of course but its a high bar for me now

I don’t know if I posted this during 73, but I finally listened to the album in full and the follow up he did in 76. This guy is a pretty underappreciated singer/songwriter and pop virtuoso. Similar to Todd Rundgren or Emitt Rhodes. There’s tracks on here that sound like Neil Young by way of Brian Wilson. Brilliant pop songwriting juxtaposed with tracks that come across like they’re on the verge of madness. The follow up from 76 sands off the edges, but makes up for it with how immaculately arranged and consistent it is.

gave the album a few spins pretty good

I can hear there Neil/Brian thing on So Fine (Its Frightening)

Yeah that one’s a gem too.

its peak

Did you ever listen to that Slade In Flame album? It’s got so much Oasis all over it. @Elric

@Elric that BT express album is nice

Yeah I've had both Slade albums in rotation, definitely some great highlights.

Dont think I was getting a lot of Oasis though which songs?

How Does It Feel and Far Far Away are very Oasis to me. Noel even said Slade were more a core part of their sound than the Beatles and cited that first song. I totally hear the latter in their big anthemic stuff like Don’t Look Back in Anger. Summer Song (Wishing You Were Here) also captures that feeling.

ok we've been on this year longer than I thought lol gonna try and wrap it up asap

ok yeah I can hear it in the Far Far Away groove

always knew you'd inevitably slow down to real time pace

definitely inevitable but were still at half speed for now

which one of theses hard rock epics goes harder

boc > scorp > priest

knew you were gonna say that

Mick Taylor snapped on Time Waits For No One

Jagger snapped on Fingerprint File

IT GETS ME DOWWWWWNA

Time Waits for No One is a fav Stones track at this point.

ok here's my short list for the year. Gonna try a ranking. probably missing some but I'll add them later

1. Robert Wyatt - Alifib

Dolly Parton - Jolene
Deep Purple - Burn
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge Part 2
Mike Oldfield - Hergest Ridge Part 1
Joni Mitchell - Raised On Robbery
Joni Mitchell - Car Hill Town
Joni Mitchell - Trouble Child
Genesis - In The Cage
Genesis - The Colony of Slippermen
Genesis - Carpet Crawlers
Genesis - Lillywhite Lillith
Genesis - The Lamia
Genesis - It
Al Green - Take Me To The River
Minnie Riperton - Lovin' You
Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
Robert Wyatt - Little Red Hiding Hood
Robert Wyatt - Alifie
Brian Eno - On Some Faraway Beach
Brian Eno - Back in Judy's Jungle
Brian Eno - Burning Airlines Give You So Much More
Brian Eno - Third Uncle
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
Yes - The Garden Of Delirium
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Neil Young - On The Beach
Neil Young - Ambulance Blues
Neil Young - See The Sky About To Rain
Neil Young - Revolution Blues
Gene Clark - No Other
Edgar Froese - Aqua
Popol Vuh - Einsjäger & Siebenjäger
David Bowie - Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise)
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
David Bowie - 1984
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Tangerine Dream - Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares
King Crimson - Starless
King Crimson - Red
Todd Rundgren - Lord Chancellor's Nightmare
Todd Rundgren - Everybody's Going to Heaven/King Kong Reggae
Todd Rundgren - I Think You Know
The Residents - N-Er-Gee (Crisis Blues)
The Residents - Spotted Into Bean
Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us
Sparks - Amateur Hour
Sparks - Thank God It's Not Christmas
Van Morrison - You Don’t Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push The River
Van Morrison - Cul De Sac
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
John Cale - Fear's A Man's Best Friend
John Cale - Ship Of Fools
John Cale - Barracuda
Bachmann Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet
John Denver - Annie's Song
Supertramp - Crime Of The Century
Supertramp - School
Supertramp - Hide in Your Shell
Mothers Of Invention Be-Bop Tango
Henry Cow - Ruins
Nico - You Forget To Answer
Nico - Valley Of The Kings
Roxy Music - The Thrill Of It All
Roxy Music - Out Of The Blue
Ron Wood - I Can Feel The Fire
Ron Wood - Far East Man
Jackson Brown - several songs
Richard & Linda Thompson - several songs
Gram Parsons - Love Hurts
Kiss - Strutter
UFO - Doctor Doctor
UFO - Rock Bottom
Big Star - September Gurls
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
Queen - The March Of The Black Queen
Queen - White Queen (As It Began)
Queen - Ogre Battle - Fairy Feller's Master Stroke - Nevermore
Dadawah - Seventy Two Nations
Stevie Wonder - Heaven Is 10 Zillion Light Years Away
Stevie Wonder - They Won’t Go When I Go

In Trance is a great album but that's for 1975

still have to listen. I guess I'm done with focusing solely on Metal. Bowie saved me from eternal darkness. Again

EDIT: listening now. first song is beautiful

For The Turnstiles didn't make the cut or Dead Finks or HCTWJ

lmao how did he save you this time

"Metal Hammer included Fly To The Rainbow on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". Staff writer Simon Young wrote: "Despite their success, Scorpions have played fast and loose with what constitutes a decent album cover. That milk carton helmet would provide no protection when you're flying around with bin lids for feet. But that's Scorpions for you. Visionaries when it comes to unorthodox footwear."

just put on "Heroes", the album, and my mood lightened up immediately. Such an uplifting album.