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What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report

I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.

This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".

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Beck - Sea Change
Beck - Morning Phase

Strong song-writing throughout: achingly beautiful melodies and soul-stirring lyrics; arrangements that are some of the best I've ever heard in popular music.  Two great albums regardless what certain aging drummers might think of Beck's talents...but maybe that was just the arrogance of old age talking.  

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Ghosthouse, couldn't agree more. Fantastic pair of albums.
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Well! ;-) I have heard Beck only superficially, live opening for Dylan (eh), live on TV (not good), and playing on record store sound systems while I browse (I haven’t been "engaged"). I know songwriters who like his stuff, so who am I to disagree? At least regarding his recorded work, which I have not investigated. Some people are better live, others on recordings. Perhaps Beck is the latter.

They say the best is the enemy of the rest. I liked The Beatles version of "Money (That's What I Want)" until I heard Barrett Strong's version, theirs thereafter sounding like a bunch of kids. Same with The Yardbirds version of "Train Kept A Rolling" until I heard the incredible version by The Rock 'n Roll Trio (Johnny Burnette). What I look for in a songwriter and/or singer may not be what Beck does. He apparently DOES provide others with what they crave. That's great; not everyone likes the same foods either.

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Another +vote for Beck.
Happy Listening!
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