Category: Episodes

5. Pink Floyd

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(July 2013) Completed phase 5 of my “opus project,” wherein I listen to the entire discography of a band in sequence. This phase: Pink Floyd

Favourite period: Syd/psychedelic
Favourite album: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Best Album: Dark Side of the Moon.

Favourite song (early): Interstellar Overdrive

Favourite song (late): Comfortably Numb

Low points: anything after The Wall

Note: I’m completely saturated by Dark Side and the Wall, but the former has stood up over time; the latter not as well.

Special sauce: Syd Barrett

Compared to expectations: same

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4. The Police

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(June 2013) I have completed phase 4 of my “opus project,” wherein I listen to the entire discography of a band from beginning to end. This phase: The Police.

Favorite album: Ghost in the Machine
Favorite song: Invisible Sun
Best song: Don’t Stand So Close To Me.

Least favorite album: Synchronicity

Least favorite song: Wrapped Around Your Finger

Special treat: songs by Andy Summers

Special sauce: Andy Summers

Compared to expectations: same

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3. The Rolling Stones

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I have completed phase 3 of my “opus project,” wherein I listen to the entire discography of an artist from start to finish: The Rolling Stones (this was a long one).
Favourite period: the big four albums (BB, LiB, SF, EoMS), plus a special affinity for their psychedelic songs
Favourite album: Beggars Banquet (68)
Favourite song: Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?
Lowest points: Black and Blue (76), Undercover (83)

Discovered gems: Between the Buttons (67), A Bigger Bang (05)

Special sauce: Keith Richards

Compared to expectations: same

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2: The Who

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(May 2013) Completed chapter 2 of my “Opus Project,” where I listen to a band’s entire discography from beginning to end. This chapter: The Who. Best album: no clear winner, maybe The Who Sell Out; many of their best songs were singles. My favorite is the early mod period.

Favourite album: The Who Sell Out

Favourite song: Pictures of Lily

Special sauce: John Entwistle

Compared to expectations: same

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1: Led Zeppelin

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(Feb 2013) Just finished listening to the Led Zeppelin oevre in series. While many songs have reached their saturation point with me, I tried to listen as if I were hearing them for the first time in the 1970s. Still freakin’ awesome.

Favourite album: Houses of the Holy

Favourite song: Kashmir

Special sauce: Jimmy Page

Compared to expectations: same

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