Day 251: Ain't it just like the night to play tricks when you're tryin' to be so quiet?

Album 875/1031

Gotan Project - La Revancha del Tango (2001)

1. "Queremos Paz" – 5:15
2. "Época" – 4:28
3. "Chunga's Revenge" (Frank Zappa) – 5:02 (cover of the title track from Frank Zappa's 1970 album Chunga's Revenge)
4. "Tríptico" – 8:26
5. "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" – 5:57 (featured in the Hollywood film Shall We Dance? featuring Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez.)
6. "Una Música Brutal" – 4:11
7. "El Capitalismo Foráneo" (Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller, Avelino Flores) – 6:13
8. "Last Tango in Paris" – 5:50 (cover of Gato Barbieri's theme for the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris)
9. "La del Ruso" – 6:22
10. "Vuelvo al Sur" (Astor Piazzolla, Fernando E. Solanas) – 6:59

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Revancha_del_Tango

Golf's verdict: An enjoyable record, but a bit of a gimmick. I seem to always associate hearing this with the great film 'Amelie', due largely to the dominant sound of the accordion. 

Máire's verdict: Didn’t really rate the first half of the album. Loved ‘Una Musica Brutal’. Rest was okay.

Album 876/1031

The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium (2003)

All lyrics written by Cedric Bixler-Zavala with the help of Jeremy Michael Ward; all music composed by Omar Rodríguez-López, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Son et lumière"		1:35
2.	"Inertiatic ESP"		4:24
3.	"Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)"		7:31
4.	"Tira me a las arañas" (instrumental)		1:28
5.	"Drunkship of Lanterns"	Rodríguez-López, Bixler-Zavala	7:06
6.	"Eriatarka"		6:20
7.	"Cicatriz ESP"		12:29
8.	"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed"	Rodríguez-López, Bixler-Zavala	4:58
9.	"Televators"		6:19
10.	"Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt"		8:42

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De-Loused_in_the_Comatorium

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Proof that prog-rock can still be vital and relevant. These guys made 4 albums of absolutely great, complex rock music, usually based around a single concept. This was the first and arguably best of them.

Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Absolutely loved this album.

Album 877/1031

Bob Dylan - Live at the 'Royal Albert Hall' 1966 (1998)

All songs written by Bob Dylan except "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Eric von Schmidt and arranged by Dylan.

Disc one (solo acoustic) No. Title Length 1. "She Belongs to Me" 3:27 2. "4th Time Around" 4:37 3. "Visions of Johanna" 8:08 4. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" 5:45 5. "Desolation Row" 11:31 6. "Just Like a Woman" 5:52 7. "Mr. Tambourine Man" 8:52

Disc two (with The Hawks) No. Title Length 1. "Tell Me, Momma" 5:10 2. "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" 6:07 3. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" 3:46 4. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" 6:50 5. "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat" 4:50 6. "One Too Many Mornings" 4:22 7. "Ballad of a Thin Man" 7:55 8. "Like a Rolling Stone" 8:01

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._4:_Bob_Dylan_Live_1966,_The_%22Royal_Albert_Hall%22_Concert

Golf's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! The extraordinarily rich setlist is a treat. To think that this was recorded only a few years into his career and he had already written many of the songs that will endure long after he has joined the Great Gig in the Sky. A great concert record, for many years a bootleg of almost mythical status.

Máire's verdict: HIDDEN GEM! Okay, I’m converted: he’s a genius.