22-03-2018, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Floydy
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No.482: "Exodus" by Bob Marley & The Wailers (1977)
23-03-2018, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Longdogs
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A superb and classic album. I was already into reggae and blue beat by the age of about 13 but Marley made it commercial and easy to identify.
he's still unsurpassed as the greatest reggae icon, by a long way.
23-03-2018, 04:52 PM
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Might squeeze a few more in before I go out for tea...No.469: "Human Touch" by Bruce Springsteen (1992)
The companion to the Lucky Town album (No.713) which was released the same day, Springsteen assembled a completely new band for this project and it became even more lucrative when the whole thing was featured on a subsequent MYV 'Unplugged' (called 'Plugged' in this case) with album and DVD a year later.
23-03-2018, 04:59 PM
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No.468: "The Allman Brothers Band" by The Allman Brothers Band (1969)
First release from one of the pioneers of the laid back country-blues sound, The Allman Brothers comprised brothers Duane and Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Berry Oakley, Butch Trucks and Jaimoe Johnson. After the release of the second album they would gain major recognition by playing the Fillmore East concert arena to great critical acclaim and worldwide fame.
23-03-2018, 05:04 PM
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No.467: "Stephen Stills" by Stephen Stills (1970)
Representing Stephen Stills solo achievements, I plumped for his debut release rather than fill this list full of similar albums (most equally as good as this). Stills would perform frequently with various amalgamations of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, solo, with the band Manassas and as a guest performer on many other artists' records. This will always be his best-known song, here in a live rendition from 1978:
23-03-2018, 05:10 PM
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No.466: "Rattle And Hum" by U2 (1988)
Hot on the heels of their world beating Joshua Tree album a year earlier, U2 wasted no time by putting out this rather more diverse collection of tracks. Big anthems, live tracks, excerpts of famous speeches, the full works. There was also a film and a world tour.
Two tracks now. One is the first single 'Desire' followed by their classic team-up with blues legend B.B. King:
23-03-2018, 05:15 PM
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No.465: "Afterburner" by ZZ Top (1985)
ZZ top were on a roll thanks to the previous Eliminator album with it's high octane songs and tasty videos. Afterburner wasn't as successful as it was missing some of the bluesy quality that this Texan band were known for - the 1980's always had to have that awful synth and crashing snare drums on everything!, even ZZ Top records - but some songs stand out. None more so than this very different (for them) ballad, 'Rough Boy'. Billy Gibbons' guitar solo on this is tremendous:
23-03-2018, 05:20 PM
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No.464: "Cracked Rear View" by Hootie & The Blowfish (1995)
I loved this album when it came out in the summer of 1985. Darius Rucker and his band with their own brand of soulful bluesy pop-rock took America especially by storm with this collection of catchy, lively songs.
23-03-2018, 05:26 PM
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No.463: "Liquid Skin" by Gomez (1999)
This is a little different, remember this band? An indie-alternative group from Southport who used additonal instruments such as trombone and shuffling drums to supply us records full of interesting themes. This was their second album and unusually featured the title track of their first album which didn't actually appear on that release, 'Bring It On':
23-03-2018, 05:35 PM
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No.462: "The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion" by The Black Crowes (1992)
When this superb band crashed onto the scene in the early 1990's, melody Maker called them "the greatest rock and roll band in the world". This was perhaps a little too brash, but they were on the right path. The band carried on for a couple of decades before disbanding and their members forming their own outfits. This is the single 'Remedy':
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