Floydy's All-Time Top 1000 Favourite Albums

He’s worth checking out mate. A compilation is always a good starting point:

I agree. Will give that a go. Thanks

No Solo, he isn’t in there unfortunately.
I do like his music and have about three albums, but it’s that generation thing again isn’t it? I’m not old enough to have heard absolutely everything ever released yet sadly.
It’s a personal list at the end of the day and only my view, so not a “what should be… is gospel” type of thing.
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Yes ive got a few Nick Cave albums,i like the slower more menacing stuff, i have that compilation its ok.

ABC The lexicon of love a pop classic.

You now have 2 choices for top Stones Album, i will allow either. Failure to conneect will see an immediate launch of stotties on Hull.

No worries Floydy I just thought that his album Trash/poison 1989 would be in your selection as it is the ultimate classic rock. :smiley:

Love Red Right Hand from the album I posted today. Same here bud, love the really dark stuff from Cave.

Stotties! We call 'em breadcakes here - with a full English inside them :lol:
The top Stones album is Top 70, there you go. I think you’ll be pleased with my choice of that one. The other remaining album should appear in the next few days, depending on when I get here.

I’ve already got the next six albums ready to post for tomorrow but then there may be a bit of a gap until the weekend. Must get out more :shock:

Yeah I agree, ‘Poison’ is a great single, but I haven’t heard the album.
But that’s what I’m finding with this thread. It’s helping me find new stuff too and I’ll be going through it when we are done :slight_smile:

Good to see Running On Empty even though it’s not quite my favourite Jackson Browne album.

We’re getting into the business end of the list now.

Getting there now I think Ffosse.
As soon as we reached the top 200 I realised that some of the real heavyweights are coming in now.
The top 100 is gonna be a rollercoaster of a ride!

I still think you could have found room for Tracy Chapman in there, but everyone’s list would be different and mine would be dynamic - so much of how good we perceive music to be depends upon the mood we are in I would argue.

The Eagles music is the best driving around music.One of the nights is my top,even prefer it to the famous next one.Lyin Eyes is on it and this:

Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy…

walter trout tour

I must say Journey of the Sorcerer was a huge departure for The Eagles, almost progressive in it’s style. This album was probably worth a higher placing in hindsight.
I agree though, their music is great to drive to. I think there are two more Eagles albums to come without looking :slight_smile:

Dammit, that Leeds gig on the 4th June could well have been a possibility, but I’ll be in Tenerife!
Thanks for posting though mate, I will see him someday I guess :cool:

I bought Tracy Chapman’s debut in 1988 on cassette and played it for ages, really liked it. I think it has got overlooked here because I don’t actually own it in another format and therefore haven’t pulled it out of my collection :slight_smile:

Afternoon all,
I’ll throw these few on and then I’m going out in the sun.

No.182: “Beautiful Vision” by Van Morrison (1982)
These Van Morrison albums keep on coming don’t they? This one features one of my favourite songs of his, the majestic ‘Celtic Ray’, here performed with The Chieftains.

No.181: “Bad For Good” by Jim Steinman (1981)
Well this album could have taken on a whole new dimension. Bad For Good was intended to be the follow-up record to the massive-selling Bat Out Of Hell, which was still riding high in the charts four years after its release. Unfortunately Meat Loaf had some serious trouble with his voice and couldn’t record his vocals, so Steinman decided to rope in a few guest singers and do the whole project under his own name. His own singing left little to be desired, but the songs on the album have seen the light of day since in various forms and guises re-recorded by Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf himself over the years. Bad For Good itself is a very good album, despite not matching the success it would surely have had if it was recorded by its intentional vocalist.

No.180: “Against The Wind” by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band (1980)
A wonderfully-made Bob Seger record, especially on the title track which included the puzzling line “Wish I didn’t have known now what I didn’t have known then”, which Seger always gets asked about and laughs. Apart from that glitch the song is a true classic and the rest of the album is typically road music-driven. Guests on this include The Eagles amongst others (on the song ‘Fire Lake’ below).

No.179: “An Innocent Man” by Billy Joel (1983)
Making a temporary departure from the uptempo pop hits and big ballads, Billy Joel made this extremely famous album which is essentially a doo-wop record. There were monster hits too on this (‘Uptown Girl’, ‘Tell her About It’ - you’ve seen both those vids time and time again), but also some brilliantly well-observed songs of life such as the three tracks below. An irresistible record without a bad song on it.

No.178: “Close To The Edge” by Yes (1972)
The monster Yes album in any Yes fan’s eyes, Close To The Edge featured just three songs but they were sidelong events. The title track and the two other tracks showcasing the band’s immense talent.