An eclectic mix there…but that’s how you find new stuff to like…but it can be like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack.
I listened to over 350 new albums last year…only 38 made it to the playlist (and there was some real crap in that 350).
So far this year, I’ve listened to 30 new albums (including a few from these new threads)…only 1 has made it to the playlist.
Yeah, an outrageously brilliant lyric by any measure, but when you consider the life and struggles of the person who wrote it then it’s even better, in my opinion. I also really like how that song closes the album, as most artists put the best songs early in the tracklist.
I’m a fairly recent devotee, and I think his other albums are a bit patchy. But there are always little glimpses of the quality of his songwriting. I guess it’s a bit sad he never realised his full potential, but the various struggles he had are part of the attraction, I’d say.
Hmm, my source has it at January 1972… maybe I need to recheck that.
2112 is actually one of my least favourite Rush albums. I don’t listen to it that often compared to the half dozen or so that came after it. I suppose I am an outlier that way, but for me I just don’t find it as complex or rewarding. And I have never been particularly enamored with the Ayn Rand influence either.
In spite of that it would still probably be one of the next two entries on the list for that year. But I wanted to put some variety in it too.
I first heard them when I saw clips for “A Farewell to Kings” (the track) and “Xanadu” on a late night music show in early 1978…mind blown…I worked in the Melbourne CBD in those days so went into Allens on the following Monday and ordered the album “A Farewell to Kings”
It is still my favourite Rush album.
One of my major music disappointments is that I never got to see them live.
Several wonderful songs on that disc but if I have to pick one it’s “The French Inhaler” a caustic assault on the mother of his son and so wrenchingly brilliant she forgave him for it because it was such a killer song. Which it is.
A quote from the son
Jordan Zevon has described the lyrics of the song as “French Inhaler is [Warren Zevon’s] way of saying ‘■■■■ you’ to my mom after she slept with another guy.” He also went on to say, “…as much as it pains me that it’s about my mother, it is the greatest ex-girlfriend ‘■■■■ you’ song of all time.”
An experience I suspect is shared by most Australian Rush fans 
I saw them five times, but obviously not here. I did see a pretty good tribute band a few months ago, though.
Not enough Tom Waits…
That is fantastic commitment. What’s the one you’ve added so far this year?
(You are far, far more organised than I could be. I don’t have a list!)
Tales of Uncertainty by a French band called Grive
Ok, this is doing my head in, just lock em in.
1970
3 - The Stooges - Fun House
2 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid
1 - The Kinks - Lola Versus Powerman
1971
3 - David Bowie - Hunky Dory
2 - Can - Tago Mago
1 - Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
1972
3 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
2 - Can - Ege Bamyasi
1 - Lou Reed - Transformer
1973
3 - Herbie Hancock - Sextant
2 - Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets
1 - Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power
1974
3 - King Crimson - Red
2 - Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night
1 - Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different
1975
3 - Patti Smith - Horses
2 - Neu! - Neu! ‘75
1 - Roxy Music - Siren
1976
3 - Ramones - Ramones
2 - The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers
1 - David Bowie - Station To Station
1977
3 - Wire - Pink Flag
2 - Television - Marquee Moon
1 - Ramones - Rocket To Russia
1978
3 - Elvis Costello And The Attractions - This Year’s Model
2 - The Saints - Eternally Yours
1 - Wire - Chairs Missing
1979
3 - Gang Of Four - Entertainment!
2 - The Clash - London Calling
1 - The Slits - Cut
Gentle reminders for those of you who haven’t posted a 70s list yet:
@Doggatron
@jonovdp
@The_New_Coleman
@saladin
@SeventeenthFlag
@Sir_Joe
@Split_Infinity
@swooper
@tinhillterror
@up_up
Oh man.
I’d love to participate, but I would seriously have NFI.
Go with
Deep purple
Some old school funk
Still on ‘93 swoods
What a year
This is gonna be hard for me when it gets to the 80s.
1970
3 - Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys (Machine Gun is the greatest Electric Guitar performance ever captured)
2 - Aretha Franklin - Spirit In The Dark
1 - Led Zeppelin - III
1971
3 - Pink Floyd - Meddle
2 - David Crosby - If Only I Could Remember My Name
1 - Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
1972
3 - Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
2 - Allman Brotheres - Eat a Peach
1 - Townes Van Zandt- The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
1973
3 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of The Moon (yeah…eye rollingly cliched…but for a reason…its still incredible)
2 - John Martyn - Solid Air
1 - Colured Balls - Summer Jam (purely for G.O.D. The greatest piece of Australian Heavy Psychedlic Blues Rock ever recorded)
1974
3 - Funkadelic - Standing on The Verge of Getting It On
2 - Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games
1 - Felton Robinson - Somebody Loan Me A Dime
1975
3 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
2 - Masaru Imada Trio - Green Catapillar
1 - Bob Dylan - Blood on The Tracks
1976
3 - Bob Dylan - Desire
2 - Rolling Stones - Black and Blue
1 - Steve Reid - Nova
1977
3 - Miles Davis - Dark Magus
2 - Muddy Waters - Hard Again
1 - Gil Scott Herron and Brian Jackson - Bridges
1978
3 - Townes Van Zandt - Flyin Shoes
2 - Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
1 - Muddy Waters - I’m Ready
1979
3 - Muddy Waters - Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live (as you can probably tell, I’m a big fan of Muddy, particularly this late 70s era, where he went through a bit of a career renaissance. The opening track of this record is a live rendition of I’m a Man. It is an absolute ball buster.)
2- AC/DC - Highway To Hell
1 - Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (not really a fan, but one of my daughters is obsessed…votes on her behalf.
I’m tipping you did this off the top of your head.
Not really. There were a few automatics, but I found it quite difficult. Especially the first four or so years of the decade. I couldve picked 20 plus records per year for the first half. Im going to have the same issue with the last half of the 60s
OMG…someone must have doctored your votes as I cannot see “in Through The Out Door” listed for the 3 votes for 1979.
Just give me the go ahead and I’ll change it for you.
