Top 38 Music Albums of 1984
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1984 – MERCURY
Produced By AUDIE ASHWORTH & JJ CALE
1. Cocaine
2. Don’t Wait
3. Magnolia
4. Devil In Disguise
5. Sensitive Kind
6. Carry On
7. After Midnight
8. Money Talks
9. Call Me The Breeze
10. Lies
11. City Girls
12. Cajun Moon
13. Don’t Cry Sister
14. Crazy Mama
In case you’ve ever wondered why Eric Clapton suddenly stopped rocking and became this laid back snoozy guy in the 70’s, you need to look no further than his pal, JJ Cale, and the influence he had on Clapton’s career. Cale didn’t just have an impact on Clapton, though. His song, “Call Me The Breeze”, got a mighty cover treatment from Lynyrd Skynyrd on Second Helping. In fact, Cale has been heavily covered over the years, and is listed by many huge names as a major influence, even though he has somehow avoided superstardom for decades. Special Edition is the first compilation of Cale’s early work, and it’s impressive, although more for having songs that you’ll recognize from other artists. Which is ultimately what’s the most fun about a Cale album, especially one with his best songs on it. Don’t get me wrong…his versions are fine. But many times, the covers are better.
Special Edition covers the first decade of Cale’s career, and while it’s a good collection, you’d be better served by albums like Naturally!, Really, and JJ Cale 5. 14 tracks of Cale can be hard to stay awake through, but the album does show his talent. Which stands mostly as a songwriter. Clapton had hits with “Cocaine” and “After Midnight”, “Magnolia” has been done by Beck, Poco and Lucinda Williams, “Crazy Mama” by The Band, and George Thorogood recorded a version of “Devil In Disguise”. The list goes on and on. Cale has never broken out as a star, but he did make a great career for himself. He passed away in 2013, and continues to be heralded as a major influence on rock throughout his career. These original versions are mostly mellow companions to the covers. If mellow works for you, then JJ Cale just might be your guy. [First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
Produced By AUDIE ASHWORTH & JJ CALE
1. Cocaine
2. Don’t Wait
3. Magnolia
4. Devil In Disguise
5. Sensitive Kind
6. Carry On
7. After Midnight
8. Money Talks
9. Call Me The Breeze
10. Lies
11. City Girls
12. Cajun Moon
13. Don’t Cry Sister
14. Crazy Mama
In case you’ve ever wondered why Eric Clapton suddenly stopped rocking and became this laid back snoozy guy in the 70’s, you need to look no further than his pal, JJ Cale, and the influence he had on Clapton’s career. Cale didn’t just have an impact on Clapton, though. His song, “Call Me The Breeze”, got a mighty cover treatment from Lynyrd Skynyrd on Second Helping. In fact, Cale has been heavily covered over the years, and is listed by many huge names as a major influence, even though he has somehow avoided superstardom for decades. Special Edition is the first compilation of Cale’s early work, and it’s impressive, although more for having songs that you’ll recognize from other artists. Which is ultimately what’s the most fun about a Cale album, especially one with his best songs on it. Don’t get me wrong…his versions are fine. But many times, the covers are better.
Special Edition covers the first decade of Cale’s career, and while it’s a good collection, you’d be better served by albums like Naturally!, Really, and JJ Cale 5. 14 tracks of Cale can be hard to stay awake through, but the album does show his talent. Which stands mostly as a songwriter. Clapton had hits with “Cocaine” and “After Midnight”, “Magnolia” has been done by Beck, Poco and Lucinda Williams, “Crazy Mama” by The Band, and George Thorogood recorded a version of “Devil In Disguise”. The list goes on and on. Cale has never broken out as a star, but he did make a great career for himself. He passed away in 2013, and continues to be heralded as a major influence on rock throughout his career. These original versions are mostly mellow companions to the covers. If mellow works for you, then JJ Cale just might be your guy. [First added to this chart: 11/25/2012]
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1984-EPIC
Produced By CHIPS MOMAN, WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD,RAY BAKEY, LEWIS TALLEY & BILLY SHERRILL
1. Reasons To Quit
2. You Take Me For Granted
3. That’s The Way Love Goes
4. Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)
5. Big City
6. Pancho And Lefty
7. Someday When Things Are Good
8. What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life)
9. My Favorite Memory
10. Going Where The Lonely Go
11. C. C. Waterback
Let’s just get this out of the way up front. The photo on the cover of this album is, by far, the worst part of this collection. Don’t let the cover art deter you. As for Haggard himself…after being released from San Quentin in 1960 and working around Bakersfield as a sideman, he signed with Capitol Records and spent a decade making classic albums, and becoming a legend. After a short stint with MCA, he signed with Epic Records in 1981, staying with the label until the end of the 80’s. This collection, however, covers only a four year period, but in those four years, Haggard released four solo studio albums (one was a Christmas album), a live album, and one collaboration each with Willie Nelson and George Jones. That’s quite a busy four years that Haggard had, so the short period of time that this collection covers is justified. Taking the best from this period makes for a solid, but imperfect album. As always, Haggard keeps the traditional country spark alive, and this period, the early 1980’s, marked the end of Haggard being a consistently powerful force in the industry. His work since has been sporadic and uneven. But here, Merle is still at the top of his game.
Two songs are from his 1983 collaboration (Pancho And Lefty) with Willie Nelson. “Reasons To Quit” is masterful. Written by Haggard, it’s the strongest track here. The version of “Pancho And Lefty is fair, but a little frantic and below the great standard set by such a great song. “C. C. Waterback” is from his 1982 album with George Jones, and is less than memorable. And while songs like “Are The Good Times Really Over”, which laments the passage of time, can sound a bit whiny and overly political (and dated), you also get great tracks like “Someday When Things Are Good”, “Going Where The Lonely Go”, and “That’s The Way Love Goes”. Haggard understands that the best country song is a sad song, and he delivers the sentiment as well as anyone who ever put boots on. There never was a “second 11”…the rest of his Epic career, while prolific, never reached the heights of his previous years. This is a nice collection of a strong period in the career of a giant. Just keep that picture turned down… [First added to this chart: 05/08/2014]
Produced By CHIPS MOMAN, WILLIE NELSON, MERLE HAGGARD,RAY BAKEY, LEWIS TALLEY & BILLY SHERRILL
1. Reasons To Quit
2. You Take Me For Granted
3. That’s The Way Love Goes
4. Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)
5. Big City
6. Pancho And Lefty
7. Someday When Things Are Good
8. What Am I Gonna Do (With The Rest Of My Life)
9. My Favorite Memory
10. Going Where The Lonely Go
11. C. C. Waterback
Let’s just get this out of the way up front. The photo on the cover of this album is, by far, the worst part of this collection. Don’t let the cover art deter you. As for Haggard himself…after being released from San Quentin in 1960 and working around Bakersfield as a sideman, he signed with Capitol Records and spent a decade making classic albums, and becoming a legend. After a short stint with MCA, he signed with Epic Records in 1981, staying with the label until the end of the 80’s. This collection, however, covers only a four year period, but in those four years, Haggard released four solo studio albums (one was a Christmas album), a live album, and one collaboration each with Willie Nelson and George Jones. That’s quite a busy four years that Haggard had, so the short period of time that this collection covers is justified. Taking the best from this period makes for a solid, but imperfect album. As always, Haggard keeps the traditional country spark alive, and this period, the early 1980’s, marked the end of Haggard being a consistently powerful force in the industry. His work since has been sporadic and uneven. But here, Merle is still at the top of his game.
Two songs are from his 1983 collaboration (Pancho And Lefty) with Willie Nelson. “Reasons To Quit” is masterful. Written by Haggard, it’s the strongest track here. The version of “Pancho And Lefty is fair, but a little frantic and below the great standard set by such a great song. “C. C. Waterback” is from his 1982 album with George Jones, and is less than memorable. And while songs like “Are The Good Times Really Over”, which laments the passage of time, can sound a bit whiny and overly political (and dated), you also get great tracks like “Someday When Things Are Good”, “Going Where The Lonely Go”, and “That’s The Way Love Goes”. Haggard understands that the best country song is a sad song, and he delivers the sentiment as well as anyone who ever put boots on. There never was a “second 11”…the rest of his Epic career, while prolific, never reached the heights of his previous years. This is a nice collection of a strong period in the career of a giant. Just keep that picture turned down… [First added to this chart: 05/08/2014]
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Top 38 Music Albums of 1984 composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| The Smiths | 2 | 5% | |
| Daryl Hall & John Oates | 1 | 3% | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 1 | 3% | |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | 1 | 3% | |
| Guadalcanal Diary | 1 | 3% | |
| Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 1 | 3% | |
| The Psychedelic Furs | 1 | 3% | |
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| 70/100 | 03/26/2014 23:24 |  sssvnnn | | 83/100 |
| 90/100 | 02/15/2014 20:07 | PauloPaz | | 89/100 |
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