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CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL BORN ON THE BAYOU (1968-1972)
At a time when rock was evolving further and further away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthesis of rockabilly, swamp pop, R&B, and country. Though CCR was very much a group in their tight, punchy arrangements, their vision was very much singer, songwriter, guitarist, and leader John Fogerty's. Fogerty's classic compositions for Creedence both evoked enduring images of Americana and reflected burning social issues of the day. The band's genius was their ability to accomplish this with the economic, primal power of a classic rockabilly ensemble. (Source = AMG)
1. Suzy Q 2. Gloomy 3. Commotion 4. Green River 5. Down On The Corner 6. Fortunate Son 7. Born On The Bayou 8. Effigy 9. Proud Mary 10. Keep On Chooglin' 11. Ramble Tamble
12. I Heard It Through The Greapevine 13. Up Around The Bend 14. Pagan Baby 15. Someday Never Comes 16. Sweet Hitch-Hiker
CCR Top7 : 1. Cosmo's Factory (1970) 2. Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968) 3. Willy And The Poor Boys (1969) 4. Bayou Country (1969) 5. Green River (1969) 6. Mardi-Gras (1972) 7. Pendulum (1970)
HAWKWIND's history has been marked by a series of confusing line-ups through 40 or so personnel changes. Their sound has continued to metamorphose and evolve: an almost jazz feel ("Hawkwind"), the "experimental" & acoustic sounds of early releases ("In Search of Space"), changing to the metal sound of their days (mid 70's), and a modern electronic feel on the latest ("Electric Teepee"). Yes, one can detect definite evolutions. With the primary use of the synthesizer, heavy and delay with the touch of techno, HAWKWIND practically created a genre of music that be called: psychedelic space-rock. Their creativity seems to be in the use of the synths to add to the intense moods of their songs. They were the master of the acid-space rock genre. There are at least 100 total albums that are either compilations, EP's, bootlegs of live performances, etc. Be careful before buying live records : so many are multi-edited... (source : progarchives)
CD1 :
1. Hurry On Sundown 2. Cymbaline (Pink Floyd cover) 3. Master Of The Universe 4. Silver Machine 5. Born To Go 6. Brainstorm 7. Space Is Deep 8. Orgone Accumulator 9. 7 By 7
10. Web Weavers 11. Assault & Battery, part 1 12. Magnu 13. Spiral Galaxy 28948
CD2: 1. The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon 2. Spirit Of The Age 3. PXR5 4. Motorway City
5. World Of Tiers 6. Space Chase 7. Esperiment With Destiny 8. Shade Gate 9. Zarozinia 10. Dragons And Fables 11. Assassins Of Allah 12. Let Barking Dogs Lie 13. Sputnik Stan 14. Death Trap 15. Alchemy 16. Prairie 17. Luxotica 18. Greenback Massacre
My Hawkwind TOP3 : 1. In Search Of Space (1971) 2. Levitation (1979) 3. Warriors On The Edge Of Time (1975)
My Hawkwind BOTTOM3 : 1. Sonic Attack (1981) 2. The Xenon Codex (1988) 3. Space Bandits (1990)
Special Hawkwind Live recommended : 1. Space Ritual (1973) 2. Yule Ritual (2003) 3. Canterbury Fayre (2001)
How anachronic was a band such as Marillion when they released their debut album in 1983! Progressive Rock was, then, at best, outdated, at worst, dead. The British punk wave had done its work and, except for a few big names that changed their sound to a more 80's one, nobody, it seems, wanted anything to do with a new Progressive Rock band. Marillion's tour de force was to establish themselves as a genuine talent in a time and age that rejected those of their kind. From 1982 (their debut EP) to 1987, Marillion's fame grew exponentially as the band managed to give their music the 80's touch it needed to be accepted without ever compromising. It came as a shock when lead singer/lyricist Derek William Dick (a.k.a. Fish) decided to leave the band due to managerial and artistic differences with the other band members. Neither Marillion nor Fish as a solo artist ever regained the success they once had after that event. Four terrific and referential albums remain proving that Marillion was much more than just a 70's revival act. Those 12 songs all come from that era and are here for you to notice what a great band the five from Aylesbury were.
Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario; presently comprised of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band and its membership went through a number of re-configurations between 1968 and 1974, achieving their definitive form when Neil Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first U.S. tour. Since the release of the band's self-titled debut album in March 1974, Rush has become known for the instrumental skills of its members, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and libertarian philosophy, as well as addressing humanitarian, social, emotional, and environmental concerns. Musically, Rush's style has evolved over the years, beginning in the vein of blues-inspired heavy metal on their first album, then encompassing hard rock, progressive rock, a period dominated by synthesizers and, more recently, modern rock. Rush has won a number of Juno Awards, and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994. Over the course of their careers, the individual members of Rush have been acknowledged as being some of the most proficient players on their respective instruments, with each band member winning several awards in magazine readers' polls. As a group, Rush possesses 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. These statistics place Rush fifth behind The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kiss and Aerosmith for the most consecutive gold and platinum albums by a rock band. Rush also ranks 78th in U.S. album sales according to the RIAA with sales of 25 million units. Although total worldwide album sales are not calculated by any single entity, as of 2004 several industry sources estimated Rush's total worldwide album sales at over 40 million units.(source: Wikipedia) All that says how hard it was for me to select the 45 songs of this anthology. I've deliberately chosen to focus on Rush studio works. All the songs come from remastered editions of the original cd's at 320 kbps. Enjoy!
CD1 1. Find My Way 5:07 2. In The Mood 3:37 3. Anthem 4:16 4. By-Tor & The Snow Dog 8:40 5. Bastille Day 4:40
6. 2112 (extract) 6:54 7. A Passage To Bangkok 3:35 8. Something For Nothing 3:58 9. Closer To The Heart 2:55
10. Cinderella Man 4:22 11. Cygnus X-1 10:22 12. Circumstances 3:45 13. The Trees 4:22 14. La Villa Strangiato 9:35
CD2 1.The Spirit Of Radio 4:59 2. Freewill 5:24 3. Jacob's Ladder 7:29 4. Tom Sawyer 4:34
5. YYZ 4:26 6. Limelight 4:20 7. Subdivisions 5:35 8. The Analog Kid 4:48 9. Distant Early Warning 4:57 10. Red Sector A 5:12 11. Manhattan Project 5:08
12. Marathon 6:10 13. Mystic Rhythms 5:54 14. Time Stands Still 5:09 15. Open Secrets 5:38
CD3 1. Lock And Key 5:10 2. Turn The Page 4:55 3. Show Don't Tell 5:01 4. The Pass 4:51 5. Dreamline 4:37
6. Roll The Bones 5:30 7. Animate 6:06 8. Everyday Glory 5:11 9. Half The World 3:43 10. Time And Motion 5:01 11. Secret Touch 6:35 12. Out Of The Cradle 5:03 13. Heart Full Of Soul 2:53 14. Workin' Them Angels 4:47
15. Good News First 4:52 16. Hope 2:02
TOP 3 1 - Moving Pictures (1981) 2 - Permanent Waves (1980) 3 - Hold Your Fire (1987)
BOTTOM 3 1 - Test For Echo (1996) 2 - Vapor Trails (2002) 3 - Signals (1982)
Jethro Tull was founded in 1968. In the beginning, Tulls music was purely blues-oriented, sounding like the first Fleetwood Mac albums. This blues had that particularity to feature Ian Anderson's flute which rapidly brang a folk/celtic color on their second LP Stand Up. Their popularity exploded while the Aqualung album issued in 1971. Labelled as a folky Led Zeppelin IV, this wasn't very surprising because the two bands were very friends and the two albums were made exactly at the same time in the same studio. Jethro Tull is stamped "Hard Rock" even if it's much more a progressive folk band. Most of their LPs are very Folk oriented (War Child, Songs From The Wood) or Medievalish Hard Rock (Minstrel In The Gallery). But their masterpiece is Thick As A Brick and later the arguably A Passion Play. By the end of the 70s and John Glacock's death (1979/11/17) the Tull fell down into mediocrity until they found their new signature, a kind of Dire Straits - style that bring them a 1987 reward for their album Crest Of A Knave in the Metal category (!) just stealing the reward to Metallica (!!). This is a premiere on Baistophe, this is the very first (not the last I guess) 3CD set we suggest you, Jethro Tull's music and talent being so expanded...
CD1: 1. A Song For Jeffrey 2. A New Day Yesterday 3. Fat Man 4. Reasons For Waiting 5. With You There To Help Me 6. To Cry You A Song 7. Love Story 8. Aqualung
9. Cross-Eyed Mary 10. My God 11. Locomotive Breath 12. Wind Up (Quad. Version) 13. Wond'ring Again 14. Life Is A Long Song 15. Thick As A Brick (extract) 16. Critique Oblique
CD2: 1. Magus Perdè 2. War Child 3. Back-Door Angel 4. Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of A New Day 5. The Third Hoorah 6. Minstrel In The Gallery
7. One White Duck / 0^10 = Nothing At All 8. Quizz Kid 9. Salamander 10. The Chequered Flag 11. Songs From THe Woods 12. The Whistler 13. One Brown Mouse 14. Heavy Horses 15. Conundrum 16. Quatrain
CD3: 1. Dark Ages 2. Dun Ringhill 3. Fylingdale FLyer 4. The Pine Martin's Jig 5. Broadsword 6. Cheerio 7. Jump Start 8. Part Of The Machine 9. A Christmas Song 10. Another Christmas Song 11. Still Loving You Tonight 12. Like A Tall Thin Girl 13. Valley 14. Wounded Old And Treacherous 15. Hot Mango Flush 16. El Niño
17. A Winter Snowscape
My Jethro Tull TOP3 : 1. Thick As A Brick (1972) 2. Aqualung (1971) 3. Songs From The Wood (1977)
My Jethro Tull BOTTOM3 : 1. Underwraps (1984) 2. Broadsword And The Beast (1982)* 3. A Passion Play (1973)
* : I know so many love that album but, I'm sorry, I really can't stand this one.
I agree with you : what's the point making a MC5 Baistophe ? Their short carreer (only 3 albums, officially) couldn't let us spend some time gathering their best tracks. But if I told you that, while making this compilation, what I estimated to be their unmissable tracks filled exactly one CD, you'd understand the object of this compilation. In another hand, This would have been a big blasphemy in that blog not to take care at MC5's case. This american band is simply essential in rock history. That's why, with only 3 albums, they remain in the World rememberings. People who really know me know that I'm really not found of punk music, and if you learned that MC5 is, at the same point as The Stooges, the essential starting point in Punk history, you'd understand that this band is simply huge as is their music. Note :Sorry for some tracks' sound quality which are not top.
1. I Can Only Give You Everything 2. Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa 3. Ramblin' Rose 4. Kick Out The Jams 5. Borderline 6. I Want You Right Now
7. Teenage Lust 8. Let Me Try 9. Looking At You 10. High School 11. The Human Being Lawnmower 12. The Pledge Song 13. Sister Anne 14. Baby Won't Ya 15. Future / Now 16. Poison 17. Over And Over 18. Skunk (Sonicly Speaking)
Nazareth is a second plan band discovered by Deep Purple's bass player Roger Glover. This scottish band has this singularity to make no-dark Hard Rock. I explain. If their music is not even happy, it has the power to bring us to serenity. The simple drum playing and the melodies can stick them into the pop culture, but don't mistake about it, it's real Hard Rock, with real good guitar playing and rageous voice. Don't even try to find any light lyrics in any of their songs. Just push play and rise the volume up to 20 ! You'll find here the very best work of this great background band, including some tracks of the very last album The Newz ! Enjoy !
CD1 :
1. Empty Arms, Empty Hearts 2. Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson cover) 3. Called Her Name 4. Goin' Down (Don Nix cover) 5. Vigilante Man 6. Night Woman 7. Not Faking It 8. This Flight Tonight 9. Silver Dollar Forger 10. Jet Lag 11. Shapes Of Things (incl. Space Safari) (Yardbirds cover) 12. Changin' Times 13. Somebody To Roll 14. Telegram
15. Loretta 16. Expect No Mercy
CD2 :
1. Whiskey Drinking Woman / Hair Of The Dog 2. Road Ladies 3. May The Sunshine 4. Simple Solution 5. Claim To Fame 6. Hearts Grown Cold 7. Talking Bout Love 8. Pop The Silo 9. Cocaine (JJ Cale cover) 10. Gatecrash 11. Back To The Trenches 12. Take The Rap 13. Last Exit Brooklin 14. Hit The Fan 15. Do You Wanna Play House 16. Goin' Loco
Solar-powered space pop combo Grandaddy was formed in Modesto, CA, in 1992 by singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jason Lytle, bassist Kevin Garcia, and drummer Aaron Burtch; although a noisy, lo-fi approach characterized early recordings like 1994's Complex Party Come Along Theories, with the 1995 additions of guitarist Jim Fairchild and keyboardist Tim Dryden the group's sound expanded exponentially over the course of subsequent efforts including the unreleased Don't Sock the Tryer and the 1996 EP A Pretty Mess by This One Band. Originally issued on indie label Will Records, 1997's acclaimed full-length Under the Western Freeway proved Grandaddy's creative breakthrough, and the following year the album was reissued on major-label V2, with "Summer Here Kids" earning Single of the Week honors in the pages of the NME. The Broken Down Comforter Collection, a compilation of singles tracks, preceded the 1999 Signal to Snow Ratio EP, which heralded a movement toward the vintage electronic textures further in evidence on 2000's superb Sophtware Slump. In 2002, the group released another odds-n-sods collection, Concrete Dunes, which paved the way for a busy 2003: that spring, Grandaddy released the Floating Debris EP and their fourth full-length, Sumday, and spent the rest of the year touring, making appearances at festivals such as Glastonbury. In 2005, they resurfaced with the Excerpts from the Diary of Todd Zilla EP and a full-length album (Just Like the Fambly Cat) followed in 2006. (all music guide)
Thin Lizzy, Thin "fucking" Lizzy!!! Probably the greatest band to have come out of Ireland (don't even start me on how overrated a band U2 is). Phil Lynott, the soul and brains of the band, was not only a golden-voiced leader, he was also a fascinating character, a self-destructive one too as his sad death shows. Born of an Irish mother and a brasilian father, this big brown guy had everything to become a rock star: charisma, talent and skills... Luck wasn't on Thin Lizzy's side though and, if the band is now recognized as one of the great hard rock bands of the 70's, their success never was as big as they deserved... Together with talented guitarists and a faithful drummer, he completed a nearly perfect but way too short career... Here are 35 songs to prove my point! Enjoy THINest (pronounced TIN not FIN) LIZZY!
CD1 1. The Rise & Dear Demise of the Funky Nomadic Tribes 2. Call the Police 3. Mama Nature Said 4. The Rocker 5. Whiskey in a Jar 6. Randolph's Tango 7. Night Life
8. Still in Love With You 9. Philomena 10. Rosalie 11. Suicide 12. Jailbreak 13. The Boys Are Back in Town 14. Cowboy Song 15. Emerald 16. Don't Believe a Word 17. Massacre 18. Sitamoia
CD2 1. Bad Reputation 2. Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) 3. That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart 4. Do Anything You Want To 5. Waiting for an Alibi 6. Sarah 7. Got to Give It Up
8. Roisin Dubh (Black Rose)- A Rock Legend 9. Chinatown 10. Killer on the Loose 11. Angel of Death 12. Renegade 13. The Pressure Will Blow 14. Fats 15. Mexican Blood
I don't like cold music, I'm not very found of pop music, I hardly like female singers. But Kate Bush, who makes cold-pop, is one (if not "the") of my favourite female singers... What else ? Kate emerged in the late 70s where music had already become a buisness. But even if she chose to remain in the pop-music style, she managed to bring it into a clever war by nice melodies, voices and arrangements... Finally, Bush's songs where much more than pop. Although she took a bit different way, she was settled in here epoque for good, even managing to chart the UK and US billboard ! For that reason, Kate Bush must be featured in our Baistophe collection. That's now done with this 46th issue !
CD1 :
1. Moving 2. Kite 3. The Man With The Child In His Eyes 4. Wuthering Heights 5. Oh To Be In Love 6. Them Heavy People 7. In Search Of Peter Pan 8. Don't Push Your Foot To The Heartbrake
9. Oh England My Lionheart 10. Just Another Day (w/ Peter Gabriel) 11. Babooshka 12. All We Ever Look For 13. Egypt 14. Violin 15. Army Dreamers 16. Breathing 17. The Empty Bullring 18. December Will Be Magic Again 19. There Goes A Tenner 20. Houdini
CD2 :
1. Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) 2. Cloudbusting 3. And Dream Of Sheep 4. Jig Of Life 5. Burning Bridge 6. The Handsome Cabin Boy
7. The Sensual World 8. The Fog 9. Rocket's Tail 10. Moments Of Pleasure 11. The Red Shoes 12. You're The One 13. π 14. Sunset 15. Aerial
My Kate Bush TOP3 : 1. Babooshka (1980) 2. The Kick Inside (1978) 3. Hounds Of Love (1985)
My Kate Bush BOTTOM3 : 1. The Dreaming (1982) 2. The Red Shoes (1993) 3. The Sensual World (1989)
Here's a best of, or rather a compilation as many quality songs are left aside, of this North American band influenced by Judas Priest, Iron Maiden or early Metallica. It would be pity to miss this great underrated band which has been able to demonstrate both compositional skills and melodic treasures from his very first album (the self titled 1991 release). Jon Schaffer, guitaris/composer/sole remaining founding member possesses his own sound which makes easy to recognize Iced Earth among his peers proof, it needed be, of the great value of this powerful and melodic heavy thrash formation, one that shoudn't be missed... Enjoy those nearly 80 minutes of pure metallic talent!
1. Iced Earth 2. Written On The Walls 3. Stormrider 4. Burnt Offerings 5. The Dark Saga 6. Violate
7. 1776 (instrumental) 8. Ghost Of Freedom 9. Declaration Day
10. The Reckoning (Don't Tread On Me) 11. The Devil To Pay 12. Something Wicked Part 1 13. Setian Massacre 14. A Charge To Keep 15. Ten Thousand Strong
Known for his eccentric nature, French pop songwriter Michel Polnareff created a buzz for himself in the early to mid-'60s when his debut single, "La Poupée Qui Fait Non," rocketed to the top of the French charts, but it was his early-'70s release, Polnareff's, that cemented him a place as a legend in French pop. For more than 40 years, this "lone beatle of French pop" crafted music unlike any other. The 43 songs contained in this compilation span his entire with all the hits and a few more goodies for your listening pleasure!
CD1 1. Le clochard des jumbos 2. Elle rit 3. Ame câline 4. Y'a qu'un ch'veu 5. La mouche
6. L'amour avec toi 7. Jour après jour 8. A minuit, à midi 9. Dans la rue 10. Kama-sutra 11. Il est gros 12. Une femme 13. Holding On To Smoke 14. Une histoire lamentable 15. Lettre à France
16. Né dans un Ice-Cream 17. Holidays 18. Ca n'arrive qu'aux autres 19. Nos mots d'amour 20. Je suis un homme 21. L'homme qui pleurait des larmes de verre 22. Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux 23. Ta-ta-ta-ta
CD2 24. Sous quelle étoile suis-je né ? 25. Le prince en otage 26. Hey You Woman
27. J'ai tellement de choses à dire 28. Radio 29. Goodbye Marylou 30. Qui a tué Grand' Maman ? 31.Tam-tam (l'homme préhisto) 32. Love me, please love me 33. Le roi des fourmis 34. Since I Saw You 35. Tout tout pour ma chérie 36. Une simple mélodie 37. Je t'aime 38. Viens te faire chahuter 39. Le bal des Laze
40. La vie m'a quitté 41. La poupée qui fait non 42. Histoire de coeur 43. On ira tous au paradis
Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958, in Dalkeith, Midlothian), is a Scottish progressive rock singer, lyric writer and occasional actor. Most of you might know him as former frontman for the British progressive rock act Marillion. He left the band, at the peak of its fame - one he and his ex-bandmates will later fail to recover, in 1988 due to musical and managerial disagreements. A year later, he released his debut solo single, "State of Mind", shortly followed by a first album, "Vigil In A Wildeness Of Mirrors". 7 albums followed this exquisite debut with mixed commercial successes but a pretty consistent artistic quality. This compilation is designed to sum up the big guy's solo career up to his latest, 13th Star (2007), one of his very best. I hope you'll enjoy the subtle mix of theatrical progressive rock, celtic folk, glorious ballads and classic rock Fish has displayed over the years. In my humble opinion, he is one of the most underrated lyricist and melodist ever.
My FISH Top 3 1 - SUNSETS ON EMPIRE (1997) 2 - VIGIL IN A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS (1990) 3 - 13TH STAR (2007)
My FISH Bottom 3 1 - SONGS FROM THE MIRROR (1993) 2 - FIELD OF CROWS (2003) 3 - FELLINI DAYS (2001)
Brought to you by our special collaborator, Acco, here's the volume two of our Happiness Series. While the first one was mostly dedicated to pop oriented music, this one goes in many various directions creating kind of the perfect rollercoaster uplifting compilation. You'll find tango, folk, instrumental metal, progressive music... and more! Astonishingly, it works and flows perfectly. So thanks to Acco and enjoy this 79 minutes and 59 seconds compilation!
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