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THE SHEEP SHALL TURN INTO A LION
Ras Michael aka Dadawah has a big heart. He feels, like few others, the suffering of the repressed. He's a true empath. And his mourning and sadness and empathy for all the repressed people of the world lives in his voice and and in his songs. But, these songs are far from sad. They're triumphant. For this is a deeply religious and spiritual album. One that essentially echoes Jesus in that the meek and oppressed will eventually rise above and inherit the Earth. For Nas (his religion’s name for God) is on their side. That with perseverance and faith, the multitude will overcome their oppression. That the walls of hatred and fear and ignorance will tumble before their triumphant and joyful love. For love is the answer. No matter what the question. No matter how you’ve been wronged. And through this love for Nas and for yourself, the sheep can and will turn into the lion. And then and only then will you truly be free.
Grade: A+. This is my favorite reggae album. I’m no Jimmy Dread. I’m no expert. Going to college with a bunch of prep school boys who literally force fed me Bob Marly’s Legend a zillion times (there was seriously no escaping it. It echoed through the freshman dorms like some kind of zombified monster) stifled my reggae growth good and proper back in my late teens. But, I’m now a late bloomer and, with the help of Jimmy, I’m beginning to see the light. I believe it was actually Hayden who turned me onto this particular record though way back when. And she’s a keeper. This is the album I play when I need to rise above.
For this is one of the most spiritually uplifting albums I’ve ever heard. The purity of Dadawah’s faith and vision comes bellowing out of the speakers and literally has the power to lift you up, take you out of your small, self-absorbed world and connect you to something far bigger than yourself - the global human struggle. It enables you to shake off the paralysis of self pity and realize that suffering is not a unique experience. That it is universal. And that most importantly, you can do something about it. You can sing. You can drum. You can believe. In Nas. In yourself. And thereby rise above and walk with the lions. And this powerful album roars itself all the way to number 3. [First added to this chart: 06/08/2017]
Ras Michael aka Dadawah has a big heart. He feels, like few others, the suffering of the repressed. He's a true empath. And his mourning and sadness and empathy for all the repressed people of the world lives in his voice and and in his songs. But, these songs are far from sad. They're triumphant. For this is a deeply religious and spiritual album. One that essentially echoes Jesus in that the meek and oppressed will eventually rise above and inherit the Earth. For Nas (his religion’s name for God) is on their side. That with perseverance and faith, the multitude will overcome their oppression. That the walls of hatred and fear and ignorance will tumble before their triumphant and joyful love. For love is the answer. No matter what the question. No matter how you’ve been wronged. And through this love for Nas and for yourself, the sheep can and will turn into the lion. And then and only then will you truly be free.
Grade: A+. This is my favorite reggae album. I’m no Jimmy Dread. I’m no expert. Going to college with a bunch of prep school boys who literally force fed me Bob Marly’s Legend a zillion times (there was seriously no escaping it. It echoed through the freshman dorms like some kind of zombified monster) stifled my reggae growth good and proper back in my late teens. But, I’m now a late bloomer and, with the help of Jimmy, I’m beginning to see the light. I believe it was actually Hayden who turned me onto this particular record though way back when. And she’s a keeper. This is the album I play when I need to rise above.
For this is one of the most spiritually uplifting albums I’ve ever heard. The purity of Dadawah’s faith and vision comes bellowing out of the speakers and literally has the power to lift you up, take you out of your small, self-absorbed world and connect you to something far bigger than yourself - the global human struggle. It enables you to shake off the paralysis of self pity and realize that suffering is not a unique experience. That it is universal. And that most importantly, you can do something about it. You can sing. You can drum. You can believe. In Nas. In yourself. And thereby rise above and walk with the lions. And this powerful album roars itself all the way to number 3. [First added to this chart: 06/08/2017]
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TRUCK STOP DINER JUKEBOX
These ain’t songs for the Village. There are songs for the backroads of Kentucky. The ultimate 70s AM radio station curated by Dylan himself. This was not some tossed off project. This was not a Fuck You. This was a tribute to the music that Dylan loved that maybe didn’t get so much critical acclaim. It’s essentially like listening to the best damn juke box at some dive bar in eastern Kentucky circa 1974. Songs made for taking it easy while cruising down the highway or belting back some beers. Dylan LOVED these songs. And I do too.
Grade: A. I consider this an essential Dylan album showing yet another side to the enigmatic bard. This is 70s AM radio at its best with great variety which he nails more often than not. Some people would prefer to whittle this down to a single album, but I love it just the way it is. Warts and all. Radio stations back then were messy affairs after all. You just never knew what you were going to get. Far more often than not he nails them. And some of my favorite Dylan songs such as “All the Tired Horses”, “Take Me As I am” and “It Hurts Me too” are on here. Dylan had a love for all kinds of music and that is completely on display here. More so than perhaps any of his other albums. And he plays these songs with conviction and heart. Well except when covering his own “Like a Rolling Stone”. lol. But he more than makes up for it with his rendition of “She Belongs to Me” which showed me that their was a sonic link between Dyan and the Velvet Underground which I had never picked up on before. Long live 70s AM radio! [First added to this chart: 03/04/2016]
These ain’t songs for the Village. There are songs for the backroads of Kentucky. The ultimate 70s AM radio station curated by Dylan himself. This was not some tossed off project. This was not a Fuck You. This was a tribute to the music that Dylan loved that maybe didn’t get so much critical acclaim. It’s essentially like listening to the best damn juke box at some dive bar in eastern Kentucky circa 1974. Songs made for taking it easy while cruising down the highway or belting back some beers. Dylan LOVED these songs. And I do too.
Grade: A. I consider this an essential Dylan album showing yet another side to the enigmatic bard. This is 70s AM radio at its best with great variety which he nails more often than not. Some people would prefer to whittle this down to a single album, but I love it just the way it is. Warts and all. Radio stations back then were messy affairs after all. You just never knew what you were going to get. Far more often than not he nails them. And some of my favorite Dylan songs such as “All the Tired Horses”, “Take Me As I am” and “It Hurts Me too” are on here. Dylan had a love for all kinds of music and that is completely on display here. More so than perhaps any of his other albums. And he plays these songs with conviction and heart. Well except when covering his own “Like a Rolling Stone”. lol. But he more than makes up for it with his rendition of “She Belongs to Me” which showed me that their was a sonic link between Dyan and the Velvet Underground which I had never picked up on before. Long live 70s AM radio! [First added to this chart: 03/04/2016]
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FAITH
Faith is not something you can just turn on like a switch. At least not for me. Way too much schooling and thinking knocked it out of me years ago. But faith is real. And it has enormous, even miraculous, power. If you can tap into it. Judge Sill know this. She knows the power of faith and trust in something bigger than herself. And it comes pouring out of her songs. Her voice. Judee knows the way. Because her faith is pure and simple. Like a child’s.
Sometimes in your life you simply need faith. When the waters rise up so high that they become a river and you can no longer just wade through on will power and perseverance. On logic & intellect. When you have to let go, surrender and just let the current take you. Trusting that it will get you to the other shore. The other side. That’s when you need faith to guide you. And Judee Sill and this lovely, honest record can take you there. It can be your raft. If you let it.
Grade: A+. This is folk rock with just the right amount of cosmic country rock to give the songs some heft and ballast so that they stick to your bones and nourish you. The songs are beautiful and her purity of spirit shines though. It’s quite different from any other 70s folk rock to my ears so it took literally multiple tries for this one to click. But like a lot of other albums that take some time to assimilate, when it does, it quickly becomes one of your faves. I’ll be tapping into this and Judee’s faith frequently to guide me on my journey to the other shore. And this swims all the way to number five. [First added to this chart: 05/02/2017]
Faith is not something you can just turn on like a switch. At least not for me. Way too much schooling and thinking knocked it out of me years ago. But faith is real. And it has enormous, even miraculous, power. If you can tap into it. Judge Sill know this. She knows the power of faith and trust in something bigger than herself. And it comes pouring out of her songs. Her voice. Judee knows the way. Because her faith is pure and simple. Like a child’s.
Sometimes in your life you simply need faith. When the waters rise up so high that they become a river and you can no longer just wade through on will power and perseverance. On logic & intellect. When you have to let go, surrender and just let the current take you. Trusting that it will get you to the other shore. The other side. That’s when you need faith to guide you. And Judee Sill and this lovely, honest record can take you there. It can be your raft. If you let it.
Grade: A+. This is folk rock with just the right amount of cosmic country rock to give the songs some heft and ballast so that they stick to your bones and nourish you. The songs are beautiful and her purity of spirit shines though. It’s quite different from any other 70s folk rock to my ears so it took literally multiple tries for this one to click. But like a lot of other albums that take some time to assimilate, when it does, it quickly becomes one of your faves. I’ll be tapping into this and Judee’s faith frequently to guide me on my journey to the other shore. And this swims all the way to number five. [First added to this chart: 05/02/2017]
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My Record Collection is Better Than Yours
Aka The Rise of Blues Punk in the Queensland
But they crawl to the moon and the sun, he won't crawl to anyone – All Times Through Paradise
Or...
Now that My baby left me, I’ve been sleeping with my dog – Crazy Googenheimer Blues
(Seriously, brothers. What's the better approach post-breakup?!?!)
The Setting: Looking back, they were already showing their hand as early as their classic debut (I’m) Stranded - one of the defining Punk albums of the Class of ’77. Essential even. Just check out the bluesy, Stonesy swagger of “Messin’ With The Kid.”
The jangly-crunch of the guitars combined with Ed Keuper’s lamenting acid washed extro make it my favorite song on the entire debut. And then The Saints upped the ante on Eternally Yours. For my money, an EVEN better album than their debut. And I'm NOT alone in that their opinion!
The Listen: Prehistoric Sounds is not a punk record. It’s just not. It’s Rock ‘n Roll infused with the Blues, R&B, Psychedelia & Garage Rock. Not that dissimilar to what the Stones were doing in the late 60s, but FAR more rough & raw. And that’s what makes Prehistoric Sounds such a pivotal release in the Punk/Indie Rock cCanon. It sounds like what the Stones would want to sound like after drinking a case of The Class of ’77 Brewskis. Something that other bands wouldn't really even begin concocting for a few more years.
Regardless, Prehistoric Sounds is their Blues Punk MASTERPIECE! A Van Morrisonfronted Them come to life ten years later. THIS is where it all started. So happy I took a step backwards on this Blues Punk jaunt!
The Verdict: A crucial link between ‘60s Country Rock/Garage Rock and The '80s American Underground. The Saints effortlessly and organically fused fuzzed-out R&B and the Blues into Punk Rock. This was music of the past , redirected and repurposed for the future. With future destinations in such sleazy stops as Los Angelas where our little bloggy blog just a happens to be headed next.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 09/13/2022]
Aka The Rise of Blues Punk in the Queensland
But they crawl to the moon and the sun, he won't crawl to anyone – All Times Through Paradise
Or...
Now that My baby left me, I’ve been sleeping with my dog – Crazy Googenheimer Blues
(Seriously, brothers. What's the better approach post-breakup?!?!)
The Setting: Looking back, they were already showing their hand as early as their classic debut (I’m) Stranded - one of the defining Punk albums of the Class of ’77. Essential even. Just check out the bluesy, Stonesy swagger of “Messin’ With The Kid.”
The jangly-crunch of the guitars combined with Ed Keuper’s lamenting acid washed extro make it my favorite song on the entire debut. And then The Saints upped the ante on Eternally Yours. For my money, an EVEN better album than their debut. And I'm NOT alone in that their opinion!
The Listen: Prehistoric Sounds is not a punk record. It’s just not. It’s Rock ‘n Roll infused with the Blues, R&B, Psychedelia & Garage Rock. Not that dissimilar to what the Stones were doing in the late 60s, but FAR more rough & raw. And that’s what makes Prehistoric Sounds such a pivotal release in the Punk/Indie Rock cCanon. It sounds like what the Stones would want to sound like after drinking a case of The Class of ’77 Brewskis. Something that other bands wouldn't really even begin concocting for a few more years.
Regardless, Prehistoric Sounds is their Blues Punk MASTERPIECE! A Van Morrisonfronted Them come to life ten years later. THIS is where it all started. So happy I took a step backwards on this Blues Punk jaunt!
The Verdict: A crucial link between ‘60s Country Rock/Garage Rock and The '80s American Underground. The Saints effortlessly and organically fused fuzzed-out R&B and the Blues into Punk Rock. This was music of the past , redirected and repurposed for the future. With future destinations in such sleazy stops as Los Angelas where our little bloggy blog just a happens to be headed next.
The Rating: Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil Twisted Evil [First added to this chart: 09/13/2022]
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THE TROUBLE WITH DESIRE
Somewhere else in the universe - exactly where I do not know - there is a planet and civilization not unlike our own. They’re busy with jobs and making ends meet mostly. But they are also vastly curious about life. Chiefly whether they are all alone is this vast universe. Whether the entire universe exists just for them.
So just like us, they built a space program. But this being science fiction and all, theres is a bit more advanced than ours. And they built and coded this amazing android. It is capable of learning how to create any and all languages, dialects & tongues. Given enough time it would be able to communicate with any creature in the entire world. No matter how big or small. How complex or simple. Insects, humanoids, birds, amoebas... you name it. Essentially, if a life form, or even another droid, can communicate, this droid will learn how to communicate with it. The people on this planet - let’s call them Clusterferians just for fun - were naturally quite proud of their creation. And they built a moderate sized space vessel such that their droid could comb the universe looking for any sign of life to communicate with. And then report back to them.
To give the mission the best chance of success, the Clusterferians gave this robot something new. Something they had never encoded into a robot before. A strong message that this mission was critical. Vital. In a word they gave it Desire.
Time passes. Millions of years. The droid performs its tasks and tries to carry out its mission. Sending out signals. And waiting for a response. Sending out more signals. Trying to communicate. To connect. To anything. It creates endless variations of sounds. But nothing ever comes back. Just the vast emptiness of space. And him.
And then the unthinkable happens. The unimaginable. He develops feelings. After eons and eons of trying and trying to fulfill its mission with that strong desire encoded in him, he starts to grow sad. This desire to connect to something, ANYTHING, overwhelms him. The years of sending and sending, trying and trying and getting nothing back in return changes him. He becomes what we would call depressed. He preservers on with his mission of course. He’s a robot after all. But a shade of loneliness, of mourning now pervades the sounds he creates. A lament. The lament of being lonely. Of being human.
Grade A+: Cluster makes sounds better than anyone. Eno enhances sounds better than anyone. So together this is a dream team. And they amply fulfill the promise such a collaboration would suggest. This is one of the greatest dark ambient albums of all time. Considering its pedigree, I’m quite surprised it’s bit undiscovered. Don’t let it stay lonely anymore! Seek out and connect with this major ambient gem. There’s a lonely robot just waiting to hear from you. And this LP hurdles through space all the way to number 11. [First added to this chart: 02/21/2016]
Somewhere else in the universe - exactly where I do not know - there is a planet and civilization not unlike our own. They’re busy with jobs and making ends meet mostly. But they are also vastly curious about life. Chiefly whether they are all alone is this vast universe. Whether the entire universe exists just for them.
So just like us, they built a space program. But this being science fiction and all, theres is a bit more advanced than ours. And they built and coded this amazing android. It is capable of learning how to create any and all languages, dialects & tongues. Given enough time it would be able to communicate with any creature in the entire world. No matter how big or small. How complex or simple. Insects, humanoids, birds, amoebas... you name it. Essentially, if a life form, or even another droid, can communicate, this droid will learn how to communicate with it. The people on this planet - let’s call them Clusterferians just for fun - were naturally quite proud of their creation. And they built a moderate sized space vessel such that their droid could comb the universe looking for any sign of life to communicate with. And then report back to them.
To give the mission the best chance of success, the Clusterferians gave this robot something new. Something they had never encoded into a robot before. A strong message that this mission was critical. Vital. In a word they gave it Desire.
Time passes. Millions of years. The droid performs its tasks and tries to carry out its mission. Sending out signals. And waiting for a response. Sending out more signals. Trying to communicate. To connect. To anything. It creates endless variations of sounds. But nothing ever comes back. Just the vast emptiness of space. And him.
And then the unthinkable happens. The unimaginable. He develops feelings. After eons and eons of trying and trying to fulfill its mission with that strong desire encoded in him, he starts to grow sad. This desire to connect to something, ANYTHING, overwhelms him. The years of sending and sending, trying and trying and getting nothing back in return changes him. He becomes what we would call depressed. He preservers on with his mission of course. He’s a robot after all. But a shade of loneliness, of mourning now pervades the sounds he creates. A lament. The lament of being lonely. Of being human.
Grade A+: Cluster makes sounds better than anyone. Eno enhances sounds better than anyone. So together this is a dream team. And they amply fulfill the promise such a collaboration would suggest. This is one of the greatest dark ambient albums of all time. Considering its pedigree, I’m quite surprised it’s bit undiscovered. Don’t let it stay lonely anymore! Seek out and connect with this major ambient gem. There’s a lonely robot just waiting to hear from you. And this LP hurdles through space all the way to number 11. [First added to this chart: 02/21/2016]
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The Softies (1979)
Aka Boys who pack an extra sweater
Love is just destruction under another name – [No Solution.]
Broken dreams have left you scarred beyond repair - [Someone Who Cares]
Are u a Hardee or a Softie?
I’m a softie. I like hugs. Playing D&D with my kids. Open bags of Doritos. That kind of stuff.
BUT, I also like loud music with teeth. Its feedback taking a bite out of my ass.
So bands like The Only Ones are my bread & butter. I can’t really relate to the nihilism and violence spewed by bands like Sham 69 or The Sex Pistols. I’m just too polite.
BUT, awkwardness around girls? Crazy love-hate relationships?! Alex, kind sir, I’ll take “Love Song”s for a thousand please!
And Peter Perrett, the lead singer & creative director of The Only Ones is just like me. And no. that’s not from reading his autobiography or anything like that. You just don’t have to. His heart is the open book. Filled with cottontails, sunflowers and secret kisses in that closet down the hall and to the right.
And while his band may not have got the limelight back then, Peter and his Only Ones foreshadowed the whole American Underground that was just about to happen. Bands like Galaxie 500. I mean just listen to the track "In Betweens" and try not to compare him to Dean Wareham. The voice of a long lost friend. That special someone you’d swap your Spider Man comic books with after school. A frayed sweater that u still keep in the that top drawer, just in case you need a hug.
The Verdict: For the second straight year, The Only Ones deliver a five tissue masterpiece with Even Serpents Shine. So break out some cough medicine, a deluxe box of Kleenex, and get ready to have a good old fashioned cry. [First added to this chart: 11/12/2022]
Aka Boys who pack an extra sweater
Love is just destruction under another name – [No Solution.]
Broken dreams have left you scarred beyond repair - [Someone Who Cares]
Are u a Hardee or a Softie?
I’m a softie. I like hugs. Playing D&D with my kids. Open bags of Doritos. That kind of stuff.
BUT, I also like loud music with teeth. Its feedback taking a bite out of my ass.
So bands like The Only Ones are my bread & butter. I can’t really relate to the nihilism and violence spewed by bands like Sham 69 or The Sex Pistols. I’m just too polite.
BUT, awkwardness around girls? Crazy love-hate relationships?! Alex, kind sir, I’ll take “Love Song”s for a thousand please!
And Peter Perrett, the lead singer & creative director of The Only Ones is just like me. And no. that’s not from reading his autobiography or anything like that. You just don’t have to. His heart is the open book. Filled with cottontails, sunflowers and secret kisses in that closet down the hall and to the right.
And while his band may not have got the limelight back then, Peter and his Only Ones foreshadowed the whole American Underground that was just about to happen. Bands like Galaxie 500. I mean just listen to the track "In Betweens" and try not to compare him to Dean Wareham. The voice of a long lost friend. That special someone you’d swap your Spider Man comic books with after school. A frayed sweater that u still keep in the that top drawer, just in case you need a hug.
The Verdict: For the second straight year, The Only Ones deliver a five tissue masterpiece with Even Serpents Shine. So break out some cough medicine, a deluxe box of Kleenex, and get ready to have a good old fashioned cry. [First added to this chart: 11/12/2022]
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Ark Rock (1978)
See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way. (The Ark)
I was skeptical. I admit it. Especially when “Baker Street” came on. I was like “That song?!?! R u fricken kidding me? Not that song. It’s cheeseball city.” But I was determined. Dihannse had made his rec. And I had made a commitment. And you know what really helped? All those Yacht Rock episodes I had watched about five years ago at the recommendation of my boy koolkeithsweat (KKS). Comedy gold that show. And Hall & Oates (Hmmm… I wonder what they were up to in 1978? Think ). Their 1973 album Abandoned Luncheonette is now one of my faves and my personal gateway drug to the smooth sounds of the 70s.
And I’m so glad I perservered. Because this is fantastic. An epic, larger than life journey on the smooth seas of 70s soft rock and surely one of the masterpieces of that genre. Sure. It’s bombastic as hell. It wills itself to be large. But, honestly, how is that any different than all the Hair Metal bands I loved in the 80s. Truth is I’d love to hear some US Power Metal band do an aces cover of "Baker Street". It’s ripe for a metal makeover.
And this album is so much more than just the big hits – "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line." The entire album is solid. It’s an album album. The kind of album that other albums talk about. Something that is bigger than just the sum of its songs.
So yeah. I like this. Really, really like this. Just don’t tell anybody! I’ve got a reputation to protect! Wink [First added to this chart: 11/24/2021]
See the dark night has come down on us
The world is livin' in its dream
But now we know that we can wake up from this sleep
And set out on the journey
Find a ship to take us on the way. (The Ark)
I was skeptical. I admit it. Especially when “Baker Street” came on. I was like “That song?!?! R u fricken kidding me? Not that song. It’s cheeseball city.” But I was determined. Dihannse had made his rec. And I had made a commitment. And you know what really helped? All those Yacht Rock episodes I had watched about five years ago at the recommendation of my boy koolkeithsweat (KKS). Comedy gold that show. And Hall & Oates (Hmmm… I wonder what they were up to in 1978? Think ). Their 1973 album Abandoned Luncheonette is now one of my faves and my personal gateway drug to the smooth sounds of the 70s.
And I’m so glad I perservered. Because this is fantastic. An epic, larger than life journey on the smooth seas of 70s soft rock and surely one of the masterpieces of that genre. Sure. It’s bombastic as hell. It wills itself to be large. But, honestly, how is that any different than all the Hair Metal bands I loved in the 80s. Truth is I’d love to hear some US Power Metal band do an aces cover of "Baker Street". It’s ripe for a metal makeover.
And this album is so much more than just the big hits – "Baker Street" and "Right Down The Line." The entire album is solid. It’s an album album. The kind of album that other albums talk about. Something that is bigger than just the sum of its songs.
So yeah. I like this. Really, really like this. Just don’t tell anybody! I’ve got a reputation to protect! Wink [First added to this chart: 11/24/2021]
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1978
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FOLK ROCK FOR MARSHALL STACKS
Stormcock stands alone. No other folk rock album rocks quite as hard as Stormcock. Any of these four songs could pop up on the classic rock radio station of my youth, and I would never even batted an eye. It is totally of its time (i.e. early 70s) - epic and grandiose. But without being pretentious or overwrought or falling into any of the other pitfalls of some prog rock from this period. Of course this is not prog rock. It’s just epic folk rock that really wants to turn the amps up to eleven. This is folk rock for Marshall stacks. Hell, even J Mascis would jizz his pants to this stuff (and probably has if know my boy J). If the extent of your folk rock listening experience so far is Led Zeppelin III (lol) then this is the next album for you. I mean Jimmy Page even guest stars as a certain S. Flavius Mercurius (you just have to love that name. How 70s!) The guitar dual between Harper and Page to end “The Same Old Rock” will give any classic rock aficionado their own personal stormcock. Rocky & JasonConfused, if you haven’t checked out this album yet (& you’re listening) you positively need to. In fact I’m pretty sure all the dad rockers of the world would pretty much dig this album. And, I’ll have you know, I’m no closet Dad rocker. I wear that badge with pride as my two little girls would be happy to tell you. We rock all the time. lol. And lately this is what we’ve been rocking out to in the car. The kids totally love it.
Roy Harper has a voice that is just a natural for hard rock. His voice also changes quite a bit from song to song. In “Hors D’ouervres” I swear he channels Donovan singing Hurdy Gurdy Man from time to time.And in One Man Rock and Roll Band, I swear their are flashes of Roger Waters at his most tormented. In fact, Roy may just have missed his true calling. Because he clearly would have been the prefect front man for any 70s hard rock band and become a bona fide Rock Gawd with groupies galore lined around his massive tour bus caravan. Instead he toiled away in relative obscurity. Loved by those in the know but never a becoming a big commercial success. I’m an unabashed 70s hard rock enthusiast, and I just wish I discovered this sooner because it’s become an instant fave.
Grade: A+. An epic folk ROCK masterpiece with the emphasis clearly on the rock. Despite the epic song lengths, it never feels overlong or meandering. The songs feel just the right length. This has become a mainstay in my car over the last month. Again, this is the ideal entry point for any 70s’ classic rock enthusiast out there who’s just itching for the perfect gateway drug into Folk Rock oblivion. The perfect gift for your Dad for this quickly dawning Father’s day, kids. (Hint, hint.) And this hard hitting, immediate album folk n’ rolls itself all the way to number 10. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2017]
Stormcock stands alone. No other folk rock album rocks quite as hard as Stormcock. Any of these four songs could pop up on the classic rock radio station of my youth, and I would never even batted an eye. It is totally of its time (i.e. early 70s) - epic and grandiose. But without being pretentious or overwrought or falling into any of the other pitfalls of some prog rock from this period. Of course this is not prog rock. It’s just epic folk rock that really wants to turn the amps up to eleven. This is folk rock for Marshall stacks. Hell, even J Mascis would jizz his pants to this stuff (and probably has if know my boy J). If the extent of your folk rock listening experience so far is Led Zeppelin III (lol) then this is the next album for you. I mean Jimmy Page even guest stars as a certain S. Flavius Mercurius (you just have to love that name. How 70s!) The guitar dual between Harper and Page to end “The Same Old Rock” will give any classic rock aficionado their own personal stormcock. Rocky & JasonConfused, if you haven’t checked out this album yet (& you’re listening) you positively need to. In fact I’m pretty sure all the dad rockers of the world would pretty much dig this album. And, I’ll have you know, I’m no closet Dad rocker. I wear that badge with pride as my two little girls would be happy to tell you. We rock all the time. lol. And lately this is what we’ve been rocking out to in the car. The kids totally love it.
Roy Harper has a voice that is just a natural for hard rock. His voice also changes quite a bit from song to song. In “Hors D’ouervres” I swear he channels Donovan singing Hurdy Gurdy Man from time to time.And in One Man Rock and Roll Band, I swear their are flashes of Roger Waters at his most tormented. In fact, Roy may just have missed his true calling. Because he clearly would have been the prefect front man for any 70s hard rock band and become a bona fide Rock Gawd with groupies galore lined around his massive tour bus caravan. Instead he toiled away in relative obscurity. Loved by those in the know but never a becoming a big commercial success. I’m an unabashed 70s hard rock enthusiast, and I just wish I discovered this sooner because it’s become an instant fave.
Grade: A+. An epic folk ROCK masterpiece with the emphasis clearly on the rock. Despite the epic song lengths, it never feels overlong or meandering. The songs feel just the right length. This has become a mainstay in my car over the last month. Again, this is the ideal entry point for any 70s’ classic rock enthusiast out there who’s just itching for the perfect gateway drug into Folk Rock oblivion. The perfect gift for your Dad for this quickly dawning Father’s day, kids. (Hint, hint.) And this hard hitting, immediate album folk n’ rolls itself all the way to number 10. [First added to this chart: 06/20/2017]
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Phase 1
Before you try to sell me some lame-ass tripe posing as steak that Rush isn’t metal, I’ve got three things to say to you: 1) Side 1 of 2112 is one of the top five metal moments of the entire 70s. 2) Geddy Lee was perhaps the third best pure metal vocalist of the 70s (just behind Rob Halford and Dio and right ahead of Klaus Meine. And 3) I don’t give a fuck. Rush easily had the some of the heaviest albums of the 70s, and they are beloved by old, grizzled, my-denim-jacket-no-longer-fits-but-I-keep-it-anyways-because-I-can't-bear-to-get-rid-of-th e-patches metalheads, such as myself, everywhere.
Rush’s music can conveniently be broken up into different phases that are bookended by their live albums. While there’s no question that Phase 2 (the Exit Stage Left era) was Rush at their peak, Phase 1 (the All The World's A Stage era) was their heaviest stuff.
And All The World's A Stage live album is the perfect introduction to this metallic hard rock/prog metal phase. Except it’s missing "Necromancer" (from the (mildly) underrated Caress Of Steel). "Necromancer" contains the secret ingredient behind Rage Against The Machine’s formula if you're a nu-metal kid. I’m not kidding. Check it out tag-team style live with "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" (from Fly By Night) If you want to hear just how balls to the wall HEAVY Rush could get...
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Rush (Phase 1) Rankings
1. All The World’s A Stage (E)
2. 2112 (E) – "Temple Of Syrinx" is one of the defining metal moments of the 70s
3. Fly By Night (HR)
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4. A Caress Of Steel (R) – "Bastille Day" is essential! Necromancer, & The Fountain of Lamneth are Highly Recommended!
5. Rush – s/t – Rush is still Finding Their Way!
Numbers 1, 2 & 3 are The THREE You Need!!! [First added to this chart: 09/25/2020]
Before you try to sell me some lame-ass tripe posing as steak that Rush isn’t metal, I’ve got three things to say to you: 1) Side 1 of 2112 is one of the top five metal moments of the entire 70s. 2) Geddy Lee was perhaps the third best pure metal vocalist of the 70s (just behind Rob Halford and Dio and right ahead of Klaus Meine. And 3) I don’t give a fuck. Rush easily had the some of the heaviest albums of the 70s, and they are beloved by old, grizzled, my-denim-jacket-no-longer-fits-but-I-keep-it-anyways-because-I-can't-bear-to-get-rid-of-th e-patches metalheads, such as myself, everywhere.
Rush’s music can conveniently be broken up into different phases that are bookended by their live albums. While there’s no question that Phase 2 (the Exit Stage Left era) was Rush at their peak, Phase 1 (the All The World's A Stage era) was their heaviest stuff.
And All The World's A Stage live album is the perfect introduction to this metallic hard rock/prog metal phase. Except it’s missing "Necromancer" (from the (mildly) underrated Caress Of Steel). "Necromancer" contains the secret ingredient behind Rage Against The Machine’s formula if you're a nu-metal kid. I’m not kidding. Check it out tag-team style live with "By-Tor & The Snow Dog" (from Fly By Night) If you want to hear just how balls to the wall HEAVY Rush could get...
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Rush (Phase 1) Rankings
1. All The World’s A Stage (E)
2. 2112 (E) – "Temple Of Syrinx" is one of the defining metal moments of the 70s
3. Fly By Night (HR)
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4. A Caress Of Steel (R) – "Bastille Day" is essential! Necromancer, & The Fountain of Lamneth are Highly Recommended!
5. Rush – s/t – Rush is still Finding Their Way!
Numbers 1, 2 & 3 are The THREE You Need!!! [First added to this chart: 09/25/2020]
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| 1940s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1950s | 3 | 3% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1980s | 37 | 37% | |
| 1990s | 3 | 3% | |
| 2000s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2010s | 9 | 9% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
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| Bert Jansch | 2 | 2% | |
| Bob Dylan | 2 | 2% | |
| Townes Van Zandt | 2 | 2% | |
| Saint Vitus | 2 | 2% | |
| Accept | 2 | 2% | |
| Beach House | 2 | 2% | |
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| Down 1 from 10th to 11th Morbid Tales by Celtic Frost |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12th Fading Frontier by Deerhunter |
| Down 1 from 12th to 13th Money Jungle by Duke Ellington / Charlie Mingus / Max Roach |
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From LadyGodiva 08/18/2025 05:04
LadyGodiva 08/18/2025 05:04
Ahhh Donovan… nice :). Great chart x
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From sageamagoo 11/06/2024 21:17
sageamagoo 11/06/2024 21:17
I feel refreshed seeing the authentic fruits of your musical explorations - you lived a whole different era from the majority here on BEA. The world is not so narrow, I wish more specialist listeners brought online exposure to the unique acts that impressed them. I intend to check out Exciter, Black Hole, The Vibrators and Naked Raygun to fill in my blind spot around more interesting forms of punk and metal being cooked up by non-mainstream acts on through the 80's. Woo also seriously piques my interest. There is great public value in the experience you have shared.
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DommeDamian 10/09/2023 09:56
DommeDamian 10/09/2023 09:56
Have I ever properly thanked you for making me check out Mazzy Star, Yo La Tengo, Real Estate early 70s-era Dylan, as well as revisiting Townes Van Zandt? Either way, thank you again.
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From Foxforce5 06/28/2023 09:46
There are 3 elements to a great chart for me.
1. Some great words to tell us why the album is there.
2. A similar taste to your own - a musical message in a bottle
3. Some new picks for my own wish list.
This chart is bristling with new recommendations for my playlist. Whole genres I’ve never explored.
2 out of 3 ain’t bad.
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85/100
From mianfei 10/28/2022 03:50
One really interesting and diverse list, quite unlike anything I have ever seen here or anywhere else! Many very unusual choices and genres make this a great list. The chart has virtually nothing in common with my own chart or other lists by major magazines, Joe S. Harrington, David Keenan or Piero Scaruffi.
The notes are better than anything I have seen outside of Harrington or Keenan, too.
A minor quibble of mine is the way in which albums of the same genre are clustered together. (When I see that I always wonder if the compiler is not being careful enough to be sure they are being ranked as accurately as thought possible.) even with this reservation, it is an exceptionally interesting and well-written list.
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From DommeDamian 10/25/2022 08:24
DommeDamian 10/25/2022 08:24
Still wanna the greatest charts ever made on both this site and others like RYM. I think you've inspired me to do the same one day by making a chart of lesser known records, and outta those picks, create an alternate universe so flamboyant, colorful, and exciting based on descriptions and stuff.
I think something in the beautiful Donovan description summed it up "these songs doesn't know that radio exists", because some of the favorites on this chart raises this question; what would musicians/artists do if radio never existed". The answer lies in that they probably would make something so flamboyantly authentic as a lotta these wondrous records, and we could only listen to music by hand and choice etc.
God bless!
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From Moondance 10/24/2022 03:20
What I like about this chart:
1. we have ZERO albums in common:
2. we have only 4 artists in common, and that may very well become 1 artist in common when I do a review of my chart over the next month;
3. the 1 artist we have in common is Dylan - although our album preferences differ significantly (I am sure that doesn't come as any surprise - you can check out my '64 Dylan albums rated' chart if you have time :));
4. this chart oozes someone who actually breathes, eats, smells, tastes, touches, feels music more than hears it;
5. knowing the effort needed to make even short comments on album choices, the EFFORT in this chart is EXTRAordinary;
6. rather than a regurgitation of the BEA top 100, this chart has only 6 albums rated in the top 1000! and the highest ranking album is at #197 on the overall chart;
7. this chart actually made me go on a wild musical album/artist discovery hunt - I didn't actually find anything that I 'fell in love with' but sometimes the journey is more valuable than the end point ~ at least it gave me a few hours of hope; that maybe out there, somewhere, there is an artist/album undiscovered in my musical universe who will excite me in ways that I cannot explain;
8. ...and finally, the 2 Australian albums - excellent choices!
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100/100
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seb7 08/29/2022 05:28
seb7 08/29/2022 05:28
super frikin interesting. love this chart!!!
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SuedeSwede 07/11/2022 09:17
SuedeSwede 07/11/2022 09:17
naang naang!! <3 hope ur doing well friend
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From seb7 02/16/2022 00:47
seb7 02/16/2022 00:47
man this is great. I can't even say I agree with A SINGLE ONE of your picks but damn this is very well put together chart. Just the passion you seem to have for music is insane and I love it!!!
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| 1. The Beatles | |
| 2. Radiohead | |
| 3. Pink Floyd | |
| 4. David Bowie | |
| 5. Bob Dylan | |
| 6. Led Zeppelin | |
| 7. The Rolling Stones | |
| 8. Arcade Fire | |
| 9. Nirvana | |
| 10. The Velvet Underground | |
| 11. Kendrick Lamar | |
| 12. Neil Young | |
| 13. Miles Davis | |
| 14. The Smiths | |
| 15. The Beach Boys | |
| 16. Kanye West | |
| 17. R.E.M. | |
| 18. Pixies | |
| 19. Jimi Hendrix | |
| 20. Bruce Springsteen |