Azeem, Interesting list - But how can you mention June Tabor, and not mention
Maddy Prior - their Silly Sisters albums are classics! Plus a second
reference to Camel! What a diverse group we have here.
On the XTC front, I agree that Black Sea is great, and irresistable, but not
even an honorable mention for Oranges and Lemons?
Okay, here's my take, in no particular order
Bruce Cockburn - In the Falling Dark (Humans a close second)
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (hmmm - 2 Bruce's, both with
Dark in the title?!?)
Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind (Imagine Joni writing something with the depth
of Hejira, today! - Yikes, I could be in hot water for that comment!)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Madman Across the Water when I'm in a
more serious mood)
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense (the original release - better version of
Psycho Killer!)
Beatles - Let It Be (Just kidding, Sgt. Peppers)
Joni - Hejira (or Blue, or For the Roses, or DJRD, or HOSL, or MOA, or SAL,
or CAS, etc., etc.)
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Ha! You figure it out!) (Actually, the
melted face one)
Steeleye Span - Below the Salt (Parcel of Rouges or All Around My Hat a very
close 2nd and 3rd)
Maddy Prior and June Tabor - Silly Sisters (The first one)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright (Transcendental Blues minus The Boy Who Never
Cried would probably have won)
Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Sinead O'Connor - Faith and Courage (Took a while, but this one really gets
under the skin)
Gentle Giant - In a Glass House (Great Progress Rock - One of my fav's from
that era)
Strawbs - From the Witchwood (Another Classic from days gone by)
Al Stewart - Past, Present and Future (A much overlooked masterpiece)
Joan Armatrading - What's Inside (This was really tough - Merchant of Love
pushed this one over the top)
Roy Harper - Bullinamingvase ("Maybe it's the job of rolling spliffs for
Captain Kirk, or giving Miss Lovelace a pubic hairdo" - ah, they just don't
write lyrics like that anymore)
Tom Waits - Mule Variations (House Where Nobody Lives, Georgia Lee - 'nough
said)
Beck - Midnite Vultures (Party on, Wayne!)
Laurie Anderson - Strange Angels
David Bowie - Scary Monsters (Teenage Wildlife is the ultimate Bowie song)
World Party - Goodbye Jumbo
XTC - Oranges and Lemons (Their White Album - Black Sea a very close second -
their Sgt Peppers)
This was pretty fun - I now know what I'll be listening to all weekend!
Jack
