If i had to pick 3 'final' albums: 1. Joy Division - Closer. Although they only released two albums, they left a legacy that influenced hundreds of bands. This album is such a Monolith, very welcoming but very distant at the same time. Ian Curtis put all of his struggles into these 44 minutes. I can't even begin to describe what this album means to me. 2. The Beatles - Abbey Road. Technically not their last release, but their last work together. They really put aside their issues and created one last outstanding piece of art. My favorite Beatles album. 3. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water. Last but not least one of the greatest albums of all time. I long overlooked this gem, because i thought it was too shallow and too soft, but with age comes wisdom and for the last decade this record is a constant part of my playlist. Some honorable mentions: Death - The Sound Of Perseverance Type O Negative - Dead Again The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come System Of A Down - Hypnotize
@@PhilBaird1 He's great. I have always loved his voice and lyricism and sense of melody. Thankfully at this moment in time I have an equally wonderful dentist, my Stipe dentist.
I can't drink beer any more for health reasons (bad stomach) but I LOVE seeing you guys compare all your beers. It's part of the show. Drink up guys! Cheers!!!
Good evening gents, hope you're all well! Sat here drinking my Timothy Tailor's Hopical Storm enjoying the video! My three choices are... Talk Talk - Laughing Stock Little Angels - Jam REM - Collapse Into Now. Honourable Mentions: Morphine - The Night White Zombie - Astro-creep... Rainbow - Stranger In Us All Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
The only ones I know, and that I can think off right now are: 1 The Beatles - Abbey Road 2 Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door 3 Blind Melon - Soup 4 The Doors - L.A Woman 5 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 6 Pantera - Reinventing the Steel 7 Jerry García and David Grisman (self titled) 8 The Police - Synchronicity 9 Amy Winhouse - Back to Black
Simon being a fan of Nick Drake and REM (their first three albums are some of my all time favorites, I love Automatic For the People as well), was not something I expected lol ! Always nice to being surprised from time to time by what the panelists choose.
Just yesterday, Martin Popoff outed himself as an R.E.M. fan on SoT, and everyone’s forgotten about it by today already? Great picks by Simon, by the way.
Can we celebrate Pete wearing the "Bryce Talks Metal" shirt? Very good of him to pay it forward and help out another channel... I'm sure it means a ton to Bryce.
The story behind Pink Moon is really sad. Nick Drake took it to the recording studio, left it there (unmarked) and departed the building, never to be heard from again. So talented and yet under appreciated it’s really unfair.
That’s actually not true, he and engineer Hohn Wood were the only two present in the studio during the recording of the album and that was Nick’s request because he wanted to make the album without any additional instrumentation or musicians. They recorded half the songs for the album in ine evening session and recorded the other half the next evening in a second session. “Contrary to popular legend that Drake dropped the album off in a plastic bag at Island Records reception and then left without anyone realising it, Drake delivered the master tapes of Pink Moon to Chris Blackwell at Island.[2] In an interview for the Nick Drake fanzine Pynk Moon in 1996, Island's press officer David Sandison recalled that Drake's arrival at the record company had certainly not gone unnoticed, although there had been no indication that he was delivering them a new album:” ‘I saw him in reception after I came back from lunch and I was talking to somebody and I saw a figure in the corner on the bench, and I suddenly realized it was Nick. He had this big, 15 ips [inches per second] master tape box under his arm, and I said 'Have you had a cup of tea?' and he said 'Erm, yes', and I said 'Do you want to come upstairs?' and he said 'Yes, okay'. So we went upstairs into my office, which was on top of the landing, it was a landing that went into the big office with a huge round table where Chris and everybody else worked-very democratic-and there was a big Reevox (sic) and sound system there, and he just sat in my office area for about half an hour ... After about half an hour he said 'I'd better be going', and I said 'Okay, nice to see you', and he left. Now, he went down the stairs and he still had the tapes under his arm, and about an hour later the girl who worked behind the front desk called up and said 'Nick's left his tapes behind'. So I went down and it was the big sixteen-track master tape and it said NICK DRAKE PINK MOON, and I thought 'that's not an album I know'. The first thing to do was get it in the studio to make a seven and a half inch safety copy, because that was the master. So we ran off a safety copy to actually play, and I think twenty four hours later or so, it was put on the Reevox in the main room and we heard Pink Moon.’ He didn’t just disappear either, he stayed living with his mom and dad after the release of the album and, he did his only known interview with Sounds magazine which was prompted by Island records to promote the album, he became more despondent that the album sold poorly as did his other 2 albums only selling a combined total of fewer than 4,000 copies. He then decided to leave the music business and sunk into deeper depression and finally died 2 years after the release of Pink Moon from and overdose of his depression medication while in his bedroom in his parent’s home, he was just 26. When you see how many people discovered his music long after his death, you have to ask yourself was it bad timing for him or was it his introverted nature and unwillingness to promote his albums that caused the lack of interest in his music? We will never know, gut he became far more popular posthumously than he ever was when he was alive.
Little Angels! A grand choice Stephen. A band I have never forgotten. In 1991 any band with a song as good as 'Young Gods' was noticed, they were very popular here in Ireland as well as UK. The whole album was mighty, and Jam as you mentioned, took them to No.1 I cannot approximate the amount of times we viewed the 1991 'Big Bad Video' VHS comp of promos, live & interview footage; magic stuff. It was there we saw the videos to the killer tracks (Do You Wanna Riot..etc) from the debut. Toby was (and remains) a great songwriter. The melodic hooks, lyrics and overall arrangements on those Little Angels albums were high quality. I'll definitely keep an eye to his new solo material you mentioned. Big, bad world? It certainly was when the Little Angels rocked it!
Great show gents, more of these "wildcard" shows please! For me my choices would be: 3. Rush - "Clockwork Angels" 2. Robert Calvert - "Test Tube Conceived" 1. Nick Drake - "Pink Moon" , 100% agree with Uncle Simon, an absolutely phenomenal album. For the HMs I would also go along with Warlock and The Beatles. I would add The Pink Fairies "Kill 'Em And Eat 'Em" and Rory Gallagher "Fresh Evidence";
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with you as always,a big thank you to Steven for the Shy album,I know that you have mentioned them before now.Also I have some homework to listen to
For me, Bowie's "Blackstar" is the ultimate final album. Much like Zevon, he knew that the end was near and soldiered on working on new music right up to the end, and it was fantastic. I would also mention "The Gift" by The Jam and (even though many people hate it) "In Through The Out Door" by Led Zep.
Pink Moon is a masterpiece. Most people in the 21st century, myself included, discovered Nick because the song Pink Moon was used in a VW commercial. The album sold more that year than his whole discography had sold in total all the previous years combined. Now everybody loves Nick Drake, rightly so.
Great choices, would have been my list except I’ve not listed to a lot of Death. I wonder, does Abby Road count? Since Let It Be was made first, I think it does.
Great program once again. Love the "Beer" intro. Three distinctly different personalities that blend together so well make this show great. Keep it up!
😂 I will never forget that story Steven Reid told us about coming out from a show he didn't want to attend and came outside to find his Car on fire 🔥 , that has to be the best story ever told 😂 Bless you Steven 👍
This certainly was an interesting episode. Enjoyed listening to everyone's selections, but I have to say that Simon had the most surprising ones of all: I love - and concur with - all three of his picks! I had no idea he was a Nick Drake fan, and the same goes for R.E.M. I did, however, know about Zevon. By way of his second selection, he will definitely gain a few admirers... and an even greater amount of enemies, hahahaha! I think it goes without saying that I love all three of Pete's picks as well; two of them are bona fide classics (and all-time personal faves), and the third is a great album. Sorry to leave ya out, Steven - I don't know a single one of your selections, lol. I'll check them out at some point. Fantastic episode, guys!
Honorable Mentions: The Jam - The Gift Led Zeppelin - Coda Love Sculpture - Forms and Feelings Pink Floyd - The Endless River Monkees - Christmas Party Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Without sounding condescending, I'm pretty sure that if Pete delved deep into their albums he'd find something to love. Just the sheer diversity of what they've done...
A bit late to this but my 3 are: Blackstar - David Bowie Monotheist - Celtic Frost Clockwork Angels - Rush Honourable mentions: Innuendo - Queen (like Pete's pick of The Beatles, it was the last Queen album when they were still an active band. Made In Heaven came after Freddie's death) And The Circus Leaves Town - Kyuss In Utero - Nirvana (Cobain's middle finger to his major label who wanted Nevermind Part 2)
Black Sabbath - 13 David Bowie - Blackstar Jeff Buckley - Grace Nirvana - In Utero Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come Syd Barrett - Barrett The Triffids - The Black Swan Most of these are obviously final due to one or more deaths, but I also feel pigs flying is more probable than Morrissey and Johnny Marr reuniting.
Big shout to Steven for bringing Little Angels to SOT, great band. I did think you'd be onboard with Little Angels seeing as you love Thunder & all things Wildhearts. Great show as always guys.
mine Clockwork Angels - Rush Synchronicity - The Police Monotheist - Celtic Frost Honorable mention, Hittin' the Note - Allman Brothers Band, one of my favorites from them so I had to mention it. I'll also add Blackstar - David Bowie
Had never heard Shy being brought up on the channel before, nice! Brings back vivid late 80s memories of listening to a taped version of Excess All Areas in my room while writing down the day's happenings in my journal. I have to check out that final album, thanks Steven!
The first time I heard I Want You (She’s So Heavy) was during lunch at Eureka High School by a band from Oregon called Truth. The singer said it was the new album Abbey Road by The Beatles and we didn’t even know it was released or being made. Welcome to 1969 folks.
Fun show! Cool topic as bands often carry on (or drag along) and fail to not only match their best, but even produce something decent 1. Camel - A Nod and a Wink 2. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door 3. Max Webster - Universal Juveniles All really good “final” albums
Gentle Giant's CIVILIAN springs to mind. I avoided that one for decades due to its terrible reputation, and when I finally heard it I couldn't understand why it's so maligned. It's a terrific album, and the concept (right down to the cover art) holds together better than any of their previous concept albums. I sure like it better than the two albums before it.
My Picks: 3. Leslie West - Sound Check (Amazing Record! Go Listen!!!) 2. Gary Moore - Bad For You Baby (How Blue Can You Get was later released posthumously and a compilation of unreleased tracks) 1. QUEEN - INNUENDO (Made in Heaven I don't count for the same reason as How Blue Can You Get though I love both records!)
1. Rush - Clockwork Angels 2. Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage 3. Asia - Gravitas 4. John Wetton - Raised In Captivity 5. Keith Emerson - The Three Fates Project
My favorite & first choice is by The Dillinger Escape Plan called Dissociation. They deliberately and clearly made the statement that they were done and ending the band. And they're the type of band to mean it. They went out with a 💥. Clockwork Angels by Rush. I saw them live only once on this tour and they were excellent. Death - The Sound of Perseverance. I got into Death backwards starting with their last album not knowing anything about the band. Wish i could've seen them live.
Always a fun / tons of laughs here every other Saturday 200 pm here in NJ USA 🇺🇸- three that always roll off the top of my head / In going out in style/ on top. No order and obviously no right answer. - 1- POLICE 👮♂️/ 8️⃣3️⃣. SYNCHRONICITY- 2 - Jimi HENDRIX-6️⃣8️⃣- Electric LADYLAND 3- Allman BROTHERS-0️⃣3️⃣- Hittin the NOTE. -👍💯
Was pleasantly surprised to hear Steven mention British Lion. Was the first band I ever saw live, supporting Status Quo at the Glasgow Apollo in 1977 during the Rockin All Over The World Tour!
My favorites, no particular order: Rush - Clockwork Angels Pink Floyd - The Endless River Genesis - Calling All Stations Queen - Made in Heaven Black Sabbath - 13 Motörhead - Bad Magic Dio - Master of the Moon Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth The Beatles - Let It Be The Police - Synchronicity The Moody Blues - December The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' the Note Bee Gees - This Is Where I Came In Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will Dire Straits - On Every Street The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Kiss- Monster Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Thin Lizzy- Thunder & Lightning
Lee Small who sings on the shy album is a fantastic singer. he is the lead singer for Lionheart, check out their album Second Nature it is fabulous. Lee is also the bass player and co vocalist in The Sweet.
1. joy division - closer 2. jimi hendrix - electric ladyland 3. nick drake - pink moon allman bros - hittin' note, talking heads - naked, thin lizzy - thunder and lightening, motörhead - bad magic, death - the sound of perseverance, the beatles - abbey road AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST the doors - l.a. woman
The first three albums that I think of for this topic: 1. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal 2. Death - The Sound of Perseverance 3. Motorhead - Bad Magic Honourable mentions: Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Re Nick Drake ... the "best" introduction to his music for anyone, in my view, is a wonderful radio documentary by the BBC - narrated by Brad Pitt no less ... starts with a superb cover of Day is Done by Charlie Hunter / Norah Jones then goes on to talk through his life, interviews with legendary producer Joe Boyd, Linda Thompson, etc and extracts from all his work, friendship with John Martyn...Nick had fabulous, delicate, sensitive guitar work and was a great songsmith ... Fruit Tree, Riverman et al are wonderful ... I made a recording of the broadcast which I listen to regularly ... (did likewise for the documentaries of each of Alex Harvey and John Martyn ... also fabulous and a great listen) Re : John Lees' Barclay James Harvest ... BJH was my first "go to" band and I would have loved to have travelled down to see the show Simon is going to tonight / tomorrow ... the band with the orchestra ... my mate has travelled down from Aberdeenshire and he sent me a few photos from the gig and confirmed that there were / are cameras at the venue ... so hopefully a bluray will appear sometime ... JLBJH version of the band is great (I did travel down for their Manchester gig in May ...was superb.) Allman Brothers ... Warren Zevon ... Little Angels .... good picks (btw Toby's EP with Gun was great ... would have loved more of this) CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland
3 that come to mind are: 1) Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth 2) Soundgarden - King Animal 3) Tied between Black Sabbath 13 and Heaven & Hell The Devil You Know
A great topic for the UK group and, as Steven said, there are some that the each of the others may not have heard. Have to admit, most of his are in that category for me. Between Simon and Pete, most of my top choices were picked. Pete's are probably the first ones that came to my mind though Warren Zevon would fight for position on a top 3 for me. An honorable mention on the personal list - way outside the usual SoT fields - would be the final studio album from Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around. Yes, six or so of the songs had been previously recorded by Cash and yes, there are a lot of covers on the album. But Cash's interpretation of Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, highlights the emotion from the overall sparse recording style used by Cash and producer Rick Rubin on this final album. Moving and sad but a great statement by Cash for the final album during his life. Thanks for the great show, lads. Cheers!
Trying to think of artists not mentioned in the comments so far or in the video. The Cars' Move Like This, Cream's Goodbye, John Lennon's Double Fantasy and George Harrison's Brainwashed, Faces Oh La La.
I really like this topic! My three choices, not their best but definitely worthy finales: Bathory - Nordland II (we lost Quorthon far too early) Bal-Sagoth - The Chthonic Chronicles (they've reformed as Kull, but without the iconic Byron Roberts) Windir - Likferd (I've come to miss Valfar more and more over the years) HM: Falconer - From A Dying Ember (I hope not, though) HM: Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath (I hope not, though #2, but it's been 20 years) HM: Zonata - Buried Alive (by far their best, but they chose to call it quits)
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera Lee Hazlewood - Cake or Death Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Ice Cream for Crow The Gun Club - Lucky Jim Morphine - The Night
Great show Pete love your pics I would’ve picked Cry of Love for Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix recorded that album in his new studio, eEectric Lady studio and partially mixed it before he left for the Isle of Wight. along with the Rainbow Bridge soundtrack, which is also a studio album from those sessions.
As a fan of many different sub-genres under the general rock and roll umbrella 🌂, l liked the variety of the choices presented here. As the great S. Bray doth say - paraphrasing - escaping “the SoT paradigm” ofttimes yields intriguing and interesting results. Indubitably. And, oddly enough, Professor 👨🏫 Popoff did a mini-thesis about R.E.M. on yesterday’s “touching the zeitgeist” show with Mr. Pardo. So, TWO mentions of R.E.M. on TWO consecutive days on SoT?! As the exquisite non-entity George Costanza once said, “Worlds are colliding, Jerry!” (Or, something to that effect.) At any rate, besides Thin Lizzy, the one band that came to my mind is the inimitable Queen. In fact, l think they just might qualify for today’s show AND the future one y’all plan to do. Much like The Beatles, you could argue until the cows 🐮 come home as to which exactly IS the final Queen LP. Let’s knock The Cosmos Rocks right out of contention, since it’s just half of the original band with Paul Rodgers filling in for the departed- and much missed - Freddie Mercury. (“Holy run-on sentences, Batman!”) Personally, I always thought that Innuendo was the final Queen album. It was - and still is - my personal favourite (UK 🇬🇧 spelling!) Queen record that the band released since The Game. Using that particular criteria, they ended their career in fine fettle. However, IF you think that Made in Heaven is the last Queen, then l feel they went out on a sour note. Just my opinion. Keep up the sterling content, men! Cheers from Noo Yawk, ova heyah. Rock Out & Prog On… in every lexicon! ~ Davey Cretin
I never heard of SHY, I definitely will check that out, and I will wait to hear what Pete thinks on Nick Drake before I go down that rabbit hole! but he's The List!!! lol!
Fugazi - the argument Big Black -Songs About F&$&ing Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Brainbloodvolume Girls Against Boys- You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See Jawbox - Self Titled
I only caught the latter part of the show when Steven brought up Shy's last album, which was an unexpected surprise, and he was on the money. I've followed the band since the beginning and have always been partial to Tony Mills on vox, but I got over my disappointment quickly after listening to this self-titled release. I find it had a more majestic than mainstream sound, maybe similar to House of Lords, and among the strongest musically in their catalog. Sadly ironic in that this final album represented a kind of rebirth for the band. To respond to Pete's interest in revisiting them, since 1987's "Excess All Areas," there really wasn't much to find anyway till years later when they re-emerged in the early 2000's. "Unfinished Business" and "Hollywood & Vine" were both tremendous efforts with a more organic, less keyboard-driven musical approach, comparable to Journey in their later years. I find plenty to enjoy throughout their entire catalog, as well as Tony's solo projects, particularly "Over My Dead Body" and "Streets of Chance," which are well-produced, musically adventurous representations of Shy's classic sound. All highly recommended.
Not thought too much about the topic and those that come to mind were in the honorables, Lizzy, Rush, Zeppelin, Fates Warning, Max Webster. The Allman Brothers a great choice However took away a few to listen to. Last Shy. Little Angels, try some Nick Drake and never wanted to listen to the last Warren Zevon but think I will now.
I love the Beer talk. I soon as I started watching this I subliminally had the desire to get a brew from the fridge. Sapporo Premium Beer today. Cheers 🍻
These are my 6 favorite final albums: 6. Black Sabbath - 13 5. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension! 4. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth 3. David Bowie - Blackstar 2. The Beatles - Abbey Road 1. Dio - Master Of The Moon
The last album released during his lifetime, my vote goes to You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen. Similar to the reasons behind Simon's choice of the Warren Zevon album. A great, great Cohen piece, steeped in emotion.
Very enjoyable video guys! My three choices are - Beach Boys - `That`s Why God Made the Radio` Clannad - `Nadur` Judy Dyble (sang on first Fairport Convention album and in Trader Horne) - `Earth Is Sleeping`
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The beer talk in the beginning of the show is one of my favorite parts. Gives the UK connection a special charm! Whaaaa!!😭😅😅😅
I agree!
It's the perfect introduction to the show and gives it a nice pub feel. Don't drop it.
I hate beer and yet don't mind the beer banter at all, lol. There are often laughs to be had while it's going on.
Totally agree, who doesn't like beer n metal 😂
Clockwork Angels from Rush is the first album that comes to mind, it's by far my favorite final album.
Came here to comment this as well
@@rocioiribe5841 - Likewise
Great shout.
If i had to pick 3 'final' albums:
1. Joy Division - Closer. Although they only released two albums, they left a legacy that influenced hundreds of bands. This album is such a Monolith, very welcoming but very distant at the same time. Ian Curtis put all of his struggles into these 44 minutes. I can't even begin to describe what this album means to me.
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road. Technically not their last release, but their last work together. They really put aside their issues and created one last outstanding piece of art. My favorite Beatles album.
3. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water. Last but not least one of the greatest albums of all time. I long overlooked this gem, because i thought it was too shallow and too soft, but with age comes wisdom and for the last decade this record is a constant part of my playlist.
Some honorable mentions:
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Type O Negative - Dead Again
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
System Of A Down - Hypnotize
Death! Great choice! Didn't think of that one.
R.E.M. mentioned in a good light two days in a row on SOT. Lovely. Best high end note: The Smiths "Strangeways here we come".
Listening to Michael Stipe is like going to the dentist. He even looks like a dentist.
@@PhilBaird1 He's great. I have always loved his voice and lyricism and sense of melody. Thankfully at this moment in time I have an equally wonderful dentist, my Stipe dentist.
If you like REM then that's great and all that matters. Thanks for the reply.@@johansoderberg6546
Yes to Simon's R.E.M. pick!! The look on Steven and Pete's faces was the cherry on top 😂
Brilliant. R.E.M's output is phenomenal (well apart from ATS).
I can't drink beer any more for health reasons (bad stomach) but I LOVE seeing you guys compare all your beers. It's part of the show. Drink up guys! Cheers!!!
Good evening gents, hope you're all well! Sat here drinking my Timothy Tailor's Hopical Storm enjoying the video! My three choices are...
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Little Angels - Jam
REM - Collapse Into Now.
Honourable Mentions:
Morphine - The Night
White Zombie - Astro-creep...
Rainbow - Stranger In Us All
Death - The Sound Of Perseverance
Well done Simon for praising R.E.M. I've been a fan since 1987.
Bowie's Blackstar warrants a mention. Art of the highest order, it's a visceral requiem from the Lord of disconnect.
Good choice!
The only ones I know, and that I can think off right now are:
1 The Beatles - Abbey Road
2 Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
3 Blind Melon - Soup
4 The Doors - L.A Woman
5 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
6 Pantera - Reinventing the Steel
7 Jerry García and David Grisman (self titled)
8 The Police - Synchronicity
9 Amy Winhouse - Back to Black
Simon being a fan of Nick Drake and REM (their first three albums are some of my all time favorites, I love Automatic For the People as well), was not something I expected lol ! Always nice to being surprised from time to time by what the panelists choose.
Just yesterday, Martin Popoff outed himself as an R.E.M. fan on SoT, and everyone’s forgotten about it by today already?
Great picks by Simon, by the way.
Can we celebrate Pete wearing the "Bryce Talks Metal" shirt? Very good of him to pay it forward and help out another channel... I'm sure it means a ton to Bryce.
I've worn it PLENTY of times on the channel! Yeah, Bryce is awesome!
The story behind Pink Moon is really sad. Nick Drake took it to the recording studio, left it there (unmarked) and departed the building, never to be heard from again. So talented and yet under appreciated it’s really unfair.
That’s actually not true, he and engineer Hohn Wood were the only two present in the studio during the recording of the album and that was Nick’s request because he wanted to make the album without any additional instrumentation or musicians. They recorded half the songs for the album in ine evening session and recorded the other half the next evening in a second session.
“Contrary to popular legend that Drake dropped the album off in a plastic bag at Island Records reception and then left without anyone realising it, Drake delivered the master tapes of Pink Moon to Chris Blackwell at Island.[2] In an interview for the Nick Drake fanzine Pynk Moon in 1996, Island's press officer David Sandison recalled that Drake's arrival at the record company had certainly not gone unnoticed, although there had been no indication that he was delivering them a new album:”
‘I saw him in reception after I came back from lunch and I was talking to somebody and I saw a figure in the corner on the bench, and I suddenly realized it was Nick. He had this big, 15 ips [inches per second] master tape box under his arm, and I said 'Have you had a cup of tea?' and he said 'Erm, yes', and I said 'Do you want to come upstairs?' and he said 'Yes, okay'. So we went upstairs into my office, which was on top of the landing, it was a landing that went into the big office with a huge round table where Chris and everybody else worked-very democratic-and there was a big Reevox (sic) and sound system there, and he just sat in my office area for about half an hour ... After about half an hour he said 'I'd better be going', and I said 'Okay, nice to see you', and he left. Now, he went down the stairs and he still had the tapes under his arm, and about an hour later the girl who worked behind the front desk called up and said 'Nick's left his tapes behind'. So I went down and it was the big sixteen-track master tape and it said NICK DRAKE PINK MOON, and I thought 'that's not an album I know'. The first thing to do was get it in the studio to make a seven and a half inch safety copy, because that was the master. So we ran off a safety copy to actually play, and I think twenty four hours later or so, it was put on the Reevox in the main room and we heard Pink Moon.’
He didn’t just disappear either, he stayed living with his mom and dad after the release of the album and, he did his only known interview with Sounds magazine which was prompted by Island records to promote the album, he became more despondent that the album sold poorly as did his other 2 albums only selling a combined total of fewer than 4,000 copies. He then decided to leave the music business and sunk into deeper depression and finally died 2 years after the release of Pink Moon from and overdose of his depression medication while in his bedroom in his parent’s home, he was just 26.
When you see how many people discovered his music long after his death, you have to ask yourself was it bad timing for him or was it his introverted nature and unwillingness to promote his albums that caused the lack of interest in his music? We will never know, gut he became far more popular posthumously than he ever was when he was alive.
@@sspbrazil thank you for the correction, I didn’t mean to deliberately mislead.
@@tonyhonour665 I didn’t believe you were, that is a common legend that has circulated for years and many people believed it.
I love the beer segment of the show!!! especially what Pete brings because living in NJ I can actually find and try (and I have! lol) those brands!
Little Angels! A grand choice Stephen. A band I have never forgotten. In 1991 any band with a song as good as 'Young Gods' was noticed, they were very popular here in Ireland as well as UK. The whole album was mighty, and Jam as you mentioned, took them to No.1
I cannot approximate the amount of times we viewed the 1991 'Big Bad Video' VHS comp of promos, live & interview footage; magic stuff. It was there we saw the videos to the killer tracks (Do You Wanna Riot..etc) from the debut.
Toby was (and remains) a great songwriter. The melodic hooks, lyrics and overall arrangements on those Little Angels albums were high quality. I'll definitely keep an eye to his new solo material you mentioned.
Big, bad world? It certainly was when the Little Angels rocked it!
Simon is really pulling out the goods, Warren Zevon’s “The Wind” is a fantastic album.
I dunno if it would count but
I think The Doors" LA Woman " was banger of ending to the original line up!
Definitely I would include a great final album when Jim was alive
Great show gents, more of these "wildcard" shows please!
For me my choices would be:
3. Rush - "Clockwork Angels"
2. Robert Calvert - "Test Tube Conceived"
1. Nick Drake - "Pink Moon" , 100% agree with Uncle Simon, an absolutely phenomenal album.
For the HMs I would also go along with Warlock and The Beatles. I would add The Pink Fairies "Kill 'Em And Eat 'Em" and Rory Gallagher "Fresh Evidence";
Pour me a pint of 'Pud'.
Free-Heartbreaker
Faces-Ooh La La
Great show guys!
i got the feeling that "pud" doesn't mean the same thing across the pond.
aside from that, two excellent choices.
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with you as always,a big thank you to Steven for the Shy album,I know that you have mentioned them before now.Also I have some homework to listen to
For me, Bowie's "Blackstar" is the ultimate final album. Much like Zevon, he knew that the end was near and soldiered on working on new music right up to the end, and it was fantastic. I would also mention "The Gift" by The Jam and (even though many people hate it) "In Through The Out Door" by Led Zep.
Well done Steven for mentioning Little Angels. They were a fantastic band. I also love their Jam album. Toby Jepsons voice is amazing.
Pink Moon is a masterpiece. Most people in the 21st century, myself included, discovered Nick because the song Pink Moon was used in a VW commercial. The album sold more that year than his whole discography had sold in total all the previous years combined. Now everybody loves Nick Drake, rightly so.
1. Abbey Road - The Beatles
2. Clockwork Angels - Rush
3. Synchronicity - The Police
4. Thunder and Lightning - Thin Lizzy
5. The Sound of Perseverance - Death
H/M
Universal Juveniles - Max Webster
Great choices, would have been my list except I’ve not listed to a lot of Death. I wonder, does Abby Road count? Since Let It Be was made first, I think it does.
Aye. Pete's Growler reference and the Beer talk is a good reason why I have started to listen to this feed!😂
Saw the title and wanted to watch. Haven't watched you all in some time. Good video. Thanks.
Great program once again. Love the "Beer" intro. Three distinctly different personalities that blend together so well make this show great. Keep it up!
😂 I will never forget that story Steven Reid told us about coming out from a show he didn't want to attend and came outside to find his Car on fire 🔥 , that has to be the best story ever told 😂 Bless you Steven 👍
Funniest story ever. 😂
Scottish BBQ ?
Thanks Bryan, I can laugh about it now.... 😂
I won’t forget that story in a hurry 😂
This certainly was an interesting episode. Enjoyed listening to everyone's selections, but I have to say that Simon had the most surprising ones of all: I love - and concur with - all three of his picks! I had no idea he was a Nick Drake fan, and the same goes for R.E.M. I did, however, know about Zevon. By way of his second selection, he will definitely gain a few admirers... and an even greater amount of enemies, hahahaha! I think it goes without saying that I love all three of Pete's picks as well; two of them are bona fide classics (and all-time personal faves), and the third is a great album.
Sorry to leave ya out, Steven - I don't know a single one of your selections, lol. I'll check them out at some point.
Fantastic episode, guys!
Great show guys, congratulation's on making a truly enjoyable episode
Ordering a shirt soon spreading the word ❤
3) the Raspberries - Starting Over
2)the Police - Synchronicity
1)The Beatles - Let It Be
Honorable Mentions:
The Jam - The Gift
Led Zeppelin - Coda
Love Sculpture - Forms and Feelings
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Monkees - Christmas Party
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
I'm pro REM. Phenomenal band. Singular, unique sound. But get why people might not like it.
Without sounding condescending, I'm pretty sure that if Pete delved deep into their albums he'd find something to love. Just the sheer diversity of what they've done...
REM are the greatest.
A bit late to this but my 3 are:
Blackstar - David Bowie
Monotheist - Celtic Frost
Clockwork Angels - Rush
Honourable mentions:
Innuendo - Queen (like Pete's pick of The Beatles, it was the last Queen album when they were still an active band. Made In Heaven came after Freddie's death)
And The Circus Leaves Town - Kyuss
In Utero - Nirvana (Cobain's middle finger to his major label who wanted Nevermind Part 2)
Little Angels - great choice. Excellent band.
Black Sabbath - 13
David Bowie - Blackstar
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Nirvana - In Utero
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come
Syd Barrett - Barrett
The Triffids - The Black Swan
Most of these are obviously final due to one or more deaths, but I also feel pigs flying is more probable than Morrissey and Johnny Marr reuniting.
Great show lads.
Really enjoyed it.
Can't wait for the Thin Lizzy episode!
👍
Nick Drake to Warlock is what I'm here for.
Big shout to Steven for bringing Little Angels to SOT, great band. I did think you'd be onboard with Little Angels seeing as you love Thunder & all things Wildhearts. Great show as always guys.
mine
Clockwork Angels - Rush
Synchronicity - The Police
Monotheist - Celtic Frost
Honorable mention, Hittin' the Note - Allman Brothers Band, one of my favorites from them so I had to mention it. I'll also add Blackstar - David Bowie
Great choice Warlock Stephen 👌💯💯
Had never heard Shy being brought up on the channel before, nice! Brings back vivid late 80s memories of listening to a taped version of Excess All Areas in my room while writing down the day's happenings in my journal. I have to check out that final album, thanks Steven!
Hope you enjoy it Fritha! Cheers!
Oh,Warlock! Great pick indeed! A brilliant album,no doubt!
Great call on the Shy album which is immense.
Abbey Road was recorded after Let It Be so it is definitively the end. As yes, it’s damn good; I Want You(She’s So Heavy) is brilliant.
I Me Mine & the Album overdubs were recorded after Abbey Road, so I'd call LIB their last
The first time I heard I Want You (She’s So Heavy) was during lunch at Eureka High School by a band from Oregon called Truth. The singer said it was the new album Abbey Road by The Beatles and we didn’t even know it was released or being made. Welcome to 1969 folks.
Fun show! Cool topic as bands often carry on (or drag along) and fail to not only match their best, but even produce something decent
1. Camel - A Nod and a Wink
2. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
3. Max Webster - Universal Juveniles
All really good “final” albums
Planet X - Quantum?? Cab - Theatre de Marionettes??? Thought you were a 4FF guy, Porter! 😄
I guess you're holding out hope. Me too. 😜
@@georgelamie7001 😄 those were the first that came to me!
@@georgelamie7001 yes, we need more Planet X and CAB
Excellent choices Eric. Can't believe I didn't have Max Webster or Camel at least in my HMs!
Gentle Giant's CIVILIAN springs to mind. I avoided that one for decades due to its terrible reputation, and when I finally heard it I couldn't understand why it's so maligned. It's a terrific album, and the concept (right down to the cover art) holds together better than any of their previous concept albums. I sure like it better than the two albums before it.
My Picks:
3. Leslie West - Sound Check (Amazing Record! Go Listen!!!)
2. Gary Moore - Bad For You Baby (How Blue Can You Get was later released posthumously and a compilation of unreleased tracks)
1. QUEEN - INNUENDO (Made in Heaven I don't count for the same reason as How Blue Can You Get though I love both records!)
Division Bell. Not just the music but that cover. I see it everyday on my way to work
In Through the Out Door. Coda doesn’t count
On Every Street
Didn`t think of `Division Bell` that`s a good pick!
I should have had The Division Bell on my list, even if just to annoy Luis!
Great show guys as always and great beer 😂
Yet another great video Pete!
Learn about new band and song every episode it's awesome!
1. Rush - Clockwork Angels
2. Michael Brecker - Pilgrimage
3. Asia - Gravitas
4. John Wetton - Raised In Captivity
5. Keith Emerson - The Three Fates Project
My favorite & first choice is by The Dillinger Escape Plan called Dissociation. They deliberately and clearly made the statement that they were done and ending the band. And they're the type of band to mean it. They went out with a 💥.
Clockwork Angels by Rush. I saw them live only once on this tour and they were excellent.
Death - The Sound of Perseverance. I got into Death backwards starting with their last album not knowing anything about the band. Wish i could've seen them live.
Thanks Simon. Absolutely love R.E.M....oh, shit, wait. I meant Warren Zevon! I loved his attitude (for his whole life honestly) on this last record.
Always a fun / tons of laughs here every other Saturday 200 pm here in NJ USA 🇺🇸- three that always roll off the top of my head / In going out in style/ on top. No order and obviously no right answer. - 1- POLICE 👮♂️/ 8️⃣3️⃣. SYNCHRONICITY- 2 - Jimi HENDRIX-6️⃣8️⃣- Electric LADYLAND 3- Allman BROTHERS-0️⃣3️⃣- Hittin the NOTE. -👍💯
"Shouting & Pointing" is a fantastic album ! Glad to hear it mentioned !!
I had to squeeze in a meniton for it even if it didn't really qualify. Love that album!
I'm just gonna ride with The Hoople 😎
Was pleasantly surprised to hear Steven mention British Lion. Was the first band I ever saw live, supporting Status Quo at the Glasgow Apollo in 1977 during the Rockin All Over The World Tour!
Love the Nick Drake pick. Pink moon is a great acoustic album. Yes u need to be in the mood for it👍👍. Brilliant right hand guitar technique from Nick.
My favorites, no particular order:
Rush - Clockwork Angels
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Genesis - Calling All Stations
Queen - Made in Heaven
Black Sabbath - 13
Motörhead - Bad Magic
Dio - Master of the Moon
Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Police - Synchronicity
The Moody Blues - December
The Allman Brothers Band - Hittin' the Note
Bee Gees - This Is Where I Came In
Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will
Dire Straits - On Every Street
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Kiss- Monster
Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door
Thin Lizzy- Thunder & Lightning
Endless River belongs on the worst final albums episode.
@@keithdonald6583not as bad as the previous two but they're not 'fihal' albums
Lee Small who sings on the shy album is a fantastic singer. he is the lead singer for Lionheart, check out their album Second Nature it is fabulous. Lee is also the bass player and co vocalist in The Sweet.
Cinderella - Still Climbing
Gillan - Magic
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Riot - Immortal Soul
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Great choices!
The 3 choices you've got there that weren't on the show Don, really should have been on the show!
@@TranquilityFireReid It's okay, I forgot Free "Heartbreaker" and Type O Negative "Dead Again".
Dark Beer does indeed look better in the glass-(even though I am drinking a heineken while I am watching this episode)😀
1. joy division - closer
2. jimi hendrix - electric ladyland
3. nick drake - pink moon
allman bros - hittin' note, talking heads - naked, thin lizzy - thunder and lightening, motörhead - bad magic, death - the sound of perseverance, the beatles - abbey road AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST the doors - l.a. woman
The first three albums that I think of for this topic:
1. Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
2. Death - The Sound of Perseverance
3. Motorhead - Bad Magic
Honourable mentions:
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy
Thin Lizzy - Thunder and Lightning
Re Nick Drake ... the "best" introduction to his music for anyone, in my view, is a wonderful radio documentary by the BBC - narrated by Brad Pitt no less ... starts with a superb cover of Day is Done by Charlie Hunter / Norah Jones then goes on to talk through his life, interviews with legendary producer Joe Boyd, Linda Thompson, etc and extracts from all his work, friendship with John Martyn...Nick had fabulous, delicate, sensitive guitar work and was a great songsmith ... Fruit Tree, Riverman et al are wonderful ... I made a recording of the broadcast which I listen to regularly ... (did likewise for the documentaries of each of Alex Harvey and John Martyn ... also fabulous and a great listen)
Re : John Lees' Barclay James Harvest ... BJH was my first "go to" band and I would have loved to have travelled down to see the show Simon is going to tonight / tomorrow ... the band with the orchestra ... my mate has travelled down from Aberdeenshire and he sent me a few photos from the gig and confirmed that there were / are cameras at the venue ... so hopefully a bluray will appear sometime ... JLBJH version of the band is great (I did travel down for their Manchester gig in May ...was superb.)
Allman Brothers ... Warren Zevon ... Little Angels .... good picks (btw Toby's EP with Gun was great ... would have loved more of this)
CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland
3 that come to mind are:
1) Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
2) Soundgarden - King Animal
3) Tied between Black Sabbath 13 and Heaven & Hell The Devil You Know
A great topic for the UK group and, as Steven said, there are some that the each of the others may not have heard. Have to admit, most of his are in that category for me. Between Simon and Pete, most of my top choices were picked. Pete's are probably the first ones that came to my mind though Warren Zevon would fight for position on a top 3 for me. An honorable mention on the personal list - way outside the usual SoT fields - would be the final studio album from Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around. Yes, six or so of the songs had been previously recorded by Cash and yes, there are a lot of covers on the album. But Cash's interpretation of Hurt, originally by Nine Inch Nails, highlights the emotion from the overall sparse recording style used by Cash and producer Rick Rubin on this final album. Moving and sad but a great statement by Cash for the final album during his life. Thanks for the great show, lads. Cheers!
Love the drink talk, keep on it please ...beer and metal!!!!
1. Dead Kennedys- Bedtime for Democracy
2. Death- The Sound of Perseverance
3. Fugazi- The Argument
I was in a band that supported Little Angels just before they became big! That's brought back some memories!
Sensational AlexHarvey Band- Rock Drill (1977) Steven your aligned with The Captain. Cheers
That's good to know Captain!
My 3 end of career highlights are:
1: Machines of Loving Grace - Gilt
2: Sanctuary - The year the Sun Died
3: Ill need to rethink this one
Love the beer choices guys
Trying to think of artists not mentioned in the comments so far or in the video. The Cars' Move Like This, Cream's Goodbye, John Lennon's Double Fantasy and George Harrison's Brainwashed, Faces Oh La La.
I really like this topic! My three choices, not their best but definitely worthy finales:
Bathory - Nordland II (we lost Quorthon far too early)
Bal-Sagoth - The Chthonic Chronicles (they've reformed as Kull, but without the iconic Byron Roberts)
Windir - Likferd (I've come to miss Valfar more and more over the years)
HM: Falconer - From A Dying Ember (I hope not, though)
HM: Lost Horizon - A Flame To The Ground Beneath (I hope not, though #2, but it's been 20 years)
HM: Zonata - Buried Alive (by far their best, but they chose to call it quits)
The Smiths - Strangeways here we come
T Rex - Dandy in the Underworld
Leonard Cohen - You want it darker
Black Sabbath - 13
The Jam - The Gift
The Stone Roses - Second Coming
Portishead - Third
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
Love Laughing Stock.
Portishead Third is a great album, but are you sure it’s their final album? Maybe I’ve just missed reading about them declaring it’s over.
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Lee Hazlewood - Cake or Death
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band - Ice Cream for Crow
The Gun Club - Lucky Jim
Morphine - The Night
Little angels brilliant well done Steven Great choice
They certainly were a great band Brian!
Great show Pete love your pics I would’ve picked Cry of Love for Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix recorded that album in his new studio, eEectric Lady studio and partially mixed it before he left for the Isle of Wight. along with the Rainbow Bridge soundtrack, which is also a studio album from those sessions.
"Angel" is a magical recording.
As a fan of many different sub-genres under the general rock and roll umbrella 🌂, l liked the variety of the choices presented here. As the great S. Bray doth say - paraphrasing - escaping “the SoT paradigm” ofttimes yields intriguing and interesting results. Indubitably. And, oddly enough, Professor 👨🏫 Popoff did a mini-thesis about R.E.M. on yesterday’s “touching the zeitgeist” show with Mr. Pardo. So, TWO mentions of R.E.M. on TWO consecutive days on SoT?! As the exquisite non-entity George Costanza once said, “Worlds are colliding, Jerry!” (Or, something to that effect.)
At any rate, besides Thin Lizzy, the one band that came to my mind is the inimitable Queen. In fact, l think they just might qualify for today’s show AND the future one y’all plan to do. Much like The Beatles, you could argue until the cows 🐮 come home as to which exactly IS the final Queen LP. Let’s knock The Cosmos Rocks right out of contention, since it’s just half of the original band with Paul Rodgers filling in for the departed- and much missed - Freddie Mercury. (“Holy run-on sentences, Batman!”) Personally, I always thought that Innuendo was the final Queen album. It was - and still is - my personal favourite (UK 🇬🇧 spelling!) Queen record that the band released since The Game. Using that particular criteria, they ended their career in fine fettle. However, IF you think that Made in Heaven is the last Queen, then l feel they went out on a sour note. Just my opinion.
Keep up the sterling content, men!
Cheers from Noo Yawk, ova heyah.
Rock Out & Prog On… in every lexicon!
~ Davey Cretin
Two albums that come to mind
Ccr - mardi Gras
Travelling Wilburys - vol 3
I never heard of SHY, I definitely will check that out, and I will wait to hear what Pete thinks on Nick Drake before I go down that rabbit hole! but he's The List!!! lol!
1. Thin Lizzy- Thunder & Lightning
2. Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
3. Van Halen- A Different Kind Of Truth
Can’t wait for the upcoming Thin Lizzy show!
There is no way a band could punctuate the end of their career better than "The Garden," the last track on Clockwork Angels, Rush's final album.
Fugazi - the argument
Big Black -Songs About F&$&ing
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - Brainbloodvolume
Girls Against Boys- You Can’t Fight What You Can’t See
Jawbox - Self Titled
At Last. A mention for the Mighty Neds, what an underrated band they were
I only caught the latter part of the show when Steven brought up Shy's last album, which was an unexpected surprise, and he was on the money. I've followed the band since the beginning and have always been partial to Tony Mills on vox, but I got over my disappointment quickly after listening to this self-titled release. I find it had a more majestic than mainstream sound, maybe similar to House of Lords, and among the strongest musically in their catalog. Sadly ironic in that this final album represented a kind of rebirth for the band. To respond to Pete's interest in revisiting them, since 1987's "Excess All Areas," there really wasn't much to find anyway till years later when they re-emerged in the early 2000's. "Unfinished Business" and "Hollywood & Vine" were both tremendous efforts with a more organic, less keyboard-driven musical approach, comparable to Journey in their later years. I find plenty to enjoy throughout their entire catalog, as well as Tony's solo projects, particularly "Over My Dead Body" and "Streets of Chance," which are well-produced, musically adventurous representations of Shy's classic sound. All highly recommended.
Great to see some love 9and a lot of knowledge) for Shy Vinnie. Thanks for watching!
Not thought too much about the topic and those that come to mind were in the honorables, Lizzy, Rush, Zeppelin, Fates Warning, Max Webster. The Allman Brothers a great choice
However took away a few to listen to. Last Shy. Little Angels, try some Nick Drake and never wanted to listen to the last Warren Zevon but think I will now.
I look forward to the beer talk...one show Simon was drinking a something Goblin beer that I drank during the show the week prior. Cheers!
Loved Little Angels. Still do!
I love the Beer talk. I soon as I started watching this I subliminally had the desire to get a brew from the fridge. Sapporo Premium Beer today. Cheers 🍻
These are my 6 favorite final albums:
6. Black Sabbath - 13
5. Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension!
4. Van Halen - A Different Kind Of Truth
3. David Bowie - Blackstar
2. The Beatles - Abbey Road
1. Dio - Master Of The Moon
Love when you talk about what beer you’re drinking
I would go Pink Moon by Nick Drake, Fresh Evidence by Rory Gallagher and Clockwork Angels by Rush.
YES Simon. Love Nick Drake. Talk about him on a show please.
The last album released during his lifetime, my vote goes to You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen. Similar to the reasons behind Simon's choice of the Warren Zevon album. A great, great Cohen piece, steeped in emotion.
Cinderella's 'Still Climbing' (1994) is a terrific final album from the band. It's also highly underrated in their catalog!
Very enjoyable video guys! My three choices are -
Beach Boys - `That`s Why God Made the Radio`
Clannad - `Nadur`
Judy Dyble (sang on first Fairport Convention album and in Trader Horne) - `Earth Is Sleeping`
Ah, just to say if the Eagles never record again then `Long Road Out of Eden` is an album I like quite a bit.
I wouldn't put it past Mike Love to do another BB album
Goodness hadn`t thought about that! Well if he does it had better be good!@@merikblackmore