For this week’s Listography from Kate Takes 5 we’re asked for our top five albums, one per band. For once I’ve decide to play by the real spirit of the game and restrict myself to rock/pop and not include classical music. So here’s my selection, in no particular order …
| 1. Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here There are no special stories attached to any of these albums and I can’t tell you why I choose most of them except that I enjoy them. But Wish You Were Here is throughout a brilliant piss-take although you need to know the culture of the 60s and 70s to get much of it. For me this and Dark Side of the Moon (hard to choose between them) are classic Floyd and indeed classic rock – but then this is the rock of my (formative) post-grad days. Pink Floyd on Facebook. |
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| 2. The Beatles, Abbey Road I was going to say this is the album where the Beatles started “doing it for me”, but that’s not quite true as I think that was probably Sergeant Peppers. I had to toss a coin between Abbey Road and Let It Be; Abbey Road wins by a short head. Again this is for me the quintessential music of my undergraduate years – I never really did get the very heavy rock of King Crimson and the like – but there was so much really great rock music around then. The Beatles on Facebook |
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| 3. Yes, Close to the Edge Lyrical rock again from my post-grad days. I have to thank my then flat-mate Geoff for introducing me to both Yes and Caravan. And who can forget thos Roger Deam album covers?! Find Yes on Facebook. |
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| 4. Caravan, For Girls that Grow Plump in the Night What do you mean you’ve never heard of Caravan? They’re a British band (originally from Canterbyr). And no, they weren’t a one hit wonder – they’re still touring and recording! You can find Caravan on Facebook too. See also Yes, above! |
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| 5. Moody Blues, Octave Earlier Moody Blues (On the Threshold of a Dream, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour) are again the stuff of my student days. And listening to them again recently I found their mood rather depressing. Octave is a bit later and resonates more with me. Moody Blues on Facebook. |
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And I haven’t even mentioned Dire Straits, Queen, The Who, Rolling Stones …
Now a bigger challenge would be to find ones favourite five tracks (but only one per band). Hmmm … hard … and they wouldn’t necessarily come off these five albums!
Anyone else for choosing five albums?
Gotta love the Moody Blues and the Beatles! Off to have a search into Yes and Caravan now – always up for discovering new music (even if the only person it is 'new' to is me!)Pink Floyd always lost me a little bit but I guess it's because I don't get a lot of their references etc due to being of the wrong era…
Ah you old rocker you! Love your choices – though can't say I've heard of Caravan either…perhaps it's their choice of album title!!
@Carole … Yes, I understand not getting bands; it's like I never got The Police, Spice Girls, WestLife and whoever the current equivalents are – just not my era. I'm even surprised Dire Straits nearly crept onto my list.@Kate … Never was a Rocker, or a MOD … couldn't afford it. But I'll admit to the "old"! 🙁 But it was a brilliant era for music.
So hard to choose, you're right but I love your choices.Anne(Domesblissity)
Pink Floyd seem to be a popular choice! And rightly so.