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

You keep surprising me Floydy, Gil Scott Heron, great voice.

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

I liked the Cars, never bought the album but had a few of their singles including My best Friend's girl which I believe was the first picture disc single in the UK.

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Cheers, Gasman.
I'm not a huge fan of Whitesnake, though I do like much of their early stuff. I liked David Coverdale in Deep Purple too. It's usually Ian Gillan who is mentioned, but Coverdale and then Glenn Hughes provided some excellent vocals for the band.
He was a soul legend I think, Nom. Pity he didn't do so well commercially, but then that's probably a good thing sometimes as it keeps the writer focussed on his own beliefs rather than what the record company wants him to produce.
I've heard that before as well, Longdogs. I remember it well hanging in my local HMV when I was a kid. That debut album features later on in my list and we'll give it a play no doubt.

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No.934: "Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches" by Happy Mondays (1990)


At the start of the second indie era (the first being the late 70's if you discount the psych rock of the 60's that is), Shaun Ryder's Happy Mondays provided Tony Wilson and his infamous Factory record label with an even greater lift in coffers as New Order continued to thrive.
With Ryder and the multi-talented Bez shaking his maracas, the Mondays came along with their pre-Oasis baggy, surly, druggie swagger and a host of (mostly) soul-ish cover version, including this big hit:

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No.933: "The Lion's Roar" by First Aid Kit (2012)


Coming along with their crossover "country meets Fleetwood Mac" style of songwriting, this female duo hit it big with this glorious debut album.
This homage to one of their heroes, Emmylou Harris, is utterly gorgeous:

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No.932: "Book Of Taliesyn" by Deep Purple (1969)


The second appearance by Deep Purple in my list already, with the second album. A record mostly full of cover versions (River Deep Mountain High, We Can Work It Out) plus self-penned classics such as 'Wring That Neck' and 'Shield', this is the band's rather heavier version of Neil Diamond's 'Kentucky Woman':

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No.931: "Odessa" by The Bee Gees (1969)


Before their disco rebirth, Barry, Maurice and Robin were one of the big new names of the 1960s. This album is a little-known curiosity with no hits on it as they were trying out new ideas to mould themselves into some kind of style. Unlike anything they ever did before or since, Odessa is a marvellous slice of progressive pop-rock, none more so than the title track:

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No.930: "Jamie Lawson" by Jamie Lawson (2015)


It's rare that I would feature an album just for one song (although this release does include other good tunes as well), but this single's message is one of the most poignant songs ever made due to its subject matter.
Personally I find it quite difficult to listen to without welling up inside, as it reminds me of my wife and what she went through last year. (She made a full recovery, by the way). I'll leave this one with you today.

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I'd disagree with Odessa being little known; I remember reading of it on a 100 albums to listen to before you die list.

I'd probably place it at about 70 on a greatest 100 albums list.

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I would separate what a "popular" album is from one which is more of an acquired taste though, Ffosse.
Odessa is a record which would be more highly respected by the likes if you and me, ie. music connoisseurs, but if the 'casual' listener was to think of a Bee Gees album they would mostly mention 'Saturday Night Fever' and struggle to name another.