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OT: Favorite Album

Ozimoto said:
Two of the first albums I bought were the first "Boston" album and Heart's "Dreamboat Annie."

Wore the grooves down on the Who's "Tommy" as well.
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I love "Dreamboat Annie". I think it is their best by far.
 
meyers7 said:
title song???

There was no Making Movies on the album??

  1. Tunnel of Love
  2. Romeo and Juliett
  3. Skateaway
  4. Expresso Love
  5. Hand in Hand
  6. Solid Rock
  7. Les Boys
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The title of the album is taken from a line in "Skateaway":

She's making movies on location

It's a cool song about a girl roller skating through a city. As far as I can tell, she has an active imagination, and as she's listening to music through her headphones, she's imagining what's happening --

The music makes her want to be the story
And the story was whatever was the song

I am not great at interpreting things, so I may be way off base. But as I said, Mark Knopfler is a master at setting a mood, and this is one of his best.
 
For classical albums/sets:

von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic -- Beethoven symphonies (the 60's, not the 80's recordings)
Kertesz and the LSO -- Dvorak symphonies (geez, I wish he lived another few decades)
Trio Fontenay -- Ravel, Debussy, and Faure
 
Bigboote said:
The title of the album is taken from a line in "Skateaway":

She's making movies on location

It's a cool song about a girl roller skating through a city. As far as I can tell, she has an active imagination, and as she's listening to music through her headphones, she's imagining what's happening --

The music makes her want to be the story
And the story was whatever was the song

I am not great at interpreting things, so I may be way off base. But as I said, Mark Knopfler is a master at setting a mood, and this is one of his best.
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I know the song. Have it in my library. I've seen the video with Jayzike Azikiwe. Just wasn't sure what song you were talking about because you called it the title song (which would make it "Making Movies").

For anyone who hasn't seen it.

 
I hadn't considered classical albums when composing my list, but I would be remiss if I neglected to add the album that piqued my lifelong love of classical music at the age of 8 or 9---Van Cliburn, fresh off his triumph at the first Moscow Piano Competition, performing Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto and Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto with Kirill Kondrashin conducting. First ever classical album to go platinum. Also, Georg Solti's first stereo recording of the complete Ring Cycle.
 
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Grateful dead - Europe '72
Kenny Loggins - Night Watch
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
Gregg Allmän - Laid Back

 
In College: Its a Beautiful Day
Post College: Rumors, Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle, Linda Ronstadt Mariachi Album
Second Childhood: Ace of Base

and then just to be mentioned as go to music:
any of Abba;s albums, Allanis Morisette first album, George Thorogood (a road trip just went that much quicker listening to Highway 49), and Trio (Dolly Parton Emmylou Harris and - drumroll - Linda Ronstadt)
 
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CajunHusky said:
In College: Its a Beautiful Day
Post College: Rumors, Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle, Linda Ronstadt Mariachi Album
Second Childhood: Ace of Base

and then just to be mentioned as go to music:
any of Abba;s albums, Allanis Morisette first album, George Thorogood (a road trip just went that much quicker listening to Highway 49), and Trio (Dolly Parton Emmylou Harris and - drumroll - Linda Ronstadt)
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oh ... and I have a boxed set of 6 or 7 LPs from Columbia or something titled Country Music each LP music from one artist ..... Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash were terrific.
 
  • Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
  • Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
  • Bruno Mars - Doo Wops & Hooligans
  • Terence Trent D'Arby - Introducing the Hardline According to ...
  • Paula Cole - Harbinger
  • Michael Jackson - Thriller
  • Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
  • George Michael - Listen without Prejudice, Vol. 1
  • Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
  • Basia - Time and Tide
  • Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman
  • Carole King - Tapestry
 
CajunHusky said:
In College: Its a Beautiful Day
Post College: Rumors, Linda Ronstadt and Nelson Riddle, Linda Ronstadt Mariachi Album
Second Childhood: Ace of Base

and then just to be mentioned as go to music:
any of Abba;s albums, Allanis Morisette first album, George Thorogood (a road trip just went that much quicker listening to Highway 49), and Trio (Dolly Parton Emmylou Harris and - drumroll - Linda Ronstadt)
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"Trio" is a great album, it is too bad they never made another one together.
 
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Beemer said:
"Trio" is a great album, it is too bad they never made another one together.
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They did; believe it or not, it's called "Trio II". It came out about ten years after the first. IIRC, they had planned to release a second album two years or so after the first, but they weren't able to schedule much studio time together. So the album is a mish mash of those sessions, maybe a couple more songs they recorded together years later, and some duos. It wasn't nearly as good as the first.
 
Centerstream said:
Might be showing my age here (and hopefully wasn't already posted) but...what is your favorite Album (vinyl), 8 Track, Cassette or CD? You know, the one that you sing along with every song.
Mine: besides every Beatles' album, Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell.
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Allman Brothers Band: Live at the Fillmore East. Arguably the greatest live album ever made...
 
One that I'm surprised that I hadn't thought of is one of the earliest albums: Masterpieces by Ellington, issued in about 1950. It has three familiar pieces Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, and Solitude, and one that I don't think had been recorded before, the Tattooed Bride. The first two had vocals by Yvonne (I think her last name was something like Lauzanne?).

The cool thing about this album is that my father had 78's of Ellington, which we listened to when we still had a record player that would do 78's. When I was about 10-12 I got him a double album that had probably 25 or so of the original recordings from the 20's and 30's. So I was used to 2-3 minute Ellington recordings. This album was one of the first, if not the first time a jazz big band was able to do "concert" arrangements of 10-15 minutes. Here's Mood Indigo with Yvonne:

 
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nwhoopfan said:
Even some greatest hits packages have some songs that make you ask "when was this a hit?"
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I've also noticed the opposite to be true where there are glaring omissions. I thought "In the City" and "Those Shoes" were missing from the Eagles Greatest Hits (Vol II I assume). Bad Company's 10 from 6 was missing "Silver, Blue and Gold" and I think 1 other song that escapes me right now.
 
I love listening to albums and I have many that I love from beginning to end. If I had to pick an all-time favorite, it would be Billy Joel Turnstiles. When I have some time, I will bore you all with a more extensive list.
There is something about the experience of an album. I had to work on having my 17-year-old son listen to an entire song. Now we're working on albums.
On the vinyl issue – the whole debate on vinyl being superior to digital is bunk. It may be better than lots of streaming because streaming is compressed. Some streaming is so compressed it drives me crazy. There is also quality loss with a crappy bluetooth component. I prefer to listen to CDs. I have a fairly decent set of speakers and receiver to enjoy them on. CDs sound better than vinyl – and that's before the inevitable wear and tear that denigrates vinyl's sound. I retired my Dual 1249 and Discwasher to a box in the basement more than a decade ago. The one thing I do miss about vinyl was the debate over which side to play. In college (graduated in '79), there were sometimes heated arguments over it. Fleetwood Mac, Rumors, Silk Degrees and Katy Lied were the most hotly argued, if memory serves. After school, it was The Cars, Damn the Torpedos, Beauty and the Beat, Candy O, I'm the Man and Blondie that were argued. Hell, I can even remember arguing over Off the Wall.
One last note, while I still enjoy Dark Side of the Moon, it was more enjoyable back when I got high.
 
Have to go with "True Democracy" by reggae supergroup Steel Pulse.

Been through a lot with those cassettes and CD.
 
Rush - Moving Pictures
U2 - Boy
U2 - Under a Blodd Red Sky (live)
Pink Floyd - The Wall
The Clash - London Calling
 
Fairfield_1st said:
I've also noticed the opposite to be true where there are glaring omissions. I thought "In the City" and "Those Shoes" were missing from the Eagles Greatest Hits (Vol II I assume). Bad Company's 10 from 6 was missing "Silver, Blue and Gold" and I think 1 other song that escapes me right now.
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Yeah when I bought "10 From 6" I was livid when I found out "Silver, Blue & Gold" wasn't on it.
 
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Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Still sounds great and pretty much every track is a winner. I had it 4 formats but never vinyl for some reason.
 
Bigboote said:
The title of the album is taken from a line in "Skateaway":

She's making movies on location

It's a cool song about a girl roller skating through a city. As far as I can tell, she has an active imagination, and as she's listening to music through her headphones, she's imagining what's happening --

The music makes her want to be the story
And the story was whatever was the song

I am not great at interpreting things, so I may be way off base. But as I said, Mark Knopfler is a master at setting a mood, and this is one of his best.
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Somehow I missed this nomination. Skateaway is a song that has always really moved me. I think back to those times, in the city, dealing with those really ballsy skaters dancing around cars and pedestrians and yeah, listening to the music all day long...all day long. As is usual with Knopfler, the music really evokes images.

As as for his choice of subjects, you have to remember that this may be the only songwriter in the world who would write songs -- and good songs at that -- about
--being a soldier in Napoleon's army;
-- Sonny Liston
--Imelda Marcos and her shoes; and
-- Ray Kroc.

They are not choices designed to sell records but are simply what he wanted to sing about. Which is one reason I love the guy and his work.
 
chj001 said:
Allman Brothers, The Allman Brothers Band
The Beatles, Revolver, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road
Blind Faith, Blind Faith
Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky
Buffalo Springfield, Retrospective
Dire Straits, Dire Straits
Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde
Donald Fagen, The Nightfly
Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto, Getz/Gilberto
Ian & Sylvia, So Much for Dreaming
Keith Jarrett, Melody at Night
John Lennon, Double Fantasy
Love, Forever Changes
The Pretenders, Pretenders
Procol Harum, A Salty Dog
Tom Rush, The Circle Game
Santana, Santana
Frank Sinatra, Nice 'N' Easy
Steely Dan, Aja, Gaucho
Stevie Wonder, Music of My Mind, Talking Book
Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
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I don’t know many people who’ve ever even heard of Love. Agree that Forever Changes is a great album.
 
Besides the usual suspects, Sgt. Pepper, Pet Sounds, Born to Run, Who's Next. The one that I always go back to is BoDeans, Outside Looking In, not a bad cut in sight.
 
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