The Pinnacle Of.....?

DulcetJones

richardhomer said:

Here's an unfashionable one; 'Love Over Gold' by Dire Straits. Knopfler's writing had developed enormously in just four years since their debut - it had become almost cinematic ('Telegraph Road' and 'Private Investigations' in particular). Bigger arrangements, different keyboard textures and 'that' guitar style and tone (Schecter 'S' types into a MkII Boogies) at its zenith.

+1 Telegraph Road.  A great album that was overshadowed by some of the more commercial content they released both before and after it.

randomhandclaps

Bellycaster said:

@randomhandclaps

Genital Warts, Lol.

I actually bought the album when it came out, they're great.

I went to see them at Barrowlands and it was a really great gig.

EricTheWeary

Bucket said:

I'm very much in a minority here, but I think Black Sabbath's peak was Sabotage.

I don't really listen much to Sabbath these days ( although I did some listening revision before going to see them last year) but I always used to think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was the most complete album and probably their peak. Which might put me in a smaller minority than @Bucket.

Phil_aka_Pip

richardhomer said:

Here's an unfashionable one; 'Love Over Gold' by Dire Straits. Knopfler's writing had developed enormously in just four years since their debut - it had become almost cinematic ('Telegraph Road' and 'Private Investigations' in particular). Bigger arrangements, different keyboard textures and 'that' guitar style and tone (Schecter 'S' types into a MkII Boogies) at its zenith.

TR & PI were Knopfler's finest creations. Well played, Sir.

RocknRollDave

EricTheWeary said:

Bucket said:

I'm very much in a minority here, but I think Black Sabbath's peak was Sabotage.

I don't really listen much to Sabbath these days ( although I did some listening revision before going to see them last year) but I always used to think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was the most complete album and probably their peak. Which might put me in a smaller minority than @Bucket.

Well count me in as one of your minority group, cos to me Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is clearly the strongest Black Sabbath album.

Sabbra Caddabra, the title track and Killing Yourself To Live are, to delve into my bag of cliches, worth the admission price alone.

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave;187970" said:

EricTheWeary said:



Bucket said:



I'm very much in a minority here, but I think Black Sabbath's peak was Sabotage.





I don't really listen much to Sabbath these days ( although I did some listening revision before going to see them last year) but I always used to think Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was the most complete album and probably their peak. Which might put me in a smaller minority than @Bucket.










Well count me in as one of your minority group, cos to me Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is clearly the strongest Black Sabbath album.



Sabbra Caddabra, the title track and Killing Yourself To Live are, to delve into my bag of cliches, worth the admission price alone.

I'll hire a scout hut in Quinton for our AGM.

RocknRollDave

LOL!

mudslide73

^^ I've always had a soft spot for Vol.4 but I know what you're both saying. I'd prefer it if the AGM was this side of the Queslett tbh.

RocknRollDave

As long as I don't get stuck in traffic that's queuing for Asda at Great Barr, I'm in.

ICBM

DulcetJones said:

richardhomer said:

Here's an unfashionable one; 'Love Over Gold' by Dire Straits. Knopfler's writing had developed enormously in just four years since their debut - it had become almost cinematic ('Telegraph Road' and 'Private Investigations' in particular). Bigger arrangements, different keyboard textures and 'that' guitar style and tone (Schecter 'S' types into a MkII Boogies) at its zenith.

+1 Telegraph Road.

Knopfler's greatest song in my opinion.

But overall, I think Making Movies is perhaps a better album - and it contains Tunnel Of Love, which may be his second best song and is where the 'cinematic' theme started.

I'll split the difference and say Alchemy, since it's from the same period and features both (as well as the theme from Local Hero).

I'd nominate a couple of other live albums as capturing bands at their peak too - Genesis 'Seconds Out' (including the live version of Supper's Ready with Phil Collins on vocals which I actually prefer to Gabriel's) and... Deep Purple - Made In Japan.

Bellycaster

richardhomer said:

Here's an unfashionable one; 'Love Over Gold' by Dire Straits. Knopfler's writing had developed enormously in just four years since their debut - it had become almost cinematic ('Telegraph Road' and 'Private Investigations' in particular). Bigger arrangements, different keyboard textures and 'that' guitar style and tone (Schecter 'S' types into a MkII Boogies) at its zenith.

Both those songs are Epic, but Private Investigations is my fave of the two.

I've been trying to pick a Pink Floyd one, but there are too many to chose from.

@-)

richardhomer

Bellycaster;188700" said:

I've been trying to pick a Pink Floyd one, but there are too many to chose from

'Shine on You Crazy Diamond'?

randomhandclaps

richardhomer said:

Bellycaster;188700" said:

I've been trying to pick a Pink Floyd one, but there are too many to chose from

'Shine on You Crazy Diamond'?

Shine On lasts longer than most band's careers.

DulcetJones

ICBM said:

DulcetJones said:

richardhomer said:

Here's an unfashionable one; 'Love Over Gold' by Dire Straits. Knopfler's writing had developed enormously in just four years since their debut - it had become almost cinematic ('Telegraph Road' and 'Private Investigations' in particular). Bigger arrangements, different keyboard textures and 'that' guitar style and tone (Schecter 'S' types into a MkII Boogies) at its zenith.

+1 Telegraph Road.

Knopfler's greatest song in my opinion.

But overall, I think Making Movies is perhaps a better album - and it contains Tunnel Of Love, which may be his second best song and is where the 'cinematic' theme started.

I'll split the difference and say Alchemy, since it's from the same period and features both (as well as the theme from Local Hero).

I'd nominate a couple of other live albums as capturing bands at their peak too - Genesis 'Seconds Out' (including the live version of Supper's Ready with Phil Collins on vocals which I actually prefer to Gabriel's) and... Deep Purple - Made In Japan.

"Seconds Out" is one of my all time favorite live albums.

ICBM

DulcetJones said:

"Seconds Out" is one of my all time favorite live albums.

Same here. I was really tempted to buy Steve Hackett's Cornish pedalboard from that tour when it was on Ebay a couple of years back...

RocknRollDave

Guns 'n' Roses - Appetite For Destruction.

Great album, one of my favourites of all time, but nothing they did afterwards came close. Everything else seemed forced and sub-standard.


Also:


The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer

EricTheWeary

Lucky Number by Lene Lovich. Although, TBH, I haven't followed her career in great detail, there maybe some hidden gems.

mudslide73

^^Arf! Toni Basil in the same way for me.

EricTheWeary

mudslide73 said:

^^Arf! Toni Basil in the same way for me.

Mickey is great. If you are going to be remembered for one song that's not a bad one.
 

johnnyurq

Did you see Lene Lovich on the 1978 TOTP's reruns?

I have to agree a great quirky songs from both and both were/are wonderfully bonkers.