Parker, David Byrne, and
more. A real testament to Thompson's songwriting & guitar influence.
2 tributes to Merle Haggard appeared -- I like the one the critics
disparage, "Mama's Hungry Eyes", more than the singer-songwriters'
tribute (wearing its social agenda on its sleeve), "Tulare Dust".
Together they're an excellent intro to Haggard though.
Unfortunately I haven't gotten around to a lot of items recommended to me
-- new ones from Hole, Green Day, Liz Phair, ... - Jay
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| 691.10 | Dement | MROA::MILNE | | Fri Jan 20 1995 15:12 | 11 |
| re: 9
I didn't buy many albums released in 1994, probably not 10 total. One
I did buy is Iris Dement's My Life.
The first dozen times I listened to it, over a period of 6 months, I
didn't like it that much. Then I got it. Now most all my other
albums from '94, or any year, seem trivial.
Ken
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| 691.11 | | LEZAH::CLARK | | Fri Jan 20 1995 17:03 | 17 |
| RE: .10
It took me a little while to get accustomed to Iris Dement's 1st (Infamous
Angel) as well. [Enjoyed seeing her do "Let the Mystery Be" recently on
the Letterman show.] I've missed her twice at Sanders Theater (Cambridge
MA, USA) -- once I even had tickets <sigh>.
Spin magazine picked Iris Dement's "My Life" as one of the year's best, I
noticed -- glad to see it.
Looking over .9: Of the folk/country reissues I didn't enumerate,
Rounder's single-disc (i.e., economical) reissues of the Carter Family and
Jimmie Rodgers Victor sessions have to be the folk/country reissues of the
year, if not the decade. Beginning with 1927 -- the roots!!
Other recomended discs I didn't get to in '94... Nine Inch Nails, Sugar,
Pearl Jam, ... Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Leonard Cohen... And on
video, Bob Dylan unplugged. - Jay
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| 691.12 | another list fwiw | HLDE01::HIELKEMA_M | | Mon Jan 23 1995 17:27 | 19 |
| Another list, from the Netherlands:
Eric Clapton From the Cradle
Elvis Costello Brutal Youth
John Hiatt Hiatt comes alive at Budokan
Shane McGowan The snake
Tom Petty Wild flowers
Bonnie Raitt Longing in their hearts
The Rolling Stones Voodoo lounge
Richard Thompson Mirror blue
Ali Farka Toure &
Ry Cooder Talking Timbuktu
Neil Young Sleeps with angels
Best reissues
The Beatles Live at the BBC
The Who 30 years of maximum R&B
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| 691.13 | RE: a few back | PCBUOA::LEFEBVRE | PCBU Asia/Pacific Marketing | Tue Jan 24 1995 04:30 | 3 |
| Hiatt's "Perfectly Good Guitar" was from 1993.
Mark.
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| 691.14 | IMHO | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | db | Tue Jan 24 1995 10:49 | 21 |
| Don't know if these all came OUT in '94, but I bought them in '94.
IMHO, the best albums were:
Dream Theater Awake
The Dregs Full Circle
Lourdes Now is the Time
Bonnie Raitt Longing in Their Hearts
Sting Seven Summoners Tale (or whatever)
Vai Passion and Warfare
Satriani ??? the one before Time Machine ???
Mel Etheridge Yes I Am
Marc Cohn Marc Cohn
and the Worst albums IMHO:
ELP's ????
Yes Talk
Clapton From the Cradle
Hey... at least Clapton is in good company. ;-)
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| 691.15 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Tue Jan 24 1995 11:13 | 13 |
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Vai Passion and Warfare
You're off by about 3 years on this one. 8^)
Satriani ??? the one before Time Machine ???
"The Extremist" - I think this was a 1993, but it's close
GTI
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| 691.16 | | TOHOPE::REESE_K | tore down, I'm almost level with the ground | Thu Feb 02 1995 17:01 | 2 |
| Eric Clapton From The Cradle
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| 691.17 | I disagree, but that's my opinion | WEDOIT::ABATELLI | | Mon Feb 06 1995 11:30 | 8 |
| RE: E.C. From the Cradle
Best of '95??? You're kidding right? I like Tore Down alot, but
I have a hard time with the entire CD as the "best" of '95.
JMHO
Fred (who's a big EC fan... ask db)
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| 691.18 | another data point | HELIX::CLARK | | Mon Feb 06 1995 14:07 | 22 |
| > Eric Clapton From The Cradle
I'm a fan of Clapton's blues covers from times past ... but was
disappointed in this release.
I find the singing often embarrassing -- his natural singing voice is a
lot like Otis Rush (who's about the best blues singer around, in his light
tenorish timbre), so why didn't Clapton just be himself, rather than
parrot Elmore James & others? He covered blues in his own voice
successfully (IMO) on blues covers from albums like Layla and E.C. Was
Here.
As for the guitar playing... I don't find the lines he plays as
melodically interesting, or fleet, or tasteful (as in avoiding shallow
effects), as in blues solos past. It used to be, he was one of the few
guitar heroes capable of sustaining melodic interest over 8 or 16 or 32 or
64 bars of familiar blues changes without resorting to amusical show-off
type effects. (I know other guitarists' opinions on this vary.)
Of course, if I was a little less familiar with the original models of
these songs... Maybe they wouldn't strike me this way. And probably
these versions will get some people to check out the originals... - Jay
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| 691.19 | just another .02 | SLICK1::OSTIGUY | | Mon Feb 06 1995 14:38 | 5 |
| well, I think his playing is not bad, considering there are no
overdubs, after all...he could have been picky about solos etc. if he
was overdubbing
Wes
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| 691.20 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Mon Feb 06 1995 17:05 | 9 |
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He couldn't get too crazy on the overdubs ... after all, how would
he pull them off on his next "unplugged" show?
I mean, if he also unplugs the tape recorder he loses his effects
and all his backing harmonies.
8^)
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| 691.21 | I hope he does another one just like it :-) | SUFRNG::REESE_K | tore down, I'm almost level with the ground | Fri Feb 10 1995 18:10 | 11 |
| Recap, I said I thought From The Cradle was best of "94".
It's definitely different from what he's done in the past; I think
that was the point in doing it. A co-worker is also an EC fan, but
she doesn't like any release that doesn't have a re-hash of You
Look Wonderful Tonight or Layla in it.
If you don't enjoy the old blues masters, you probably won't like
this release; that doesn't mean it isn't any good.
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| 691.22 | "Live" | RANGER::ROBINSON | | Tue Feb 14 1995 09:20 | 4 |
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What about the new group "Live"???? Their CD first came out in late
'94', but I think it will be a bigger hit in 95.
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