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Hast mich inspiriert, nach tatsächlich über 35 Jahren mal wieder Alan P. zu hören, dieses war mein Lieblingsalbum, knapp vor I Robot und Pyramid. Damals so oft gehört, dass ich sie noch immer fast auswendig kann. Sehr schönes Video mit guten Infos 🙂

Since talking about the Alan Parsons Project on my channel, I’ve got I Robot, Pyramid, Eve, Turn of a Friendly Card, Eye in the Sky, Ammonia Avenue and Vulture Culture on vinyl. Haven’t seen this one in the wild but I found it … intriguing if nothing else 😂 nice to hear your thoughts on this album and to see you come up on my feed again. Hope all is well with you, all the best from England !

Wonderful. I enjoy these nostalgic visits down the memory lane. But I also didn't know about the Debussy part. Also, what a nice idea to create these transitions with the book pages. Great stuff!

Interesting video. Well done.

Nicely done review. And I appreciate Nevermore’s presence throughout.

Great ranking. Great video.

One of my favorite composers.

Frohes Neues Jahr ... mit ganz viel Liebe, Glück und Gesundheit und viel guter Musik ... ich hoffe, du hast nicht zu viel Geld in die Luft geblasen. Bei mir waren es genau NULL Euro. Dafür habe ich schon die ersten 4 Konzerte "gebongt" : Australian Pink Floyd Show, Von Hertzen Brothers, Candy Dulfer und Ayreon ... wär da was für dich dabei ? bis bald ... ich muss noch dein letztes Tape Memories Video anschauen ...

SF Sorrow is such a downer album, the last 3 tracks are punches to the gut. A much more impactful ending than Tommy opening a pinball camp, or whatever nonsense going on in that Nirvana album, which is too convoluted to count. Crazy how losing Dick Taylor and taking on an interim guitarists resulted in the arguably superior Parachute.

Rambling man sounded like Emmy Lou Harris

The Seeds are an acquired taste. They were musically limited, though they still had their own sound. Their sound becomes tiring quickly for many, but I find them intriguing. Though they weren't the greatest players and songwriters, they're more interesting than a lot of their garage rock contemporaries because of Saxon's weird attitude and vocal delivery.

Enjoy life my friend

I love it❤

Wishing you a Merry Christmas with your loved ones❤

Seasons Greetings to you Mighty Murdock. Hope 2025 brings you a whole range of enjoyable musical experiences. And Oasis.

C arl sagan song is amazing

Thank you so much for introducing these band's I've never heard of ❤

Well done.

Great video, a nice introduction for anyone who's not familiar with Oldfield.

Enjoyed this video. I always enjoy these forays into an entire body of work. The cover of "Five Miles Out" by Gerald Coulson is still one of my most favourite album covers of all time. Sure, it is corny or naive, but I am a sucker for nostalgia. I was kinda sure that your 5th pick would be "Amarok". But then again, the task was "introductory videos" and not a favourite. Wonder how your Top5 would differ from this selection here.

Wow. That was an amazing list. I love it that it isn't the tired same songs. Fantastic.

I'm a massive Mike Oldfield fan. I have every album and so many rare an non album tracks. I got into him around the late 1980s through listening to my mother's Tubular Bells and Platinum LPs. I started my own collecting journey around 1993. Sadly he's criminally underrated in the UK as most people only know him for Tubular Bells, Blue Peter, In Dulci Jubilo and Moonlight Shadow. Hopefully your video will enlighten people. My 5 would be Tubular Bells Ommadawn Discovery The Songs Of Distant Earth Music Of The Spheres

Good lesson in Mike Oldfield. I’m one of those that only know Tubular Bells. Your description of his music has me interested. First off, I was not aware that he had vocals on other songs. I thought all of his music was instrumsntal. I will check him out on Spotify.

Hallo Toby und Stefan, höre mir gerade euer Video an und muss sagen, dass eine Aussage wie "ich hasste es" sehr traurig macht. Also ich persönlich bewerte Musik, die ich nicht mag, mit einem "gefällt mir nicht", aber hassen ? Das ist doch sehr negativ ☹ Meine musikalische Reise ging anfangs der 70er los mit Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, meine ersten selbst entdeckten Lieblingsbands waren UFO und Slade. Durch meinen älteren Bruder kannte ich alle Prog Bands : King Crimson, Genesis, Yes, ELP , Jethro Tull und Pink Floyd (wo man sich immer streitet, ist es Prog oder nicht). Meine erste eigene Prog Entdeckung war Eloy, die ich bis Ende der 70er liebte, dann kam Rush und 1989 Dream Theater. Ich mochte schon das erste Album aber mit James LaBrie waren sie perfekt ... für 'ne ganz lange Zeit. Ich habe DT seit 2000 19mal live gesehen, anfangs fast nur Männer, höchstens mit gelangweilten Frauen 🤣. Pink Floyd's Meddle ist nicht mein favourite PF Album, da steht definitiv Wish You Were Here vor Dark Side Of The Moon. Da es das Original nicht mehr gibt, war ich letztes Jahr bei der Australian Pink Floyd Show. Sie spielten das komplette Dark Side ... Album und machten das auch sehr gut. Da ich PF nie live sah, brauche ich auch nicht zu vergleichen .... und im Februar gibt es dann Wish You Were Here ... ich freue mich 😄🤘Auch hier wieder die Aussage "ich hasse diese Alben" 😵‍💫 Jethro Tull war lange Zeit "meines Bruders Band", ich konnte auch nicht viel mit Anderson's Geflöte anfangen, aber irgendwann im Leben ändert man schon mal seine Meinung. Aber mein Lieblings-Tull Album ist Aqualung. Ich freue mich über dieses "Happy End", ich dachte schon, es gibt einen kompletten Verriss 🤣

Doves are a great band, Lost Souls is in my top 5 favourite albums of all time. If ever I want to reset my mood (too high or too low) I put it on and I feel normalised by the end of Firesuite. This is a fantastic single, much like Carousels almost 5 years ago. Sadly the Universal Want didn't quite hit the mark for me. I just hope the album can live up to this as a single.

Thank you for this! Doves is one of my all-time favourite bands and your discussion is spot on. They have never produced a substandard album, and I love your description of their mood as melancholic but never depressing. This song is, as you say, immediately recognisable as Doves. Love it. I will be seeing them twice on their upcoming tour, minus Jimi sadly, but cannot wait. (This is the first of your videos I've seen but will definitely check out some more.)

I think it’s fair to say that Doves never had any hits in the States, so there’s a good chance that your American viewers have never heard of them. I got on board with The Last Broadcast, and even though I followed them through the next couple of albums, they didn’t stick with me as much as TLB, to the point where Kingdom Of Rust is one of those records I bought but never really listened to. I can’t even say I think it’s bad… it just fell through the cracks for me, and I skipped their previous reunion album. The singer’s voice has weathered into Guy Garvey territory a bit. Not sure if I’ll get this or not. I did just buy the new Cure record, not having bought one since Wild Mood Swings, so who knows?

Great reaction! It's not as strong as "Pounding" or "Black and White Town" in terms of great Doves singles, but great to have them back!

The samples you played sounded pretty good. I think I’ve heard of them, just haven’t heard them. Gonna check them out on Spotify.

but no, catchy great pop/synth song.

The vines sind super

Amaizing video horibel list

Its class

Good track, I think this would've been a big one back in the 90s tbf

I only have Leaders Of The Free World”. Great album. There’s something about those bands from Manchester. They tend to. Mix the right amount of melancholy.

Interesting choice for a review, I suppose because that was your personal introduction to the band. To me, BaRB is the last album of their stellar run. I started listening with Cast Of Thousands. They’ve certainly had songs I’ve loved since BaRB came out, but not so much full albums. Guy Garvey has my favorite voice in contemporary music, though. So lived-in and world-weary, but also warm and enveloping. Nice review.

Reluctant to criticise, but it’s not their finest hour and reminds me somewhat of late period Ultravox, and that’s not a compliment…

First time I listened to this track ...... I didn't like it, it seemed flat, maybe uninspired... and now of course haha .... upon further listening I quite like it. I agree with you, it's catchy. MSP are one of my all time fav bands, I do hold them in very high regard, and I know they're full catalogue of songs inside and out. Cheers, keep up the good work.

manics for me are this weird band where the more "dark" or "punk" their songs wants to be the more "poppy" they actually sounds, like trying too hard. And the more "poppy" their songs are actually the more rock'n'roll they sound.

Thanks for this dude, more people need to listen to this band!! Favorite track is Alabama, just a beautiful song.

Great footage! Thanks! 😊 I was sat at the opposite side when I saw Runrig play there a few years back. Love the hoodie!

Just spotted your video! Thanks for posting Murdock! 😊

Glad Jethro Tull landed on top. I too feel musically overwhelmed with most of the K.C. catalog and underwhelmed with P. F.’s music when I compare it to their reputations. Tull plays everything which defies categorization and when they venture into other genres they do it better than bands who exclusively do it.

Back in the day, "prog rock" did not exist. No band headlined themselves as such. What each band did was to do was present new sounds, new ideas, new creativity. They would admit / aspire to being "progressive" though. Prog, as a label, was a mid / late 90s thing. Think Dream Theater (esp. the later works). Often they follow a formula - yes, some novelty (esp. later on) but none of the original bands had a formula.... ever! :)

Great in-depth album review.