(July 2014) I have completed phase 31 of my “opus project,” in which I listen to a band’s entire discography in chronological order. This episode: OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL with spin-off bands THE SUNSHINE FIX and CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
Favorite album: Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
Favorite song: I Have Been Floated
Compared to expectations: same
(September 2013) I have completed phase 11 of my “opus project,” wherein I listen to a band’s entire discography start to finish. This episode: Jimi Hendrix. (Note: includes the three original albums plus 15 posthumous studio and live releases.)
Favorite album: Are You Experienced?
Favorite song: Are You Experienced?
Low point: none that I could find
Compared to expectations: ↑
(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
Opus Project 