AAAC: Tuesday Nov 1st - Brian Jonestown Massacre: Third World Pyramid

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Well, we’re never going to get back to Album Club thread salad days with stuff like this…

Anyway, I liked this. A very sound recipe. A nice, dense, 60s/Velvets sound. Good melodies. And a bit of a spaghetti western twang at times.

Opener (very Nancy Sinatra) wasn’t the best and track 4 went on too long, but no complaints about the rest. My highlight would be track 3.

As said, they stuck to a sound recipe rather than doing anything very innovative so it wouldn’t score that highly on originality. But a quality effort, nonetheless. I liked it. Very immediate and enjoyable.

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You liked it then?

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I’ve heard worse :smirk:

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It ain’t got the funk or the balls of stone, so I’m pretty keen to hear Rear-Admiral Smalls’ views on it. :laughing:

I’ll say one thing for it, the purple vinyl pressing is utter shite. It sounds massively better on TIDAL (irrespective of what you think of the music before any of you cunts start :kissing_heart:). I shall be asking for a new copy tomorrow while I am in town.

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Due to my advancing senility I mixed this lot up with the Jim Jones Revue. I was wondering when it was going to get going until I realised I had entirely the wrong artist(e)s.

Ehhh, not really my cup of tea, sorry. Needs moar wailing guitars.

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I like BJM early stuff so will have a listen to this when I’m home tomorrow.

Anton Newcombe is an awkward cuss though and can be very hit and miss. Entertaining band live though when they’re on their game.

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Tedious wank.
Twas like the bastard lovechild of a threesome consisting of Snow Patrol, Keane and the Waterboys where they’re all playing trains and listening to “Sergeant Pepper’s”.
Not in an offensive way, or in an interesting way; just in a “those boys are at it again throw a fuckin bucket of water over them they’re putting me off me dinner” sort of way.

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S’OK. I’ve heard far worse from fellow Butchers. Prolly won’t make the playlist though.

Not as good as their “Their Satanic Majesties”… "Space Girl … etc period. As crimdonk above, I like BJM’s more whacky earlier stuff.

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I’ve just scored a full house on Leonard Smalls Bullshit Bingo.

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I was waiting for a ‘Bootsy’ on mine. Never came. :disappointed_relieved:

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In reply to Tory Boy and Nottage:

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Yawn.

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I’ve been enjoing this, this week. I have always ignored BJM probably becase of their name, which is a bit stupid really! Good to see a lengthy back catalogue to get my teeth into… Thanks Olan!

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This was (obviously) a rushed choice on my part. I was given a copy on the day after release and had a quick listen before posting it on grounds that it was new and somewhat interesting. I’m pretty much in agreement with most of the posts on the thread. It doesn’t rock, it is not the BJM’s finest hour, but it is alright.

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I’m not sure that’s what the majority verdict has been🤔

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If anyone’s at all curious then there’s a compilation called Tepid Peppermint or something which is a much better intro to BJM or give Methodrone a listen.

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You are entitled to an opinion, even if it is wrong. :kissing_heart:

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Tepid Peppermint Wonderland Volumes 1 and 2. Take It From The Man and Who Killed Sgt Pepper? are also quite OK.

Jackie and I were talking about BJM tonight as she gave me the record the other day. I seem to have accumulated a large number of their records (something like 16 LPs) and rarely listen to them at all. Yo La Tengo are the same, LPs are just good enough to merit purchase, but don’t seem to get lots of long term plays.

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Just realised that I didn’t write a review despite having listened to it twice. The problem is that i can’t remember a thing about it either good or bad!

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