Well, this has been fun.
20 albums left off, purely because I ran out of numbers, maybe I should have done #95From75...😃
Ending on a grandiose note, but of course...it's like a disease, son....
Thanks for all the chat & reposts & likes.
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75. Queen - A Night At The Opera
A pretty perfect debut, music for the heart & soul.
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73. Kate & Anna McGarrigle - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
I was impervious to him & his music for years, then one balmy Dublin evening in 2003 he belted out 4 from this, plus 22 other tunes....the door was unlocked.
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71. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Sitting in the stands of the sports arena, waiting for the show to begin....
Such a fun record, magic.
Fab, even.
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70. Wings - Venus And Mars
As a Melody Maker reviewer wrote, "in a very real sense, Godbluff is the sound of the mid-seventies: uncomfortable, coherent, unremitting, courageous".
A dark but very focused record, no fat.
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69. Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff
"Well, I'll be damned, here comes your ghost again...."
Somewhere, Bob shrugged.
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68. Joan Baez - Diamonds & Rust
Another wonderful record from Al, Sirens Of Titan based on the Kurt Vonnegut science fiction novel of the same name.
Album produced by Alan Psrsons.
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67. Al Stewart - Modern Times
It's not as epic as Who's Next or as cinematic as Tommy or Quadrophenia, it's just a great collection of tunes. Brexit Rog's favourite, apparently.
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64. The Who - The Who By Numbers
The lead track is one of the greatest tunes ever recorded, imo.
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63. Murray Head - Say It Ain't So
"And his children come around him with their prittle prattling stories,
With their prittle prattling stories to drive care away...."
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62. John Martyn - Sunday's Child
Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, this is their most gloriously over the top collection.
What a band they were.
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61. Be-Bop Deluxe - Futurama
An Afrobeat tour de force, simply incredible music. The late, great Tony Allen on lead drums.
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59. Fela Ransome Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit
A couple of proto/early punk classics up next.
Literate, visceral, intoxicating......
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57. Patti Smith - Horses
The band broke up, & to the surprise of many, Alice delivered a fantastic album without them. The rock songs are great, but tracks like Only Women Bleed & Steven really hit you in the chest.
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56. Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare
The jawdropping debut from Tommy Bolin. So many styles, so many drummers.
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55. Tommy Bolin - Teaser
Evolving into delicious smoothness, another immense record from the Dan. Everything is just immaculate.
Some critics didn't get it, some critics never do.
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54. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
"Going to the city, got you on my mind,
Country sure is pretty, I'll leave it all behind..."
They couldn't get arrested over here, but massive over there.
Imo, a very underrated group.
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53. Foghat - Fool For The City
The Toxic Twins for the win.
One of the high points from a majestic run of records.
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51. Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic
Many, many years ago, RTE showed a mad film in the wee hours. It, & the celestial but haunting, soundtrack have never left me.
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48. Popol Vuh - Aguirre
Funky and fabulous.
Tommy Bolin was a feckin' warlock. What a player.
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47. Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band
From the same concert as Rock N Roll Animal, another big loud fuck-off of a live record.
And, it irked Paul Morley, "cliché ridden hack heavy metal mutations".....
Anything that gets up his nose gets my vote.
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46. Lou Reed - Lou Reed Live
"One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain..."
This stone cold classic has been part of my life since God knows when...❤️
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Bob Marley And The Wailers - Live!
