neildalton
pfm Member
Steely Dan - everything.
Even though most hate them..... Rush
A Farewell to kings
Hemispheres
Permanent waves
Moving pictures
Exit stage left
Signals
Grace under pressure
Power windows
Hold your fire
A show of hands
Presto
Not to big on Roll the bones but like everything they did after it.
Even though most hate them..... Rush
A Farewell to kings
Hemispheres
Permanent waves
Moving pictures
Exit stage left
Signals
Grace under pressure
Power windows
Hold your fire
A show of hands
Presto
Not to big on Roll the bones but like everything they did after it.
I love the first side of 2112 but the second side not so much, fairy straight ahead rock.Not 2112 ? (fabulous album with a similar feel to Farewell to Kings). I must admit I lost interest in Rush after Moving Pictures. too much synthesizer.
Why wouldn't you start with White Music?
I try to pretend that "White Music" and "Go 2" don't exist. This is a thread about runs of high quality albums, it is my view that those two don't qualify.
Ah right. White Music is my favourite XTC album.
I wouldn’t go that far - I would nominate Skylarking or Apple Venus - but I agree this is a really good album, with at least four classic tracks in Radios In Motion, This Is Pop, Statue Of Liberty and Neon Shuffle. I remember being so disappointed when Drums And Wires came out, because the band’s sound seemed so much thinner after they booted Barry Andrews out. It’s grown a bit on me since then, but I still think the first two albums are a bit underrated. I think I’m only XTC fan who prefers Go2 to Drums And Wires.
You can only post 1 band/artist. Try not be too obvious (Bowie, Beatles, Stevie Wonder, etc...)
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Five pages, and no mention of the great Van Morrison! No point listing them, they're all wonderful.
I listened to D&W just a few nights ago, and it hadn't aged as well as I thought. The material is strong enough, most of the time, and they play really well, but it's just so unrelentingly "peppy". The adrenaline rush never lets up. That doesn't sit as well with me now as it did in 1979. Then I did "Black Sea" and thought it hadn't aged so well either, in particular "Paper and Iron" and "Sgt Rock" are real clunkers, only saved by excellent arrangements and brilliant bridges. Andy can always be counted on for a quality bridge.
My problem with the first two albums isn't Andrews, I rather like what he did. I just think that the songs were weak, and Andy's yelping was really out of control then. I'd like to have heard what they'd sound like with Andrews and a stronger batch of songs, but I wouldn't want to give up the guitar interplay between Partridge and Gregory.