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.38 Special: .38 Special
AC/DC: Let There Be Rock
Aerosmith: Draw The Line
David Bowie: “Heroes”
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Judas Priest: Sin After Sin
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Street Survivors
Sex Pistols: Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols
Status Quo: Live!
UFO: Lights Out
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I used to love vinyl ... gatefold sleeves, picture discs, coloured vinyl ... but I no longer have a record deck so, for me, vinyl is a nostalgia trip only ...
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Extreme: More Than Bloody Words
Shit, man! I nearly choked on my hashbrowns. Haha!
I love that song, though.
I went out with a girl who insisted that this was 'our' song ... God alone knows why ... anyway, a heady combination of that, plus it being played to death on the radio and in all the local clubs have ensured that I never want to hear it again.
Ever.
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David Bowie: Diamond Dogs
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
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Sammy Hagar: Marching To Mars
Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas: Red Voodoo
Sammy Hagar and The Waboritas: Ten 13
.... slowly but surely replacing some of the CDs I sold during my marriage
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Strangely, I got almost the same rating on that three tracks with CureThe Sane, don't shoot shotgun 7.5, run riot 7.25, and excitable 6.
Hysteria was around 82.3%, I think 'Adrenalize' and 'Retro Active' are their highest rated albums for me
I'm gonna have to re-listen to this album over the weekend - 82% looks way too low to me.......I can see it hitting 90% pretty easily.
Isn't 'Run Riot' awesome?? I must admit its been a while since I last spun this disc but I remembered that as being an excellent kick arse rocker??
'Run Riot' is one of my favourite songs on the album
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There are a few albums that I'd consider to be 'perfect', in that I don't skip any of the tracks, I feel that the songs compliment each other, I have to play the album from start to finish, etc.
Queensryche: Operation: Mindcrime
Marillion: Misplaced Childhood
Def Leppard: Hysteria
Iron Maiden: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Fish: Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
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If we're talking about songs that get played more than any other by a particular band/artist, then I'd go with:
Bon Jovi: Livin' On A Prayer (yes, it's a cracking song, but there ARE other songs by Jon and the boys that the local radio station could go for when they want to 'rock out'
)Bryan Adams: Summer Of '69 (see above)
Don Henley: The Boys Of Summer ('Building The Perfect Beast' is a great album ... do they ever play 'Sunset Grill'? No.)
Guns n' Roses: Sweet Child o' Mine (and it's ALWAYS the edited version!)
Extreme: More Than Bloody Words (I hate this song with a passion)
Apart from Don Henley, all of these bands/artists have had other 'hits' here in the UK ... although I do understand that local radio needs to be playing songs that the sheeple are familiar with ... *sigh* ...
If we're talking about songs that stand head and shoulders above anything else on the parent album, then Blue Oyster Cult's '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' has got to be an obvious choice - there are two other good songs on 'Agents Of Fortune', but nothing that comes close to '... Reaper' for sheer majesty ...
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Rush: Test For Echo
Rush: Vapor Trails
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AC/DC: Powerage
Blondie: Parallel Lines
The Boomtown Rats: A Tonic For The Troops
Genesis: … And Then There Were Three
Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses
The Police: Outlandos D’Amour
Rainbow: Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll
UFO: Obsession
Van Halen: Van Halen
Jeff Wayne: The War Of The Worlds
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1994: Please Stand By
AC/DC: Highway To Hell
Bad Company: Desolation Angels
Blackfoot: Strikes
Blondie: Eat To The Beat
Charlie: Fight Dirty
Gillan: Mr. Universe
Jethro Tull: Stormwatch
Molly Hatchet: Flirtin' With Disaster
Pink Floyd: The Wall
The Police: Regatta de Blanc
Rainbow: Down To Earth
Saga: Images At Twilight
Scorpions: Lovedrive
UFO: Strangers In The Night
Van Halen: II
Whitesnake: Lovehunter
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Zero Dark Thirty
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These are all albums that I never tire of ...
Queensryche: Operation Mindcrime
David Bowie: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Fish: Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors
Warrior Soul: Last Decade Dead Century
The Outfield: Bangin'
Van Halen: Fair Warning
... cutting down a list of favourites to just ten albums is going to be tricky ...
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Some second hand finds while on holiday:
Aerosmith: Young Lust - The Aerosmith Anthology
The Cranberries: No Need To Argue (The Complete Sessions 1994-1995)
Damn Yankees: Don't Tread (only cost £0.50 ... it was rude not to!)
Def Leppard: Adrenalize
H.I.M.: And Love Said No (The Greatest Hits 1997-2004)
It Bites: Calling All The Heroes - The Best Of It Bites
Fish: Feast Of Consequences
Fish: Sunsets On Empire
Marillion: Script For A Jester's Tear
Marillion: Seasons End
Marillion: Holidays In Eden
David Bowie: Diamond Dogs
Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse Of Reason
Devilment: The Great And Secret Show
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I've always had a passing interest in N.W.A. and Public Enemy ... I won't go to see this, but no doubt I'll catch up with it on DVD.
My youngest son was singing 'Straight Outta Compton' the other day, and was EXTREMELY surprised to discover that I knew who N.W.A. were ... so much for everything I listen to being, in his words, 'boring' -
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Amon Amarth: Once Sent From The Golden Hall
Anathema: Alternative 4
Ayreon: Into The Electric Castle
The Cardigans: Grand Turismo
Cradle Of Filth: Cruelty And The Beast
Garbage: Version 2.0
The Goo Goo Dolls: Dizzy Up The Girl
Mystery: Destiny?
Threshold: Clone
Tristania: Widows Weeds
Not a great year ...
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Ayreon: Actual Fantasy
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon
Catherine Wheel: Like Cats And Dogs
Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites
Cradle Of Filth: V Empire … Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk … And Her Embrace
The Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed
Sheryl Crow:Crow, Sheryl
Desperado: Bloodied But Unbowed
Bruce Dickinson: Skunkworks
The Four Horsemen: Getting' Pretty Good At Barely Getting' By
Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
Matchbox 20: Yourself, Or Someone Like You
Porcupine Tree: Signify
The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse
Meh ...
Wow, ouch. Wouldn't it have been better to just stop listening to music all together?
I'd be offended if you weren't right
Like I said in another post, the early/mid 90s were a bit lean for me ... come to think of it, the 90s as a whole were a bit of a non-event, musically ...
Jumping to conclusions here, mate!
Actually, I used to hold the same opinion back then, when I thought I knew everything 'bout heavy metal (I was still a newbie in AOR/Melodic Rock). Not anymore in the digital age! Tones of musical airwaves waiting patiently unearthed to reach these ears! 
Yeah, I know what you mean. There are plenty of albums out there that are on my 'need to hear/get hold of list', since they completely passed me by at the time of release ... God help me, I've even started looking at some of the bands that Geoff has recommended
I think I said it in another of these mid 90's threads, and I agree they were lean years, but you guys are kidding yourself if you think there was nothing good still going on in these years. My list above in this thread isn't amazing, but compared to stuff in that list, it's like a lit of gold nuggets.
I'm not saying that there wasn't some good music being released in the 90s. Sadly, opportunity and funds were both scarce at the time (not that I'm rolling in cash now, y'understand), so I missed a LOT of albums (some of which now cost a small bloody fortune!) Out of my list, there are probably ten (or even less) albums that get played regularly - the rest are in there to make up the numbers simply because I'm familiar with them.
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Jon Bon Jovi: Destination Anywhere
Catherine Wheel: Adam And Eve
D.A.D.: Simpatico
Del Amitri: Some Other Sucker’s Parade
Final Conflict: Stand Up
Fish: Sunsets On Empire
Sammy Hagar: Marching To Mars
IQ: Subterranea
Ivanhoe: Polarised
Jonny Lang: Lie To Me
Last Chapter: The Living Waters
Mansun: Attack Of The Grey Lantern
Mithotyn: King Of The Distant Forest
Night Ranger: Rock In Japan - Greatest Hits Live
Paradise Lost: One Second
Royal Hunt: Paradox
The Seahorses: Do It Yourself
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Trouble Is …
Star Industry: Iron Dust Crush/New Millennium EP
Threshold: Extinct Instinct
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Interesting.
The S/T is the ONLY LA Guns release for me. Something about that vibe and they are so GREASY.
Cocked And Loaded had a handful of acceptable songs and then throughout the years a whole mess of onesy twosey's for acceptable tunes. Could probably make an album of the "good" songs and keep the catalog to 2, maybe 3 releases...
What he said ... the debut is a killer album ...
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Ayreon: Actual Fantasy
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon
Catherine Wheel: Like Cats And Dogs
Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites
Cradle Of Filth: V Empire … Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk … And Her Embrace
The Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed
Sheryl Crow:Crow, Sheryl
Desperado: Bloodied But Unbowed
Bruce Dickinson: Skunkworks
The Four Horsemen: Getting' Pretty Good At Barely Getting' By
Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
Matchbox 20: Yourself, Or Someone Like You
Porcupine Tree: Signify
The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse
Meh ...
Wow, ouch. Wouldn't it have been better to just stop listening to music all together?
I'd be offended if you weren't right
Like I said in another post, the early/mid 90s were a bit lean for me ... come to think of it, the 90s as a whole were a bit of a non-event, musically ...
Jumping to conclusions here, mate!
Actually, I used to hold the same opinion back then, when I thought I knew everything 'bout heavy metal (I was still a newbie in AOR/Melodic Rock). Not anymore in the digital age! Tones of musical airwaves waiting patiently unearthed to reach these ears! Yeah, I know what you mean. There are plenty of albums out there that are on my 'need to hear/get hold of list', since they completely passed me by at the time of release ... God help me, I've even started looking at some of the bands that Geoff has recommended
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Ayreon: Actual Fantasy
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon
Catherine Wheel: Like Cats And Dogs
Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites
Cradle Of Filth: V Empire … Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk … And Her Embrace
The Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed
Sheryl Crow:Crow, Sheryl
Desperado: Bloodied But Unbowed
Bruce Dickinson: Skunkworks
The Four Horsemen: Getting' Pretty Good At Barely Getting' By
Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
Matchbox 20: Yourself, Or Someone Like You
Porcupine Tree: Signify
The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse
Meh ...
Wow, ouch. Wouldn't it have been better to just stop listening to music all together?
I'd be offended if you weren't right
Like I said in another post, the early/mid 90s were a bit lean for me ... come to think of it, the 90s as a whole were a bit of a non-event, musically ...
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Ayreon: Actual Fantasy
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon
Catherine Wheel: Like Cats And Dogs
Counting Crows: Recovering The Satellites
Cradle Of Filth: V Empire … Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein
Cradle Of Filth: Dusk … And Her Embrace
The Cranberries: To The Faithful Departed
Sheryl Crow:Crow, Sheryl
Desperado: Bloodied But Unbowed
Bruce Dickinson: Skunkworks
The Four Horsemen: Getting' Pretty Good At Barely Getting' By
Manic Street Preachers: Everything Must Go
Matchbox 20: Yourself, Or Someone Like You
Porcupine Tree: Signify
The Wallflowers: Bringing Down The Horse
Meh ...
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The early/mid 90s were lean years for me ...
Bon Jovi: These Days
Catherine Wheel: Happy Days
D.A.D.: Helpyourselfish
Death: Symbolic
Del Amitri: Twisted
Dream Disciples: In Amber
Melissa Etheridge: Your Little Secret
The Gathering: Mandylion
Inkubus Sukkubus: Heartbeat Of The Earth
Ivanhoe: Symbols Of Time
Marillion: Afraid Of Sunlight
Alanis Morrisette: Jagged Little Pill
Paradise Lost: Draconian Times
Porcupine Tree: The Sky Moves Sideways
Senseless Things: Taking Care Of Business
Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Ledbetter Heights
Slash’s Snakepit: It’s 5 o’clock Somewhere
Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine
The Storm: Eye Of The Storm
Van Halen: Balance
Whiskeytown: Faithless Street
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Marillion - Early Stages: The Highlights (The Official Bootleg Collection 1982-1988) (2CD)
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Actually, I used to hold the same opinion back then, when I thought I knew everything 'bout heavy metal (I was still a newbie in AOR/Melodic Rock). Not anymore in the digital age! Tones of musical airwaves waiting patiently unearthed to reach these ears! 
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