TimHighfield
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Posted: July 07 2002, 21:54 |
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Hmm...in no particular order, as promised,
Dire Straits- Making Movies
Dire Straits- Love Over Gold
Dire Straits' peak, in my view...some stunners, such as Telegraph Road and Tunnel of Love, great guitar, lyrics aren't bad, and probably only one slightly dodgy track between them (Les Boys isn't one of my favourites, but I can put up with it)
Peter Gabriel- So
Peter Gabriel- Peter Gabriel [Melt]
I haven't really got into Us yet, I haven't had it long but it's growing on me. But these are my favourite PG albums- my second favourite PG song is either Red Rain or Biko, I just can't make up my mind. So has some beautiful songs (Mercy Street, Don't Give Up) and also songs like Sledgehammer and Big Time, which I like as much. Melt is much darker, but still as good, especially songs like Family Snapshot, And Through the Wire, Intruder (nice whistling and percussion), and Games Without Frontiers.
Afro Celt Sound System- Further in Time
I've only got two ACSS albums (this and Release) and this is my favourite. Mix of everything, especially the opening sequence of North, North 2, When You're Falling and Colossus. The other tracks are great too (eg Persistence of Memory)
Pink Floyd- The Dark Side of the Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd- The Division Bell
I've got to mention the Floyd- these three albums are my personal favourites, I couldn't give a damn about the Waters vs. Gilmour feuds that Floyd fans keep going on about, these are what I like. Inspired use of sound effects on Dark Side- although the clocks on Time are a bit annoying- and random speeches (personal favourite- the 'short sharp shock' one in the middle of Us and Them). Wish You Were Here is great, mainly because of the title track and Shine on you Crazy Diamond, though Have A Cigar and Welcome to the Machine aren't half bad. The Division Bell may be slightly more controversial, but I love songs like High Hopes, Poles Apart, Marooned, Lost for Words and Wearing the Inside Out. A good effort.
Van Morrison- The Healing Game
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
You've got to have Van the Man on lists...I've included two different albums here, one his usually-accepted 'masterpiece' Astral Weeks, which is very acoustic, wind based, and one of his more recent albums, The Healing Game, which features a lot of sax and Hammond organ (though the more 'folky' song Piper At the Gates of Dawn is better than quite a few of the brassy ones).
Steve Winwood- Back in the High Life
It was a choice between this and Arc of a Diver, and I went for this mainly because I can remember more of the songs. Though While You See a Chance (from Arc of a Diver) is my personal favourite Winwood solo song, Higher Love and Back in the High Life Again are great singles, and songs like Take It As It Comes are extremely catchy.
Sky- Sky
Great instrumental music. This is the only Sky album we've got at home, and it's one of my favourites for working to. Shorter tracks like Carillon and Danza are my preferred ones, though the lengthy When Opposites Meet is good (and includes a TB-like sequence at one point)
Gerry Rafferty- Night Owl
Gerry Rafferty- City to City
Gerry Rafferty is a great artist whose major success came with Stealers Wheel and the second album listed above. Yep, City to City has Baker Street on it (and it's one hell of a track...not just for the sax, but I for one love the short guitar burst towards the end), but there are other great songs on it, such as The Ark, Whatever's Written in Your Heart, Home and Dry, City to City and Right Down the Line. Night Owl is as good, standouts including the title track, Days Gone Down, Take the Money and Run, and Family Tree. A mix of styles, very nice.
Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense [Live]
Okay, I don't own this- but I have seen the film, and it is brilliant. I only own one Talking Heads album at the moment (Remain in Light), but I'm getting more soon. So, at the moment, this is the main one because it includes loads of great songs- although I suppose getting the DVD would be best because the film goes with the music and vice versa
Paul Simon- Graceland
Brilliant
Jon and Vangelis- The Friends of Mr Cairo
Okay- I've only listened to this once (yesterday when I taped it off vinyl). But it's great. Jazzy pieces, lively songs, slow songs, and the LP we've got has I'll Find My Way Home on it as well, and that's a good song.
Mark Knopfler- Sailing to Philadelphia
Brilliant.
Vangelis- Voices
Included for the title track, which is my favourite Vangelis track. Nice for working to.
Kate Bush- Hounds of Love
Choice between this and The Kick Inside- I went for this because of the different instrumentation and styles over the album- most of The Kick Inside contains songs that are relatively similar, whereas you can't really say the same about, for example, Running Up That Hill and Cloudbusting and Waking the Witch.
Blimey- I got 20 albums without thinking much about it. And of course, it'll change very shortly. Especially when I listen to Elegant Gypsy a bit more.
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