Pantera - Official Live: 101 Proof ♠♠♠♠Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon ♠♠♠♠
Pink Floyd - The Wall ♠♠♠♠♠
Pitbull Daycare - Unclean ♠♠♠
I have been basically sitting on those two Pink Floyd albums for almost 2 years and finally heard them both for the first time ever at, of all places, work. I never was a big Pink Floyd fan, and just having two "legendary" albums sit unlistened for nearly 2 years shows about how much faith I had in the experience. But I must say, I was both pleasantly surprised and mildly disappointed.
"Dark Side of the Moon" has been hailed a classic and, frankly, rightfully so. "Speak/Breath to Me" is actually a new favorite now since it was just so mellow yet dark and heavy. The ending tracks, "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse", are just perfect and ends the album on the perfect note. The album brims with genius escaping and the only thing bogging it is, well, pretentiousness. Whenever you become so hellbent on creating something perfect, you can overkill it and that's basically what happens at times on this disc.
"The Wall" was, of course, absolutely amazing! I had basically heard the album already in 2002 when I saw the film of the same name, and this was, in a sense, a referendum. Being able to just sit back and listen to this entire album. The result was an album about "Pink" (Roger Waters) and his life. The album rocks incredibly hard, is dark at times and all and all comes out to a good release. The album, in this era of CD's, could have actually fit on one disc, but keeping it the 2 discs it was works to it's advantage by giving you a much-needed rest. Their is no real plot, just a loose concept driving the points home, although "The Trial", my favorite track on this album, sums everything up really, really well.
Pitbull Daycare was an OK romp through the industrial-meets-metal-meets-dance hybrid that dominated for a short time at the turn of the century, tossing in a good dose of punk sensibilities and 2 covers (Queen "Sheer Heart Attack" and REM "It's the End of the World"). The last song and cover, "It's the End of the World", actually winds up being the highlight... a little sad since the band does dish out some great tracks, but compared to their 2 incredible covers, they don't shine as much as they should.
Finally, Pantera. Live. Kick-ass! The album is a testament to a live Pantera show, although anyone who saw them will say you can't come close until you've been to the real thing. Album is great, and the adiditon of two new studio tracks, "
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