Good album mate, though it hasn’t made it in my list. I preferred the previous ‘Harvest Moon’ to that one.
Another idea I had was to do a “Top Artists” thread, but I’ll put that on hold now as most people can judge my favourites from the albums I’ve selected.
Musical taste is so subjective - most Neil Young fans would say Tonight’s The Night is his best album.
I think it depends on their age and the era of music they are familiar with, Ffosse. Neil Young spans over 50 years now and people normally plump for an album from a certain time in their life to be their favourite.
Then again, there always the point that we look back further at a later date, so yes that may differ.
Mine isn’t “Tonight’s The Night” but I can’t tell you what it is yet 
Floydy you took a very big undertaking with this so it was bound to wax and wane both on your part and from those occasionally contributing.
There are so many fronds to music you could be on here all day discussing this and that but as I know you want to get it completed by May I have held back from commenting so as not to delay you in achieving this.
As this is your personal favourite journey, which thankfully you are sharing, you can see that it is and has been watched and appreciated and no doubt the idea will be copied again although on not such a grand scale.
I am now only here because of the music simply because of late too many topics quickly descend into inane disruptive drivel and thankfully you have been strong enough to stop any of that on here . As Harry Lauder once said “Keep right on to the end of the road”
A quick note on The Byrds recognisable tone… This is a quote from below this clip
“Not many guitar players have an instantly recognisable tone but that Rickenbacker’s of Roger McGuinn is one of the most influential tones ever. Without him, Indie music would never have existed. Cue every ‘jingly jangly’ sounding band”
Thank you, solo. And it’s great to see you in here. You’re not holding back the thread, it’s the conversation we have which is just as important as the music featured, so cheers for posting. Furthermore, as you and Surfermom are the only two ladies who do post in here because all the others are baking buns or painting their nails, I’m especially pleased to see you both on a regular basis. 
On The Byrds, I agree almost totally. I was reminded however that The Searchers were the first “jingly jangly” band with such songs as “Needles And Pins” and the great “When You Walk In The Room”. I’m not sure that was a Rickenbacker they used though…
This should answer that
http://www.the-searchers.co.uk/ricky.htm
So there you have the undisputable facts and the myth has finally been put to rest. The great sound of the Rickenbacker on When You Walk In The Room was in fact a Burns. But it was still a great sound.
Great, thanks for this Solo. A very interesting article There we go then, a Burns guitar (not even heard of that!).
Let’s have that Searchers song right now:
What an absolutely fantastic single that is.
It is only when the listen to the sound of the Burns and the Richenbacker on those records that you can hear the distinct difference
Ahhh that does brings back so many good memories of dancing round my handbag, winkle pickers, and bouffant hair. We wont go into the waspies and sugar stiffened skirts. 
I don’t think I was born to be honest, solo!
Sorry to remind you of that :shock:
Shurrup you :-D:-D:-D
Just looking at the first few albums in the top 300 and I’m going to have to begin this today after all…they are just too good to wait until another day. Hendrix, Led Zepp, The Beach Boys. Say no more.
Back in a few hours then! 
Are you ready to rock?..
No.300: “Led Zeppelin” by Led Zeppelin" (1969)
Very nearly called “The New Yardbirds” as an overlap from Jimmy Page’s tenure in that legendary r ‘n’ b group, and almost featuring singer Terry Reid as lead vocalist, Led Zeppelin was born in late 1968. After a few warm-up gigs under the aforementioned name above and with Robert Plant on vocals they performed to begin with mostly in Scandinavia. Ending up a fully formed band with John Paul Jones (bass/keys) and drummer John Bonham completing the line-up and under the steely-eyed supervision of one Peter Grant the band conquered the rock world throught the 1970’s.
No.299: "Summer Days (And Summer Nights) by The Beach Boys (1965)
The classic line-up of the Beach Boys featuring Brian, Carl & Dennis Wilson, Mike Love and Al Jardine really into their surfin’ stride on this album full of songs about cars, girls and the seaside. The next time we would see this great band would be on the very different ‘Pet Sounds’, which you may see later in this thread. Obviously.
No.298: “Axis: Bold As Love” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967)
This is the first time that we’ve seen Jimi Hendrix in the list. There is no reason for that other than he deserves to be pretty high in the chart, plus the band only made three official albums so you will only see them three times anyway.
No need for an introduction about the great man, other than to say this album was his second release. Three songs below for you, two are from the album with the final one a single not included on the record. The glorious, moving, brilliant ballad ‘The Wind Cries Mary’.
No.297: “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?” by Oasis (1995)
You cannot get a bigger 90’s indie band than Oasis. You also cannot get a bigger album too. “(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?” was a masterpiece in pop music, an album which defined the whole of the indie movement in 11 very catchy, swaggering, attitude-laden songs.
Noel, Liam and the lads stormed their way in and out of the charts with numerous singles and other great songs which of course are a whole melting pot of the 1960’s bands including The Beatles, Stones, The Who, Small Faces, The Kinks. They also threw into the mix of generous helping of latter day outfits such as The Stone Roses and The Jam to create their sound. Liam was a fantastic vocalist - full of rough boy attitude, Noel was the ultimate songwriting thief and together they took the world by storm. And to cap it all, their first album was even better than this, and we shall find out about that one later.
No.296: “Days Like This” by Van Morrison (1995)
Second album in a row from 1995 this afternoon, but it’s a light year away from Oasis. Van Morrison doesn’t do “rock”. He may do soul, blues, jazz, even pop but never ventures into rock territory.
Days Like This was classic Morrison; mellow, laid back jazzy songs usually about his distaste for fame, recognition, popularity and all that goes with it, although he will quite happily promote his albums and grab the resulting cash. Couple of songs from the album:
No.295: “Metallica” (The Black Album) by Metallica (1991)
Metallica have popped a few times in my list, I do have great admiration for their music and I suppose it’s because they sound so absolutely fantastic on my gym headphones that I like their stuff. Pumping, hard core heavy rock at its best, this is their best album and a classic in the heavy metal genre.
Back soon with a few more…the grandkids have landed!!
No.294: “The Sophtware Slump” by Grandaddy (2000)
From a town called Modesto in Canada, Grandaddy were a band led by songwriter Jason Lyttle and specialised in off-the-cuff, weirdly atmospheric songs and were similar to the bands They Might Be Giants or Crash Test Dummies. This was their second proper album and featured a 9-minute song called ‘He’s Simple, He’s Dumb, he’s The Pilot’ which was utterly brilliant and my favourite track of that particular year.
No.293: “Fuzzy” by Grant Lee Buffalo (1993)
A trio led by singer-songwriter Grant lee Phillips coming out of the grunge scene, but without all the drugginess attached to it. This album is a masterpiece in my opinion of the genre because its songs are so different from the usual swagger and have tons of melodic elements to them.
The first song here is a later live version of the first single by the band ‘Dixie Drug Store’ which I played to death when it came out and was sure it would be a hit (it wasn’t). The other song is one of the longer tracks on this excellent album ‘Jupiter And Teardop’.
All for today