This must be the best music reviewer on RUclips. I do want him to stop telling me to stay safe, though, as though I'm something weak, and as though that stupid New World Order bug existed in the first place
So you're saying that Covid-19 is a fabrication of the "Deep State", conspiring with the vast majority of politicians, media and pretty much EVERY clinical scientist, doctor and nurse in every hospital in the world in order to bankrupt every national economy and bring about a single oppressive and authoritarian world government that will enslave us all? Is that what you're saying? That is easier for you to believe than the possibility that this virus exists and has spread into a pandemic that has infected more than 175 million people and has killed nearly 4 million of them worldwide? You do realize the second scenario is a LOT easier to believe than the first, right?
Great to hear a Slade review. Very much a prog listener these days, but growing up Slade were so exciting, and amazing live. A band that deserve respect in my view!
"Green Onions"is the most personally important single record I have ever heard. After I first heard it, I went up to my local library to try and find a) who recorded it and b) a picture of them, photocopies the picture, took it to Morrie the Muso's on Station Road in Woodridge and asked how much a guitar like that one in the picture would cost. It took me 9 years to save up, but I finally got my first telecaster (called Dusty) and have been playing telecasters (i'm onto #2 now, Ol' Buck) ever since. A few points - Duck Dunn doesn't play on Green Onions Lewie Greenberg does and they weren't Stax's house band well, ever - Steve Cropper became a Stax house producer who hired them all the the time, but they never had the status of, say, Motown's Funk Brothers or the Wrecking Crew. I met Booker T a few years back at a shake n' howdy, got his autograph on my setlist. A real gentleman. I'm sure he's say the same about me!
Was it your setlist (as in you were the opening act or my setlist as in a Booker T setlist you came into possession of? If the second one, how did you get it?
@@beenieman2956 It was the setlist from Booker T's just competed gig and I flirted shamelessly with the young stage hand in the rainbow themed pro gay marriage muscle shirt to get it. Needs must, and all.
Rolling my eyes? Slade is fabulous, even over here in The States! I loved Traffic when I was about 11 years old. I don't think anyone else I knew had even heard of them.
In no particular order 10 albums I think are important must owns. The beatles - Abby Road The Rolling stones sticky fingers The sex pistols - never mind the bollocks Pink floyd wish you were here Black sabbath - Black sabbath Led zeppelin 4 Mike oldfield - Tubular Bells The doors- The doors Bob Dylan - the freewheelin' Bob Dylan Jimi hendrix - electric ladyland.
Listened to "Music from The Big Pink" in its entirety for the first time this week - and it's as brilliant as all the praise. Stunning stuff from The Band.
Youth Of America - Wipers Heydey - The Church Tim - The Replacements Radios Appear - Radio Birdman Mommys Little Monster - Social Distortion Volcanic Rock - Buffalo Road To Ruin - Ramones Toulouse Street - Doobie Brothers Time Fades Away - Neil Young Cold Fact - Rodriguez Slade Alive is the first album I ever owned.
Good list, this would be mine The Velvet Underground & Nico Roxy Music - Siren The Clash (British version of debut) Buffalo Springfield Again Marvin Gaye What's Going On Van Morrison Moondance The Band Music From Big Pink Love Forever Changes Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die The Kinks Something Else
Bobby Womack-The Poet Kyuss-Blues from a Red Sky The Drones-Gala Mill XTC-Drums & Wires The Fall- Wonderful & Frightening World Of The Fall The Kinks- Arthur The Beatles- Revolver Radiohead-Kid A David Bowie- Station to Station The Pixies- Doolittle But even this top ten doesn't do justice to my essential albums.
So very personal. I enjoyed your nostalgic description of the album 'Slayed'. Not a band I would choose to listen to being born in the late 80's, but It makes me want to give it a go, and I will. I love this channel.
Slade was one of my favorite bands in the 70's. My personal favorite album from them was Sladist.(1973) and even though the album is a audio cornucopia of anthemic singles, my favorite is "Look Wot You Dun". I've always thought that Slade was far too underappreciated in it's day. Finesse is thrown out the window for raw drive and, as you put it, stomp.
Great to see Slade included; I have always admired them. If people do not believe they are good then try listening to side 1 of Slade Alive! I recall Gene Symonds on radio saying Slade were a guilty pleasure, which I thought was a bit of a cheek. The song Afternoon Delight may be called a guilty pleasure, but never Slade. This is the first time I have watched a Classic Album Review, and I am very pleasantly surprised and impressed by your knowledge, wit and wordsmithery! I shall watch some more. it is nice to hear an articulate British RUclipsr. Thank you.
Green Onions always brings me back to the climactic drag-race-at-sunrise scene from American Graffiti. A must watch movie with great cars, a killer soundtrack, a cast of future stars and Wolfman Jack.
My list: 10. A Day At The Races - Queen 9. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience 8. Hotel California - The Eagles 7. Journey - Escape 6. Let It Be - The Beatles 5. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd 4. Boston - Boston 3. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Van Halen - Van Halen 1. Moving Pictures - Rush
Spot-on with the Inclusion of The Boatman’s Call. He’s also one of the best live performers going these days. Really enjoying your channel. For my two cents I’ll throw in “Grace by Jeff Buckley.”
Music from big Pink is a phenomenal album, but it’s with their self titled where they really step out of that Dylan shadow and become The Band. Their dynamics as both players and singers are at their most sophisticated and yet so loose, so natural resulting in what is truly one of the greatest songs ever in “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”.
Levon singing his heart out on that wonderful version of 'Old Dixie' towards the end of The Last Waltz always has me reaching for the Kleenex. What a band they were: Three great singers; great harmonies; great musicians and a fantastic songwriter in Robbie.
Deep Purple - Made In Japan Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick Jethro Tull - A Passion Play Styx - The Grand Illusion Kansas - Leftoverture BÖC - Fire Of Unknown Origin UFO - Strangers In The Night Mastodon - Leviathan Dio - Holy Diver Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
Faith No More - Angel Dust Husker Du - Zen Arcade Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea Kate Bush - The Kick Inside Magazine - Real Life Steely Dan - The Royal Scum Neil Young - Tonight's the Night Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance Tomahawk - Tomahawk The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Sign O’ The Times - Prince Remain In Light - Talking Heads Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush Scary Monsters - David Bowie Disintegration - The Cure In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra Angel Dust - Faith No More Gaucho - Steely Dan The Doors - The Doors Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
I very much appreciate that you included 'Slayed', obviously an album that carries memories for you. I would'nt have thought of it, when listing Top 10 albums; but it is surely a very good album. Lesser known numbers like "I Don't Mind", "Look at Last Nite", the single 'Gubuy t'Jane" and the anthemic closer "Let the Good Time Roll"; and of course that great Janis cover 'Move Over" which seems perfect for Noddy's vocals. Slade don't get enough credit as songwriters, which is plain to hear in their early albums, when they were skins still. Agree that 'Rain Dogs" is part of a trilogy; wouldn't know which one I love more of the three. "London Calling is not only a great Clash album, but probably one of the greatest albums ever. It is the first album that really features Topper's incredible drumming. While I love Winwood's vocals, IMO Traffic was always a bit boring as a band; but "John Barleycorn" is very good. 6 strong cuts. I also like the closer "Mother's Son" a lot. If I can suggest an interesting comparison for you, check out "Sofa" by Supergrass, after listening to 'Mother's Son"; the closing jam The track 'Sofa' alone, alerted the world that Supergrass was a top band already at that young age. I have (I think) all Van Morrison's albums. His output from late 60's on is mind boggling in it's high quality. He is one of the few 60/70's artists who did not lose his way in the 80's. You really had me up until the top two slots. Nothing against those two albums, just surprised. I thought we'd see Stones or Hendrix or Fab4. Edit: I often forget to thank you guys for putting up these clips that have us discussing. I know it takes dedication and effort on your part.
My god after watching this I feel like an amateur. These albums are deep interesting and in a strange way frustrating because half of them I’ve never heard and don’t know if I’m ready for. I’ll be donating to this channel for the inspiring education.
I like your new albums you must hear format. I admit I was very heavy into current music in the early 80,s until I delved into music that really predated my age.The Velvet Underground and Little Richard great examples of such material. Music if good is timeless alongside modern bands of your own era. Thanks for your selection.
I have Jim Jarmusch to thank for turning me onto Tom Waits. To songs were featured in his film Down By Law and it was enough to make me run to the record shop and buy Rain Dogs. It remains my favourite of his albums I was late in discovering Bob Dylan and it was the all-star tribute concert where Eddie Vedder overs Masters of War that made me reconsider my opinion about Dylan and not to be so distracted by his vocals but to listen to the lyrics. I immediately went out and bought Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and the rest is history. The Who's Quadrophenia is their masterpiece. It is among those albums that doesn't have a bad track. It's the band at their creative height. Whereas most would pick Dark Side of the Moon as Pink Floyd's best I will always prefer Meddle. It contains three of my favourite Floyd songs, One of These Days Fearless , and the magnificent Echoes.earless The Talking Heads is my favourite band and I'm hard pressed to pick favourite, but I'd probably go with Little Creatures. If I were to recommend an album to introduce someone to the band it would be this one. So many great songs. Revolver is in my opinion The Beatles true masterpiece. Many will go with Sgt. Pepper but I think it's vastly overrated and it's Revolver that has the band at their best. Another album that I like every track.
Wow. That was one hell-of-a list. I have to say that the quality of your reviews persuaded me to revisit some of the "eye rolling" selections. My final verdict remains to be seen, but kudos to you for coaxing me out of my comfort zone. So with an open mind and sound deadening headphones...once more into the breech. Cheers.
This video is a Very good idea for content on a music review channel. Arguments over lists are ok, but opinions and insights into quality music not heard by my ears is the reason I keep returning. I like comparing my opinion to yours and others on music I know well , but the true engagement is the possibility of a new wonderful discovery. Your channel does that. The worlds recorded music library is enormous now. We need guides like you to help us! Thank you
Quite a list. I don't think Slayed? Being on the list is a shock at all. It's wonderful, blue collar Rock'n Roll stomp by a band that could unleash that level of energy better than most. It's a great addition to any list.
Great idea for a video, Slayed was a very brave inclusion which I wouldn't include personally but I admire your choice. I have real trouble picking a top ten albums because my choices change all the time depending on my mood.
Must add my 10, I'm 67 sooo: 1.E Costello This Years Model (his masterpiece) 2. Viva' Roxy Music 3. Van Morrison St. Dominic's Preview 4. J Tull Aqualung 5. Simon and G Sounds of Silence 6. Beatles White Album 7. Led Zeppelin 1st album 8. David Bowie Ziggy 9. The Police Regatta del blanc 10. Fleetwood Mac Then Play On(my personal favorite of all!) Cheers
Great, eclectic and even controversial list. To my astonishment, given the wide net being cast here, I am fully on board with a good number of your selections. I am especially pleased to see Rain Dogs getting the love it merits. Skylarking, John Barleycorn, and the Band are great albums that have received their due (Van Morrison even more so!), but even in Tom Waits's incredible ouvre, Rain Dogs is a musical tour de force, with some beautiful melodies amidst the nods to genres recent and remote. Thanks, Barry!
I have really begun to enjoy your videos! I regard you as a college professor, vastly more educated and experienced than I am in your field, but man, I don't know what the hell you see in some of the crap you think is wonderful music! (Ha!) I have never heard of ANY of those albums except Booker T and The MG's. That is a fantastic album. Now I gotta go listen to the rest of them. See what I think.... Cheers and thanks!
Nice video, great entertainment as usual. Thought I'd take a different spin on it and these are the most played albums on my iTunes database, might not be the most important but they're great stuff :)... Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime Queen - A Night at the Opera Billy Joel - Turnstiles Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Dio - Holy Diver Black Sabbath - Headless Cross Queen - News of the World Ludovico Einaudi - Una Mattina The Police - Regatta De Blanc
I recognize what an almost impossible task this is. People get very touchy about their favourites. Personally, I believe there were 4 fantastic albums crammed into the period 69 - 73: Tommy, Live at Leeds and Quadrophenia. And yes, they are all by the Who. The greatest live act in Rock. Tommy invented the 'rock opera'. The term was invented just to describe that album. Live at Leeds is still considered THE definitive live album. Who's Next was celebrated by Time or Newsweek (maybe both) as the best album of the 70s. Quadrophenia is just... brilliant. Where do you think strummer got the inspiration for smashing his guitar (albeit a base)? I clearly recall A promo poster from 78 (79?) for the Kids Are Alright film. It was a fantastic pic of Pete Townshend, his body stretched and arced backwards, his guitar, clutched at the neck and dangling behind his head and back, poised on the edge of destruction. Like a loaded trebuchet. The caption simply read, "This guitar has seconds to live". A quick comment about the Band and your assessment of their plumbing the depths of Americana... being rooted in it in the soil etc etc. They are, in fact, Canadians (except Levon Helm). That doesn't mean you are wrong. Once they hooked up with Dylan, they moved south. Their music was heavily influenced by American folk and traditional. Can't get more American than The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down.
Love this concept. There are a few I'm deeply familiar with and others that are now on my listening list. Perfect concept for a short but insightful video.
Cannot quibble with any of your choices here, Barry, save Bert Jansch (kinda missed that in Mississippi in '65...). I listened to my older brother's GREEN ONIONS album damn near every morning before I went to school in the second grade (had been listening to Ray Charles since before first grade, so you get the idea how weird my childhood must've been!). Your comments on SLADE (a fave of mine, too) were spot on!
1.Jethro Tull:A Passion Play 2.Genesis:Selling England by the Pound 3.Metallica:Master of Puppets 4.Black Sabbath:Paranoid 5.Roy Harper:Stormcock 6.Pink Floyd:The Wall 7.Dissection:Storm of the Light's Bane 8.David Bowie:Station to Station 9.REM:Lifes Rich Pageant 10.Darkthrone:A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Interesting list, not many I know very well. Listening to Big Pink now in 24/192 on Qobuz and will go down the list over the next couple days. Saw XTC back in maybe '82 at the behest of an old GF but only remember Senses Working Overtime from the show, hadn't really caught the new wave fever at that point. Thanks for the suggestions Barry.
Superb list; eclectic, and not obvious either. I'd forgotten about Raindogs, one of the few Tom Waits albums I haven't heard (for no particular reason). Green Onions was another, so thank you!
A good listen even though I only know one of these albums very well, XTC, and two fairly well, The Band and Van Morrison. The one that really interests me the most is Booker T. the title track of which plays a wonderfully perfect part in the finale of one of my favorite films, American Graffit,i featuring two good friends of mine, Candy Clark and Paul Le Mat. Well done. Cheers.
Really nice selection. Most of my "essentials" are from the 60's and Big Pink would be toward the top. - also, as a keyboard guy, I grew up on Booker T. Also from that era I would include Traffic: Mr. Fantasy, and the Electric Flag: Long Time Comin. I would call the Blind Faith album an "essential' , like a lot of classic albums from the 60's that are so well known there's no point to list them. Again, a great list, I enjoyed.
10... er... 11 VITAL albums (not in any particular order): THE CHILLS: Submarine Bells (Absolutely brilliant literate indie pop from beginning to end) GRANDADDY: The Sophtware Slump (What does Neil Young fronting Radiohead sound like? Kind of like this... beautiful, engaging album) THE CHAMELEONS: Script Of The Bridge (Where did this debut album come from??? Not a bad song here. Especially the haunting masterpiece "Here Today" about the death of John Lennon, from his point of view) XTC: Apple Venus Vol. 1: (What does a brilliant band do after going on strike for SEVEN years against their record company? They release this incredible work that doesn't miss a step) GENESIS: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (An epic that continues to reveal more and more, decades after its release) THE JAM: Sound Affects (A toss up between Setting Sons, All Mod Cons, and this... A mature band finds its leader Paul Weller at the height of his writing powers.) ABLE TASMANS: Store In A Cool Place (The brilliant swan song from the greatest band nobody's heard of. Another Flying Nun Kiwi gem) THE DELGADOS: Universal Audio (Another swan song. After the two amazing albums that preceded it, The Delgados turn down the production... just a bit... and the songs shine. The male / female fronted tunes are traded back and forth to equally glorious effect.) THE BEACH BOYS: Smile Sessions (With all the music available here, Brian Wilson's follow up to Pet Sounds SHOULD have been his greatest achievement. I still think it is.) GUIDED BY VOICES: Do The Collapse (There's no doubt that Robert Pollard is not only one of the most prolific song-writer of all time, but he's also one of the best. His output intimidates people who might have to go through the misses to find the gems... but any time spent will find PLENTY of gems. This album gets a bum rap because of the Rick Ocasek's production... but the song are GLORIOUS. GBV is on par with The Who... add in Pollard's solo work and side projects and you have a stone, cold legend.) RADIOHEAD: Kid A (Masterful left turn after producing one of the greatest albums of all-time) Could make the list on a different day: KATE BUSH: The Dreaming, STONE ROSES: Stone Roses, NEIL YOUNG: Rust Never Sleeps, ROBERT POLLARD: From A Compound Eye, PETER GABRIEL, Peter Gabriel III, THE ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle, SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, RADIOHEAD: A Moon-Shaped Pool and/or OK Computer, SUGAR: Copper Blue, MICHAEL KIWANUKA: Kinwanuka, ELTON JOHN: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, PJ HARVEY: Let England Shake, MENOMENA: Friend and Foe, STEVE HACKETT: Voyage Of The Acolyte Thanks for your picks and your thoughtful commentary... it's always appreciated. (and thanks for giving me a heads up to check out bands I may have missed or haven't (yet) connected with.
All those Prog fans now rushing out to buy a Clash album makes me chuckle. Leading them by the hand...Partridge, after hearing what Rundgren had done to the album Skylarking, gathered his band mates. “I’m thinking of knocking the album on the head,” he confessed. “It’s like having two Hitlers in the same bunker.”
Nice one and not one Prog album to be found at all! I actually own 8 from your 10, so I guess I have to approve...... I assume we will be watching Vol. 20 this time next year!?
Thanks for another top-level show. Quite an eclectic group of records. London Calling and Skylarking are surefire choices. Have to check out some of the others less familiar. I would add Kinks Arthur, The Who's Who's Next. Rolling Stones Between the Buttons. p
Much kudos for including Slayed by Slade. If there was ever a more reckless,raucous, rumbustious rousing rendition of Rock n roll then I need to hear it. A perfect antidote to the depression inducing state of the world. If only fun were allowed in the 21st century. Oh well
Fantastic choice of music, thank you! My 10 would be; 1. Men At Work - Business As Usual 2. Status Quo - Hello 3. Melissa Etheridge - Fearless Heart 4. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold 5. Olivia Newton John - Totally Hot 6. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle 7. Peter Gabriel - (3) Melt 8. Suzanne Vega - Days Of Open Hand 9. Marillion - Script For A Jester’s Tear 10. Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl
Roaring Silence-(Manfred Mans Earth Band). Going For The One-(Yes) What We Did On Our Holidays-(Fairport Convention) Song To A seagull -(Joni Mitchell) Led Zeppelin 3. Manassas (Manassas) Crosby ,Stills.,Nash (Eponymous) Byrds- (Younger Than Yesterday) The Doors (Debut one) Velvet Underground-(Loaded) Rolling Stones (Sticky Fingers)
Love all these bands/singers. Saw Nick Cave pre covid in Western Australia. My God ! I have never felt such power coming off a stage . Completely astounding Van Morrison ? My go to Hard Nose the Highway , Snow in San Anselmo a stunning track 😂❤ Have a great day.
I only own one of these albums - John Barleycorn Must Die. I bought it on the strength of hearing Freedom Rider on the radio. The remastered CD (1999) has a short track - I Just Want You To Know - added between Empty Pages and Stranger To Himself, And It works really well. This track was removed from the deluxe version (2011), and is not included as an extra on that release🙂
John Barleycorn! Jazzy, folky, rocky, brilliant. Van Morrison released Astral Weeks and Moondance in the same year! (Yes, I give Astral a thin edge. Both are stunning.) I also give The Band the edge over The Band's debut. Music From Big Pink was ultimately more influential (and hugely so), but the follow-up was stunningly perfect. Booker T and the MGs? I didn't expect them at No. 1, but I'm not unhappy.
UFO - Lights Out Rainbow - Rising Rush - All the Worlds a Stage Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow Marrillion - Clutching at Straws Whitesnake - Come and Get It The Who - Quadrophenia Mastodon - The Czar Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime Iron Maiden - Killers
This is a lovely mix of albums I've lived with and loved (London Calling and Moondance especially) and some that I really want to either revisit or hear for the first time. Great video!
Of your ten, the only one I own is Bert Jansch. I've heard a few of the others though and not been inspired enough to buy them. Slade was a surprise but if ever a band was worthy of re-assessment, Slade would be them.
in 1975 while FM rock radio was in its album oriented direction, a jockey threw on John Barleycim Must Die...I heard it, but Missed the Name of the Artist, never saw a pic, yet certain key tunes popped into my mind for years... in the 1980s browsing a record store to find Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, there was an unassuming dull brown cover as I was flipping past "barleycorn" caught my eye. I've enjoyed it since.😊
Something from Tom Waits, 1978 forward, is on everyone's must hear list. Your addition of Slade was inspired. Sure I've heard something from Nick Cave, but not very familiar with him. Will keep a look out. And next time I hear the name Bert Jansch I'll know where I heard it first. Can't say I'll seek him out unless he happens to fall on my lap.
I, too would include Raindogs, London Calling and The Boatman's Call in my top 10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, like Tom Waits, is not always immediately accessible, but The Boatman's Call is a good starting point for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- some truly gorgeous songs.
@@OnitsukaTiger82 that is a terrific question. I gotta go with 2016’s “The Skeleton Tree” It is extremely powerful emotionally because it comes straight from the heart of Cave after losing his Son. An aweful loss breaded his best album though. I highly recommend the Skeleton Tree. You’ll love it.
First of all love your insightful commentary I'm a classic rock,prog and 80s pop to some of my fave albums are utopia Ra, Barclay James harvest baby James harvest, simple minds new gold dream, the police synchronicity and Peter Hammill nadirs big chance just to name a few of my eclectic choices and tastes
I first heard London Calling on a classic rock station in Florida when it was released - the DJ apologised and said 'look, I know it's punk rock but give it a chance'.
Roxy Music: Avalon Donald Fagen: The Nightfly Joy Division: Closer The Cure: Disintegration Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti Duran Duran: Rio Lindsey Buckingham: Go Insane Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind Pink Floyd: Animals The Cars: Heartbeat City
Some other great Zappa albums: - Bongo Fury - Tinseltown Rebellion - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - In New York - Fillmore East June 1971 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich - Waka/Jawacka
Thank you for sharing. I think who’s next and Queens night at the opera are two albums that are wonderful. And the first Boston album. And of course Frampton comes alive. I’m also going to put wings back to the egg from 1979 in there. And Cricklewood green from Ten Years After.
I don't know several of these albums (Bert Janush? never heard of him)...but since 3 of the albums you mentioned are already high on my own list (Nick Cave, The Clash, and of course Tom Waits), I figure our tastes can't be all that dissimilar...the great thing is, with an Apple Music subscription, I have found them all...the perfect solution for a rainy couple of Spring days, so big thanks to you. Looking forward to the next installment.
Great show! I'm originally from Memphis, so I'm quite familiar with Booker T. -- Check out the cover on McLemore Avenue. I've got The Band album but otherwise, I've got a lot of work ahead of me!
Cool list, I own half of them. For Skylarking, I would sub in the Dukes of Stratosphear. They did psychedelic rock better than any of the bands they were imitating, or at least more consistently.
This must be the best music reviewer on RUclips. I do want him to stop telling me to stay safe, though, as though I'm something weak, and as though that stupid New World Order bug existed in the first place
It's just become a bit of a catchphrase really
So you're saying that Covid-19 is a fabrication of the "Deep State", conspiring with the vast majority of politicians, media and pretty much EVERY clinical scientist, doctor and nurse in every hospital in the world in order to bankrupt every national economy and bring about a single oppressive and authoritarian world government that will enslave us all? Is that what you're saying? That is easier for you to believe than the possibility that this virus exists and has spread into a pandemic that has infected more than 175 million people and has killed nearly 4 million of them worldwide? You do realize the second scenario is a LOT easier to believe than the first, right?
You deny that Covid is a reality? Did you get suckered into voting for New York con-man and career criminal Trump also?
When I listen to the Clash first album it just sounds too raw. A bit ramshackle rather than angry energy. Didn't think that when I was 16!
Great to hear a Slade review. Very much a prog listener these days, but growing up Slade were so exciting, and amazing live. A band that deserve respect in my view!
"Green Onions"is the most personally important single record I have ever heard. After I first heard it, I went up to my local library to try and find a) who recorded it and b) a picture of them, photocopies the picture, took it to Morrie the Muso's on Station Road in Woodridge and asked how much a guitar like that one in the picture would cost. It took me 9 years to save up, but I finally got my first telecaster (called Dusty) and have been playing telecasters (i'm onto #2 now, Ol' Buck) ever since.
A few points - Duck Dunn doesn't play on Green Onions Lewie Greenberg does and they weren't Stax's house band well, ever - Steve Cropper became a Stax house producer who hired them all the the time, but they never had the status of, say, Motown's Funk Brothers or the Wrecking Crew. I met Booker T a few years back at a shake n' howdy, got his autograph on my setlist. A real gentleman. I'm sure he's say the same about me!
Was it your setlist (as in you were the opening act or my setlist as in a Booker T setlist you came into possession of? If the second one, how did you get it?
@@beenieman2956 It was the setlist from Booker T's just competed gig and I flirted shamelessly with the young stage hand in the rainbow themed pro gay marriage muscle shirt to get it. Needs must, and all.
@@shanewright2772 I saw it at the end of your latest video!
Rolling my eyes? Slade is fabulous, even over here in The States! I loved Traffic when I was about 11 years old. I don't think anyone else I knew had even heard of them.
In no particular order 10 albums I think are important must owns.
The beatles - Abby Road
The Rolling stones sticky fingers
The sex pistols - never mind the bollocks
Pink floyd wish you were here
Black sabbath - Black sabbath
Led zeppelin 4
Mike oldfield - Tubular Bells
The doors- The doors
Bob Dylan - the freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Jimi hendrix - electric ladyland.
Same old same old overplayed dung
Very good but very obvious
How have I lived my life without Skylarking? Never heard of it before this video. Adding it to the vinyl collection ASAP. Thanks!!
All of XTC's albums, starting with "Drums and Wires" in 1979, range from good to great.
Try also Apple and Venus.
Listened to "Music from The Big Pink" in its entirety for the first time this week - and it's as brilliant as all the praise. Stunning stuff from The Band.
Henry James said “Summer Afternoon” are the two most beautiful words in the English language. Dorothy Parker said she preferred “Check Enclosed”...
LOL me too
And George Bernard Shaw said "cellar door".
I vote for “Free Beer”
Youth Of America - Wipers
Heydey - The Church
Tim - The Replacements
Radios Appear - Radio Birdman
Mommys Little Monster - Social Distortion
Volcanic Rock - Buffalo
Road To Ruin - Ramones
Toulouse Street - Doobie Brothers
Time Fades Away - Neil Young
Cold Fact - Rodriguez
Slade Alive is the first album I ever owned.
Good list, this would be mine
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Roxy Music - Siren
The Clash (British version of debut)
Buffalo Springfield Again
Marvin Gaye What's Going On
Van Morrison Moondance
The Band Music From Big Pink
Love Forever Changes
Traffic John Barleycorn Must Die
The Kinks Something Else
Forever changes is great
Bobby Womack-The Poet
Kyuss-Blues from a Red Sky
The Drones-Gala Mill
XTC-Drums & Wires
The Fall- Wonderful & Frightening World Of The Fall
The Kinks- Arthur
The Beatles- Revolver
Radiohead-Kid A
David Bowie- Station to Station
The Pixies- Doolittle
But even this top ten doesn't do justice to my essential albums.
So very personal. I enjoyed your nostalgic description of the album 'Slayed'. Not a band I would choose to listen to being born in the late 80's, but It makes me want to give it a go, and I will. I love this channel.
Slade was one of my favorite bands in the 70's. My personal favorite album from them was Sladist.(1973) and even though the album is a audio cornucopia of anthemic singles, my favorite is "Look Wot You Dun". I've always thought that Slade was far too underappreciated in it's day. Finesse is thrown out the window for raw drive and, as you put it, stomp.
@Jaxxon Ricky Wow. No spam here...
Excellent; articulate, consistent work.
Much appreciated!
10/10 Fine picks, mate! Just felt the urge to spin both Rain Dogs and Skylarking on the turntable. It's been a while!
I'm looking forward to Vol. 2-10. Fascinating selection!
Great to see Slade included; I have always admired them. If people do not believe they are good then try listening to side 1 of Slade Alive! I recall Gene Symonds on radio saying Slade were a guilty pleasure, which I thought was a bit of a cheek. The song Afternoon Delight may be called a guilty pleasure, but never Slade.
This is the first time I have watched a Classic Album Review, and I am very pleasantly surprised and impressed by your knowledge, wit and wordsmithery! I shall watch some more. it is nice to hear an articulate British RUclipsr. Thank you.
Green Onions always brings me back to the climactic drag-race-at-sunrise scene from American Graffiti. A must watch movie with great cars, a killer soundtrack, a cast of future stars and Wolfman Jack.
London Calling is worth it for Topper Headon's drumming alone. He's one of the best.
My list:
10. A Day At The Races - Queen
9. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
8. Hotel California - The Eagles
7. Journey - Escape
6. Let It Be - The Beatles
5. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Boston - Boston
3. Led Zeppelin IV
2. Van Halen - Van Halen
1. Moving Pictures - Rush
Spot-on with the Inclusion of The Boatman’s Call. He’s also one of the best live performers going these days. Really enjoying your channel. For my two cents I’ll throw in “Grace by Jeff Buckley.”
Music from big Pink is a phenomenal album, but it’s with their self titled where they really step out of that Dylan shadow and become The Band. Their dynamics as both players and singers are at their most sophisticated and yet so loose, so natural resulting in what is truly one of the greatest songs ever in “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”.
Levon singing his heart out on that wonderful version of 'Old Dixie' towards the end of The Last Waltz always has me reaching for the Kleenex. What a band they were: Three great singers; great harmonies; great musicians and a fantastic songwriter in Robbie.
i hear you, but there is something really special, almost mythical about "Music from The Big Pink."
Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
Jethro Tull - A Passion Play
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Kansas - Leftoverture
BÖC - Fire Of Unknown Origin
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Mastodon - Leviathan
Dio - Holy Diver
Motörhead - No Sleep 'til Hammersmith
I’m afraid your 10 are very wide of the best
@@mrliamoconnor1 He's written a list of his favourites, not your favourites.
@@mrliamoconnor1 no need to be afraid, it's just a list a records.
Rush - a farewell to kings
@@ericeklund1072 Strangers!
I always enjoy learning about music from you and appreciate your perspective
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
Magazine - Real Life
Steely Dan - The Royal Scum
Neil Young - Tonight's the Night
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
Tomahawk - Tomahawk
The Damned - Phantasmagoria
Sign O’ The Times - Prince
Remain In Light - Talking Heads
Hounds Of Love - Kate Bush
Scary Monsters - David Bowie
Disintegration - The Cure
In The Wee Small Hours - Frank Sinatra
Angel Dust - Faith No More
Gaucho - Steely Dan
The Doors - The Doors
Songs From The Big Chair - Tears For Fears
Nice list (SOTT! ...etc)
ah, a second list, as I scroll down containing the Doors.
First "ten albums you must hear" list where I not only owned every album, but agreed with every pick. It surprised me.
Blue Oyster Cult
Secret Treaties a must
In any Rock Music Collection
I do enjoy your show
I very much appreciate that you included 'Slayed', obviously an album that carries memories for you. I would'nt have thought of it, when listing Top 10 albums; but it is surely a very good album. Lesser known numbers like "I Don't Mind", "Look at Last Nite", the single 'Gubuy t'Jane" and the anthemic closer "Let the Good Time Roll"; and of course that great Janis cover 'Move Over" which seems perfect for Noddy's vocals. Slade don't get enough credit as songwriters, which is plain to hear in their early albums, when they were skins still. Agree that 'Rain Dogs" is part of a trilogy; wouldn't know which one I love more of the three. "London Calling is not only a great Clash album, but probably one of the greatest albums ever. It is the first album that really features Topper's incredible drumming. While I love Winwood's vocals, IMO Traffic was always a bit boring as a band; but "John Barleycorn" is very good. 6 strong cuts. I also like the closer "Mother's Son" a lot. If I can suggest an interesting comparison for you, check out "Sofa" by Supergrass, after listening to 'Mother's Son"; the closing jam The track 'Sofa' alone, alerted the world that Supergrass was a top band already at that young age. I have (I think) all Van Morrison's albums. His output from late 60's on is mind boggling in it's high quality. He is one of the few 60/70's artists who did not lose his way in the 80's. You really had me up until the top two slots. Nothing against those two albums, just surprised. I thought we'd see Stones or Hendrix or Fab4. Edit: I often forget to thank you guys for putting up these clips that have us discussing. I know it takes dedication and effort on your part.
Nick Cave and The Badseeds! Fantastic album. Brampton Oratory for me. I would love to see your reviews on various Seeds albums. Well done.
Skylarking ✅
Brilliant !
My god after watching this I feel like an amateur. These albums are deep interesting and in a strange way frustrating because half of them I’ve never heard and don’t know if I’m ready for. I’ll be donating to this channel for the inspiring education.
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with you on Slayed, London Calling and oh yes! Green Onions. Interesting suggestions on the rest. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for watching!
I like your new albums you must hear format. I admit I was very heavy into current music in the early 80,s until I delved into music that really predated my age.The Velvet Underground and Little Richard great examples of such material. Music if good is timeless alongside modern bands of your own era. Thanks for your selection.
Finally someone's besides myself feels that skylarking by XTC is their standout album.
They really let the melodies flow on this album. A standout album of the 1980s, and one of my favorite albums of all-time.
Great selection. A useful, eclectic and certainly enjoyable list. I'm kind of surprised Springsteen hasn't popped up, but this is only Vol. 1!
I have Jim Jarmusch to thank for turning me onto Tom Waits. To songs were featured in his film Down By Law and it was enough to make me run to the record shop and buy Rain Dogs. It remains my favourite of his albums
I was late in discovering Bob Dylan and it was the all-star tribute concert where Eddie Vedder overs Masters of War that made me reconsider my opinion about Dylan and not to be so distracted by his vocals but to listen to the lyrics. I immediately went out and bought Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and the rest is history.
The Who's Quadrophenia is their masterpiece. It is among those albums that doesn't have a bad track. It's the band at their creative height.
Whereas most would pick Dark Side of the Moon as Pink Floyd's best I will always prefer Meddle. It contains three of my favourite Floyd songs, One of These Days Fearless , and the magnificent Echoes.earless
The Talking Heads is my favourite band and I'm hard pressed to pick favourite, but I'd probably go with Little Creatures. If I were to recommend an album to introduce someone to the band it would be this one. So many great songs.
Revolver is in my opinion The Beatles true masterpiece. Many will go with Sgt. Pepper but I think it's vastly overrated and it's Revolver that has the band at their best. Another album that I like every track.
Wow. That was one hell-of-a list. I have to say that the quality of your reviews persuaded me to revisit some of the "eye rolling" selections. My final verdict remains to be seen, but kudos to you for coaxing me out of my comfort zone. So with an open mind and sound deadening headphones...once more into the breech. Cheers.
This video is a Very good idea for content on a music review channel. Arguments over lists are ok, but opinions and insights into quality music not heard by my ears is the reason I keep returning. I like comparing my opinion to yours and others on music I know well , but the true engagement is the possibility of a new wonderful discovery. Your channel does that. The worlds recorded music library is enormous now. We need guides like you to help us! Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
great list; i only own 2 of these albums but i’m looking forward to discovering the rest. i really enjoy your content, keep it coming 🤘🏼
Quite a list. I don't think Slayed? Being on the list is a shock at all. It's wonderful, blue collar Rock'n Roll stomp by a band that could unleash that level of energy better than most. It's a great addition to any list.
There's a lot of love for Slade. I honestly don't think I've ever heard anyone say they don't like them. Anyway, I'm off for a cuppa soup now.😁
I agree. I have Slade Alive somewhere! Great LP.
Great idea for a video, Slayed was a very brave inclusion which I wouldn't include personally but I admire your choice. I have real trouble picking a top ten albums because my choices change all the time depending on my mood.
Must add my 10, I'm 67 sooo: 1.E Costello This Years Model (his masterpiece) 2. Viva' Roxy Music 3. Van Morrison St. Dominic's Preview 4. J Tull Aqualung 5. Simon and G Sounds of Silence 6. Beatles White Album 7. Led Zeppelin 1st album 8. David Bowie Ziggy 9. The Police Regatta del blanc 10. Fleetwood Mac Then Play On(my personal favorite of all!) Cheers
Interesting selection of albums! I'll have to give a listen to some of them because I know only four out of ten.
Looking forward to Vol.2 😎
Great, eclectic and even controversial list. To my astonishment, given the wide net being cast here, I am fully on board with a good number of your selections. I am especially pleased to see Rain Dogs getting the love it merits. Skylarking, John Barleycorn, and the Band are great albums that have received their due (Van Morrison even more so!), but even in Tom Waits's incredible ouvre, Rain Dogs is a musical tour de force, with some beautiful melodies amidst the nods to genres recent and remote. Thanks, Barry!
I have really begun to enjoy your videos! I regard you as a college professor, vastly more educated and experienced than I am in your field, but man, I don't know what the hell you see in some of the crap you think is wonderful music! (Ha!)
I have never heard of ANY of those albums except Booker T and The MG's. That is a fantastic album. Now I gotta go listen to the rest of them. See what I think....
Cheers and thanks!
While my favorite Clash LP is the US version of their debut I have to admit "London Calling" belongs on any responsible Top Ten compilation!
Great idea for a video. Some welcome surprises; Slade! Look forward to vol 2!
Thanks!
Worth listening to for the phrase "Charismatic jazz mumbler" Couldn't concentrate after that for laughing. 😂
Nice video, great entertainment as usual.
Thought I'd take a different spin on it and these are the most played albums on my iTunes database, might not be the most important but they're great stuff :)...
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
Queen - A Night at the Opera
Billy Joel - Turnstiles
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Dio - Holy Diver
Black Sabbath - Headless Cross
Queen - News of the World
Ludovico Einaudi - Una Mattina
The Police - Regatta De Blanc
I recognize what an almost impossible task this is. People get very touchy about their favourites. Personally, I believe there were 4 fantastic albums crammed into the period 69 - 73: Tommy, Live at Leeds and Quadrophenia. And yes, they are all by the Who. The greatest live act in Rock. Tommy invented the 'rock opera'. The term was invented just to describe that album. Live at Leeds is still considered THE definitive live album. Who's Next was celebrated by Time or Newsweek (maybe both) as the best album of the 70s. Quadrophenia is just... brilliant. Where do you think strummer got the inspiration for smashing his guitar (albeit a base)? I clearly recall A promo poster from 78 (79?) for the Kids Are Alright film. It was a fantastic pic of Pete Townshend, his body stretched and arced backwards, his guitar, clutched at the neck and dangling behind his head and back, poised on the edge of destruction. Like a loaded trebuchet. The caption simply read, "This guitar has seconds to live".
A quick comment about the Band and your assessment of their plumbing the depths of Americana... being rooted in it in the soil etc etc. They are, in fact, Canadians (except Levon Helm). That doesn't mean you are wrong. Once they hooked up with Dylan, they moved south. Their music was heavily influenced by American folk and traditional. Can't get more American than The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down.
Well done. Can't argue with that list at all. Love all those albums! Cheers, mate!
Love this concept. There are a few I'm deeply familiar with and others that are now on my listening list. Perfect concept for a short but insightful video.
Cannot quibble with any of your choices here, Barry, save Bert Jansch (kinda missed that in Mississippi in '65...). I listened to my older brother's GREEN ONIONS album damn near every morning before I went to school in the second grade (had been listening to Ray Charles since before first grade, so you get the idea how weird my childhood must've been!). Your comments on SLADE (a fave of mine, too) were spot on!
Thank you for watching.. hope the book's going well
1.Jethro Tull:A Passion Play
2.Genesis:Selling England by the Pound
3.Metallica:Master of Puppets
4.Black Sabbath:Paranoid
5.Roy Harper:Stormcock
6.Pink Floyd:The Wall
7.Dissection:Storm of the Light's Bane
8.David Bowie:Station to Station
9.REM:Lifes Rich Pageant
10.Darkthrone:A Blaze in the Northern Sky
Like your list and I definitely agree with Moondance and Rail Dogs. Looking forward to Vol. 2!
Same here!
Interesting list, not many I know very well. Listening to Big Pink now in 24/192 on Qobuz and will go down the list over the next couple days. Saw XTC back in maybe '82 at the behest of an old GF but only remember Senses Working Overtime from the show, hadn't really caught the new wave fever at that point. Thanks for the suggestions Barry.
Superb list; eclectic, and not obvious either. I'd forgotten about Raindogs, one of the few Tom Waits albums I haven't heard (for no particular reason). Green Onions was another, so thank you!
A good listen even though I only know one of these albums very well, XTC, and two fairly well, The Band and Van Morrison. The one that really interests me the most is Booker T. the title track of which plays a wonderfully perfect part in the finale of one of my favorite films, American Graffit,i featuring two good friends of mine, Candy Clark and Paul Le Mat. Well done. Cheers.
Nice to see Slade here.....being taken seriously....Britain's greatest rock and roll band. IMO
Nice choices. The ones I haven't heard will provide the playlist for this weekend.😊
One eclectic list of albums. Very interesting.
Some great picks. Looking forward to more.
Really nice selection. Most of my "essentials" are from the 60's and Big Pink would be toward the top. - also, as a keyboard guy, I grew up on Booker T. Also from that era I would include Traffic: Mr. Fantasy, and the Electric Flag: Long Time Comin. I would call the Blind Faith album an "essential' , like a lot of classic albums from the 60's that are so well known there's no point to list them. Again, a great list, I enjoyed.
10... er... 11 VITAL albums (not in any particular order):
THE CHILLS: Submarine Bells (Absolutely brilliant literate indie pop from beginning to end)
GRANDADDY: The Sophtware Slump (What does Neil Young fronting Radiohead sound like? Kind of like this... beautiful, engaging album)
THE CHAMELEONS: Script Of The Bridge (Where did this debut album come from??? Not a bad song here. Especially the haunting masterpiece "Here Today" about the death of John Lennon, from his point of view)
XTC: Apple Venus Vol. 1: (What does a brilliant band do after going on strike for SEVEN years against their record company? They release this incredible work that doesn't miss a step)
GENESIS: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (An epic that continues to reveal more and more, decades after its release)
THE JAM: Sound Affects (A toss up between Setting Sons, All Mod Cons, and this... A mature band finds its leader Paul Weller at the height of his writing powers.)
ABLE TASMANS: Store In A Cool Place (The brilliant swan song from the greatest band nobody's heard of. Another Flying Nun Kiwi gem)
THE DELGADOS: Universal Audio (Another swan song. After the two amazing albums that preceded it, The Delgados turn down the production... just a bit... and the songs shine. The male / female fronted tunes are traded back and forth to equally glorious effect.)
THE BEACH BOYS: Smile Sessions (With all the music available here, Brian Wilson's follow up to Pet Sounds SHOULD have been his greatest achievement. I still think it is.)
GUIDED BY VOICES: Do The Collapse (There's no doubt that Robert Pollard is not only one of the most prolific song-writer of all time, but he's also one of the best. His output intimidates people who might have to go through the misses to find the gems... but any time spent will find PLENTY of gems. This album gets a bum rap because of the Rick Ocasek's production... but the song are GLORIOUS. GBV is on par with The Who... add in Pollard's solo work and side projects and you have a stone, cold legend.)
RADIOHEAD: Kid A (Masterful left turn after producing one of the greatest albums of all-time)
Could make the list on a different day: KATE BUSH: The Dreaming, STONE ROSES: Stone Roses, NEIL YOUNG: Rust Never Sleeps, ROBERT POLLARD: From A Compound Eye, PETER GABRIEL, Peter Gabriel III, THE ZOMBIES: Odessey and Oracle, SIMON & GARFUNKEL: Parsley Sage, Rosemary & Thyme, RADIOHEAD: A Moon-Shaped Pool and/or OK Computer, SUGAR: Copper Blue, MICHAEL KIWANUKA: Kinwanuka, ELTON JOHN: Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy, PJ HARVEY: Let England Shake, MENOMENA: Friend and Foe, STEVE HACKETT: Voyage Of The Acolyte
Thanks for your picks and your thoughtful commentary... it's always appreciated. (and thanks for giving me a heads up to check out bands I may have missed or haven't (yet) connected with.
I love your list
All those Prog fans now rushing out to buy a Clash album makes me chuckle. Leading them by the hand...Partridge, after hearing what Rundgren had done to the album Skylarking, gathered his band mates. “I’m thinking of knocking the album on the head,” he confessed. “It’s like having two Hitlers in the same bunker.”
you should do a review of Scott Walkers first 4 albums (Scott, 1, 2, 3, 4) and put it on your Patreon as an exclusive
Nice one and not one Prog album to be found at all! I actually own 8 from your 10, so I guess I have to approve......
I assume we will be watching Vol. 20 this time next year!?
Fair enough!
Thanks for another top-level show. Quite an eclectic group of records. London Calling and Skylarking are surefire choices. Have to check out some of the others less familiar. I would add Kinks Arthur, The Who's Who's Next. Rolling Stones
Between the Buttons. p
Great selections Barry & Skylarking for me is up there with the very best albums of the 1980s..... Looking forward to hearing more of your picks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for this interesting list.
Much kudos for including Slayed by Slade. If there was ever a more reckless,raucous, rumbustious rousing rendition of Rock n roll then I need to hear it. A perfect antidote to the depression inducing state of the world. If only fun were allowed in the 21st century. Oh well
Fantastic choice of music, thank you!
My 10 would be;
1. Men At Work - Business As Usual
2. Status Quo - Hello
3. Melissa Etheridge - Fearless Heart
4. Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
5. Olivia Newton John - Totally Hot
6. Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle
7. Peter Gabriel - (3) Melt
8. Suzanne Vega - Days Of Open Hand
9. Marillion - Script For A Jester’s Tear
10. Gerry Rafferty - Night Owl
Good list
Oh, I love that totally hot album by Olivia Newton-John. It is so great.
Come on, 'getting it together in the country' is ultimately all about The Band!
Roaring Silence-(Manfred Mans Earth Band).
Going For The One-(Yes)
What We Did On Our Holidays-(Fairport Convention)
Song To A seagull -(Joni Mitchell)
Led Zeppelin 3.
Manassas (Manassas)
Crosby ,Stills.,Nash (Eponymous)
Byrds- (Younger Than Yesterday)
The Doors (Debut one)
Velvet Underground-(Loaded)
Rolling Stones (Sticky Fingers)
And a 3rd nod to Morrison and Co. Love it. Zep III, huh? I am really into Presence myself.
Love all these bands/singers.
Saw Nick Cave pre covid in Western Australia.
My God !
I have never felt such power coming off a stage . Completely astounding
Van Morrison ? My go to Hard Nose the Highway , Snow in San Anselmo a stunning track 😂❤
Have a great day.
I only own one of these albums - John Barleycorn Must Die. I bought it on the strength of hearing Freedom Rider on the radio. The remastered CD (1999) has a short track - I Just Want You To Know - added between Empty Pages and Stranger To Himself, And It works really well. This track was removed from the deluxe version (2011), and is not included as an extra on that release🙂
John Barleycorn! Jazzy, folky, rocky, brilliant. Van Morrison released Astral Weeks and Moondance in the same year! (Yes, I give Astral a thin edge. Both are stunning.) I also give The Band the edge over The Band's debut. Music From Big Pink was ultimately more influential (and hugely so), but the follow-up was stunningly perfect. Booker T and the MGs? I didn't expect them at No. 1, but I'm not unhappy.
UFO - Lights Out
Rainbow - Rising
Rush - All the Worlds a Stage
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
Marrillion - Clutching at Straws
Whitesnake - Come and Get It
The Who - Quadrophenia
Mastodon - The Czar
Queensrÿche - Operation Mindcrime
Iron Maiden - Killers
Lights Out is a killer!
This is a lovely mix of albums I've lived with and loved (London Calling and Moondance especially) and some that I really want to either revisit or hear for the first time. Great video!
Just logged on, your first choice was rain dogs, nuff said, subscribed
Of your ten, the only one I own is Bert Jansch. I've heard a few of the others though and not been inspired enough to buy them. Slade was a surprise but if ever a band was worthy of re-assessment, Slade would be them.
in 1975 while FM rock radio was in its album oriented direction, a jockey threw on John Barleycim Must Die...I heard it, but Missed the Name of the Artist, never saw a pic, yet certain key tunes popped into my mind for years...
in the 1980s browsing a record store to find Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, there was an unassuming dull brown cover as I was flipping past "barleycorn" caught my eye.
I've enjoyed it since.😊
Something from Tom Waits, 1978 forward, is on everyone's must hear list. Your addition of Slade was inspired. Sure I've heard something from Nick Cave, but not very familiar with him. Will keep a look out. And next time I hear the name Bert Jansch I'll know where I heard it first. Can't say I'll seek him out unless he happens to fall on my lap.
I, too would include Raindogs, London Calling and The Boatman's Call in my top 10. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, like Tom Waits, is not always immediately accessible, but The Boatman's Call is a good starting point for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- some truly gorgeous songs.
I like the Nick Cave Pick. I’ve got about 6 of his albums and I think I’m gonna keep going. :)
@@OnitsukaTiger82 that is a terrific question. I gotta go with 2016’s “The Skeleton Tree”
It is extremely powerful emotionally because it comes straight from the heart of Cave after losing his Son.
An aweful loss breaded his best album though. I highly recommend the Skeleton Tree. You’ll love it.
Skylarking. Well yes.
First of all love your insightful commentary I'm a classic rock,prog and 80s pop to some of my fave albums are utopia Ra, Barclay James harvest baby James harvest, simple minds new gold dream, the police synchronicity and Peter Hammill nadirs big chance just to name a few of my eclectic choices and tastes
All good albums, but I'd say John Barleycorn is the only truly great one.
Absolutely, the only album worthwhile amongst that lot 🙂
I wish just once I would hear you mention The Pretty Things. Parachute should be number 11 on this list, honorable mention.
Great job mate..
I've done a classic album review on the pretty things. It's on my channel
I'm glad you mentioned the Jenny Agutter scene...first think I think of when I hear Van Morrison:)
A great start to this series!
I first heard London Calling on a classic rock station in Florida when it was released - the DJ apologised and said 'look, I know it's punk rock but give it a chance'.
Roxy Music: Avalon
Donald Fagen: The Nightfly
Joy Division: Closer
The Cure: Disintegration
Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti
Duran Duran: Rio
Lindsey Buckingham: Go Insane
Iron Maiden: Piece of Mind
Pink Floyd: Animals
The Cars: Heartbeat City
Animals, I'm all over that.
Some other great Zappa albums:
- Bongo Fury
- Tinseltown Rebellion
- Weasels Ripped My Flesh
- In New York
- Fillmore East June 1971
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- Waka/Jawacka
Thank you for sharing. I think who’s next and Queens night at the opera are two albums that are wonderful. And the first Boston album. And of course Frampton comes alive. I’m also going to put wings back to the egg from 1979 in there. And Cricklewood green from Ten Years After.
Would love to see your take on "10 Best Instrumental Albums". I would put Peter Gabriel's "Passion" on that list, and Uakti's "Aguas da Amazonia".
Finally! Someone else prefers Moondance over Astral.
I don't know several of these albums (Bert Janush? never heard of him)...but since 3 of the albums you mentioned are already high on my own list (Nick Cave, The Clash, and of course Tom Waits), I figure our tastes can't be all that dissimilar...the great thing is, with an Apple Music subscription, I have found them all...the perfect solution for a rainy couple of Spring days, so big thanks to you. Looking forward to the next installment.
Great show! I'm originally from Memphis, so I'm quite familiar with Booker T. -- Check out the cover on McLemore Avenue. I've got The Band album but otherwise, I've got a lot of work ahead of me!
Cool list, I own half of them. For Skylarking, I would sub in the Dukes of Stratosphear. They did psychedelic rock better than any of the bands they were imitating, or at least more consistently.