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Bridge Over Troubled Water

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Simon & Garfunkel

Release Date August 20, 2001
Bought this recently and it takes me right back to the early 70's when it was a 'must buy' album. It's been on my 'must get the CD' list for some time and on listening to it for the first time in almost 40 years, I'm still moved and amazed by it. As others have rightly said, it's a classic album, so there is no way I'm going to individually review each track - suffice to say that each is a gem in it's own right. On S and G, it's hard to describe just how unique Art Garfunkels voice is or how poignant Paul Simon's lyrics are, just play it, sing along and let your mind go back to those heady days!

CD-Charts Position 162
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After the Gold Rush

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by: Neil Young

Release Date July 31, 1987
After the Goldrush the song itself. Is a brilliant song, only 3 verses. The third verse is the most important with regard Mother Nature. I would advise people to read Arthur C Clarkes story called Childhoods End. Verse 3 of the Neil Young song puts that story into 5 lines:-
"Well I dreamed I saw the silver spaceships lying In the yellow haze of the sun
There were children Crying and Colours flying All around the Chosen ones
All in a dream all in a dream, the loading had begun
Flying Mother Natures silver seed to a new home in the Sun
Flying Mother Natures silver seed, to a new home."
A truly inspirational song and an album which shows great versatility and lasting power. Along with Harvest my favourite Neil Young Albums.

CD-Charts Position 163
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Please Please Me

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: The Beatles

Release Date October 10, 1993
I have been into the Beatles since my 11th birthday in 1982. Since then I have amassed a huge collection of records,books, fan club newsletters, etc. Please Please Me was just about the first or second album I initially got to hear. I just liked the fact that it was energetic, full of life. Simple, without any need to go all serious.

However, now I know a few things, the record can only be judged as a success. Given the fact that the Beatles were touring constantly, John had a pretty bad cold, Ringo had only joined the previous August, it's a great record. The other factor that gives this album a higher score is the fact that ten of the fourteen tracks were recorded in one day, on 11th February 1963.

The songs themselves are good. ... Read More:

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A Saucerful of Secrets

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by: Pink Floyd

Release Date July 25, 1994
Without Syd Barrett, it's clear Pink Floyd were struggling to find a new direction. They lacked his brilliant songs, though Rick Wright's Remember a day (on which Syd played) is a fair pastiche, and while Dave Gilmour was a fine guitarist even at the time, he lacked Syd's manic edge.

The result is very much a mixed bag. The attempts to carry on in Syd's style, with such songs as Corporal Clegg and See Saw are, at best, nothing special, while the search for a fresh direction with the title track results in a rather long and padded out piece that's either a brave experiment or the sign of a lack of material, depending on your point of view. Better is Set the controls for the heart of the sun, on which you can hear the Floyd they grew to be. The track that ... Read More:

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Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Various Artists

Release Date February 25, 2008
Theme Time Radio Hour is one of the most original and enlightening music programmes on the air. It's brilliantly presented by Bob Dylan who plays an eclectic mix of often obscure records all linked by a theme. Dylan's knowledge of American popular music is immense and each programme is peppered with his unique combination of wit and wisdom. So, Ace Records are to be congratulated for issuing this double album containing 50 wonderful tracks of the kind of music to be heard on TTRH. The only thing missing is the man himself but that shouldn't deter anyone from acquiring this marvellous and wide-ranging selection of great music expertly compiled by Ace.

CD-Charts Position 166
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Magical Mystery Tour

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: The Beatles

Release Date September 22, 1987
The UK version of Magical Mystery Tour was originally just a 6 song EP to tie in with the band's television movie aired on Boxing Day 1967. Wanting to release a full album to cash in on the Christmas market, their American label added four recent non-album singles and a B-side onto the end. It is this 11 track version which has since become standard.

Released mere months after Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, arguably the most famous album of all time, MMT was destined to be comparatively forgotten. Apart from anything else, it just isn't as good...

That said, it contains four of the Beatles' most famous (and best) songs: I Am the Walrus, Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, and All You Need Is Love. These four are uniformly superb. I Am the Walrus ... Read More:

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Safe As Milk: Remastered

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: Captain Beefheart

Release Date September 04, 1999
Nothing more to add except legend has it that when he was asked by a journalist ... Whats so safe about milk ?? the captain growled back
' Ever tried paraffin on your cornflakes ?? '

The rest is history!!

CD-Charts Position 168
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Five Leaves Left

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by: Nick Drake

Release Date June 26, 2000
nicks style of playing was remarkable.... muscular rhythms, lush and discordant harmony stirred by nimble finger picking... the kind of musical possibilities that nick explored by changing the tuning of his guitar strings.... the result is a music that takes my mind off to places. his singing voice was comforting and entirely of his own. i get the sense that Nick would send his thoughts into flight everytime he'd hold his gaze on a view of english countryside... and nicks is the only music i've heard that really evokes images of english landscape, the mist, the green, the sombreness......
for the affect his musics had on me and my own music, i feel him as being one of the greatest songwriters i've heard..... despite only three albums, to think of my favourite nick drake songs and those by ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 169
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Clouds

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by: Joni Mitchell

Release Date January 15, 1988
Had this album on vinyl years ago, and recently bought the digitally remastered CD. Wow! It's even better than my most golden memories of it! I had forgotten just how good a singer Joni Mitchell was/is. Most of these songs are just Joni with her guitar. One of them - 'The Fiddle and the Drum' - is just Joni without even her guitar. But these are not simple three chord strumalong songs. In spite of tending towards the sparse and austere, they are also quite complex. There are unconventional guitar tunings, chord progressions and key changes that keep these songs fresh, however often I listen to them.

Then there is the Joni Mitchell voice. She really has been one of the best singers of the late 20th century in any genre. (Is that a bit over the top? I don't think so.) Her voice has a tremendous ... Read More:

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Naturally

CD-Charts > Music > Classic Rock
by: J.J. Cale

Release Date October 07, 1987
"Naturally" by J J Cale - an album that compells you to nod your head and utter the words "Hell, yeah."

Make no mistake, this album is seriously cool - a short collection of perfectly executed tunes. The tunes bop and swagger along, underpinned by tantalising guitar licks, awesome boogie-woogie piano, cheeky drum beats and Cale's laconic vocal drawl.

"After Midnight" is a cracker - a bluesy piano riff, off-beat rhythms and a sassy vocal from Mr Cale. "Nowhere To Run" is beautiful muted funk, with choppy piano, a honeyed vocal line and a solid gold horn section. Both of these tunes are perfect examples of the laid back vibe that permeates this consistently great album.

"Naturally" is as welcome and as easily enjoyable as a rare steak served with sizzling french fries. This album is one of ... Read More: