Album title game

[Manatee]

The only PG that I've still only got on vinyl.

I actually don't own the later PG solos *at all*, which is pretty shocking given I'm a complete fanatic about his earlier stuff.  The first four (and Plays Live, which is almost totally songs from those four) are stellar stuff IMO. So had a few real winners and some stuff that I found disappointing.  I don't actually recall if I purchased Us.  I have nothing after that at all (this from someone who was willing to suffer the indignity of owning the Against All Odds soundtrack just to have a copy of PG's "Walk Through the Fire") as he seemed to have gone totally off on some sort of world beat/ambient tangent, which was not of interest to me.  If I missed some important later albums, by all means, please clue me in.


Don't Tell a Soul - The Replacements

[Steve Jones]

If I missed some important later albums, by all means, please clue me in.

Well, it seems I've only got Us, Up and Secret World Live that you've not got - I've not gone for things like soundtracks or 'Blue Ball'.  I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the ones I've not bothered with, indeed I've not heard them, but in a world of far too much music to ever listen to they're low priorities for me.

Us and Up I like very much and I wouldn't have said there was anything 'world' or 'ambient' about them in the foreground, just as textures behind PG working in pretty much familiar territory for me.  Trust me, I'll run a mile to avoid anything 'world' and his mainstream albums don't get me heading for the horizon.  Gabriel has always thrown different things into the melting pot and I'd say the (excellent) barbershop bit on the first album sticks out more than anything on the later stuff.

It's a personal thing, I know, but next to 'Plays Live' it's the fourth album that I find least appealing of all.  Not much wrong with the music, but I don't care for the stark and empty sound quality.


Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart

[Manatee]

Well, it seems I've only got Us, Up and Secret World Live that you've not got - I've not gone for things like soundtracks or 'Blue Ball'.  I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the ones I've not bothered with, indeed I've not heard them, but in a world of far too much music to ever listen to they're low priorities for me.

Us and Up I like very much and I wouldn't have said there was anything 'world' or 'ambient' about them in the foreground, just as textures behind PG working in pretty much familiar territory for me.  Trust me, I'll run a mile to avoid anything 'world' and his mainstream albums don't get me heading for the horizon.  Gabriel has always thrown different things into the melting pot and I'd say the (excellent) barbershop bit on the first album sticks out more than anything on the later stuff.

It's a personal thing, I know, but next to 'Plays Live' it's the fourth album that I find least appealing of all.  Not much wrong with the music, but I don't care for the stark and empty sound quality.

Interesting indeed.  While "world music" ain't my cuppa, I very much liked what PG did with African-like percussion on his 4th.  It is indeed a personal thing since I consider his 4th (as well as his 3rd) to be up in the stratosphere of albums along with the likes of Deadwing.  On the following albums, it seemed to me that he either lost some subtlety or whimsy or some quality, whatever it is, that made his music really resonate with me.  Maybe I'm just an elitist snob and didn't think MTV-viewers were worthy of sharing him with me.   

Pictures at an Exhibition - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

[Steve Jones]

Maybe I'm just an elitist snob and didn't think MTV-viewers were worthy of sharing him with me.   

That's spooky.  I originally wrote something along the lines of the key evolution to me seemed to be the MTV-friendliness of the obvious singles rather than any world or ambient leanings, but replaced it with the barbershop bit as I didn't want to appear an elitist snob

Anyway, I guess with someone so visual over the years, MTV was always going to be a given.


Pictures at Eleven - Robert Plant

[Manatee]

That's spooky.  I originally wrote something along the lines of the key evolution to me seemed to be the MTV-friendliness of the obvious singles rather than any world or ambient leanings, but replaced it with the barbershop bit as I didn't want to appear an elitist snob

Just remember, being an elitist snob is good clean fun as long as you're expressing your elitism to others you consider "us" as opposed to those you consider "the ignorant peasants."      For the record, I love the barbershop (I assume you mean 'Excuse Me') on album one.   I think of that as him being playful rather than an abandonment of his prog deity duties.  If you hadn't noticed, I'm a big fan of playful -- otherwise there's no way I could be such a big Devinhead.  As Will Smith once described Matt Damon after they worked on a film together, "He's a very silly boy."


Moving Pictures - Rush

[Steve Jones]

Moving Waves - Focus

[maddox]

Permanent Waves [ Rush ] 

[Manatee]

Permanent Vacation - Aerosmith

[Steve Jones]

Plugged in Permanent - Anvil

[maddox]

MTV Unplugged In New York [ Nirvana ] 

[Steve Jones]

New York - Lou Reed

[Manatee]

New York Dolls - New York Dolls

[Teunis]

Under A New Sign - Knight Area

[Steve Jones]

New England - Wishbone Ash

[Manatee]

Selling England by the Pound - Genesis

[Steve Jones]

Once Upon A Time In England Vol 1 - Pendragon

[Teunis]

Another Lifetime - Simon Phillips

[Steve Jones]

Silence of Another Kind - Paatos

[maddox]

Another 700 Miles [ 3 Doors Down ]

[Steve Jones]

More Miles Per Hour - John Miles

[Teunis]

One More Twist - John Watts

[Steve Jones]

Ten More Turnips From The Tip - Ian Dury

[Bupie]

Another Lifetime - Simon Phillips

Nice album 

Turn Back - Toto 

[Steve Jones]

Turn of the Cards - Renaissance

[Teunis]

Turn Of A Friendly Card - Alan Parsons Project