Name an album on which you admire the guitar playing

HAL9000

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MagicPigDetective

Been thinking about this and I keep coming back to Nick McCabe's sonic explorations on Verve's A Storm in Heaven. 

TheBigDipper

richardhomer said:

TheBigDipper said:

Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics

Wis'd. Just bought the second one today - I saw him do a solo acoustic show at Gawsworth Hall a couple of weeks ago - he's on a whole different level to most folk guitarists.

I'll be in Brighton next month for my next fix. 

Rocker

Mick Hanly - Live at the meeting place.

beed84

bluechargeboy said:

digitalscream said:

Tasteful - yes, because in every case it's exactly what each song needs and nothing else would do the job better

@digitalscream

Interestingly I believe Nuno would disagree with that sentiment, he has cringed several times about over-playing on Pornograffiti. Not that I disagree with you!

And Brian May would probably disagree with Nuno. He might as well have dropped his trousers in this vid:

frank1985

richardhomer said:

The first Dire Straits album - a master-class in 'playing the song', taste and tone.

Yes, what he said. ^ Sonically, one of the best albums I've heard. I don't think they ever bettered that...

I'd also like to add Station to Station by Bowie...great funky groove courtesy of Slick and Alomar

beed84

frank1985 said:

richardhomer said:

The first Dire Straits album - a master-class in 'playing the song', taste and tone.

Yes, what he said. ^ Sonically, one of the best albums I've heard. I don't think they ever bettered that...

I'd also agree. I remember hearing it for the first time about a year or so ago and was completely blown away by it. Pure class from start to end.

My choice would be These Days by Bon Jovi. Sambora's playing is brilliant on every track.

RMJ

Hold your Forked tongue by Rich List

Epic guitar nonsense from @GavRichList ;

GavRichList

RMJ said:

Hold your Forked tongue by Rich List

Epic guitar nonsense from @GavRichList ;

Very kind and utterly undeserved 

mellowsun

Friday Night in San Francisco with de Lucia, McLaughlin and di Meola does it for me every time.

More recently, Guthrie's playing on The 'Raven that refused to sing' and 'Hand cannot erase' is peerless

english_bob

GavRichList said:

RMJ said:

Hold your Forked tongue by Rich List

Epic guitar nonsense from @GavRichList ;

Very kind and utterly undeserved 

Absolutely undeserved. You can't even tell it's a guitar most of the time.

GavRichList

english_bob said:

GavRichList said:

RMJ said:

Hold your Forked tongue by Rich List

Epic guitar nonsense from @GavRichList ;

Very kind and utterly undeserved 

Absolutely undeserved. You can't even tell it's a guitar most of the time.

Now THAT is true 

digitalscream

bluechargeboy said:

digitalscream said:

Tasteful - yes, because in every case it's exactly what each song needs and nothing else would do the job better

@digitalscream

Interestingly I believe Nuno would disagree with that sentiment, he has cringed several times about over-playing on Pornograffiti. Not that I disagree with you!

I believe that the artist themselves cannot be relied upon for any assessment of their own albums. I'm a case in point, because I've even come across people who didn't hate my last band's album, and I think they're all cloth-eared idiots...

guitarfishbay

Further Seems Forever - Hide Nothing.

The playing on this really opened my eyes to arrangements, instead of purely riffing.  I think this is particularly beautiful, personally, even better than the electric version that opens the album.



I only just found out this singer died last year.  Suicide... Sad.

prowla

proggy said:

Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish.

Track after track of pure genius from Bill Nelson.

Great player, shafted by the industry.

I saw him on the Quit Dreaming tour (Manchester Poly '81, I think).

prowla

Rainbow's "Stranger In Us All" has Blackmore's best playing on it - he's really dragging the band along by the scruff of the neck!

lasermonkey

Adventure by Television.

AlexC

The Police - Regatta De Blanc. Summers' playing is just perfect for each song - and the one note feedback sustained solo in Bring On The Night still raises the hairs on my neck 40 yrs on.

proggy

prowla said:

proggy said:

Be-Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish.

Track after track of pure genius from Bill Nelson.

Great player, shafted by the industry.

I saw him on the Quit Dreaming tour (Manchester Poly '81, I think).

Nice one.

One of my biggest regrets is never seeing them live.

TonyR

Veganic said:

Also interesting* The Smiths fact.  Mozzer sang "Marie's the name of his latest flame" over Rusholme Ruffians live at least once.

*Not very

Yes there's a track on the live album "Rank" that starts as "His Latest Flame" and seques into "Rusholme Ruffians " - the chord sequence is subtly different!