February is Music Writer Exercise Month #MWE • Page 5

I know that @Craig Manning has seen my list, and I'm excited to share it with others! I'll probably just tweet about all 28 of these albums during February. And yes, I have never listened to Red in its entirety and will be discovering this album at 29. Should be an interesting ride!

1- Silver Tears - Aaron Lee Tasjan
2- This Side - Nickel Creek
3- Copperhead Road - Steve Earle
4 - Sweet Revenge- John Prine
5- Alter The Ending - Dashboard Confessional
6- Worse for the Wear - The New Amsterdams
7- Brick Body Kids Still Daydream - Open Mike Eagle
8- Red - Taylor Swift
9- Dreaming of You - Selena
10- #1 Record - Big Star
11- Soul '69 - Aretha Franklin
12- The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
13- Lost Forever || Lost Together - Architects
14- Spooky - Lush
15- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
16- Heard It In a Past Life - Maggie Rogers
17- Joy as an Act of Resistance. - IDLES
18- Daydream - Mariah Carey
19- Self-Care - We Are The Union
20- Placeholder - Hand Habits
21- You'd Prefer an Astronaut - Hum
22- Things Fall Apart - The Roots
23- The Moon is Down - Further Seems Forever
24- Lusitania - Fairweather
25- Pieces of You - Jewel
26- LP1 - FKA Twigs
27- SAWAYAMA - Rina Sawayama
28- Cape God - Allie X

 

Even throughout January I've been trying to be better about spending time with older records and discographies, rather than just getting wrapped up in listening to new stuff. Hoping to keep that going more this year.

 

First time trying this. Here's my list:

Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
Rainer Maria - Past Worn Searching
Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Nas - Illmatic
As Tall As Lions - You Can't Take It With You
Charli XCX - Pop 2
Christine Fellows - Burning Daylight
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Kate Nash - My Best Friend Is You
The Band - The Band
Baroness - Red
Bear Vs Shark - Right Now You're In the Best of Hands
The Dirty Nil - Master Volume
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Fuck With Fire
Prince - Purple Rain
Deftones - White Pony
Sophie - Product
Sarah Jarosz - Build Me Up From Bones
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Fugazi - Repeater
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The Supremes - The Supremes A Go-Go
Dave Brubeck - Time Out

 

Definitely wish I could hear Pet Sounds and Time Out for the first time again

 

Going to try and join in. Are yall posting them to Twitter or somewhere on here?

D’Angelo - Brown Sugar
Laurie Anderson - Big Science
Fred Neil - Bleecker & MacDougal
Cassandra Wilson - Blue Light ’Til Dawn
Johnnie Frierson - Have You Been Good to Yourself
Solomon Burke - Rock ’n Soul
The Monkees - Good Times!
Various artists - Native North America, Vol. 1: Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country 1966-1985
Let’s Active - Big Plans for Everybody
The Raincoats - The Raincoats
Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn - Cubist Blues
Frank Ocean - Blonde
Paul Kelly - Under the Sun
Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2Pac - 2Pacalypse Now
The Cadillacs - Twisting with the Cadillacs
The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms
Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan
David Bromberg - David Bromberg
The Almanac Singers - Talking Union and Other Union Songs
Honey Ltd. - The Complete Lhi Recordings
The Marvelettes - Please Mr. Postman
Game Theory - Real Nighttime
Murry Hammond - I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way
Au Revoir Simone - The Bird of Music
Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
The Roches - The Roches

 

Is that the Sarah Vaughan also referred to as “Sarah Vaughan and Clifford Brown”? If so, you’re in for a fuckin’ treat

 

It started on Twitter, so definitely there at the very least (though definitely hoping that folks could put stuff here too). I try to do a single long thread that I add to daily, but other folks are less neurotic than me and just tweet whatever. Make sure you use the #MWE hashtag when possible, sometimes it gets you into fun random convos.

Also, you've got some really cool choices there! The Roches' self-titled is a perfect winter-into-spring album, great choice for Feb 28.

 

Stuff like this is what I like this site for. So happy!

 

Yeah -- I've heard her songs but never a full album before.

 

I feel like I must explain that I got into music kind of at a weird time in my life (15/16) when I was still in a very sheltered environment at a cultishly religious school, so I got REALLY into some obvious bands from our scene and missed the boat on ... a lot. Definitely excited to dig into all of these though.

 

Cant explain how jealous I am of you getting to listen to White Pony for the first time. An absolute all-timer.

 

Alright, Day 1!



What's everyone got on tap today?

 

destroyer - kaputt

 

Madvillain - Madvillainy

Saving it for my run this evening.

Gotta say, I'm really enjoying getting involved with the twitter community over this. Feels really good to connect over something during these pandemic times.

 

Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman

that's day one for me.

 

Feeling like a dumbass for not listening to Maladroit until now. This is exactly the kind of Weezer I love.

 

Never heard it myself but I adore Keep Fishin'

 

It was the only Weezer album I hadn't heard. Pretty immediately one of my favorites of theirs.

 

I got about two minutes into this Nick Drake album before realizing I've definitely heard it before so that's a good start for me.

 

HELL YEAH

 

The first song on this Blondie album is blowing my mind. Pure energy!

 

I love this idea and this thread! I'm starting with a classic I've never listened to all the way through...Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

 

Blonde is truly so good. They’re one of those bands for me where I didn’t quite realize how many pure hits they have until I really sat and listened to an album in full.

 

Starting out today (at some point lol) with Silver Tears by Aaron Lee Tasjan. I saw him last year when he was touring with Nada Surf and somehow I just never got around to listening to this particular album.

 

"Haaaaaaaaaangin' on the telephoooooooooone"

Annnnd stuck in my head.