Frank Blank Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 4 minutes ago, Lfalex v1.1 said: Dragline- PAW What a great album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Frank Blank said: What a great album. It surely is! Criminally overlooked, and not on Spotify... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Just now, Lfalex v1.1 said: It surely is! Criminally overlooked, and not on Spotify... Criminal indeed. I remember seeing the promo for Jessie late one night after the pub, it really put the hook in me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeftyP Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 OK, here we go but culling them down to 10(ish) was hard! In no particular order; A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles. My favourite fab four album. The Collection - ABBA. There has to be an Abba compilation in there. Like To Get To Know You - Spanky & Our Gang. A musical extravaganza from a unique band. Fotheringay - Fotheringay. Nothing more to say. The Song Remembers When - Trisha Yearwood. Superb modern country singer and the title track is a beautifully crafted song. Best Of Burt Bacharach Live - Trijntje Oosterhuis. Dutch singer who does the Bacharach catalogue proud - find the concert on YouTube. Just The Right Sound - The Association. I was a teenager in the sixties and The Association were one of my top groups. Ahh, nostalgia ain't what it used to be! Prayers of the Saints Live - Sovereign Grace. A Christian songfest with some great lyrics and vocal performances - especially from the girls. Sojourner's Song - Buddy Greene. Another Christian album by a great singer songwriter. If there's room, and I'm cheating here; A Carpenters box set and the Reader's Digest 6 CD set of 25 years of Motown. Please sir, can I have some more!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 As with everyone I'm sure, my list will be different if you ask me on a different day, but these are albums I keep coming back to time and time again. A few of them being 'best of's' as I like the range in time rather than the snapshot if an album for some bands. Joy Division - Substance New Order - Substance The Cure - Standing on a Beach (the b sides are bliss) Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged. Raw, beautiful and painful. New Model Army - Raw Melody Men (a favourite live album) Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes The Specials - The Specials. Gang of Four - Entertainment Hard-fi - Stars of CCTV The Who - Quadrophenia (so I can play the film in my head while it's playing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4000 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, LeftyP said: Yep, both of them are absolutely stellar. Hope you enjoyed the gig! Did they play Banks of the Nile or Who Knows Where The Time Goes? That would have been me done. Could have died happy. 😉 Actually, that’s just reminded me that I never saw ABBA live either, and the same applies. In fact I think my head would have exploded seeing ABBA live, so maybe it’s a good thing. 😂 Edited September 28, 2019 by 4000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Difficult. Three absolute certainties, the rest are beloved but could look different on another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 In no particular order but here's my top 10 :- Genesis - Seconds Out Floyd - DSOTM Rush - Moving Pictures Camel - A Live Record Arjen Luccassen - Lost in the New Real Sound of Contact - Dimensionaut Greg Allman - I'm No Angel Chris Cross - Christopher Cross Rainbow - Rising Uriah Heep - Demons and Wizards Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) I have all my albums ripped and usually listen via some miniature electronic trickery but, last year, I built a unit for the sitting room in which I could shelve the best 298 of my CDs, freeing them from their cardboard prison in the attic. I struggled to get below 500 and with utter ruthlessness and much bloodshed got to just below 400. At this point I compromised and used the floor under the unit to store the additional CDs, a move not intended in my designs. Picking just 10? Absolute barbarism. But let's try. I recognise there's a definite late 80's/early 90's bias to these but I think this period is when I enjoyed music as thoroughly and purely as I have at any time of my life. There were times when I could listen to a single album for months on end without tiring of it, so I've tried to include those ones, rather than the ones I listen to the most right now or try to concoct a list which shows how enlightened I am. So, in order of release date... Masters of Reality - s/t I had a C90 with this on one side and Trouble's s/t on the other which didn't leave my walkman for a long, long time. This was blues and rock mixed in an energetic and sleazy way I had never heard before. Which brings me on to... Trouble - s/t The decision to omit Black Sabbath was a tough and probably illegal one, but this is the best Sabbath album not released by Sabbath. This album is perfect. Every second of every song is just right, the pacing of the track order, the way there are no gaps between the songs, it's just perfect. Obituary - Cause of Death The birth and evolution of Death Metal was incredible to live through and I could have picked Leprosy or Spiritual Healing or Blessed are the Sick or Slowly We Rot but I've gone with this sublime mix of brutality and Murphy's melodic lead playing which elevates Obituary's music in a way they never did before or since. Megadeth - Rust in Peace Megadeth & Sanctuary in 1988 was my first gig and the one which inspired me to play bass, so this was a very special album in my lifetime, another one which made for daily listening for an extended period. There still isn't anything else which quite sounds like this. Incredibly inspired and inspiring. Coroner - Mental Vortex Coroner showed how a thrash band could move to a more considered and melodic version of their former selves with taste and class. This album is clinical and passionate in equal measure and still gives me enough joy that I'm going to Switzerland to see them play in a few weeks. Atheist - Unquestionable Presence I bought this, unheard at the time, on the strength of the Cynic connection, using the logic that if these Cynic guys were good enough to play on Human and Testimony of the Ancients then this would be worth hearing. I wasn't wrong and this remains an astonishing achievement in making ridiculously technical music and making it memorable and musical and considerably changed my perspective of what was possible in music. Honourable mentions to Human, Focus, Control and Resistance, Testimony... etc. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head At their peak here, they could take practically any style of music and make it sound like them. I love when a band explores beyond their primary genre and tries something new and this album could have been an exercise in commercial suicide but it's just too good. With their commercial renaissance still a couple of years into the future, I was lucky enough to see them play to about 700 people in Dublin where they played hip-hop, punk, rock and their jazzy noodlings with equal aplomb, during a great period for a great band. Kreator - Renewal Again, the sound of a band abandoning their comfort zone and taking an artistic chance which didn't pay off commercially. Like every thrash band at the time, they had to find something new to do or face extinction and Kreator chose the dark and cold. It's another unique exploration and something which resonated loudly with me for a long, long time, if barely anyone else. Living Colour - Stain I loved Vivid, wasn't mad on Time's Up, but when Stain came out it really worked for me. It's a harder sound which, finally, really suited their lyrical subject matter. Like Kreator, it didn't work for most of their existing fanbase but it has stood the test of time for me. E.S.T. - Symphony I was fortunate enough to see E.S.T. twice and missed them greatly. When this came out, I was a little apprehensive about picking it up. I need not have worried, this re-imagining of E.S.T.'s music does for me now what many of the above did for me as a young man. It's compelling listening and pulls me back to listen again and again. Edited September 29, 2019 by Doctor J 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 My list would be different from day to day. But for today, I've looked through my vinyl album stash, and picked out these albums that receive repeated plays (as my vinyl albums get played a full side at a time. CDs are too easy to skip through tracks after all) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 hard to put any pecking order on these but 10 albums i would choose today would be. Romantic warrior - return to forever Burnin - the wailers natty dread - bob marley and the wailers Blackheart Man - Bunny Wailer Equal Rights - Peter Tosh Edge - Lenny White Don't be afraid of the Dark - Robert Cray Moving Pictures - Rush Kismet - Martha Szebestian Moonflower - Santana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 My list would differ from time to time depending on what I was playing at the time , but it would definitely include a Bob Marley and sly and Robbie album. And on an alternative front I also like space ritual by hawkwind, who I’ve seen live twice 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliwailer Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Damn, not an easy list to compile Blood Sugar Sex Magik - RHCP Burnin’ - The Wailers Protection - Massive Attack Souvlaki - Slowdive Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Ill Communication - Beastie Boys A mellow selection from Mozart Electric Ladyland - Hendrix Purple - Stone Temple Pilots Tonights the Night - Neil Young Edited September 29, 2019 by Chiliwailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJpullchord Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 At the moment I’m addicted to any early Alice Cooper. I’d try and shake it off but simply don’t want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Talking of albums, i don’t think anyone has mentioned nazareth, I found this in my vinyl collection the other day, I remembered the song, this flight tonight 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 52 minutes ago, DJpullchord said: At the moment I’m addicted to any early Alice Cooper. I’d try and shake it off but simply don’t want to. Welcome to my Nightmare is another album that I just keep coming back to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Here are mine at the moment: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Now That's What I Call Music.. 12 23 41 53 17 133 90 43 257 1,302 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelDeVille Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Pixies: Doolittle Kiss: Alive II and my entire Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass catalogue . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 28 minutes ago, AngelDeVille said: and my entire Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass catalogue . You too eh? I have a STEREO pressing of Going Places that I can't find listed anywhere - it has a different catalogue number than the stereo UK pressing listed on discogs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Difficult choices so the first 6 will be the ones I've had in the Car CD changer for the past 12 months. In no particular order.. Kathryn Tickell. The kathryn Tickell Band - One of her early albums jam packed with awe inspiring northumbrian small pipery. Dream Theater. Systematic Chaos. love the dark feel to this one Bonnie Raitt. Dig in Deep. has a great cover of Need you tonight - Hutch keeps the songs driving with his beautifully understated bass James Taylor. Hourglass. Jimmy Johnson holding it together Kate Rusby. Underneath the stars. hauntingly beautful voice and some fun songs. Miles Davis. Kind of Blue. includes so what and all blues - what more do you need then I'm going to add Deep Purple. Made in japan. Arguably the best live album ever made (and I saw this tour in Newcastle when I was 11) Yes. Relayer. As discussed on the favourite Yes album Thread. Squire at his best. Mozart's clarinet concerto in A major. Not sure of the performer - it came free with the BBC classical music mag 20 odd years ago. Kate Bush - Some career wide greatest hits album. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Burrito Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 My list would probably look something like this; Elvis Presley – Elvis Presley Sticky Fingers – The Rolling Stones Schools Out – Alice Cooper Young Americans – David Bowie New York Dolls – New York Dolls Give ‘em Enough Rope – The Clash Self-Destruction Blues – Hanoi Rocks In the Dynamite Jet Saloon – The Dogs D’Amour The Fine Art of Self Destruction – Jesse Malin American IV: The Man Comes Around – Johnny Cash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDaveTheBass Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 28/09/2019 at 19:22, ahpook said: Nobody's reading this far down, so I'm going to make some up Peavish Pete - I can't work out where you're coming from so I'm going to leave and come in the same way. Good Gawd and the Gods - Custard+Custard = Medusa. Bowel II - Bowel Bowel - Bowel II Kurstii & Fil - Kurstii & Fil's Nu-Klezmer Party Vol III Philosophy of Whey - Market Garden Sarah Waddington - Lowland Surprise orchard of sins - trepandemonium I've still got a cassette of Bowel II's second Peel Session - their live version of "Evacuate" gives me the shivers even today. 🥴 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Dragon Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Spoiler No order; Never Mind The Bollocks- Sex Pistols Inflammable Material- Stiff Little Fingers Give Em Enough Rope- Clash Mind Bomb- The The Who's Next- Who 30 Something- Carter USM Legend- Bob Marley Californication- RHCP Misplaced Childhood- Marilion Live and Dangerous- Thin Lizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, MrDaveTheBass said: I've still got a cassette of Bowel II's second Peel Session - their live version of "Evacuate" gives me the shivers even today. 🥴 No way - you HAVE to let me have a copy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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