Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!elf From: elf@utcsri.UUCP (Eugene Fiume) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Three Great Albums Message-ID: <1337@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 01:05:09 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsri.1337 Posted: Tue Aug 20 01:05:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 23:23:47 EDT Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 36 [] Since no one has yet mentioned these gems on the net, I consider it my duty to let you all know that these three in my hand are worth more than one K. Bush. You aesthetes out there are of course welcome to substitute any non-commital adjective you like for "great". Shriekback: _Oil and Gold_. Runs the gamut from solid electrofunk to minimal atmospherics. Unlike their previous albums (also excellent), this album has been released domestically (Canada). I can't get the cassette out of my deck. It keeps rewinding and playing, rewinding and playing. Yum. My second favourite album of the year so far (after _This Mortal Coil_). Sly and Robbie: _Language Barrier_. Runs the gamut from funk to funk. The masters of reggae dub have gone more intensely for a funk groove. I don't know how well it will wear on me, but the first half-dozen listens have been exciting as hell. Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963: _One Night Stand_. For the life of me I can't understand why no one has mentioned this album yet. I suppose we're much too sophisticated to listen to someone just singing his heart out. It's easy to be cynical about Boy George, George Michaels, Paul Young, et al., after you've given this album a listen. This is a Sam Cooke I've never heard before: rawer, intense, involved. A joy of an album, I'm not embarassed to say. Now why did it take them 22 years to release it and why is it only one LP? Ciao, Eugene Fiume {decvax|allegra}!utcsri!elf