Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief (1969) In May 1969, three albums into a career that was on an upward trajectory, Fairport were on their way back to London from a gig in Birmingham, when their van crashed on the motorway, killing teenage drummer, Martin Lamble & Jeannie Franklyn (fashion designer girlfriend of guitarist, Richard Thompson) and injuring other members of the band. Just seven months later, still bearing the physical and mental scars of such a traumatic incident, Fairport - with new drummer, Dave Mattacks - released this monumental album which was, in 2002, voted "the most important folk album of all time" by BBC listeners. Gone were the breezy covers of American singer-songwriters which featured on previous releases, replaced by five dark and brooding British traditional ballads, one storming set of tunes and three original tracks written in the folk idiom. But, make no bones about it, if the material was folk, the band still smoked. This is no finger-in-the-ear, arran sweater, nasal whining set. Liege & Lief is a proper rock record, with singer Sandy Denny's glorious voice, the cherry on top of an already delicious cake. It may not be the first folk-rock album, but L&L pushed the boundaries further than anything that had come before it. Born out of adversity, it is a unique and supremely important album.
8. Judas Priest- Angel of Retribution 1. Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 2. Fleetwood Mac- Say You Will 3. AC/DC- Back In Black 4. The Allman Brothers Band- Seven Turns 5. David Bowie- The Next Day 6. Black Sabbath- 13 7. Deep Purple- Perfect Strangers
Heart - Self titled - the last few albums had decent business but failed to generate any major chart positions. Heart is the eighth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on June 21, 1985, by Capitol Records. The album continued the band's transition into mainstream rock, a genre that yielded the band its greatest commercial success. Marking the band's Capitol Records debut, it became Heart's only album to top the US Billboard 200 to date. The album was eventually certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)-in contrast to Heart's previous two releases, Private Audition and Passionworks, which remain uncertified-proving that adopting a glam metal direction helped resurrect the band. The album yielded the band's first number-one single, "These Dreams", along with four other singles: "What About Love", "Never", "Nothin' at All", and "If Looks Could Kill", with the first four singles reaching the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. At the 28th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. And were also invheavy rotation on MTV. Ann Wilson explains that the reason why the album was self-titled is because the band couldn't think of anything, and since not much of the album was written by them, they said "Just call it Heart" at the last minute.
Hi Pete. My pick today is EVER by IQ (1993). The return of original singer Peter Nicholls to this British neo-prog band. While he was away, the band moved more into commercial pop territory, but it didn't really work out (much as I liked the two albums they released, and I saw them live supporting Mike & The Mechanics). But with Peter back in the fold, they reverted to neo-prog, and Ever is one of their strongest. Favourite tracks the epic Further Away, and their finale Leap of Faith/Came Down, featuring some fabulous guitar from Michael Holmes. The band are still going strong, with a new album coming later this year.
#8. Mountain - "Mystic Fire" (2002) Leslie and Corky with Bassist Chuck Hearne. Mountain has four 'comeback' LP's, but I chose "Mystic Fire' because it's their last with original material and and it features a heavy, 7+ minute orchestrated (by Corky) version of "Nantucket Sleighride" (sung by Leslie), dedicated to Felix.
Hi Gadget. Awesome pick. I’ll have to check out this album. I love this band. Did you get the rest of what I told you yesterday. Be careful driving today this eclipse can cause a car accident.
@@iainhead9898 Thanks Iain. I just listened to their "Man's World" CD a week or two ago, I'd forgotten how amazing this band was. Hope you had an awesome holiday and wishing you a fantastic Monday.
@@melaniethurber5117 Thanks Mel. I love this band as well, no other like them. Yes, I saw your messages this morning. I'll be seeing Kevin on my way home from work and I'll tell him your message, I think you came up with a good idea. The eclipse craziness isn't so big in this area as it is elsewhere (thank goodness...). I'm scrolling for your pick.
Today's pick is Destruction-All Hell Breaks Loose. Leader, vocalist and bass player Schmier returns after a 3 album hiatus where he was ousted from the band. His return was a relief to Destruction fans as the band reasserted it's German Thrash leadership position with Kreator and Sodom. A very cool album as most Destruction albums are.
Hi Yoke.. FANTASTIC choice.. METAL!!!!!!!!! \m/ \m/ .. Did you ever see the live version of Thrash til Death with 3 drummers.. ?? Its on you tube and is mind blowing.. His scream is freaking cool.. Hope all is well and have a great week our friend..
1. Chicago - Chicago 16 2. Journey - Trial By Fire 3. Iron Maiden - Brave New World 4. Rush - Vapor Trails 5. King Crimson - Thrak 6. Asia - Phoenix 7. Smashing Pumpkins - Zeitgeist 8. Yes - 90125 After a few year absence, Yes was back with a new lineup and a new sound courtesy of Trevor Rabin. Owner Of A Lonely Heart became the band’s first and only #1 hit and the album remains the biggest seller in their catalog. Yeah, it’s not the prog of old, but the album is still pretty damn catchy.
#8 Kansas "Freaks of Nature" (1995) First album of the band in seven years, and first one that didn't chart. A pretty great release anyway. Rich Williams plays all guitars here and it's the first album since "Vinyl Confessions" (1982) to feature violin.
My favorite comeback album for day 8 is "Lick It Up" by Kiss. Day 1a-Cloud Nine-George Harrison Day 1b-13-Black Sabbath Day 2-Black Gives Way to Blue-Alice in Chains Day 3-Band on the Run-Paul McCartney and Wings Day 4-Trash-Alice Cooper Day 5-Brave New World-Iron Maiden Day 6-Supernatural-Santana Day 7-Centerfield-John Fogerty Day 8-Lick It Up-Kiss
Bee Gees - Main Course - this album, which featured Jive Talkin and Nights on Broadway, led the way to Saturday Night Fever just a few years later, and a reinvention of their sound. I like their sixties production, but it is certainly softer and less funky than what they moved toward in the 70s. Alphabetical List ACDC - Razor's Edge, Back in Black Aerosmith - Permanent Vacation Asia - Phoenix -
23. Riot - ThunderSteel (1988) 24. Van Halen - A Different Kind of Truth (2012) 25. Saxon - Solid Ball of Rock (1991) 26. Queensryche - Queensryche (2013) 27. Rush - Vapor Trails (2002) 28. Satan - Life Sentence (2013) 29. Angel Witch - Angel of Light (2019) 30. KISS - Revenge (1992)
Day 8. The Byrds - S/T When this was released, many of us looked forward to the jingle jangle of the Rickenbacker 12 string of Roger McGuinn. What we got was a nice set of country rock tinged songs contributed by everyone and Neil Young. It was also a well-done record. The vocal harmonies are tight and instrumentation well produced. Well worth a listen to fans of the band. 1. Lynyrd Skynyrd 1991 2. Blue Cheer - The Beast Is Back 3. Cheap Trick - Lap of Luxury 4. Whitecross - Fear No Evil 5. Ten Years After - About Time 6. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse 7. The Choir - Burning Like the Midnight Sun 8. The Byrds - S/T
Creatures of the NIGHT/8️⃣2️⃣. KISS. After the 81. Elder/ kiss lost a chunk of audience. Vincent VINCENT replacing ACE. Resurrection to a heavy duty album. Thunderous drums. Eric. CARR. Thx Pete again for your time 👍💯
my day #8 pick is afghan whigs "do to the beast" after a 16 year hiatus, this alternative band returned with a fine album that rolling stone rated it near equel to its 1998 release "1965" which was highly regarded my fav album and song will always be "gentlemen" a song that made my SOTY list 🐯
Day 8 My pick today is: John Forgerty “Centerfield” To anyone who is in the eclipse area. Make sure your pets are indoors. They get quite confused when this happens. If you can close your shades or blinds it will help your pets out. The news media and weather channel has been saying this. Also be careful driving this can cause car accidents the news media is saying
Hi Melanie, good choice today. Weirdly, I own this on cassette but no longer own a cassette player! Must do something about that. Hope the eclipse is a great spectacle...
Great pick Melanie that was one of his best solo lps period. I got to see him once he did a lot off this lp and Eye of the Zombie but get this not one ccr song 😅
Rainbow - Down to Earth (1979) Only one yr removed from "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" but anytime Dio departs it's a seismic shift. I wasn't really a Graham Bonnet fan until I heard this album in its entirety Yes, it leans a little more in the commercial direction, but there's still plenty of heavy here. And "Lost in Hollywood" has one of Blackmore's all-time best solos.
My #8 pick is an album released on June 16, 2017 and recorded in 2015-2017 at Blackbird Studios, The Shop, 6 Studio Amontillado, Nashville, Tennessee and produced by Will Evankovich im talking about the sixteenth studio album by American rock band Styx, The Mission It is the band's first studio album since 2005's Big Bang Theory and their first release of original material since 2003's Cyclorama. The album reached #45 on the Billboard 200, propelled by pre-sales prior to its official release date, but fell off the chart after 2 weeks. In an era with limited album sales, total U.S. Sales were approximately 15,000 copies, a far cry from the band's triple platinum past. Yet, the album did briefly reach the Top 100 in four other countries. The concept album tells the story of a mission to the planet Mars in the year 2033.Styx announced the album in conjunction with the release of the lead single "Gone Gone Gone," while "Radio Silence" and "Hundred Million Miles from Home" were later made available prior to the album's release. Charts Canadian Albums (Billboard)[4] 56 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 49 Scottish Albums (OCC)[6] 98 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] 34 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[8] 10 US Billboard 200[9] 45 US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[10] 9 US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[11] 22
Megadeth-The Sick, The Dying... and the Dead!! (2022) Sixteenth studio album from the thrash legends. After two abysmal dumpster fire releases with Super Collider and Dystopia, COVID hit, which stalled the recording process. On top of that, bassist David Ellefson was FIRED following a lewd video being leaked of himself, so the bass parts had to be re-recorded and James LoMenzo rejoined the band for shows and is now a permanent member. Sadly, this would also be the last album with Kiko Loureiro on guitar as he left the band last year.
**In no particular order** 30. Tool "Fear Inoculum" (All albums after "Ænima" are comeback albums.. With sometimes many many years between albums.. ALL GREAT!!!!!) 29. Kim Wilde "Here Comes The Aliens" 28. Black Sabbath "13" 27. RUSH "Clockwork Angels" 26. Alice In Chains "Black Gives Way To Blue" 25. John Lennon "Double Fantasy" Note I was outside the Dakota Apts at the gathering after John Lennon was shot.. 24. Allman Brothers "Seven Turns" 23. Nektar "The Other Side"
@@iainhead9898 Hi Iain.. Hope this finds you all doing fine.. We know the Nektar guys personally.. Derek "MO" Moore lived 100 miles exactly from us til he moved to N Carolina (Now he is the only surviving original member).. Kinda like Pink Floyd in some.. Have a great week ahead our friend..
@@drewrose374 Thanks Drew,.. They are friends.. MO lived exactly 100 miles from us.. Now he is only one of original members that still with us all.. Nice and good people.. Hope all is well and have a great week our friend..
I got a CD with red cover. It's Red Room by Christopher Cross. It released somewhere in 2000. It was his last album before he took an 11 year hiatus. The cover is red with white text. Then after his 11 year hiatus then he came back and released Doctor Faith in 2011.
My day 8 favorite comeback album is IQ - The Road of Bones. 1. Neil Young - Freedom 2. David Bowie - The Next Day 3. Steely Dan - Two Against Nature 4. Santana - Supernatural 5. King Crimson - Discipline 6. Änglagård - Viljans Öga 7. Marillion - Seasons End 8. IQ - The Road of Bones
For today it was an easy 1 for me.With the band losing their front man David Lee Roth, in comes Sammy Hagar and they have a # 1 album. For April 8th,my pick is "5150" by Van Halen.
Great Pete pick, been there, done that as they say! Wow Tony Levin sightings over there, how cool! This was a huge one for me! Underrated - The Sheltering Sky with Fripp on the MIles Davis lead guitar, what tone from heaven!! Great long discussion Pete and glad you mentioned the new 'Beat' band - I'm SO looking forward to seeing them! Californication - Red Hot Chilly Peppers (1999) I felt I needed to throw in a vote for this one. Californication marked the return of guitar favorite John Frusciante who had quit the Peppers mid-tour in 1992. Their only other record that approached this one for popularity, or such consistent quality to my mind, was Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) which also was the last one to feature John! Anthony Kiedis, John Frusciante, Flea, and Chad Smith - what a great band! My favorite tracks are Around the World, Scar Tissue with great line 'with the birds I'll share this lonely view' and sweet slide guitar from John, the title track Californication - I do love all the 'ation' rhyming, both smart and grooving with exceptional drumming from Chad; this song is also beautiful in its simple minimalist arrangement! I also enjoy Porcelain, what a lovely slow track! I Like Dirt is a wonderful fast funk short track and shows what these guys do concisely! This Velvet Glove is a nice acoustic guitar track with a proggy vibe, until the bridge (not Under the Bridge lol!) which lights up with psychedelic art rock and electric guitar nicely! Purple Stain a wonderful tribal funk track with the lovely heartwarming line 'got a John Frusciante' LOL that fits right in with Kiedis' rhyming with deep Parliament-Funkadelic vibe and the inspired playing found all over this album! Final track the acoustic fingerpicked Road Trippin' a fun folky track with song title topic brilliantly examined and wonderful use of a string section surprisingly and tastefully! Great youth punk psychedelic vibe on this record but this can be said about a bunch of their material! Cheers! Day 7: The Symbol Remains - Blue Oyster Cult Day 6: Ragged Glory - Neil Young Day 5: The Next Day - David Bowie Day 4: Discipline - King Crimson Day 3: Cloud 9 - George Harrison Day 2: 90125 - Yes Day 1: Seven Turns - The Allman Brothers
Pick #8: Journey's Revelation. One thing that's a bit of a running theme with my list this month is a lot of my picks are a bit debatable as to which album in their discography is really the true comeback. I happen to have a soft spot for Arnel Pineda so this is the Journey album I'm going with. #1: AC/DC's Back In Black #2: Alice In Chains' Black Gives Way to Blue #3: Iron Maiden's Brave New World #4: Judas Priest's Painkiller #5: Green Day's American Idiot #6: Black Sabbath's Heaven and Hell #7: Red Hot Chili Peppers' Californication #8: Journey's Revelation
My Pick for Day #8 and MY #23 is DEVO - Something For Everyone Here is a band not mentioned on SOT!!! lol! I love DEVO! I saw them perform Uncontrollable Urge live on the late night TV show Fridays and became an instant fan! And they became MTV staples with the video for Whip It and Through Being Cool, then going on hiatus in 1990. Devo main man Mark Mothersbaugh went on doing TV and movie soundtracks and in 2010 decided to reunite the band and put out Something For Everyone which sees the band return to their classic new wave roots. My favorite songs are the first singe What We Do (crazy video too!), Fresh, Please Baby Please and Human Rocket. Fantastic comeback record IMO!
Hi Logan.. I love DEVO as well.. So far ahead of their time when came out in the 70's.. They are about a lot more then Whip It (which to me is their only weak song).. They are loads of fun.. Hope all is well and have a great week ahead our friend..
@@markandmandyd7445Their cover of Satisfaction arguably the best cover ever? I believe so at least. Got a shirt with the first album cover on it love wearing it Haha take care guys
Cheap Trick Lap Of Luxury. First million seller since Dream Police containing their one and only # 1 chart single. However they were in corporate Rock land.
8. AC/DC - The Razors Edge (1990) I know that Flick of the Switch (1983) is a favorite of Martin Popoff's, known for his inexplicable tastes, but it did nothing for me. In terms of following up Back in Black, For Those About the Rock (1981) is about as good as one could expect. AC/DC had a pretty basic formula that's deceptively simple, difficult for other bands to duplicate, and apparently very easy to F up with 80s production. I got Fly on the Wall (1985) from a dollar bargain bin not long after it's release, and it wasn't even worth that. Blow Up Your Video (1988) was marginally better. Really the best follow-up to BiB was The Cult's Electric (1987). At that point most realized AC/DC would never reach the heights they did in the beginning, but "Thunderstruck" was a triumphant reminder of what they were once capable of. The rest of the album is pretty solid, with at least half the tracks being memorable. 1. Elvis Presley - From Elvis in Memphis (1969) 2. Muddy Waters - Electric Mud (1968) 3. Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978) 4. Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (1980) 5. King Crimson - Discipline (1981) 6. Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (1988) 7. Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl (1989)
Day 8 and into AOR zone today. The BABYS, I'll Have Some of That. First album in 34 years since On The Edge and even though John Waite was not involved, I did read in Classic Rock AOR magazine that he had given Wally Stocker and Tony Brock his blessing to reform the band with a new singer. John Bisaha was to be that new singer. I had certainly never heard of the guy before, but he has a voice similar enough to John Waite to keep enough of the band's former identity without being purely a copy, similar tone and phrasing. 12 new songs though unfortunately not including the single at the time, the typical big Ballad, Not Ready To Say Goodbye, which was very much in the vain of Isn't It Time and Everytime I Think Of You. To my ears the songs here hark back to the earlier albums with Michael Corby rather than the two Jonathan Cain and Ricky Phillips albums. Every side of You is a great opener, classic energetic riffy Babys pop rock. From then on irs a mixture of rockers like the swaggering Sunrise and Goodbyes with its Custard Pie inspired riff, the Free like pair of Grass is Greener and These Days with Kossoff inspired licks from Wally Stocker, the funky Stones like It's A Gas and the full on riff rock of the title track with ballads like the country tinged All I Wanna Do, I See You There and Uncivil War. Of course there will be plenty who will say it's not The Babys without John Waite, but there's enough similarity here to the band's previous work to justify this as a reunion IMHO.
Hard to believe Jerry, but Mr AOR (er, me) doesn't actually own a physical copy of this one, although I do have a digital copy somewhere. Good stuff, must dig it out again for a listen!
Pete Townshend - Empty Glass (1980) I believe that it was his first solo album since his 1972 debut solo record. What an amazing comeback and the songs are very compelling as well.
My pic today would be Lee Aaron's fire and gasoline lee is a Canadian vocalist the "metal Queen" as she's known comes back to her original genre. She was doing a couple of jazz albums for a while. This mark's a return to her Rock bluesy stuff. The title track is really great bittersweet,wannabe,heart fix. It's all great stuff. If you haven't heard of Lee Aaron, this is a great return to form.
Good pick Guy, forgot about this one. Had a rather nice photo of the then Miss Aaron on my bedroom wall from the centre pages of Kerrang! magazine back in the day - my mum didn't approve!!
Day 8: Lee Fields - My World (2009) Day 7: Darondo - Let My People Go (2006) Day 6: Soundgarden - King Animal (2012) Day 5: The Black Crowes - Warpaint (2008) Day 4: Heaven And Hell (Black Sabbath w/Dio) - The Devil You Know (2009) Day 3: Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here (2010) Day 2: Foghat - The Return Of The Boogie Men (1994) Day 1: Suede - Bloodsports (2013)
Day 8: 461 Ocean Blvd. Eric Clapton Day 7: Purpendicular- Deep Purple Day 6: In the Dark- Grateful Dead Day 5: Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath Day 4: Back In Black- AC⚡️DC Day 3: Seven Turns- Allman Brothers Band Day 2: Time Out of Mind- Bob Dylan Day 1: Ragged Glory- Neil Young
Day 8: Failure - The Heart Is A Monster Favorite Tracks: Hot Traveler, Mullholland Drive, Counterfeit Sky, I Can See Houses Day 1a: Iron Maiden - Brave New World Day 1b: Anthrax - Worship Music Day 2: Machine Head - Through Ashes of Empire Day 3: Metallica - Death Magnetic Day 4: Faith No More - Sol Invictus Day 5: Van Halen - Different Kind of Truth Day 6: David Bowie - The Next Day Day 7: Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day
Day 8: At The Gates - At War With Reality Day 7: Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained Day 6: Celtic Frost - Monotheist Day 5: Alice Cooper - Constrictor Day 4: Saxon - Battering Ram Day 3: The Exploited - Beat the Bastards Day 2: Fleetwood Mac - Tango in the Night Day 1: Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Krokus .... Hoodoo (2010) Krokus has released four fine albums in this new century. Hoodoo, the third 21st century album, is the official comeback because it is the best-selling and the best of the four. Their nineties albums are their nadir of the catalog. Round 13 from 1999 finds them without their singer Marc Storace and everyone else except for guitarist Fernando von Arb, only their native Switzerland cared. But with 2003's Rock the Block, they got back in form. In 2006, Hellraiser nudged the American Top 200 barely at... 200. Hoodoo sees the return of much of the classic lineup. Also, Platinum sales in Switzerland and healthy sales around Europe. Personally, I think Hoodoo is their second best album, period, behind their iconic One Vice At A Time album from the eighties. The other three 21st-century albums are coming right behind Hoodoo. Get ready for December and your favorite 2024 picks... Zakk Sabbath... Doomed Forever Forever Doomed Yeah, it is Zakk Wylde recording the Black Sabbath albums Paranoid and Master Of Reality with modern 21st-century sound. Zakk imitates Ozzy vocally so well I will catch myself thinking that Ozzy snuck into the vocal booth. The digi-pak is a pain where you have to touch the edge of the playing surface to pull out the two CDs. But I'm a sucker for tribute albums. I really like this. I appreciate the modern sound and Zakk's slightly different approach to the iconic songs.
Hi everyone, normality resumes sadly, back to work, holidays over... but after my short break, a US band who took a huge one... Back in 1980, in a field-cum-motor racing circuit in Derbyshire, the first ever one day Monsters Of Rock festival (now the 3 day Download festival) took place, and, promoting their stiil-stunning-to-this-day debut album, the first ever band to play this iconic event took to the boards. That band was American pomp Rock gods... TOUCH. Their second album would not be released for another... 41 YEARS!! Album #2 was to be the ironically named "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Escape Musuc, 2021) which, amazingly, not only managed to be a more than worthy successor to that long distant debut, but even featured the original line up of the band, namely Mark Mangold on keyboards and vocals (later of DRIVE SHE SAID, THE SIGN et al), Doug Howard on bass and vocals, Craig Brooks on guitars and vocals and Glenn Kithcart on drums and vocals. Thanks to Atelier Wolfhoek for reminding me of this one as I nearly forgot it and yes, AW, I stand corrected, it is (almost!) as good as the debut. Also, it should be noted that the band did record a second album back in 1982 but it was shelved. It was released in 1998, but only as a part of the 2CD Complete Works package, along with the debut and bonus tracks, and never as an official album in its own right... All that, and I didn't even mention bassist Doug Howard having to go to hospital after that Monsters Of Rock gig having nearly swallowed - and been stung by - a bee as he sipped a beer and suffering a potentially dangerous reaction!
Hi Iain, wonderful pick. Great, solid second effort -- I even have the rare promo handbill for that CD! I've never heard the debut, so I must jot that down on the 'Iain List'. Hope your Monday is floating along smoothly.
@@gadgettheratboy9051 Thanks Gadget, I actually prefer the debut - opening track 'Don't Ya Know What Love Is' is a stonewall classic! Fabulous pomp like early Angel meets Starcastle...
fear street was the perfect horror trilogy. x was dumb...a couple of 80 year old killers who could barely stand...i didn't buy it. pearl was too light on horror. maxxxine was the night stalker?!?
Did Fripp recruit Belew from Roxy Music, after Bryan Ferry went "solo"??? My mate who was in to prog from "Middle School" as you call it in the U.S.A. put me on to Fripp and John McLaughlin, but l didn't follow up much. What l have heard later wants more listening!
Deep Purple-Now What!?. This was released in 2013. Deep Purple hadn't released an album since 2005's Bananas. That's eight years without an album. The lineup is the same as on the previous two albums: vocalist Ian Gillan(Big Ian), drummer Ian Paice(Little Ian), bassist Roger Glover, guitarist Steve Morse, and keyboardist Don Airey. I was so ecstatic when i heard that Purple was hooking up with producer Bob Ezrin. I remember watching a VH1 documentary called Metal: A Headbanger's Journey from 2005. They had Bob on there talking about the relationship between classical music and Metal. Then, i heard something talking about classical music and Deep Purple. So, i conflated that as Bob Ezrin talking about Deep Purple and classical music. So, i figured that Bob was the right man for the job. I was right. This started a winning streak from here to Whoosh. Even though guitarist Steve Morse has left the band, i hope that the streak continues with the next album. It's important to note that original Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord died during the creation of this album. So, Uncommon Man and Above And Beyond were written as a tribute. There is a tribute within Uncommon Man. A bit of Aaron Copeland's Fanfare For The Common Man was incorporated. That was one of Jon's favorites. Above And Beyond sounds like a waltz to me. I like that A Simple Somg includes a Mellotron flute. Weirdistan includes a synth solo that's just weird. Hell To Play is driven by tambourine. Out Of Hand has an orchestral intro. That song is quite lumbering. Bodyline is quite a funky tune, reminding me of something from the Coverdale/Hughes era. Blood From A Stone is a bluesy with some great electric piano by Don. Apres Vous has great interplay by Don and Steve. Vincent Price lives up to its names. The intro is gothic. Regarding Pete's pick, it's interesting that, since Fripp was unable to tour with Bowie after playing on Heroes, he chose Adrian Belew. Adrian also played on 1979's Lodger.
Seen Robert Fripp three times, and actually ran into him, literally, at a show where we were both walking around between sets. That was at a California Guitar Trio show. I did get to see Fripp and Tony Levin at a real King Crimson show in 2017, when they had three drummers up front and the rest of the band on risers in the back, a very interesting setup. And a total musical overload coming off of the stage, amazing stuff.
Pete misrepresented the origins of this album… are we all supposed to just ignore the fact that this was never meant to be a King Crimson album; that Fripp was assembling a new band called Discipline, and at some later point it was decided to revive the King Crimson name for this group that sounded exactly nothing like any prior group under that name?
Yes - 90125: a total reboot of sorts-White and Squire recruit a guitar wizard in Rabin and bring back Tony Kaye for the band Cinema. But, Jon Anderson comes back and the previous Yes vocalist, Trevor Horn, produces an absolute masterpiece rebranded as Yes.
for today my pick is Scorpions -Love Drive, Uli Jon Roth leaves the band the get a new guitar player and release this album and had really good success, more success than any other album they had in the 70's
Today my pick day 8 is Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell, a pretty strong album and two disappointing albums before that, with Ronnie James Dio they made a kick ass album every song is perfect, title track is my favorite on that album with iconic heavy metal riff
Day #8 - #23 - Focus - FOCUS (WITH JAN AKKERMAN AND THIJS VAN LEER), released in 1985, a full seven years after their previous release; nine years after Jan's last outing with the group. King Kong is a top ten song for me regarding their entire catalog. The usual fantastic musicianship that includes one of my favorite guitarists, and early guitar hero as a lad - Mr. Jan. #24 Kansas - Vinyl Confessions #25 The Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach #26 Mike Oldfield - Man on the Rocks #27 Missing Persons - Missing in Action #28- Boston - Third Stage #29 Gary Numan - Sacrifice #30. Neil Young - Zuma
Rammstein untitled 2019 First album after 10 years ! No. 1 in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, no. 3 in Great Britain, no. 9 in USA. Totally in german language. I'll never understand how that was possible... 🤘😂🇩🇪
Today I'm going with the Swiss prog band Clepsydra. Then returned after an 18 year absence with a great album 'The Gap' (appropriately enough!) They have a great Italian vocalist but the vocals are in English
Day 8: still on the staid, conservative road, for a couple of more days. Criteria- returning member, or members and a vast improvement on recent output. Iron Maiden- Brave New World. Returning members who are also important songwriters, so a return to form, a stronger bunch of songs. And while this is a similar length to the next 3 albums, there is less sense of widdling and meandering or making songs longer for the sake of length rather than compositional requirement (even though the next two albums do have many great songs)
I've never been a great prog fan and this reminds me why. The only track that has any kind of cohesiveness was Matte Kudasai. I'm afraid that for me, I think that elephants might put out something more worthwhile of a listen than this. It feels like talented musicians that are competent at playing their instruments but don't know how to string the right things together to make a song. Comes across as more regressive than progressive.
m b v by My Bloody Valentine (2013) Shoegaze is a genre that emerged in the late 1980s in the United Kingdom, characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals and wall-of-sound guitar distortion, creating a dense and immersive sound. This genre, so named because its players so often gaze downward at their effects pedals, was co-pioneered by My Bloody Valentine and their enigmatic leader, Kevin Shields. Released in 2013 to universal acclaim, m b v is the long-awaited follow-up to Loveless, their classic 1991 record. The album, the band's first release of original material in over two decades, showcases their characteristic and singular fusion of nearly deafening, hyper-layered guitar wizardry and otherworldly, melancholy vocals. Choice cuts: “she found now,” “only tomorrow” Previous selections - Against by Sepultura (1998) Astronomica by Crimson Glory (1999) Cloud Nine by George Harrison (1987) Forever Black by Cirith Ungol (2020) The Makarrata Project by Midnight Oil (2020) Rainbow Ends by Emitt Rhodes (2016) Third by Portishead (2008)
