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General Discussion / Re: Song Chain Game, Pt. 4
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Just for fun / Re: Weather Topic 2: THE REVENGE!!!
« Last post by Zzzptm on August 03, 2026, 05:22:22 PM »Odd weather today - downpour for 5 minutes, then 20 minutes of nothing, then downpour for 5 minutes, then 30 minutes of nothing, then repeat. Nice and warm, though.
In Texas, we call that "Late Spring".
NYC folks were getting just downpour today, according to the guys I was having meetings with.
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Just for fun / Re: Weather Topic 2: THE REVENGE!!!
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General Discussion / Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now (Part IV)
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All Them Other Guys / The Black Crowes All Summed Up
« Last post by Zzzptm on August 03, 2026, 10:03:39 AM »As of this writing in 2026, The Black Crowes have 10 albums of original material.
I listened to all their stuff so you wouldn't have to.
TOP FIVE:
Shake Your Moneymaker (1990)
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
By Your Side (1999)
Happiness Bastards (2024)
A Pound of Feathers (2026)
All five of these are great killer-no-filler albums. I haven't ranked them in 1-5 order, but present them as a block representing their best work. All five of these have butt-kicking rockers, a few well-done ballads, and some more good rockers. Good range of genres in them, and the band is performing to its strengths on these five. All of them made me wanna sing along on a track or three or more.
BOTTOM FIVE:
Amorica (1994)
Three Snakes and One Charm (1996)
Lions (2001)
Warpaint (2008)
Before the Frost... Until the Freeze (2009)
Honorable inclusion here is their EP of all covers, 1972, released in 2022 when the band got back together. Of these, 1972 isn't all that bad, but it's still a tentative feeling in the band that comes through in the recording. It could have been better if they were more sure about their working relationship.
Warpaint and Amorica have some good tunes that make me want to revisit them. Lions was all right. Three Snakes and One Charm kinda played through without anything remarkable happening. I just listened to Before the Frost right now and it's all over the place, mixing in semi-acoustic Grateful Dead-sounding tunes with funk and disco and I'm like... huh??? The confusion deepens when they do a Dead-style jam in the middle of a funk tune so... yeah... points for many styles blended together, but deductions for doing them in straaaaaaaaange ways. But I'd prefer this to Three Snakes or Lions.
So if you want to get into the Crowes, get their first two and their last two and add in By Your Side. You'll have five strong albums that will satisfy.
The other five aren't terrible or anything like that. It's just how math works to have 10 albums split into the top half being stronger than the bottom half. Of the botto five, I'd say Warpaint and Amorica are worth a further listen or two. Lions is still pretty decent, all things considered. Before the Frost could be cut from 20 songs to maybe 10, I'm guessing. Maybe 8. Or 6. This is one strange, rambling album that's like two different musical trains collided and the rock and roll got thoroughly mixed in with the folk music. Three Snakes just didn't do it at all for me.
All albums are up on the YouTube, should you want to try before you buy. (Or just listen to and pass on that purchase...)
I'm going back to By Your Side right now because that opening track "Go Faster" is a real great rocker and I want to do a deeper dive into how the top 5 stack up.
I listened to all their stuff so you wouldn't have to.
TOP FIVE:
Shake Your Moneymaker (1990)
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (1992)
By Your Side (1999)
Happiness Bastards (2024)
A Pound of Feathers (2026)
All five of these are great killer-no-filler albums. I haven't ranked them in 1-5 order, but present them as a block representing their best work. All five of these have butt-kicking rockers, a few well-done ballads, and some more good rockers. Good range of genres in them, and the band is performing to its strengths on these five. All of them made me wanna sing along on a track or three or more.
BOTTOM FIVE:
Amorica (1994)
Three Snakes and One Charm (1996)
Lions (2001)
Warpaint (2008)
Before the Frost... Until the Freeze (2009)
Honorable inclusion here is their EP of all covers, 1972, released in 2022 when the band got back together. Of these, 1972 isn't all that bad, but it's still a tentative feeling in the band that comes through in the recording. It could have been better if they were more sure about their working relationship.
Warpaint and Amorica have some good tunes that make me want to revisit them. Lions was all right. Three Snakes and One Charm kinda played through without anything remarkable happening. I just listened to Before the Frost right now and it's all over the place, mixing in semi-acoustic Grateful Dead-sounding tunes with funk and disco and I'm like... huh??? The confusion deepens when they do a Dead-style jam in the middle of a funk tune so... yeah... points for many styles blended together, but deductions for doing them in straaaaaaaaange ways. But I'd prefer this to Three Snakes or Lions.
So if you want to get into the Crowes, get their first two and their last two and add in By Your Side. You'll have five strong albums that will satisfy.
The other five aren't terrible or anything like that. It's just how math works to have 10 albums split into the top half being stronger than the bottom half. Of the botto five, I'd say Warpaint and Amorica are worth a further listen or two. Lions is still pretty decent, all things considered. Before the Frost could be cut from 20 songs to maybe 10, I'm guessing. Maybe 8. Or 6. This is one strange, rambling album that's like two different musical trains collided and the rock and roll got thoroughly mixed in with the folk music. Three Snakes just didn't do it at all for me.
All albums are up on the YouTube, should you want to try before you buy. (Or just listen to and pass on that purchase...)
I'm going back to By Your Side right now because that opening track "Go Faster" is a real great rocker and I want to do a deeper dive into how the top 5 stack up.