Only one album I already own/know of 1972 (nothing on my wishlist for the moment):
Harvest Moon (1992) by Neil Young
A few great songs, The Needle And The Damage Done and Word, a number of good tracks and quite a few weaker ones. Not a bad album but to me he has better ones. It moves up from the 17th to the 15th rank of 1972.
First an album I already own/know:
Catch A Fire (1973) by The Wailers
Not yet carrying his own name but it's clear that Bob Marley carries the album which is best proven on one of his best songs, Stir It up, which is about the quintessence of grooviness. The rest of the album is more generic reggae music but nevertheless overall very good. The album moves up from the 44th to the 34th rank.
And an album from my wishlist:
Twice Removed From Yesterday (1973) by Robin Trower
It's incredible how, on his first solo album, copies the guitar sound of Jimi Hendrix but also does his own thing with it. Nevertheless the best track, I Can't Stand It, is also the one which is the closest to also the songwriting of Hendrix but that's not a bad thing. Not always the greatest but overall a solid first album of the man who would gradually find his own style on later albums. And it ends up at the 40th rank of 1973.
With reference to removed from yesterday, which is a great album by the way, daydream would have to be my favourite track on the album, closely followed by I can’t stand it.
Saw robin trower early this year and he was great.
The Dreaming (1982) by Kate Bush
A fairly special album by Kate Bush not necessarily filled with hits but with songs that both are signature Kate Bush and have some extra special many of which revolve round doing special things with her already special voice. This already starts with the first track Sat In Your Lap which was a semi-hit and in which she shouts and whispers and just kicks ass in the greatest way and that goes on until Get Out Of My House where she imitates a donkey. Not everything leads to good songs but overall this is a worthwile album which moves up from the 58th to the 31st rank of the year.
And an album from my wishlist:
Straight Between The Eyes (1982) by Rainbow
I'm a lover of the Rainbow of the seventies and surely not everything they did in the eighties reached those heights but this is a surprisingly good album. Maybe they go a bit in imitating Deep Purple (the opening track Death Alley Driver-, Foreigner (the second track Stone Cold in which already already the title all but references a Foreigner track) and themselves (on the last eastern tinged track Eyes Of Fire which is also the best one the album). As a whole I fairly enjoyed the album and it enters my year chart at the 32nd rank.
First an album I already own/know:
Script Of The Bridge (1983) by The Chameleons
I think you can call this a classic which is a feat considering that this is their first real album. I suppose the best way to describe this music is postpunk with Up The Down Escalator as the best track which just combines everything they are good at but overall this album is just one very good song after brilliant song so no wonder it goes from the 14th to the 9th rank of the year. I also like their newer albums including the 2025 one but this is their best.
And an album from my wishlist:
Legendary Hearts (1983) by Lou Reed
In fact only the title track and The Last Shot, two songs I already know from Between Thought And Expression, are really good. In all there is not a bad track and overall it's fairly consistent but it's certainly not his best and it ends at the 29th rank of the year.
First an album I already own/know:
The Works (1984) by Queen
Not my favorite album but it contains the good hit tracks Hammer To Fall, Radio Ga Ga and I Want To Break Free. It does contain some misses so this album rises in rank but only from the 50th to the 44th rank of the year.
And an album from my wishlist:
Too Tough To Die (1984) by Ramones
A return to punk form with tracks like Wart Hog but also more punk poppy tracks like Mama's Boy and Howling At The Moon. Most of it is very good so this album enters my year chart at the 16th rank.
First an album I already own/know:
Low-Life (1985) by New Order
And again about time I listened to this album again because I originally underrated this one big time. First it contains a few of their best hit tracks The Perfect Kiss and Sub-Culture but also the rest of the album sounds just fine with a perfect mix of dance and rock (the guitars and the bass sound just perfectly). So I just have to upgrade this album from the 38th to the 12th rank of the year.
And an album from my wishlist:
Translate Slowly (1985) by Zeitgeist (US)
First thanks to Romanelli for changing the band name from The Reivers to Zeitgeist and for only including the original 12 tracks of the album. This was indeed the last album of a band who later changed their name to the Reivers. And although I had never heard of this band or the album it felt as if I already knew this for a long time which is a good thing because nowhere they sound derivative with a perfect match between a jangly sound intertwined with some country influences. I like it and it immediately enters my year chart at the 31st rank.
First an album I already own/know:
Brotherhood (1986) by New Order
After Low-Life I wanted to listen also to the follow-up album and I also like this one very much with of course Bizarre Love Triangle as the best track. But I like them all so the album goes from the 30th to the 26th rank.
And an album from my wishlist:
Balance Of Power (1986) by Electric Light Orchestra
This album is a lot less good than those in their best period. It does contain some hits like Getting To The Point, So Serious and Calling America but also these are not really of the excellent quality we are used of ELO and it all sounds so clean. In fact Secret Lives is the best track. In general an Ok album but nothing more and it enters my year chart at the 47th rank.
First an album I already own/know:
Life (1987) by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Just a good old album by good old Neil with Mideast Vacation, Inca Queen and Prisoners Of Rock 'n Roll as the highlights and it moves up from the 53rd to the 41st rank.
And an album from my wishlist:
Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Par...py Mondays
This first album of theirs is sometimes more groove than song but here it doesn't matter because the album is a lot of fun to listen to. I know that the original copy contained Desmond instead of 24 Hour Party People but that version only sold a few copies so I prefer the version I have with the latter song. It enters my year chart at the 54rd rank.
First an album I already own/know:
I'm Your Man (1988) by Leonard Cohen
To me this album is partly destroyed by the addition of very bad eighties synths and the background singers which are just awful. But of course you can't destroy brilliant tracks like Tower Of Song and Take This Waltz while First We Take Manhattan and the title track have to much hit potential to be be bad. But songs like Jazz Police and I Can't forget are just way below the high standards that I normally connect Leonard Cohen with. So an album that moves up but only from the 47th to the 46th rank of the year.
And an album from my wishlist:
The Circle (1988) by Wipers
This is not their best album which is probably partly due to the poor quality of the recording but mainly because I miss a bit the typical Wipers atmosphere. It certainly still is there in the first and some other tracks but in general this is one of their minor efforts although this is of course still a great one. It enters my year chart at the 25th rank.
First an album I already own/know:
Beet (1989) by Eleventh Dream Day
This is one of the best guitar albums ever made full stop. The way in which each and every song has a great guitar part is only one of the reasons I adore this album. But maybe I just realize it now but the singer Rick Rizzo has the haunting tone of Jeffrey Lee Pierce from The Gun Club in quite a number of tracks. All this results in a few of my favorite songs of all time like Awake I Lie, Road That Never Winds and Go (Slight Return) but none of the other songs are less than great. And this album climbs from the 4th to 2nd rank in my year chart of this great year in rock.
And an album from my wishlist:
Black Axis (1989) by Caspar Brötzmann Massaker
Caspar Brötzman is the son of Peter Brötzman, a freejazz saxophone player. But it soon became clear that Caspar's instrument was the electric guitar and he soon discovered that all kinds of sounds could be produced by that instrument. This album is a mixture between freejazz, the dissonant guitar playing by bands like Sonic Youth mixed with Jimi Hendrix and why not the mesmerizing vibes of krautrock. With this he is creating a completely unique sound which doesn't really produces pop songs but is able to create an atmosphere that draws you into his world. I wouldn't call this the best album I've ever heard but it certainly deserves a place in my charts, at the 42nd rank.
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