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05 Dec 2010

If you could only own TWO albums

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Posted By : Alyerpal | Comments : 47

by any band you like..........

This stems from an after gig conversation last night, listening to 'Street Survivors' by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I think that if you pick any band you like, there are always 2 albums that encompass the whole thing you personally like about the band.

For instance, for me 'Pronounced' (the first album) and the aforementioned 'Street Survivors' (the last album of the 'original' line up) cover everything I like about Skynyrd - all the intervening albums are good, but I could live without them.

Also, 'Johnny The Fox' and 'Soldier of Fortune' cover everything I like about Thin Lizzy (although ideally I would need 'Black Rose' aswell!).

What do you think?

Is it workable?

Pick a band and 2 albums and let's come up with the definitive list of albums we should all have.......

Alyerpal (well, it's cold and grey and there's nowt on the telly)

Comments

# Posted by Anthem - 05/12/2010, 14:38 (GMT)

Strangers in the Night- UFO
Hemispheres- RUSH

# Posted by VANKWISH - 05/12/2010, 14:39 (GMT)

exit stage left,Rush. and 1984, van halen.

# Posted by Bad Horsie (Mick) - 05/12/2010, 14:44 (GMT)

Extreme: Pornografitti
Electric Boys: Funkometal Carpet Ride

# Posted by The Statesmen - 05/12/2010, 14:48 (GMT)

a bit off the beaten track maybe here but i'm a massive elliott smith fan

his first album 'roman candle' is just amazing. so raw and poetic. To my knowledge I think it was all recorded on his four-track and was sent off to a record company by his then-girlfriend against his wishes.

my other album from him would be the one released posthumously 'From a Basement on the Hill' - again very raw in parts, this was a group of songs which elliott had recorded for an upcoming album which his record company decided wasn't commercial enough and demanded he made a second disc which was more commercial. The second disc didn't get finished.

my favourite song from that album:

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 05/12/2010, 14:50 (GMT)

Use your illusion 2 - Guns n Roses
Hysteria - Def Leppard

:D

# Posted by JOHNNY MEERKAT - 05/12/2010, 14:51 (GMT)

If you mean 2 albums by one band then
The Beatles - Rubber Soul & The White Album without doubt

Green Day - Dookie & 21st Century Breakdown

# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 05/12/2010, 15:04 (GMT)

One band 2 albums Dunno !!!!
any bands any albums ?
Credence Clearwater Revival ''Chronicle''
Sex Pistols ''Never Mind the Bollocks''
easy that one ;-)

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 05/12/2010, 15:09 (GMT)

whitesnake 1987 and live in the heart of the city

# Posted by LAST GANG IN TOWN - 05/12/2010, 15:16 (GMT)

Only 2.....
Never Mind The Bollocks.
and
Best of Barry Manilow.

2 from just one band.
The Clash (1st Album)
and
London Calling.

Or Maybe...
Stiff Little Fingers
Inflammable Material
and Nobody's Heroes

AYP....this is really hard.....so many choices.....

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 05/12/2010, 15:16 (GMT)

The Pogues -

1. If I should fall from grace with god

2. Rum, sodomy and the lash

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 05/12/2010, 15:20 (GMT)

the beatles a hard days night and revolver

# Posted by Bass Bloke - 05/12/2010, 15:46 (GMT)

Bob Dylan
Street Legal
John Wesley Harding

# Posted by Bass Bloke - 05/12/2010, 15:49 (GMT)

Any Band !

Rumours Fleetwood Mac

Live n Dangerous Lizzy

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 16:11 (GMT)

All great choices guys, but I was really after the TWO albums by ONE band that define that band for you.

You can pick as many bands as you like, but can only have 2 albums by them - here's another:

The band - Blue Oyster Cult

The 2 albums 'Secret Treaties' and 'Agents of Fortune' for the simple reason that these two albums contain about 75% of my favourite tracks these guys have ever done!

(And I think we should disallow compilations and live albums - just to make it a bit harder!)

AYP

# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 05/12/2010, 16:13 (GMT)

Are we gerrin paid fer this ? me fookin heds burnin ;-) pmsl

# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 05/12/2010, 16:21 (GMT)

ok Steve Earle, ''I feel Alright'' n '' Copperhead Road''

# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 05/12/2010, 16:26 (GMT)

Dwight Yoakam, ''if there was a way'' n ''This Time''

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 16:27 (GMT)

Nice one Tex me owd Hardcore troubadour!

@ The Statesmen - not familiar with his work, but will defo check those two albums out.

@ Gary - The Clash - get in my son, both superb albums (thank the deity you didn't say 'Sandinista'!)

AYP

# Posted by The Statesmen - 05/12/2010, 16:33 (GMT)

@ al - he's the one artist that got me seriously interested in making music myself. saw him live in 2001 (only downside -it was in wolverhampton) and was one of the most amazing shows i've ever been to - not the best showman but his voice and playing were just perfect

his songs have been in a few films so you might have heard them without realising who it was ;)

but yeah well worth a listen

good idea this thread Al- there's a few albums on here i'm gonna check out now

# Posted by JOHNNY MEERKAT - 05/12/2010, 16:36 (GMT)

@Gary Best of Barry Manilow..Class :0)

# Posted by viking - 05/12/2010, 16:48 (GMT)

bit of a lateral way of thinking, i know, but- "deep purple in rock" and "rainbow rising". ;-D
(as far as i'm concerned "rainbow" are "deep purple mark2")

# Posted by HARD TO HANDLE - 05/12/2010, 17:15 (GMT)

One More from/for The Road - Skynyrd
If you want Blood - AC/DC

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 17:25 (GMT)

@ Viking - totally agree dude, all the rest was padding!

@ Graham - must check out Dookie, someone got me into '21st Century' earlier this year (who could that be?)

@ CHS - I can't believe I don't have any Pogues albums in my collection!

Keep 'em coming dudes! And dudettes ofcourse!

AYP

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 17:26 (GMT)

@ H2H - Two albums by one artist please and no live / compilations (you must agree with me?)

AYP

# Posted by IainRkid - 05/12/2010, 17:57 (GMT)

OK we discussed this last night on the way back from the gig.

I'm with you on Lynyrd Skynyrd and Thin Lizzy.

BOC - Mirrors and Agents of Fortune

Genesis - Trick of the Tail and Wind and Wuthering (but then again the Lamb lies down on Broadway - decisions decisions)

AC/DC - Highway to Hell and Back in Black

Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare and ... er well that's it really

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath and Heaven and hell

Dire Straits - Dire Straights and Brothers in Arms

Rush - 2112 and Hemipsheres

Supertramp - Crime of the Century and Breakfast in America

# Posted by Anthony (Wrong Turn) - 05/12/2010, 18:14 (GMT)

Iron Maiden - Powerslave and Brave New World

Steve Vai - Real Illusions: Reflectiona and The Elusive Light and Sound Vol. 1

Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien and The Extremist

Spastic Ink - Ink Complete and Ink Compatible

Dream Theater - Awake and Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 18:43 (GMT)

@ IainRKid - spits tea out - 'Mirrors'? You have got to be joking. It's the most out of place BOC album there is!

@ Anthony TGM - Don't know Spastic Ink, but will check them out.
Loving the others, although i think I'd have to swap 'The Extremist' for 'Flying In a Blue Dream'

AYP

# Posted by STRAIGHTEN OUT - 05/12/2010, 19:18 (GMT)

The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks.

As far as I'm concerned just the one album from the Pistols needs putting on this list. My personal favourite album of all time and one of the most innovative pieces of music any of us will ever hear (IMO)

The Stranglers:

Rattus Norvegicus
No More Heroes

DEVO:

Are We Not Men?
Duty Now For the Future.

Buzzcocks:

Another Music In A Different Kitchen (How they were back in the day)
FlatPack Philosophy (How they are now)

# Posted by Ian - Rocking Horse - 05/12/2010, 19:57 (GMT)

Deep Purple - Burn and Made in Japan
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Mob Rules
Ufo - Strangers in the Night and No place to run
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose and Live and Dangerous
AC/DC - Let there be rock & Back in Black
Rainbow - Rainbow Rising & Long live rock n roll
That'll do for now

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 20:03 (GMT)

Naughty. naughty Ian - no live albums!

Good choices though, I'm gonna have to listen to 'Burn' now!

AYP

# Posted by Anthem - 05/12/2010, 21:07 (GMT)

Rush - Hemispheres & Moving Pictures
Van Halen - VH1 & Women and Children First
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood & Seasons End

# Posted by Alyerpal - 05/12/2010, 23:05 (GMT)

Oh - good call Anthem! I didn't want to go there on Rush, but you've nailed it!

And Van halen

AlyerIamnotworthypal

# Posted by Mick Green - 05/12/2010, 23:15 (GMT)

Queen - Sheer Heart Attack & Night At The Opera.
Jovi - Slippery When Wet & These Days.
Jeff Healey Band - See The Light & Hell To Pay.
Thunder - Backstreet Symphony & Behind Closed Doors
Def Leppard - Pyromania & Hysteria
Halen - 5150 & For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
Black Crowes - Shake Your Moneymaker & The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion

# Posted by Viva la Coldplay - 06/12/2010, 09:52 (GMT)

Rush - Grace under Pressure & Moving Pictures
Marillion - Brave & Seasons End
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon & Meddle
Porcupine Tree - The Sky moves sideways & Fear of a blank planet
Coldplay - A Rush of blood to the head & Viva la Vida

Shaun

# Posted by John Wilkinson: - 06/12/2010, 12:27 (GMT)

Genesis: Wind And Wuthering and We Can't Dance. (Best of "prog" and "commercial" era)

Rush: Hemispheres and Hold Your Fire

Yes: Going For The One and Talk

Pink Floyd: Dark Side and Wish You Were Here (not the biggest Wall fan)

Led Zep: "4" and "2"

Best wishes

John

# Posted by Viva la Coldplay - 06/12/2010, 16:09 (GMT)

Seems to be a lot of Rush choices on here!!

BTW John. I'm not the biggest Wall fan myself.. Pure Roger Waters on an ego trip that is!

Shaun

# Posted by Stu (dose) - 06/12/2010, 16:26 (GMT)

@ Pink floydish - i thought you just meant that we'd not taken long enough to choose :D

# Posted by ~ THE SUG4R BULLETS ~ - 06/12/2010, 16:32 (GMT)

Stiff Little Fingers - Go For It / Get a Life
Rush - Show of Hands / Hemispheres
Oasis - Definitely Maybe / Whats the Story

...all very different bands but 'classics' in their own right.

*note: this is not the opinion of the SB just mine, shoulda used my own login really.

Deano

# Posted by Alyerpal - 07/12/2010, 11:21 (GMT)

I'm actually please with how many of the suggested albums I already own, but I'm still going to have to do some serious buying.....

AYP

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 08/12/2010, 10:55 (GMT)

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage + You are what you is

John Martyn - Solid air + One world

Bob Dylan - Blood on the tracks + The freewheeling Bob Dylan (but I may feel differently tomorrow)

# Posted by Alyerpal - 08/12/2010, 13:08 (GMT)

@ CHS Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks, definitely but t'other would have to be Desire for me

AYP

# Posted by Drummer Boy - 08/12/2010, 20:50 (GMT)

Maiden - Powerslave & Piece of Mind

Rush - Signals & Permanent waves

Metallica - Ride The Lightening & Master of Puppets

Don't know if anyone else has noticed, but thes albums tend to be in a 'sweet spot' in a bands career and are next to each other in time!!

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 08/12/2010, 21:54 (GMT)

@AYP - well we defo agree on Blood on the tracks but I now think that 'Bringing it all back home' should go alongside it (but I may feel differently tomorrow). I think that Dylan is the most difficult to pick because there are so many classic albums and all very different.

# Posted by "CRUSH" - 08/12/2010, 22:00 (GMT)

@ all!......This blog has the makings of a good set ....or a "Best of" NWB Christmas Compilation album!!!!

# Posted by The Cottonhouse Shakers - 08/12/2010, 22:03 (GMT)

@John and Floydish - Yes 'The Wall' is a good album with some masterpieces on it but.....I never listen to it because it is so bloody dark and depressing! And the film is even worse!

# Posted by Alyerpal - 08/12/2010, 22:27 (GMT)

@ CHS - I know, and now I'm thinking 'The basement Tapes'! Bloody Dylan.....

@ Crush - that was my initial idea, a sort of 'everyone should have atleast these albums'!

AYP

# Posted by John Wilkinson: - 10/12/2010, 10:00 (GMT)

@ The Cottonhouse Shakers:

Four amazing songs ( Goodbye Blue Sky, Hey You, Comfortably Numb and Run Like Hell) do not a double album make ;-)

The rest is just filler to me sorry :-|

Each to their own though.

Best wishes

John

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