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No.401: "Vienna" by Ultravox (1980)


Notable of course for the memorable video of the title track and the song's famous battering by Joe Dolce keeping that great song from No.1, electronic pioneers Ultravox were one of the great electronic-new romantic bands of the early eighties. here's that video again, plus one from the previous single 'Passing Strangers' which I love and still can't believe it only reached No.57 in the top 40 - and that was when the charts meant something!




Your list 450-401 coming in a minute.
I may return tonight, though that will depend on how nice the ale is this afternoon out with my buddies.

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450-401:

450-ELBOW-The Seldom Seen Kid-2008
449-BOZ SCAGGS-Silk Degrees-1976
448-BILLY JOEL-The Bridge-1986
447-ELTON JOHN-Tumbleweed Connection-1970
446-JONI MITCHELL-Blue-1971
445-CLASH-The Clash-1977
444-NEIL YOUNG-Journey Through The Past (Soundtrack)-1972
443-KING CRIMSON-The Court Of The Crimson King-1969
442-IAN DURY-New Boots & Panties-1977
441-GENE CLARK-White Light-1971
440-FLEETWOOD MAC-Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac-1968
439-ARCADE FIRE-Funeral-2005
438-FEVER TREE-Fever Tree-1968
437-DOORS-Waiting For The Sun-1968
436-NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS-Tender Prey-1988
435-PETER GABRIEL-So-1986
434-KILLERS-Hot Fuss-2004
433-JIM CROCE-You Don’t Mess Around With Jim-1972
432-ENIGMA-Enigma 2 – The Cross Of Changes-1993
431-FLEETWOOD MAC-Tango In The Night-1987
430-ELTON JOHN-21 At 33-1980
429-MARILLION-Clutching At Straws-1987
428-DONNA SUMMER-Live And More-1978
427-STATUS QUO-Piledriver-1973
426-LEONARD COHEN-Songs Of Leonard Cohen-1967
425-KINKS-The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society-1968
424-BLANCMANGE-Happy Families-1982
423-HUMAN LEAGUE-Travelogue-1980
422-GRATEFUL DEAD-Workingman’s Dead-1970
421-GARY NUMAN-Jagged-2006
420-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Magic-2007
419-DAVID BOWIE-Young Americans-1975
418-ALAN PARSONS-On Air-1996
417-DOORS-The Soft Parade-1969
416-JAMES TAYLOR-Sweet Baby James-1970
415-PRETTY THINGS-S.F. Sorrow-1968
414-GOMEZ-Bring It On-1998
413-ABBA-Super Trouper-1980
412-LEONARD COHEN-Songs From A Room-1969
411-DIRE STRAITS-Communique-1979
410-ROXY MUSIC-Avalon-1982
409-PAUL WELLER-Stanley Road-1995
408-VAN MORRISON-Saint Dominic’s Preview-1972
407-LED ZEPPELIN-Presence-1976
406-EAGLES-Desperado-1973
405-STEELY DAN-Aja-1977
404-DAVID BOWIE-Diamond Dogs-1974
403-BYRDS-Mr. Tambourine Man-1965
402-BEATLES-Let It Be-1970
401-ULTRAVOX-Vienna-1980

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

Here's a very moving version of 'So long Marianne', Songs of Leonard Cohen



Letter he wrote to her on learning of her looming death

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^ Beautiful version that one, Warleyron. Does that appear on a compilation somewhere?

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Back from the pub and into the 400 we go...

No.400: "Desire" by Bob Dylan (1976)


Bob Dylan lost it a little in the early seventies but definitely regained his status as the greatest living songwriter come the middle of that decade with Blood On The Tracks (still to come) and then Desire a year later. Couple of the best songs from this album:

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No.399: "Southern Accents" by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1985)


Mid-80's commerciality didn't bother Tom Petty, he just carried on with his good old rock and roll like Neil Young would in his own fad-free manner.
Southern Accents is one of very best releases and features this great MTV-friendly video ofhis Alice In Wonderland patiche:

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No.398: "Hypnotised" by The Undertones (1980)


Feargal Sharkey says he wasn't photogenic enough to appear on the sleeve of this album, so they had a pic of the O'Neill brother having breakfast instead (!). Besides that unfortunate sleeve, there were some classic pop moments to be had inside with those Beatles album.

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No.397: "Second Helping" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (1974)


Taking their name from their old geography teacher at school (Leonard Skinner), the band came onto the southern rock scene in 1973 with their debut and that amazing instant classic 'Freebird'. Following it up with this album came an equally great song in 'Sweet Home Alabama'. That track is featured in amazing quality now with the full band just weeks before half of them perished in a plane crash in 1977, plus an earlier version of 'Don't Ask Me No Questions' from the tour which followed this album.

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No.396: "Hopes And Fears" by Keane (2004)


The guitar-free band from the early noughties led by the sometimes troubled Tom Chaplin soon took the world by storm on a par with Coldplay with their superior melodic indie-rock. Four excellent singles came off this album including these, the first track, plus the amazing 'Bedshaped':

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No.395: "Remain In Light" by Talking Heads (1980)


Embracing the MTV era four years before it even existed with the sublime video to 'Once In A Lifetime', David Byrne and his madcap band Talking Heads were never too shy to experiment with new sounds. For these ears, Remain In Light was their best album, full of strange weird noises and quirky, haunting songs.