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28 Feb 2011

album challenge

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Posted By : Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more flange..and more cowbell.. | Comments : 45

got a prized cd/lp collection.....read on

i love to dig out 2 or 3 cds a week to listen to on my Ipod, i dont mind Ipods and embrace and use them, but id rather have the physical album, cant beat it

your challenge is to pick out an album or 2 or 3 you love that you may not have not heard for ages, tell us about it, and hey if some of us have the same one, we can dig it out and listen to as well, even pick them with your eyes shut, and with pop mixed with rock this could be scary..

here goes for me (goes over to collection)

at random

Living Colour Times Up
Guns N Roses Use Your Illusion 1
Nickelback Silver Side Up

not bad, wanted some non rock in there too but hey..

happy listening! let me know what you pick!

Comments

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 21:51 (GMT)

Ooooo 3 good albums there! I've been listening to aerosmith and Michael Bolton all week :P

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 21:54 (GMT)

i had Extreme Pornograffiti on today, wonderful

which Michael Bolton and Aerosmith albums

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 21:57 (GMT)

@SK .. and Scissor Sisters!!! :0)
Little Angels - Greatest Hits - started trying to learn a song off it a couple of weeks ago, now its on the playlist!!!
Also listened to If You Want Blood by DC the other day - what an album!!!

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 21:57 (GMT)

Had 9 lives and get a grip by Aerosmith and just the best of Michael Bolton :P

Pornografitti! what an album, gona stick that on now :D

# Posted by Alyerpal - 28/02/2011, 21:59 (GMT)

Good blog Rob!

I did one in a similar vein recently, but not ones in your own collection.

Unfortunately, I'm one of those rather anal people that has their CD's in alphabetical order, so I would sort of know what area I was picking in, but in the spirit of it I thought I'd have a look and see what I've bought. but not played for a while.....

Alvin Lee - Ten years Later, 'Rocket Fuel'

Eels, 'Daisies From The Galaxy'

Sarah McClachlan, 'Afterglow'

AYP

# Posted by Mick Green - 28/02/2011, 22:04 (GMT)

Sarah McClachlan 'Afterglow' - fantastic choice! Same with the Eels too (and just about everything else mentioned here too).

For me, 3 belters that I haven't listened to in ages:

Damn Yankees - Damn Yankees
INXS - Kick
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:06 (GMT)

dated?,embarrasing?, easy to make fun of?, no, just great

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:08 (GMT)

No more tears is amazing, that's the reason Zakk wylde is one of the best! and Michael Bolton... what can i say...... He's amazing!

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:10 (GMT)

apart from Blizzard of Ozz, one of Ozzys best albums in my humble opinion

Bolton has some voice

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:13 (GMT)

He does........ I expected to get some stick on here for being a big Michael Bolton fan :P hahaha

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:13 (GMT)

inxs - kick - top shout!!!!
No More Tears, definately Mr Wyldes finest hour (although I still rate him as Ozzys 3rd best guitarist!!! - not includong Gus G by the way, dont think hes written anything yet??)

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:15 (GMT)

Blizzard of Ozz is the best album IMO - not a bad song on it

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:15 (GMT)

@ SK, youre just scratching the surface, i have no shame :0)

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:16 (GMT)

i have a couple of the INXS Kick tracks, i need the album, gotta be an ebay search there soon i think

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:23 (GMT)

Nah for me it's Zakk all the way...... yeah randy was awsome but I never got into Jake E Lee and Guss G just seems like your typical metal head shredder to me.......... saying that I saw zakk wylde last week and he bored the hell out of me!

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:25 (GMT)

i saw Zakk in early days of BLS, and i just wanted to hear the Pride and Glory album.

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:27 (GMT)

Yeah..... he's lost it....... The other night he was just twiddling all night, didn't play a decent solo was like he was on speed......... Saw Europe the other night though and by god John Norum is a GOD!

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:40 (GMT)

PrideandGlory!!! Just answered your own blog - gotta find it now!!!
John Norum (in fact Europe asa whole)was superb; even playing Rock the Night on a whammyless guitar!!!

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:41 (GMT)

the Pride and Glory album is sheer class

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:41 (GMT)

remember seeing P&G at Bradford Rios - quality!!!

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:43 (GMT)

that gig is possibly my friend Paul's favourite gig of all time

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:44 (GMT)

Wish I was old enough to have seen Pride and Glory :( lol

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:45 (GMT)

im looking forward to listening to the cds on my day off tomorrow

rock on!

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:46 (GMT)

ahahaha....... get some Scissor Sisters if you can ;D hahaha

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:47 (GMT)

Take Your Mama Out is superb, we have the first 2 albums (shudder)

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:48 (GMT)

It is! Suprisingly their guitarist is feckin brilliant!

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:49 (GMT)

@SK at the time it was a bit weird seeing ZW as a frontman - top album though, think i'll be downloading it again in the next hour!!!
@RR it was a gudden!!!

# Posted by Jez (Route 69) - 28/02/2011, 22:52 (GMT)

didnt like Comfortably Numb though!!!

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 28/02/2011, 22:52 (GMT)

yeah........ that was a pile of toss

# Posted by Rob Redfern, Black Rose,more f... - 28/02/2011, 22:54 (GMT)

ah yes complete travesty

# Posted by Glyn H - 28/02/2011, 23:32 (GMT)

3 odd ones that i like...
crash test dummies ... god shuffled his feet
Suede ... Coming up
Terence Trent D'arby ... introducing the hardline according to ..

# Posted by the stories - 01/03/2011, 00:11 (GMT)

ok !
prince & the revolution..purple rain
echo & the bunnymen "best of"
bruce springsteen ..darkness on the edge of town

# Posted by G-IT-22 - 01/03/2011, 03:54 (GMT)

Corridors of Power -Gary Moore ..the 1st time i went Wow gotta learn this stuff!!

Piledriver-Quo ..wow i gotta 4get T.Rex

Come on Come on/Stones in the road- Mary Chapin Carpenter ..a beautiful selection of songs & lyrics

Judie Tzuke-welcome to the cruise- with For You & stay with me till dawn

Bolan Boogie- my 1st bought LP from Playback in Poynton ...£2.10 ...played it forever .lifes a gas !!!

# Posted by Willow (of somebig™Fish) (Reti... - 01/03/2011, 07:56 (GMT)

here's a thing - i played some vinyl the other day for the first time in a long time ..... Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill - only 1 side tho - isn't it a pain to have to come back and turn it over after, like 18 mins or so!!
Anyhoo ... appropriate to the blog I've just selected three more at random from my (sdmittedly not very large collection) and over the next few days I'll give these a spin .......

Dire Straits - Making Movies
Medicine Head - Thru A Five
and
George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers

can't wait!!

# Posted by John Wilkinson: - 01/03/2011, 09:46 (GMT)

Come Taste The Band by Deep Purple: Still my second fav Purple CD ever. Shame that Bolin wasn't too hot live :-(

Hold Your Fire by Rush: Gets slated for a dated 80's sound by most fans but has the awesome The Mission on there.

And Then There Were Three by Genesis: I did have to slip one in there ;-) Superb album with NO low moments on there for me.

Best wishes

John

# Posted by Smitten Kitten - 01/03/2011, 11:16 (GMT)

Purple Rain is going on today!

# Posted by Dom Blair - Tsunami69 - 01/03/2011, 11:24 (GMT)

Too many albums to pull of the rack from the rest of the posts, but here are my 3.....

Andy Mckee - Joyland - Highlight song 'Hunters Moon'
Papa Roach - Infest - Highlight song ' Tightrope' hiddent track at the end of Thrown away (11)
Pantera - Great Southern Trendkill - highlight song 'Floods', what a solo!!!!

# Posted by TEX & THE HARDCORE TROUBAD... - 01/03/2011, 11:36 (GMT)

Chonkinfeckles new album is on today ;-)

# Posted by Mick Green - 01/03/2011, 12:08 (GMT)

What a thread! Pride & Glory is, quite simply, one of the finest albums I have ever heard. And Terence Trent D'Arby's 'Introducing The Hardline According To...' is phenomenal too - the number of top notch singles he released from that album is unreal.

And Michael Bolton? Great singer! What was the album he released with 'Steel Bars' on it? Can't remember the title now but I played that to death when it first came out (around 90ish / early 90's)?

# Posted by Alyerpal - 01/03/2011, 12:52 (GMT)

@ Mick, was it 'Time, Love and Tenderness'?

AYP

# Posted by Mick Green - 01/03/2011, 17:29 (GMT)

It was Al - cheers! Great album.

# Posted by Glyn H - 01/03/2011, 23:40 (GMT)

having a bit of
Toto 4. :)

# Posted by the stories - 02/03/2011, 00:13 (GMT)

and then there were three ,,what a great album

# Posted by Mark bassist in Piggery Bandan... - 03/03/2011, 20:54 (GMT)

ahhhh.. willow snap

thorogood .. greetest hits..
The Racketeers ..(Copeland from the police and Wayne kramer from MC5)
Phantom Rocker & Slick (Earl Slick with Lee Rocker and Slim Jim Phantom from Stray Cats) Awesome album Men Without Shame......

hmmmm can i stop at three????

Nope !!!!

No Sweat
GTR (with hackett and howe)
Lillian Axe (Alls fair in love and war)

Ill stop there or Ill be here all night!!!

# Posted by ejectthetape - 05/03/2011, 10:53 (GMT)

New Boots and Panties-Ian Dury
Clockwork Orange Soundtrack-Walter Carlos (dont ask!!)
Elo - out of the Blue

All picked with eyes closed...no peeping

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