Floyds seminal album, behind the Pretenders. I think a bit of adolescence
angst betraying musical importance. Explains Blondie as well.
BTW no 1 is Trout Mask Replica, by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band,once described as the most important rock record ever released.
I agree.
The Travelling Wilburys is an excellent choice. I think Jeff Lynne and George Harrison were the glue that kept them together, but what a line-up - there hasn’t been anything like it in rock before or since.
On Tom Petty’s I Won’t Back Down he had Jeff Lynne and George Harrison on guitars and vocals, and Ringo on drums - such a line-up couldn’t fail.
I Travel past Jeff Lynne’s childhood home every week or so and wonder, forget the Music, staying focused, and capturing the imagination was more important, than note perfection.
He is certainly a great producer amongst other talents.
Yeah my apologies for that sudden surge of vulgarity. Let’s just say it’s “record industry speak”. I’m sure Chrissie is a very meek and mild lady really :o
Yes that’s right, you can all go home now. No.1 is Trout Mask Replica…
…in Nom’s chart 
Sorry mate. I bought it about 15 years ago along with some of the others but that free form jazz stuff playing all at different times without a constructive melody doesn’t do it for me mate. I know I’m probably missing the point with Beefheart, but I like a proper “song” to listen to.
Wrong generation I guess! 
He is certainly a great producer amongst other talents.
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The only time you see line-ups like that are on stage at big events like tribute concert jams etc, rarely on a record.
Jeff Lynne is a musical genius in the same bracket as McCartney, Wonder and Brian Wilson in my opinion.
Dunno mate. The musical perfection was second to none really, production-wise. Listen to Mr. Blue Sky or Wild West Hero. 
I would listen to Out Of The Blue right now but I’ve got The Wall on.
The joys of Google music: I can listen to anything.
Some Musical Folks generate synergy.
You can sense it.
You’ve got your priorities right mate 
Good. That’s alright then 
Ah good old Larry Fast AKA Synergy, electronic muso who contributed to the likes of Foreigner, Hal and Oates, and on TFTO by Yes.
Appreciated Floydy especially with this last 100. Also looking forward to your next music thread .
Aha yes! Thanks Nom, for explaining. I was a bit slow last night 
I love surprises too, Solo. It’s funny that even though I compiled all this I’m now only glancing at what comes next myself. I don’t know what the next album will be until I actually start posting it. Addictive isn’t it? 
Another thread like this? You must be joking, I need my life back.
I have some ideas in the pipeline but they will have a theme or be like Longfellow or Eliza’s threads where I don’t have to trawl through an everlasting list.
This is great fun and I love putting the posts together but at times I have been seriously bogged down by it all and it certainly does put my life on hold. A worthy experiment though and it’s been great to chat with others who are showing as deep an interest as myself about music. I really do thank you all for contributing. :hug:
Back later on with a few more 
I’m waiting to see which Eminem album/s you choose, if any.
Would be an oversite not to include at least one…imo!
No Belle & Sebastian on your list, Floydy? Surprising omission if there isn’t.
Never mind crying off you have to do the 7000 next.
Nice to have a bit of humour in the thread I guess 
No mate, of course not. That fidgeting, squawking brat didn’t even come close.
No Ffosse. Got a couple of albums but they don’t really stand out for me that much.
No I don’t. Have we ever had a live funeral on OFF yet?
I’m retired from lists after this lot buddy
The albums will appear in dribs and drabs every 20 minutes or so tonight as I put them together. Here’s a relatively low key album from a Long Island songwriter…
No.85: “Storm Front” by Billy Joel (1989)
A strange choice you may wonder, and enquire why this album is so high in my list.
Well, it’s all to do with one major song which was included on the record. There is a track called ‘Leningrad’ which tells the story of a Billy Joel fan who turned up at the front row of a concert Billy played in Russia in the 1980s (the live album ‘Kohuept’ captures that night), and this man was a circus clown. He met Billy after the gig and they remained close for years after the ‘clown’ told Joel his story and about his family, especially his daughter. The film is also about the cold war and how this affected the man in the story. The resulting song remains one of the best in Billy Joel’s catalogue; it is an awesome piece of music and he talks about it in the second post below.
But that’s not all. This album has a few other fine moments such as the trawlerman’s story ‘The Downeaster Alexa’ and catchy single ‘I Go To Extremes’. A real unsung sleeper of an album.
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Interview:
Documentary:
No.84: “Led Zeppelin III” by Led Zeppelin (1970)
Already on their third album by 1970, Percy, Pagey, Jonesy and Bonzo went rock full throttle with this third (obviously) release. The blues remained intact but swerved toward folk and acoustic material but it was highly charged and cranked up to 11 on tracks such as ‘Since I’ve Been Loving You’ and the tremendous ‘Gallows Pole’. Old blues songs were the influence for these kings of rock but they could certainly rock out with the best of them and give Deep Purple and Black Sabbath a run for their money in the heady days of the dawn of the 70’s.
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