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On ‎31‎/‎03‎/‎2018 at 8:09 PM, Larky Masher said:

I think Closer is darker than Unkown Pleasure and Ceremony is arguably even darker, I find Berlin genuinely depressing though it is a great album and any Throbbing Gristle album could push you over the edge.

Agree with Unknown Pleasure and Ceremony.

Top, top albums but don't listen to them on a Sunday night before bed after a heavy weekend!

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17 hours ago, Grim Jim said:

I will give The Cure's miserable stuff a listen as I never got past the (not totally shite) pop back in the day.   What about The Cult?   I like them... but anytime I mentioned them, folk thought I was talking about The Cure :(

 

I'm a man, but please don't pigeon-hole me as a Cure or Joy Division fan.   Ref.  prog. & death metal where same generally applies metalemoticon_023.gif

 

:lol:

 

No, but will give it a longer spin.   A quick scan and after checking dates an' I'm thinking... They inspired Incubus?!   Probably not, and it's just the pre-wiring my brain has as I'd not heard it before.

 

I would expect nothing other than miserable music from a Grim Jim 😊

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19 hours ago, Grim Jim said:

I will give The Cure's miserable stuff a listen as I never got past the (not totally shite) pop back in the day.   What about The Cult?   I like them... but anytime I mentioned them, folk thought I was talking about The Cure :(

A wee review for you...

 

Seventeen Seconds (1980)

Very dark and atmospheric.

Key songs: Play For Today, In Your House, A Forest, M, At Night.

 

 

Faith (1981)

Misery in abundance with The Holy Hour, Other Voices, All Cats Are Grey, The Funeral Party, The Drowning Man and Faith.

Six thoroughly miserable, but enjoyable songs and the reasons I love this album

 

 

Pornography (1982)

My least favourite of the five I have listed, however, it does feature the brilliant One Hundred Years, A Strange Day, The Hanging Garden and The Figurehead.

 

 

Disintegration (1989)

An epic, panoramic album......... The Cure's Joshua Tree if you like.

Filled with beauties such as Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, Fascination Street, Disintegration, The Same Deep Water As You and more......... In fact, I would say it would have been near perfect had they not included Lullaby on it (which is a bit of a daft song).

 

 

Bloodflowers (2000)

It took me months to get into this, then it clicked for me and I've loved it ever since.

Oh, and on a visit to Krakow it was the album I chose to listen to on the train to Oswiecim (Auschwitz).

 

 

Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers make up the Trilogy concert DVD, which you can probably catch on YouTube. 

 

 

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On 03/04/2018 at 6:15 PM, Rich NATA said:

A wee review for you...

 

Seventeen Seconds (1980)

Very dark and atmospheric.

Key songs: Play For Today, In Your House, A Forest, M, At Night.

 

 

Faith (1981)

Misery in abundance with The Holy Hour, Other Voices, All Cats Are Grey, The Funeral Party, The Drowning Man and Faith.

Six thoroughly miserable, but enjoyable songs and the reasons I love this album

 

 

Pornography (1982)

My least favourite of the five I have listed, however, it does feature the brilliant One Hundred Years, A Strange Day, The Hanging Garden and The Figurehead.

 

 

Disintegration (1989)

An epic, panoramic album......... The Cure's Joshua Tree if you like.

Filled with beauties such as Plainsong, Prayers For Rain, Fascination Street, Disintegration, The Same Deep Water As You and more......... In fact, I would say it would have been near perfect had they not included Lullaby on it (which is a bit of a daft song).

 

 

Bloodflowers (2000)

It took me months to get into this, then it clicked for me and I've loved it ever since.

Oh, and on a visit to Krakow it was the album I chose to listen to on the train to Oswiecim (Auschwitz).

 

 

Pornography, Disintegration and Bloodflowers make up the Trilogy concert DVD, which you can probably catch on YouTube. 

 

 

A pleasure to hear from a truly miserable fan!

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21 hours ago, fringo said:

I think we could do with a cheery albums thread (can't think of one this precise moment but there must be a few).

Always though Blur's Parklife was a pretty happy album. Supergrasses first effort was always quite cheery too.

Plus the Darkness, obviously.

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On 15/04/2018 at 9:29 PM, Rich NATA said:

You had a listen to those albums I listed?

Enjoying Seventeen Seconds.   May take me some time to catch up!   Head on The Door was my contemporary introduction and while interested, never got into them at the time.

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14 minutes ago, Toepoke said:

 

As were the pair above.

 

Forget Nick Cave and Chris Martin, I'm gutted that she didn't get Jason on for Especially For You

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