Album of the Day 12/15/10
Every day our 1000 best albums of all time countdown continues all the way to #1. Wednesday’s album is #776:
The Dirty Three - She Has No Strings Apollo
The Dirty Three haunt the fringes where jazz, rock and film music intersect. Their tense, brooding, often haunting soundscapes rise and fall as Warren Ellis’ violin mingles with Mick Turner’s guitar while drummer Jim White colors the songs with all sorts of unexpected tinges, often leaving the rhythm to the other musicians. They’ve never made a bad album. This one, from 2003, is a popular choice, and it’s as good as any. Alice Wading sets the stage, slowly unwinding and then leaping to doublespeed. The title track builds from pensive to purposeful to downright dramatic; Long Way to Go with No Punch is truly long, roaring and atmospheric. The best-known track here, No Stranger Than That nicks the piano lick from Shepherds Delight by the Clash, followed eventually by a memorable duel between Ellis and Turner with a Dave Swarbrick/Richard Thompson alchemy ; the last two tracks segue from a whisper to a scream. Here’s a random torrent.
December 15, 2010 -
Posted by delarue |
lists, Music, music, concert, rock music | ambient music, atmospheric music, australian bands, australian rock, best albums, best albums all time, best albums alltime, best albums ever, best albums list, best albums lucid culture, best music, best music ever, best obscure albums, best obscure albums all time, best obscure albums alltime, best obscure albums ever, best rock albums, best rock albums all time, best rock albums alltime, best rock albums ever, best underrated albums, clash shepherds delight, dave swarbrick, dirty three, dirty three she has no strings apollo, Fairport Convention, film music, greatest albums all time, greatest albums alltime, greatest albums ever, greatest obscure albums, greatest rock albums all time, greatest rock albums alltime, greatest rock albums ever, instrumental band, instrumental rock, jim white drummer, jim white drums, mick turner, most underrated albums, most underrated albums all time, Music, post-rock, postrock, psychedelia, psychedelic music, psychedelic rock, Richard Thompson, soundtrack music, top albums all time, top albums alltime, top albums ever, violin music, warren ellis
Where are you guys? Haven’t had ‘Best Album’ for a couple days now . . . I am addicted to it every day and am starting withdrawal . . . hope you’ll be back soon!