Albums you are truly obsessed with!

My newest obsession.
This is in steady rotation on my truck's iPod.



Sadly Higney pulled everything from youtube except for this video review of this masterpiece, the clip explains his greatness.

 

The Wedding Present- Seamonsters

 

Bob Dylan- Blood On The Tracks
The Smiths- The Queen Is Dead
Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead
Bob Dylan- Love and Theft
Jayhawks- Hollywood Town Hall
Grateful Dead-Europe 72
Rolling Stones-Tattoo You
Neil Young - Mtv Unplugged
Warren Zevon- Excitable Boy
CCR- Chronicle
Lynyrd Skynyrd-One More From The Road
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Leonard Cohen- Ten New Songs
Rolling Stones- Exile On Main St
Bob Dylan- Highway 61
Rolling Stones- Sticky Fingers
The Band- self Titled
Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan- Modern Times
Rolling Stones- Goats Head Soup Mickboy
Neil Young- Live Rust
Harry Chapin- Greatest Stories Live
Rolling Stones- Beggars Banquet
Rolling Stones- Hot Rocks
Neil Young- After The Goldrush
Neil Young- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
CSN- CSN
Rolling Stones- Some Girls- Deluxe
Van Morrison- Moondance
Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
Doors- Doors
Neil Young On The Beach
Leonard Cohen- Live In London
Bob Dylan- Tell Tale Signs
Bruce Springsteen- Darkness On Edge Of Town
Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run
Bob Dylan- Time Out Of Mind
Grateful Dead- American Beauty
Rolling Stones- Stripped
Rolling Stones- Ya Ya's
Neil Young- Tonights The Night
David Bowie-Huny Dory
David Bowie- Ziggy Srardust........
Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska



These get regular steady plays thru my life.

 

Vinyl ? CD ?

 

Incredible choices! So many of these are favorites of mine as well. Reading through this could almost be a list of my own collection, at least when it comes to the men. I was really glad to see some love for Leonard's Ten New Songs--a beautiful and very overlooked record. It's like comfort food just reading this list.


I love music very much and have a lot of favorites, but I would use 'obsession' perhaps to explain how I feel about certain periods in various artists' collections, when I think they were doing really special work:

The Rolling Stones: 1968-1973 (Beggars Banquet through Goats Head Soup)
Joni Mitchell: 1971-1977 (Blue through Don Juan's Reckless Daughter)
Tori Amos: 1992-2002 (Little Earthquakes through Scarlet's Walk)
Bob Dylan: 1965-1976 (Bringing It All Back Home through Desire)
Bob Dylan: 1997-present (Time Out of Mine to present day)
Bruce Springsteen: 1973-1984 (Greetings through Born in the USA)
Genesis: 1971-1976 (Nursery Cryme through W&W)
The Doors: 1967-1971 (while Jim was alive)
CCR: 1968-1972 (career)
Leonard Cohen: 1967-1971 (Songs trilogy)
Leonard Cohen: 2001-2016 (Ten New Songs through You Want It Darker)
Grateful Dead: 1970
Neil Young: 1970s catalog
The Band: 1968-1977 (original lineup years)
Van Morrison: 1968-1970 (Astral Weeks through His Band & Street Choir)
Tom Petty: 1979-1982 (Jimmy Iovine records)
Tom Petty: 1994-1999 (Rick Rubin records)
Bjork: 1993-2001 (Debut through Vespertine)
Kate Bush: 1978-1989 (The Kick Inside through The Sensual World)
PJ Harvey: 1992-2000 (Dry through Stories from the City)
Fiona Apple: 1996-present (all 4 records)
The Sundays: 1990-1997 (whole career)

 

I've got to ask -- what was it about 1970 Dead that most captured your interest? I only ask as a person obsessed with the 1965-1994 period.

 

I just love the songwriting on Workingman's Dead and American Beauty so much, with those beautiful arrangements. I really love 'Americana' side of the Dead. I really tried to fall in love with their live stuff and their more psychedelic stuff (and there is some great stuff there) but it is that pair of 1970 records that really speak to me. The kind of music that can wash you clean.

 

Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels On Gravel Road
Patti Smith- Horses
U2- The Joshua Tree
Lucinda Williams- Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Lou Reed- Transformer
Lyle Lovett- I Love Everybody
PJ Harvey- Stories From City, Stories From Sea
Ryan Adams-Gold
Grateful Dead - Skulls and Roses
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Fleetwood Mac- The Dance
Allman Brothers- Fillmore
Lucinda Williams- Lucinda Williams
Nirvana- Mtv Unplugged
Beck- Sea Change
Aerosmith-Debut
CSN- Boat Album
Boz Skaggs- Silk Degrees
Bob Segar- Live Bullet
Byrds- Sweetheart Of The Radio
Byrds- Mr. Tambourine Man
R.E.M.- Automatic For The People
Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic
Rod Stewart- Gasoline Alley
Whiskytown - Strangers Almanac
Who- Live At Leeds
Rolling Stones- Brussels Affair
U2 Achtung Baby
Traveling Wilbury's- 1
Mick Jagger- Wandering Spirit
Dire Straits- Debut
Linda Ronstadt- Heart Like A Wheel
Keith Richards- Crosseyed Heart
Rod Stewart- Unplugged
Johnny Cash- live at Folsom Prison
Gene Clark- White Light
Flying Burrito Brothers- Gilded Palace Of Sin
Elvis Presley- In Memphis
Chuck Berry- Great 28
Byrds- Notorious Byrd Brothers
Manassas- Manassas
Buffalo Springfield- BS Again
Graham Nash- Songs For Beginniners
Animals- Best Of
Warren Zevon- The Wind
Waterboys- This Is The Sea
Waterboys- Fisherman's Blues
Bob Dylan- Desire
Bob Dylan - Completely Unplugged
Rolling Stones- Handsome Girls boot
Beach Boys- Friends
Beach Boys- Wild Honey
Steve Earle- Guitar Town
Emmylou Harris- Wrecking Ball
Emmylou Harris- Red Dirt Girl
Willie Nelson- Phases and Stages
Kris Kristifferson- Kristofferson
Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
Bob Marley- Legend
Alejandro Escovedo- Gravity
Buddy Holly- 18 hits
David Crosby- If I Could Only Remember My Name
CSNY- Deja Vu
Stephen Stills- 1 and 2
Counting Crowes- August and Everything After
Black Crowes- Southern Harmony and Music
Black Crowes- Shake Your Moneymaker
Grateful Dead'- Cornell 77
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
The Smiths- The Smiths
The Cure- Disintegration
Prince- Sign O Times
Talking Heads-77
Talking Heads- Stop Making Sense
Tom Petty- Wildflowers
John Hiatt- Live From Austin
Joni Mitchell- Court and Spark
Bonnie Raitt- Luck Of The Draw
Bonnie Raitt- Nick Of Time
Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker
Sound Of Music- Soundtrack
Gram Parsons- Grevious Angel
Stone Roses- Stone Roses
The Triffids- In The Pines
The Band- Music From Big Pink
Beatles- Revolver
Peter Wolf- Midnight Souvenirs
Johnny Cash- Live San Quentin
Beatles- Rubber Soul
Pink Floyd- Dark Side Of Moon
Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
Stevie Wonder- Innerversions
Peter Wolf- Sleepless
Bob Dylan- Tempest
Tracy Chapman- Tracy Chapman
Jayhawks- Blue Earth
Lucinda Williams- Essence
Jayhawks- Tomorrow The Green Grass
Rolling Stones- Debut
Beatles- Red and Blue albums
Sturgill Simpson- Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Paul Simon- Graceland
The Who- Who's Next
Jayhawks- Rainy Day Music
Grateful Dead- Wake Of The Flood
Fleetwood Mac- Fleetwood Mac
Peter Green's- Fleetwood Mac
Stephen Stills- Carry On Boxset
John Mayall- Bluesbreaker
David Crosby- Voyage Box
Neil Young- Decade
Neil Young- Harvest Moon
Graham Nash- Relections Box
George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
Paul McCartney- Ram
John Lennon- Plastic Ono
John Mellencamp- Lonesome Jubilee
U2- Zooropa
U2- Boy
John Mellancamp- Scarcrow
Old Crow Medicine Show- Does Blonde On Blonde
John Cougar- American Fool
Grateful Dwad- From The Mars Hotel
Gregg Allman- Laid Back
Al Kooper/ Bloomfield- Super Session
Alice Cooper Band- Killer
Jeff Buckley- Grace
Alice Cooper Band -Love It To Death
Rush- Exit Stage Left
Cream- Disraeli Gears
Rush Moving Pictures
ELO- Out Of The Blue
Elton John- Greatest Hits 1 and 2
Elton John- Goidby Yellow Brick Rd
Jerry Lee Lewis- Killer Country
Echo And Bunnyman- Ocean Rain
Jerry Lee Lewis- Live at Star Club- Hamburg
Jerry Garcia- Garcia
Dr John- Gris Gris
Eagles- Desperado
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
Derek and Dominoes- Lalya and Ither Assorted Love Songs
Neville Brothers- Yellow Moon
Dire Straits- Brothers In Arms
Pretenders- 1 and 2
Echo & The Bunnyman- Heaven Up Here
Johnny Cash- American Recordings
New York Dolls- NYD
Nick Cave- Boatmans Call
Kurt Vile- B'lieve I'm Going Down
Leinard Cohen- The Future
Leonard Cohen- I'm Your Man
Allman Brothers- Eat A Peach
Kinks- Face To Face
Allman Bothers- Brothers And Sisters
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Nina Simone- Pastel Blues
Rhiannon Giddens- Tomorrow Is My Turn
Roxy Music- Avalon
Smiths- Louder Than Bombs
Nanci Griffith- Last Of The True Believers
Live- Throwing Copper
Johnny Winter- Still Alive and Well
David Bowie- Lodger
Live- Mental Jewelry
Willie Nelson- Red Headed Stranger
Velvet Underground & Nico- Bananna album
Lou Reed- New York
Kd Lang- Ingenuine
Lou Reed- Berlin
Warren Zevon- Stand In The Fire
Talking Heads- Remain In Light
Todd Rundgren- Something / Anything?
Townes Van Zandt- Live At The Old Quater
Billy Bragg and Wilco- Mermaid Ave
Nick Waterhouse- Time's All Gone
Willie Nelson- Across The Borderline
J Geils- Full House
Neil Diamond- Greatest Hits
Kd Lang- Shadowland
Simon And Garfunkel- Greatest Hits
Police- Ghost In The Machine

 

New Riders Of The Purple Sage- Panama Red
Mark Knopfler- Privateering
Alan Jackson-Freight Train
The Mavericks- In Time
AC/DC- Back In Black
Tedeschi Trucks- Made Up Mind
My Morning Jacket- Z
Richard & Linda Thompson- Shoot Out The Lights
Cars- Cars
Jake Bugg- Jake Bugg
Los Lobos- Kiko
Artic Monkeys- Whatever People Say.......
Bruce Springsteen- The River
Eric Burdon- River Runs Dry
U2- All That You Can't Leave Behind
Sinead O Conner- I Do Not Want What I Havent Got
Van Morrison- His Band And The Street Choir
Jethro Tull-Aqualong
Michael Jackson- Thriller
Cure- Head On The Door
Neil Young- Time Fades Away
Mudcrutch- Mudcrutch
Bruce Springsteen- Born In The USA
Prince- Purple Rain
Tallest Man on Earth- Shallow Grave
Flaming Lips- Soft Bulletin
Uncle Tupelo- No Depression
Son Volt- Trace
Meters- Rejuvenation
Steve Earle- Copperhead Road
Joan Armatrading - Show Some Emotion
Afghan Whigs- Gentlemen
Neil Young- American Stars and Bars
Wilco- Being There
Neil Young- Zuma
Kinks- One For The Road
Arcade Fire- Neon Bible
4 Non Blondes- Bigger Better Faster More
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
Drive By Truckers- Southern Rick Opera
Simply Red- Picture Book
Shania Twain- Come On Over
Pavement- Crooked Rain
Leonard Cohen- You Want It Darker
Iggy Pop- Lust For Life
U2- How To Dismantle An Atomic Bonb
Amy Winehouse- Back To Black
Bill Fay- Bill Fay
Drive By Truckers- Decoration Day
Neil Young- Silver And Gold
Mekons- Fear and Whiskey
Cake- Prolonging The Magic
Neil Young- Sleeps With Angels
James Gang- Rides Again
Crowded House- Woodface
Natalie Merchant- Tigerlilly
Beach House- Bloom
Adele- 21
U2- Pop
Van Morrison- Veedon Fleece
Thin Lizzy- Live And Dangerous
Drive By Truckers- Dirty South
10,000 Maniacs- Unplugged
Kinks- Something Else
T Rex- Electric Warrior
U2- No Line On The Horizon
Neil Young- Praire Wind

 

That is so cool! It never occurred to me to start collecting multiple copies of the album. As for me, I've got a coffee mug, a bomber jacket (!) and several of the related singles/picture sleeves. I even have a GITM bumper sticker buried somewhere, but I couldn't find it for this pic:

 

Love - forever changes
Parliament- Mothership connection
Zombies- odessy & oracle

 

Gentle Giant - In A Glass House
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
Ornette Coleman - The Shape Of Jazz To Come

 

"Prist=Aura" - The Church (Australian alternative rock band)
"The Innocent Age" - Dan Fogelberg
"Nether Lands" - Dan Fogelberg
"From Elvis In Memphis" (Deluxe Edition) - Elvis Presley
Various albums - Frank Sinatra

 

The American Breed's Lonely Side Of The City.

 

A Hard Day’s Night - The Beatles
Rubber Soul (US version) - The Beatles
Abbey Road - The Beatles
This Year’s Model - Elvis Costello
Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello
Pure Pop for Now People - Nick Lowe
Willy and the Poor Boys - Creedance Clearwater Revival
Hoodoo Man Blues - Junior Wells
Crawfish Fiesta - Professor Longhair
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

If I could only keep ten albums, these are the ones that I would own.

 

So you only listen to classic rock?

 

Spent June - August 2018 on Kasabian (Best Band 21st Century!)
Particularly West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Velociraptor.
Phenominal

(So you have some idea of my music taste-to determine if you'll listen)
Tastes always changing, roaming over decades.
Wide variety-these are very tiny sampling at random, chosen to highlight diversity
- blues rock - i.e.Jeff Healey, Robert Cray, funk fav.- Gap Band,
rock - too many to mention, Alternative - Spoon. New Wave/ Post Punk/Alternative
- Echo & the Bunnymen, Siouxsie & The Banshees

 

The Soundtrack to Eddie Lives.
New Colony Six (Breakthrough)
Strange Wheather by Glenn Frey
Grand Funk -Were An American Band

 

The ones I've been coming back to for a number of years:

REM - Automatic for the People
Patti Smith - Easter
Kate Bush - Never For Ever
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold

And my newer obsessions:

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
Mary Gauthier - The Foundling
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
Arcade Fire - Reflektor