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The guitars are even chrunchier than on Ziggy, and with Mick Ronson playing them thats really something, and the out of control piano playing of Mike Garson make this my favourite Bowie record.
Don Juans Reckless Daughter
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Joni Mitchells forgotten record - some of her very very best stuff and with Jaco Pastorius on bass its a treat for the ears. The lengthy jazz piano piece Paprika Plains actually works beautifully - a rich and rewarding record with Otis and Marlena, Dreamland and Talk to Me, some of her greatest songs.
Meat is Murder
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Im feeling this is a stronger set of songs than even the mighty Queen is Dead these days - Headmaster Ritual could be the Smiths very finest.
On The Beach
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Neil drives head first into the gutter - bleak but beautiful, mostly about his break up with Carrie Snodgrass, brilliant acoustic tracks like Ambulance Blues , a vicious electric Revolution Blues and the electric piano ballad See The Sky About to Rain along with the single Walk On are highlights.
Smile
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The only way this could have been better is if it had been finished in 68 and hence retaining the spooky mad edge of the original recordings - that after all these years they made it again and its this great is frankly a miracle. A landmark and a benchmark for genius.
Brighten the Corners
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A more laid back record than normal for Pavement and the melodies shine thru. Full of strange charm and gentle sunny epics like Starlings in the Slipstream and Fin along with the pop of Stereo and Shady Lane. Brilliantly inventive and casually stunning.
Nowhere
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Layer upon layer of tangled guitars ,heavenly vocal harmonies and the tunes to wrap it all around. Not a weak track on the album. Beware - if your stoned and listen to this record at loud volume it WILL take the top of your head off and send you into orbit.
The Black Sea
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XTC before their pastoral adventures. Respectable Street, Sgt Rock, Living Thru Another Cuba, Towers of London - a great record finishes with the huge drums of Travels in Nihilon. I thought I was sick of this record but listened to it again recently and it sounded fantastic and fresh - the best records just keep on giving!
Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
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Yes, its a best of, but Im still working my way around the Guided By Voices discography.
This is so full of so many great songs with big big pop hooks that it makes you quite dizzy. Pollard is amazingly amazingly prolific and a great singer. Master of the short sharp rock song.
The Guess Who Live at the Paramount
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THE best record ever made to get drunk too. Rock n Roll fun. A definite desert island disc for me. Its been remastered and expanded since the original too so now you can get the whole concert. If I had a time machine and could go back to one concert this would be it. Great great songs played with inspiration.
The Slider
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The first record i ever brought and still one of , if not THE best. It has the songs, the production, the voice , the x factor in spades. Get the remastered version with the bonus
"Alternative Slider" second disc of acoustic versions and demos .
...to be continued