Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums

I'm guilty of not listening to enough REM. I may make up a hospital playlist.

Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums

Sounds like a good plan mate

Re: Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums

Taking this thing to the Top 50 then...

No.54: “The Rising” by Bruce Springsteen (2002)
This is Bruce Springsteen’s very personal album whereby most of the songs are about the events of the aftermath of 9/11. There are lighter moments, but the general tone and mood of the album is sombre and reflective. However, it’s a superb record as his poignant lyrics testify, and the E Street Band are on usual top notch form. One of my favourite later-period Springsteen records.

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Concert video: Live in Barcelona 2002, 1hr. 40mins:


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Track Listing:
1. "Lonesome Day"
2. "Into the Fire"
3. "Waitin' on a Sunny Day"
4. "Nothing Man"
5. "Countin' on a Miracle"
6. "Empty Sky"
7. "Worlds Apart"
8. "Let's Be Friends (Skin to Skin)"
9. "Further On (Up the Road)"
10. "The Fuse"
11. "Mary's Place"
12. "You're Missing"
13. "The Rising"
14. "Paradise"
15. "My City of Ruins"

Personnel:
• Bruce Springsteen – lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, harmonica
• Roy Bittan – keyboards, piano, mellotron, Kurzweil, pump organ, Korg M1, crumar
• Clarence Clemons – saxophone, background vocals
• Danny Federici – Hammond B3, Vox Continental, Farfisa
• Nils Lofgren – electric guitar, Dobro, slide guitar, banjo, background vocals
• Patti Scialfa – vocals
• Garry Tallent – bass guitar
• Steven Van Zandt – electric guitar, background vocals, mandolin
• Max Weinberg – drums
• Soozie Tyrell – violin, background vocals
• Brendan O'Brien – hurdy-gurdy, glockenspiel, orchestra bells
• Larry Lemaster – cello
• Jere Flint – cello
• Jane Scarpantoni – cello
• Nashville String Machine
• Asif Ali Khan and group
• Alliance Singers
• The Miami Horns

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No.53: “Escape” by Journey (1981)
My favourite Journey album, as it would be many people’s to be honest. Escape contains THAT single ‘Don’t Stop Believein’, the biggest, mightiest air guitar anthem of all-time probably (and then again with its ‘comeback’ courtesy of teen sitcom “Glee” (!!). But that’s not the only highlight. We have the classic ballads ‘Open Arms’, ‘Who’s Crying Now’ and the finale of the powerful road song ‘Still They Ride’. Steve Perry’s amazing, soaring vocals were never better than on the classic album.

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Concert vide: Tokyo 1981, 1hr. 30mins (approx.):


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Documentary, 1983:

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Full album (audio):


Track Listing:
1. "Don't Stop Believin'"
2. "Stone in Love"
3. "Who's Crying Now"
4. "Keep On Runnin'"
5. "Still They Ride"
6. "Escape"
7. "Lay It Down"
8. "Dead or Alive"
9. "Mother, Father"
10. "Open Arms"

Personnel:
• Steve Perry – lead vocals, producer (tracks 12–14)
• Neal Schon – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ross Valory – bass, backing vocals
• Steve Smith – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Produced by Mike Stone incidentally, who produced the classic first Asia album.

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No.52: “Stranglers IV: Rattus Norvegicus” by The Stranglers (1977)
Debut by the men in black, the Doors-influenced prog-punk band who call themselves The Stranglers. Still their best album by far, although they have of course released some terrific music over the years (and continue to do so). What do you want from an album?: The brilliant, viciously angry introduction to the record ‘Sometimes’, the awesome 1976 debut single ‘(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)’, the loitering ‘Hanging Around’, the summer smut of ‘Peaches’, the grand finale of the dirty and disease-ridden images of the fantastic ‘Down In The Sewer’. And the legendary concert show closer ‘Go Buddy Go’ wasn’t even on the album, that’s how good the record was.
Head and shoulders musically above anything else the punk movement, this album is stunning.
Extremely hard to find original clips from 1977, but I tried my best!

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Concert video, 2016:


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Personnel:
• Hugh Cornwell – guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Jean-Jacques Burnel – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Dave Greenfield – keyboards (Hammond L100 Organ, Hohner Cembalet electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer), backing and lead vocals
• Jet Black – drums, percussion