This is the thread for Listening Party #7 which will start at 8pm sharp on 4th of May, so cue up your CD or vinyl, rewind your tape or add to your Spotify playlist ready to go.
For an explanation / idea of what we are trying to do, please read this thread:
Please chip in with any positive comments or observations on each tune as they are being played in real time. There will be plenty of opportunity to expand on longer thoughts if you want to after the 'live' thread has finished, so keep them short and upbeat during the playback period. There might be a very short drinks interval between side 1 and 2. I will let you know when side 2 will re-start.
The 7th record we are doing is Songs From The Big Chair by Tears For Fears...
Look forward to listening with you all.
Comments
The follow-up album to their 1983 debut 'The Hurting'; it reached #2 in the UK album chart...would have been second in a hat-trick of number ones if it wasn't for peak Phil Collins singing about paint pots and doing stealth-covers of Prince, etc.
I've been re-listening to Elemental a bit recently, that's a fantastic record which I'd earmarked as a potential option for a future listening party.
I went full autism and treated my living with bass traps and first reflection filters. There's also room correction DSP in the tape loop. It sounds like a proper studio control room now
I'm crap at stuff like this so let me know if that's insensitive.
RIP Stuart.