I was thinking about "Made in Heaven". IMO, no album can be as "last" as this one... The title says it all. For me it's the best last album ! "Mother Love"... that Brian was obligated to finish singing... Brings me thrills every time.
I am not a big fan of Queen, I've seen them twice back in 75 and 77... But other than their first two albums, I'm more of a casual listener... However, I love 'Innuendo'
In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin. It always gets overlooked. After the remaster that Jimmy did, some of those songs sound really good and fresh. Carouselambra is mostly keyboards, but around 4:05 the section changes. Jimmy comes in with such a growling guitar with a perfect dark tone that it shakes my house when cranked up. This album deserves more respect. Note: I know CODA was their last release, but they were older songs from previous years, not new studio material.
@@kitoyobeni1 Me too, I can’t watch the videos and I have really only played Blackstar on the odd occasion, I know it’s great but I was since early 74 , Bowie was/ is still a part of my life !
David Bowie's Black Star is the ultimate last album by any artist in music in my modest opinion. An artistic and creative farewell as huge as the artist. An album far, far ahead of its time in originality and creativity. So far ahead, that it seeks to overcome the death of its creator as if cheating fate. Great show as always with the P dream team of Pardo and Popoff. Honourable mention: Clockwork Angels by Rush.
I'm one of the few that *REALLY HATES BLACKSTAR.* Heard it three times. Hated the album more each time. Rather listen to *Let's Dance* or even *Scary Monsters* instead.
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 It was uncomfortable to listen to for me because he was struggling with death related issues in his own creative way. Not sure I can comprehend it. May give it another listen.
@@hanksta34 - *That's not it.* That *Bowie was dying* making this album. I just hated the music on that album. If Bowie dying was the answer. Then *I should of hated Queen's Innuendo* since Freddie was dying making it. *Which I don't* since there's songs such as *"I'm Going Slightly Mad"* on that album I truly love.
Wish I could agree with you. And if Scary Monsters was Bowie's last album, I most likely would. But Black Star? I find it dull and boring. I want to like it because of the circumstances under which it was made, but I just don't enjoy the songs. "Heathen" was the last Bowie album I enjoyed. But even that was nowhere near his best.
I agree. Roxy going out in style. Funny though, I really didn't like it that much when it first came out. I loved For Your Pleasure and Stranded, and at first blush, Avalon was too mellow for me. Not enough Phil, and no Paul Thompson. Love it now though.
Fugazi - The Argument Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Screaming Trees - Dust Joy Division - Closer David Bowie - Blackstar Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Nick Drake - Pink Moon Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town Slint - Spiderland Husker Du - Warehouse Songs and Stories Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Nirvana - In Utero Cathedral - The Last Spire Celtic Frost - Monotheist Death - The Sound of Perseverance Johnny Cash - American IV (last one before he died) The Doors - LA Woman (yeah, not interested in any quibbles about this one)
Good to see some love for Van Halen - "A Different Kind of Truth". I waited 28 years for this album (1984-2012) and they didn't disappoint. BTW... there's no such thing as "too much" David Lee Roth.
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul White Lion - Mane Attraction My Bloody Valentine - m b v The Smiths - Strangeways The Doors - L.A. Woman Rush - Clockwork Angels
the last Death album might the their best album...... it's like Chuck already knew it'll be his last masterpiece..... that's what I call "going out with a BANG"
I think Motorhead's Bad Magic qualifies as a best last album, if for no other reason than it's a great example of Motorhead's unrelenting and uncompromising nature. They were doing the same basic things on that album (loud, fast, greasy rock 'n' roll) as they were on their classics from 40 years earlier.
@@joeking5310 I know that this is an unpopular opinion, and I do love "Ladyland," but I love "Band of Gypsies" even more. That funky, soulful hard rock just scratches my itch every time that I hear it! BOG happens to have been the favorite Hendrix album of Miles Davis. The recent "Songs for Groovy Children" live box set of the "BOG" concerts is so good too!
@@joeking5310 Well, not Hendrix's last album altogether, but the last by the band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Band of Gypsys is a live album done without the 'Experience' band and Cry of Love counts more as a compilation album, IMO, being a posthumous release.
I Love The Donnas! I didn't like Bitchin' so much. I feel Gold Medal is their crowning achievement but my favorite is Get Skintight or Spend The Night.
Great shows Pete ‘ really enjoy you’re shows ‘ found your channel on my tv and my wife says every time she looks at the tv now you’re on it . Rick from England 🏴
Isis - Wavering Radiant Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Nirvana - In Utero Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles Joy Division - Closer
The Original Alice Cooper Band - Muscle Of Love (1973) (don't know if that counts) David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) The Sweet - Identity Crisis (1982) Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (2008) The Verve - Fourth (2008) Queen - Innuendo (1991) (no Made In Heaven doesn't count) Cinderella - Still Climbing (1994)
Cinderella- still climbing Van Halen- a different kind of truth Zeppelin- In Through the Out door (I’m pretty sure Coda wasn’t a studio album. Someone correct me if it is)
@@rumblehat4357 that’s what I thought. I just couldn’t remember if it was purely outtakes or if those were songs in progress when he died and they finished up in the studio afterwards
I just love when Martin throws an odd ball like he did with Hüsker Dü. Pete was spot on with Rush, the Bros. and Death. And so was Martin with Hüsker, VH and Bowie. The last albums that pop to mind not mentioned are MC5' High Time (their best IMO), The Replacements' All Shook Down, Kyuss' And the Circus..., Joy Division's Closer and The Jam's The Gift.
Whether you go with last recorded or last released, it's either Abbey Road or Let it Be for me. 2. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 3. Cream - Goodbye 4. The Police - Synchronicity The Doors - LA Woman would be on here if they didn't put their name on two more releases after Jim.
You couldn't get a perfect closer of a song like "The Garden" from a closer of a terrific final albums by Canadian greats Rush. As for Bowie's Blackstar, you won't find a better farewell record IMO. So unfortunate how he went out but consider it a celebration to his career and for the fans.
Hopefully NOT their last album, but if it turns out to be so, The Symbol Remains is a kickass BÖC album. With Eric and Buck both in their 70’s, not sure how much longer they’re going to hang on.
"The Symbol Remains" is *such* a good album-- I would even go so far as to say that it's a late-career masterpiece, and I want to hear *many* of the songs live!-- but I do hope that they have at least one more new album in them before they stop. This incarnation of the band is so good that it deserves to heard on even more great new material!
I'm gonna vote for another album very early in this video! Queen's 'Innuendo' album from 1991! Songwriting is sick, Steve Howe shows up for the title track. Freddie's vocals are thin but totally on point. I do not count 'Made In Heaven,' which I see as Queen's cash grab in 1995, even though it has several post-'Innuendo' tracks where Mercury and company are still in top form. EDIT - Seeing Blackstar here is bittersweet. Excellent album by all means! It was released on my mother's birthday on January 8th (who had passed in 2013 of cancer), and Bowie died on my birthday on January 10th. The passing of time sucks...
@@robertsaul234 Granted... and also considering that the released album was the Phil Spector produced version - all 1970. It could go like this... 'Get back' album (some of Glyn Johns' compilations), Abbey Road, more 'Get back' versions by Glyn Johns, and finally 'Let it Be' by Phil Spector... oh and the more recent 'naked' version of 2003.
Good choice. I thnk by the time it was released after a difficult gestation in which Gerry Rafferty got removed as producer, they were barely speaking to each other.
@@adz693 That’s why Richard is sitting on the floor on the cover with Linda’s portrait on the wall. Photographer Gered Mankovitz couldn’t get them in the same room to do a duo portrait.
Great show Pete and Martin! Before watching I thought of the Allman Brothers Band's Hittin' the Note and Husker Du's Warehouse: Songs and Stories. Another one that I thought of is Little Feat's Rooster Rag (2012). They are still together but I would be surprised if they recorded another album after this wonderful one that they recorded with Paul Barrere (RIP).
Zappa's "The Yellow Shark" was the last official album released while he was alive, and it's marvelous. A masterpiece. I bought it the day it was released. Very beautiful.
So glad to see "Hitting' the Note" on there. It was my first thought when I saw the topic. Also, Gregg Allman's "Southern Blood" should be considered. You could easily do this again for solo acts. Gregg Allman, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, etc.
My favourite has to be David Bowie’s Blackstar. I never really listened to much of his stuff at all, then one day in the spring of 2017 while I was away in an unfamiliar city for school I went to Wal Mart and saw that CD sitting there. I had heard good things so I bought it on a whim. Didn’t have a CD player at the time other than in my car so I went to a thrift store and grabbed a CD Walkman for 10 bucks, went back to my dorm room, laid down on my bed and put the album on. I can see how it might not be immediate for some but it blew my mind on first listen. Since then I have gone back and fallen in love with a lot of his back catalogue (mostly the 70s stuff) and I now rank him in my top 5 favourite artists of all time! There are a lot of great ones though, here are some others I really dig: Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning Death - The Sound of Perseverance Aphrodite’s Child - 666 Porcupine Tree - The Incident Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal Celtic Frost - Monotheist The Beatles - Let it Be Coroner - Grin Emperor - Prometheus Edge of Sanity - Crimson II The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Landberk - Indian Summer Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town Mahogany Rush - Eye of the Storm The Move - Message from the Country Nick Drake - Pink Moon The Police - Synchronicity Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles Rush - Clockwork Angels Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Steamhammer - Speech System of a Down - Hypnotize Web - I Spider
@@Yaktahbay I think it’s a pretty interesting album with the mix of the quirky Beatles-esque songs and the heavier ones. I also really enjoy that very unique bright bass tone that’s used on some tracks (such as “The Minister”, as well as the heavier guitar riffs like on the title cut as well as the great vocal harmonies.
@@haitolawrence5986 I don't count that one because about half of it was previously released material that had been reworked. I like it a lot as an album though.
@@briandunlap8534 I know what you mean. Technically CODA is the last Led Zep studio album even though it's just a collection of material that didn't make it on to other albums. Most people would ignore that release and In Through the Out Door would be considered their last album. Still if you check out their discography CODA sits at the very end. The word CODA even actually means the end or conclusion of a piece of music. Oh well. 🤷♂️
Great episode! Lot of variety on today's show. Some of my faves: The Black Crowes - Before the Frost.....Until the Freeze (my favorite of theirs on some days) Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne The Replacements - All Shook Down (my favorite batch of songs from the band) The Police - Synchronicity (Going out on top!)
Great topic Martin and Pete, also great pics. A few that I can think of right now: Be Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic UK - Danger Money Gentle Giant - Civilian
Excellent show! And WOW, Martin keeps surprising me with his picks. Never had I thought that I would see the mighty Hüsker Dü being mentioned on this channel, but kudos to Martin for picking them here. 👍
Great choice in talking about Rush, and their last album, I don't know if you view it this way? but for me ,and a lot of fans, think that it was another Masterpiece,like Moving Pictures or 2112 ,of course many think that Permanent Waves was another classic,But this band when they were in their prime, could do no wrong! and with time and the passing of Neil ,it only gets better with age!
Would also mention these albums : Type O Negative - Dead Again Celtic Frost - Monotheist Ramones - Adios Amigos Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing Bathory - Nordland II Windir - Likferd
Great great picks. We may forget the less obvious stuff from time to time but thanks to you reminding us we can go back and listen to a that old gold stuff. All good. ✌️
"Coliseum Rock" - Starz "The Sky Is Crying" - Stevie Ray Vaughan "Made of Metal" - Halford "Danger Money" - U.K. "Innuendo" - Queen ("Made In Heaven" was a money grab post Freddie's passing)
Glad to see an SRV appearance, But The Sky Is Crying was a compilation of unreleased stuff. In Step was the 4th and final proper album and definitely the best and most polished of the 4 studio releases by the late great SRV.
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock, Gentle Giant - Civilian, The Cars - Move Like This, The Sound - Thunder Up, The Comsat Angels - The Glamour Great idea and great show!
It's great to see Martin give some recognition to Max Webster . Pete , you're right when you say that they never put out a bad album. I would see them in early 70's when they played the clubs around Toronto . They used to throw in some Deep Purple and Tull covers that were great . I also saw them open for the Strawbs at Maple Leaf Gardens , and Dave Cousins from the Strawbs took a minute or two on stage to talk about how impressed he was with their songs and their playing . You don't see that too often from the main acts . Good video !
@limeyleafsfan Yes , they should be more well known . It must have been great to see them at the Marquee . Whenever I 've been in London , I usually take a walk through Soho , and have passed it many times . There was never a band playing there that I wanted to see at the time . Anyway , seeing Max Webster live was always a lot of fun . Cheers !
@limeyleafsfan Yes , I should have gone in to see the Marquee ( regardless of who was playing there ) when I had the chance . You get fooled into thinking that a place this famous will always be around . Max Webster always had a full house no matter what size club they were playing in Toronto . And , of course , whenever they played Toronto Tontos , the crowd would go crazy .
When we saw Let It Be on the store shelves we had no clue The Beatles were done. In 1970, I was 18 and ready to graduate high school. Music news was very sparse unless it was on the media at the time we were clueless. Seeing McCartney on the shelf and All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band pretty much proved they were gone.
Popoff and Pardo with another great topic. Thanks, gents, for this entertaining show and hoping you will consider a.follow up episode of the topic. Many of my picks have already been posted by others here but I would include Spilt Milk by Jellyfish, Pink Moon by Nick Drake , and Avalon by Roxy Music. And to echo others, the albums Pearl, Electric Ladyland, and LA Woman.
Always enjoy these videos. Great way to discover bands I’ve not heard of before. Maybe one day a favourite guilty pleasure album? Sure there’s some surprises in that collection
A great album. Long Cold Winter is up there with Led Zeppelin 2 as a bands second album. Heartbreak station is also great. One of my favorite 80s band, although strangely did not care that much for the first album.
Hypnotic Eye-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Their last studio album. Fault Lines is a rockin' song. American Dream Plan B is also worth listening to. This album has a good sound quality to it. And, the band were in great form, while having a good time. It's sad that Tom is gone. His later albums were pretty damn good in my opinion.
As final albums go, _Blackstar_ is pretty much perfect. As is Joy Division's _Closer_ (which was the last LP they recorded, but was followed by the posthumous compilation _Still,_ so...does that count?).
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople Skyhooks - Guilty Until Proven Insane The Raspberries - Starting Over Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth Earth To Andy - Sticks The Landing My Sister's Machine - Wallflower
Bob Marley & The Wailers-'Uprising'. It contains some of Bob's most well known and classic songs like 'Could You Be Loved' and the very last track 'Redemption Song'. Great swansong.
Bolt Thrower - For Those Once Loyal. Death - The Sound of Perseverance. Motorhead - Bad Magic. Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning. Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy. Celtic Frost - Monotheist. I really enjoy all of these albums and they're all quite different, which is great.
Here's my list: David Bowie - "Black Star" Tom Waits - "Bad As Me" Billy Joel - "River of Dreams" The Police - "Synchronicity" George Harrison - "Brainwashed" Prince - "Hit 'N' Run: Phase 2" Leonard Cohen - "You Want it Darker" John Martyn - "Heaven and Earth" Leon Russel - "On a Distant Shore" Johnny Cash - "American V: A Hundred Highways"
George Harrison looks like a pick as a nice reminder but gradually growing out of him as a whole - from a begging korean province laughed and rightfully disdained below a bug even as a whole spiritually even among all asians
Rush - Clockwork Angels. I miss Rush and looking forward to new Rush material but at least the band went out on a high note.
I so love Rush but Clockwork Angels did nothing for me.
Geddy and Alex are working on new material as we speak so i've heard
I agree.
I prefer the previous album, Snakes and Arrows, by far.
I did not like Vapor Trails. I know alot of Rush fans didn't either
If none of them release another, Deep Purple, Kansas, and BOC all released terrific albums in 2020!
The Police - Synchronicity....
A masterpiece. Not sure how that slipped by.
@@GranvilleGuitars Maybe they'll bring it up in part 2? I haven't heard that album yet, but I've read good reviews on it.
@@GranvilleGuitars agreed, great choice. Their best IMO.
The ultimate last album. Strange it wasn't mentioned. It's so good, I always forget it was their final record. Talk about going out on top.
Undeniable. So many hits on that album. Even the B side "Murder By Numbers" had some brief radio play back in the day.
"Innuendo" from Queen. I know they released "Made In Heaven" after Freddie passed, but "Innuendo" to me is still THE final Queen album.
I was thinking about "Made in Heaven". IMO, no album can be as "last" as this one... The title says it all. For me it's the best last album ! "Mother Love"... that Brian was obligated to finish singing... Brings me thrills every time.
I am not a big fan of Queen, I've seen them twice back in 75 and 77... But other than their first two albums, I'm more of a casual listener... However, I love 'Innuendo'
In Through The Out Door-Led Zeppelin. It always gets overlooked. After the remaster that Jimmy did, some of those songs sound really good and fresh. Carouselambra is mostly keyboards, but around 4:05 the section changes. Jimmy comes in with such a growling guitar with a perfect dark tone that it shakes my house when cranked up. This album deserves more respect. Note: I know CODA was their last release, but they were older songs from previous years, not new studio material.
"Clockwork Angels" and "Blackstar" are the most fitting finales. Electric Ladyland and Grace are my cheats.
Agreed on Blackstar. I found Clockwork Angels kind of boring honestly.
My vote goes to Black Sabbath "13"
Blackstar is hard to beat. Great album and he died almost immediately after it was released. Pretty poetic.
Came here to say this.
@@tomosmansounds Unfortunately that context keeps me from listening to it much. Losing Bowie affected me more than I would've expected.
@@kitoyobeni1 Me too, I can’t watch the videos and I have really only played Blackstar on the odd occasion, I know it’s great but I was since early 74 , Bowie was/ is still a part of my life !
Pantera - Reinventing The Steel
Soundgarden - King Animal
Black Sabbath - 13
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
David Bowie's Black Star is the ultimate last album by any artist in music in my modest opinion. An artistic and creative farewell as huge as the artist. An album far, far ahead of its time in originality and creativity. So far ahead, that it seeks to overcome the death of its creator as if cheating fate. Great show as always with the P dream team of Pardo and Popoff. Honourable mention: Clockwork Angels by Rush.
I'm one of the few that *REALLY HATES BLACKSTAR.* Heard it three times. Hated the album more each time. Rather listen to *Let's Dance* or even *Scary Monsters* instead.
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 It was uncomfortable to listen to for me because he was struggling with death related issues in his own creative way. Not sure I can comprehend it. May give it another listen.
@@hanksta34 - *That's not it.* That *Bowie was dying* making this album. I just hated the music on that album. If Bowie dying was the answer. Then *I should of hated Queen's Innuendo* since Freddie was dying making it. *Which I don't* since there's songs such as *"I'm Going Slightly Mad"* on that album I truly love.
@@kevinthetruckdriver353 Let's Dance and Scary Monsters are very good at moments even great albums!
Wish I could agree with you. And if Scary Monsters was Bowie's last album, I most likely would. But Black Star?
I find it dull and boring. I want to like it because of the circumstances under which it was made, but I just don't enjoy the songs.
"Heathen" was the last Bowie album I enjoyed. But even that was nowhere near his best.
Thin Lizzy - Thunder & Lightning
Oh god that's a great choice. Didn't cross my mind. Sykes is amazing!
Great choice.
Good stuff as always.... Would nominate Roxy Music's "Avalon" as a very strong last album statement.
Yup, that's a good one.
Agreed. Masterpiece for sure...
Fantastic album that goes great with some Sade.
I agree. Roxy going out in style. Funny though, I really didn't like it that much when it first came out. I loved For Your Pleasure and Stranded, and at first blush, Avalon was too mellow for me. Not enough Phil, and no Paul Thompson.
Love it now though.
@@jamesbennett1634 Ditto here. It grew on me over time. Very strong final album.
Fugazi - The Argument
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Screaming Trees - Dust
Joy Division - Closer
David Bowie - Blackstar
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
Kyuss - And the Circus Leaves Town
Slint - Spiderland
Husker Du - Warehouse Songs and Stories
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Nirvana - In Utero
Cathedral - The Last Spire
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Johnny Cash - American IV (last one before he died)
The Doors - LA Woman (yeah, not interested in any quibbles about this one)
Glad you mentioned Fugazi.
Was going to mention The Argument myself
You have very ecclectic taste,love all albums you mentioned. Hadn't SCREAMING TREES one more album? DUST is their best
Dust: Hard Attack
White Witch: A Spiritual Greeting
Joy Division: Closer
This Mortal Coil: Blood
Morphine: The Night
Nothingface: Skeletons
Huge Joy Division fan. Agreed Scott! Closer is fantastic!
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Abso fkn lutely
Joy Division - Closer
I was waiting for Clockwork Angels. So glad Pete picked it. It's such an incredible album. I've been obsessed with it now for almost 9 years. Crazy.
1. Cinderella - Still Climbing
2. Free - Heartbreaker
3.Gillan - Magic
4. Jon Oliva's Pain - Festival
5. Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Free and Cinderella are 2 of my all time favorites, love those closing albums.
@@willd4731 He told me.
Good to see some love for Van Halen - "A Different Kind of Truth". I waited 28 years for this album (1984-2012) and they didn't disappoint. BTW... there's no such thing as "too much" David Lee Roth.
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul
White Lion - Mane Attraction
My Bloody Valentine - m b v
The Smiths - Strangeways
The Doors - L.A. Woman
Rush - Clockwork Angels
I knew Thin Lizzy and Death would be on here and I'm still so glad to see them
the last Death album might the their best album...... it's like Chuck already knew it'll be his last masterpiece..... that's what I call "going out with a BANG"
Syd Barrett - Barrett
The Police - Synchronicity
The JAM - The Gift
Raspberries - Starting Over
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
I am a JAM fan. The gift isn't a bad album but is my least favorite. I enjoy SOUND AFFECTS and IN THE CITY mostly
Talk Talk. Laughing Stock.
The Walker Brothers. Night Flite.
Jimi Hendrix Experience. Electric Ladyland.
I think Motorhead's Bad Magic qualifies as a best last album, if for no other reason than it's a great example of Motorhead's unrelenting and uncompromising nature. They were doing the same basic things on that album (loud, fast, greasy rock 'n' roll) as they were on their classics from 40 years earlier.
Huge Motorhead fan. Agreed Marc. I'm a big Eddie Clarke fan
The first that comes to mind is Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland. If it wasnt for his tragic death I am sure there would have been many more
That wasn't his last album. Band of gypsies and cry of love followed.
@@joeking5310 I know that this is an unpopular opinion, and I do love "Ladyland," but I love "Band of Gypsies" even more. That funky, soulful hard rock just scratches my itch every time that I hear it! BOG happens to have been the favorite Hendrix album of Miles Davis. The recent "Songs for Groovy Children" live box set of the "BOG" concerts is so good too!
@@joeking5310 Well, not Hendrix's last album altogether, but the last by the band The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Band of Gypsys is a live album done without the 'Experience' band and Cry of Love counts more as a compilation album, IMO, being a posthumous release.
Sadly, because I really miss this band, they were underrated...The Donnas’ “Bitchin’” was great...every track
I Love The Donnas! I didn't like Bitchin' so much. I feel Gold Medal is their crowning achievement but my favorite is Get Skintight or Spend The Night.
@@ThrillingTwo sadly those “Lookout” records releases are hard to get now
Led Zeppelin-In Through the Out Door is my glaring omission. It was the first Zeppelin album I bought, at 14, and I still love it to this day.
Free- Heartbreaker
Dust- Hard Attack
Cream- Goodbye Cream
MC5- High Time
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation- Remains To Be Heard
The Beatles- Let It Be
Great shows Pete ‘ really enjoy you’re shows ‘ found your channel on my tv and my wife says every time she looks at the tv now you’re on it .
Rick from England 🏴
Rush Clockwork Angels, love it!!
“ Zen Arcade” is not noisy and unlistenable . “ Never Talking To You Again” , “ Whatever” and “ Turn On The News” are great tracks.😀
Nothing hüsker dü is unlistenable for me
Yes zen arcade is a classic
Very melodic band for the most part. Except for Land Speed Record.
True.
Drink beers with the band on the day new day rising was released
Bob wanted to know where we got the album because he didn’t think it had been released yet
Husker Du !!!!. Did not see that coming. Warehouse is great.
I love Turn It Around
@@bmardon2112 ive had this album for years and this video made me dig it out and listen. turn it around was my fave
Isis - Wavering Radiant
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Nirvana - In Utero
Rage Against The Machine - Battle of Los Angeles
Joy Division - Closer
Looove Thunder and Lightning!!
The Original Alice Cooper Band - Muscle Of Love (1973) (don't know if that counts)
David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)
The Sweet - Identity Crisis (1982)
Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul (2008)
The Verve - Fourth (2008)
Queen - Innuendo (1991) (no Made In Heaven doesn't count)
Cinderella - Still Climbing (1994)
Of course muscle of love counts
Dig Out Your Soul was fine
Cinderella- still climbing
Van Halen- a different kind of truth
Zeppelin- In Through the Out door (I’m pretty sure Coda wasn’t a studio album. Someone correct me if it is)
Coda was a bunch of outtakes and a live track
@@rumblehat4357 that’s what I thought. I just couldn’t remember if it was purely outtakes or if those were songs in progress when he died and they finished up in the studio afterwards
Alexander Gilles I’m pretty sure those tracks were never meant to be a proper album.
@@rumblehat4357 good point. If they were, they would’ve been on an album!
Still Climbing is Masterpiece, my favorite Cinderella album!
I just love when Martin throws an odd ball like he did with Hüsker Dü. Pete was spot on with Rush, the Bros. and Death. And so was Martin with Hüsker, VH and Bowie. The last albums that pop to mind not mentioned are MC5' High Time (their best IMO), The Replacements' All Shook Down, Kyuss' And the Circus..., Joy Division's Closer and The Jam's The Gift.
It probably doesn't fit your format, but I'd like to give a shout out to Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water.
That's one great album
Whether you go with last recorded or last released, it's either Abbey Road or Let it Be for me.
2. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
3. Cream - Goodbye
4. The Police - Synchronicity
The Doors - LA Woman would be on here if they didn't put their name on two more releases after Jim.
Hendrix released Band of Gypsies after Ladyland
@@angusiha ...not as the Experience though. Depends on how literal you want to get I guess. A lot if posthumous releases as well, of course.
@@angusiha Are we counting live albums now?
@@robertsaul234 Once they have exclusively new music, yes! Why not?
It kills me that the remaining Doors did not change the name of the band.
You couldn't get a perfect closer of a song like "The Garden" from a closer of a terrific final albums by Canadian greats Rush. As for Bowie's Blackstar, you won't find a better farewell record IMO. So unfortunate how he went out but consider it a celebration to his career and for the fans.
Police- Synchronicity
Great choice!
Death - Sound Of Perseverance
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Rush - Clockwork Angels
A different kind of truth is a killer album
Savatage: Poets and Madmen
Nevermore: The Obsidian Conspiracy
Motörhead: Bad Magic
I’m going full “contrarian” with Kiss - Monster. I know, it’s not a popular album, but I really like it.
I do too. I wish they would reconsider and record again.
No Ace no party...
@@alaukkoniko All he records are covers these days.
@@kitoyobeni1 And the current Kiss lineup is a COVER band
@@alaukkoniko Not on new albums....
Hopefully NOT their last album, but if it turns out to be so, The Symbol Remains is a kickass BÖC album. With Eric and Buck both in their 70’s, not sure how much longer they’re going to hang on.
"The Symbol Remains" is *such* a good album-- I would even go so far as to say that it's a late-career masterpiece, and I want to hear *many* of the songs live!-- but I do hope that they have at least one more new album in them before they stop. This incarnation of the band is so good that it deserves to heard on even more great new material!
They're one of the bands going strong from the 70s. No reason to think they'll stop now...
Rush - Clockwork Angels was what came to my mind.
Kyuss - And the Circus Left Town
The Band - The Last Waltz
It's actually titled "...And the Circus Leaves Town," but yes, excellent album by a very underrated band who helped to pioneer the stoner rock genre.
I'm gonna vote for another album very early in this video!
Queen's 'Innuendo' album from 1991! Songwriting is sick, Steve Howe shows up for the title track. Freddie's vocals are thin but totally on point. I do not count 'Made In Heaven,' which I see as Queen's cash grab in 1995, even though it has several post-'Innuendo' tracks where Mercury and company are still in top form.
EDIT - Seeing Blackstar here is bittersweet. Excellent album by all means! It was released on my mother's birthday on January 8th (who had passed in 2013 of cancer), and Bowie died on my birthday on January 10th.
The passing of time sucks...
Pete and Martin videos have become my favorite RUclips experience. Keep up the great work fellas.
One could also argue for 'Abbey Road' instead of 'Let it Be' - 'Abbey...' was the last one recorded. But maybe the show is about the last released...
You could make an argument for either. I Me Mine and the guitar solo for Let it Be were recorded after Abbey Road.
@@robertsaul234 Granted... and also considering that the released album was the Phil Spector produced version - all 1970. It could go like this... 'Get back' album (some of Glyn Johns' compilations), Abbey Road, more 'Get back' versions by Glyn Johns, and finally 'Let it Be' by Phil Spector... oh and the more recent 'naked' version of 2003.
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Richard and Linda Thompson - ‘Shoot Out the Lights’. One of the great records of the 1980s and the last they made together as a duo.
Good choice. I thnk by the time it was released after a difficult gestation in which Gerry Rafferty got removed as producer, they were barely speaking to each other.
@@adz693 That’s why Richard is sitting on the floor on the cover with Linda’s portrait on the wall. Photographer Gered Mankovitz couldn’t get them in the same room to do a duo portrait.
@@adz693 I think they were officially divorced by then (or close to it).
Clockwork Angels was a masterpiece!!
Great show Pete and Martin! Before watching I thought of the Allman Brothers Band's Hittin' the Note and Husker Du's Warehouse: Songs and Stories. Another one that I thought of is Little Feat's Rooster Rag (2012). They are still together but I would be surprised if they recorded another album after this wonderful one that they recorded with Paul Barrere (RIP).
Zappa's "The Yellow Shark" was the last official album released while he was alive, and it's marvelous. A masterpiece. I bought it the day it was released. Very beautiful.
So glad to see "Hitting' the Note" on there. It was my first thought when I saw the topic. Also, Gregg Allman's "Southern Blood" should be considered. You could easily do this again for solo acts. Gregg Allman, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, etc.
listen to southern blood all the time still
My favourite has to be David Bowie’s Blackstar. I never really listened to much of his stuff at all, then one day in the spring of 2017 while I was away in an unfamiliar city for school I went to Wal Mart and saw that CD sitting there. I had heard good things so I bought it on a whim. Didn’t have a CD player at the time other than in my car so I went to a thrift store and grabbed a CD Walkman for 10 bucks, went back to my dorm room, laid down on my bed and put the album on. I can see how it might not be immediate for some but it blew my mind on first listen. Since then I have gone back and fallen in love with a lot of his back catalogue (mostly the 70s stuff) and I now rank him in my top 5 favourite artists of all time!
There are a lot of great ones though, here are some others I really dig:
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Death - The Sound of Perseverance
Aphrodite’s Child - 666
Porcupine Tree - The Incident
Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
The Beatles - Let it Be
Coroner - Grin
Emperor - Prometheus
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Landberk - Indian Summer
Kyuss - ...And the Circus Leaves Town
Mahogany Rush - Eye of the Storm
The Move - Message from the Country
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Police - Synchronicity
Rage Against the Machine - The Battle of Los Angeles
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Steamhammer - Speech
System of a Down - Hypnotize
Web - I Spider
Kudos for Message From The Country!
@@Yaktahbay I think it’s a pretty interesting album with the mix of the quirky Beatles-esque songs and the heavier ones. I also really enjoy that very unique bright bass tone that’s used on some tracks (such as “The Minister”, as well as the heavier guitar riffs like on the title cut as well as the great vocal harmonies.
Queen - Innuendo
Unfortunately Made in Heaven is the last Queen studio album.
@@haitolawrence5986 I don't count that one because about half of it was previously released material that had been reworked. I like it a lot as an album though.
@@briandunlap8534 I know what you mean. Technically CODA is the last Led Zep studio album even though it's just a collection of material that didn't make it on to other albums. Most people would ignore that release and In Through the Out Door would be considered their last album. Still if you check out their discography CODA sits at the very end. The word CODA even actually means the end or conclusion of a piece of music. Oh well. 🤷♂️
Great episode! Lot of variety on today's show.
Some of my faves:
The Black Crowes - Before the Frost.....Until the Freeze (my favorite of theirs on some days)
Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
The Replacements - All Shook Down (my favorite batch of songs from the band)
The Police - Synchronicity (Going out on top!)
It's pronounced "HOO-sker," not "HUS-ker." 😉
And _Zen Arcade_ and _Metal Circus_ "unlistenable?!" Hardly. They're masterpieces. Go listen again!
Yes for sure on the pronunciation. But I do like Husker's later poppy stuff better. I Need to pull out Zen and give it a spin after many years.
Thought the same..
@Martin Popoff can‘t find your comment
Land Speed Record is pretty challenging, but Zen Arcade is very accessible and great.
I don't know if their great started albums for someone uninitiated
Great topic Martin and Pete, also great pics. A few that I can think of right now:
Be Bop Deluxe - Drastic Plastic
UK - Danger Money
Gentle Giant - Civilian
Roxy Music - Avalon
so true bestie
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Kyuss - ...And the circus leaves town
Excellent show! And WOW, Martin keeps surprising me with his picks. Never had I thought that I would see the mighty Hüsker Dü being mentioned on this channel, but kudos to Martin for picking them here. 👍
T. Rex - Dandy In The Underworld
Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
Thin Lizzy - Thunder And Lightning
SAHB - Rock Drill
Warlock - Triumph and Agony
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970) was an excellent last album for them.
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
I’m not counting The Endless River because it’s an extension of The Division Bell
Appreciated Martin's kind words about Blackstar. Celtic Frost - Monotheist should/will be on your next Last Albums video.
Great choice in talking about Rush, and their last album, I don't know if you view it this way? but for me ,and a lot of fans, think that it was another Masterpiece,like Moving Pictures or 2112 ,of course many think that Permanent Waves was another classic,But this band when they were in their prime, could do no wrong! and with time and the passing of Neil ,it only gets better with age!
Black Sabbath - "13"
Rush - "Clockwork Angels"
Motörhead - "Bad Magic"
Very good list !
keep doing these episode with Martin- Pete, great stuff, forget about must see TV, Sea of Tranquility has become must see internet!
Stevie Ray Vaughan - In Step
Family style is his last album while he was still alive
@@peterberg8417 I consider it a Steve and Jimmie album.
Rush: Clockwork Angels
Soundgarden: King Animal
Nirvana: In Utero
Audioslave: Revelations
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
...just to name a few
Audioslave? Really?
Universal Juveniles...awesome album !! Keep up the awesome work Pete..!!
Pink Moon by Nick Drake, all 3 albums are great.
Would also mention these albums :
Type O Negative - Dead Again
Celtic Frost - Monotheist
Ramones - Adios Amigos
Sisters of Mercy - Vision Thing
Bathory - Nordland II
Windir - Likferd
Is this Sea of Tranquility? Gotta love Martin dropping some post-punk with the Husker Du!
Great great picks. We may forget the less obvious stuff from time to time but thanks to you reminding us we can go back and listen to a that old gold stuff. All good.
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"Coliseum Rock" - Starz
"The Sky Is Crying" - Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Made of Metal" - Halford
"Danger Money" - U.K.
"Innuendo" - Queen ("Made In Heaven" was a money grab post Freddie's passing)
I completely agree with "Coliseum Rock" by Starz! An EXTREMELY underrated rock album.
Glad to see an SRV appearance, But The Sky Is Crying was a compilation of unreleased stuff. In Step was the 4th and final proper album and definitely the best and most polished of the 4 studio releases by the late great SRV.
@@metfanal Yup got my dates wrong. Thanks.
The Smiths - "Strangeways, Here We Come"
Never could get into that one too much. "The Queen is Dead" to me was their peak.
Great choice with Death: Sound of Perseverance. That’s the cd that sent me down the extreme metal rabbit hole.
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock, Gentle Giant - Civilian, The Cars - Move Like This, The Sound - Thunder Up, The Comsat Angels - The Glamour
Great idea and great show!
Popoff and Pardo are making rock fun again. This is great stuff from you two. Again.
A Conspiracy of Stars UFO was a great way to end. Personally I don't count the Salentino Cuts as it's a covers album
It's great to see Martin give some recognition to Max Webster . Pete , you're right when you say that they never put out a bad album. I would see them in early 70's when they played the clubs around Toronto . They used to throw in some Deep Purple and Tull covers that were great .
I also saw them open for the Strawbs at Maple Leaf Gardens , and Dave Cousins from the Strawbs took a minute or two on stage to talk about how impressed he was with their songs and their playing . You don't see that too often from the main acts . Good video !
@limeyleafsfan Yes , they should be more well known . It must have been great to see them at the Marquee . Whenever I 've been in London , I usually take a walk through Soho , and have passed it many times . There was never a band playing there that I wanted to see at the time . Anyway , seeing Max Webster live was always a lot of fun . Cheers !
@limeyleafsfan Yes , I should have gone in to see the Marquee ( regardless of who was playing there ) when I had the chance . You get fooled into thinking that a place this famous will always be around . Max Webster always had a full house no matter what size club they were playing in Toronto . And , of course , whenever they played Toronto Tontos , the crowd would go crazy .
@limeyleafsfan No matches...
My favorite is Cathedral's 'Last Spire'. They did it the right way (releasing it on Rise Above for full artistic freedom) and what an album it is!
When we saw Let It Be on the store shelves we had no clue The Beatles were done. In 1970, I was 18 and ready to graduate high school. Music news was very sparse unless it was on the media at the time we were clueless.
Seeing McCartney on the shelf and All Things Must Pass and Plastic Ono Band pretty much proved they were gone.
Joy Division "Closer" - - biggest
Popoff and Pardo with another great topic. Thanks, gents, for this entertaining show and hoping you will consider a.follow up episode of the topic. Many of my picks have already been posted by others here but I would include Spilt Milk by Jellyfish, Pink Moon by Nick Drake , and Avalon by Roxy Music. And to echo others, the albums Pearl, Electric Ladyland, and LA Woman.
Always enjoy these videos. Great way to discover bands I’ve not heard of before. Maybe one day a favourite guilty pleasure album? Sure there’s some surprises in that collection
Cinderella- Still Climbing
A great album. Long Cold Winter is up there with Led Zeppelin 2 as a bands second album. Heartbreak station is also great. One of my favorite 80s band, although strangely did not care that much for the first album.
@@edwardcoit9748 I love all 4. I can't even pick a favorite. Might be Long.....
Hypnotic Eye-Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Their last studio album. Fault Lines is a rockin' song. American Dream Plan B is also worth listening to. This album has a good sound quality to it. And, the band were in great form, while having a good time. It's sad that Tom is gone. His later albums were pretty damn good in my opinion.
As final albums go, _Blackstar_ is pretty much perfect. As is Joy Division's _Closer_ (which was the last LP they recorded, but was followed by the posthumous compilation _Still,_ so...does that count?).
RUSH - Clockwork Angels
Sabbath - 13
Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
Sentenced - The Funeral Album
Mott The Hoople - The Hoople
Skyhooks - Guilty Until Proven Insane
The Raspberries - Starting Over
Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
Earth To Andy - Sticks The Landing
My Sister's Machine - Wallflower
Emperor were missing voltage converters at Milwaukee Metalfest for their keyboards, that’s why they played without
Yep. Sound in the big room sucked ass too. But seeing Emperor was awesome
Great video! here are some of my favs:
David Bowie - Blackstar
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Nirvana - In Utero
The Beatles - Let it Be
Agreed. Clockwork Angels ranks high for me, too, but admit a little lower than their classics."The Garden" makes me cry since Neil passed.
The Police: Synchronicity (1983). Kickass band & killer album. They're so underrated.
Assuming they're done - Sabbath's 'Thirteen' is a great final statement.
I respectfully disagree.
Bob Marley & The Wailers-'Uprising'. It contains some of Bob's most well known and classic songs like 'Could You Be Loved' and the very last track 'Redemption Song'. Great swansong.
Watched these backwards so I was thrilled to see Clockwork Angels make the list. Way to go Pete
Bolt Thrower - For Those Once Loyal.
Death - The Sound of Perseverance.
Motorhead - Bad Magic.
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning.
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy.
Celtic Frost - Monotheist.
I really enjoy all of these albums and they're all quite different, which is great.
Here's my list:
David Bowie - "Black Star"
Tom Waits - "Bad As Me"
Billy Joel - "River of Dreams"
The Police - "Synchronicity"
George Harrison - "Brainwashed"
Prince - "Hit 'N' Run: Phase 2"
Leonard Cohen - "You Want it Darker"
John Martyn - "Heaven and Earth"
Leon Russel - "On a Distant Shore"
Johnny Cash - "American V: A Hundred Highways"
George Harrison looks like a pick as a nice reminder but gradually growing out of him as a whole
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