š§šš¹
A friend showed me this album 10 years ago and I don't think Iāve had a bout of depression since that I haven't walked around and listened to it in its entirety. But it kind of morphs depending on your mood. It also is a beautiful album for a summer drive. This is like mazzy star bossa nova. For years I thought it was considered a classic orchestral pop album on par with Pet Sounds or What's Going On or any other late 60s album with an emphasis on arrangement, but there's not much info about it online. On Reddit itās just a couple people talking about how they like the album cover but donāt care for the album. Anyways, I definitely will be adding a few of these songs to my funeral playlist. But donāt wait until Iām dead.
Aug 25, 2022
Related Recs
I know this album cover is imprinted into the corneas of many already. but Iām listening to this ~8 yrs after I first found it, which sort of marked the start of my own self-discovery w music (along with, who else, but velvet underground). and since they are both so huge, Iāve had a hard time listening to them as earnestly in years since. of course relationships with music change, but I think I became embarrassed by the earnestness of this album & its internet overexposure. but it is sincere and beautiful (+ a little freaky and smutty) and it is very special to come back to every now and then. it turns on a certain part of my soul I canāt usually access when I come to it at the right moment. full of love and oneness w humanity, time transcendent
ālet us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can seeā
Mar 10, 2025
This album is like when youāre in the park on a summer day, a bit stoned, and everything seems to be pretty hazy. No oneās really following a conversation per se, and no one knows how long youāve been sitting there for.
One of four highly anticipated solo records from the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young boys, released in I think ā71. I dont know enough about CSNY to compare and contrast (except that I know Neil Young was never interested much in this kind of la-la-laāing on his solo efforts).
I like this record because itās like insight into the mind of the last living Hippie, the true Hippie- snapshots and reel to reels from the end of the Love Decade. It sorta feels like Crosbyās standing there in the rain wondering what happened to everyone, when was it hip to get paranoid? Maybe we were lost in a flower dream the whole time!
This is seriously easy listening- and I disagree with Lester Bangs who called it āthe perfect aural aid to digestionā- this is music to wander around to, to contemplate some things to, or just to zone out to.
May 23, 2025
š§
even if you dont like 60s music, i recommend reading the lyrics slowly, especially Didn't We and If (The Biggest Little World)
Apr 17, 2024
Top Recs from @jake-lazovick
š„¬
I started watching this again recently after I found out my girlfriend thought it was a show (a la fear factor) where people try to survive in a shark tank. Last month I thought about starting a bath mat company after not being able to find a bath mat narrow enough to fit in my bathroom. Watching Shark Tank is a good reminder that just because I could start a bath mat company I probably don't want to.
Aug 25, 2022
š„
I love this short film. I love the flatness of the collaged stop motion. This short film led Jim to make the āAnd She Wasā music vid for Talking Heads. I like that one too. I really ripped him off for this Slow Pulp music video I made. His process seems to involve these extensive photo shoots to source all the pieces for his collage rather than flipping through National Geographic. I would love to try something like that.
Aug 25, 2022
āļø
Where else can you get a pot of tea and cake until 3 in the morning? Ugh, itās awesome. They have a bunch of old chairs and artwork in there. When Iām in cafe Reggio Iām always like why isnāt every cafe like this? Why does every cafe look like a scandinavian wet dream? I want table service. I want coffee mugs. To go shouldnāt even be an option. To go where? Youāre already here.
Aug 25, 2022