No.705: “Some Friendly” by The Charlatans (1990)
Hot on the heels of The Stone Roses and their dominating album (which comes later), The Charlatans offered up their similarly Byrds-like jangly offering a year later. It’s a competent record featuring this fine first single:
No.704: “Teaser And The Firecat” by Cat Stevens (1971)
In 1971 Cat Stevens was already on his fifth album with Teaser And The Firecat. Fully established as Britain’s leader in the songwriting stakes by now, this record featured the hymn-like ‘Morning Has Broken’, plus this classic ditty:
No.703: “Whitesnake” by Whitesnake (1987)
David Coverdale’s self-titled Whitesnale album from 1987 was a product of that all-too-American big production sound. Nothing wrong with that though as this release spawned two monster hit singles in the classic ballad ‘Is This Love?’ plus a re-worked update of their 1982 single ‘Here I Go Again’:
No.702: “Yes” by Yes (1969)
The very first album by Yes who became just about the leading band of the progressive rock genre, still going strong today (albeit in various incarnations). This first album included late 60’s hippy-ish post-psychedelic musings with this final track on the album as the possible highlight of a strong set of songs.
No.701: “Winnemucca” by Richmond Fontaine (2002)
One of my favourite Americana bands, this is typical of their laid-back sound. Lead vocalist and songwriter Willy Vlautin is also a novelist and his songwriting is often transpired as if he’s writing his songs like he would a novel; they don’t need to rhyme, they are a continuous story and it works very well.
Three hundred albums down now, here’s your list 750-701:
750-NOTTING HILLBILLIES-Missing…Presumed Having A Good Time-1990
749-SUEDE-Suede-1993
748-CREAM-Wheels Of Fire-1968
747-NIRVANA-In Utero-1993
746-LARRY ADLER/VARIOUS-The Glory Of Gershwin-1994
745-LOVIN’ SPOONFUL-Hums Of The Lovin’ Spoonful-1966
744-VERVE-Urban Hymns-1997
743-FOREIGNER-4-1981
742-ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND-At Fillmore East-1971
741-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-The Ghost Of Tom Joad-1995
740-DAVID GILMOUR-About Face-1984
739-TOM WAITS-The Heart Of Saturday Night-1974
738-CRANBERRIES-Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We?-1993
737-ABBA-Abba-1975
736-PHIL COLLINS-Hello, I Must Be Going!-1982
735-BON JOVI-Slippery When Wet-1986
734-AEROSMITH-Toys In The Attic-1975
733-MOTORHEAD-No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith (Live)-1981
732-U2-War-1983
731-MOODY BLUES-Days Of Future Passed-1967
730-LAURIE ANDERSON-Big Science-1981
729-FLEET FOXES-Fleet Foxes-2008
728-GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION-The Sound Of ‘65-1965
727-DAVID BOWIE-Never Let Me Down-1987
726-NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS-Henry’s Dream-1992
725-GRATEFUL DEAD-American Beauty-1970
724-BLIND FAITH-Blind Faith-1969
723-GUNS N’ ROSES-Use Your Illusion I & II-1991
722-EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL-Eden-1984
721-FRANZ FERDINAND-Franz Ferdinand-2004
720-WISHBONE ASH-Wishbone Ash-1970
719-VAN MORRISON-Common One-1980
718-TALKING HEADS-Little Creatures-1985
717-PAUL WELLER-As Is Now-2005
716-REO SPEEDWAGON-High Infidelity-1981
715-CLASH-Combat Rock-1982
714-PROCOL HARUM-Shine On Brightly-1968
713-BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN-Lucky Town-1992
712-BON JOVI-New Jersey-1988
711-BOB DYLAN-Nashville Skyline-1969
710-QUEEN-Live At Wembley ‘86-1986
709-SUNI MCGRATH-Cornflower Suite-1969
708-TEXAS-The Hush-1999
707-PEARL JAM-Ten-1992
706-ROGER WATERS-Amused To Death-1992
705-CHARLATANS-Some Friendly-1990
704-CAT STEVENS-Teaser And The Firecat-1971
703-WHITESNAKE-Whitesnake-1987
702-YES-Yes-1969
701-RICHMOND FONTAINE-Winnemucca-2002
Nice to see that we’re currently at No.6 in the “Hottest Threads Of The Year”, climbing steadily onwards and upwards…
More to come later.
I remember thinking Eddie Vedder was a genius when Ten came out. “Jeremy” is hauntingly beautiful, though tragic, true, and timely.
Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots are favorites among favorites of mine, and I was really angry that Scott Weiland drove his life into the ground. He was a meteoric gift. Liked Velvet Revolver too. Pleased to see STP and PJ are starting to pop up on your list. Ten is way up there for me.
I own a majority of the albums/CDs on this section. Really good stuff here. Thanks to for The Hush. Unfamiliar with them! Are Fleet Foxes really that old? Time flies.
Here is an Eddie Vedder piece from Ukelele Songs that you may not know, filmed in my beloved Hawai’i that is is probably safe to play because it isn’t likely on your list and an interesting shift of gears for Vedder:
(Tell true: Is it ok to share these? I don’t want to hijack your thread.) Tired of the female perspective yet? 
Hi Surfermom.
Great to hear your views again, honestly. You are a credit to this thread already with so much information I didn’t even know myself (not that I’m any kind of expert or anything!).
You seriously do know your stuff don’t you? I like Pearl Jam but no other albums made my list unfortunately, no STP as well I’m afraid - there’s just so much to fit in - even for a top 1000! I will look at the video you posted here from Pearl Jam tomorrow as I’m trying to be as quiet as possible typing all this in the adjacent room to my wife sleeping!
To digress a little more while we’re at it and to rewind my day back, after my bonkers gym session then home for a beautiful Thai curry and subsequent 2-hour nap, instead of plonking myself down at my PC I decided to chill out for this evening as I’m not at work and watch an old movie. I selected one I hadn’t seen for a while - Schindler’s List - and after that very thought-provoking landmark of a film (and its extras), it’s now 2.26am UK time as I write.
Oh, and please post anything you like on here, as long as it’s relevant to the music we’re playing or your own questions about favourites you may want to see. The more the merrier!
The female perspective does look as though it’s solely down to yourself strangely…I can’t believe the ladies of OFF don’t enjoy music, or perhaps it’s stuff like Engelbert Humperdinck or Vera Lynn they are waiting for. In which case they would be disappointed anyway.
For now though I must retire to my bed. I’ll leave you with Pearl Jam’s ‘Jeremy’, plus Texas and their greatest hits album. Enjoy! 
Has Buffalo Springfield been mentioned in this magnum opus,I’ve lost track.
I think their famous For What It’s Worth is quite apposite at the moment.
No mate you haven’t missed them yet. Both albums feature in the list soon.
Great track isn’t it? And yes, a very relevant sign of the times unfortunately.
This thread is bounding along at a pretty good pace now as we reach the 700 mark with Iggy…
No.700: “The Stooges” by The Stooges (1969)
If punk was ever punk without being called ‘punk’ as such, then this band probably invented the genre without knowing it. Compare The Stooges to The Rolling Stones and Iggy Pop’s band of delinquents were like heavier, louder, more unruly version of them. True, bands like the MC5 and The Velvet Underground, plus a miriad of U.S. garage bands were thrashing it out before them, but The Stooges are the band who have usually been name-checked as the most influential of all those bands when it comes to the spirit of early punk rock with so many bands following their lead. Firstly, the New York Dolls and the New York CBGB’s scene (Ramones, Blondie, Television, Patti Smith) and later on the UK scene with the Sex Pistols and the rest is history.
For now though, here’s a track from this legendary noise fest:
No.699: “I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight” by Richard and Linda Thompson (1974)
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, ex-Fairport Convention and ex-husband and wife team Richard & Linda Thompson made a handful of albums together before going their separate ways both maritally and recording-wise. This is my favourite of their duets, the title track of their seminal work from 1974, here in a clip featuring the whole band.
Ok, a few bands here I wasn’t aware of. Loved Whitesnake though.
No.698: “Get Close” by The Pretenders (1986)
The irrepressible Chrissie Hynde and her band featuring ever-faithful drummer Martin Chambers released Get Close in '86 but it could have been recorded today, such is Hynde’s knack for keeping her music fresh and exciting; she can blend in with any era making records, going on tour and just marking time with this cut throat industry regardless of style changes. She will do what she likes when she likes and doesn’t give a f— who cares otherwise.
This one features the jaunty pop of ‘Don’t Get Me Wrong’, plus this gorgeous ballad, ‘Hymn To Her’ which is presented here as a live recording from Gibraltar on Christmas Day in 1986 (note the odd sight of British bobbies acting as security!):
No.697: “Machine Gun Etiquette” by The Damned (1979)
Punk goths The Damned with their most famous line-up of Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, Brian James and Rat Scabies with their first real breakthrough album (i.e. it contained some hits). The band were famous for releasing the first ‘official’ punk single in 1976, but this slice of mayhem featured hadn’t dampened their spirit of causing havoc three years later. Just for you, here’s a love song from Top Of The Pops…and if you’re still in the mood, following that is their appearance on The Old Grey Whistle Test typically “smashing things up a little”!
Hi mate.
Oh aye, few pages ago, but yeah great album. Hope there’s a few more in this current crop
No.696: “Blue Jays” by Justin Hayward & John Lodge (1975)
Isn’t it strange how sometimes you can remain mistaken about something for years? For nigh on thirty of them, I had always thought that ‘Blue Jays’ was the actual name of Hayward & Lodge’s side project and not just the name of the album contained therein. Obviously, it’s basically a Moody Blues spin-off with identical themes and sounds, but it does conjure up some beautifully-made music, not least in the single released from it, this classic (here in concert from TV’s Supersonic):
No.695: “The Bee Gees 1st” by The Bee Gees (1967)
Not actually their first album, this was their third release following an early one released in Australiain 1965 followed by ‘Spicks And Specks’ in '66.
But this was their (sort of) breakthrough album containing their innovative single ‘New York Mining Disaster 1941’ and ‘To Love Somebody’. Here’s the former track:
That’s it for now people. If time permits I may come back with a few more tonight. Enjoy the selections 
No. 699 I want to see the bright lights tonight is an excellent choice.
