I am 45 years old and I still pick records based on how cool the album cover is. Cumbia versions of Japanese folk songs.

Rediscovered this one recently. Used to have the CD but sold it. It's getting a 20th anniversary reissue this year.
Post-hardcore w/ prog, metal and screamo tendencies. Yeah, that's generally a description that would keep me away but in this case I like it.

    Al Dorado If this is the 'screamo' Gospel, I think they did some reunion shows as well

        Been digging this comp series. 70's soul rarities with all the Jazz & Afro-Cuban influences you could ask for.

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          moodymcphatter Agreed! Also Serge's Histoire de Melody Nelson is such a treasure of an album.

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            Harold Budd and Anthony Moore.

            Definitely hit up the liner notes on this one. Talks of droughts and splinter militias. Good Lord.

            Dub Syndicate 'Obscured By Version' LP from On-U Sound arrived today. Reworked versions of DS tracks by Adrian Sherwood.
            A 5 CD set of the 90s Dub Syndicate albums (plus Obscured By Version) is also out. I've had all of those on CD and/or wax for years so I didn't order the set. Resisted the reissue FOMO (this time)

            The Creation Rebel CD box from last year is worth picking up if you dig On-U and don't have it. Most of the bonus material was previously released on the Beat Records (Japan) reissues from the early 00s.

              Al Dorado Dub Syndicate 'Obscured By Version' LP from On-U Sound arrived today. Reworked versions of DS tracks by Adrian Sherwood.

              Just got all these reissues in the mail as well the other day.

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                Another release that is awesome on it's own, but gets about three times more awesome once you read the liner notes.

                Piano Boogie Master, recorded in 1960-1962. The cover tells the story.

                Getting gifted a ticket to see Wu-Tang this summer, so I've been listening to them for the first time in a long while. This one Certifiably Slaps. RIP ODB.

                If anyone can school me on Wu-Tang and their side projects, that would be cool.

                  Nathan Loud
                  Big fan of the Wu over here. Best stuff besides the first album for me would be GZA “Liquid Swords”, Raekwan “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx”, Gravediggaz “Six Feet Deep”, Ghostface Killah “Supreme Clientele”. For me the only one who had much longevity outside the first run of solo albums is Ghostface. Second Wu album has some great stuff, but for sure could be trimmed drastically.

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                      Agree with Mystery Ship here. Pretty much all the first solo albums are certified classics and so is that first Gravediggaz album. All up there with 36 chambers.

                      My favs being

                      1. GZA - Liquid Swords
                      2. Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep
                      3. Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx