Music Head Wrote:from my library (cd)



Bob's seventh album, a double on vinyl. Acoustic Bob was history. I would miss him but I have that history and you
can't go back. Al Kooper is back on this one along with the first appearance of future Band member Robbie Robertson
and his touring band The Hawks. About any style you could imagine on this album, with superb lyrics as usual. Just
Like A Woman has always been one of my favorite Dylan songs of all time. Just beautiful along with Visions Of
Johanna and Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands. Nothing I don't like on here, with an even split between love and like
tracks. On the downside, Rainy Day Women has never been at the top of my list. I think it's all that background
talking and laughing that's distracting. The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 chart in the USA, where it
eventually went double-platinum, and reached No. 3 in the UK. Continue to be amazed by the lack of Dylan tracks on youtube.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Obviously 5 Believers

Best Track - Just Like A Woman

1) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 **
2) Pledging My Time **
3) Visions Of Johanna ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNN-AUF38Aw
4) One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jijyp9xoVA
5) I Want You ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAUuRBlJXjU
6) Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again ***
7) Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat ***
8) Just Like A Woman ***
9) Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine ***
10) Temporary Like Achilles **
11) Absolutely Sweet Marie **
12) 4th Time Around **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv0LlJcCtjo
13) Obviously 5 Believers **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QCL_cSywTs
14) Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands ***

3's - 7
2's - 7
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5
allmusic - 3.0

Mrrusty1 Wrote:A question of balance Moody Blues classic album
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Music Head Wrote:from my library (vinyl)



One of the few live albums that get a love rating from me. Maybe not live in the traditional sense. This was
recorded in a studio for live broadcast on WABC radio back in Elton's early years. It is his fourth album and he had
made waves on both sides with both his self tited and Tumbleweed Connection albums. I guess that justified this
release. Surprised it did as well as it did, with a #11 here in the states. The only other performers here are Nigel
Olsen and Dee Murray. Davey Johnstone had yet to join the band. Think all these tracks were previously released
except for the Honky Tonk Women cover which is my least favorite. Love three tracks and like three. Sixty Years On
is my favorite. Would have been Burn Down The Mission, but it turns into a jam with some Get Back and something else
thrown in, going on for 22 minutes. There is an audience for the recording, but their input is at a minimum,
sporadic applause and whooping it up. More like a club setting. Did not include clips for these tracks unless they were from that recording.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - Honky Tonk Women

Best Track - Sixty Years On

1) Take Me To The Pilot ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPSMDYzDGM
2) Honky Tonk Women **
3) Sixty Years On *** - close enough, beautiful
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQqGNYW5Tw
4) Can I Put You On ***
5) Bad Side Of The Moon **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjUT8T3cyqc
6) Burn Down The Mission **

3's - 3
2's - 3
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5
allmusic - 2.2

CRAZY-HORSE Wrote:

VAN MORRISON "astral weeks" cd,1968.

got rained out at work today, so i'll have three or four albums to post ive listened to over the last 24hrs or so, so lets start the posting...

i dont know where to start with this one...i try so hard to like Van's early material but i just dont get it, i mean i love "moondance" and a lot of what came after it, but this is pure crap IMO, i just cannot get my head around what he is trying to say...is he trying to convey something? or, am i trying to read too much into it? i dunno, maybe its the length of these tracks i dont like,they just seem to go on and on and on without purpose, but people obviously 'get it' because its ranked #19 on Rolling Stone's top500 albums


I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: astral weeks
best track: madame george

tracks:

1. astral weeks *
2. beside you *
3. sweet thing **
4. cyprus avenue *
5. the way young lovers do *
6. madame george **
7. ballerina **
8. slim slow slider **

full album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tigZaEoIaQM audio

3s=0
2s=4
1s=4

rating: 1.5 or 5/10