Great t-shirt as always and an interesting list. My top 10 in no particular order. 1. Who’s Next 2. Band of Gypsies 3. Bridge of Sighs 4. Brothers in Arms 5. Wish You Were Here 6. American Beauty 7. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere 8. The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Fillmore East 9. Agualung 10. Quadrophenia Honorable mention: Electric Ladyland, Physical Graffiti, Abbey Road and Jeff Beck live with the Jan Hammer Group.
I am all about Rock so here are those 10 albums I heard most in my 68 years: 1) Abbey Road 2) Dark Side of the Moon 3) Led Zeppelin 2 4) Are You Experienced? 5) Who's Next 6) Sticky Fingers 7) Close to the Edge 8) Paranoid 9) Machine Head 10) Disraeli Gears Between played at home and hearing this stuff on the radio and generally in Pop Culture, these seem to me what I have heard the most, they were all classics for a reason. There are probably 100 albums in the category for me. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
I would not mind being shipwrecked on an island with that play list. I would swap a couple albums (being Australian) for some truly classic Australian albums virtually unknown to the wider world
Excellent EXCELLENT list, many of these would be on my list too. My minor tweaks would be Led Zep IV and Master Of Reality instead of Paranoid. And so glad you included Close To The Edge, an album that does not get the attention it deserves.
@@harveycotton5185 Absolutely. I think part of that was due to the Rock HOF ignoring "Prog Rock" for decades until they finally came to their senses (or ran out of Rap/HipHop artists to induct).
Not saying you are stuck in the 70’s but is life after the the decade being the age of 64 I can see where you are coming from there is some really great alb from every decade
Without doubt the best reviewer on you tube, your love for music come through with your ability to articulate being a key ingredient to what makes you interesting to listen to. I am 60 years old and because of you have started to go back through the decades of my life and revisit stuff I maybe didn’t understand when I was younger.
Wait a year, it might change... Abbey Road - The Beatles Who’s Next - The Who The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd All Things Must Pass - George Harrison At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Machine Head - Deep Purple Superunknown - Soundgarden Moving Pictures - Rush Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan Honorable mention: “Love and Theft” - Bob Dylan
These are my most listened to albums in recent years: 1. "Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy" - Brian Eno 2. "Power, Corruption and Lies" - New Order 3. "The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks 4. "Replicas" - Gary Numan 5. "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - Pink Floyd 6. "Soul Galore" - Jackie Wilson 7. "Live at the Desert Inn" - Bobby Darin 8. "A Grand Don't Come for Free" - The Streets 9. "The Dreaming" - Kate Bush 10. "Parklife" - Blur
My list: Revolver Rubber Soul What's Going On John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Moondance Quadrophenia Fleetwood Mac ( eponymous '75) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Sgt. Pepper The White Album Abbey Road DSOTM
You had me at the Boatman Thumbnail. Everything Mr Cave talks about , thinks about or for that matter spills a drink on becomes instantly more interesting
I’ll admit that it’s a memorable phrase from that album, my brother and I always thought that was funny, but I would not call them lyrics lol Fyi, that would be like stating that Lennon saying “cranberry sauce” albeit at slower speed, at the end of one of the Beatles tunes was a great lyric lol
I love Atom Heart Mother - it's also my most-listened-to Floyd album, and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is a big favorite of mine when making breakfast while on vacation.
My 10. U.K first album Empire Central - Snarky Puppy Fish Out Of Water - Chris Squire The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis Abbey Road - The Beatles Aja - Steely Dan Close To The Edge - Yes Led Zeppelin IV A Secret Wish - Propaganda Animals - Pink Floyd
One of the most powerful concerts I, and my daughter were witness to was Nick Cave at the Challenge Stadium in Perth Western Australia. Our minds blown by the energy pouring off the stage . An amazing concert that will stick in my mind until the day I die.
I’ve been bingeing this channel for a couple of hours now, and I’ve come to realize that you love music like I love music. As you’re talking about Atom Heart, I’m literally thinking about of Fearless and Meddle, and then you touch on that. Nick Caves Boatman and I go back to my introduction to him being Let Love In. Most people could care less about these offerings, but I love them. Thanks for sharing your love and knowledge. This now is my favorite channel. Cheers!
Top 10 1. MC5 Kick out the Jams 2.The Stooges Fun House 3.UFO- Force it 4.Ramones- Leave Home 5.The Ruts-The Crack 6.XTC -Drums and Wires 7. Motorhead-Ace of Spades 8.Peter Gabriel 3 9.Jethro Tull -Aqualung 10. Sex Pistols -Nevermind the Bollocks I am loving your lists though....very interesting breakdowns and sense of humor style and wit.
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs; Eno - Another Green World; Tangerine Dream - Ricochet; The Saints - (I'm) Stranded; Killing Joke - Killing Joke 1980; Wire - 154; The Cure - Seventeen Seconds; Yes - Gates Of Delirium; The Beatles - The White Album; Jimi Hendrix - The Cry Of Love. Special mention: Radio Birdman - Living Eyes; Gang Of Four - Entertainment; New Order - Get Ready; Eno & Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts; Chrome - Red Exposure; Children Collide - The Long Now
1. Dark side of the moon 2. All things must pass 3. Ommadawn 4. Animals 5. Quadrophenia 6. Selling England by the pound 7. 2112 8. Tubular bells 9. Brothers in arms 10. Pompeii - early years 1972 Subject to change but that’s pretty much been the staple for the last few years. Great to see the diversity on everyone’s lists as i barely make it out of the 70s!
Kansas: Song For America Supertramp: Crime Of The Century Dire Straits: Love Over Gold Steely Dan: Aja( The Royal Scam is about to catch up) Boston: Debut Al Stewart: Time Passages( Year of The Cat is close) Styx: Paradise Theater Genesis: Duke(Selling England By the Pound is catching up) Paul McCartney/Wings: Venus And Mars(Wings Over America a close 2nd) Jethro Tull: Aqualung(Songs From The Wood and Minstrel In The Gallery are close) Honorables: Billy Joel: 52nd Street(The Stranger, Turnstiles, An Innocent Man are close) ELO: A New World Record Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of the Moon Eagles; Hotel California(although I haven't gave it a full listen in about 10 years, once upon a time, a regular listen) Too many honorable mentions, including other parts of the catalogs of the above artists mentioned
David Gilmour-Live in Gdansk, Cheap Trick-Dream Police, The Knack-Get the Knack, Bob Welch-French Kiss, Wings-Back to the Egg, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell, Moody Blues-On the Threshold of a Dream, Rush-Hemipheres, Doobie Brothers-The Captian and Me, Gerry Rafferty-City to City, Zebra-Zebra
In no particular order: - Deep Purple In Rock (1970) - Rainbow - Stargazer (1976) - Jethro Tull - Broadsword & The Beast (1982) - Rush - Moving Pictures (1981) - Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (1973) - Who - Who's Next (1971) - Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1976) - Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of a Seventh Son (1988) - Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978) - Styx - Pieces Of Eight (1978) - Nightwish - Once (2004) But I have at least 30 albums in my top-ten.
Delighted to see LADIES OF THE CANYON by Joni Mitchell get an honourable mention. Equally delighted to see the album get listed as a re-release on vinyl for September 29th. It goes to the top of my next vinyl purchase list.
On wiki critical reception for this album,village voice said side 2 is near perfect. I always thought carole king's tapestry was perfect on side one. So if you play one after another you get 12 perfect songs.
I've always thrived on Atom Heart Mother, but I can understand why Gilmour and Waters dismiss it. The man who introduced all the orchestral and choir parts was actually meddling in the broth they were cooking, or at least that's [probably] how they feel about it. I love the end result nonetheless. There were a few vinyl LPs of classical music at home, things by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and a few more. By the time I had the complete Pink Floyd discography on vinyl (through The Final Cut), I started to attend classical music concerts, including many world premieres or first performances in Spain. I know that Pink Floyd acknowledged the influence of Helmut Lachenmann, a composer born in 1935 of whom I only own one CD, but I understand what they mean. Today I have around 3,200 CDs of classical music (plenty of 20th century compositions) and another 800 or so of jazz, blues and rock.
10: The Raven that Refused to Sing by Sir Steven 9: Bachelor #2 by Aimee Mann 8: Aja by Steely Dan 7: War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne 6: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project 5: Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull 4: Ten New Songs by Leonard Cohen 3: Crime of the Century by Supertramp 2: Animals by Pink Floyd 1: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis Honourable Mentions: Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall by Pink Floyd, I am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne, Past Present Future by Al Stewart, Abby Road by The Beatles
Years ago I had a cassette tape with Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project on one side, and Cyclone by Tangerine Dream on the other. The two albums went together so well - moody & sinister in places, I'd listen to that tape over & over & over ...
Great list. My list for the past year would include Pink Floyd's ANIMALS and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Elton John's CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY and BLUE MOVES. Jethro Tull's THICK AS A BRICK. Fleetwood Mac's TUSK. Beatles' WHITE. Solstice's LIGHT UP. Santana's ABRAXAS. Moby's RESOUND NYC. Honourable mentions go to 2022's EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE by Esmerine plus THE VELVENT UNDERGROUND by the Velvet Underground and Carole King's TAPESTRY.
In no particular order probably these: Made In Japan - Deep Purple Permanent Waves - Rush Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull Selling England By The Pound - Genesis Camel - Camel Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin Animals - Pink Floyd Long Live Rock and Roll - Rainbow Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett Calling Card - Rory Gallagher
Pet Sounds is one of those albums that takes me to another plane of existence, The music, the lyrics, the feel. The way it ends with Caroline No and the train and the dogs barking was such a perfect way to end the album. The two instrumentals have so much going on. Sadly I didn't give this album a real chance until I was in my 40's. It lead to discovery of what I refer to as the lost years of the Beach Boys, 67-77.
Thanks for the video which got me thinking. What I listen to changes over time, with mood and madness. But these stand the test of time: Hejira - Joni Mitchell The Nightfly - Donald Fagen Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon Ok Computer - Radiohead Tusk - Fleetwood Mac Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School - Warren Zevon Automatic for the People - REM Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen Oranges and Lemons - XTC Come on Feel the Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
Brilliant video 1. Get Happy 2. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels 3. Weld/Ragged Glory 4. Rattlesnakes 5. Aftermath 6. Bringing It All Back Home 7. The Good Son 8. Radio City 9. The Queen Is Dead 10. Throwing Muses Honourable mentions - Ladies Of The Canyon, Rubber Soul, Randy Newman Live, Songs Of Love (Mark Eitzel), Forever Changes
Appreciate the video! I have no idea if this is accurate or not or if I'm just listing albums that I've simply listened to A LOT: 1) Pink Moon - Nick Drake 2) Anthem - Less Than Jake 3) Close to the Edge - Yes 4) Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 5) The Beat - I Just Can't Stop it
Here's 10 I play a lot. Genesis - Selling England by the pound Supertramp - Crime of the century XTC - Nonsuch Renaissance - Turn of the cards Big big train - The under fall yard Disperse - Journey through the hidden gardens Focus - Moving waves Hawkwind - Warrior on the edge of time Camel - Moon madness Steven Wilson - The raven that refused to sing.
@bobparr4723. Hell yes, some love for "Nonsuch"! Probably my most favorite of XTC's awesome catalog. I know "Skylarking" is the critics' safe go-to choice, but man, in addition to "Nonsuch", I love "Drums & Wires", "Black Sea" and "English Settlement" more.
I wrote out a list of what I thought these albums would be before I watched, I got 6 of them, 3 were the wrong album but the right band (Paul Simon, Cure - although I just put a generic "there'll be a Cure album there somewhere and Pink Floyd). You're a man of admirable constancy, Barry. Now - let's jump in the Barry TARDIS and go back 1,3,5,10,25 and 50 years and do 10 most listened to albums for that. Oh! Apropos of nothing, you'll be please to know that I pushed the boat out and picked up some Proggy Prog at the big vinyl sale last weekend - Henry Cow, Soft Machine and Jethro Tull. Henry Cow is horrible! There are war crimes that are lesser atrocities than some of the saxwork on that album! I will approach Soft Machine tomorrow with no inconsiderable trepidation!! And, in a desperate attempt to stay relevant, the ten albums I have listened to the most this year, maybe: Avery Country, I'm bound to You - Barton Carroll Little Honey - Lucinda Williams The Essential George Jones A Star For Bram - Robn Hitchcock. Another Country - Tift Merrit. Tilt - Scott Walker Dread Beat and Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson Tanx - T. Rex A bigass Capenters playlist on Spotify New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro. As you can tell, most of my listening is done in the wee, small hours.
The Soft Machine were one of the darlings of UFO along with Pink Floyd, in fact Robert Wyatt has maintained his connection with the members of Floyd over the years.... which Tull album?
@@classicalbum The One that turns into a newspaper. Funny thing of it is I bought the Henry Cow because I had, in working on a presentation, heard a piece of theirs that was interesting - "Bittern Storm Over Ulm". But this was nothing like it - just a relentless series of turgid semi - rhythmic thumbing and various woodwinds played by a man who seemed a) very angry b) very drunk and c) very unfamiliar with the instrument. Am more reassured for Soft Machine after your explanation. How've you been?
@@classicalbum I did see a couple there, but they were a bit pricey. Got lots of good jazz and reggae to compensate. And funk - Bootsy, Larry Graham. Fun day, Expensive - took some hell from the wife! -but fun!
@@classicalbum There were a couple of his there at the sale, but hey were a little pricey at the time. l'll budget for one next time. You've certainly been busy on the Channell lately - changed a few things up I see!
Exxxxcellent as always, with the customary food for thought and I can’t resist joining in with this one. Let’s take as read the Beatles, Stones, Who, Led Zep, Skynyrd, Springsteen, Dylan, Eagles, Steely Dan album de jour (which gives me a chance of squeezing in just ten). So… most listened to albums: - The Big Moon.. Walking Like We Do (anything by them, actually). - Jackson.. Late For the Sky - Yes.. Topographic Oceans (first 2 sides) - Genesis.. Selling England by the Pound - Aimee Mann.. Charmer - Oasis.. What’s the Story - Warren Zevon.. Life’ll Kill Ya - Joni.. Court & Spark - Mary Chapin Carpenter.. Party Doll - Supertramp.. Crime of The Century And a shout out to the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty, Richard Thompson’s Rumour & Sigh, Marley’s Catch a Fire and Crowded House’s Woodface. I need a drink now.
Fascinating list that provoked some great listener lists. Your work is really effective in getting us to explore new music that might have otherwise remained on rhe edge.
I’m just exploring the complete works of The National and your description of them as the bastard offspring of Leonard Cohen and Joy Division is both spot on and the highest compliment anyone could give! Totally agree on Nick Cave, Beach Boys, Paul Simon and The Lamb. Topographic Oceans may be my least played album!
Great list overall, couldn’t agree more on Stranger to Stranger by Simon. What an utter masterpiece that album is! His later work is some of greatest of his career, I listen to this part of his catalogue more than any other era now. Paul has had an almost perfect career with the best saved for last in my opinion.
I went to sleep to Topographic Oceans for years using my auto-reverse cassette deck back in the day. Great choice. Love me some Atom Heart too! I was a marching band geek in the 80s and really got into the instrumentation of it all.
Well you got a subscriber out of me for having both Topographic and Lamb Lies Down on Broadway both on the list! 2 of my absolute faves. Wish you Were Here also being at the top. Gonna check some of these out as I’m not familiar with all of them!
Wow you really pulled out the thesaurus for this video. 😉 I've never heard some of these albums and never even heard of a couple of the bands, so I'll definitely give them a listen to. I have a favorites song playlist on Spotify and rarely even listen to full albums anymore. My top ten would be nothing surprising anyway, all the usuals from the classic rock era. So I'll name one of my newly discovered favorites bands, "Ween". Can't name a favorite album by them, they just have a lot of cool songs.
Great video. My own 10 would be: 1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 2. Vangelis - Blade Runner 3. Derek and the Dominos - Layla 4. Metallica - Master of Puppets 5. Pink Floyd - Animals 6. Japan - Tin Drum 7. John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton 8. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 9. Jason Becker - Perspective 10. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
A love supreme Exile on Main St. Buena Vista Social Club Time fades away Ziggy Stardust SAHB Best of No Sleep till Hammersmith Were only in it for the monex Astral Weeks Give em enough rope
No particular order, albums that have become fixtures in my life: Countdown to Ecstasy-Steely Dan Cosmos Factory-CCR LA Woman -Doors Call of the West-Wall of Voodoo Past Present and Future-Al Stewart Crime of the Century-Supertramp Ram-Paul McCartney Dark Side-Pink Floyd Led Zep 4 Let it Bleed-Stones Yes, all pretty mainstream stuff, but they are the soundtrack of my life.
My top ten off the top right now: The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" Jeff Buckley "Grace" David Bowie "Low" Depeche Mode "Violator" Electric Light Orchestra "Eldorado" Jethro Tull "Songs from the Wood" Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile" Radiohead "OK Computer" Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream" Yes "Close to the Edge"
Growing up in Ireland in the seventies as a teenager ,we used to have to go to England to see our favourite bands live as very few played in Dublin...so we would listen to live albums to try to mimic the experience...so here's some of the ones we would listen to...made in Japan....seconds out....bursting out...Frampton one...live and dangerous..the song remains the same ...Woodstock...I still listen to them today...in my man cave
As an Irish person, all I can say is “Made in Japan” - if all live albums could be that good (admittedly they did compile the tracks for the album from several nights - Tokyo/Osaka), then there would be less concert going ! Live and Dangerous is another great live album though “they say” there was a bit of “polishing up” afterwards - still that’s a far cry from Roger Waters lip syncing in some of his recent “live” performances 🤪 !!
I would love to see you do a session with Nick Cave and The Badseeds albums! Atom Heart Mother was the first Floyd album I bought. Disintegration is a masterpiece. Great list!
Nicely done, Sir. Don't agree with everything but it's what you listen to and your choices are very respectable. "The Lamb" isn't on top of my favorite Genesis albums but it is the one I listen to the most....that and Foxtrot which is atop of my favorite Genesis albums. Tales from Yes. WOW! I do listen to it a lot. Always one of my faves but Close to the Edge is the one I listen to most. Atom Heart Mother great choice! Of the PF albums, Animals is the one that I gravitate towards the most. The Beatles would be in my listing too. Either The White Album or Abbey Road. Dark Matter from IQ is another one I listen too quite often. I love a lot of their discography but that's the one that I tend to go to the most. Again, my list would go on forever. Don't know if I can do "Top 10". Again, thanks for everything Barry. Love your videos!! Keep up the great work.
On wiki one critic described side 2 of being near perfect. So if you play carol king's tapestry side one followed by Canyon side 2 you have 12 perfect songs
I was thumbing through TH-cam and came across your video. Great list and well presented. I have most of the albums you mentioned. However I have never listened to Nick Cave and I have all of Paul Simon's solo CDS up to "Graceland". I will have to check out some his later stuff. I am only 45 yrs. Old, but I've always felt like I was born 20 years too late. Here are the top 10 CDs I listen to and never grow tired of hearing them. (Some on this may seem like a cliche, but if I love it that's all that matters. 1 - The Beatles - White album (1968) I love this one because there is so much diversity and each member showcases their songwriting skills. I especially love George Harrison's contribution especially the lovely "long, long , long" 2 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975) This is the band's hardest rocking album ever. You get a double CD where every song is great. 3 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966) the 3rd album in the "gone Electric" trilogy. I heard this at the age of 9. I didn't understand a lot of the meanings of the songs, but the Nashville session men created a sound that was hypnotic and still sounds fresh today as it did back then. 4 - The Flaming lips - In a priest driven ambulance (1991) The lips are an Oklahoma favorite and this is my favorite CD of theirs. Long out of print, you can get the box set with the band's first 4 albums plus 2 CDs of outtakes And live cuts. This CD is the album that got them signed to Warner brothers. Here you have "rainin babies" "five stop mother superior Rain" "take Meta Mars". The whole CD is great, but is an acquired taste 5 - Herb Alpert - Whipped cream and other delights (1965) I could be having a bad day and all I have to do is put this on and everytime it puts a smile on my face. It's a timeless classic that my 24 year old daughter loves. 6 - linda Ronstadt - The Capitol years (2007) I think she is and always will be the greatest female singer of all time. I especially love her early country and all 4 are on 2 CDs. You get "Home grown" " Silk purse" "linda Ronstadt" and her masterpiece "Heart like a wheel" I keep this one in the car and play 3 or 4 times a week. 7 - Belle and Sebastian - If you're feeling Sinister (1997) brilliant! Nobody else was doing this kind of music at this time. Weird and unique. There was also a mystery around who the band was. They often hired friends and strangers to pose as them for videos and interviews. Who cares? They wrote songs that have stood the test of time. I bought this at a garage sale 2 years just to hear something new. Did not realize that it would be one of my most often played. 8 - Neil young - Tonight's the night (1975) An album that plays like a memorial service to Neil's roadie Bruce Berry and guitarist Danny Whiten both who died from an overdose. The band sounds off key and Neil's voice is shot, but somehow it works check out "roll another number" "tired eyes" and one of my favorite Neil young classics "Alburquerque" 9 - Beck - Sea Change (2002) some say Dylan's Blood on the tracks is the best break up album, but I think this one gets it. I bought this when it came out in 2002 and today it still gives goosebumps with it's weirdness, sadness and over the top production. When I feel down I play this one. 10 - The Flaming Lips - At war with the mystics (2006). There's not a bad song on here and this returns the band to more guitar driven songs. "The sound of failure" sounds like a 70s lost Steely Dan track. "The W.A.N.D" is another highlight from this great album. How about for next video you share your top 10 CDs that turned out to be a disappointment.
The Boatman's Call is one of my favorite albums, I would be interested if you talked more about Nick Cave in general. One of the most consistent artists of all time when we are going by critical acclaim, he still puts out stuff today that I love
In no particular order cause i don't know the precise list off the top of my head but it's roughly this Disintegration-the cure Fear of a blank Planet-pt Ashes against the grain-agalloch Colors-btbam Damnation-opeth La voce del padrone-franco Battiato Scaring the hoes-jpegmafia and Danny Brown Kid a-radiohead Discovery-daft punk The mountain-haken
The Boatmans Call is a very good record, but for lyricism and a looming sense of impending violence, then Henrys Dream wins it for me. My top 10 in no particular order Motorhead - Bastards Joanna Newsom - The Milk eyed Mender Mogwai - Come on Die Young Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold William Elliot Whitmore - Ashes to Dust Tool - Aenima The Cure - Disintegration Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim Metallica - Kill 'em all Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 2. Pink Floyd - The Wall 3. Alan Parsons Project- Pyramid 4. Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination 5. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot 6. Supertramp - Crime of the Century 7. Supertramp - Breakfast In America 8. Bob Marley - Legends 9. Neil Diamond - Hot August Night 10. Jeff Wayne's - War of the Worlds 11. Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits 12. Journey - Escape & Frontiers 13. Manfred Mann - Watch
Jethro tull-benefit. Black sabbath- Sabbath bloody Sabbath. Led Zeppelin - physical graffiti. Deep purple made in Japan. Pink Floyd Animals. Marillion script for a jesters tear. Rory Gallagher Irish tour 74. Rush 2112. Genesis-selling England by the pound. UFO strangers in the night. More rock than prog I know.
Great list Barry, all solid albums mate. I love “Tales From Topographic Oceans” regardless of the naysayers and “Atom Heart Mother” is my second favorite Floyd albums, I defend that album all the time. I have a great Live double disc bootleg from that tour called Atom Heart Goes on the Road, I was living in Switzerland when “The Boatman’s Call” came out and I bought it and played it everyday, such a great album.
Ive been a simon and garfunkle fan since i was a kid but You've just introduced me to pauls recent works and im really suprised. Seriously interesting stuff.
I liked how your list started off but music from the eighties is a cold trail of me. However, I'm a genre person: Prog, psychedelia and folk usually does it for me, but it's all a mix of things. Lark's Tongue In Aspic, Islands (King Crimson of course) Side 2 of Atom Heart Mother, Dylan's Tell Tale Signs-The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. - The Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah, Terrapin Station - Beatles from With The Beatles to Rubber Soul (that's six there). - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert and Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot. I guess I lost count way more than ten!
Have you heard, Cold Roses, by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. Its deadicated to the Grateful Dead. I'm a 64yo classic rock guy, but I find this album in my CD player pretty often.
For me in No particular order: Boston (One of the best debuts of All time IMO) 2 AFarewell To Kings 3 Led Zepelin 3 4 Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 5 Slide it In Whitesnake 6 Dark Side of The Moon 7 Out of Myself Riverside 8 Sticky Fingers 9 Physical Graphitti 10 Closer to Home Grand Funk Railroad
It’s all so personal: I go through phases and lately it’s: The Beatles Red, Ok Computer, Highway 61 Revisited, and Countdown to Ecstasy. Also been listening to a lot of McCartney, think his book set me off on this journey, and The Nationals most recent. Plan to do a major Nick Cave review….love the one you picked. Pet Sounds and Exile two of my least favorite LPs people seem to love. But, it IS your list. Nice job.
Exile’s Let it Loose is, for me, Jagger’s greatest vocal. I can only imagine that their refusal to play this live is because it reveals too much of his soul.
Your dry wit and eloquence really on show here. Kudos for your honesty and not trying to impress anyone. Your selection is so idiosyncratic it must be true.
Beatles - Abbey Road Rolling Stones - Let It Beed Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon Supertramp - Crime Of The Century Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat Billy Joel - The Stranger Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
A delight to hear about your love for some artists that aren't nominated that often on this otherwise "prog" labelled channel. That said: I'm curious to know what you think about The Raven by The Stranglers, a thumbs up album that features in your album review trailer.
Ladies of the Canyon, good call though! I was thinking there probably aren't any albums I have on long-term rotation nowadays, but that would certainly be up there if I do. A very affecting collection, I find it. I like all the big '70s Jonis, but this one moves me most.
I'm afraid I first started really listening to music around the mid-70s when punk and new wave were taking off, and I totally dismissed all the earlier stuff. In my defence, there was some truly dreadful stuff in the charts in the early 70s, as there always is. The first two albums I bought were Armed Forces and The Kick Inside, which still stand up today, imho. I've watched a couple of your videos and I think our only common ground so far is The Cure. But now we have Spotify it doesn't cost anything to try something new, so I have started listening to a few of your recommendations. Joni Mitchell's Blue is pretty good, I'll give you that. Keep up the good work!
-Elton John: Madman Across the Water -Ryan Adams: Cold Roses - Tears for Fears: Elemental - CSN: CSN - CSNY: Deja Vu -Keith Emerson, Marc Bonilla, Terje Mikkelsen: Three Fates Project -Kate Bush: Hounds of Love -Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back my Bullets - Joe Walsh: The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get ‐-------- And typical favorites: LZ, Presence; PF, Animals; Rush, Grace Under Pressure; Yes, The Yes Album; The Beatles, Abby Rd; Genesis, Foxtrot...
Thanks! Glad I listened I didn't know Eno had made an album with Paul Simon .the national, sound like my cup of tea as well... look forward to hearing both of them.
Thanks, I have downloaded all the early albums, but haven't got around to listening to them yet. Looking forward to giving them a spin after all the rave reviews 😊
All time? Wow.....I may not listen to some of them as much as I once did, but here goes (in no particular order).... The Wall, Dark Side, Quadrophenia, Pretenders, Rust Never Sleeps, Paranoid, Trick of the Tail, The Yes Album, Boston's debut, and Zeppelin's debut. Honorable mentions to KISS Alive, 2112, Moving Pictures, Revolver, Animals, Cars debut, One of These Nights, Dire Straits debut, Duke, Powerslave, Physical Grafitti, Band on the Run, and Van Halen's debut. Thanks, Barry.
My favourite top 10 albums 10 Japan gentleman take poloriods 9 genesis selling England by the pound 8 beach boys surfs up 7 roxy music for your pleasure 6 ultravox system of romance 5 pink Floyd dark side of the moon 4 Bowie man who sold the world world 3 Hawkwind levitation 2 porcupine tree sky moves sideways 1 rush signals
Very interesting list. And the way you describe each album is just great. These are the albums (not in order of importance) that I think I listen to the most, at least for the past 5 years: Desintegration (1989) The Cure, Siamese Dream (1993) The Smashing Pumpkns, The Crossing (1983) Big Country, Moving Pictures (1981) Rush, Violator (1990) Depeche Mode, London Calling (1979) The Clash, Deep (1989) Peter Murphy, Synchronicity (1983) The Police, Diesel and Dust (1987) Midnight Oil, So (1986) Peter Gabriel. Bonus: Any Siouxsie and the Banshees Album.
While I do try to listen to lots of new music and love a lot of modern stuff, I have my old favourites I fall back on. I was surprised at how similar your picks were to mine. Different albums by the same artists or similar albums would be on mine. ( I also have a soft spot for Atom Heart Mother, Let love in or good son are my Nick Cave go to. )You were spot on with the National love. And I loved how you described them. Also happy to see someone else loves that Paul Simon album. Wristband is both thoughtful and hilarious. Well done narrowing it down to 10.
Closer- Joy Division, Low-Life -New Order, Station To Station - David Bowie, Velvet Underground - Third Album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back- Public Enemy, Music For Pleasure- Monaco, Liege And Leif- Fairport Convention, Night Time- Killing Joke, Love- The Cult, Fables Of The Reconstruction- REM, Personality: One Was A Spider One Was A Bird -The Sleepy Jackson and Nico- Desert Shore.
Ten studio(ish) albums and five live albums that I listen to a lot (may not be the best album by that artist): Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young Revolver - Beatles Turn of the Wheel - Tempest Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani Perfecto Presents: Another World - Paul Oakenfold The Protomen - The Protomen Cross - Justice Arena - Duran Duran Absolutely Live - The Doors Yesshows - Yes The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 - Frank Zappa
Having listened for many months to so many of your wonderfully erudite opinions on countless albums, I had just arrived at the notion that listening to you disseminate in your unique style, so so many of the total soundtracks of my musical listening life ( I am now 67), that listening to your dulcet tones is akin to slipping slowly into a luxuriously warm bath. Would you believe it! at 4:38 you go and steal my thunder! I kid you not but that of course is of no real importance. Please keep up your fabulous oratory on the magnificent music that have shaped both my life and no doubt yours throughout God knows how many years. Thank you and keep on rocking in the free world.
Very interesting list. Some I've played to death but some new ones for me. It's really hard to narrow it down to 10, but here are 10 that I cannot stop listening to. I'll be 68 next month so I have gone decades where I listen to one thing only including Pink Floyd, Rock, Blues, Flamenco, New Age, Fusion, Jazz, Prog. But there are some that keep making it back out of the stack into the LP crate by the turntable. My top 10 most listened to albums in no order -------------------------------------------- Passport - Blue Tattoo The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding Phantogram - Voices Roxy Music - Country Life Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity Fleetwood Mac - No Mystery Yes - Time And A Word Pink Floyd - Meddle Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots
Great t-shirt as always and an interesting list. My top 10 in no particular order.
1. Who’s Next
2. Band of Gypsies
3. Bridge of Sighs
4. Brothers in Arms
5. Wish You Were Here
6. American Beauty
7. Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
8. The Allman Brothers Band Live at the Fillmore East
9. Agualung
10. Quadrophenia
Honorable mention: Electric Ladyland, Physical Graffiti, Abbey Road and Jeff Beck live with the Jan Hammer Group.
Great list
My 2 favorite live albums!👍👊
Nice List. Nice to see American Beauty on it..
Who's next. A rare perfect album. Every song is golden, no fillers. Not many of these. Would be interesting to see if anyone can come up with ten.
I am all about Rock so here are those 10 albums I heard most in my 68 years:
1) Abbey Road
2) Dark Side of the Moon
3) Led Zeppelin 2
4) Are You Experienced?
5) Who's Next
6) Sticky Fingers
7) Close to the Edge
8) Paranoid
9) Machine Head
10) Disraeli Gears
Between played at home and hearing this stuff on the radio and generally in Pop Culture, these seem to me what I have heard the most, they were all classics for a reason. There are probably 100 albums in the category for me. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
I would not mind being shipwrecked on an island with that play list. I would swap a couple albums (being Australian) for some truly classic Australian albums virtually unknown to the wider world
Excellent EXCELLENT list, many of these would be on my list too. My minor tweaks would be Led Zep IV and Master Of Reality instead of Paranoid.
And so glad you included Close To The Edge, an album that does not get the attention it deserves.
@@markb20 yes Close To The Edge is fantastic.
@@harveycotton5185 Absolutely. I think part of that was due to the Rock HOF ignoring "Prog Rock" for decades until they finally came to their senses (or ran out of Rap/HipHop artists to induct).
Not saying you are stuck in the 70’s but is life after the the decade being the age of 64 I can see where you are coming from there is some really great alb from every decade
Without doubt the best reviewer on you tube, your love for music come through with your ability to articulate being a key ingredient to what makes you interesting to listen to. I am 60 years old and because of you have started to go back through the decades of my life and revisit stuff I maybe didn’t understand when I was younger.
Thank you for your kind words.
Indeed Mr. Simpson an absolutely wonderful comment, Thanks Cam
"The Lamb" is a double but it is so immersive it seems to go pretty quick on a straight through listen.
I agree, and it is one of those albums that I have to or prefer to listen straight through.
1. Modern Lovers "Modern Lovers"
2. Thelonious Monk "Misterioso"
3. The Beatles "Rubber Soul"
4. Miles Davis "Kinda Blue"
5. Nick Drake "Five Leaves Left"
6. Bob Dylan "Freewheelin'"
7. Joni Mitchell "Shadows and Light"
8. Tom Waits "Rain Dogs"
9. Marvin Gaye "What's Goin' On"
10. Patsy Cline "Greatest Hits"
Wait a year, it might change...
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Who’s Next - The Who
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
Electric Ladyland - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Machine Head - Deep Purple
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Moving Pictures - Rush
Time Out of Mind - Bob Dylan
Honorable mention: “Love and Theft” - Bob Dylan
These are my most listened to albums in recent years:
1. "Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy" - Brian Eno
2. "Power, Corruption and Lies" - New Order
3. "The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society" - The Kinks
4. "Replicas" - Gary Numan
5. "Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - Pink Floyd
6. "Soul Galore" - Jackie Wilson
7. "Live at the Desert Inn" - Bobby Darin
8. "A Grand Don't Come for Free" - The Streets
9. "The Dreaming" - Kate Bush
10. "Parklife" - Blur
I was trying to work out your age from that selection, 42? or 39 maybe?No 42 :-)
Love that last. I listen to some regularly and haven't even heard of some others. Very tempted to go out and buy.
What a variety!
Several of these albums I've never heard, but then, that's another reason why I appreciate this channel.
My list:
Revolver
Rubber Soul
What's Going On
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band
Moondance
Quadrophenia
Fleetwood Mac ( eponymous '75)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Sgt. Pepper
The White Album
Abbey Road
DSOTM
You had me at the Boatman Thumbnail. Everything Mr Cave talks about , thinks about or for that matter spills a drink on becomes instantly more interesting
Is there any finer lyric than "Marmalade, I like marmalade"? Says it all!
Yes...there is
😂 I was saying that aloud to myself when he mentioned Atom Heart Mother.
I’ll admit that it’s a memorable phrase from that album, my brother and I always thought that was funny, but I would not call them lyrics lol
Fyi, that would be like stating that Lennon saying “cranberry sauce” albeit at slower speed, at the end of one of the Beatles tunes was a great lyric lol
I haven't even watched the whole video yet, but I know exactly which album you're talking about 😂
Ah yes , Reflections of my Life 👍🏻
Ladies of the canyon - marvellous!
I love Atom Heart Mother - it's also my most-listened-to Floyd album, and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" is a big favorite of mine when making breakfast while on vacation.
Marmalade....
My 10.
U.K first album
Empire Central - Snarky Puppy
Fish Out Of Water - Chris Squire
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway - Genesis
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Aja - Steely Dan
Close To The Edge - Yes
Led Zeppelin IV
A Secret Wish - Propaganda
Animals - Pink Floyd
One of the most powerful concerts I, and my daughter were witness to was Nick Cave at the Challenge Stadium in Perth Western Australia. Our minds blown by the energy pouring off the stage . An amazing concert that will stick in my mind until the day I die.
I’ve been bingeing this channel for a couple of hours now, and I’ve come to realize that you love music like I love music. As you’re talking about Atom Heart, I’m literally thinking about of Fearless and Meddle, and then you touch on that. Nick Caves Boatman and I go back to my introduction to him being Let Love In. Most people could care less about these offerings, but I love them.
Thanks for sharing your love and knowledge. This now is my favorite channel. Cheers!
Top 10
1. MC5 Kick out the Jams
2.The Stooges Fun House
3.UFO- Force it
4.Ramones- Leave Home
5.The Ruts-The Crack
6.XTC -Drums and Wires
7. Motorhead-Ace of Spades
8.Peter Gabriel 3
9.Jethro Tull -Aqualung
10. Sex Pistols -Nevermind the Bollocks
I am loving your lists though....very interesting breakdowns and sense of humor style and wit.
Nice to hear Odyssey & Oracle being praised - it really is sublime
Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs; Eno - Another Green World; Tangerine Dream - Ricochet; The Saints - (I'm) Stranded; Killing Joke - Killing Joke 1980; Wire - 154; The Cure - Seventeen Seconds; Yes - Gates Of Delirium; The Beatles - The White Album; Jimi Hendrix - The Cry Of Love.
Special mention: Radio Birdman - Living Eyes; Gang Of Four - Entertainment; New Order - Get Ready; Eno & Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts; Chrome - Red Exposure; Children Collide - The Long Now
1. Dark side of the moon
2. All things must pass
3. Ommadawn
4. Animals
5. Quadrophenia
6. Selling England by the pound
7. 2112
8. Tubular bells
9. Brothers in arms
10. Pompeii - early years 1972
Subject to change but that’s pretty much been the staple for the last few years. Great to see the diversity on everyone’s lists as i barely make it out of the 70s!
Love 2112
Kansas: Song For America
Supertramp: Crime Of The Century
Dire Straits: Love Over Gold
Steely Dan: Aja( The Royal Scam is about to catch up)
Boston: Debut
Al Stewart: Time Passages( Year of The Cat is close)
Styx: Paradise Theater
Genesis: Duke(Selling England By the Pound is catching up)
Paul McCartney/Wings: Venus And Mars(Wings Over America a close 2nd)
Jethro Tull: Aqualung(Songs From The Wood and Minstrel In The Gallery are close)
Honorables:
Billy Joel: 52nd Street(The Stranger, Turnstiles, An Innocent Man are close)
ELO: A New World Record
Pink Floyd: Dark Side Of the Moon
Eagles; Hotel California(although I haven't gave it a full listen in about 10 years, once upon a time, a regular listen)
Too many honorable mentions, including other parts of the catalogs of the above artists mentioned
David Gilmour-Live in Gdansk, Cheap Trick-Dream Police, The Knack-Get the Knack, Bob Welch-French Kiss, Wings-Back to the Egg, Billy Idol-Rebel Yell, Moody Blues-On the Threshold of a Dream, Rush-Hemipheres, Doobie Brothers-The Captian and Me, Gerry Rafferty-City to City, Zebra-Zebra
In no particular order:
- Deep Purple In Rock (1970)
- Rainbow - Stargazer (1976)
- Jethro Tull - Broadsword & The Beast (1982)
- Rush - Moving Pictures (1981)
- Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (1973)
- Who - Who's Next (1971)
- Black Sabbath - Sabotage (1976)
- Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of a Seventh Son (1988)
- Judas Priest - Stained Class (1978)
- Styx - Pieces Of Eight (1978)
- Nightwish - Once (2004)
But I have at least 30 albums in my top-ten.
Delighted to see LADIES OF THE CANYON by Joni Mitchell get an honourable mention. Equally delighted to see the album get listed as a re-release on vinyl for September 29th. It goes to the top of my next vinyl purchase list.
On wiki critical reception for this album,village voice said side 2 is near perfect. I always thought carole king's tapestry was perfect on side one. So if you play one after another you get 12 perfect songs.
I've always thrived on Atom Heart Mother, but I can understand why Gilmour and Waters dismiss it. The man who introduced all the orchestral and choir parts was actually meddling in the broth they were cooking, or at least that's [probably] how they feel about it. I love the end result nonetheless. There were a few vinyl LPs of classical music at home, things by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and a few more. By the time I had the complete Pink Floyd discography on vinyl (through The Final Cut), I started to attend classical music concerts, including many world premieres or first performances in Spain. I know that Pink Floyd acknowledged the influence of Helmut Lachenmann, a composer born in 1935 of whom I only own one CD, but I understand what they mean. Today I have around 3,200 CDs of classical music (plenty of 20th century compositions) and another 800 or so of jazz, blues and rock.
10: The Raven that Refused to Sing by Sir Steven
9: Bachelor #2 by Aimee Mann
8: Aja by Steely Dan
7: War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne
6: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project
5: Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
4: Ten New Songs by Leonard Cohen
3: Crime of the Century by Supertramp
2: Animals by Pink Floyd
1: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis
Honourable Mentions: Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall by Pink Floyd, I am Shelby Lynne by Shelby Lynne, Past Present Future by Al Stewart, Abby Road by The Beatles
Agree on 3, 6 and 7 with 3 being my number !
@@ArtbyJoeH Not many people agree with me about War of the Worlds. Salute!
@@paulphilp1193 in that case those people need to see a doctor about their sense of taste!
Years ago I had a cassette tape with Tales of Mystery and Imagination by The Alan Parsons Project on one side, and Cyclone by Tangerine Dream on the other.
The two albums went together so well - moody & sinister in places, I'd listen to that tape over & over & over ...
Great list. My list for the past year would include Pink Floyd's ANIMALS and DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Elton John's CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY and BLUE MOVES. Jethro Tull's THICK AS A BRICK. Fleetwood Mac's TUSK. Beatles' WHITE. Solstice's LIGHT UP. Santana's ABRAXAS. Moby's RESOUND NYC. Honourable mentions go to 2022's EVERYTHING WAS FOREVER UNTIL IT WAS NO MORE by Esmerine plus THE VELVENT UNDERGROUND by the Velvet Underground and Carole King's TAPESTRY.
In no particular order probably these:
Made In Japan - Deep Purple
Permanent Waves - Rush
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Selling England By The Pound - Genesis
Camel - Camel
Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
Animals - Pink Floyd
Long Live Rock and Roll - Rainbow
Spectral Mornings - Steve Hackett
Calling Card - Rory Gallagher
Hallelujah, Camel get a mention.
Love Permanent Waves perfect album
When I close my eyes and listen,there's a touch of Bob Harris in your voice.
Pet Sounds is one of those albums that takes me to another plane of existence, The music, the lyrics, the feel. The way it ends with Caroline No and the train and the dogs barking was such a perfect way to end the album. The two instrumentals have so much going on. Sadly I didn't give this album a real chance until I was in my 40's. It lead to discovery of what I refer to as the lost years of the Beach Boys, 67-77.
Thanks for the video which got me thinking. What I listen to changes over time, with mood and madness. But these stand the test of time:
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
Rhythm of the Saints - Paul Simon
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School - Warren Zevon
Automatic for the People - REM
Tunnel of Love - Bruce Springsteen
Oranges and Lemons - XTC
Come on Feel the Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens
Hejira is far and away my favourite Joni Mitchell album. The title track is sublime, profound, and very moving.
Brilliant video
1. Get Happy
2. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
3. Weld/Ragged Glory
4. Rattlesnakes
5. Aftermath
6. Bringing It All Back Home
7. The Good Son
8. Radio City
9. The Queen Is Dead
10. Throwing Muses
Honourable mentions - Ladies Of The Canyon, Rubber Soul, Randy Newman Live, Songs Of Love (Mark Eitzel), Forever Changes
Appreciate the video!
I have no idea if this is accurate or not or if I'm just listing albums that I've simply listened to A LOT:
1) Pink Moon - Nick Drake
2) Anthem - Less Than Jake
3) Close to the Edge - Yes
4) Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
5) The Beat - I Just Can't Stop it
Here's 10 I play a lot.
Genesis - Selling England by the pound
Supertramp - Crime of the century
XTC - Nonsuch
Renaissance - Turn of the cards
Big big train - The under fall yard
Disperse - Journey through the hidden gardens
Focus - Moving waves
Hawkwind - Warrior on the edge of time
Camel - Moon madness
Steven Wilson - The raven that refused to sing.
love....
focus - moving waves....
hawkwind - warrior on the edge of time....
camel - moon madness....
warrior still comes out quite a lot....
@bobparr4723. Hell yes, some love for "Nonsuch"! Probably my most favorite of XTC's awesome catalog. I know "Skylarking" is the critics' safe go-to choice, but man, in addition to "Nonsuch", I love "Drums & Wires", "Black Sea" and "English Settlement" more.
@@geoffelder2236
Absolutely pal!
There's something unique about XTC that makes them incomparable to any other band. 👍
Thank you, thank you, thank you for mentioning High Violet!!!🤩
I wrote out a list of what I thought these albums would be before I watched, I got 6 of them, 3 were the wrong album but the right band (Paul Simon, Cure - although I just put a generic "there'll be a Cure album there somewhere and Pink Floyd). You're a man of admirable constancy, Barry.
Now - let's jump in the Barry TARDIS and go back 1,3,5,10,25 and 50 years and do 10 most listened to albums for that.
Oh! Apropos of nothing, you'll be please to know that I pushed the boat out and picked up some Proggy Prog at the big vinyl sale last weekend - Henry Cow, Soft Machine and Jethro Tull. Henry Cow is horrible! There are war crimes that are lesser atrocities than some of the saxwork on that album! I will approach Soft Machine tomorrow with no inconsiderable trepidation!!
And, in a desperate attempt to stay relevant, the ten albums I have listened to the most this year, maybe:
Avery Country, I'm bound to You - Barton Carroll
Little Honey - Lucinda Williams
The Essential George Jones
A Star For Bram - Robn Hitchcock.
Another Country - Tift Merrit.
Tilt - Scott Walker
Dread Beat and Blood - Linton Kwesi Johnson
Tanx - T. Rex
A bigass Capenters playlist on Spotify
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro.
As you can tell, most of my listening is done in the wee, small hours.
The Soft Machine were one of the darlings of UFO along with Pink Floyd, in fact Robert Wyatt has maintained his connection with the members of Floyd over the years.... which Tull album?
@@classicalbum The One that turns into a newspaper. Funny thing of it is I bought the Henry Cow because I had, in working on a presentation, heard a piece of theirs that was interesting - "Bittern Storm Over Ulm". But this was nothing like it - just a relentless series of turgid semi - rhythmic thumbing and various woodwinds played by a man who seemed a) very angry b) very drunk and c) very unfamiliar with the instrument. Am more reassured for Soft Machine after your explanation. How've you been?
I've been ok The Soft Machine can be challenging for sure. Have you listened to the solo stuff of Kevin Ayers?
@@classicalbum I did see a couple there, but they were a bit pricey. Got lots of good jazz and reggae to compensate. And funk - Bootsy, Larry Graham. Fun day, Expensive - took some hell from the wife! -but fun!
@@classicalbum There were a couple of his there at the sale, but hey were a little pricey at the time. l'll budget for one next time. You've certainly been busy on the Channell lately - changed a few things up I see!
Exxxxcellent as always, with the customary food for thought and I can’t resist joining in with this one. Let’s take as read the Beatles, Stones, Who, Led Zep, Skynyrd, Springsteen, Dylan, Eagles, Steely Dan album de jour (which gives me a chance of squeezing in just ten). So… most listened to albums:
- The Big Moon.. Walking Like We Do (anything by them, actually).
- Jackson.. Late For the Sky
- Yes.. Topographic Oceans (first 2 sides)
- Genesis.. Selling England by the Pound
- Aimee Mann.. Charmer
- Oasis.. What’s the Story
- Warren Zevon.. Life’ll Kill Ya
- Joni.. Court & Spark
- Mary Chapin Carpenter.. Party Doll
- Supertramp.. Crime of The Century
And a shout out to the Grateful Dead’s American Beauty, Richard Thompson’s Rumour & Sigh, Marley’s Catch a Fire and Crowded House’s Woodface.
I need a drink now.
Fascinating list that provoked some great listener lists. Your work is really effective in getting us to explore new music that might have otherwise remained on rhe edge.
Happy to hear that!
I’m just exploring the complete works of The National and your description of them as the bastard offspring of Leonard Cohen and Joy Division is both spot on and the highest compliment anyone could give! Totally agree on Nick Cave, Beach Boys, Paul Simon and The Lamb. Topographic Oceans may be my least played album!
Love that Tales and the Lamb are both in there.
Great list overall, couldn’t agree more on Stranger to Stranger by Simon. What an utter masterpiece that album is! His later work is some of greatest of his career, I listen to this part of his catalogue more than any other era now. Paul has had an almost perfect career with the best saved for last in my opinion.
I went to sleep to Topographic Oceans for years using my auto-reverse cassette deck back in the day. Great choice. Love me some Atom Heart too! I was a marching band geek in the 80s and really got into the instrumentation of it all.
Very well done
Certainly wonderful albums
Thank you for the installment
Well you got a subscriber out of me for having both Topographic and Lamb Lies Down on Broadway both on the list! 2 of my absolute faves. Wish you Were Here also being at the top. Gonna check some of these out as I’m not familiar with all of them!
Wow you really pulled out the thesaurus for this video. 😉
I've never heard some of these albums and never even heard of a couple of the bands, so I'll definitely give them a listen to. I have a favorites song playlist on Spotify and rarely even listen to full albums anymore. My top ten would be nothing surprising anyway, all the usuals from the classic rock era. So I'll name one of my newly discovered favorites bands, "Ween". Can't name a favorite album by them, they just have a lot of cool songs.
Great video. My own 10 would be:
1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Vangelis - Blade Runner
3. Derek and the Dominos - Layla
4. Metallica - Master of Puppets
5. Pink Floyd - Animals
6. Japan - Tin Drum
7. John Mayall - Blues Breakers with Eric Clapton
8. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
9. Jason Becker - Perspective
10. Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Good call with Vangelis
Blade Runner is a PERFECT album. Best soundtrack ever and also on my top ten. Great pick!
Good to see Japan mentioned: very underrated band
A love supreme
Exile on Main St.
Buena Vista Social Club
Time fades away
Ziggy Stardust
SAHB Best of
No Sleep till Hammersmith
Were only in it for the monex
Astral Weeks
Give em enough rope
I love the list great albums all! I love Mr Cave’s work mostly in its entirety. Ghosteen right up there The Boatman’s Call. A brilliant artist
Good list. I do like that The Cure make the list. Tough to do a top 10. Its almost like you need to have a top 10 of the decades.
No particular order, albums that have become fixtures in my life:
Countdown to Ecstasy-Steely Dan
Cosmos Factory-CCR
LA Woman -Doors
Call of the West-Wall of Voodoo
Past Present and Future-Al Stewart
Crime of the Century-Supertramp
Ram-Paul McCartney
Dark Side-Pink Floyd
Led Zep 4
Let it Bleed-Stones
Yes, all pretty mainstream stuff, but they are the soundtrack of my life.
My top ten off the top right now:
The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour"
Jeff Buckley "Grace"
David Bowie "Low"
Depeche Mode "Violator"
Electric Light Orchestra "Eldorado"
Jethro Tull "Songs from the Wood"
Nine Inch Nails "The Fragile"
Radiohead "OK Computer"
Smashing Pumpkins "Siamese Dream"
Yes "Close to the Edge"
MMT is the 'hidden gem' of Beatles albums - it is so brilliant.
Growing up in Ireland in the seventies as a teenager ,we used to have to go to England to see our favourite bands live as very few played in Dublin...so we would listen to live albums to try to mimic the experience...so here's some of the ones we would listen to...made in Japan....seconds out....bursting out...Frampton one...live and dangerous..the song remains the same ...Woodstock...I still listen to them today...in my man cave
As an Irish person, all I can say is “Made in Japan” - if all live albums could be that good (admittedly they did compile the tracks for the album from several nights - Tokyo/Osaka), then there would be less concert going ! Live and Dangerous is another great live album though “they say” there was a bit of “polishing up” afterwards - still that’s a far cry from Roger Waters lip syncing in some of his recent “live” performances 🤪 !!
With all these dark LPs in your countdown I was surprised that David Bowie’s Low wasn’t in there!
I would love to see you do a session with Nick Cave and The Badseeds albums! Atom Heart Mother was the first Floyd album I bought. Disintegration is a masterpiece. Great list!
Great list. The National and Exile are two of my favs as well. I love the Stones Stripped live album. Gives that acoustic Stones that you mention.
Absolutely love Stripped. One of my most played albums ever.
Nicely done, Sir. Don't agree with everything but it's what you listen to and your choices are very respectable. "The Lamb" isn't on top of my favorite Genesis albums but it is the one I listen to the most....that and Foxtrot which is atop of my favorite Genesis albums. Tales from Yes. WOW! I do listen to it a lot. Always one of my faves but Close to the Edge is the one I listen to most. Atom Heart Mother great choice! Of the PF albums, Animals is the one that I gravitate towards the most. The Beatles would be in my listing too. Either The White Album or Abbey Road. Dark Matter from IQ is another one I listen too quite often. I love a lot of their discography but that's the one that I tend to go to the most. Again, my list would go on forever. Don't know if I can do "Top 10". Again, thanks for everything Barry. Love your videos!! Keep up the great work.
Cave, hard to pick one album: The Boatman`s Call, yes, I agree! And then mentioning the song "Lime Tree Arbour" - yes!
Great insight into some great albums. Glad Joni got a mention. Such an acquired taste. Interesting idea.
All the best. Dave✅✅
Glad you enjoyed it
On wiki one critic described side 2 of being near perfect. So if you play carol king's tapestry side one followed by Canyon side 2 you have 12 perfect songs
I was thumbing through TH-cam and came across your video. Great list and well presented. I have most of the albums you mentioned. However I have never listened to Nick Cave and I have all of Paul Simon's solo CDS up to "Graceland". I will have to check out some his later stuff.
I am only 45 yrs. Old, but I've always felt like I was born 20 years too late. Here are the top 10 CDs I listen to and never grow tired of hearing them. (Some on this may seem like a cliche, but if I love it that's all that matters.
1 - The Beatles - White album (1968) I love this one because there is so much diversity and each member showcases their songwriting skills. I especially love George Harrison's contribution especially the lovely "long, long , long"
2 - Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975) This is the band's hardest rocking album ever. You get a double CD where every song is great.
3 - Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde (1966) the 3rd album in the "gone Electric"
trilogy. I heard this at the age of 9. I didn't understand a lot of the meanings of the songs, but the Nashville session men created a sound that was hypnotic and still sounds fresh today as it did back then.
4 - The Flaming lips - In a priest driven ambulance (1991) The lips are an Oklahoma favorite and this is my favorite CD of theirs. Long out of print, you can get the box set with the band's first 4 albums plus 2 CDs of outtakes And live cuts. This CD is the album that got them signed to Warner brothers. Here you have "rainin babies" "five stop mother superior Rain" "take Meta Mars". The whole CD is great, but is an acquired taste
5 - Herb Alpert - Whipped cream and other delights (1965) I could be having a bad day and all I have to do is put this on and everytime it puts a smile on my face. It's a timeless classic that my 24 year old daughter loves.
6 - linda Ronstadt - The Capitol years (2007) I think she is and always will be the greatest female singer of all time. I especially love her early country and all 4 are on 2 CDs. You get "Home grown" " Silk purse" "linda Ronstadt" and her masterpiece "Heart like a wheel" I keep this one in the car and play 3 or 4 times a week.
7 - Belle and Sebastian - If you're feeling Sinister (1997) brilliant! Nobody else was doing this kind of music at this time. Weird and unique. There was also a mystery around who the band was. They often hired friends and strangers to pose as them for videos and interviews. Who cares? They wrote songs that have stood the test of time. I bought this at a garage sale 2 years just to hear something new. Did not realize that it would be one of my most often played.
8 - Neil young - Tonight's the night (1975) An album that plays like a memorial service to Neil's roadie Bruce Berry and guitarist Danny Whiten both who died from an overdose. The band sounds off key and Neil's voice is shot, but somehow it works check out "roll another number" "tired eyes" and one of my favorite Neil young classics "Alburquerque"
9 - Beck - Sea Change (2002) some say Dylan's Blood on the tracks is the best break up album, but I think this one gets it. I bought this when it came out in 2002 and today it still gives goosebumps with it's weirdness, sadness and over the top production. When I feel down I play this one.
10 - The Flaming Lips - At war with the mystics (2006). There's not a bad song on here and this returns the band to more guitar driven songs. "The sound of failure" sounds like a 70s lost Steely Dan track. "The W.A.N.D" is another highlight from this great album.
How about for next video you share your top 10 CDs that turned out to be a disappointment.
Great video. I love it when someone obviously has different tastes than me because it gives me more music to enjoy. Good job.
The Boatman's Call is one of my favorite albums, I would be interested if you talked more about Nick Cave in general. One of the most consistent artists of all time when we are going by critical acclaim, he still puts out stuff today that I love
In no particular order cause i don't know the precise list off the top of my head but it's roughly this
Disintegration-the cure
Fear of a blank Planet-pt
Ashes against the grain-agalloch
Colors-btbam
Damnation-opeth
La voce del padrone-franco Battiato
Scaring the hoes-jpegmafia and Danny Brown
Kid a-radiohead
Discovery-daft punk
The mountain-haken
Thank you for giving me some new music to check out.
The Boatmans Call is a very good record, but for lyricism and a looming sense of impending violence, then Henrys Dream wins it for me.
My top 10 in no particular order
Motorhead - Bastards
Joanna Newsom - The Milk eyed Mender
Mogwai - Come on Die Young
Bat for Lashes - Fur and Gold
William Elliot Whitmore - Ashes to Dust
Tool - Aenima
The Cure - Disintegration
Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim
Metallica - Kill 'em all
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Great to see The Lamb.
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. Alan Parsons Project- Pyramid
4. Alan Parsons Project - Tales of Mystery & Imagination
5. Alan Parsons Project - I Robot
6. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
7. Supertramp - Breakfast In America
8. Bob Marley - Legends
9. Neil Diamond - Hot August Night
10. Jeff Wayne's - War of the Worlds
11. Simon & Garfunkel - Greatest Hits
12. Journey - Escape & Frontiers
13. Manfred Mann - Watch
Jethro tull-benefit. Black sabbath- Sabbath bloody Sabbath. Led Zeppelin - physical graffiti. Deep purple made in Japan. Pink Floyd Animals. Marillion script for a jesters tear. Rory Gallagher Irish tour 74. Rush 2112. Genesis-selling England by the pound. UFO strangers in the night. More rock than prog I know.
Great list, I'm all about Rock, too!
Some wonderful choices in here sir!
Thank you kindly
Great list Barry, all solid albums mate. I love “Tales From Topographic Oceans” regardless of the naysayers and “Atom Heart Mother” is my second favorite Floyd albums, I defend that album all the time. I have a great Live double disc bootleg from that tour called Atom Heart Goes on the Road, I was living in Switzerland when “The Boatman’s Call” came out and I bought it and played it everyday, such a great album.
Of all your album breakdowns I’ve enjoyed this one the most, even though I am totally unfamiliar with half of your favorites.
Ive been a simon and garfunkle fan since i was a kid but You've just introduced me to pauls recent works and im really suprised. Seriously interesting stuff.
I liked how your list started off but music from the eighties is a cold trail of me. However, I'm a genre person: Prog, psychedelia and folk usually does it for me, but it's all a mix of things. Lark's Tongue In Aspic, Islands (King Crimson of course) Side 2 of Atom Heart Mother, Dylan's Tell Tale Signs-The Bootleg Series Vol. 8. - The Grateful Dead - Blues For Allah, Terrapin Station - Beatles from With The Beatles to Rubber Soul (that's six there). - Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert and Captain Beefheart - Clear Spot. I guess I lost count way more than ten!
Have you heard, Cold Roses, by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals. Its deadicated to the Grateful Dead. I'm a 64yo classic rock guy, but I find this album in my CD player pretty often.
For me in No particular order:
Boston (One of the best debuts of All time IMO)
2 AFarewell To Kings
3 Led Zepelin 3
4 Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
5 Slide it In Whitesnake
6 Dark Side of The Moon
7 Out of Myself Riverside
8 Sticky Fingers
9 Physical Graphitti
10 Closer to Home Grand Funk Railroad
Haha, great comment on Tales and The Lamb. Keep it up fella!
It’s all so personal: I go through phases and lately it’s: The Beatles Red, Ok Computer, Highway 61 Revisited, and Countdown to Ecstasy. Also been listening to a lot of McCartney, think his book set me off on this journey, and The Nationals most recent. Plan to do a major Nick Cave review….love the one you picked. Pet Sounds and Exile two of my least favorite LPs people seem to love. But, it IS your list. Nice job.
Exile’s Let it Loose is, for me, Jagger’s greatest vocal. I can only imagine that their refusal to play this live is because it reveals too much of his soul.
that and Shine a light are my 2 favorites by them.
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In the late 70s John Lennon said the best band around was Genesis.
Your dry wit and eloquence really on show here. Kudos for your honesty and not trying to impress anyone. Your selection is so idiosyncratic it must be true.
Beatles - Abbey Road
Rolling Stones - Let It Beed
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Billy Joel - The Stranger
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
A delight to hear about your love for some artists that aren't nominated that often on this otherwise "prog" labelled channel.
That said: I'm curious to know what you think about The Raven by The Stranglers, a thumbs up album that features in your album review trailer.
Ladies of the Canyon, good call though! I was thinking there probably aren't any albums I have on long-term rotation nowadays, but that would certainly be up there if I do. A very affecting collection, I find it. I like all the big '70s Jonis, but this one moves me most.
I'm afraid I first started really listening to music around the mid-70s when punk and new wave were taking off, and I totally dismissed all the earlier stuff. In my defence, there was some truly dreadful stuff in the charts in the early 70s, as there always is. The first two albums I bought were Armed Forces and The Kick Inside, which still stand up today, imho.
I've watched a couple of your videos and I think our only common ground so far is The Cure. But now we have Spotify it doesn't cost anything to try something new, so I have started listening to a few of your recommendations. Joni Mitchell's Blue is pretty good, I'll give you that. Keep up the good work!
-Elton John: Madman Across the Water
-Ryan Adams: Cold Roses
- Tears for Fears: Elemental
- CSN: CSN
- CSNY: Deja Vu
-Keith Emerson, Marc Bonilla, Terje Mikkelsen: Three Fates Project
-Kate Bush: Hounds of Love
-Lynyrd Skynyrd: Gimme Back my Bullets
- Joe Walsh: The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get
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And typical favorites: LZ, Presence; PF, Animals; Rush, Grace Under Pressure; Yes, The Yes Album; The Beatles, Abby Rd; Genesis, Foxtrot...
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Thanks! Glad I listened I didn't know Eno had made an album with Paul Simon .the national, sound like my cup of tea as well... look forward to hearing both of them.
Not familiar with early Genesis, but I think Abacab is an excellent album. Still listening to it regularly 40 years after I first bought it
Thanks, I have downloaded all the early albums, but haven't got around to listening to them yet. Looking forward to giving them a spin after all the rave reviews 😊
Brilliant, brilliant! Thanks
Glad you liked it!
All time? Wow.....I may not listen to some of them as much as I once did, but here goes (in no particular order)....
The Wall, Dark Side, Quadrophenia, Pretenders, Rust Never Sleeps, Paranoid, Trick of the Tail, The Yes Album, Boston's debut, and Zeppelin's debut.
Honorable mentions to KISS Alive, 2112, Moving Pictures, Revolver, Animals, Cars debut, One of These Nights, Dire Straits debut, Duke, Powerslave, Physical Grafitti, Band on the Run, and Van Halen's debut. Thanks, Barry.
My favourite top 10 albums
10 Japan gentleman take poloriods
9 genesis selling England by the pound
8 beach boys surfs up
7 roxy music for your pleasure
6 ultravox system of romance
5 pink Floyd dark side of the moon
4 Bowie man who sold the world world
3 Hawkwind levitation
2 porcupine tree sky moves sideways
1 rush signals
All great ones but you forgot "Tommy" 🧐 😂 😇
Very interesting list. And the way you describe each album is just great. These are the albums (not in order of importance) that I think I listen to the most, at least for the past 5 years: Desintegration (1989) The Cure, Siamese Dream (1993) The Smashing Pumpkns, The Crossing (1983) Big Country, Moving Pictures (1981) Rush, Violator (1990) Depeche Mode, London Calling (1979) The Clash, Deep (1989) Peter Murphy, Synchronicity (1983) The Police, Diesel and Dust (1987) Midnight Oil, So (1986) Peter Gabriel. Bonus: Any Siouxsie and the Banshees Album.
While I do try to listen to lots of new music and love a lot of modern stuff, I have my old favourites I fall back on. I was surprised at how similar your picks were to mine. Different albums by the same artists or similar albums would be on mine. ( I also have a soft spot for Atom Heart Mother, Let love in or good son are my Nick Cave go to. )You were spot on with the National love. And I loved how you described them. Also happy to see someone else loves that Paul Simon album. Wristband is both thoughtful and hilarious. Well done narrowing it down to 10.
Interesting list. None on my personal favorites but that’s the beauty of music, something for everyone!
Well.....let's have just ONE that's on your list. That would be interesting.
What’s your list? I’m oddly intrigued 😊
Nice to see The National and not just stuff from the '60s and '70s lol.
“ The Goth Sinatra”
Never heard that before. I like that. Thanks
Closer- Joy Division, Low-Life -New Order, Station To Station - David Bowie, Velvet Underground - Third Album, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back- Public Enemy, Music For Pleasure- Monaco, Liege And Leif- Fairport Convention, Night Time- Killing Joke, Love- The Cult, Fables Of The Reconstruction- REM, Personality: One Was A Spider One Was A Bird -The Sleepy Jackson and Nico- Desert Shore.
"Hearts and Bones" with Paul Simon is in my top ten. But "Stranger to Stranger is also good.
Ten studio(ish) albums and five live albums that I listen to a lot (may not be the best album by that artist):
Songs from the Big Chair - Tears for Fears
Under the Table and Dreaming - Dave Matthews Band
Deja Vu - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young
Revolver - Beatles
Turn of the Wheel - Tempest
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Flying in a Blue Dream - Joe Satriani
Perfecto Presents: Another World - Paul Oakenfold
The Protomen - The Protomen
Cross - Justice
Arena - Duran Duran
Absolutely Live - The Doors
Yesshows - Yes
The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 - Frank Zappa
Having listened for many months to so many of your wonderfully erudite opinions on countless albums, I had just arrived at the notion that listening to you disseminate in your unique style, so so many of the total soundtracks of my musical listening life ( I am now 67), that listening to your dulcet tones is akin to slipping slowly into a luxuriously warm bath. Would you believe it! at 4:38 you go and steal my thunder! I kid you not but that of course is of no real importance. Please keep up your fabulous oratory on the magnificent music that have shaped both my life and no doubt yours throughout God knows how many years. Thank you and keep on rocking in the free world.
Top for me: Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express. Still sound fresh, despite it's 1977 release. The more I listen, the more I hear.
Very interesting list. Some I've played to death but some new ones for me. It's really hard to narrow it down to 10, but here are 10 that I cannot stop listening to. I'll be 68 next month so I have gone decades where I listen to one thing only including Pink Floyd, Rock, Blues, Flamenco, New Age, Fusion, Jazz, Prog. But there are some that keep making it back out of the stack into the LP crate by the turntable.
My top 10 most listened to albums in no order
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Passport - Blue Tattoo
The War On Drugs - A Deeper Understanding
Phantogram - Voices
Roxy Music - Country Life
Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness and Eternity
Fleetwood Mac - No Mystery
Yes - Time And A Word
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Shiny Toy Guns - We Are Pilots
As usual Barry,you're spot on delivering short reviews on the very albums I regard so highly myself.