Damn...those are some great albums, dandorotik. I don't know how to even come up with a list of 10 - as of right now, my top 10 (which if you ask me this a week from now the list would probably change) would be (in no particular order): 1. Kid A - Radiohead 2. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen 3. After the Goldrush - Neil Young 4. Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan 5. The Band aka Brown Album - The Band 6. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye 7. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder 8. Disraeli Gears - Cream 9. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 10. IV - Led Zeppelin Honorable mentions - too many to name, so I won't name them.
Still on the corporate/arena rock kick: Masque - Kansas (probably their most underrated album) Monolith - Kansas Strange Magic: The Very Best of ELO - Electric Light Orchestra Their Greatest Hits - Loverboy The Grand Illusion - Styx Back in the High Life - Steve Winwood Fire & Water - Free Don't Look Back - Boston Audio-Visions - Kansas
Equinox is my favorite from Styx, and while I do like Masque and the others, it's hard to top Leftoverture (one of the first cassettes I purchased). I went back and tried to remember the albums my parents (and my older sister) had when I was a kid that I used to listen to- so I purchased/retrived most of them and they're in rotation: Charlie Rich- Behind Closed Doors Jose Feliciano- Best of Glen Campbell- Greatest Hits Crosby, Stills & Nash- Crosby, Stills & Nash The Monkees- Greatest Hits The Who- Tommy ELO- Xanadu The Bay City Rollers- Saturday Night (?) Father Martin's Songbook (songs from the priest at our old church) Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach- Hits Lou Rawls- forget the title Wow- I think I'm going to have to listen to the loudest, raunchiest music I have after listening to these for a few days (although Tommy isn't exactly light). What is the heaviest CD out there? Ah, for an old fart like me, it'd probably be Lovedrive from the Scorpions or Number of the Beast from Iron Maiden.
Yea, you are going to have to listen to some loud, raunchy stuff to get Dionne Warwick, The Monkees, and Lou Rawls out of your head, lol. I actually remember having the Xanadu album on LP and loving the song "I'm Alive" by ELO. I am really bummed that they left that song (as well as "Xanadu" with ONJ) off the greatest hits album of theirs that I am listening to right now.
Bah, a little corporate/arena rock with some Winwood and Free mixed in never hurt anybody - try it sometime, SWT!
The Monkees are one of the best groups to come out of the '60s. Most who don't agree base this not on listening to their music, but on their bubblegum reputation. "Stepping Stone," "I'm a Believer," "Listen To the Band," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," "Valleri," "Shades of Gray," "Last Train to Clarksville"- these were among the best pop songs of the decade, right up there with the Beach Boys and close to some of the Beatles songs. Matter of fact, both Lennon and McCartney acknowledged the quality of their songs and jammed with them in England.
The Doors Strange Days Waiting For the Sun The Soft Parade Morrison Hotel L.A. Woman Best American band of all time? Possibly.
Actually I really don't disagree with you on this but when I think loud and raunchy music, The Monkees are the last group I think of, lol. Agreed on the Doors - I love "Strange Days" more than any of their other albums (and I have all 6 that you listed).
got the following in the last couple days: silversun pickups - carnavas peter, bjorn and john - living thing tea leaf green - raise up the tent
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Definitely- I just don't lump them in with the other easy-listening or "bubblegum" music (e.g. the Turtles).
I wish some of you could travel back in time, to when The Doors came out and blew everyone away. The LP was released in January of 1967 and I remember hearing Light My Fire before the single was released. Strange Days is probably my favorite Doors LP as well, but something to remember is that a lot of it consisted of songs that the Doors were playing when they recorded The Doors (People are Strange and Moonlight Drive are two that I'm sure of). There wasn't room for them. If there had been CDs back then, history would be different, lol. One of the things that made Strange Days better was that they really worked on it in the studio, instead of setting up and just doing the songs like they would on stage, which they did on the first LP. Got to see them on 7/15/68, at the Coliseum. The Movin' Sidewalks opened.
Hey dando, You are someone that likes a lot of the same things I do - I bought today Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America as well as Roger Hodgson's solo debut (at least I think it is - it is the one that "Had a Dream" on it). I know did have Crime of the Century before but never could get into it for some reason. Who are some other artists that you would compare Supertramp to? In other words, if you like this artist, then you would like Supertramp. Also, do you have that solo Hodgson album?? Is it any good?
Well, they're actually somewhat of an odd group. Here's why- their early stuff is definitely progressive rock (longer songs, complicated arrangements), so anyone who likes that type of music would probably like Yes, King Crimson, ELP, etc. I think the similarity with Yes is that both main singers (yes, Rick Davies sings on 1/2 but Hodgson is their most distinctive singer) have very high-pitched voices (some don't like Hodgson because of this). Yes is more guitar-based, but they do share similarities. Fast-forward to Breakfast in America. It's mostly pop. So, groups and artists like ELO, Elton John, Billy Joel, heck, even your groups like Journey, Loverboy, REO Speedwagon fall into this category. I would say Asia would be the type of group someone would like if they enjoy Supertramp in this period. Now, fast-forward to Brother Where You Bound. No Hodgson, very jazzy. Steely Dan would be the type of group you would like if you preferred this version of Supertramp- also, The Alan Parsons Project- definitely check them out, like Turn of a Friendly Card or Eye in the Sky (they also sonically sound like Pink Floyd because Alan Parsons was the engineer for Dark Side of the Moon). Their music is heavily piano-based- so anyone whose music is piano-driven would like the Tramp. Oddly enough, Elton John really fits into this category- high-pitched voice, piano-driven music, longer songs (like on Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Captain Fantastic), 70s, etc. It's hard to see that because Elton is a solo artist and Supertramp is a band, but they share a lot of similarities. So, to sum, Yes, Elton John, Alan Parsons, Steely Dan, and Asia would be the big-name groups. There are always smaller-scale groups that you could link with them. Depends on what you like about them. Again, in Supertramp's case, it's odd because I like their stuff for different reasons. Unlike a group like Van Halen, where I like them a great deal but it's basically the same type of music. I gotta admit, I'm a sucker for major-chord, uplifting music (why else would Born To Run be my favorite?), so I'm partial to Crime and Breakfast. But I don't always like that style all the time, so I listen to stuff like Steely Dan, Deep Purple, etc. My new kick is Weezer. Just bought the Green Album. Love Hash Pipe, Island in the Sun- heck, everything on that CD. Haven't heard Hodgson's solo stuff- well, I remember the song they used to play, but I don't have the CD. For Crime of the Century, great CD. To get into this one, go straight to track 3 (skip School and Bloody Well Right, those are played a lot on radio), "Hide in your Shell." Play that several times. That alone will get you into that CD.
The more I listen to them, the more I appreciate the diversity of their music and their individual talent as musicians, especially Densmore and Krieger. Just a great band that I would put up there at the top of Greatest American Bands. "Out here we is stoned- immaculate."
