Have to leave it there for tonight, guys. Time to catch up on my weekly dose of Boardwalk Empire on TV.
More tomorrow 
Well a few i like here Loaded wass a departure but in Sweet Jane some of the finest 3mintes ive spent in my life. A Shame Cale had departed, but he went on to record plenty other pieces of workn including the excellent Church of Anthrax with Terry Riley.
Scritti Polliti also a fine album, and tis a long time since ive heard John Mayall.
It will be interesting to see which other Velvets album makes the cut.
Thanks Nom.
I do enjoy the Loaded album very much, pleased you like it. The other Velvets album is rather obvious though mate. No clues and it’s quite a way off yet:-|
More John Mayall coming too 
No.577: “Sam’s Town” by The Killers (2006)
Second album release from the Anglophile Las Vegas indie-rock four-piece who go down a storm live.
No.576: “Killing Joke” by Killing Joke (1980)
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Comprising Jaz Coleman, Youth, Geordie and Big Paul, Killing Joke had the biggest, most ferocious sound of any of the post-punk bands. Urgent and aggressive in their delivery, they meant business and this debut definitely came up with the goods. This is ‘Requiem’:
No.575: “Walk On” by Boston (1994)
The first of four albums to be featured in my list, Walk On was recorded in a state of unrest for the band as they were having serious problems with record companies fighting it out. But the album did eventually appear and was mix of the usual soaring AOR and classy ballads that Boston were experts at doing. This is a recent live rendition of the title track single:
No.574: “The Back Room” by Editors (2005)
The Editors’ went down a storm in this thread recently when I featured their second album, which was a pleasant surprise to me. This is their debut. Heavily influenced by Joy Division and The Cure, it contains this fine single amongst its track listing:
No.573: “The Long Run” by The Eagles (1979)
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Bet you were all wondering if I didn’t like the Eagles? Well no, everybody loves this band and this album is the first of a whole load to appear in my list, albeit the lowest-placed one. It was their final album for a number of years - until Hell Freezes Over - in fact (in the words of Don Henley), more of that to come. For now, the first single from it recorded in 1994 though - copyright exists on all Eagles vids - plus an image of The Long Run’s single sleeve as I thought it was a rare moment of humour from the band!
No.572: “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” by Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1984)
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Five likely lads from Liverpool led by Holly Johnson had an elongated low-key dance track called ‘Relax’ which was quite big in the New York clubs before ex-Buggles and Yes man Trevor Horn noticed it, remixed it and all hell broke loose. Mike Read famously wouldn’t play it, it was subsequently banned and therefore became a massive nine-week No.1 single. Follow-up, the brilliant ‘Two Tribes’ was the biggest hype of the year when it was remixed each week to keep it at the top spot also (I for one was a member of the public keeping it there and buying those ‘Frankie Say’ t-shirts!!), and ‘The Power Of Love’ followed the tradition by making it a hat trick to round off the year nicely for the band as the best-selling act of 1984.
Remember this video?:
No.571: “One By One” by Foo Fighters (2002)
Rising from the ashes of Nirvana, Foo Fighters led by the very charismatic and multi-talented Dave Grohl were already on the fourth album by 2002. This features probably their best-known track:
A few in brief before we end today’s selection:
No.570: “Field Of Crows” by Fish (2004)
Ex-Marillion lead vocalist with his excellent concept album from '04. Sounds great on headphones by the way.
No.569: “Welcome To The Beautiful South” by The Beautiful South (1989)
Debut album from the remnants of Hull’s Housemartins which gave lead singer-songwriter Paul Heaton a chance to prove his worth in a more laid-back style of making music. Includes the wonderful single ‘Song For Whoever’.
No.568: “AllChange” by Cast (1995)
Second appearance in my list for the Scouse act who had no less than six hits from this debut release. Saw them live that year and they were superb.
No.567: “1.Outside” by David Bowie (1995)
There’s absolutely loads of Bowie in the thread, so I won’t overdo it with noting this one any further except to say that it’s a fine record and one of his best from a relatively poor decade for the late star.
If you would like any videos of these incidental albums, please flag me up and I’ll post them later.
Ending with this one for today, it’s the crazy diamond himself:
No.566: “The Madcap Laughs” by Syd Barrett (1970)
having been left at home while the rest of Pink Floyd decided he was a spent force and went ahead with their career without him, Syd Barrett did come up with a couple of ramshackle albums of which this was the first. Even The Madcap laughs though wasn’t a fully cohesive record, using session takes in the most part and numerous versions of those too. What this album was though was a document of a former ‘genius’ and his proposed way forward, brief as it turned out to be.
No live clips or vids in the studio obviously, so here’s the full album on audio:
Until next time, have a good evening
Wow! Moved on a bit since my last visit and some great artists there. Glad to see Boston although I have an inkling that they will be in the top ten.
Glad to see the Killers and surprised to see the B52s. I have only ever heard ‘Love Shack’ and ’ Rock Lobster’ but liked both.
Hi mate, cheers.
The B-52’s have grabbed a bit of interest in here of late. It’s the only album I have of theirs though but very true, Rock Lobster is a unique gem of a single however bonkers it is!
Like your theory about Boston being up there and possibly top 10… 
Good to see the Frankie video again.Still relevant today.
Bring on a Kim -Trump Grudge Match.
Great video and some excellent mixes too.
Trying to think if that was Reagan fighting Boris Yeltsin or maybe Chenyenko?
I bet somebody has done a mock up of Trump vs. Kim Jong-Un on the net somewhere…
Just looking in and raising the thread from the unaltered section.
Hi mate.
What was altered?
Nothing. Just bumped the post up tis all. :-p
Time for a quick quartet of albums. Been busy today.
No.565: “Juju” by Siouxsie & The Banshees (1981)
Scary goth punks Siouxsie & The Banshees with their third album from 1981. Contains the singles ‘Arabian Knights’ and this one, ‘Spellbound’: