those first four albums are an all-time great run
― ufo, Friday, 2 February 2024 07:13 (three months ago) link
quite unfathomable
― Swen, Friday, 2 February 2024 16:03 (three months ago) link
Listening to Pele again now and every time it gets better. There are moments and phrases within the songs that are incredibly rich: "and this little masochist is lifting up her dress." In Muhammad My Friend where she mentions having her own TV show and a cheesy little theme song wafts in.
The length of the album works for it too, in contrast to a lot of bloated discs from the same time.
Maybe it was ahead of its time? I feel like a doofus for writing it off. The production is amazing.
― Cow_Art, Friday, 2 February 2024 17:00 (three months ago) link
i think very much a grower, that's the way it happened to me. the strings are incredible and Marianne for me reshaped music. i imagine it must have felt like a big risk which i think is commendable, and feels like sometimes you have to do that to get at the best nuggets
― Swen, Friday, 2 February 2024 17:24 (three months ago) link