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Lee Ronaldo recommended Songs of Love and Hate by Leonard Cohen in Music (curated)

"Leonard Cohen’s records were very well produced and orchestrated; this one is produced by Bob Johnston the same guy that worked with Dylan. I really just love the title of the record because it’s Songs of Love And Hate and that puts it all into perspective and kind of defines Leonard in a way, that the music is about emotion . ‘Avalanches’ is such an amazing song. I always loved that song, but I kind of came back to it after I heard Nick Cave’s version of it, because Cave’s version is so intense and brings out all the intensity of Leonard’s version. Leonard’s version is much more understated but once you hear Nick’s, Leonard’s is equally intense without having the electric guitars and the drums and all that. Cohen’s another person I just constantly go back to for inspiration, especially these days as I’m writing more songs on my own and playing more acoustic guitar and getting deeper and deeper into the acoustic guitar. A lot of the Leonard songs are done not just on an acoustic guitar but a nylon string acoustic guitar – a real folk guitar. I just love his atmosphere. Songs of Love And Hate is full of interesting songs that cover a whole range of emotions that folkies were supposed to cover but the idea of covering songs of hate: love and hate are two sides of the very same coin. It’s hard to break his songs down because they’re so enigmatic. That’s the Cohen album I chose this week, but next week it will be a different one."

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Dave Mustaine recommended Changesonebowie by David Bowie in Music (curated)

"This was a record I got in my youth; I was really, really young. My sister had previously turned me on to a lot of different music but this was the beginning of my own branching out. I was starting to get my own identity. I had gotten a few weird records of my own and one of them was KISS's Hotter Than Hell and this one came shortly afterwards. What a lot of people missed with Bowie was that he really knew how to jam on an acoustic. They were great pop rock songs but were mostly played on an acoustic. Of course he had a great lead guitar player in Mick Ronson and when you can mix that up with acoustic playing, then you've got something really cool. I have learned some of his songs and it may not be that the chord progressions are unusual, as some people say, but it's the exotic chord choices that make the music weird. Some of those chords always make me think of a dog when he turns his head sideways and looks at you as if to say, ""Are you going to eat that?"

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Ross (3284 KP) rated MTV Unplugged in New York by Nirvana in Music

May 21, 2020

Rolling Stone's 313th greatest album of all time

Superb live acoustic album from one of the biggest rock bands in the world. A rare insight into the personality of one of rock's most mysterious front men. Excellent performances of some of their best songs, and some excellent cover versions of lesser known (but now very well known songs).

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Straight Songs Of Sorrow by Mark Lanegan

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Straight Songs Of Sorrow combines musical trace elements from early Mark Lanegan albums with the...

The Human Demands by Amy Macdonald

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Platinum selling artist Amy Macdonald returns with her highly anticipated 5th studio album, The...

Relentless Retribution by Death Angel

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Relentless Retribution is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band, Death Angel. The...

Andy Bell recommended Court & Spark by Joni Mitchell in Music (curated)

Court & Spark by Joni Mitchell

2009 | Folk, Pop, Singer-Songwriter

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"My first girlfriend used to listen to Joni Mitchell, and the album that she got me into was Court And Spark. I was 15 or 16 when I first heard it, and the acoustic playing is more like a jazzy sort of thing. I found that really cool. “I love her style as a guitarist, and I love the songs on that album, too. They’re quite funny, and they put you in a certain mood, like Free Man In Paris and People’s Parties. I like it a lot more than Blue and a lot more than Hejira, and the other ones that people go on about. It’s just really good. “Nick Drake’s Pink Moon [1972] also deserves a mention as a very important acoustic album for me. Can we have it as a bonus record?"

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