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

Well I must say we did get through this 50 rather quickly. 500-451:

500-WHITE STRIPES-Elephant-2003
499-SPIRIT-Spirit Of ‘76-1975
498-SIMPLY RED-Stars-1991
497-JOHN MAYALL-Blues From Laurel Canyon-1968
496-ONLY ONES-The Only Ones-1978
495-BEACH BOYS-Smiley Smile-1967
494-BAND-Music From Big Pink-1968
493-GARBAGE-Garbage-1995
492-YES-Time And A Word-1970
491-THEM-Them-1965
490-SIMPLE MINDS-New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)-1982
489-PULP-His ‘N’ Hers-1994
488-RAMONES-Ramones-1976
487-NICK DRAKE-Five Leaves Left-1970
486-MIKE OLDFIELD-Hergest Ridge-1974
485-JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-Surrealistic Pillow-1967
484-BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND-Nine Tonight-1981
483-BAD COMPANY-Bad Co.-1974
482-BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS-Exodus-1977
481-EAGLES-Long Road Out Of Eden-2007
480-DARTS-The Amazing Darts-1978
479-HAWKWIND-In Search Of Space-1971
478-JOHNNY CASH-American III – Solitary Man-2000
477-NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS-Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus-2004
476-MARILLION-Brave-1994
475-THIN LIZZY-Jailbreak-1976
474-ROY BUCHANAN-The Prophet-1972
473-PETER FRAMPTON-Frampton Comes Alive-1976
472-METALLICA-…And Justice For All-1988
471-CHRISTOPHER CROSS-Christopher Cross-1980
470-GENESIS-Foxtrot-1972
469-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Human Touch-1992
468-ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-The Allman Brothers Band-1969
467-STEPHEN STILLS-Stephen Stills-1970
466-U2-Rattle And Hum-1988
465-ZZ TOP-Afterburner-1985
464-HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH-Cracked Rear View-1995
463-GOMEZ-Liquid Skin-1999
462-BLACK CROWES-The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion-1992
461-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL-Willy And The Poor Boys-1969
460-R.E.M.-Reveal-2001
459-U2-Achtung Baby-1991
458-UNDERTONES-The Sin Of Pride-1983
457-STRANGLERS-La Folie-1981
456-PAUL RODGERS-Muddy Water Blues-1993
455-FREE-Heartbreaker-1973
454-KILLERS-Sawdust-2007
453-GARY MOORE-Still Got The Blues-1990
452-JOE BONAMASSA-Blues Of Desperation-2016
451-ERIC CLAPTON-August-1986

May be back tonight depending on the quantity and quality of real ale I end up tasting on this afternoon's pleasure trail

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

Whats a huff between music lovers Floydy and there will always be someone who will rain on your music parade

Just an observation on Gary Moore. The Loner is without doubt one of his finest emotional recordings especially when you take into consideration his addiction. Says a lot for the musician in him that he could still produce music like that.

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

Well Floydy i may not comment much now but i still look in,mi have several music threads ruinng that get no comments but plenty of views but my stuff tends away from yours in as much as if far more esoteric and leftfield in nature.

Of course we take our personal choices as things of beauty and sacrosanct.

Its fair to say so far we share tastes in about 10% of what you share, and of the other 90% only about 3% are new to me, i will keep an eye out for that Paul Rodgers album. Im firmly fixed in a generation before you, but my music spans every decade up to today.

So keep them coming its your list, and folks are responding,

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

Undertones, The Killers, Stranglers - Three favourites of mine.

Golden Brown as you say Floydy was a bit uncharacteristic at the time. I think it's a great song but I preferred the 70's stuff - Go Buddy Go, Peaches, Something better change and my favourite - No more heroes.

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

Good call, Solo. Let's have a bit of that now.

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

very true, Nom. It's hard to keep everyone satisfied when it's personal choice, and perhaps I'm expecting too much for others to pop in here. It would be the same about the gardening thread for instance, I'm not into gardening at all so why should I talk about tomato plants. Or cats, or cakes etc.
Each to their own but it's nice top see a little bit of feedback, however brief.

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

Yeah, gritty and edgy guitar music, can't beat it. Something that's lost with the kids of today, unless they venture outside the charts.

I'll play some more Stranglers later in the list if that's okay, Longdogs as there's plenty more to come, No More Heroes obviously amongst them.

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

Time for some more?

No.450: "The Seldom Seen Kid" by Elbow (2008)


The wonderfully down to earth Guy Garvey and his band Elbow who finally broke through into the mainstream after three earlier unsuccessful albums. Great live live, here are two of the singles from this excellent release:

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No.449: "Silk Degrees" by Boz Scaggs (1976)


One of those true mid-70's classic songwriter albums, this time from Boz Scaggs who still records today (one of his most recent albums being the excellent 'Memphis'). Too many good tracks to play including the disco 'What Can I Say?' and the ballad 'We're All Alone', which was a big hit for Rita Coolidge, but these other two were a couple of singles from the album:

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

No.448: "The Bridge" by Billy Joel (1986)


It goes without saying that we have got over half way through this list without nary a mention of the cool, hip Long Islander they call Billy Joel. No reason for that except that his songwriting is of such a high calibre that the albums start this high up with many more to follow.
The Bridge was one of those pretty forgettable albums to many who would easily mention Joel's previous release An Innocent Man but forget about this one totally, which is a pity to be honest as it's a pretty fine album. No hits from it though for some reason (in the UK anyway) which was a total contrast from the seven released from that big earlier 1983 record.
The songs I'll select here are the uptempo single 'A Matter Of Trust' and the duet with Ray Charles 'Baby Grand', still a live staple in Billy's rare tours.