Another My Top 100 thread

BTW, the melody of this Archipelago track reminds me heavily of Kate Bush's choir bit on "Hello Earth" (starting at 3:15).



Now listen to "Archipelago" again (especially after 3:05).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQgPFLLipY#at=262

I wonder if this is some older melody altogether.

 

I wish it wasn't just a one off. Eventually I'll checkout other albums by the group members. The title track is in my top 20 favorite songs.

I does sound similar. Googling a little, I found a video of Hellow Earth with the blurb stating that the choral part is a Georgian folk song so it could be that Archipelago got it from the same source.

 

I do have The In Sound From Way Out and love it. Like that video too so The Mix Up is going on my list of albums to check out. I don't care for rap vocals so I haven't been able to really get into their other stuff.

After Ruckus, Galactic's vocalist left the group. They didn't put out another album for a few years and on the next one they put out. From the Corner to the Block, they collaborated with a bunch of hip hop/rap artists. If you're into rap, it's worth checking out.

 

I noticed that the K&D Sessions were available for streaming so I checked them out and ended up buying it. I received it yesterday. Listening to Peace Orchestra now and liking it. It's funny that I start a thread to turn people on to music I love and I end up buying albums because of it.

 

Peace Orchestra is rattling my headphones.

 

1. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1973)
2. Steve Tibbets - YR (1980) also post 45
3. Pierre Moerlen's Gong - Gazeuze (1976)
4. John Zorn - O'o (2009)
5. Zero 7 - Simple Things (2001)
6. Céu - Céu (2005) also post 155
7. Gong - Angel's Egg (1973)
8. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare, Vol. 2: Judges (2011)
9. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 1 (2011)
10. Portishead - Dummy (1994)
11. Frank Zappa - Imaginary Diseases (2007) recorded during the 72 Petit Wazoo tour
12. Ekova - Heaven's Dust (1998)
13. Massive Attack - Mezanine (1998)
14. alphadiabetic - zzyzx (2009)
15. Paul Jacobs - Debussy: Image & Estampes (1979)
16. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)
17. Archipelago - Archipelago (2001)
18. Neneh Cherry & The Thing - The Cherry Thing (2012)
19. Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree (2008)
20. Mike Oldfield - Incantations (1978)
21. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982)
22. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
23. Leo Kottke - 6 and 12 String Guitars (1971)
24. Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries (1985)
25. Morphine - Cure for Pain (1993)
26. Gong - Comembert Electrique (1971)
27. Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
28. Massive Attack - Blue Lines (1991)
29. Cowboy Junkies - Open (2001)
30. Bob Marley - Natty Dread (1974)
31. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space (1997)
32. Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Shady Grove (1996)
33. Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues (1973)
34. Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions (1988)
35. Air - Moon Safari (1998)
36. Tito Puente - Top Percussion (1957)
37. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)
38. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
39. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Jamaican E.T. (2002)
40. Lounge Lizards - No Pain for Cakes (1987)
41. Planet Gong - Live Floating Anarchy (1977)
42. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
43. Various Artists - Putumayo Presents: Latin Lounge (2005)
44. Rashanim - Masada Rock (2005)
45. Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth (1961)
46. Thievery Corporation - The Cosmic Game (2005)
47. Ekova - Space Lullabies and Other Fantasmagore (2001)
48. Mouth Music - Mo-Di (1993)
49. Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
50. Steeleye Span - Below the Salt (1972)
]51. John Fahey - Live in Tasmania (1981)
52. SmoKing After - Impasse (2006)
53. Paris Combo - Motifs (2005)
54. Portishead - Portishead (1997)
55. Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm (1977))
56. Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
57. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969)
58. Thievery Corporation - Mirror Conspiracy (2000)
59. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
60. King Crimson - Red (1974)
61. Tabla Beat Science - Tala Matrix (2000)
62. Mouth Music - Mouth Music (1991)
63. Cal Tjader - Montery Concerts (1959)
64. Céu - Vagarosa (2009)
65. Cibelle - Cibelle (2003)
66. Bonobo - Black Sands (2010)
67. Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
68. Liquid Liquid - Liquid Liquid (1997) comp of EPs released between 81 and 83
69. Boozoo Bajou - Grains (2008)
70. Gary Burton & Chick Corea - Crystal Silence (1972)
71. Patrick & Eugene - Postcard from Summerisle (2004)
72. Ray Barretto - Acid (1968)
73. Galactic - Ruckus (2003)
74. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
75. Morphine - Yes (1995)
76. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (2006)
77. Paris Combo - Attraction (2001)
78. Tosca - No Hassle (2009)
79. Konono No. 1 - Assume Crash Position (2010)
80. Grant Green - Green Street (1961)
81. Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares - Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares (1990)
82. King Sunny Ade - Juju Music (1982)
83. Leo Kottke, John Fahey & Peter Lang - Leo Kottke, John Fahey & Peter Lang (1974)
84. Monsoon - Third Eye (1983)
85. Galactic - Crazyhorse Mongoose (1998)
86. Thunderball - Scorpio Rising (2001)
87. Osibisa - Osibisa (1971)
88. The Who - Who's Next (1971)
89. Niyaz - Niyaz (2005)
90. Bjork - Vespertine (2001)
91. Steve Tibbets - Exploded View (1987)
92. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)
93. Sleepy Sun - Embrace (2009)
94. The Raybeats - Guitar Beat (1981)
95. The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld (1991)
96. Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
97. Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky is Crying (1991) outtakes from the 80s
98. MIDIval PunditZ - MIDIval PunditZ (2002)
99. Terge Rypdal - Odyssey (1975)
100. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

 

I like rap, so I will give it a try. Thanks.

 

Glad you like it.

 

Just ordered it.

 

Yes, I googled something similar. It seems the melody was also used on the soundtrack to Wener Herzog's "Nosferatu", so maybe that made it a bit better known.

 

Ah, here it is. Definitely the same bit as on "Hello Earth".

 

What a fantastic album! I've probably sold 20 copies to friends over the years. Room-shaking bass on this one and the K&D Sessions.

 

It really did shake my headphones. I doubt I'll ever be able to listen without headphones. I won't at work with that much bass. My wife usually doesn't like any of my music, so I rarely can listen without headphones at home either. I really don't own a good speaker set up anymore anyway since it's been so long since I could use one.

 

83. Leo Kottke, John Fahey & Peter Lang - Leo Kottke, John Fahey & Peter Lang (1974)


A great acoustic guitar album, four songs each by three great guitarists. I haven't heard any other Peter Lang but his four songs on this album. Kottke and Fahey have other albums on this list, and a few that are just outside my top 100.

This is on the Takoma label that Fahey's founded in the late 50s. Leo Kottke's 6 and 12 String Guitars was the labels biggest hit and this was put out after that to give more exposure to Fahey and Lang. If you're a fan of finger picking guitar, it's well worth looking into this album.

Videos are hard to find for the tracks on this album. Fahey's tracks are all rerecordings of earlier songs and the earlier songs are what come up in searches. The same with two of Kotkke's. I was able to find one of Kottke's songs and two of Lang's, plus live versions of two more of Lang's songs.

Kottke - Red and White


Lang - As I Lay Sleeping
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIpfxtKQuXU

Lang - Thoth Song - mislabeled on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaOBOH9lH-8

Lang - St. Charles Shuffle - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sRsyEYfOW4

Lang - When Kings Come - live
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZBm7f6bALA

Fahey - Sunflower River Blues - live on the BBC 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHCskXe_s6o

Fahey - The Revolt of the Dyke Brigade - from Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6 (1967)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk_5M6g-zFA

Fahey - In Christ There Is No East or West - from Blind Joe Death (1959)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu-IF_p6W7Q

Kottke - Ice Miner - from Mudlark (1971)

 

84. Monsoon - Third Eye (1983)

The second Indian fusion album on my list. This is a wonderful album. I played it to death in the 80s and bought it was one of the first CDs I bought. Sheila Chandar is the singer on the album and she's what makes it great.

For Beatles fans, this has a great cover of Tomorrow Never Knows, though not as good as the original.

Because of looking this up now, I see that the album was rereleased in the 90s with bonus tracks, so I've just bought another album because of the list.

I could find videos for all of the tracks on the original album except Kashmir. The lyrics can be a little sappy but the music and singing is great.

Wings of the Dawn - strong opening track


Shakti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW_LwVtv0z0

Tomorrow Never Knows
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqAWr1Lda-0

Eyes - my favorite song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrtLygLyWdM

Third Eye & Tikka TV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYy4HA9MjBc

Ever So Lonely - there's a video of this song on Top of the Pops so it was a hit at least in Brittain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJsLYBmAzjQ

You Can't Take Me With You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHyFAYrueBs

And I You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0WYG2JyisA

Watchers of the Night - my least favorite song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSw4ScxnrQ8

Ever So Lonely - from Top of the Pops with some bad lip syncing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GEdO0fPvI

Ever So Lonely (Extended Video Remix By Boa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouIss1cBghk

Wings of the Dawn (Hindi version) - from 90s CD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG65nWeHNtU

 

86. Thunderball - Scorpio Rising (2001)


Yet another downtempo album. This is another local band on the ESL label. I'm not exactly sure how I heard of them. Possibly on Pandora or ESL's web site. ESL's web site used to let you listen to some full tracks, they don't any more.

This band takes their inspiration from 70s movie music, in this album's case blaxploitation movie music. Not all of the tracks have that vibe, but quite a few do. Overall, the band really embraces the lounge music label.

Heart of the Hustler - opening track and full on retro soul



Stereo Tonic - trip hop - official video with low sound levels. You'll need to crank it up, just remember to crank it back down afterwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m55NfE-_Uj8

Angela's Lament
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE0hqtUVCZc

Golden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B5-ciZcQX0

Vai Vai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7hgQrvEU-s

Domino
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKLvdwaqRzE

 

87. Osibisa - Osibisa (1971)


If I made a list like this in the 80s, this would have been in my top 10. I didn't discover Osibisa until the mid 80s when I saw this and Woyaya, their other album with a Roger Dean cover, in a record store and bought them because of the cover. Both were among my top played albums for the next 15 years. This is slightly my favorite of the two.

The band was formed in London in 1969 with three Ghanaian musicians and three Caribbean musicians. I have a few more of their albums, but the quality really drops off after the first two. It looks like they put out a new album in 2009 with good samples. I'm planning on streaming it later. This album is available on both Spotify and MOG.

I couldn't find a lot of videos for this album

The Dawn - not labeled as live, but it sounds like a live intro that doesn't quite match the album, the music does though. Another video with low sound levels.


Music for Gong Gong - more low sound levels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_GW74j2zac

Ayko Biya - turn it back down for this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rImdFdr-tc

I feel the need to post videos from Woyaya as well

Survival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7wCEl-sx8M

Move On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_avEMuuC9cE

Y Sharp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5-t8THAGx8

 

88. The Who - Who's Next (1971)


I'm not sure I need to write much for this album. The only thing that could be more of the usual suspects here would be The Beatles or Pet Sounds. I don't own all of The Who's albums, but of those that I own, this and Live at Leeds are the only ones I like every bit of it. The other albums all have bits and pieces I can live without, some albums a lot I can live without.

Baba O'Riley


Won't Get Fooled Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q

Behind Blue Eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfuWXRZe9yA

 

I know very few, must be too cerebral for me.......... I am a simple man........... but.......oh yeah, I do rock!!!

 

The list is over 1/3 rock, just not all the same old rock that makes everyone's list, although there is plenty of that too, including your avatar

Here's 39 rock albums from the list. I included Zappa even though these are jazzier albums, they're jazz/rock.

1. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo (1973)
7. Gong - Angel's Egg (1973)
9. Earth - Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 1 (2011)
11. Frank Zappa - Imaginary Diseases (2007) recorded during the 72 Petit Wazoo tour
14. alphadiabetic - zzyzx (2009)
16. Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)
20. Mike Oldfield - Incantations (1978)
21. Kate Bush - The Dreaming (1982)
22. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
25. Morphine - Cure for Pain (1993)
26. Gong - Comembert Electrique (1971)
27. Kate Bush - The Sensual World (1989)
29. Cowboy Junkies - Open (2001)
31. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space (1997)
33. Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues (1973)
34. Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions (1988)
38. Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') (1974)
41. Planet Gong - Live Floating Anarchy (1977)
42. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King (1969)
44. Rashanim - Masada Rock (2005)
49. Hawkwind - Space Ritual (1973)
50. Steeleye Span - Below the Salt (1972)
55. Hawkwind - Quark Strangeness & Charm (1977))
59. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
60. King Crimson - Red (1974)
68. Liquid Liquid - Liquid Liquid (1997) comp of EPs released between 81 and 83
73. Galactic - Ruckus (2003)
74. Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet (2007)
75. Morphine - Yes (1995)
76. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light (2006)
85. Galactic - Crazyhorse Mongoose (1998)
87. Osibisa - Osibisa (1971)
88. The Who - Who's Next (1971)
92. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)
93. Sleepy Sun - Embrace (2009)
94. The Raybeats - Guitar Beat (1981)
96. Pink Floyd - Animals (1977)
97. Stevie Ray Vaughan - The Sky is Crying (1991) outtakes from the 80s
100. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)

 

89. Niyaz - Niyaz (2005)


This is an electronica album with heavy Middle Eastern and South Asian influences. Two of the band members are Iranian and one American. They set medieval Persian and Sufi poetry to music. They sound a good bit like Ekova. I saw them at a free world music festival in Arlington, VA in 2006. Unfortunately, they decided to skip their sound check so played an abbreviated set due to equipment malfunction. What they did play was great.

Ghazal


Nahan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5PW2iorpM

Allahi Allah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKQw1iZ6X3A

The Hunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iio1iQhuJYM

Dunya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0jScQZCpyY

In the Shadow of Life - haunting singing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoygdvQ3mpI

Arezou - instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me1SxMCdo8g

Golzar - interesting video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_f0oLtC0Ig

Dilruba
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDJ4058e_VU

Minara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47xOT33IqDU

 

90. Bjork - Vespertine (2001)


This was the first Bjork album I bought and I didn't buy another for a few years. That's probably why this is my favorite. It's also probably the first trip hop album I bought, but I didn't hear about trip hop for a number of years so I had no idea.


Hidden Place


Cocoon - official video very odd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXlI6nCtVk

It's Not Up To You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS_PSvo_Tzo

Undo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyh0imXACK8

Frosti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb8xgoeDojE

Aurora
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnBfbutImXY

An Echo, A Stain - official video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgslrh-efv8

Sun in My Mouth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTCm4n3dPZc

Heirloom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgPYzj3ZtA0

Harm of Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQNNR19qU8

Unison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4kJ_8ZlDNw

 

92. Earth - The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008)

As I wrote on the first page, Earth is, or at was a drone doom metal band. From what I've read, they were the pioneers of the genre. In the mid 90s they disbanded. The band's leader bought the gun that Kurt Cobain used to commit suicide and was at a low point with drug addiction. They reformed in the mid 2000s. I'm not sure if metal fans would call what they're doing since they reformed. It's still drone based, but it doesn't have as hard an edge.

I discovered them when the album that's number 9 in the list, Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 1, came out in 2011. I fell in love with that album so much that I bought this one about a year ago. While, I don't like this as much as Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light, Vol. 1, it is still a great album.

Bill Frisell guests on three tracks.

Omens and Portents I: The Driver


Rise to Glory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNOuNR45DRw

Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bANnHbzjQis

Omens and Portents II: Carrion Crow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKT0vKI3W8Y

Hung from the Moon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoJjzpH3Ylc

The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYcQT8F58OU

 

93. Sleepy Sun - Embrace (2009)


Sleepy Sun is a neo-psychedelic band out of San Franscisco. I discovered the band in a free sampler from the 2010 SXSW festival. The track was from their second album Fever which wasn't out yet, but I liked the track enough to buy this album. It was really a bit of a coin toss over which album to include on the list, this one or Fever. They're both great albums. Their third album is not as good.

If you like other neo-psychedelic bands such as Bardo Pond, Wooden Shjips, or Brightblack Morning Light, you'll probably like this band as well.

New Age


Lord
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVdmBvYECWU

Red/Black
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-oST6_dsis

Sleepy Son
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3HlIy48SV8

Golden Artifact
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nsWsJbMrt0

White Dove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEem-lAHXZk

Snow Goddess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCWxpuUJ8TI

Duet With The Northern Sky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgC77adpsX4

 

94. The Raybeats - Guitar Beat (1981)


The Raybeats were an all instrumental, surf music band in the early 80s. They're a lot of fun. IMO they were parodying and paying homage to the 60s surf bands. It was all kind of a joke, but with great music and lots of energy. The CD reissue of this album has the tag line "America's Most Popular Combo". Funny thing to put on a band that only a few people know of. I saw them in concert, probably in 1983, at the 9:30 Club. They wore those cheezy, loud suits. They were a lounge revival act 10 years early. It was a great concert.

The bass player was one of the founding member of Los Straightjackets.

Until looking them up for this list, I never knew they put out another album. Unfortunately, both albums seem to be long out of print. It's a shame.

Tight Turn


Big Black Sneakers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjc9v2CTQx4

Tone Zone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W5HKnYiaqg

International Operator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Fe-tTaOjU

Calhoun Surf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_4rYIpaJ2o

Guitar Beat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol-13ITjtRw

Searching
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbBnqeBhPg

Piranha Salad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw9MzDu7ak8

Holiday Inn Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV3S26xgmm0

Andy's + 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejP1h3gwcyE

The Backstroke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlyz_oaBsRk