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New Gold Dream is an amazing album ... It was a crossover point for the band from avant-garde to commercial and the end result kind'a ticks both boxes.
Oh yes an amazing album, first time I saw Simple Minds at the Lyceum was in September 1982 when New Gold Dream had just been released. As an aside what a great time it was watching Rangers at Loftus Road in the 1982/83 season as we stormed the old 2nd Division .
I can get behind Forever Changes as a contender. "Maybe the people..." has been a mainstay in our house since me and my wife first met 20 years ago.
Nice to see Forever Changes get a mention. I often used to say it was my favourite, but I reckon I've had dozens if not hundreds of fav albums over the years.
Nice to see Forever Changes get a mention. I often used to say it was my favourite, but I reckon I've had dozens if not hundreds of fav albums over the years.
yeah, an unbelievably influential record, well ahead of its time
Amazing the variety of suggestions, although too many, including mine, go back a while. No modern pop - Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Sam Ryder nor Olivia Rodrigo.
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Oh yes an amazing album, first time I saw Simple Minds at the Lyceum was in September 1982 when New Gold Dream had just been released. As an aside what a great time it was watching Rangers at Loftus Road in the 1982/83 season as we stormed the old 2nd Division .
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The sparkle in the rain album has a track called “book of brilliant things” which Jim Kerr got the name of the track from a report on a QPR game where we hammered some poor unfortunates . He’s a Celtic fan but was known to show up at Loftus road when recording at the Townhouse which was based in Shepherd’s Bush.
Terry Callier - Timepeace Bobby Womack - The Poet 1 & 2 Leftfield - Leftism Maxwell - Urban Hang Suite (if only for the amount of ladies underwear it facilitated the removal of) Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life Maverick Sabre - Lonely Are The Brave Innocence - Belief DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Blondie - Parallel Lines
quite a few others that have been mentioned here too.
some artists I have loads of, Luther Vandross, Prince, Maze, Marvin, Jill Scott, Mary J Blige from soul, loads of classic jazz along with lots of dance/electronic who as artists with a body of work exceed some of the above. But these are just the albums in their own right.
compilations from Street Sounds and Mastercuts also take up a pretty big space on the racks
Hmm. Dont even think Made In Japan is the best Deep Purple album! In Rock is the best then Machine Head. Oasis is an age thing for me they were always a second rate Slade. And Barboletta is probably 4th best Santana after Abraxas, 3 and the first LP. Stone Roses? I get it. But the best ROCK album since 1975 is Queens of the Stone Age Songs For the Deaf. Mark Lanergan on vocals, Dave Grohl on Drums, a lunatic on Bass and Josh Homme for once focussed and funny. Best LP of all time is obviously Love Forever Changes but maybe you had to be there/here
based on all their top hits, live with extended plays, made in japan is a masterpiece.
Some of my favs. Primal scream- Screamadelica Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation .... Chemical Brothers - Exit Plant Dust Leftfield- Leftism Bomb the bass- Into the Dragon Oasis - Definitely Maybe Prodigy- Fat of the Land NWA - Straight outta Compton Chemical Brothers- Surrender DJ Shadow Endtroducing
Can’t believe Simple Minds have had the most mentions in this thread lol.
I love vinyl albums and have an eclectic taste: some of my favourites not already mentioned:-
Asia - Alpha King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown Blackstreet - Another Level Buzzcocks- Love Bites Cypress Hill - Black Sunday The Datsuns - The Datsuns Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions Deftones - White Pony DJ Muggs & GZA - Grandmasters Earth, Wind & Fire- I Am George Michael - Older Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel Ice Cube - The Predator
The sparkle in the rain album has a track called “book of brilliant things” which Jim Kerr got the name of the track from a report on a QPR game where we hammered some poor unfortunates . He’s a Celtic fan but was known to show up at Loftus road when recording at the Townhouse which was based in Shepherd’s Bush.
I am sure he lived in Notting Hill for awhile because I bumped in to him so many times.
Got to see them in the mid 80's at Hammersmith Odeon. Brilliant night.
Ditto. Having watched Live in New Orleans so many times on video to be in the 4th row at Hammersmith watching Frankie and the guys was one of my best ever gigs.
yeah, an unbelievably influential record, well ahead of its time
Love's Forever Changes is a fantastic album. Watch a BBC documentary called The Man Who Recorded America. It's the story of Jac Holzman who founded Elektra Records.
Here is a small clip where Jac talks about discovering, and later signing, Arthur Lee and The Doors on the same night.
Here is a slightly shortended version of the documentary, it usually gets removed from YouTube.
Oh yes an amazing album, first time I saw Simple Minds at the Lyceum was in September 1982 when New Gold Dream had just been released. As an aside what a great time it was watching Rangers at Loftus Road in the 1982/83 season as we stormed the old 2nd Division .
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That was my first season going regularly, I thought it would always be that good!
Got to see them in the mid 80's at Hammersmith Odeon. Brilliant night.
was there too for Maze and then at Wembley Arena; amazing live band
then saw them again approximately 10 years ago at Hammersmith and it was almost the exact same crowd but all were 30 years older, fatter, balder and singing along with random hugs for strangers.
all still wearing the same clobber to; just 3 sizes larger
Amazing the variety of suggestions, although too many, including mine, go back a while. No modern pop - Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Sam Smith, Sam Ryder nor Olivia Rodrigo.
Well partially that's time - loads of recent stuff I reckon I'll consider all timers but you gotta let it percolate a bit before giving it classic status imo, and selection bias - a group of predominantly male, predominantly older football fans are unlikely to say they love 1989. And Olivia is 20 with 2 albums, give her a break lol
Can’t believe Simple Minds have had the most mentions in this thread lol.
I love vinyl albums and have an eclectic taste: some of my favourites not already mentioned:-
Asia - Alpha King Tubbys Meets Rockers Uptown Blackstreet - Another Level Buzzcocks- Love Bites Cypress Hill - Black Sunday The Datsuns - The Datsuns Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables Death In Vegas - The Contino Sessions Deftones - White Pony DJ Muggs & GZA - Grandmasters Earth, Wind & Fire- I Am George Michael - Older Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel Ice Cube - The Predator
Could probably name another 20-30 really.
Nice one Ned. Also my favourite King Tubby album of the many he made. Good to see Dead Kennedys in there as well but given your Avatar that wasn't really a surprise.
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