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SpankySpanky's 100 Album Listening Project
Album Listening Notes #5
Date completed: August 9, 2026
Artist: Marvin Gaye
Album: What’s Going On
Genre: Soul
Headphone: Dan Clark Audio E3
Chain: Clean
Overall, I thought What’s Going On was pretty good, although it was not one of my favorites. I already knew and really liked the title track, but I was much less familiar with the other songs.
Listening with the E3 was helpful because it brought out a lot of production details. The backing vocals particularly stood out. They were not something I had really noticed during normal listening, but the headphones brought them clearly into focus.
The album was very well put together. I was surprised by how much social commentary it contained, since I had not realized that was such a major part of the record.
I also noticed several different musical sounds across the album, including jazz, blues, soul, and gospel. Even though it did not become a personal favorite, I appreciated its production and the range of styles it brought together.
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Wings. Venus and Mars
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SpankyRe: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
Album Listening Notes #6
Date completed: August 15, 2026
Artist: Pink Floyd
Album: The Dark Side of the Moon
Genre: Progressive Rock
Headphone: Sennheiser HD 800 S
Chain: Clean
The first six albums in this project have all been amazingly produced, and The Dark Side of the Moon is no exception. It is a fantastic album and a classic I have heard many times. Like Abbey Road, it was occasionally difficult to listen critically because I kept falling into the music and simply enjoying it.
The HD 800 S was a great choice. I know some people criticize its spacious presentation for not sounding natural, but I love the effect. On this album, the spaciousness felt remarkably real. Some sounds seemed to circle completely around my head rather than merely panning from left to right and back again.
I noticed this effect once or twice with the spoken-word passages. A swirling effect made the voice seem to travel around my head, which was one of the coolest production details I heard.
Although the album uses many different instruments and effects, I was surprised by how much of the music is carried by the guitars. The drums also stood out as being more materially important than I had noticed during previous listens.
My biggest new discovery was probably the bass playing on “Any Colour You Like.” It had some funk to it and was mesmerizing.
I also had never really thought about two of the album’s major tracks being called “Time” and “Money.” So much is made in life of the importance, interplay, and availability of those two things. I would guess that the titles and themes were chosen purposefully.
It remains a great album, and the HD 800 S made its spatial production especially enjoyable.
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Best Pink Floyd listening experience:
High school lunchbreak
Friends dad’s stereo
Cranked
Drinking beer
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SockpuppetRe: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
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Best Pink Floyd listening experience:
High school lunchbreak
Friends dad’s stereo
Cranked
Drinking beer
THERE HAVE BEEN NO GOOD BAMDS SINCE ZEP AND FLOYD!!!
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You know you’re getting old when you can remember going to the record shop* to buy the very latest Floyd album in ‘73.
* Actual building with rows and rows of vinyl records in loose alphabetical order. You paid with cash**
** Never mind, you’re way too young.
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SockpuppetRe: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
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You know you’re getting old when you can remember going to the record shop* to buy the very latest Floyd album in ‘73.
* Actual building with rows and rows of vinyl records in loose alphabetical order. You paid with cash**
** Never mind, you’re way too young.
Dude, I was fuqing only two years old in 1973!
You seem old as fuq!!!
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Re: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
I can remember the day Sgt Peppers came out.
My cousin bought it and we played it all day.
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Sockpuppet wrote:
Dude, I was fuqing only two years old in 1973!
This explains a lot
Musically.
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SockpuppetRe: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
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This explains a lot
Musically.
You mean like how my musical tastes are perfect?
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Sockpuppet wrote:
Date completed: August 15, 2026
Artist: The Village People
Album: Cruisin'
Genre: Disco
Headphone: Dan Clark Audio E3
Chain: Huge
As soon as I listened to YMCA, I had an overwhelming urge to wear a MAGA hat, so I ordered about $500 worth of Trump gear for myself and Sweerpea. TRUMP IN 2028!
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Re: Spanky's 100 Album Listening Project
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You know you’re getting old when you can remember going to the record shop* to buy the very latest Floyd album in ‘73.
* Actual building with rows and rows of vinyl records in loose alphabetical order. You paid with cash**
** Never mind, you’re way too young.
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