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

You know Floydy I have to compliment you on this thread.
The amount of different styled music's I have listened to on this thread and also for dusting off a lot of old cobwebs on music I had forgotten.
If I had to compare I would say.
These past few weeks as been like eating sherbet fizzy powder.
Its waking up my brain cells.

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

Thanks for the compliment, Longfellow. It's appreciated

It surprised me when I was compiling it how many albums needed to be a top 1000 list. I had to miss many out, some on retrospect maybe should have stayed I the place of a few others...but never mind, most of the list turned pretty well as it was intended.

I enjoy posting the extracts as well. Sometimes there isn't too much time, but it's not a trawl and we're a quarter of the way through almost, so we're getting towards some real classic albums. All our tastes are different of course and that's why it's good to surprise people with those long lost records they had forgotten about.

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

Very underwhelmed by Screamadelica at the time.A couple of good tracks lots of not much.Can't listen to it all now.

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

With certain records of that late 80's-early 90's era it's remembering where I was at a particular time, and this one reminds me of when I was in my 'last days of going to nightclubs' before I began to get sensible and calm down a little lol.
Same with Happy Mondays and the Stone Roses. Of all those bands I probably only have time for the Roses and some New Order stuff - they come later

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

I wanted to say so much about this album Floydy and the pic on the front. So many memories but I think I will just have a lie down instead.

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

I understand completely mate. Debbie Harry was probably my first crush. Those Smash Hits centrefolds on my bedroom wall when I was thirteen. Her and Kate Bush.

Three more Blondie albums still to come

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

Today we're taking this down to the 3/4 mark with five albums...

No.755: "Into The Blues" by Joan Armatrading (2007)


Until I came across this album purely by chance, I wouldn't have put Joan Armatrading down as a blues artist. But she delivers this stuff like the best of 'em. This is a live recording of a highlight from this superb release:

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

No.754: "North Marine Drive" by Ben Watt (1983)


Ben Watt, one half of Everything But The Girl and his debut solo album on Cherry Red from 1983. This continued his style of songwriting about personal places and people he knew. This song is a beautiful single from the album, whose title incidentally is named after the main promenade at Bridlington.

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No.753: "The Whippoorwill" by Blackberry Smoke (2012)


Third album so far in the list from this Eagles-influenced country-blues rock band who are going down great guns all over the world at last (after eight albums). On my list as a must see live band.

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No.752: "Mother Nature Calls" by Cast (1997)


Follow-up to their excellent debut (coming later), Scouse band cast were somewhat left in the sidelines of the 90's indie scene while their contemporaries such as Oasis, Blue, Pulp and Suede were enjoying the high life. Great live, this band did actually achieve more top 10 hit singles than most of the others in their short career.