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

Don't you dare tease us like that.

I wasn't here much yesterday so a bit of catching up to do. Glad to see Tom Petty. I didn't know much about him until a friend gave me a cassette (yes a cassette) with 'Learning to fly' and 'Rebel without a clue' etc and I played it continuously in the car for about two months.

Sorry, just correcting my post.

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No.537: "North And South" by Gerry Rafferty (1988)


The Glaswegian singer-songwriter formerly of the Humblebums, Stealer's Wheel and author of one of the best records ever made in 'Baker Street', Rafferty released this late 80's album to critical acclaim although it tended to get lost in the Stock Aitken Waterman fever of that dislocated era in music.
It's a brilliantly-written album full of personal viewpoints of his homeland, including this superb single 'Shipyard Town'. Great video this:

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Haha! Honestly mate, I don't know what happened there. I can only summise that it has something to do with that Bee Gees 'Odessa' album which I put too low down early on and tried to find a place for it higher up and still to come. In doing so, I think I've probably missed out a classic album, to my horror!

Tom Petty was superb. He didn't take off too massively in the UK, but there's a very long list of excellent albums out there to catch up on, including a couple of career box sets - they are pretty pricey though!

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Last one for today, and it's one we spoke about earlier on...

No.536: "Fly Like An Eagle" by The Steve Miller Band (1976)


Career highlight from the American blues-rock guitarist. This free 'n' easy album contains these two classic singles:




Tomorrow may not be possible to post but on Friday we'll catch up a bit.
Thanks for tuning in

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No.539: "Surf's Up" by The Beach Boys (1971)

There must be a typing error,it should be 39,shouldn't it ?

another from the record.

https://youtu.be/46IQu0yuJzU

Til I die.

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

1950's - 2 albums
1960's - 140
1970's - 287
1980's - 259
1990's - 131
2000's - 180

That confirms my long held belief that the 70's were the best time for LP's.

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Surf's Up No.39? I see what you mean bud. There are just so many classic albums out there. And it's a generational thing tbh - the late 70's was my era so there's bound to be more from say 1978-1984 in here than from someone 10-15 years younger, who would probably be more like Nom on here into the late 60s and 70s.
Anyway, we're nearly half way through the list already so stand by for some of the true classics from next week onwards. I'm just as excited as you are bud - I try not to see what's coming next until I post the following album!

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I loved Free,very popular up here in Newcastle area, but i never got to see them, just could not connect.

I also liked Abba, my wifes faves, so i used to buy their albums when they came out but secretly enjoyed listening to them myself. Knackered my Prog Rock street cred but crafted pop.

Still enjoying this Floydy, im intrigued to see what will top the list.

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

Definitely with you about Abba. People dismiss them as a simple pop group but their production was second to none. Tracks like 'The Winner Takes It All' and 'Thank You For The Music' were exceptionally well made songs.
Don't worry about the street creed Nom, it's good to have diverse tastes.

Top of the tree? You'll have to wait and see

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By the way, I was saying yesterday that I only had 999 albums in the list.
I've since discovered after trawling through the lot that it was all to do with that Bee Gees fvck up with Odessa. I had moved it up higher and swapped a couple of albums around without putting one of them back in the list. From an earlier saved draught I have found the missing album, which would have been a calamity because it's a stunner.
Makes no difference to you folks as what you don't know about you wouldn't have missed but I'd have been positively suicidal at the thought!