My History in Music by 
dihansse 
This is a top 100 chart of my personal musical history via albums in which I try to stick to the adagio of one album per artist. Next to a number of classics I have tried to include some hidden treasures but also some guilty pleasures to which I still stick. This means that I had to leave out some artists that I really appreciate but didn't make this overall top 100: Sorry Rolling Stones (the Beatles were better), sorry Bruce, sorry Jimi, sorry the Who, sorry ELO, sorry the Police and sorry many, many others (but you'll find them in my Decades lists).
I also tried to stick to regular albums but sometimes live albums or eaven Greatest Hits couldn't be avoided. By the way, in my custom charts I also added an alternative top chart which takes a more mathematical view on my personal taste meaning that it is the result of scoring my favorite albums and in this way of course doesn't stick to the one album by artist rule, which means several (more than 2) albums by Beatles, Sebadoh, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr, Pavement, etc.
- Chart updated: 02/10/2017 21:15
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- Chart size: 100 albums.
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I was very late to be introduced into rock music, in fact only at 11/12 years old (before that it was LP's of Flemish Schmalz my parents listened to) with the discovery of a first song "Magic" by Pilot. Since then I started watching the Dutch hit program Top Pop on Dutch television and listen to the radio which means that I mainly focused on hits and not LP's from the likes of the Rubettes, Mud and of course Status Quo with to me still underrated songs like "Down Down" and "Roll over Lay Down". Since I didn't really focus on Albums but on hits, I have included here their best and most concise Greatest Hits album.
I still think that Status Quo is much underrated for just being a three chord band: these guys really rocked and being a guitar lover who has since then discovered a lot of other music, I still love songs like "Caroline", "Again and Again" and "Whatever you Want". I don't think even Black Sabbath could match the vast number of killer intro's Parfitt and Francis Rossi came up with. Just to say that this album is not only sentiment but still an absolute favorite. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
I still think that Status Quo is much underrated for just being a three chord band: these guys really rocked and being a guitar lover who has since then discovered a lot of other music, I still love songs like "Caroline", "Again and Again" and "Whatever you Want". I don't think even Black Sabbath could match the vast number of killer intro's Parfitt and Francis Rossi came up with. Just to say that this album is not only sentiment but still an absolute favorite. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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I was already a rock lover for two years but hadn't actually consciously heard of the Beatles until I saw the film "Help!" at school around my 13/14 years and I was immediately sold! This movie was the start of an absolute love story with the title song and the whole album. Also this was the first and only LP I ever bought. After that I turned immediately to taping cassettes and exchanging them with friends (the first music ripping ;)
Although "Help!" comes early in their career after their great but not fantastic earlier albums like "A Hard Day's Night", I think it really stands out. Apart from "Help!" itself I really liked and like their countryish songs like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "You're Gonna Lose That Girl", and there's of course also "Yesterday"
The Beatles are still one of my favorite bands and "Help!"still my favorite Beatles albums even with close contest from Abbey Road and Revolver.
Although I'm a really big fan of the Rolling Stones, they can't compete with the Beatles and I'm sorry to say I didn't even include a Stones album in the list although different ones would appear for example in my top500.
Also albums from projects after the Beatles of the Beatles' member don't appear in the rest of the to 100 although I'm a big fan of George Harrison, John Lennon, the Wings, etc as well. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Although "Help!" comes early in their career after their great but not fantastic earlier albums like "A Hard Day's Night", I think it really stands out. Apart from "Help!" itself I really liked and like their countryish songs like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "You're Gonna Lose That Girl", and there's of course also "Yesterday"
The Beatles are still one of my favorite bands and "Help!"still my favorite Beatles albums even with close contest from Abbey Road and Revolver.
Although I'm a really big fan of the Rolling Stones, they can't compete with the Beatles and I'm sorry to say I didn't even include a Stones album in the list although different ones would appear for example in my top500.
Also albums from projects after the Beatles of the Beatles' member don't appear in the rest of the to 100 although I'm a big fan of George Harrison, John Lennon, the Wings, etc as well. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1965
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There was a big competition between the Beatles with "Sergeant's Pepper's" and the Beach Boys with this album which resulted in two incredible albums. The Beach Boys had already scored a lot of surf hits with a number of really outstanding songs like "I Get Around", "Barbara Ann" and "I Can Hear Music" but this album really was a stand-out with the heavenly "God Only Knows", a wonder of harmony between the Wilson's. Also Sloop John B and Wouldn't It be Nice are favorite songs of mine.
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1966
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At one point in my life, "Light my Fire" was my favorite song and the organ playing by Ray Manzanerek intertwined by the guitar playing was largely to be blamed.
But also the other songs on this album made this a magnificent debut. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
But also the other songs on this album made this a magnificent debut. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1967
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Roxy Music was always a constant in the music I liked with first the singles like "Virginia Plain" and "Love is the Drug" and later the more intricate songs of the albums of which "Viva!" features a few of the most beautiful like "Both Ends Burning" and "In Every Dreamhome A Heartache".
I saw them a few times live in their later stages when they started playing their old songs again and every time they were fantastic. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
I saw them a few times live in their later stages when they started playing their old songs again and every time they were fantastic. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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Still mainly focused on listening to the radio instead of buying albums, I discovered "Whole Lotta Rosie" by AC/DC which entered the Belgian and Dutch hitparades in June 1978 and really blew my mind. In fact it was a pity that I listened to the radio version because the guitar solo on the album version (Let There Be Rock) was much better (and longer) but I didn't know that at that time.
Anyhow I prefer their fantastic live album "If You Want Blood You've Got It" on which this song also appears. Of course like all real AC/DC lovers I prefer the Bon Scott period ;)
Other real standouts on this album are "Let There Be Rock" and "The Jack". AC/DC is still one of the bands I would have like to see live but I suppose it's too late now. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Anyhow I prefer their fantastic live album "If You Want Blood You've Got It" on which this song also appears. Of course like all real AC/DC lovers I prefer the Bon Scott period ;)
Other real standouts on this album are "Let There Be Rock" and "The Jack". AC/DC is still one of the bands I would have like to see live but I suppose it's too late now. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1978
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I was tempted to put "Deepest Purple: the very best of Deep Purple" in this top 100 because there are so many fantistic Deep Purple songs which don't appear on this album like "Highway Star" and many others, but I chose this one because it does stand out; this not in the least because it contains one song that has been my absolute favourite song for a very long time: "Child in Time".
Around my 14 years I started listining to the more "symphonic" hardrock bands, partly because of the many pirate radio stations which dominated the radio landscape (because regular radio stations where still not really into rock music). One of these stations had a program on which listeners could submit their top 10 lists and on these lists invariably appeared "Return to Fantasy" and "Easy Livin'" by Uriah Heep (unfortunately not in this Top 100), "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath and indeed mostly at number 1 (like in many top 100 programs after that) "Child in Time" by Deep Purple. Since I was still taping on cassettes I once asked my uncle to include this one on one of the mix tapes he made for me: he thought I was stupid because I could have added 4 more songs instead of this long one. Another uncle thought this was a jazz song.
In any case, this is not my favourite song anymore but still a stand-out with the fantastic voice of Ian Gillan and the incredible build-up of the song (two times) to the shredding of the guitar solos.
The other stand-out on this album are "Speed King" and "Flight of the Rat".
By the way: I know that many people think that their "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" is one of the worst marriages between rock and classical music: well think again: I think this album is very good and worth a listen: there are some very good guitar and drum solos on it and the interaction with classical instruments works very well (personally I think "Kashmir: the symphonic Led Zeppelin" is much worse). [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Around my 14 years I started listining to the more "symphonic" hardrock bands, partly because of the many pirate radio stations which dominated the radio landscape (because regular radio stations where still not really into rock music). One of these stations had a program on which listeners could submit their top 10 lists and on these lists invariably appeared "Return to Fantasy" and "Easy Livin'" by Uriah Heep (unfortunately not in this Top 100), "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath and indeed mostly at number 1 (like in many top 100 programs after that) "Child in Time" by Deep Purple. Since I was still taping on cassettes I once asked my uncle to include this one on one of the mix tapes he made for me: he thought I was stupid because I could have added 4 more songs instead of this long one. Another uncle thought this was a jazz song.
In any case, this is not my favourite song anymore but still a stand-out with the fantastic voice of Ian Gillan and the incredible build-up of the song (two times) to the shredding of the guitar solos.
The other stand-out on this album are "Speed King" and "Flight of the Rat".
By the way: I know that many people think that their "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" is one of the worst marriages between rock and classical music: well think again: I think this album is very good and worth a listen: there are some very good guitar and drum solos on it and the interaction with classical instruments works very well (personally I think "Kashmir: the symphonic Led Zeppelin" is much worse). [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1970
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Again the hard choice between a best of, a live album or their best: and here again: Black Sabbath's second album is certainly their best.
Of course it all began with Paranoid, a song which was all over the place when I listened to pirate radio stations round 1976, a track which still rocks like anything else.
I discovered "Iron Man" and "War Pigs" later and they are also two of the quintessential songs of Sabbath with their long and winding song structures.
It seems that in the summer of 2016 they will do their last shows so maybe a last chance to see them live, ex on the Belgian heavy metal festival Graspop. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Of course it all began with Paranoid, a song which was all over the place when I listened to pirate radio stations round 1976, a track which still rocks like anything else.
I discovered "Iron Man" and "War Pigs" later and they are also two of the quintessential songs of Sabbath with their long and winding song structures.
It seems that in the summer of 2016 they will do their last shows so maybe a last chance to see them live, ex on the Belgian heavy metal festival Graspop. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1970
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Here again: the embarrasment of choice: take one of their first six, all fantastic, albums; take a best of like their Remaster series or take a live album like the BBC Sessions?
Here my choice is a live album but definitely one which stands out on its own. Many people won't agree with my choice of "The Song Remains the Same" because of the very long tracks with, for many people, I guess, tedious guitar solos and aaaargh drum solos (listen to "Moby Dick").
But I love this album, not in the least because I came in contact with this album before all the others. Of course already at 13/14 years I heard things like "Stairway to Heaven" but when I heard this album a few years later I lost my soul to Led Zep. "Dazed and Confused", "Moby Dick" and especially "Whole Lotta Love" went on and on in its own spacey way and is still the best version of the many version that exist. In any case it sounded fantastic and the general atmosphere on this album, which is of course also a movie soundtrack, formed a unique unity, maybe if you really push it even a bit like the very very weird "Space Accumulator" of Hawkwind.
Of course the fact that "Stairway to Heaven" keeps appearing on all kinds of top 1000's is starting to sound like the 'I've heard this one one time too much, but OK it's still "Stairway to Heaven". [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Here my choice is a live album but definitely one which stands out on its own. Many people won't agree with my choice of "The Song Remains the Same" because of the very long tracks with, for many people, I guess, tedious guitar solos and aaaargh drum solos (listen to "Moby Dick").
But I love this album, not in the least because I came in contact with this album before all the others. Of course already at 13/14 years I heard things like "Stairway to Heaven" but when I heard this album a few years later I lost my soul to Led Zep. "Dazed and Confused", "Moby Dick" and especially "Whole Lotta Love" went on and on in its own spacey way and is still the best version of the many version that exist. In any case it sounded fantastic and the general atmosphere on this album, which is of course also a movie soundtrack, formed a unique unity, maybe if you really push it even a bit like the very very weird "Space Accumulator" of Hawkwind.
Of course the fact that "Stairway to Heaven" keeps appearing on all kinds of top 1000's is starting to sound like the 'I've heard this one one time too much, but OK it's still "Stairway to Heaven". [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1976
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Of course Eric Clapton is God (dEUS comes later ;)). His guitar playing is excellent and nowhere he does it better on this album with Derek and the Dominoes although the live album "One of the road" is a close match. Nevertheless I chose to include a regular album, not from his solo period and not from his other cooperations with the Yardbirds, Cream ("White Room!!) or Blind Faith.
Layla is obviously the starting point and has always been one of my favorite songs not in the least because of the incredible piano coda. But there are many other standouts like the fantastic false slow song "I looked away" with fantastic lyric guitar playing, "Bell Bottom Blues" and many others. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
Layla is obviously the starting point and has always been one of my favorite songs not in the least because of the incredible piano coda. But there are many other standouts like the fantastic false slow song "I looked away" with fantastic lyric guitar playing, "Bell Bottom Blues" and many others. [First added to this chart: 02/10/2017]
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1970
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My History in Music composition
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| 1970s | 17 | 17% | |
| 1980s | 28 | 28% | |
| 1990s | 40 | 40% | |
| 2000s | 11 | 11% | |
| 2010s | 1 | 1% | |
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| Al Stewart | 1 | 1% | |
| Green | 1 | 1% | |
| Lou Reed | 1 | 1% | |
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From Johnnyo 02/20/2022 21:08
I love this chart man. So much work gone into the selection of albums and I love the comments. Thanks for sharing
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