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All Time Favourite Albums

Posted on 17 February , 201113 February , 2019 by jonhinch

My All Time Favourite Albums are

  1. Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy – I don’t expect there are many
    other people that would agree with me on this but I think it is an album you
    either love or hate. I love Tony Iommi’s guitar solos on this and for once
    I even notice the drumming.
  2. Praying Mantis – Time Tell No Lies – I have had this album from day
    one and something about it clicked with me. Actually at the time I was a Dr
    Who Novel “Dr Who and the Darlek 2010AD” and it had freedom fighters
    trying to recapture the Earth. Mantis have a line about “Freedom fighters”
    in one of the songs. That and the fact the music was usual to my ears and
    the vocals delivered in a strange accent just made it a special reading experience
    as the album became familiar to me. Then over the year I just found myself
    returning to it over and over again. As far as I knew in 1994 Praying Mantis
    had died a death and never imagined being album to own the album on CD. Now
    I do their web page 🙂
  3. Rick Wakeman – The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of
    the round table
    – I was into NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal)
    bands when I got this album 2nd hand. I pretty much dismissed it as being
    far to light but over the next few months I returned to it and discovered
    it’s quality. Every time I listening it I find something new to hear in the
    mix. I just love it.
  4. Ayreon – The Final Experiment – A friend sent me this on tape and
    said to give it ago. I played it and thought I had heard it all before. On
    further plays though I got over that bias and just enjoyed the fantastic used
    of singers, guitars, and most importantly keyboards. I was still playing it
    over 70 plays later. Normally I get bored of a new album between 10-20 listens.
  5. Lou Reed – Berlin – I love the lyrics and atmosphere on this album.
    People find it depressing. I just love it.
  6. David Bowie – Hunky Dory – I got this album for Life On Mars and
    it sparked of several interests above. e.g. I wanted to know more about Richard
    Wakeman so got Myths and Legends. And I loved Queen Bitch at tribute to Lou
    Reed and the Velvet Underground so I started looking at his work. I think
    this was Bowie at his best and having Rick Wakeman on Piano made it even better.
  7. Gillan – Mr Universe – I love Ian Gillans vocals and I think this
    album represents him at his best.
  8. ELO – ELO – The first ELO album. It contained Roy Wood who I loved
    from Wizzard and it is great to hear a rock band playing with Orchestral instruments.
    Every ELO album after this just diluted the mix. Such a shame.
  9. ZZ Top – Tres Hombres – I read about this album in an interview with
    Kerrang! in 1980 for some reason I thought I would have to try it and I was
    glad I did. I love the hypnotic rhythm of the beat. A great album.
  10. John Cale – Paris 1919 – This one I find hard to explain. I think
    I rate it so highly because it is so different to everything else in my collection.
    And of course I love it.

It is sad to see I owned all these album by 1982 with exception of Ayreon.
Luckily there an now news bands that are starting
to interest me again.

Honourable mentions go to

  • Ayreon – Actual Fantasy
  • Ayreon – Into The Electric Castle
  • Ayreon – The Universal Migrator Part 1: The Dream Sequencer
  • Ayreon – The Universal Migrator Part 2: The Flight Of The Migrator
  • Blackfoot – Maruder
  • Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath
  • Black Sabbath – Sabotage
  • Black Sabbath -Vol. 4
  • Black Sabbath -Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  • Pink Floyd – The Wall
  • Praying Mantis – A Cry For The New World
  • Praying Mantis – Nowhere To Hide
  • Praying Mantis – Forever In Time
  • Queen – Queen II
  • Rick Wakeman – Can Hear You Me?
  • Rick Wakeman – Phantom Power
  • Rick Wakeman – Softsword

As can be seen I am pretty keen of the following artists

  • Black Sabbath
  • Praying Mantis
  • Rick Wakeman (Not particularly
    Yes)
    also I have photos here
  • Lou Reed
  • Ian Gillan (Gillan and the
    Deep Purple line up that includes him)
  • Roy Wood (The Move, Solo,
    Wizzard and Early ELO)
  • Ayreon

Plus

  • The Blues Band
  • Blackfoot
  • Graham Bond
  • Gowan
  • Annie Haslam (Renaissance
    and Solo)
  • Jethro Tull
  • Kiss
  • Sonja Kristina
    (Curved Air Solo and with
    Mask)
  • Lana Lane
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Magnum/Hard Rain
  • Santana
  • Slade
  • Scorpions
  • Supertramp
  • ZZ Top

If you are interested in what tracks I like most check out my
essential music for a desert island page

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