El Protoolio wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2024 7:04 pm There is no wrong answer. There are good and bad answers, but no wrong answer. Also, Moon Over Babaluma is great. Surprised no one has voted for that one.

Soon Over Babaluma sucks, I'm not surprised no one voted for it.

Tago Mago is one of the best tripping albums of all time. The band's whole ouevre up thru the Damo years is all essential, but that particular album stands out as an accomplishment akin to Trout Mask or Firewater or Emperor Tomato Ketchup or, idk, Skynyrd's One More For The Road.

By the time they're recreating the Vietnam War with just Damo shrieking and Jaki pounding away, man, that is a cracked and wonderful journey.

I understand people voting for Future Days and Ege Bamyasi but those ones are so much breezier. Drag me to hell, Can.

enframed wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2024 9:14 pm

El Protoolio wrote: Fri Dec 20, 2024 7:04 pm There is no wrong answer. There are good and bad answers, but no wrong answer. Also, Moon Over Babaluma is great. Surprised no one has voted for that one.

Soon Over Babaluma sucks, I'm not surprised no one voted for it.

Ok, I guess there are wrong answers.

I love the second side of Babaluma - that transition in the middle, and the soft burn of the last track, I love it - but I don't think I've played side one twice, and I play Unlimited Edition lots. I don't think I've played the second disc of Tago Mago twice either.

I really just came here to say 'Quantum Physics' is dope. Unlimited Edition is more solid than not, too. The EFS stuff is insta-skip for me, but 'Ibis' and 'Connection' (and about six other tracks) are so fucking good!

Soundtracks, no question. Side 1 is great, with some shorter Damo tunes and Malcolm's unsettling Soul Desert. Side 2 is pure bliss: 14 1/2 minutes of Mother Sky, with Michael Karoli soloing his ass off, closing with Malcolm's elegant jazzy She Brings The Rain.

tonyballzee wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 12:23 am Soundtracks, no question. Side 1 is great, with some shorter Damo tunes and Malcolm's unsettling Soul Desert. Side 2 is pure bliss: 14 1/2 minutes of Mother Sky, with Michael Karoli soloing his ass off, closing with Malcolm's elegant jazzy She Brings The Rain.

Don't forget "Tango Whiskyman" one of my favorites. I had to sit down and pull apart some of those dreamy chord changes to figure out the science behind it.

losthighway wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 7:20 am Don't forget "Tango Whiskyman" one of my favorites. I had to sit down and pull apart some of those dreamy chord changes to figure out the science behind it.

top 5 Jaki groove too.