October 2015

Back after a brief summer hiatus!

• Bread - Best of Bread (1973, 2015 4.0 AF SACD)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★☆
• Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (2002, 5.1 DualDisc)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★☆☆☆
• Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet (1993,LP)★★★★★
• Ini Kamoze - Ini Kamoze (1984,LP) ★★★★★
• Scientist - Rids the World of the Evil Curse... (1981, LP) ★★★★☆
• Toyah - Anthem (1981,LP) ★★☆☆☆
• Doors - Best of The Doors (1973, 2015 4.0 AF SACD)
  • Performance ★★★★☆ Sonics ★★★★★
• Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony... (1992,S) ★★★★☆
• Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker (1991,S) ★★★☆☆
• Tesseract - Polaris (2015,S) ★★★☆☆
• The Cardigans - Long Gone Before Daylight (2003,S) ★★★★☆
• Andreas Vollenweider - Vox (2005,S) ★★★★☆
• Shelby Lynne - I Can't Imagine (2015,S) ★★★★☆
• Courtney Barnett - A Sea of Split Peas (2013, EP) ★★★★★
• Shelby Lynne - Revelation Road (2011, LP) ★★★★☆
• Dolly Varden - Forgiven Now (2002, LP) ★★★★☆
• Arthur Lyman - Taboo (1959, Japan LP) ★★★★☆
• Mike Simpson - Jungle Odyssey (1969,LP) ★★★★☆
• Tom Petty - Hypnotic Eye (2014,LP) ★★★★☆
• Tesseract - One (Instrumental) (2011,S) ★★★☆☆
• Buddy Guy - Born to Play Guitar (2015,S) ★★★☆☆
• David Gilmour - Rattle That Lock (2015,LP) ★★★☆☆
• TMBG - Glean (2015,S) ★★★☆☆
• Placebo - Placebo (1996,S) ★★★★☆
• Beach House - Thank Your Lucky Stars (2015,S) ★★★★☆
• Rush - Feedback (2004,S) ★★★☆☆
• Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002,S) ★★★★☆
• AC/DC - Rock or Bust (2014,LP) ★★★★☆
• Joey Ramone - Don't Worry About Me (2002,LP) ★★★★☆
• Yellowman - Mister Yellowman (1982,LP) ★★★★☆
• Shelby Lynne - Just a Little Lovin' (2008,LP) ★★★★☆
• Insect Surfers - Infra Green (2014, LP) ★★★★☆
• Scientist - Meets the Space Invaders (1981,LP) ★★★★☆
• Martin Denny - Hynotique (1958,LP) ★★★★☆
• Carole King - Tapestry (1971,S) ★★★★☆
• Herb Alpert - Rise (1979,MFSL LP) ★★★☆☆
• Robert Earl Keen - Bluegrass Sessions (2015,LP) ★★★★☆
• Fantasy - Paint a Picture (1972, LP) ★★★★★
• Disneyland - Chilling Sounds of the Haunted House (1964,LP) ★★★☆☆
• Captain Hook & Christian Pirate Crew - Anchors Aweigh! (LP) ★★☆☆☆
• Tame Impala - Currents (2015, LP) ★★★★★
• Paul Kelly - Gossip (1986, LP) ★★★★☆
• Paul Revere - The Spirit of '67 (1966, LP) ★★★★☆
• Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (2006, LP) ★★★★☆
• Chicago - Chicago V (1972, LP) ★★★★☆
• Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think... (2015, LP) ★★★★☆
• Scientist - Rids the World of the Evil Curse... (1981, LP) ★★★★☆
• Alfred Hitchcock - Music to Be Murdered By (1958, LP) ★★★★☆
• Heart - Magazine (1978) ★★★★☆
• Genesis - Three Sides Live (1982, Japan LP) ★★★☆☆
• Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) ★★★★☆
• Steven Wilson - Transience (2015, LP) ★★★★☆
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971, LP) ★★★★☆
• Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973, LP) ★★★★☆
• John Fahey - Selections Blind Joe Death (1959, LP) ★★★★☆
• The Beta Band - Champion Versions (1997, EP) ★★★★☆
• Beach House - Depression Cherry (2015, LP) ★★★★☆
• Chuck Mangione - The Children of Sanchez (1981, LP) ★★★☆☆
• Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion (1980, LP) ★★★☆☆
• 10,000 Maniacs - Twice Told Tales (2015, LP) ★★★☆☆
• Trevor Jones - The Last of the Mohicans OST (1992, LP) ★★★★☆

Chuck's Rating Scale

• Classic / Essential (Tops) 4.4 to 5.0 ★★★★★
• Must Listen (Great) 3.4 to 4.3 ★★★★☆
• Worthy Effort (Maybe to Good) 2.4 to 3.3 ★★★☆☆
• Below Expectations (Bad) 1.4 to 2.3 ★★☆☆☆
• Avoid (Awful) 0 to 1.3 ★☆☆☆☆

Proviso: I tend to play albums I am familiar with and enjoy (imagine that!), so my ratings are typically at the mid to high end of the scale.

This list is chronological with the top album being the most recently played. Sound quality ratings are included for some releases, such as multichannel mixes and audiophile labels.

Vinyl is my preferred and typical method for playback, but I ocassionally listen to SACD, DVD-Audio, Blu-ray and (less likely) Redbook CD. For releases I don't own, esp. for music exploration and discovery, Spotify and YouTube are my favorite online resources for music streaming (noted with an 'S'). A new designation introduced this month is 'Road,' which is for music played in my car via Spotify, Amazon Music, or my iPhone.

Previous listening logs can be found in the archive folder.