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1982

 

  1. Donald Fagen - The Nightfly
  2. Rush - Signals
  3. Roxy Music - Avalon
  4. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
  5. XTC - English Settlement
  6. Joe Jackson - Night and Day
  7. Mission of Burma - Vs.
  8. Huey Lewis & The News - Picture This
  9. Michael Rother - Fernwärme
  10. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
  11. The Clash - Combat Rock
  12. Orange Juice - Rip It Up
  13. Peter Gabriel - Security
  14. Haircut 100 - Pelican West
  15. Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age of Wireless
  16. Laurie Anderson - Big Science
  17. Neil Young - Trans
  18. The Cure - Pornography
  19. King Crimson - Beat
  20. Toto - IV

 

 

1983

 

  1. REM - Murmur
  2. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrobones
  3. New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
  4. Huey Lewis & The News - Sports
  5. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Dazzle Ships
  6. Talking Heads - Speaking In Tongues
  7. David Bowie - Let's Dance
  8. The B-52's - Whammy!
  9. Electric Light Orchestra - Secret Messages [intended double album]
  10. John Mellencamp - Uh-Huh
  11. Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
  12. ZZ Top - Eliminator
  13. Lou Reed - Legendary Hearts
  14. Randy Newman - Trouble in Paradise
  15. Tears for Fears - The Hurting
  16. Minor Threat - Out of Step
  17. Nick Heyward - North of a Miracle
  18. The Blasters - Non Fiction
  19. XTC - Mummer
  20. Dio - Holy Diver
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1984

 

  1. Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense [complete soundtrack]
  2. Rush - Grace Under Pressure
  3. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
  4. The Smiths - self-titled / Hatful of Hollow
  5. The Replacements - Let It Be
  6. REM - Reckoner
  7. XTC - The Big Express
  8. Felt - The Strange Idols Pattern and Other Short Stories
  9. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hyaena
  10. Cocteau Twins - Treasure
  11. Van Halen - 1984
  12. Penguin Café Orchestra - Broadcasting From Home
  13. The Cars - Heartbeat City
  14. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime
  15. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
  16. Lou Reed - New Sensations
  17. Metallica - Ride the Lightning
  18. Laurie Anderson - Mister Heartbreak
  19. King Crimson - Three of a Perfect Pair
  20. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains

 

I'm cheating with my #1 pick.  Previously I've been excluding live albums, and this is one where the version I'm specifying wasn't officially released as a standalone CD until 1999.  But Stop Making Sense is so obviously THE musical achievement of the year I had to put it #1.

 

Also I love Purple Rain, but I'm categorizing it as soul/R&B/funk/disco so left it off here.  Maybe I'll do a list of favorite 70s and 80s R&B/funk albums like I did favorite hip hop albums for the 90s.  I know Prince is a multi-genre artist, but that's the decision I made!

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18 minutes ago, Clockwork Angel said:

You also cheat by having two seperate albums in one spot so... ;)

 

I've been doing that since I went back to the 70s!  This '84 list is a bit cheating though because Hatful of Hollow is a compilation and not an album album..... oh well!

 

On 19/01/2023 at 5:33 PM, Disco Stu said:

If a band releases two albums in a year (so much more common back in those days), I allow myself to rank them together if Ilike them basically equally.

 

 

Oh and for the record:

 

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Really this is a genre I engage with more through singles than albums, so some essential artists that didn't do classic albums aren't on this list (most notably, James Brown who was on fire in the early 70s with songs like "Super Bad", "Sex Machine", and "Make It Funky")

 

 

1970s Soul/Funk/Disco

 

Chic - self-titled
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
Al Green - Al Green Explores Your Mind
War - The World is a Ghetto
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Parliament - Mothership Connection

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
The Spinners - self-titled
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
KC and the Sunshine Band - self-titled
The Isley Brothers - Givin' It Back
Isaac Hayes - Black Moses
Earth, Wind, & Fire - The Best of Earth, Wind, & Fire, Vol. 1
Bill Withers - Still Bill
Bee Gees et. al. - Saturday Night Fever
Tower of Power - Back to Oakland
Booker T. & The MG's - Melting Pot
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Imagination
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - self-titled

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Great stuff, @Disco Stu.

I'd add:

ALL 'N' ALL 

I AM 

WHAT'S GOING ON 

LET'S GET IT ON

HERE MY DEAR 

INNERVISIONS 

FULLFILLINGNESSES' FIRST FINALE 

TALKING BOOK

JOURNEY THROUGH THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS 

C'EST CHIC 

RISQUÉ 

AWB 

CUT THE CAKE 

SPIRITS HAVING FLOWN

 

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Gonna go back into the 60s.  I'm gonna start listing R&B/funk albums in with the rest for these (see how Dusty Springfield and Sly Stone on this list)

 

1969 is an absolutely insane year, undisputed classic albums left, right, and center.

 

1969

 

  1. The Who - Tommy
  2. The Velvet Underground - self-titled
  3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
  4. The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire
  5. Led Zeppelin - I / II
  6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country / Green River / Willy and the Poor Boys
  7. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  8. The Band - self-titled
  9. The Allman Brothers Band - self-titled
  10. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
  11. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
  12. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
  13. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
  14. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
  15. The Beach Boys - 20/20
  16. Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album
  17. The Stooges - self-titled
  18. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
  19. The Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola
  20. Steve Miller Band - Brave New World
  21. The Guess Who - Canned Wheat
  22. David Bowie - Space Oddity
  23. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
  24. Harpers Bizarre - 4
  25. The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain

 

And yes, I combined all three of CCR's amazing albums from this year.  What a year!

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5 minutes ago, Clockwork Angel said:

No. You finish the 80's first! I need to be able to post the rest of my list!

 

That's where we started all this!

 

 

This whole thing began when I posted this on 12/31, then I went back and did '85 and then kept going up through 2010 or whatever.  Then back to 1970, forward to 1984, and now I'll go back into the 60s :lol:.  I'm having a great time if nothing else

 

 

On 31/12/2022 at 10:25 AM, Disco Stu said:

For no real reason, my top 10 pop/rock albums of 1986

 

1. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

2. Paul Simon - Graceland

3. XTC - Skylarking

4. Sonic Youth - EVOL

5. REM - Lifes Rich Pageant

6. New Order - Brotherhood

7. Kraftwerk - Electric Café/Techno Pop

8. Cocteau Twins - Victorialand

9. Bruce Hornsby - The Way It Is

10. Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!

 

Just missed the top 10: Robyn Hitchcock - Elements of Light, Peter Gabriel - So, Prince - Parade

 

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30 minutes ago, Disco Stu said:

Gonna go back into the 60s.  I'm gonna start listing R&B/funk albums in with the rest for these (see how Dusty Springfield and Sly Stone on this list)

 

1969 is an absolutely insane year, undisputed classic albums left, right, and center.

 

1969

 

  1. The Who - Tommy
  2. The Velvet Underground - self-titled
  3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
  4. The Kinks - Arthur or the Decline and Fall of The British Empire
  5. Led Zeppelin - I / II
  6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country / Green River / Willy and the Poor Boys
  7. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
  8. The Band - self-titled
  9. The Allman Brothers Band - self-titled
  10. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
  11. Dusty Springfield - Dusty in Memphis
  12. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
  13. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
  14. Sly and the Family Stone - Stand!
  15. The Beach Boys - 20/20
  16. Rod Stewart - The Rod Stewart Album
  17. The Stooges - self-titled
  18. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
  19. The Jeff Beck Group - Beck-Ola
  20. Steve Miller Band - Brave New World
  21. The Guess Who - Canned Wheat
  22. David Bowie - Space Oddity
  23. Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority
  24. Harpers Bizarre - 4
  25. The Youngbloods - Elephant Mountain

 

And yes, I combined all three of CCR's amazing albums from this year.  What a year!

Great stuff, Stu, but, er... no 

ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM 

STAND UP 

TO OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN'S CHILDREN 

YELLOW SUBMARINE 

HOT RATS 

JOY OF A TOY 

CONCERTO FOR GROUP

AND ORCHESTRA?

 

No LIEGE AND LIEF? The greatest folk-rock album ever?! Come on!

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1968

 

  1. The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society
  2. The Beatles - White Album
  3. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
  4. The Turtles - Present the Battle of the Bands
  5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bookends
  6. The Band - Music From Big Pink
  7. Randy Newman - self-titled
  8. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
  9. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
  10. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Nancy & Lee
  11. The Byrds - Notorious Byrd Brothers / Sweetheart of the Rodeo
  12. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
  13. Harry Nilsson - Aerial Ballet
  14. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul
  15. The Move - self-titled
  16. The Moody Blues - In Search of the Lost Chord
  17. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
  18. The Jeff Beck Group - Truth
  19. Os Mutantes - self-titled
  20. The Beach Boys - Friends
  21. Creedence Clearwater Revival - self-titled
  22. Cream - Wheels of Fire
  23. Steve Miller band - Sailor
  24. The Electric Flag - A Long Time Comin'
  25. Canned Heat - Boogie with Canned Heat
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Has anyone noticed that the closer we get to 2023, the shittier pop music gets?

 

 

 

4 minutes ago, Clockwork Angel said:

Huh, I thought we started with 89!

No, we started with '88... that's when your app said A SHOW OF HANDS was released :lol:

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I guess I will just post a more "formal" version of what I posted back then.

 

1986

 

Invisible Touch
Raised On Radio
So
Labyrinth
Chicago 18


1987

 

Hold Your Fire
Hysteria
Bad Animals
Inside Information
Back For The Attack


1988

 

Operation Mindcrime
Beast from the East

 

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If we're doing '87, I'd add:

 

GO ON 

NEVER LET ME DOWN 

TANGO IN THE NIGHT 

METROPOLITAN SUITE 

BIG GENERATOR 

IT'S BETTER TO TRAVEL 

THE JOSHUA TREE 

RUNNING IN THE FAMILY 

HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT 

COMING AROUND AGAIN 

RADIO K*A*O*S 

CLUTCHING AT STRAWS 

WHO'S THAT GIRL?

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION 

ACTUALLY 

A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON 

... NOTHING LIKE THE SUN 

 

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1967

 

  1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper / Magical Mystery Tour [US]
  2. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
  3. The Who - The Who Sell Out
  4. The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
  5. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
  6. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding
  7. The Turtles - Happy Together
  8. The Rolling Stones - Between the Buttons / Their Satanic Majesties Request
  9. The Byrds - Younger Than Yesterday
  10. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced / Axis: Bold as Love
  11. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
  12. Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
  13. The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
  14. The Beach Boys - Wild Honey / Smiley Smile
  15. Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
  16. The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee-Pretty Ballerina
  17. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Safe as Milk
  18. The Yardbirds - Little Games
  19. Canned Heat - self-titled
  20. Harpers Bizarre - Feelin' Groovy / Anything Goes
  21. Nico - Chelsea Girl
  22. Traffic - Mr Fantasy
  23. Love - Forever Changes
  24. Moby Grape - self-titled
  25. The 5th Dimension - The Magic Garden
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Just bought tickets to see Yo La Tengo in Charlottesville next month, I can't wait!  It will be my 10th time seeing them, the first band I'll make it to double digits for.

 

The 9 previous times:

 

4/8/2018 - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville
3/27/2016 - Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville
9/25/2015 - Lincoln Theatre, Washington, DC
7/12/2013 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Maryland
2/15/2013 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
1/21/2011 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
9/17/2009 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
1/9/2008 - Satellite Ballroom, Charlottesville
9/26/2006 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

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Getting into territory where a lot of my favorite pop music is singles, not albums, and a lot of my favorite albums are jazz records, not pop. 

 

1966

 

  1. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
  2. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
  3. The Beatles - Revolver
  4. The Kinks - Face to Face
  5. Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme
  6. The Rolling Stones - Aftermath [UK]
  7. The Who - A Quick One
  8. The Mamas & The Papas - If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears
  9. The Byrds - Fifth Dimension
  10. The Turtles - You Baby
  11. The Lovin' Spoonful - Daydream / Hums
  12. The Butterfield Blues Band - East-West
  13. Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High
  14. The Yardbirds - Roger the Engineer
  15. Cream - Fresh Cream
  16. Buffalo Springfield - self-titled
  17. Small Faces - self-titled
  18. John Mayall - Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton
  19. The Animals - Animalism
  20. The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of The 13th Floor Elevators
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11 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

Wow! The '60s were brilliant, weren't they?!

 

And like I said, then think of the amazing artists that were more singles oriented.

 

All-time amazing songs released in 1966 like

 

The Supremes - "You Can't Hurry Love"

The Monkees - "I'm a Believer"

The Temptations - "Ain't Too Proud to Beg"

The Troggs - "With a Girl Like You"

The Four Tops - "Reach Out (I'll Be There)"

Sam & Dave - "Hold On I'm Comin'"

Percy Sledge - "When a Man Loves a Woman"

Otis Redding - "Try a Little Tenderness"

Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston - "It Takes Two"

Loretta Lynn - "Don't Come A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)"

The Isley Brothers - "This Old Heart of Mine"

The Association - "Cherish"

 

Not to mention the non-album singles by album artists like "Paperback Writer" and "Good Vibrations"

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1965

 

  1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited / Bringing It All Back Home
  2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
  3. The Beach Boys - Today!
  4. The Beatles - Help!
  5. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man / Turn! Turn! Turn!
  6. The Kinks - Kinda Kinks / The Kink Kontroversy
  7. The Rolling Stones - Out of Our Heads [UK]
  8. The Who - My Generation
  9. The Yardbirds - Having a Rave Up / For Your Love
  10. Johnny Cash - Sings the Ballads of the True West
  11. The Beach Boys - Summer Days (and Summer Nights)
  12. Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic
  13. The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe
  14. The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - self-titled
  15. The Walker Brothers - Take It Easy

 

*albums released in the same year are only grouped together if I like them equally well

 

Amazing singles:

 

James Brown - "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"

James Brown - "I Got You (I Feel Good)"

The Miracles - "The Tracks of My Tears"

The Miracles - "Ooh Baby Baby"

The Impressions - "People Get Ready"

Wilson Pickett - "In the Midnight Hour"

The Beatles - "Day Tripper"

The Rolling Stones - "The Last Time"

The Rolling Stones - "Satisfaction"

The Who - "I Can't Explain"

The Who - "Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"

The Kinks - "Well Respected Man"

The Kinks - "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"

The Kinks - "See My Friends"

Marvin Gaye - "Ain't That Peculiar"

The Four Tops - "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)"

The Toys - "A Lover's Concerto"

The Supremes - "Stop! In the Name of Love"

The Supremes - "I Hear a Symphony"

The Supremes - "Back in My Arms Again"

Martha & The Vandellas - "Nowhere to Run"

The Dixie Cups - "Iko Iko"

Jackie DeShannon - "What The World Needs Now Is Love"

The Animals - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"

The Animals - "It's My Life"

Fontella Bass - "Rescue Me"

Sonny & Cher - "I Got You Babe"

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While there are some pop albums from 1964 I love (A Hard Day's Night, All Summer Long, The Times They Are a-Changin') there's not really enough to rank.  So just the amazing singles list, in alphabetical order

 

1964

 

The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"
The Beach Boys - "All Summer Long"
The Beach Boys - "I Get Around"
The Beach Boys - "Fun Fun Fun"
The Beatles - "A Hard Day's Night"
The Beatles - "Can't Buy Me Love"
The Beatles - "I Feel Fine"
The Beatles - "Eight Days a Week"
Bob Dylan - "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Bob Dylan - "It Ain't Me Babe"
Chad & Jeremy - "A Summer Song"
Chuck Berry - "You Never Can Tell"
Chuck Berry - "No Particular Place to Go"
Dave Clark Five - "Because"
Dionne Warwick - "Walk On By"
The Dixie Cups - "Chapel of Love"
Dusty Springfield - "Wishin' and Hopin'"
The Four Seasons - "Rag Doll"
The Isley Brothers - "Who's That Lady"
James Brown - "It's a Man's World"
The Kinks - "You Really Got Me"
The Kinks - "All Day and All of the Night"
Martha & The Vandellas - "Dancing in the Street"
Marvin Gaye - "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)"
Mary Wells - "My Guy"
The Righteous Brothers - "You've Lost That Loving Feeling"
The Rolling Stones - "It's All Over Now"
Roy Orbison - "Oh, Pretty Woman"
Roy Orbison - "It's Over"
Sam Cooke - "A Change Is Gonna Come"
The Supremes - "Baby Love"
The Supremes - "Come See About Me"
The Temptations - "The Way You Do the Things You Do"
The Temptations - "My Girl"
The Velvelettes - "He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'"
The Zombies - "She's Not There"

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1963

 

The Beach Boys - "In My Room"
The Beach Boys - "Farmer's Daughter"
The Beach Boys - "Surfer Girl"

The Beach Boys - "Surfin' USA"
The Beatles - "All My Loving"
The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
The Beatles - "She Loves You"

The Beatles - "From Me to You"
Bob Dylan - "Blowin' in the Wind"
Bob Dylan - "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Bob Dylan - "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"
Bobby Vinton - "Blue Velvet"
The Crystals - "Da Doo Ron Ron"
The Crystals - "Then He Kissed Me"
Darlene Love - "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry"
Dionne Warwick - "Anyone Who Had a Heart"
Dusty Springfield - "I Only Want To Be With You"
The Drifters - "On Broadway"
Eddie Holland - "Leaving Here"

Johnny Cash - "Ring of Fire"
The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"
Martha & The Vandellas - "Heat Wave"
Martha & The Vandellas - "Come and Get These Memories"
Marvin Gaye - "Pride and Joy"
Marvin Gaye - "Can I Get a Witness"
Ray Charles - "Take These Chains from My Heart"
The Ronettes - "Be My Baby"
Roy Orbison - "In Dreams"
Roy Orbison - "Falling"
Rufus Thomas - "Walking the Dog"
Stevie Wonder - "Fingertips, Part 2"

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1962

 

The Beach Boys - "Surfin' Safari"
The Beach Boys - "409"
The Beatles - "Love Me Do"
Booker T. & The MG's - "Green Onions"
The Contours - "Do You Love Me?"
The Cookies - "Chains"
The Crystals - "He's a Rebel"
The Del-Rios - "There's a Love"
The Drifters - "Up On The Roof"
The Everly Brothers - "Crying in the Rain"
The Isley Brothers - "Twist and Shout"
Little Eva - "The Loco-Motion"
The Mar-Keys - "About Noon"
The Marvelettes - "Beechwood 4-5789"
Marvin Gaye - "Stubborn Kind of Fellow"
The Miracles - "You've Really Got a Hold On Me"
Neil Sedaka - "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
Otis Redding - "These Arms of Mine"
Ray Charles - "I Can't Stop Loving You"
Ray Charles - "Unchain My Heart"
The Rooftop Singers - "Walk Right In"
Roy Orbison - "The Crowd"
Roy Orbison - "Dream Baby"
Roy Orbison - "Working for the Man"
Sam Cooke - "Twistin' the Night Away"
The Shirelles - "Baby It’s You"
The Shirelles - "Soldier Boy"
William Bell - "You Don't Miss Your Water"

 

 

The most obscure song on this list is sadly The Del-Rios "There's a Love" one of my favorite doo-wop style songs but it made zero impact on national charts/airplay.

 

 

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@Disco Stu You should at least add these 3 Charles Aznavour great number 1 in your lists. They were #1 in Québec too. :P

 

1963 - Les comédiens 

1964 - La mamma

1965 - Je te réchaufferai

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

It might just be out this year, which would coincide with the 40th anniversary of their masterpiece DAZZLE SHIPS.

 

There's a new edition of that, with extras, too.

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The new Paramore album, released today, is OK.  They didn't seem to strive for any big hook radio hits like the last 2 albums.  Tha'ts ok though

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On Friday night, I went to a comedy play. On Sat night, I saw a stand-up comic. And then, (to complete a 'hilarity trilogy', if you will) on Sunday I saw pics of what Sam Smith had worn to the Brit Awards the night before.
 

Gimp suits and chronic flatulence are a terrible combination. 

Brit Awards: Sam Smith's Latex Outfit Celebrates Their 'Natural Form'

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There's people defending it by saying 'Remember some of what David Bowie etc used to wear back in the day?' 

Yes, but Bowie pulled it off because he looked like an alien and was one of the coolest and most creative artists ever, whereas Sam Smith did a shite Bond theme and posted a video online on the FIRST DAY of the first Covid lockdown crying about how it was 'soooo hard'. 

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7 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:

New Ben Folds album coming in June:

 

Also a tour - US and parts of Europe (but not Austria, unfortunately).

Hurrah. Seems ages since the last Ben Folds album. Probably my favourite non film or classical artists beyond The Divine Comedy so a new album is always very welcome. Might have to see if I can see him in the U.K. 

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6 hours ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Hurrah. Seems ages since the last Ben Folds album. Probably my favourite non film or classical artists beyond The Divine Comedy so a new album is always very welcome. Might have to see if I can see him in the U.K. 

 

Have you seen him live before? His live improvs are equally brilliant and hilarious. I keep fondly reposting the YouTube video made of the one concert I caught in Vienna:

 

His orchestral improvs are at least as stunning, but I guess there's zero chance of ever catching one of those in Europe.

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31 minutes ago, Marian Schedenig said:

 

Have you seen him live before? His live improvs are equally brilliant and hilarious. I keep fondly reposting the YouTube video made of the one concert I caught in Vienna:

 

His orchestral improvs are at least as stunning, but I guess there's zero chance of ever catching one of those in Europe.

I have seen him as a trio (if not actually Ben Folds Five) but also at (I think) Covent Garden where they did one movement from his piano concerto and other tracks from So There with the group from the album. Both were great, even if it seemed a bit lame to only play one movement from the concerto given that it’s not very long! Agreed his improving is great. Such an amazing pianist. Hope you do get to see him live sometime. 

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1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said:

Hope you do get to see him live sometime. 

 

Well I did once, but once is not enough. Although that concert also introduced me to Kate Miller-Heidke (who did the Regina Spektor part in You Don't Know Me for the tour and also opened the concert with a solo set), and I've been a fan of hers since then.

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