or: DiAry Of a A MusIC sNob by JoE kOta$
The albums that I love the most! The ones that had the most profound effect or gave enormous listening pleasure to my soul...
1. P Smith Horses. My pick for the absolute masterpiece of all time. Transcendent creation peak combination of words, poetry, artistry, imagery, death and fascination.... patti in her prime.
the words r just rules and regulations to me
2. Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel . The Psychomodo. this little known classic gets number two cause it deserves recognition. one collection of unique folk rock/ glam with a 1st class vocalist and feel good songwriting. love it!!
3. Forever Changes. Arthur Lee and Love's timeless masterpiece.
4. Ultravox. Systems of ROmance. not a bad one in the bunch of knock your socks off electropop, atmospheric, overdrive. in the blue light.. blue light!
5. Blue Oyster Cult. Agents of Fortune. This is the sumer of 1976 time capsule of the USA. Break out masterpiece collection of barnstorming rock n roll ..and of course, the reaper.
6. Terje Rypdal. Odyssey. four sides of ambient scandinavian majick. since when does a trombone sound so good? Precursor of ambient.terje rypdal odyssey
midnight in norway.
7. The Doors. The Doors. Dark, with great cover. Doors album covers were just SO weird!! not to mention Jimi Hendrix are you experienced which my brother bought when he was like 5 and father had a stroke and made him take it back to sattler's.
8. Eno. Taking Tiger Mntn by strategy. just out there! beautiful masterpiece, oblique strategy.
9.Echo & the Bunnymen. Crocodiles. da bunnymen pack more emotion in one album than any 50 Beatles songs! they ushered in the 80s in europe!
10. Buffalo Springfield. Again. Gorgeous songs for playing outside. water in a desert. ...
by now, u realize this list has no logical progression....
11. Talking Heads REmain in Light. i think it's their best although the others are friggin great too. especially talking heads 77.
12. D Bowie the man who sold the world. this one struck me as his most captivating/bizarre. it really made my brain short circuit. but how could you forget DIamond Dogs? OMG! Scary Monsters!! Bowie!!
13. Human League Dare. well, who didn't dance their ass off to half the songs on this album??
14. Gary Numan and tubeway army. replicas. OUT THERE! another to usher in the 80s in a major way. down in the park, are friends electric galvanize Numan as a force to be reckoned with.
15. Japan, Gentlemen deserve Polaroids. cause i can!
16. 999, high energy plan. wow!!
18 Yaz. Upstairs at Erics. This was IT! should be on anyone's list.
don't stop now boys!
19. joy division. closer. scary good.
20. Nick Cave. Futurama. wow. another twenty feet of snow from nick cave.
21 Todd rundgren's utopia. scratcccchhhh.. deleted from this list upon last listening. got old.
22. Simple Minds. Life in a Day. as fresh as a Playboy magazine to a teenager.
23. Dead can Dance. Dead can Dance. Took serbian folk ballads into the 4th dimension.
24 the national. alligator. bouillabaisse for the ear. thanks lisa!
25. stranglers. Black and White. this should be higher on the list. a friggin masterpiece. no holds barred. rhythm and keyboards. is it punk? is it new wave? unclassifiable fantastic.
26. tindersticks. tindersticks. my love affair w tindersticks lasted about ten years. as the name implies, they will start a fire in your body and soul.
27. Magazine. Real Life. this should be higher up on the list. a frickin game changer!!
can't touch this
28. Skids. Days in Europa. wham bam thank u man.
29. Genesis Foxtrot containing the ultimate masterpiece supper's ready.
30. ELP Pictures at an exhibition. bombast .... but good bombast.
31. van der graaf generator. still life/godbluff. two legendary prog rock albums. how to pick 1?
32. Blur Parklife. listened to it about 50 times. aural sex.
33. Fruit of the Original Sin. Disques du crepescule compilation. mood to the mood power.
34 Television. Marquee Moon/ Adventure. hard to pick one.
35. pink floyd . dark side of the moon.
36. Yes. Relayer. mainly cause my friend Jeff rated it his fave of all time. and well.. gates of delirium!
37. Umm... what happened to 37? Well, Snowy Red, The Right to Die should be on here.
that's it. thanks for listening! xox JK august fourteenth fourteen
