I’m a pretty big Raspberries fan, and so I finally decided to try Eric Carmen’s first solo album. I always assumed it would be a little rough, but I was pleasantly surprised. So much of it is kind of just Beach Boys worship.

Then there’s the famous All By Myself, which I don’t think anyone’s actually listened to it in full. It’s such a shame that the “single edit” out of context in movies and TV, has made it basically a punchline. It’s a bleak 7 minute epic. You can hear the genuine desperation in his voice. It’s like he’s trying to climb out of a pit. It deserves way more respect.

dont you have more flop Kid Cudi threads to make

@op Arnaldo Baptista from Os Mutantes got a highly regarded solo album from this year gonna check out in the coming weeks

also Rita Lee got her classic Fruto proibido, might have already mentioned

Beastie Boys called him out for this on their debut

holy Station To Station and Low inspiration

Already heard that Rita eons ago but excited for the other one considering how many plays I have their '74 album

S-tier ambient

well Arnaldo Baptista left after Os Mutantes 1972 album so not sure how much itll sound like that

"Baptista left the band in 1973 due to disagreements with the other members of the band and the excessive use of LSD, of which he had been hospitalized for."

never had any idea which of the male vocals were his and which were Sergio Dias tbf, credits look about evenly shared between the 3 members. didnt know they were brothers i guess that explains vocal similarity

also didnt know Rita Lee and Arnaldo Baptista were married

you already heard this? surprised you didnt tell me about it

ngl I never really payed attention to who the dudes in the band were

if I ever knew it was so long ago that I forgot

I've never heard of that before

yeah feel like at one point i must have read about them being brothers but forgot

they probably got lots more interesting lore not repeated as often in the anglo world (and Rita Lee solo too since she was such a huge star)

Check it out

Yeah exactly wherever I heard about them it was a limited amount of backstory compared the usual English language stuff

Yeah, I listened
Intense stuff
I love ambient
Eno and Tim Story are super unique
Kraftwerk too

Definitely one of the more interesting ambient albums I've heard.

I assume you already knew this album? @Aruji

yup it's great

goddamn

one of their best songs for me

didn't know they had it in em. very nice.

Intense as hell

10cc's Original Soundtrack album is pretty great. Perfectly represents the state of pop music of that time with Progressive Pop leanings and just in general a strong performance on all fronts.

first of all this opus

the hit (Daft Punk sampled)

the grooves

beautiful closing ballad

Probably my favorite Aerosmith song.

I was thinking the same thing before I even got halfway through it lol. Sounds like they were pretty inspired by Who's Next.

I’ll have to give this album another shot. I love the debut, but I found this one so disjointed. I couldn’t latch onto much of it.