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     Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 535 Registered: 05-2005 |
Why stop at just songs... Carnival of Light - Ride Best of Traffic Younger than Yesterday - The Byrds Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys The Beatles(White Album) - The Beatles | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 675 Registered: 07-2006 |
carnival of light?!?!? i really like crown of creation but...wow! | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 676 Registered: 07-2006 |
new order - technique soft cell - non stop erotic cabaret the smiths - strangeways triffids - calenture madonna - like a prayer there are a lot of other records (perhaps even a few not released in the 1980s) that i could rant on and on about, but these would be the five that make me completely wig-out when i think about them for more than a couple of seconds. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1690 Registered: 10-2004 |
Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle Microdisney - Everybody's Fantastic Smiths - Meat is Murder Cocteau Twins - Treasure Felt - Strange Idols Pattern | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 213 Registered: 05-2005 |
Above all : Associates - Affectionated Punch Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle + Spring Hill Fair Magazine - Secondhand Daylight + Correct Use of Soap The Jam - Setting Sons The Smiths - Hatfull of Hollow | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 327 Registered: 10-2008 |
one thing i've noticed over the last few weeks, the amount of love for liberty belle. and here was me thing 16LL was the supposed masterpiece? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 328 Registered: 10-2008 |
"thinking" not "thing" | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 538 Registered: 05-2005 |
"Carnival of Light" was the musical backdrop to a fine year for me - 1994. It accompanied me to Nepal and India for the first time and will be inextricably linked to that experience. Whenever I hear the opening jangle of "1000 Miles", I'm watching the sun set over the Annapurnas for the first time. "I don't know where it comes" from used to annoy the shitter out of my musically challenged (Michael Bolten, Celine Dion...) housemate. Spent many great evenings staring at the wallpaper and watching music become 3 dimensional that year with "Carnival of Light" as my guide. For me, it's musical homebase. I loved Ride before that, but for me, this was something else. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 539 Registered: 05-2005 |
If I was going to 10, there would also be Hatful and Meat, Liberty Belle, Born Sandy and Remote Luxury/Persia eps - much like some of you too. Wow, and I've got 3 Ozzie bands on the list too. You'd think I was from the place or something... unless I was Hugh or Randy! | ||
| Ewan Talisker McEwan Member Username: Ewan_mcewan Post Number: 573 Registered: 02-2008 |
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Prince - Sign O' the Times Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Gram Parsons - GP | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1693 Registered: 10-2004 |
TROU - Associates' "Affectionate Punch" might just be in my top 10! They are a band that keeps improving with age for me. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 756 Registered: 04-2006 |
maybe the flying burrito brothers - the gilded palace of sin beach boys - pet sounds curtis mayfield - curtis fun boy three - waiting captain beefheart and the magic band – shiny beast (bat chain puller) or maybe not | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3264 Registered: 05-2005 |
Associates - Sulk Love - forever Changes Massive Attack - Mezzanine Magazine - Secondhand daylight The Beach Boys - Sunflower/Surfs Up | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 677 Registered: 07-2006 |
meat is murder, liberty belle and born sandy would probably all be in my top ten too. maybe we've more in common than we presumed. nice list jeff. and geoff, you've officially made me want to go back and have a listen to carnival of light. i like how some of the tracks sounded on the waves bbc comp. ride have been one of my favourite bands since i was 18, but it's only really smile/nowhere/gba i go for. i was obsessed with going blank again for years, forever trying to convert others over. it never really took... their loss. | ||
| Simon Withers Member Username: Sfwithers Post Number: 145 Registered: 08-2005 |
I'll give this some thought, though will probably come up with different ones tomorrow. Good to see The Smiths' Strangeways and Hatful of Hollow; always loved Strangeways. My 5 today would include; Submarine Bells - The Chills Reckoning - REM Crown of Creation/After Bathing at Baxters - Jefferson Airplane (Cool? That's me!) Live in London - Go-Betweens (any number of GBs' albums I could list, but that was the last time I saw them and they were great) Hounds of Love - Kate Bush (could be Never for Ever...) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2968 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, 13 years ago I made a radio program on The Go-Betweens in a classic albums series. We made it about Liberty Belle as that was the general consesus of what was their classic amongst the people we consulted about the show. Someday I'll digitise all these old shows and post them online somewhere. Don't hold your breath though fellas. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 329 Registered: 10-2008 |
padraig,yeah I'm not surprised about that, somedays LB is my favourite and I think it has the strongest batch of songs they ever did. But overall I think I prefer BH just because of the impact it had on me when it came out, and it does have C&C on it!! Maybe its just magazines and webzines that push the 16LL line about it being the so called classic | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1696 Registered: 10-2004 |
Kev, I think 16LL was kind of viewed as their almost-but-not-quite-breakthrough, and the singles from that album certainly got more radio play than anything before it. Plus, love it or hate it, it's undeniably palatable, so I think it's an easier album for a wider range of people to digest, hence, it tends to get a lot of attention from music critics and the like. But, if this board is any indicator, serious Go-Betweens fans tend to be all over the map with their favorite album, although LB and BH both seem to get a lot of votes. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 331 Registered: 10-2008 |
yep, think you've nailed it jeff. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2063 Registered: 03-2005 |
Geoff, I love your story about the Ride album. I'm not even sure I've ever heard them but I do tend to have only a limited appetite for the psych revival groups, which I'm guessing they are. Still, your story is great. If pushed to choose a favorite GoBees album I'll usually choose Liberty Belle. But I'm such a great fan of Robert's work on both SHF and Tallulah that I always feel a little regret when I do so. 16LL is their major label album. I think it's a fine record, but of necessity with a bit of the rougher edges smoothed off. It does a type of thing that I can accept much more readily than can Kevin BUT if they had continued down the same road for the next album it almost certainly would have died of blandness. Robert & Grant seem to have grasped that instinctively, which just goes to show how great they are (were). I'll have to let this five favourite album thing percolate for some more time. | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 541 Registered: 05-2005 |
Who me, psyche revival bands?????!!!! | ||
| Stuart Wilson Member Username: Stuart Post Number: 299 Registered: 10-2006 |
Focus 3 - Focus Live 69 - Velvet U. Streetlife - Roxy Music Hatful of Hollow - Smiths The Belle Album - Al Green | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 333 Registered: 10-2008 |
REM - Murmer Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures Pixies - Doolittle The Clash - The Clash David Bowie - Hunky Dory My logic was that I would pick the 5 records I have played the most in my life, and thats what I came up with. Parts of the Clash album are dated now, but I wore that album out on vinyl twice and have bought at least 2 versions on CD. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 679 Registered: 07-2006 |
good goin' kev. effortlessly great, even. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2973 Registered: 05-2005 |
We did this elsewhere on this site a few years back but, going with Kevin's most played formula, here goes. As a bonus you get the formats I own them on! The Chills - Soft Bomb (cassette, CD) The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blue (vinyl, cassette, two different CD versions) The Pursuit Of Happiness - Love Junk (cassette, CD) Pixies - Doolittle (cassette, CD) Kate Bush - Hounds Of Love (vinyl, CD) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2974 Registered: 05-2005 |
I should have checked the archive first... Here's my list from three years ago, including some I realise I've played more than those listed above. 1 The Chills – Soft Bomb 2 The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray 3 Kate Bush – Hounds Of Love 4 R.E.M. – Murmur 5 The Pursuit Of Happiness – Love Junk 6 The Waterboys – Fisherman’s Blues 7 The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 8 The Go-Betweens – 16 Lover’s Lane 9 Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque 10 Whipping Boy – Heartworm 11 Mary Margaret O’Hara – Miss America 12 The Posies – Frosting On The Beater 13 The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses 14 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On 15 The Replacements – All Shook Down 16 Pixies – Doolittle 17 Mercury Rev – Deserter’s Songs 18 Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back 19 Husker Du – Zen Arcade 20 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 334 Registered: 10-2008 |
I googled the lyrics of Murmer while listening to it at work. Some weird shit goin through Stipes mind back then. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 2975 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kevin, I'm going to have to insist you refer to the album as Murmur, its given name, in future. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 335 Registered: 10-2008 |
oh sorry padraig, its WAS the middle of the night, well for me anyway!! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1590 Registered: 01-2005 |
1. R.E.M. - Murmur 2. The Clash - London Calling 3. Talking Heads - Remain in Light 4. Love - Forever Changes 5. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight 6. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains 7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming 8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 9. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers 10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 11. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 12.Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 13. Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East 14. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel 15. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 16. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 17. Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin 18.Velvet Underground and Nico - Velvet Underground 19. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights. 20. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking 21. The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional 22. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday 23. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn 24. Gang of Four - Entertainment! 25. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 26. Peter Gabriel - III (Melting Face) 27. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings 28. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 29. Televison - Marquee Moon 30. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 31. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 32. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa 33. Wire - Pink Flag 34. Joni Mitchell - Blue 35. The Chills - Submarine Bells 36. The Replacements - Let It Be 37. The Stooges - Fun House 38. Neu! - Neu! 75 39. Crowded House - Woodface 40. Slowdive - Slovlaki 41. Echo and the Bunneymen - Crocodiles 42. Syd Barrett - Barrett 43. R.E.M. - Reckoning 44. The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle 45. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend 46. Gene Clark - No Other 47. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom 48. Everything But The Girl - Idelwild 49. Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris 50. The Church - Seance 51. Charlie Parker - Parker With Strings 52. The Beatles - Revolver 53. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 54. Bill Evans - Live at the Village Vanguard 55. The Blue Nile - Hats 56. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 57. The Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses 58. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town. 59. Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 60. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask 61. Aimee Mann - Whatever 62. The Bangles - All Over The Place 63. Everything But The Girl - Idlewild 64. Talking Heads - Fear of Music 65. Peter Gabriel - So 66. Culture - Two Sevens Clash 67. Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On 68. Son Volt - Trace 69. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon 70. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall 71. Let's Active - Cyprus/Afoot 72. Wire - A Bell Is A Cup 73. Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Kate and Anna McGarrigle 74. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl 75. Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy 76. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps 77. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express 78. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 79. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 80. The Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses 81. The Au Pairs - Sense and Sensuality 82. Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet 83. The Doors - The Doors 84. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe 85. U2 - Achtung Baby 86. Brian Eno - Another Green World 87. The Pretenders - The Predtenders 88. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 89. The Clash - The Clash 90. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 91. John Coltrane - Giant Steps 92. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 93. The Replacements - Tim 94. Blondie - Parallel Lines 95. The B-52's - The B-52's 96. Pixies - Doolittle 97. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psycho Candy 98. X - Wild Gift 99. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis 100. Roxy Music - Avalon | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1591 Registered: 01-2005 |
Crap, I had EBTG -Idlewild down twice!!! Revised list: 1. R.E.M. - Murmur 2. The Clash - London Calling 3. Talking Heads - Remain in Light 4. Love - Forever Changes 5. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight 6. Robyn Hitchcock - I Often Dream of Trains 7. Kate Bush - The Dreaming 8. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 9. Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers 10. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 11. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 12.Derek and the Dominoes - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 13. Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East 14. Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel 15. Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks 16. The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane 17. Flying Burrito Brothers - Gilded Palace of Sin 18.Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground 19. Richard and Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights 20. Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking 21. The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional 22. The Byrds - Younger than Yesterday 23. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn 24. Gang of Four - Entertainment! 25. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle 26. Peter Gabriel - III (Melting Face) 27. Robert Johnson - The Complete Recordings 28. The Beatles - Rubber Soul 29. Televison - Marquee Moon 30. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 31. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 32. The Pixies - Surfer Rosa 33. Wire - Pink Flag 34. Joni Mitchell - Blue 35. The Chills - Submarine Bells 36. The Replacements - Let It Be 37. The Stooges - Fun House 38. Neu! - Neu! 75 39. Crowded House - Woodface 40. Slowdive - Slovlaki 41. Echo and the Bunneymen - Crocodiles 42. Syd Barrett - Barrett 43. R.E.M. - Reckoning 44. The Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle 45. Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend 46. Gene Clark - No Other 47. Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Imperial Bedroom 48. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust 49. Dexter Gordon - Our Man In Paris 50. The Church - Seance 51. Charlie Parker - Parker With Strings 52. The Beatles - Revolver 53. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 54. Bill Evans - Live at the Village Vanguard 55. The Blue Nile - Hats 56. Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 57. The Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses 58. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town. 59. Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 1 60. Lou Reed - The Blue Mask 61. Aimee Mann - Whatever 62. The Bangles - All Over The Place 63. Everything But The Girl - Idlewild 64. Talking Heads - Fear of Music 65. Peter Gabriel - So 66. Culture - Two Sevens Clash 67. Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On 68. Son Volt - Trace 69. Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon 70. Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall 71. Let's Active - Cyprus/Afoot 72. Wire - A Bell Is A Cup 73. Kate and Anna McGarrigle - Kate and Anna McGarrigle 74. Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl 75. Jane Siberry - When I Was A Boy 76. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps 77. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express 78. The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 79. Neil Young - After The Gold Rush 80. The Dream Syndicate - Days of Wine and Roses 81. The Au Pairs - Sense and Sensuality 82. Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet 83. The Doors - The Doors 84. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe 85. U2 - Achtung Baby 86. Brian Eno - Another Green World 87. The Pretenders - The Predtenders 88. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels On A Gravel Road 89. The Clash - The Clash 90. Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 91. John Coltrane - Giant Steps 92. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground 93. The Replacements - Tim 94. Blondie - Parallel Lines 95. The B-52's - The B-52's 96. Pixies - Doolittle 97. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psycho Candy 98. X - Wild Gift 99. Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis 100. Roxy Music - Avalon 101. The Pretty Things - Parachute | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 446 Registered: 01-2007 |
Missed this 5 is it in no order: Libery Belle Darkness on the Edge of Town Hatful of Hollow After The Gold Rush London Calling these seem fairly representative | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3325 Registered: 05-2005 |
5 Albums this week. Wolfhounds - Bright and guilty (they blow most bands outta the wwater) Stone Roses 1st album. Cherisghed memories, though sometiomes the guitar sound gets me down. Euros Childs - Miracle inn Durutti Column - idiot Savants The Bell Divers - June/July | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1593 Registered: 01-2005 |
Lots of love for Kate Bush - Hounds of Love. I guess I'm in the minority though peferring The Dreaming over HOL. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 1750 Registered: 10-2004 |
Michael, I definitely prefer the Dreaming over HOL. And I prefer Never For Ever slightly over both of those! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1594 Registered: 01-2005 |
Jeff, Bingo! Looking back I'm with on preferring Never For Ever over HOL, so I probably shouldn't included HOL on my list. I'm not overwhelmed with the songs on the flip side 9th Wave suite. I believe Never is the first album she recorded using the Fairlight digital sampler. It definitly showed growth over The Kick Inside and Lionheart. | ||
| joe Member Username: Dogmansuede Post Number: 703 Registered: 07-2006 |
i know it goes without saying, but the woman just has SO many masterpieces under her snug, probably very stylish belt. i still rate HOL above all else, but the dreaming, the kick inside and (yes!) the sensual world will battle it out for the remaining medals for the foreseeable future. also incredible - that they sound next to nothing like one another. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1598 Registered: 01-2005 |
I can't think of Kate Bush without thinking of Peter Gabriel. Cripey, hasn't it been 17 years now since his last studio album? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 389 Registered: 10-2008 |
at the risk of being utterly predictable, I cant stand Kate Bush. that voice gives me nightmares. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1602 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin, If Kate's voice gives you nightmares, then what does the voice of Joanna Newsom do to you? | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 390 Registered: 10-2008 |
michael, i am on record here for slating ms newsom and her voice. i probably said something along the lines of "even worse than kate bush" :-) | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1605 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin, I remember a number of us slogging her voice (if you can call ms newsom's rattle and skreech a voice). I forgot that you were one of us. It suppose it would be pretty hard for me to listen to my Lene Lovich discs these days as well. I'm almost afraid to try. |