Wild Frank

Spot on. That is exactly how I feel. I can't stand 'Shake It Off' and 'What Light' but apart from that it is a very special, and subtle, record. It has a very special resonance for a lot of people on this board. I believe there was a thread about it a couple of months ago relating to the the emotional strength of this record. It certainly came along at a good time for me. It certainly doesn;t deserve the critisim it gets and I feel it will be looked back on in a much more positive light as time passes. So there.

As mentioned above, he is very powerful lyrically. That line 'I may be limping, But I'm coming home' also resonates with me. The ending of the album is also very powerful and meloncholy, especially the track about Flying Through Canyons. Its great stuff.

For me I have 'Yours Truly, The Commuter' down as album of the year. Side two is absolutly beautiful, especially 'Rollin home alone' which I have played more than any other song this year (although the Harvest version of 'journey through the past' of Neil Young's Archive Vol I is also up there!!). Anyway, for those that liked it there may be a follow up coming along very shortly. Checking on Jason's website it looks like he is readying some songs for an album in 2010. Jason frequents the forum of the website and is frequently answering questions etc. http://talkscape.jasonlytle.com/viewtopic

Not sure if this is going to help. Its a song called 'House' by Marillion (later day Marillion!). Its about the silence of being alone in a house you used to share with your wife. Its pretty meloncholy stuff so be warned. Its a very strange song for Marillion with a trip-hop beat and some muted trumpet (not exactly 'Kayleigh'....although that's a break-up song too). Anyway....This is it: This house aches I whistle it's tune After so much noise Freedom is silence Half the house is missing Taken half of me with it I had imagined this Hurting in a different way Hurting in a different wa

That is a really helpful site. I've had the Archives set for about a month now and there are a few things I totally missed. On a related issue, I was litening to Disc Two last night I it reminded me just how good the Buffalo Springfield were. They could have been huge but I'm kind of glad they burned out after three albums. I love 'Flying On The Ground', 'On The Way home', 'Do I Have To Come Right Out And Say It'. All great stuff.

? There was a Time Fades Away II??? What was supposed to be on that one??

You occasionally get some strange pricings in i-tunes (in the UK at least). I picked up the complete Miles Davies/John Coltrane (about 135 tracks) for 79p. In a different genre you could also pick up the complete 'Queensryche' back catalogue (apart from the last two albums) for about £5.

I recently picked up the other Sparklehorse related 2009 project 'In The Fish Tank'. Its a collaboration with Fennesz and its far less essential. Its mostly instrumental ambient tracks which is pleasant but not great. Whilst I do love the DNOTS project I really want to hear a more traditional Sparklehorse record next year.

The final track is indeed Mr. Lynch. The one that preceeds it (Grim Augery) is Vic Chesnutt. What do you think of the record? It has a couple of average songs but on the whole I love it. The Flaming Lips and Jason Lytle tracks are especially good, as is the one by the guy from the Strokes. I'm not sure what the latest is with this record and an official release date.

Looking at how the first four are spaced I could make some good guesses but I have no inside sources I'm afraid. I think a previous thread had some guesswork at the Performance Series. I am also interested to identify the other Special Releases. In addition to the three I have put in there was also another unreleased album called 'Human Highway' I believe. I assume this would appear somewhere in the mid to late seventies.

I thought it was time to start a new Neil Young thread looking at the Archives project and all its facets. I was just trying to piece together the whole thing, including the Official Release Series (ORS), the Archive Performance Series (APS) and the Special Release Series (SRS) and putting together the whole timeline. this is what I have come up with so far. Feel free to add in anything that is needed. APS00: SUGAR MOUNTAIN LIVE AT CANTEBURY HOUSE (1968) ORS01: NEIL YOUNG (1968) APS01: LIVE AT THE RIVERBOAT (1969) ORS02: EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE (1969) APS02: LIVE AT THE FILMORE (197

Sparklehorse/Dangermouse/David Lynch: Dark Night Of The Soul (If You Find It!) Jason Lytle (Grandaddy): Yours Truly, The Commuter Monsters Of Folk: Monsters Of Folk M. Ward: Hold Time Neil Young: Archive Volume I (You said you had a decent paying job!!)

The best thing I have picked up this year is the Jason Lytle album 'Yours truly, the commuter'. Not sure if your into Grandaddy but this is a perfect extension of their sound. Its a lovely, understated, record. In terms of older stuff the one artist I always like to recommend is a woman called 'Stina nordenstam'. She's put out about half a dozen albums in a variety of styles. Her classic album is 'And She Closed Her eyes' and her most famous tune is 'Little Star'. Another good band are 'Archive', a British rock group that are a little bit proggy. You might have to search around to pick up thei

And This....Archive are a great British band. So great that no-one listens to them in the UK and they can't even get a record deal here. Massive throughout Europe though. Who ways us Brits don't look out for our own.

I love that record. I also have the South San Gabriel album about the cat (Carlton Chronicles) which is also great.

I don't often see them mentioned on the site, but I was just listen to the Counting Crows first record, and I forgot how good it was. Tracks like 'Round Here' and 'Rain King' are really great. I lost touch them after 'Recovering The Satelites' but I want to give some love to that debut album.

Thanks man. The 'Wild Frank' is actually a Tom Waits reference. I never thought of the Blue Velvet link. Frank Booth is one scary guy. What do think of Inland Empire? Haven't got a clue what's going on in it but I love it all the same. I think once you start trying to work out what's going on in a Lynch movie it kind of spoils it. Its like art. Don't matter what it means, just enjoy looking at it.

Thanks VC.

I'm gonna whisper this for fear of a massive back-lash but.....Kid A, and Radiohead in general, aren't actually as good as everyone thinks they are. sssshhhh. Don't tell Pitchfork.

I'll second that. The bit where he sings 'I've never felt so alone before' makes me cry. The bit in the movie where Rick's in the control booth with Scorsese is also really poinant. What is the song Rick is playing to Martin in the scene?

Just thinking about.....'Veedon Fleece' is a pretty special album. I'm gona have to go a give it a spin. The first five tracks (Side one) is perfect. Certainly up there in my top five of all time type list thing, along with On The Beach. Actually the last three tracks (side two) of On The Beach are perfect too...so if you combined the pair you would officially have the best album ever made. 1) Fair Play 2) Linden Arden Stole The Headlights 3) Who Was That Masked Man 4) Streets of Arklow 5) You Don't Pull No Punches But You Don't Push The River 6) On The Beach 7) Motion Pictures 8) Ambulance

To go along with Blood On The Tracks I would recommend the live album 'Hard Rain'. That was recorded at a pretty bitter time in their relationship. If I recall, Sara had turned up to the show and was standing on the side of the stage. Dylan was singing 'One Too Manay Mornings' and change the lyrics to "I've no right to be here...and you've no right to stay untill we both one too many mornings and a thousand miles away". Nice. There's also a pretty nasty version of Idiot Wind on the record too.

To echo other posters: 1) Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Arguably their best record) 2) Neil Young: On The Beach (Arguably his best record) 3) Van Morrison: Veedon Fleece (Arguably his best record) 4) Tom Waits: Heart Of Saturday Night (Not his best but pretty damm good) 5) Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks (Arguably his best record* * Never sure if Blood On The Tracks was '74 or '75. If not, Planet Waves was out in '74. ....So, it was a pretty good year.

Van Morrison: Inarticulate Speech of the Heart. I Love this one. Perfect as the Autumn kicks in.