in no particular order, as they spring to mind
Letter to Hermione - Bowie - 2 minutes something of perfection
Quadrophenia - the Who - has to be listened to start to finish in one go
The Kick Inside - Kate Bush - skip Wuthering Heights and listen to the rest - work of genius, written by a teenager
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd - "no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun" aint that the truth
At Seventeen - Janis Ian - pure teenage angst
The Night - Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - where did they pull that one from?
The River - Springsteen
Theres A Ghost In My House - R Dean Taylor - first northern soul record I ever heard and its still great
For You & Stay With Me Till Dawn - Judie Tzuke - voice to die for
Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber - the piece of music I want to hear as I draw my last breath
Creep - Radiohead -
Riders On The Storm - The Doors - god bless Jim Morrison wherever he is
Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan - Dylan at his best
Billy Don't Be A Hero - Paper Lace - only joking and just to see if anyone has read this far down the list
)All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix - could that boy ever play guitar
Kites - Simon Dupree and the Big Sound -
Little Wing - Hendrix
You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller
In My Life - The Beatles
Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles
A Lover Sings - Billy Bragg
Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zep - perfection
Kashmir - Led Zep -
Trampled Underfoot - Led Zep
Ten Years Gone - Led Zep
Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
Live With Me - Massive Attack and Terry Callier -
Tainted Love - Soft Cell
I'm Not Going To Miss You - Glen Campbell - listen to this, if it doesn't give you a lump in your throat you have no soul
Hurt - Johnny Cash
The Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash -
The First Time Ever I saw Your Face - Johnny Cash - his voice is just about shot but he nails this - in his mind he has to be singing this to his late wife June
Personal Jesus - Johnny Cash - inspired choice all of his Americana recordings are pretty good
In A Broken Dream - Pyton Lee Jackson - Rod Stewarts greatest track?
I Want You - Elvis Costello
Heaven - Simply Red - Picture Book is just a superb album
Any thing from Five Leaves Left or Bryter Layter - Nick Drake - tortured soul if ever there was one but could he write songs
Closer - Joy Division - Ian Curtis, another tortured soul, just listen to the whole thing and feel his depression
Dummy - the whole album - Portishead
Needle and The Damage Done - Neil Young
I Close My Eyes and Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield
Desperado - Eagles
More Than A Feeling - Boston
Hatful Of Hollow - The Smiths - Morrisey and Johnny Marr you knew it could never last, but while it did.....
Babylons Burning - The Ruts
Bird Of Pray - Fat Boy Slim - I surprise myself sometimes
Tobbaco Road - Steve Earle
There are stacks of other rock and blues tracks I could include but I really need to get on and get something productive done ;o)
Arthur
Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones - at their best
