Top Ten Rock Albums

[cloughie]

Can't believe I didn't include Emerson,Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery.

I never saw ELP but I did see 'The Nice' not long before they split and ELP formed. Keith Emerson - the sounds he produced were amazing.

[Tevot]

David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust...
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd: The Final Cut
Kate Bush: Hounds of Love / The Ninth Wave
Waterboys: This is the Sea
Peter Gabriel: So
Talk Talk: The Colour of Spring
The The: Infected
Depeche Mode: Violator
Radiohead: In Rainbows

[johncorrigan]

Great reminder on the Richard & Linda Thompson album

...agreed - wonderful record!

[Belgrove]

No mention of Steely Dan? Been listening to a lot of them recently, prompted by watching the opening episode of Breaking Bad whose story recalled their Kid Charlemagne. Possibly Aja is their best, but all albums are worth a listen. And anything by Joni Mitchell, but especially The Hissing of Summer Lawns. That will suffice for me.

[Beef Oven!]

No mention of Steely Dan? Been listening to a lot of them recently, prompted by watching the opening episode of Breaking Bad whose story recalled their Kid Charlemagne. Possibly Aja is their best, but all albums are worth a listen. And anything by Joni Mitchell, but especially The Hissing of Summer Lawns. That will suffice for me.

I bought Royal Scam when it came out, having heard a fair bit of their stuff over the previous years. Aja is a difficult one for me. It came out at the very height of punk and they spent about 7 years in the studio on each track! We weren't receptive of things like that, then!

I bought the LP in the 1980s to give it a go, but never got on with it

I played it last month and I thought it was better than I remember.

[cloughie]

No mention of Steely Dan? Been listening to a lot of them recently, prompted by watching the opening episode of Breaking Bad whose story recalled their Kid Charlemagne. Possibly Aja is their best, but all albums are worth a listen. And anything by Joni Mitchell, but especially The Hissing of Summer Lawns. That will suffice for me.

I think that both Dan and JM never got into ruts and evolved their respective sounds in a jazz direction. Donald Fagen's Nightfly album is among my most played albums over many years.

[teamsaint]

I think that both Dan and JM never got into ruts and evolved their respective sounds in a jazz direction. Donald Fagen's Nightfly album is among my most played albums over many years.

great singles band, albums were a bit patchy though.

(H eyes is one of the truly great B sides IMO).

[cloughie]

great singles band, albums were a bit patchy though.

Not sure I agree with that analysis - their albums were not so much patchy, there was a lot of music in them and took a few a listens to get! I agree however that 'Reeling in the Years' and 'Do It Again' would be high up in any all time top 100 singles. I don't know what they sound like but the name of one of their tribute acts 'Nearly Dan' is good. As a final aside - Tribute Bands - seem to be very popular, probably many of them competent musicians - but to regurgitate the same stuff night after night, note for note as close to the original - Why?

[johncorrigan]

I think that both Dan and JM never got into ruts and evolved their respective sounds in a jazz direction. Donald Fagen's Nightfly album is among my most played albums over many years.

I bought Joni's 'For the Roses' again yesterday and played it through on my own in the car - just a piece of genius in my opinion.

[teamsaint]

Not sure I agree with that analysis - their albums were not so much patchy, there was a lot of music in them and took a few a listens to get! I agree however that 'Reeling in the Years' and 'Do It Again' would be high up in any all time top 100 singles. I don't know what they sound like but the name of one of their tribute acts 'Nearly Dan' is good. As a final aside - Tribute Bands - seem to be very popular, probably many of them competent musicians - but to regurgitate the same stuff night after night, note for note as close to the original - Why?

Cross purposes, I'm afraid Cloughie !!
But good info anyway !

Tribute bands? never seen one. There seem to be a few who do a good trade round here, especially T rextasy. Not for me though.

[MrGongGong]

Tribute bands? never seen one.

The London Mozart Players have a reasonable bash IMV