Having just completed my “50 Albums in 50 Days” expansion of Mr. Chris Estey’s August 24th directive “to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on you”, I’ve decided to add a THIRD [slash] final batch of 25, in order to fill some remaining “gaps”—at least as I perceive such matters—in this, ahem, “map of my musical sensibility”!
I also want to nominate 25 MORE friends whom I’d love to see post their own sets of “25 albums that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me”! (Though of course NO ONE should feel the least bit obligated to do so.)
As before, I’ll be posting “just album covers without any explanation”, though I AM planning to craft and post a summary essay once this madness reaches its Ballardian “terminus”!
By the by, please feel free to follow the eventual links (in the comments) to EAST PORTLAND BLOG, where my indefatigable EPB editor, Ricky, has been re-posting these daily album selections—in an expansive layout where you can view ALL the variant album covers and aural media formats AT ONCE—plus a link to one song I’ve chosen to spotlight from each recording!
If you’ve missed any albums along the way, wish to revisit a particular selection, or would simply enjoy listening to the songs, you’ll find it MUCH easier to scroll back through these posts on EAST PORTLAND BLOG than to attempt such an endeavor via Facebook!
To simplify matters further, here’s a direct link to the “Tom Kipp” section of EPB, which presently contains/archives 200 of my posts (on a wide variety of subjects!), going back to June 25th, 2010:
https://www.eastportlandblog.com/category/tom-kipp/
Today I nominate: Vickie Hunter
Day 51:
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (Rough Trade, UK, LP, 1981)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (Rough Trade, UK, cassette tape, 1981)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (Rough Trade, Japan, LP, 1981)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (DGC, US, compact disc reissue, 1993)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (P-Vine Records, Japan, compact disc reissue, 2010)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (We Three Records, UK/US, LP reissue, 2011)
The Raincoats: ODYSHAPE (We Three Records, UK/US, limited edition LP reissue on blue marble 180-gram vinyl, 2019)
Note: The glorious front cover art is derived from “Peasant Woman”, a 1930 painting by Russian avant-gardist Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935). By the by, it is ENTIRELY possible that this is my favorite album cover of all-time!
Purchased: 11 January 1982 in Providence, RI.
– Tom Kipp
Day 51:
The Raincoats: “Shouting Out Loud” (1981)
