jt4527
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5/29/23
Air - Moon Safari
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Moon Safari by Air released in 1998. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.www.allmusic.com
Hoooooly shit, 5/5 stars!
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Hoooooly shit, 5/5 stars!
Whiteout75
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I remember really digging the ”Sexy Boy” video on MTV when this came out, and I loved what Air did with The Virgin Suicides soundtrack, but I don’t know if I’ve listen to the whole Moon Safari album before.
It was great though, so I’ll probably listen again! 4 stars.
It was great though, so I’ll probably listen again! 4 stars.
TrainFan73
Frothy
5/29/23
Air - Moon Safari
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Moon Safari by Air released in 1998. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Cinematic infectious booty shaking kitsch. 5 stars.
TrainFan73
Frothy
I really should check out the rest of their discography one day. I really enjoy Moon Safari and Lune and Virgin Suicides. Also Godin’s score to Fire of Love.
avecigrec
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I only really know Moon Safari and The Virgin Suicides myself. Both of which have already come up in my personal 1001 too.
TrainFan73
Frothy
5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Discover Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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TrainFan73
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Well, I imagine this one will be in line with Back In Black.
avecigrec
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Discover Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Bohnjaggs
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I think 10,000 Hz Legend is my favorite partly because it was my first Air album, and also because it features Beck and most of his backing band (including Jason Falkner and Roger Manning from Jellyfish).
My wife and I listened to Moon Safari tonight and then followed it up with our 12" singles of All I Need and Sexy Boy. We've seen them in concert twice now and they're always amazing. We were just talking tonight about how it's been 11 years since their last album.
Whiteout75
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Discover Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Back in Black is a better album back to back, as this one has more filler, but still essential AC/DC. And Bon Scott is a better singer than Brian Jonhson. "If You Want Blood (You Got It)" is probably my all time favourite AC/DC song. The riff is like a shot of adrenaline to my spine. 4 stars!
jt4527
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Discover Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
AC/DC are/were (are they still going?) very consistent at what they do, and this is indeed an AC/DC record.
I like what they do, so it's all good.
3 / 5 stars.
jamieanderson1968
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imtheocean
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Air ~ Moon Safari
Wow! This is a gorgeous album. Been meaning to listen to it, glad the issue finally got forced. The first half is 5/5 easily, especially Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch The Stars. 4/5 for the 2nd half but I'll still round it up to 5.
Wow! This is a gorgeous album. Been meaning to listen to it, glad the issue finally got forced. The first half is 5/5 easily, especially Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch The Stars. 4/5 for the 2nd half but I'll still round it up to 5.
avecigrec
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This is definitely one of a very small handful of recent VMP releases I'd like to get my hands on.
imtheocean
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AC/DC ~ Back in Black
It is what it is. Fun in the moment, but mostly forgettable. 3/5.
It is what it is. Fun in the moment, but mostly forgettable. 3/5.
TrainFan73
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Highway to Hell (lol at above)
I didn't really know the Bon Scott story until recently and now I find this album sadly ironic. I also find the idea that the difference between this and Back in Black is filler funny. AC/DC is nothing but lean. Which is part of their problem, they created a formula for their sound and went with it. The filler is just stuff that they didn't release as singles, because I don't think the quality of songs ever lets up on this album.
This is basically a call for help from Bon that wasn't heard. It actually fills me with a bit of dread now. Ultimately, it is fun. It is one of two for sure essential albums by the band, the other being Back in Black. Sure the fans will throw Dirty Deeds out as well and honestly, I think through Let There Be Rock they are very solid (and Powerage mostly suffers from them straying from the formula.) Anyhow, this band made these two unequivocal masterpieces.
AC/DC is an important band though. Mutt made them marketable and by extension created a world where Hair Metal ruled the airwaves, GNR dominated sales, and ultimately - when combined with the indie movement in the eighties - allowed the harder music when Punk broke to be palatable by the masses and marketed as Alternative. If this album had not been a monster followed by a behemoth none of that happens the way it did.
5/5
I didn't really know the Bon Scott story until recently and now I find this album sadly ironic. I also find the idea that the difference between this and Back in Black is filler funny. AC/DC is nothing but lean. Which is part of their problem, they created a formula for their sound and went with it. The filler is just stuff that they didn't release as singles, because I don't think the quality of songs ever lets up on this album.
This is basically a call for help from Bon that wasn't heard. It actually fills me with a bit of dread now. Ultimately, it is fun. It is one of two for sure essential albums by the band, the other being Back in Black. Sure the fans will throw Dirty Deeds out as well and honestly, I think through Let There Be Rock they are very solid (and Powerage mostly suffers from them straying from the formula.) Anyhow, this band made these two unequivocal masterpieces.
AC/DC is an important band though. Mutt made them marketable and by extension created a world where Hair Metal ruled the airwaves, GNR dominated sales, and ultimately - when combined with the indie movement in the eighties - allowed the harder music when Punk broke to be palatable by the masses and marketed as Alternative. If this album had not been a monster followed by a behemoth none of that happens the way it did.
5/5
Bohnjaggs
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5/30/23
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
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Discover Highway to Hell by AC/DC released in 1979. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
I listened to this after playing the new album by Arlo Parks and they obviously couldn't be more different. This was fine. I don't love it but don't hate it either.
TrainFan73
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5/31/23
Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
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Genesis - Selling England by the Pound
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TrainFan73
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A band I’ve always meant to spend more time with. I’ve always had a copy of Invisible Touch (just picked up an OG the other day) and I know the Lamb Lies Down very well. HUGE fan of Gabriel’s solo stuff and a fan of Collins’ solo stuff but never dug into the rest of their catalog. I mean I’ve heard this but never gave it the time it probably deserves.
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TrainFan73
Frothy
I have a feeling this is exactly the kind of music that people who hate prog rock are talking about when they say they hate prog rock. It’s very English. Very noodly. Very full of itself. I’m honestly not sure where I fall half way through it.