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Listened to A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean by Jimmy Buffett. I really disliked him for a very long time, but I’ve softened to some of his singles over the years. This one in particular intrigued me because Bob Dylan is on record as a fan of “Death of an Unpopular Poet”. He considers it his “debut” album (it isn’t) and at this point he was straight storytelling country, just with a soft spot for layabouts, losers, and dive bar riff-raff. It was mostly pretty good, with a good sense of humor offsetting some occasional clunky writing. “They Don’t Dance Like Carmen No More was probably my favorite

 

1. Wings: Band On the Run
2. Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
3. Marvin Gaye: Let’s Get It On

Honorable mentions:
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane
Led Zeppelin: Houses of the Holy
Billy Joel: Piano Man

Band On the Run is, from my perspective, Paul’s last unarguable masterpiece (although there’s still plenty more to come that I love).


Piano Man is not my favorite Billy Joel album, but the title track alone makes it a worthwhile album. And You’re My Home, Ballad of Billy the Kid, and Captain Jack all stand out as highlights as well

 

five extremely close albums so i'm gonna leave it open a few hours before closing voting

 

1. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
2. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
3. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy

Placeholder for the rest. Another crazy week and just wanted to get my votes in.

 

Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy narrowly wins it with 18 points. E Street Shuffle (14), Let's Get it On (13), and Dark Side of the Moon (12) were the closest.

 

Not my #1 of those, but that's a grouping to be happy about.

 

Yep, it’s hard to complain about that

 

definitely my number one of the top 4 with DSOTM not too far behind. rip raw power. salutes to a perfect album.

 

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listened to the self titled spinners earlier @cshadows2887 @OhTheWater. yeah. this is good shit. the melodies are incredible.

 

I've been going back through the years and adding a bunch of shit to my list to listen to based on quick previews and these are definitely one of the bands I'm most excited to dig into. I've always really liked that old prog sound but sometimes struggle with the vocalists. She sounds great though and definitely gives it a different vibe. The medieval folk element is just an added bonus for me!

 

Cheers to this! Great band, lots to love.

 

That's awesome! "Ashes Are Burning" is for sure one of the great prog tracks.

 

When Lamont Dozier passed recently I made a note to check out one of his solo records and Out Here on My Own was very enjoyable. One song has some old-school regressive gender politics, but that aside, the songs are pretty memorable, he has a good voice, and the production is funky and soulful. Not a lost classic but worth a listen.