Snarfyguy wrote:Baron Bona Fide wrote:Have you people ever heard a Richard Thompson record?
I got that Shoot Out the Lights album pretty recently, but I only played the first side because the production was so vile.
I see. This means that you didn't get to the first song on side 2, which is "Shoot Out the Lights". There's a reason the album is named after this particular track.
I think I first heard about this album through something Lou Reed said, something like he didn't think people played guitar like that anymore. The official quote goes like this:
This is just about the same time that Reed himself released
The Blue Mask (well, co-released with Robert Quine), and so, naturally, like anyone with half an ear, I listened up. I was half-expecting "White Light/White Heat". Of course, what it sounds like is completely different, but you could see why Reed liked this stuff. The guitar playing is as ferocious as Gang of Four (cf. "Anthrax". You could tell I was in a feedback kind of mode at that time.) but more complex.
Snarfyguy wrote:Great albums don't sound like this.
Can you be a little more specific? I have my own opinions about the production, but I'd like to hear what you think about it. What do you think is so vile about it?