Saturday, September 22, 2018

21. AC/DC - Back in Black

Another one that was added by Spotify in the interim, this classic rock staple was significantly easier to get into than the last album!

Amazingly, I've never listened to this album - I only knew the radio regulars from it. Frankly, I don't feel like I missed out. I've always been an appreciator of AC/DC, not a fan - and this album didn't turn me around.

As my stepfather would say, it's subtle like a brick. Every song, every screamed lyric is done at 85 MPH. No nuance at all. Booooring.

20. Khalifa Ould Eide & Dimi Mint Abba - Moorish Music From Mauritania

Well, after several years of ignoring this blog, I'm back! The first thing I did was to go back and see if Spotify added some of the albums I had to skip when I started this. Lo and behold, this was was on there.

This was not an easy return. I could get into the rhythm right away, but the vocals just sounded really indistinct. However, by the second listen, I really starting digging the was Eide's voice ebbs and flows as she improvises - it really swings!

Not one I'll go back to, but the song "Art's Plume" is killer.