Music - Best albums

[spadge]

Here's an experiment. Just to start you off.

Best albums:

Anything by:

Led Zepellin
Pink Floyd
Nick Drake
Lea Shores
Audiop*rn - start with "tank"
Gilbert and Sullivan's D'OILY CAR T
Cream
Lorina McKennett
Hendrix
Eric Satie
Hard Fi
Pachebel
David Gilmour
Dodgy - hear "staying out for the summer" as a first taster
Wolfmother - try "woman" first if you're new to it
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - if you've never heard this try: "spread your love like a fever" first

Most by:

Boston
Lynrd Skynrd
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Deep Purple
Fairport Convention (saw them last week!) Sandy Denny stuff was the best.
Black Sabbath
AC DC
Lou Reed
Kate Bush
Scorpions
Robert Plant
The Proclaimers
Coldplay
The Doors
Rush
The Byrds
Yes
Stan Getz
Beach Boys
Jeff Healey (saw him live)
Miles Davis
Eagles/Don Henley
Dire Straits
ELO
Quo
Police




Struggle with but tried:

Some Clapton
Jack Bruce
Captain Beefheart

[spadge]

Some by:

ZZ Top
The Cure


Most by:

Queen
The Who
The Doors
The Monkeys

A few tracks by:

The Michael Schenker Group
Ian Gillan Band
Motorhead

[spadge]

Didn't understand:

The Nits -thanks Chris and Sally!!

[Rog]

Fairport Convention (saw them last week!) Sandy Denny stuff was the best.

Especially the car restorer's theme song!

[Sam WantsG15]

I don't get it, is Spadge working through all the bands he's heard of?

Some I like,

Gaye Bikers on Acid- Dig Your Own Hole
Curve
Lush
Mogwai
KMFDM
Skinny Puppy
Revolting c**ks- really listen to Beers, Steers and Queers- a lot better than it's title may suggest
Ministry
Nine Inch Nails (but a bit too mainstream for me nowadays)
Queens of the Stone Age, dig out the earlier stuff before they sacked the drug addled bassist
Anything involving Dave Grohl
Deep Purple
Ry Cooder- I, Flathead
The Stanley Brothers
Elvis, you gotta love the King

However, I'm not sure about Scorpions, too poodle rock for me.

Yep, I'm an ageing indie kid verging on country rock who's car still has a tape player.

Sam

[MarkG21]

Here's an experiment. Just to start you off.

Best albums:

Anything by:

Led Zepellin
Pink Floyd
Nick Drake
Lea Shores
Audiop*rn - start with "tank"
Gilbert and Sullivan's D'OILY CAR T
Cream
Lorina McKennett
Hendrix
Eric Satie
Hard Fi
Pachebel
David Gilmour
Dodgy - hear "staying out for the summer" as a first taster
Wolfmother - try "woman" first if you're new to it
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - if you've never heard this try: "spread your love like a fever" first

Most by:

Boston
Lynrd Skynrd
Van Morrison
Neil Young
Deep Purple
Fairport Convention (saw them last week!) Sandy Denny stuff was the best.
Black Sabbath
AC DC
Lou Reed
Kate Bush
Scorpions
Robert Plant
The Proclaimers
Coldplay
The Doors
Rush
The Byrds
Yes
Stan Getz
Beach Boys
Jeff Healey (saw him live)
Miles Davis
Eagles/Don Henley
Dire Straits
ELO
Quo
Police




Struggle with but tried:

Some Clapton
Jack Bruce
Captain Beefheart

Surely you mean Gilbern & Sullivan?

[mikewilson]

Here's an experiment. Just to start you off.

Best albums:
Anything by:
Stan Getz
Miles Davis

At my age I use as much history as possible to weed out the rubbish before I'll listen to anything.
So I agree Stan Getz plays 'Eddie Sauter-Focus' - the best album in the history of the Earth bar none. But I'll allow singles "Death of a Clown" and "Bad Moon Rising" to be present as well. Oh yes. and lots by Janis Joplin.

[Zane]

Its friday afternoon and this looks far more fruitful than work...

Great lists, would recommend also:

Guided by Voices (up to and including under the bushes, under the starts - motor away is all time classic...)
Built to Spill
Yo La Tengo
Pavement (bit "college rock" but some gems)
Halo Benders
Yellotone
Sonic Youth
Dinosaur Jr
Sebadoh
Bonnie Prince Billy (downbeat but great)
Smog

and
Byrds (most)
Dylan (most)
Rolling Stones
Guns n' Roses (some)

but really.... Dire Straights...?!!

[Debs]

King Crimson - ALL
Horslips - ALL

Uriah Heep - Most
Wishbone Ash - Most
ELP - Most

[pmouse]

Anything by:
Humble Pie
Wishbone Ash
Thunder
Free
Meatloaf
Jeff Healey
Def Leppard
Joe Cocker
Anything written by Jim Steinman (including the Whistle Down the Wind musical)
Almost anything with Steve Marriott involved....
Leona Lewis (yes really - that girl rocks!)

"One Hit Wonders"
Deborah Bonham - The Old Hyde
Truth - Jeff Beck (and the only good album Rod Stewart ever recorded - sorry!)
Looking In - Savoy Brown
Slash's Snakepit - It's Five O'clock Somewhere
Metallica - Reload

[Debs]

Jethro Tull - ALL (ESPECIALLY 'Locomotive Breath').

Can we see a theme developing here?

[Sam WantsG15]

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts!!!
Saw them in Newcastle about 10 years ago, they were brilliant, although a bit too much bemoaning the fact Dumpy was in Hawkwind for about half an hour, but very funny and a great gig. Couldn't recommend a record by them though, just a very good live act.
Debs, King Crimson, very good call!
I saw a great band in Canada once, although I was too drunk to remember who the hell they were/are, look out for them!

Sam

[spadge]

Saw Tull in Ipswich last year - excellent. Had tickets last week too but couldn't go.

Walked into a bar (ouch!) in Canada many years ago - This blind guy was sitting there playing a guitar with his teeth....Jeff Healey! Awesome

[mikewilson]

Blackman/Arnold from Detroit - unfortunately split up now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNrgk3PJ1xY

[pmouse]

I meant to add that everyone should listen to Fred Wedlock's 'Frollicks' album after a good night on the sauce - it will split your sides....

It is hard to find, but occasionally pops up on Ebay/Amazon - original LP was on the Village Thing record label.