Yet Another Cycling Forum
Off Topic => The Pub => Arts and Entertainment => Topic started by: Andrew Br on 25 December, 2010, 09:37:44 pm
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Warning: This post may contain elements of nostalgic playing of the CD collection. And drinking.
I'll go first:-
Lexicon of Love, ABC. Not a single track that I skip over. Lush string arrangements, Martin Fry has a great voice and the lyrics are coherent and not puke making.
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Deguello - ZZ Top. I think it is the only CD I've ever been able to leave completely on random.
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Anything by Leftfield.
Second Toughest in the Infants- Underworld
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Anything post 1970 by Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin. Kraftwerk - Autobahn and Tour De France.
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Mike Oldfield: Amarok.
Bonus points for anyone who can tell me why...
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Pump - Aerosmith
Have fond memories of driving round Southport one boxing day with it on a constant loop.
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Mike Oldfield: Amarok.
Bonus points for anyone who can tell me why...
Only one track?
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Ultravox - Vienna
I had a double album casstte of Vienna & Rage in Eden that lived in the car player for years. As did a cassette of
Joni Mitchell - Blue
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Dark Side of the Moon.
I'm surprised the needle didn't wear right through my copy.
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Mike Oldfield: Amarok.
Bonus points for anyone who can tell me why...
Only one track?
Bingo.
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Blue Lines - Massive Attack
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Portishad-Dummy
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Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust
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The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
As others have said, a lot of 1970s Pink Floyd
Crowded House - Woodface
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Christ on a bicycle!! You lot have got some bad taste! Half of that shit wouldn't so much be questioned for a single dodgy track rather than its entirety. Fuck me.......
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Come on then bobb, hit us with your nomination :)
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Come on then bobb, hit us with your nomination :)
"The general electric" by Shihad. Every track's a killer. But I doubt any of you lot have that album in your collection ::-)
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Come on then bobb, hit us with your nomination :)
"The general electric" by Shihad. Every track's a killer. But I doubt any of you lot have that album in your collection ::-)
Speaking for myself, that would be because I don't enjoy second-rate antipodean Metallica clones, who don't have the courage to stick with their band name and changed it for fear of causing offence. Very rock 'n' roll. ::-)
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Right! Outside now!!!
Edit: Yeah, they're metal, but they're nothing like Metallica. What are you on?
Edit 2: They only changed their name because they had to or get punted off their record company's books...
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Come on then bobb, hit us with your nomination :)
"The general electric" by Shihad. Every track's a killer. But I doubt any of you lot have that album in your collection ::-)
Shihad?
Hmmm..wonder why I've not heard of them?
Could it be because they are shite? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auBzRcMHmKo&feature=related)
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What did they change their name from? Shitbad? :thumbsup:
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Dusty Springfield "Dusty in Memphis"
Not only does it not have a duff track but everyone likes it
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kzhPCsX4L._SL500_AA300_.jpg)
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Come on then bobb, hit us with your nomination :)
"The general electric" by Shihad. Every track's a killer. But I doubt any of you lot have that album in your collection ::-)
Shihad?
Hmmm..wonder why I've not heard of them?
Could it be because they are shite? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auBzRcMHmKo&feature=related)
Great choon. :P Seriously, I'm starting to get the bollock ache here. Shihad fucking rock!!! I have their last album as a chrimbo present. I think I shall listen to it now :)
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Enjoy it. They are crap, but, if you like it, that's OK. They have a fan.
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Enjoy it. They are crap, but, if you like it, that's OK. They have a fan.
FUCK OFF!!!! Shihad rulez!!!
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Tom Waits - Nighthawks in the Diner
but only if I'm alone - not a widely shared taste in out house ... ::-)
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Tom Waits - Nighthawks in the Diner
but only if I'm alone - not a widely shared taste in out house ... ::-)
An out house is the correct place for that noise to be played... ;)
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Rage Against The Machine
Their first album. It's still as angry as it ever was, and doesn't sound overproduced like their 3rd+ records. And this Shihad bobb is going on about.
Vorsprung might be right on Dusty Springfield. And just for the troll: ABBA - Gold.
Of course all your preferences are showing your age, you bunch of audaxers you.
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There's no point in listening to The Dark Side of the Moon unless you listen to the whole thing !
Alison Krauss and Union Station - Home on the Highways
Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Kosheen - Kokopeli
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Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are both complete works.
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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
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Complete re-edit (because I always want to try and comment positively on this kind of thread, not negatively.)
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Solid Air, John Martyn.
It's a crime that it's not been mentioned.
Women like it too.
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Trust - Trust. A first album, and fabulous (IMO). YMMV.
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Last time we did this it was alleged that most people were just plugging their favourite album. This may have had some truth! I'll suggest a slight refinement:
What album (preferably with no dodgy tracks) would you give to a friend, before you knew any of their tastes?
I'll propose a couple that were popular last time around:
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Paul Simon - Graceland
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Last time we did this it was alleged that most people were just plugging their favourite album. This may have had some truth! I'll suggest a slight refinement:
What album (preferably with no dodgy tracks) would you give to a friend, before you knew any of their tastes?
I'll propose a couple that were popular last time around:
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Paul Simon - Graceland
New thread?
Jane from occupied Europe - Swell Maps
That should get rid of them pretty quick, if they are Cliff Richard fans.
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I'll suggest a slight refinement:
Tell you what... why don't you stop suggesting refinements and amendments and just post in the spirit of the thread ::-)
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Crowded House - Woodface
??? Italian Plastic, need I say more? Together Alone is more likely to tick the OP for me.
Anyway, Goldfrapp - Felt Mountain, for a start
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Exits, by The Boxer Rebellion. Beautiful, but rocks :thumbsup:
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Oxgene - Jean Michel Jarre
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David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 8)
Quite stunning album which can still be picked up for well under £5
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I'd have to agree with that. I'd add Low, but I know that might not be as popular a choice. Odd, cause Bowie produced some howlingly awful tracks.
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Tell you what... why don't you stop suggesting refinements and amendments and just post in the spirit of the thread ::-)
Fucking hell, it's christmas - you must have someone in the real world to argue with.
Did you mean a post in this spirit:
Hmmm..wonder why I've not heard of them?
Could it be because they are shite?
Just post whatever you like, I'm not stopping you!
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I'd have to agree with that. I'd add Low, but I know that might not be as popular a choice.
Diamond Dogs also
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Fucking hell
No need for foul language
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Also Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
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Reminded by a comment from LEE, Spinal Tap's Break Like The Wind demands to be turned up to 11 all the way through.
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Off The Wall and Thriller - Michael Jackson. Both faultless.
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Snow Goose by Camel,
King of Elfland's Daughter by Various Artists,
Lamb lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
Lots more "Concept Albums" could be included, but I guess that shows my age.....
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Further reading - here are the records we came up with last time:
"Perfect" albums (http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=17307.75)
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Have we had Radiohead's OK Computer? It's the Dark Side of the Moon of the 90s, I reckon.
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I love OK Computer, but I *always* skip Fitter Happier.
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I only listen to Paranoid Android and No Surprises. There you go.
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I love OK Computer, but I *always* skip Fitter Happier.
Oh, yes. I'd completely forgotten about that. Scratch that one, then.
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Parallel Lines.
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Muse - The Resistance.
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Parallel Lines.
… almost but I skip 11.59 and Will Anything Happen.
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Lamb lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
Well, it's certainly a consistent album, I suppose
;)
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Parallel Lines.
… almost but I skip 11.59 and Will Anything Happen.
Love 'em. 11:59 is one of my favourites :)
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Lamb lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
Well, it's certainly a consistent album, I suppose
;)
Fantastic
Which album does Clarkeson force Hammond to listen to as torture by rewiring his car hifi on Top Gear just now ?
;D
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
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Sadly, you're right.
but it doesn't stop Genesis being just awful ;)
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Still Life - Van der Graaf Generator.
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So - Peter Gabriel
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Gladiator (soundtrack) - Hans Zimmer. There isn't a track on it I skip.
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The Orb- UFOrb (except that Blue Room is not as good as the single version)
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I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight --- Richard and Linda Thompson
Aqualung ---Jethro Tull
Hounds of Love --- Kate Bush
Harvest ---Neil Young
Crown of Creation--- Jefferson Airplane
OIVIV---Ar Log
Signs---Kath Tickell
Capercaillie---Capercaillie
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Fleetwood Mac : Rumours
The Beatles : 1
Bruce Springsteen : Greatest Hits
Johnny Cash ; Best of
Fairport Convention : Leige & Leaf
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Any Half Man Half Biscuit album, except Some Call it Godcore, which was not their pinnacle...
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The chap standing in for Ken Bruce (Richard Allinson, I think) is playing three tracks from a classic album each day this week. Today is Dark Side of the Moon. I predicted Time; Us & Them & Money. Two right so far.
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The chap standing in for Ken Bruce (Richard Allinson, I think) is playing three tracks from a classic album each day this week. Today is Dark Side of the Moon. I predicted Time; Us & Them & Money. Two right so far.
Not The Great Gig In The Sky?
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I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you? ;D
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The chap standing in for Ken Bruce (Richard Allinson, I think) is playing three tracks from a classic album each day this week. Today is Dark Side of the Moon. I predicted Time; Us & Them & Money. Two right so far.
He's fo far off the leash it's unbelievable, he's done Stairway to Heaven and Let's Go Round Again. Baker Street cannot be far away, or perhaps Year of the Cat.
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I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you? ;D
You were wrong, could you please give us some investement advice, you've got a strong vibe going there, I'd like to know what to steer clear of.
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
And you would be quite wrong (http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/07/stories/01/1.html)...
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I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you? ;D
You were wrong, could you please give us some investement advice, you've got a strong vibe going there, I'd like to know what to steer clear of.
I was indeed quite pleasurably wrong.
Now, i reckon this capitalism as a whole is a great idea... ;)
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
And you would be quite wrong (http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/07/stories/01/1.html)...
Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Moody Blues and, er, 7 Year Bitch.
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
And you would be quite wrong (http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/07/stories/01/1.html)...
Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Moody Blues and, er, 7 Year Bitch.
The problem being? It's called personal taste, not a difficult concept. ;)
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More Songs About Buildings & Food, Fear of Music, Reamain In Light - Talking Heads.
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More Songs About Chocolate and Girls! I can't even remember all the tracks that are on it, but the previous post reminded me of it so much!
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I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight --- Richard and Linda Thompson
Thank you, Tony - I was beginning to despair of finding anything on this thread I could agree with. I wouldn't call it my favourite album but it definitely fits the criteria of the OP. Not a single note of filler on it.
Dark Side Of The Moon too, I suppose, but grudgingly - because it only works as a whole, not as standalone tracks (apart from a couple). Concept albums don't seem to be quite in the spirit of the thread.
d.
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Mark Ronson - Version
Throwing Muses - The Real Ramona
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A quick look through my albums gives me:
Montrose - Montrose
Cast - All Change
Interpol - Antics
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Crowded House - Recurring Dreams
Florence & the machine - Lungs
Sneaker pimps - Becoming X
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues & This is the Sea
Faith no More - Angel Dust
Not a dodgy tune between them all :)
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ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be. Graceland qualifies too, IMHO.
Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.
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Keane - Hopes and Fears
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
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Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.
I used to (in fact still do) have my turntable right next to my chair/bed to facilitate frequent fiddling with the stylus. Neverless it's so much easier with an electric source to skip that it has indeed affected my tolerance/patience.
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ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be. Graceland qualifies too, IMHO.
Being brought up in the age of vinyl, apart from fiddling with the stylus, there was no way you could easily avoid listening to a whole side of an album, so I'd imagine I have a higher degree of tolerance/patience with music than people used to CD players/Mp3 shuffle buttons.
+1 to all of the above
If anyone hasn't said yet
Penthouse and Pavement - Heaven 17
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Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
Ooh yes
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I don't think orgasmic screaming is quite radio 2's thing, do you? ;D
You were wrong, could you please give us some investement advice, you've got a strong vibe going there, I'd like to know what to steer clear of.
I was indeed quite pleasurably wrong.
Now, i reckon this capitalism as a whole is a great idea... ;)
Comfortably Dumb.
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ICBA to check back, but if Sergeant Pepper's LHCB isn't here, it should be.
Oh come on! There are some pretty shit songs on that album (but obviously some great ones too)
How about Axis bold as love by Hendrix? All the choons are great on that album, yet it's never bigged up as much as his other works....
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David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust 8)
Quite stunning album which can still be picked up for well under £5
*Late to the party*
And I'd add to that, "Heathen"
Really, really just isn't a bad track on it.
and +1 to "Hounds of Love"
Oh, and what about Patti Smith's "Easter"?
Not much going wrong there at all.
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There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...
Sticking to 'popular music' and solely based on albums I have, my Top 10 choices as of this moment are:
Love - Forever Changes
The Kinks - both Face to Face and Something Else
Jonie Mitchell - Blue
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
Pixies - Doolittle
Bjork - Homogenic
dEUS - The Ideal Crash
The Strokes - Is This It?
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There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...
Good idea, else we might start on that lot you've just served up. ;)
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Oh, and what about Patti Smith's "Easter"?
Not much going wrong there at all.
I mentioned Easter on the previous thread, but forgot about it here. Soundtrack of youthful turmoil for me.
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The Stones - Exile on Main Street
Tom Waites - Closing Time
Blondie - Eat to the Beat
Eva Cassidy - Songbird
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
And you would be quite wrong (http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/07/stories/01/1.html)...
you cad! i followed that link and now my laptop thinks it is infected.
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There's lots I could say about some of the other choices so far but, in the spirit of the season, I won't...
Good idea, else we might start on that lot you've just served up. ;)
You're more than welcome to have a go. Actually, I wouldn't even think of them as necessarily the best albums I have - what makes a good album is not exactly the same as all the songs being good. But if you can point out a bad song on any of those albums, please do...
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Muse - The Resistance.
Though it doesn't work quite as well if your allegedly-random playlist on your iPod decides to play the entire album in reverse order.
My choice: Insider by Amplifier.
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I'm a big Genesis fan but I only own 'The Lamb Lies Down' as a completist thing, most of it is unadulterated shite. Like most music from 1974 it was 'of its time' but hasn't aged well . . .
Possibly controversially, I would nominate Queen's 'Sheer Heart Attack' - funnily enough from 1974. I haven't played it for a while but I don't remember skipping a track even on CD
Alternatively 'A Trick of the Tail' but you have to like Genesis ;D
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Also late to the feast, but has anyone upped the ante with a DOUBLE album? Would have to be The River.
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Also late to the feast, but has anyone upped the ante with a DOUBLE album? Would have to be The River.
"Live After Death" by Iron Maiden - not sure if it was ever released on vinyl, but the copy I have here is a double CD. It's also one of the best live albums ever released in any genre, at least IMO.
For bog-standard single albums without duff tracks, I'd nominate "Reign in Blood" by Slayer and Orbital's "Brown Album". My tastes are nothing if not diverse[1] :)
[1] - The more you listen to my music collection, diverse it gets ...
[EDIT: Forgot to add "76:14" by Global Communication - the ambient album for people who claim they don't like ambient music]
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Double album? For me that would be Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds.
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Double album? For me that would be Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds.
Alchemy Live - Dire Straits
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Double album? Curiously, I'd choose two live ones. Has to be Snaz and Live & Dangerous.
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Couple more single albums:
Sneakin' Suspicion - Dr Feelgood
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark - Robert Cray
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On the single album deal, I'd lob Grateful Dead's American Beauty into the mix
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For bog-standard single albums without duff tracks, I'd nominate "Reign in Blood" by Slayer and Orbital's "Brown Album". My tastes are nothing if not diverse[1] :)
[1] - The more you listen to my music collection, diverse it gets ...
Two corkers indeed (yup, I have both as well).
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Double?
Has to be Tales from Topographic Oceans.
Not one dodgy track on it.
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Not one dodgy track on it.
Indeed, not one
;)
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Telegraph Road : Dire Straits
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Double album?
Soft Machine - Third
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Not one dodgy track on it.
Indeed, not one
;)
;D
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Not one dodgy track on it.
Indeed, not one
;)
*ZING!* ;D
I'd also nominate "Vapour Trails" by Rush were it not for the fact that the production quality is absolutely terrible. The songs themselves are absolute belters, but the sound quality? Eeeech. If you google for "The Loudness War" it's one of the albums that gets mentioned a *lot* ("Death Magnetic" by Metallica also gets mentioned, but since Metallica haven't released a decent album since 1986 ....)
"Presto", by aforementioned Canadian power trio, *is* a top album although I must be one of the few Rush fans who thinks "Moving Pictures" is merely a very good album rather than an unalloyed classic.
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Double Album it has to be 'Live after Death'.
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Double Album it has to be 'Live after Death'.
"SCREAM FOR ME, LONG BEACH!" ;D
'Tis indeed a classic, and I found out that it was originally released on double vinyl and therefore counts (as I mentioned in a previous post, I've got it on CD) - it's Bruce Dickinson's vocals that really do it for me.
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Just listening to Marillion's Misplaced Childhood for the first time in ages. As mentioned upthread, concept albums like this tend to hold together as a whole anyway. I liked it all 20 years ago, I still do.
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Just listening to Marillion's Misplaced Childhood for the first time in ages. As mentioned upthread, concept albums like this tend to hold together as a whole anyway. I liked it all 20 years ago, I still do.
Odd - I never thought of it as a concept album. It had two quite big hit singles!
Probably depends on whether you heard the singles on the radio before buying the album.
[I just got a warm old-git glow from the Wiki entry; the Track Listing section has a Side1 and Side2 ]
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Just listening to Marillion's Misplaced Childhood for the first time in ages. As mentioned upthread, concept albums like this tend to hold together as a whole anyway. I liked it all 20 years ago, I still do.
Despite being a major prog-head back then, I never really 'got' Marillion - indeed, I almost remember getting into a fight with a mate at uni after describing them as a poor man's Rush. For me, they're a bit like Genesis - occasional moments of brilliance but a lot of stuff that I either can't get into or just plain don't like. Music's funny like that, innit? :)
Now, in keeping with the spirit of this thread, I'm going to nominate the original version of "Tubular Bells" - granted, it's only two tracks and yer average punter will only know of it from "The Omen"(?) but considering it was a genuinely solo effort, it's an amazing album.
Oh, and pretty much anything by Ozric Tentacles :D
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A double? GY!BE's Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven is the obvious choice. Hawkwind's The 1999 Party (double live recorded in Chicago in 1974 but not released until 1997) is a good 'un too. If compilations count then there's Robert Johnson's King Of The Delta Blues Singers.
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Hawkwind's The 1999 Party (double live recorded in Chicago in 1974 but not released until 1997) is a good 'un too.
Oooh ... might have to check that out. Been listening to Space Ritual an awful lot lately.
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On the single album deal, I'd lob Grateful Dead's American Beauty into the mix
uncanny: I saw the thread title, thought I bet no-one's posted "American Beauty" and clicked in to read this.
+1 then
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Hawkwind's The 1999 Party (double live recorded in Chicago in 1974 but not released until 1997) is a good 'un too.
Oooh ... might have to check that out. Been listening to Space Ritual an awful lot lately.
Got that'un, ain't bad, loads of Lemmy vocals on it. Going back a few posts, if I was going to pick an album by the Ozrics, it would have to be Pungent Effulgent.
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Trouble with choosing prog stuff is that if you liked it, almost by definition you liked the whole album. On a more mainstream version, it would be like saying "I like Tommy, but not Fiddle About; the whole thing is a piece.
If I was to try to introduce someone to prog rock, think I'd plump for Nektar, and Remember the Future. (Can be found on Youtube, but the digitisation is cr@p
YouTube
- nektar. remember the future part 1
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsAohzi7Pk) if you don't beleve me about the sound, compare to Part 2 recorded from vinyl on a decent deck
YouTube
- Nektar- Remember The Future Part II (Vinyl)- Dual 1219 Turntable
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-gG5FpTviQ))
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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms :-\?
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Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms :-\?
Stuffed with good tracks, but let down hugely by this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkC_i6NYOF0
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It's time to save this thread from itself!
The Sundays - Reading, Writing and Arithmetic.
Mazzy Star - Among My Swan.
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin.
All perfect from start to finish.
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Which is the Mazzy album with "Wasted"? Now there is a track that is an aural definition of its title!
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The death of Mick Karn reminded me that Japan's Tin Drum ain't got nuffink dodgy on it.
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There must be a Talking Heads album that fits this topic, but I cant be assed now to have a look :-\
I would add Never mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols to the list :)
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Which is the Mazzy album with "Wasted"? Now there is a track that is an aural definition of its title!
So Tonight That I Might See.
I do love the wooziness of "Wasted".
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Which is the Mazzy album with "Wasted"? Now there is a track that is an aural definition of its title!
So tonight that I might see
So I may as well suggest "She Hangs Brightly" as Mazzy Star's more rocky album (up to about 10 BPM at times too) to this mix and raise the bar by adding the rather obvious "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Is a Woman" by Lambchop
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There must be a Talking Heads album that fits this topic, but I cant be assed now to have a look :-\
I would add Never mind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols to the list :)
Not sure about TH - Little creatures, perhaps? But Rei Momo by Byrne is astonishing.
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The death of Mick Karn reminded me that Japan's Tin Drum ain't got nuffink dodgy on it.
Unless you count David Sylvian's hairdo on the cover, that is ;)
Some of Mick's solo work (ie. not Dali's Car or the Rain Tree Crow project) is pretty damned amazing. Or demoralising if you happen to be a bass guitarist ...
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Short and Sweet Motorhead's 'No Sleep til Hammersmith' is faultless.
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At t'other end of the sonic spectrum I'll offer these:
- Ozric Tentacles - Erpland and Strangeitude (Pungent Effulgent is good too)
- Eat Static - Abduction - before they went totally bats**t crazy with the UFO/alien thing
- New Order - Technique (ideally the pressing without the remix of World-in-bloody-Motion on it)
- Wolfram Spyra - Sferics - at the risk of being wilfully obscure. Perfect ambient electronica, a great live act and a thoroughly nice guy too.
- Klaus Schulze and Pete Namlook - Dark Side Of The Moog Vol.8 - live electronic music done right. Actually one long track split into bits for indexing purposes, but it's a ripper
If we're allowing film soundtracks, then the original soundtrack to "Brassed Off" takes some beating.
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A heckler at a Mazzy gig yelled: "Why do you look so miserable?". "Because I am so miserable", replied Hope Sandoval.
Beautifully miserable indeed. I hope she's feeling better now though!
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Journeying in my time machine, I have found that "The Band" by The Band and "Sailin' Shoes" by Little Feat fit the bill, IIRC
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Ah, but Clarkson probably regards No Jacket Required and Into The Light as the height of musical excellence :-\
And you would be quite wrong (http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2005/07/stories/01/1.html)...
Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Moody Blues and, er, 7 Year Bitch.
Can't Buy A Thrill. Simply awesome.
I would love to agree with Rumours, but Oh Daddy is a bit pants. And I don't really like Dreams either.
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Rod Stewart Every Picture tells a Story
The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed
Bob Dylan Blonde on Blonde
Neil Young After the Gold Rush
KOL Only by the night.
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Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
+1
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World Party's Goodbye Jumbo :thumbsup:
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All of 'em ;D
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Planxty - After the Break
Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Ali & Toumani
Also rans (but lacking absolute certainty as to the absence (http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&newform=newform&alljur=alljur&jurcdj=jurcdj&jurtpi=jurtpi&jurtfp=jurtfp&alldocrec=alldocrec&docj=docj&docor=docor&docdecision=docdecision&docop=docop&docppoag=docppoag&docav=docav&docsom=docsom&docinf=docinf&alldocnorec=alldocnorec&docnoj=docnoj&docnoor=docnoor&radtypeord=on&typeord=ALL&docnodecision=docnodecision&allcommjo=allcommjo&affint=affint&affclose=affclose&numaff=c-127%2F02&ddatefs=&mdatefs=&ydatefs=&ddatefe=&mdatefe=&ydatefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100&Submit=Submit) of duff tracks ;) ):
Steve Earle - Train a-Comin'
Richard Thompson - Shoot Out the Lights
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
The Clash - Combat Rock
Stone Roses - Stone Roses
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The National ~ Boxer
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Albums that I never skip a track
Sugar - Copper Blue (best guitar based album of the 90s)
Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene and Equinoxe
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
dEUS - Worst Case Scenario
Double Album
Husker Du (can't do the umlauts) - Zen Arcade
In answer to a question from further up the thread; Iron Maiden's Live After Death was released on Vinyl ('cos I used to 'ave it) The DVD of those gigs is rather good as well.
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The new Bon Iver album doesn't have a duff note on it from beginning to end.
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