Sunday, February 25, 2018

Favorite Albums from the 1980s


1. Pirates--Rikkie Lee Jones
2. Tiny Dynamine/Echoes on A Shallow Bay—Cocteau Twins
3. Reach The Beach—The Fixx
4. Boy—U2
5. Rapture--Anita Baker
6. Brilliant Trees—David Sylvian
7. Ambient 2: Plateaux of Mirror--Harold Budd with Brian Eno
8. Disintegration—The Cure
9. Treasure—Cocteau Twins
10. The Dream Academy—The Dream Academy
11. Strange Kind of Love––Love and Money
12. Idlewild––Everything But The Girl
13. Night and Day—Joe Jackson
14. Pelican West—Haircut One Hundred
15. Still Life (Talking)--Pat Metheny Group
16. High Land, Hard Rain—Aztec Camera
17. Gone to Earth—David Sylvian
18. It's Better to Travel––Swing Out Sister
19. The Hurting—Tears for Fears
20. Everything But The Girl (debut album, U.S. release)—Everything But The Girl
21. Pastorales de Noël—Michel LeGrande, Jean-Pierre Rampal, LeGoya
22. Porcelain––Julia Fordham
23. Eden--Everything But the Girl
24. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty
25. The Dreaming—Kate Bush
26. New Gold Dream—Simple Minds
27. December—George Winston
28. Songs of Robert Burns—Andy Stewart
29. Discipline—King Crimson
30. Remain in Light—Talking Heads
31. As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls—Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays
32. Jam on Revenge—Newcleus
33. Orchestral adaptation of music composed by Vangelis for the motion picture Blade Runner--New American Orchestra
34. Yentl--Barbra Streisand
35. Glorious Fool--John Martyn
36. Steve McQueen—Prefab Sprout
37. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia—Ryuichi Sakamoto
38. Passion (Music for The Last Temptation of Christ)--Peter Gabriel
39. Shake It Up––Boney James & Rick Braun
40. Blue Bell Knoll––Cocteau Twins
41. Autumn--George Winston
42. Ghost in the Machine—The Police
43. Tom Tom Club--Tom Tom Club
44. Barren Dream--Mr. Sirius
45. 1984—Anthony Phillips
46. 4 Visions--Eskaton
47. The Sensual World—Kate Bush
48. Ambient 3: Day of Radiance--Laraaji
49. The Moon and The Melodies—Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd
50. A Distant Shore––Tracy Thorn

51. Café Bleu––The Style Council
52. Trance Tara––Jonathan Goldman
53. No Borders Here—Jane Siberry
54. Gevecht met de Engel--Flairck
55. Behind the Gardens - Behind the Wall - Under the Tree...--Andreas Vollenweider
56. Peaceful Evening––Steve & David Gordon
57. October--U2
58. Kaleidoscope World––Swing Out Sister
59. The Seeds of Love--Tears for Fears
60. Big Circumstance—Bruce Cockburn
61. Mummer––XTC
59. Vapor Drawings--Mark Isham
60. Stealing Fire—Bruce Cockburn
61. Keep on Doing—The Roches
62. Songs from The Big Chair—Tears for Fears
63. Hats--Blue Nile
64. Welcome to The Pleasure Dome--Frankie Goes to Hollywood
65. The Big Express--XTC
66. Confessions of a Pop Star--Style Council 
67. Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques--Anthony Phillips
68. In No Sense? Nonsense!--Art of Noise
69. Silent Dance--Solstice
70. Amenophis--Amenophis
71. Security”—Peter Gabriel
72. Genesis--Genesis
73. Mlah!--Les Negresses Vertes
74. Purple Rain—Prince
75. The Politics of Dancing--Re-Flex
78. A Secret Wish--Propaganda
79. Oneness--David & Steve Gordon
80. Avalon—Roxy Music
81. Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares--Les Mystères des Voix Bulgares
82. Belo Horizonte--John McLaughlin
83. First Circle--Pat Metheny Group
84. Mystery Walk--M + M
85. Into The Labyrinth--Dead Can Dance
86. Shukuru—Pharoah Sanders
87. The Hounds of Love—Kate Bush
88. Tango Hour—Astor Piazzolo
89. Fourth World Possible Musics, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya—Jon Hassell & Brian Eno
90. The Trouble with Normal—Bruce Cockburn
91. No Frontiers--Mary Black
92. Thriller—Michael Jackson
93. Painter in Sound--Juan Martín
94. Stronger than Pride--Sade
95. Human's Lib--Howard Jones
96. Change of Heart--Change
97. Gaucho--Steely Dan
98. Adventures in Modern Recording--The Buggles
99. Baby, The Lights Shine Bright--Everything But The Girl
100. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun--Dead Can Dance

101. I Cry, I Smile--Narada Michael Walden
102. Secrets from the Beehive—David Sylvian
103. Victorialand—Cocteau Twins
104. Faith--George Michael
105. Letter from Home--Pat Metheny Group
106. Film Music--Mark Isham
107. Skylarking—XTC
108. Whisper Me--Wim Mertens
109. The Lone Rhino—Adrian Belew
110. Don’t Get Weird on Me, Babe—Lloyd Cole
111. Faith--George Michael
112. Marsbéli Krónikák--Solaris
113. Bound by the Beauty--Jane Siberry
114. Sign o' the Times - Prince
115. Yr--Steve Tibbetts
116. From Langley Park to Memphis—Prefab Sprout
117. Yellow Moon--The Neville Brothers
118. Individual Choice—Jean-Luc Ponty
119. Hard--Gang of Four
120. Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me—The Cure
121. Les Modernes soundtrack--Mark Isham
122. The Walking--Jane Siberry
123. Meet Danny Wilson--Meet Danny Wilson
124. The Age of Plastic--The Buggles
125. E2-E4--Manuel Göttsching
126. Obras de Violeta Parra--Los Jaivas
127. Stella--Yello
128. Raging Souls--Minimal Compact
129. Love and Money--Everything But The Girl
130. Macalla--Clannad
131. Peter Gabriel (3)—Peter Gabriel
132. Haul Ar Yr Eira--Pererin
133. Internationalists—Style Council
134. Body and Soul--Joe Jackson
135. Past Light--William Ackerman

136. Sky-skating--Annette Peacock
137. Extractions—Dif Juz
138. Hysteria--Def Leppard
139. Muttered Promises from an Ageless Pond--Galadriel
140. Pazzo Fanfano di Musica--Pazzo Fanfano di Musica
141. The Serpent's Egg--Dead Can Dance
142. The Unforgettable Fire--U2
143. Beat—King Crimson
144. Diamond Life—Sade
145. Zazu--Rosie Vela
146. About Face--David Gilmour
147. A New Flame--Simply Red
148. Vertical's Currency--Kip Hanrahan
149. Everything Could Be So Perfect--Anne Pigalle
150. Aerial Boundaries--Michael Hedges

151. Elemental--Loreena McKennitt
152. A Flock of Seagulls--A Flock of Seagulls
153. Ezekiel--Itoiz
154. Children of God--Swans
155. Offramp--Pat Metheny Group
156. Scenario—Al DiMeola
157. Back in Black--AC/DC
158. Zenyattà Mondatta--The Police
159. Peaceful Evening--David & Steve Gordon
160. War--U2
161. Introducing the Style Council--The Style Council
162. Never For Ever--Kate Bush
163. Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics--Brian Eno & Jon Hassell
164. Memento Z Banalnym Tryptikiem--SBB
165. Duke-Genesis
166. Promise--Sade

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Favorite Albums from the 1970s


1970s Favorites

1. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway—Genesis
2. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh—Magma
3. Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter—Joni Mitchell
4. Pieces of a Man--Gil Scott-Heron
5. Jan Akkerman—Jan Akkerman
6. Novella—Renaissance
7. Adventures in Utopia—Todd Rundgren’s Utopia
8. Aja—Steely Dan
9. Eli—Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux
10. Hergest Ridge—Mike Oldfield
11. A Charlie Brown Christmas—Vince Guaraldi Trio
12. Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror—Harold Budd & Brian Eno
13. America—America
14. Initiation—Todd Rundgren
15. Off The Wall—Michael Jackson
16. Animals—Pink Floyd
17. Nina Hagen Band—Nina Hagen Band
18. What’s Goin’ On—Marvin Gaye
19. Natural Elements—Shakti
20. The Geese and The Ghost—Anthony Phillips
21. Renaissance of The Celtic Harp—Alan Stivell
22. Ram—Paul & Linda McCartney
23. A Trick of The Tail—Genesis
24. The Stranger—Billy Joel
25. Rikkie Lee Jones--Rikkie Lee Jones
26. Selling England by The Pound—Genesis
27. UK—UK
28. Variaties Op Een Dame--Flairck
29. Tilt--Arti e Mestieri
30. The Mad Hatter––Chick Corea
31. Crime of The Century—Supertramp
32. Si on avait besoin d’une cinqième saison—Harmonium
33. Picchio dal Pozzo––Picchio dal Pozzo
34. Dark Side of The Moon—Pink Floyd
35. Venusian Summer––Lenny White
36. Todd—Todd Rundgren
37. A Tab in The Ocean—Nektar
38. Mais on ne peut pas rêver tout le temps––Laurent Thibault
39. Cosmic Messenger—Jean-Luc Ponty
40. Space Shanty—Khan
41. Caravanserai—Santana
42. Relayer—Yes
43. Romantic Warrior—Return to Forever
44. Hamburger Concerto—Focus
45. Babylon—Babylon
46. The Love Connection—Freddie Hubbard
47. Scheherazade and Other Stories—Renaissance
48. Vimana—Nova
49. I Robot—Alan Parsons Project
50. Gentle Giant--Gentle Giant

51. Foxtrot—Genesis
52. Fragile—Yes
53. Bundles--Soft Machine
54. Love Devotion Surrender--Cavadip Carlos Santan & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
55. Trespass—Genesis
56. The Court of The Crimson King—King Crimson
57. The Following Morning—Eberhard Weber
58. War Babies--Hall & Oates
59. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid soundtrack––Burt Bacharach
60. Déjà Vu—Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
61. December—George Winston
62. Nursery Cryme—Genesis
63. Music for 18 Musicians—Steve Reich
64. The Pavillion of Dreams--Harold Budd
65. Postaeolian Train Robbery––Cos
66. Crac!—AREA
67. Chicago Transit Authority—Chicago
68. Innervisions—Stevie Wonder
69. Powerful People--Gino Vanelli
70. Kawana--Zao
71. Close to The Edge—Yes
72. Per un amico—PFM
73. Turn of the Cards—Renaissance
74. Moving Waves—Focus
75. Ptarmigan--Ptarmigan
76. Principe di un Giorno--Celeste
77. III--Focus
78. Adonis--Anyone's Daughter
79. Evening Star--Fripp/Eno
80. The Polite Force––Egg
81. Houses of The Holy—Led Zeppelin
82. Emerson Lake & Palmer—Emerson Lake & Palmer
83. Tales of Mystery & Imagination—Alan Parsons Project
84. Even in The Quietest Moments—Supertramp
85. Demons and Wizards—Uriah Heep
86. Shekina--Zao
87. Mother Focus––Focus
88. III—Focus
89. Incantations––Mike Oldfield
90. Spectral Mornings—Steve Hackett
91. Pamiec--SBB
92. In The Land of Grey and Pink—Caravan
93. Viva Boma—Cos
94. Peter Gabriel (1)—Peter Gabriel
95. One World––John Martyn
96. Boston—Boston
97. Prelude—Deodato
98. Third—The Soft Machine
99. Free Hand—Gentle Giant
100. Fish Out of Water--Chris Squire

101. Remember The Future—Nektar
102. Something/Anything—Todd Rundgren
103. Ashes Are Burning—Renaissance
104. Songs in The Key of Life—Stevie Wonder
105. BJ4—Bob James
106. L'araignée-mal--Atoll
107. Journey to The Centre of The Eye—Nektar
108. Celebrate Me Home--Kenny Loggins
109. Close to You--The Carpenters
110. Street Life--The Crusaders
111. Straight Ahead--Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
112. Secret Treaties—Blue Öyster Cult
113. Recycled—Nektar
114. Jesus Christ Superstar
115. Pollen--Pollen
116. Wind and Wuthering—Genesis
117. Moonmadness—Camel
118. Solar Music (Live)--Grobschnitt
119. Original Soundtrack—Godspell
120. St. Radigunds—Spirogyra
121. Talking Book—Stevie Wonder
122. Spectres—Blue Öyster Cult
123. "Orange"—Jeff Beck Group
124. Toto--Toto
125. Pretzel Logic--Steely Dan
126. Prologue--Renaissance
127. The Year of The Cat—Al Stewart
128. Harlem River Drive--Harlem River Drive
129. Quadrophenia—The Who 
130. L’isola di niente—Premiata Forneria Marconi 
131. 4 + 4--The Isley Brothers
132. Crisis? What Crisis?--Supertramp
133. To The Highest Bidder—Supersister
134. H to He, Who Am The Only One--Van Der Graaf Generator
135. Going for The One—Yes
136. X-Dreams--Annette Peacock
137. Imaginary Voyage—Jean-Luc Ponty
138. Moonflower—Santana
139. Tapestry—Carole King
140Rust Never Sleeps—Neil Young
141. You Can't Tune a Fish, But You Can Tune a Piano--REO Speedwagon
142. One of These Nights—The Eagles
143. Thoughts--Zyma
144. Kings of Oblivion--Pink Fairies
145. Can't Buy a Thrill--Steely Dan
146. Ambrosia--Ambrosia
147. Octopus—Gentle Giant
148. What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits--Doobie Brothers
149. Stormcock--Roy Harper
150. Voyage of the Acolyte—Steve Hackett

151. Huascaran--Fermáta
152. Carpenters--The Carpenters
153. Seven Secrets—Fruupp
154. Down to Earth—Nektar
155. Flame--Ronnie Laws
156. Silk Degrees--Boz Scaggs
157. Dreamboat Annie--Heart
158. Please Don't Touch!--Steve Hackett
159. Heart String--Earl Klugh
160. Hydra--Toto
161. Focus Con Proby--Focus
162. Hoelderlin's Traum--Hoelderlin
163. Careless--Stephen Bishop
164. LegEnd--Henry Cow
165. Before and After Science--Brian Eno
166. Heavy Weather—Weather Report
167. Ahora Mazda--Ahora Mazda
168. Heads--Bob James
169. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I’d Do It All Over You--Caravan
170. Melos--Cervello
171. Erwartung--Eden
172. A Wizard/A True Star--Todd Rundgren
173. Ghosts—Strawbs
174. 801 Live--801
175. For Girls Who Grow Plump in The Night--Caravan
176. Alphataurus--Alphataurus
177. Private Parts & Pieces--Anthony Phillips
177. Encore (Live 1977)—Tangerine Dream
180. Pictures--Island
181. Elegant Gypsy—Al DiMeola
182. Streetlife Serenade—Billy Joel
183. Escenes--Gotic
184. Olias of Sunhillow--Jon Anderson
185. Three--Bob James
186. Blow by Blow--Jeff Beck
187. IV--Led Zeppelin
188. One of a Kind—Bruford
189. Outlands d'Amour--The Police
190. Force Majeure--Tangerine Dream
191. Les Porches--Maneige
192. We’ll Talk About It Later—Nucleus
193. Abraxas—Santana
194. Terje Rypdal—Terje Rypdal
195. Unorthodox Behaviour—Brand X
196. Realization—Eddie Henderson
197. Forse le lucciole non si amano più-Locanda Delle Fate
198. Ramshackled--Alan White
199. Contre-Courant—Opus-5
200. Fairyport—Wigwam

201. Product—Brand X
202. Drama—Yes
203. Carmel--Joe Sample
204. Looking Thru--Passport
205. Dreams--Dreams
206. II--Chicago
207. The Yes Album—Yes
208. Mwandishi--Herbie Hancock
209. Ys--Il Balletto di Bronzo
210. Present from Nancy--Supersister 
211. Love and Learn--Tom Powers
213. Maxophone--Maxophone
214. Inside Out--Eddie Henderson
215. Polar A.C.--Freddie Hubbard
216. Black Market--Weather Report
217. Court & Spark--Joni Mitchell
218. The Wall--Pink Floyd
219. New Chatauqua--Pat Metheny
210. Musicmagic--Return to Forever
211. Rockpommel's World--Grobschnitt
212. Univers Zero (1313)--Univers Zero
213. Hotel California--The Eagles
214. Acquiring The Taste--Gentle Giant
215. Cherry Five--Cherry Five
216. Elton John--Elton John
217. Future Legends--Fruupp
218. Celestial Ocean--Brainticket
219. We'll Talk About It Later--Nucleus
220. Mirage--Klaus Schulze
221. The Captain and Me--Doobie Brothers
222. Ragnarök--Ragnarök
223. Look at Yourself--Uriah Heep
224. Tommy--The Who
225. A Passion Play--Jethro Tull
226. Peter Gabriel (II)--Peter Gabriel
227. Crossings--Herbie Hancock
228. Red--King Crimson
229. Contaminazione--Il Rovescio della Medaglia
230. Enigmatic Ocean--Jean-Luc Ponty
231. Southern Comfort--The Crusaders
232. Garden of Eden--Passport
233. Ambient 1: Music for Airports--Brian Eno
234. Arbeit Macht Frei—AREA
235. Another Green World--Brian Eno
236. Pyramid--Alan Parsons Project
237. Discreet Music--Brian Eno
238. Piano Man--Billy Joel
239. Frampton Comes Alive!--Peter Frampton
240. In A Glass House--Gentle Giant
241. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road--Elton John
242. Ash Ra Tempel-Ash Ra Tempel
243. X--Klaus Schulze
244. Halloween--Pulsar
245. Sweet Baby James--James Taylor
246. Aqualung--Jethro Tull
247. Sextant--Herbie Hancock
248. Battlement--Neuschwanstein
249. Of Queues and Cures--National Health
250. The Six Wives of Henry VIII--Rick Wakeman

251. Reviure--Atila
252. The Rotters' Club--Hatfield and the North
253. Tarkus--ELP
254. The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys--Traffic
255. Angelic Music--Iasos
256. Malesch--Agitation Free
257. Hosianna Mantra--Popul Vuh