Entertainment For Lively Minds
Ideal Summer Album
Posted by wayfarer on 25 April 2011 - 9:46am.
Reading the Sunniest Band thread got me thinking about albums that epitomise summer. For me, it's XTC's Skylarking. Has there ever been a more summery album. .
A best of War compilation comes a close second.
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Sunny day, off to the footie.....
The Stones' 'Out Of Our Heads' and Nick Drake's debut for me this morning.
Ahhh
"Seventh Tree" by Goldfrapp
Evokes a sunny morning frolicking in a dewy meadow with Alison Goldfrapp.
(*Enters daydream in the style of Homer Simpson.*)
Seventh tree - Goldfrapp
Probably the most summery album I have ever heard. I love it to bits. I have a long drive today, I must dig it out for the journey.
Mmmmmmmmm, Goldfrapp.
Kate Bush
Kate Bush Aerial
Particularly CD 2 A Sky of Honey as it is a suite about a long summer day and night.
Fountains of Wayne
Welcome Interstate managers and this song in particular:
Sunny jolly hols
More albums which don't break the summery mood. The title tracks are all good representative songs:
"Keep Your Silver Shined" - Devon Sproule. Lounging in a hammock in a Virgina apple orchard with a good book.
"Tanto Tempo" - Bebel Gilberto. Sipping something cheerful on a secret Brazilian beach.
"Anymore for Anymore" - Ronnie Lane. Strumming a guitar on the grass by a Romany caravan while chewing a piece of straw.
I've Got
those three albums. They should help get me through the chores today.
Duckworth Lewis Method
with the added plus of annoying the Mrs with 'Jiggery Pokery' (she can't abide that song, which means I play it quite a lot)
"Sand in the sandwiches, wasps in the tea"
Skylarking was the first thing that came to my mind after reading the thread title. Jollification by Lightning Seeds would be another one.
good call on the Lightning Seeds...
as I sat outside yesterday, reading the paper and sipping on a nice, cold beer, I had Jollification playing.
Isn't 'Perfect' the most, er, perfect, indication of what an album is about to deliver?
Not available to me on youtube, but it's here http://www.lightningseeds.net/perfect.html
Josh Rouse - El turista
Just Remembering Summer Of 2003
A Couple Of Summer Spotify Playlists Motown and Latino
http://open.spotify.com/user/marbles22/playlist/0AbbmL8I1Kvp2jMQIWGDvm
http://open.spotify.com/user/marbles22/playlist/04HZDO7xapX6L07QUMG3b4
Chris Rea - On the Beach
No really.... mibbees just me, but brings back 80's summers in a Proustian rush.
Always
Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society