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It changes quite a lot from year to year, but these are my top 5, what are yours?

1 - Offspring - Smash
2 - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
3 - AC/DC - Back in Black
4 - Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Californication
5 - The Decemberists - Hazards of Love

In reply to mattrm:

Like your mine change, but generally speaking and in no particular order.

The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
Steeleye Span - any one of their first three albums
The National - Boxer
Nirvana - Nevermind

In reply to mattrm:
really hard to narrow this down to 5 but I'd say my currnet 5 top spinners are...

The kick inside - kate bush
octavarium - Dream Theater (changes from month to month)
Sweet baby james - james taylor
Don juan's reckless daughter - Joni Mitchell
The birth of the cool - miles davis

In reply to mattrm:

Like everyone it changes day to day never mind year to year.


1 - The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

2 - The Verve - Urban Hymns

3 - Oasis - What's the Story Morning glory

4 - New Order - Power corruption and lies

5 - Radiohead - The Bends


I am not depressed honestly

Gaz

In reply to mattrm:

Selling England by the Pound
Dark Side of the Moon
Sergeant Pepper
Rumours
Demon Days

In reply to mattrm: Probably, at least for the next 10mins:

Lambchop - How I Quit Smoking
Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
The Moldy Peaches - The Moldy Peaches
Public Enemy - It takes a Nation of Millions...
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

I'll have changed my mind by lunch.

In reply to mattrm:

Currently...

1. Become The Other - Ozric Tentacles
2. Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
3. Close To The Edge - Yes
4. Ineffable Mysteries From Sphongleland - Shpongle
5. Fires at Midnight - Blackmore's Night

In reply to Southern Man: How does Boxer compare to High Velvet? Never listened to The National before, heard High Velvet only this year and thought it was outstanding. What about their other albums, how do you rate them?

In reply to mattrm:

OK Computer - Radiohead
The Blue Album - Weezer
The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Explosions In The Sky
Lateralus - Tool
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven - Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

Ask me again tomorrow...

In reply to ksjs:

Boxer's like High Velvet only better

Alligator has one of their best songs on it, but the rest isn't as consistently awesome.

In reply to mattrm:

The Beatles - Sgt Pepper
Joy Division - Closer
Prefab Sprout - Steve McQueen
Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Prince - Sign of the Times

never did like the number 5

In reply to mattrm:
Bluesbreakers - John Mayall
Are you experienced? - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Who's Next - The Who
How to dismantle an Atomic Bomb - U2
Clapton Chronicles - Eric C!

In reply to victim of mathematics: It would have to be pretty impressive, think High Velvet may end up being an all time favourite for me. Just such a good sound, his vocal is perfect, lyrics excellent and the mood is bleak and beautiful.

In reply to victim of mathematics:

Our Men in Havannah - The Greens
Unknown - Enigma
The Men who never were - eponymous

In reply to mattrm:
In no Particular order:
Ziggy Stardust
Dark side of the Moon
Blood on the Tracks
Poetic Champions Compose
Sound of Silence

In reply to mattrm:

In no particular order:

ACDC Back in Black
Del Amitri Waking Hours
Waterboys This is the Sea
Don Henley Building the Perfect Beast
The one in my car which has Frightened Rabbit, Cake and a few others on it (cheatinng I know)

In reply to mattrm: And now, 1 minute 30 seconds later........ I have 5 more I want to put on the list.

In reply to mattrm:

Love - Forever Changes
Husker Du - Warehouse Songs & Stories
Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers
The La's
Velvet Underground & Nico

In reply to ksjs:

Hi ksjs.

I agree with Victim of Mathematics. Alligator has some good songs and one amazing song, 'Secret Meeting' to my mind.

Personally, I think High Violet is better than Alligator.

Boxer is a complete show-stopper, with nearly every song an absolute belter. Just the way the drums come in on Fake Empire, I found totally mesmerising. Fake Empire, Apartment Song, Racing Like a Pro, Slow Show, I'd count them all amongst my favourite songs and all on one album!

I've got their first 'The National', which isn't very polished and the songs aren't as good. Not heard their second 'Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers', but I believe it's a bit like their first.

Unusual band in that they didn't start to get really good until their third album, when other bands are often slowing down.

In reply to ksjs:

If that's your impression of High Violet, I think you'll be seriously impressed by Boxer!!

In reply to mattrm:
Possibly:


Kate Bush Hounds of Love
New Model Army Thunder and Consolation
Jon Boden Songs from the Floodplain
Rush Moving Pictures
Oysterband Holy Bandits


Who said Blackmores night?
I'm put in mind of Bill Bailey (I think)
"He's Blackmore, She's Knight. And together....they don't rock!"

In reply to toad:


Wahay!

In reply to Southern Man: Will have to update Santa with the news that Boxer must go on the list. Will be amazed if it's better than High Velvet but very intrigued to hear based on the recommendations...

In reply to ksjs:
Cool, good choice.

In reply to mattrm:

Matthew Herbert - Bodily Functions
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
Jan Johannson - Jazz Pa Svenska

They're the only albums I like, everything else is rubbish.

In reply to mattrm:

Stone Roses - Stone Roses
Bomb the Bass - into the Dragon
Acid Trax vol 1
House hits of Chicago vol 2
Joy Division - Still

E

In reply to Enty: Don't know about a top 5, but this is number 1:

https://devonrecordclub.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/kate-bush-the-dreaming-rou...

Others in top 5 could be:

Slint - Spiderland
Gorky's Zygotic Myncci - Spanish Dance Troupe
The Associates - Sulk
Nick Drake - Pink Moon

In reply to tomrainbow:

That's a pretty good list.

Neil Young - Zuma
Psychic TV - Dreams less sweet
Wire - Pink Flag
Johnny Cash - American III
David Bowie - Hunky Dory

I'll obviously change this list in about 5 mins.

In reply to mattrm:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beach Boys - Today
Stevie Wonder - Fullfillingness First Finale
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
The Macc Lads - Beer, Sex, chips and gravy

In reply to mattrm:

today...in no particular order

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Black Cherry - Goldfrapp
The Trinity Session - Cowboy Junkies
Arkansas Traveller - Michelle Shocked
5 - J.J.Cale (always and every day)

In reply to Nicholas Livesey:

Good choices there.

In reply to toad:

I said Blackmore's Night. When you are in the mood for some medieval lovin*, they sure hit the spot with the damsels. Good for pagan babes as well.


*in full armour, otherwise known as a good clanking - see first part of John Boorman's Excalibur for details.

In reply to mattrm:
In no order, off the top of my head

Pearl Jam - VS
Big Country - The Crossing
RATM - RATM
Rush - Moving Pictures
AIC - Dirt

Tomorrow would probably be a different 5

Andy F

In reply to mattrm:

the stooges - the stooges
hello nasty - beastie boys
yoshimi battles the pink robots - flaming lips
ummagumma - pink floyd
nods as good as a wink - the faces

circulating thru all that would also be groove armada, radiohead, zepplin and janes addiction.

In reply to mattrm:

After The Goldrush - Neil Young
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
Tales From New York - Simon & Garfunkel
Infected - The The
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

In reply to mattrm:

Selling England by the pound- Genesis
Black cherry- Goldfrap
Dark side of the moon- Pink Floyd
Hopes and fears- Keane
Real life- Magazine

In reply to Mr Burns: Real Life is great!

In reply to tomrainbow:

........36 hrs of musing and not once has London Calling been mentioned.

In reply to mattrm:

Tool - 10,000 Days
Spring Heel Jack - 68 Million Shades
Fugazi - Steady Diet Of Nothing (please check this out)
The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side
Photek - Form and Function

In reply to mattrm:

The ones that never change:
Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica.
Zappa: The Helsinki Concert.
Miles Davis: Anything.

The ones that do change: this week has been mostly:
Bitch Magnet: All the rereleases. youtube.com/watch?v=DZHZUbpMM0I&

Don Caballero:For Respect youtube.com/watch?v=45VZNDqtEa4&
Don Caballero: Punkgasm

In reply to mattrm:

The ones that never change:
Beefheart: Trout Mask Replica.
Zappa: The Helsinki Concert.
Miles Davis: Anything.

The ones that do change: this week has been mostly:
Bitch Magnet: All the rereleases. youtube.com/watch?v=DZHZUbpMM0I&

Don Caballero:For Respect youtube.com/watch?v=45VZNDqtEa4&
Don Caballero: Punkgasm

In reply to mattrm:
Bomber - Motorhead
Machine gun etiquette - Damned
Bitter little pill - alanis morisette (i'm not a girl, honest)
Exodus - bob marley
The Crack- Ruts

In reply to mattrm:


My top five albums of all time? Hmm. Let's see. Probably I'd go with...


Bob Dylan, Desire
Bob Dylan, Blood on The Tracks
Bob Dylan, Hard Rain
Bob Dylan, Live at Budokan
Bob Dylan, Street Legal or Self Portrait

That might give the impression that I only listen to one kind of music, but that would be untrue...


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... because I'm a massive fan of the Infidels period and of the Highway 61 period as well

In reply to Tim Chappell:


Wait though! How can we possibly have an All Time Top 5 that's so narrowly based?

I mean, what about The Basement Tapes?


OK, same joke twice, I'll shut up now

Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants
The Orb - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
The Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85 92
FSOL - Lifeforms
Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call

In reply to MonkeyPuzzle:

Nameless - The Invisible Men
Quarks - They're there somewhere!

In reply to Enty:

Bomb the Bass!!

Excellent. One of the iconic intros. The names have been changed to protect the innocent...

Acid house...Chicago house...good list..,

In reply to cbmurphy74:
With that selection I can only assume that you have done far too many drugs.....not that that is essentially a bad thing

Ryan

In reply to MonkeyPuzzle:


I loved those at the time. Not sure they still sound good though...

In reply to mattrm:

Neil Young - On the Beach
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Led Zeppelin - 3
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

In reply to brownie mike:

Hang on you haven't included any obscure ones nobody else has heard of. not fair!

ply to Bulls Crack:

Right now................?

Sgt Peppers/Revolver/Abbey Road - The Beatles
Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too - The New Radicals
Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa
Solid Air - John Martyn
Gold - The Carpenters

In reply to ryan_d:

I look back on my life so far and think I didn't do half enough drugs!

Wondering how I didn't include a Kraftwerk album in there though.

In reply to mattrm: Getting it down to just 5 is hard but here goes;
Victorialand - Cocteau Twins
Rickie Lee Jones (Self-titled)
Hats - The Blue Nile
Heroes - David Bowie
Remain in Light - Talking Heads

In reply to mattrm:

The Sundays - Blind
Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Rammstein - Mutter
Oceanlab - Sirens of the Sea

Give me ten minutes and that will have changed.

In reply to mattrm:

Most frequently listened to this year are probably:

Standing On A Beach - The Cure
Passion and Warfare - Steve Vai
Raw Melody Men - New Model Army
Metallica - Metallica
The Fame - Lady Gaga

In reply to Dominion:

Like it!

In reply to mattrm: In no particular order:

Metallica - Master of Puppets
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
Megadeth - Wake up dead
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Jason Becker - Perpetual Burn (awesome, read up about him, totally inspiring)

Although 5 is bloody hard, I'd echo a few comments on here that my list could well be different in 15 minutes!

In reply to handjammer:

Experiment IV was a single from the Whole Story album.

In reply to mattrm:
IfI had to pick my top 5 from those already listed:
Led Zep 3
Heroes - David Bowie
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Still - Joy Division

Prompted by mention above I must get 'This is the Sea' (The Waterboys) & 'Ritual de lo habitual' (Jane's Addiction): two great albums I haven't listened to in too long a time.

My own top 5 would include both Led Zep 3 & Heroes but also something by Sufjan Stevens & Mono, maybe Nick Cave.

Not much has lasted from my clubbing days: listened to it all too often.

Might include 'Sister' by Sonic Youth or 'Screamadelica' by Primal Scream

In reply to handjammer:

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Do you mean 'Peace Sells....'?

In reply to mattrm:

Liege & Lief- Fairport
Nashville Skyline - Bob Dylan
LZ3
Live in Europe - Rory Gallagher
Wrecking Ball - Emmylou

In reply to Toby S: I'm shit aren't I eh?

You're quite right, I do mean "Peace Sells" and as I was trying quickly to remember the album titles, again I got the Kate Bush album wrong. "The whole story" - sorry!!

After more thinking time though, I'm still going to go with my original 5.

In reply to handjammer:

Can you pick The Whole Story?

It's an album, granted, but isn't it a compilation?

In reply to mattrm: Only five? Boringly predictable mine :-$

AC/DC - Back in Black

Green Day - American Idiot

Rainbow - On Stage

Metallica - Black Album

Placebo - Meds

In reply to cbmurphy74:

yes and no. Experiment Iv was only released on the whole story and as a single. AND she redid the vocals for this version of wuthering heights.
AND it has a superb cover photo

In reply to mattrm:

1-Babybird - Dying Happy
2-Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3-Blue Nile - Hats
4-Gram Parsons - GP
5-My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Ask again in 2012, it will be different

In reply to mattrm:

The rest change but the number one spot will always remain the same.

1. Meddle - Pink Floyd

Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Solace - Jakob
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Black Holes & Revelations - Muse