we'll see

did you check out his Zappa collab Bongo Fury for 1975

Yeah a couple time it's good

man i gotta re-listen to beefheart debut. Putting it at #67 felt insanely low but it was only a rough draft

def more of a Zappa album than a beefheart one

you liked Muffin Man? lot of fans consider it one of his top guitar opuses

definitely, it's a crazy debut effort

Debuts are the hardest placement though cause it's too many masterpieces

Yeah it's peak definitely top ten for me.

Don't forget to check out the 13th floor elevators debut (mono version).

Already did but not sure it'll crack my list. Maybe near the bottom but prob not

You not mentioning I’m Glad or Zig Zag is surprising.

every song on there is great but thats my least listened to lol. he does crush that bridge though. flexes his range.

It doesn’t even come close to reaching masterpiece territory for me, cause that rough bluesy style just isn’t my speed generally. Still, it’s a very good example of it, and there’s enough diversity outside of that sound to make it a success. Trout Mask Replica just goes off the deep end in a more fun and fascinating way. If a musician is not interested in focused, satisfying song structures, compelling melodies, or beautiful textures, then I’d rather they surprise me with something amusingly bizarre or uncomfortable. The debut is still too normal, and not the type of normalcy I’m drawn to.

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I think what I outlined is a perfectly reasonable perspective.

Safe As Milk is pretty f***ing far from normal, even for 1967

@drjdeponytail

Damn Chris Johnson getting dealt one of the worst hands imaginable, feel bad for the mon

Also Portland getting Ja to go along with 3 other guards

feel like they're gonna flip either Ja/Scoot/Jrue for maybe a trade with Boston for Brown cause right now yeah too many cooks in the kitchen at point guard

first listen to 16 Horsepower - Sackcloth n Ashes. gothic country apparently

voice sounds incredible

ok this sounds like what would've happen if Jeffrey Lee Pierce formed a country band instead of Gun Club. The singer ventures into Siouxsie Soux-like theatrics at times too

yup this is great

I meant “normal” enough. It still has a foot in popular music, which provides different expectations. Like the songs have a digestible shape, but don’t all lead to satisfying places. There’s this weird sort of insinuation within music circles that you’re meant to love all forms of the medium, rather than develop a particular pallet. For example, I’m never going to connect with The Fall, and I’m not doing anything wrong because of that.

Holy s*** this is cool

This is really cool. Also a bit of an Echo & The Bunnymen flavor.

Probably the best post punk album I’ve heard. Bangers start to finish.

Also somehow only listened to Tusk for the first time recently, and it’s easily Fleetwood Mac’s best record.

CJ2K

Yeah I don’t get that move for Portland