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Contents 1 Numbers 2 A 3 B 4 C 5 D 6 E 7 F 8 G 9 H 10 I 11 J 12 K 13 L 14 M 15 N 16 O 17 P 18 Q 19 R 20 S 21 T 22 U 23 V 24 W 25 Y 26 Z

Numbers

• 10CC. Sheet Music (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard 14-Jun-07; 'Somewhere in Hollywood' is still epic; 'Clockwork Creep' wonderfully creative. Rest a mix of catchy and dross.)
• 10CC. The Original Soundtrack (1975) (έ) (3/5; heard 15-Jun-07; Some good tunes, some poor. Filmic Godley-Creme vs. rocky Stewart-Gouldman compositions)

A

• Abba. The Definitive Edition (έ) (4/5; heard 17-Jun-07; Definitive, but I still can't decide how good they were.)
• Abba. Live (έ) (2/5; heard 17-Jun-07; Makes you realise how dependent Abba were on the studio for their sound.)
• AC/DC. Highway to Hell (1979) (έ) (3/5; heard 18-Jun-07; 2 stonking tracks—'Touch too much' and 'Highway to Hell'—but to these old ears, the rest sounds dodgy.)
• Aerosmith. Aerosmith (έ) (2/5; heard 19-Jun-07; 'Dream On' is a fantastic song; the rest is average. Needs better songs or Alice Cooper themes/theatrics.)
• Afro Celt Sound System. Volume 1: Sound Magic (έ) (4.5/5; heard 19-Jun-07 {twice!}; brilliant rhythms)
• Afro Celt Sound System. Volume 2: Release (έ) (2/5; heard 21-Jun-07; very disappointing; no good tunes; band losing track of what made 1st album great.)
• Afro Celt Sound System. Volume 3: Further in Time (έ) (3/5; heard 28-Jun-07; not much better than Vol 2; despite Gabriel & Plant vocals, ACSS have lost sight of need for great tunes.)
• Air. Moon Safari (έ) (3/5; heard 30-Jun-07; Pleasant enough, but this CD has never excited me.)
• Akkerman, Jan. Profile (1972) (έ) (2/5; heard 20-Jun-07; music lacks groove; lute tracks are interesting but not great; poor compared to Focus)
• Akkerman, Jan. Tabernakel (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 26-Jun-07; more cohesive than PROFILE;even the lute-playing is better)
• America. History—Greatest Hits (έ) (1/5; heard 27-Jun-07; only 'Ventura Highway' contains anything attractive to today's ears)
• Anderson, Jon. Olias of Sunhillow (έ) (2/5; heard 16-Sep-07; tripe; not very musical; silly story.)
• Anderson, Laurie. Big Science (έ) (έ) (2/5; heard 7-Jul-07; is this really modern classical? Have I got time for this? Perhaps. Ungripped so far. Come back later.)
• Anka, Paul. Rock Swings (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Jul-07; the joke is a tad stale now, but the music is not too bad.)
• Argent. In Deep (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Jul-07; some crackers on LP side 1, but it's hard to take side 2 seriously. No wonder we never played it at Oundle!
• Argent. Encore (έ) (έ) (1/5; heard 9-Jul-07; Abysmally recorded live album.)
• Armatrading, Joan. Joan Armatrading (1976) (έ) (3/5; heard 17-Jun-07; Still listenable, but no outstanding tracks.)
• Art of Noise, The. The Ambient Collection (έ) (3/5; heard 12-Jul-07; Not awful, but not completely ambient either. Very dependent on Mellin's 'Robinson Crusoe'.)
• Art of Noise, The. Who's Afraid of (έ) (1/5; heard 10-Jul-07; Meaningless drivel. Purely a sonic demonstration record now. 'Moments in Love' is OK.)
• Arzachel. (έ) (3/5; heard 29-Jun-08; Hillage and Stewart covertly record a 44-minute LP one afternoon in 1969. Some Canterbury sounds, some churchy organ, and much uncharacteristic rock guitar soloing by Hillage.)
• Asia. Asia (έ) (2/5; heard 12-Jul-07; Prog-rock goes easy listening. Post-punk, post-prog confusion over direction. Bombastic stadium rock, here we come.)
• Atkin, Pete. Midnight Voices (έ) (2/5; heard 25-Jun-08; insiped music, flat sixtysomething singing, but the lyrics are intriguing. Why did Tim Blackstone rate the Atkin-James LPs so highly in the Seventies?)
• Atomic Rooster. Death Walks Behind You (1970) (έ) (4/5; heard 19-Jul-07; Vincent's finest 35 minutes. The guitar-and-organ interplay is highly reminiscent of Lord and Blackmore, although it may precede them.)
• Auger, Brian. Get Auger-nized! (έ) (2/5; heard 1-Aug-07; utterly missing the point of the 1970s. Who was this aimed at? It's not even Radio 2 fodder.)
• Automatic Man. (1976) (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jul-07; Duff hairstyles but this is a good album that I barely knew until this decade!)
• Average White Band. the ultimate collection (έ) (3/5; heard 31-Aug-07; Too derivative of EW&F, Bowie's 'Fame', H&O, post-Katy Dan etc, but two great singles at the start of each CD)

B

• Bacharach, Burt. The Look of Love. Warwick, Springfield etc (έ) (Heard 10-Aug-07; 5/5; The master of song, but totally defined by the Sixties.)
• Bad Company. Bad Company (1973) (έ) (Heard 3-Aug-07; 3/5; Free-like, and better recorded but the music is just not as good.)
• Bad Company. Straight Shooter (έ) (Heard 6-Aug-07; 2/5; More Foreigner than Free. Disappointing)
• Badfinger. Come and Get it (έ) (Heard 6-Aug-07; 2/5; 80s re-recording by one surviving band member on Hallmark; big drum sound!)
• Baker Gurvitz Army. The Baker Gurvitz Army / Elysian Encounter (1974) (έ) (Heard 12-Aug-07; 3/5; Nostalgic, but they weren't the best at this Layla-like genre. So now we know that they led nowhere, why bother today?)
• Basement Jaxx. the singles (έ) (Heard 9-Aug-07; 3/5; one excellent track ('Good Luck') but the rest is mediocre.)
• Beach Boys, The. Pet Sounds (1966) (έ) (Heard 9-Aug-07; 4/5; The version to get—excellent sleeve notes, revealing a large list of session musicians.)
• Beach Boys, The. Sunflower / Surf's Up (1970) (έ) (Heard 8-Aug-07; 4/5; very mixed bag of pap and classics. 'Sunflower' is very forgettable.)
• Beach Boys, The. Surf's Up (έ) (Heard 22-Aug-07; 4/5; A few flawed tracks, but some out-and-out classics too.)
• Beach Boys, The. Classics selected by Brian Wilson (έ) (Heard 17-Aug-07; 4/5; Not a fantastic selection—too personal.)
• Beatles, The. 1 (έ) (Heard 27-Aug-07; 5/5; If you only buy one Beatles album, it must be this.)
• Beatles, The. 1962-1966 (έ) (Heard 29-Aug-07; 4.5/5; Illustrative of the Beatles' early career, the Byrds and Dylan influences, and the magnificence of McCartney's compositions.)
• Beatles, The. 1967-1970 (έ) (Heard 3-Sep-07; 4.5/5; Mostly great.)
• Beatles, The. Abbey Road (1969) (έ) (Heard 19-Aug-07; 3/5; Best produced, but a curious mix of nursery rhymes ('Maxwell' and 'Octopus') and rock attempts ('I Want You').)
• Beatles, The. Revolver (έ) (Heard 14-Aug-07; 4/5; Museum piece, but 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Tomorrow never knows' still stand out.)
• Beatles, The. Rubber Soul (έ) (Heard 14-Aug-07; 3/5; only 'Michelle' really scores today.)
• Beatles, The. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) (έ) (Heard 31-Aug-07; 4/5; Sonically fantastic on my 5-way, but the tunes are not all outstanding; though John does well for composing 'L-S-D' and 'Day in The Life'.)
• Beatles, The. Love (έ) (Heard 30-Aug-07; 3/5; Crucial but not great; 'Get Back' orchestral intro is the highlight.)
• Beatles, The. White Album (έ) (Heard 6-Sep-07; 2/5; The most overrated album of all time? As usual, no credits for other musicians and backing vocalists)
• Be Bop Deluxe. Air Age Anthology (έ) (Heard 22-Sep-07; 2/5; The past 30 years have not been kind to BBD. Their biggest problem, besides poor songwriting, is the flatness of Nelson's voice.)
• Beck, Jeff. Blow by Blow (1975) (έ) (Heard 1-Oct-07; 4/5; Outstanding production values, but the tunes -- especially on Side One -- aren't always that melodic.)
• Beck, Jeff. Wired (1976) (έ) (Heard 3-Oct-07; 3/5; Hard to love, but some catchy numbers. The star here is Narada Michael Walden, composer of the best four tunes.)
• Beck, Jeff, Bozzio, Terry and Hymas, Tony. Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (έ) (Heard 10-Oct-07; 1/5; Awful 1980s production values, particularly the electronic drum sound; track #5 is a Rypdal rip-off.)
• Bishop, Stephen. Careless (έ) (Heard 20-Sep-07; 4/5; pretty, and more stars on it as backing musicians than I had realised. Whatever happened to him?)
• Bjork. Debut (έ) (Heard 21-Sep-07; 3/5; Probably not too bad if I could be bothered to try to like it.)
• Black Sabbath. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (έ) (Heard 27-Sep-07; 5/5 for Side One, 2/5 for Side Two. 4/5 overall for Sabbath's best-ever album.)
• Black Sabbath. Sabotage (έ) (Heard 1-Oct-07; 1/5; How could this be so bad after Sabbath Bloody Sabbath? The worst follow-up to a classic ever?)
• Black Sabbath. The Best of Black Sabbath (έ) (Heard 8-Oct-07; 3/5; Awful sleeve notes (no idea which song came from which album; too much swearing). Two hours of Sabbath is two much in one go. Clearly their first album is very good!)
• Blind Boys of Alabama. Spirit of the Century (έ) (Heard 12-Oct-07; 3/5; Only impresses as the sound of the negro slaves in the cotton fields. Then it really grabs you. Otherwise, why?)
• Bomb the Bass. Beat Dis—The Very Best of (έ) (Heard 12-Oct-07; 2/5; 'Winter in July' is totally messed up, and only 'The Air You Breathe' is any good.)
• Bon Jovi. Slippery When Wet (έ) (Heard 11-Oct-07; 3/5; a bawdy romp through AOR, but better than most. Memories of the videos when in Dallas in 1987, waiting for James to appear!)
• Bonzo Dog Band, The. Vol. 2 — The Outro (1968) (έ) (Heard 11-Oct-07; 3/5; Tadpoles is great; Keysham offers nothing.)
• Bonzo Dog Band, The. Gorilla (1967) (έ) (Heard 22-Oct-07; 4/5; Probably the Bonzo's best, with Jollity Farm, Big Shot and The Intro and The Outro.)
• Boston. Boston (έ) (Heard 12-Oct-07; 2/5; Pleasant enough, but it almost kicked off the inane world of AOR. Only Foreplay is now striking.)
• Bowie, David. Aladdin Sane (1972) (έ) (Heard 14-Oct-07; 4/5; Bowie's best, but also his most sleaziest and most perverse. I still wouldn't listen to it with parents or children.)
• Bowie, David. "Heroes" (1977) (έ) (Heard 17-Oct-07; 2/5; Needs more listening, but the songs aren't melodically great, and the experimentation on Side Two sounds amateurish now.)
• Bowie, David. Hunky Dory (έ) (Heard 16-Oct-07; 4/5; Some of Bowie's strongest songs.)
• Bowie, David. Diamond Dogs (έ) (Heard 22-Oct-07; 4/5; Actually not at all bad, and the musicianship of Bowie's new band is far better. Even his electric guitar-playing is much improved.)
• Bowie, David. The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 (έ) (Heard 22-Oct-07; 4/5; Hard to fault; a great selection.)
• Bowie, David. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972) (έ) (Heard 18-Oct-07; 3/5; Good songs, but the band shows its inadequacies in the premier league. Not sure that all the arrangements are musically in tune!)
• Bread. Greatest Hits (έ) (Heard 15-Nov-07; 3/5; Twee, but some pretty tunes amid the guff.)
• Brown, Arthur. Fire! The Story of (2003) (έ) (Heard 24-Dec-08; 2/5; Demonstrates well that Brown's good patch started in 1968 with 'Fire' and ended with 'Captain Lockheed'/'Tales of Mystery and Imagination' in 1976)
• Brown, Arthur. The Crazy World of (1968) (έ) (Heard 22-Oct-07; 2/5; A flimsy album built around the excellent Fire/Rest Cure single.)
• Brown, James. The Godfather (έ) (2/5; heard 3-Nov-07; not my cup of tea; poorly recorded, but this was 1965.)
• Browne, Jackson. The Pretender (έ) (5/5; heard 31-Oct-07; Outstanding, heartfelt songs, far more varied than on the 'Greatest Hits' song.)
• Browne, Jackson. The Very Best of (έ) (3/5; heard 9-Nov-07; Browne is ill-served by a double-CD greatest hits collection, because it is unthematic, and it shows the same-ness of many of his tunes. 74-77 was his best period!)
• Bruford, Bill. Feels Good to Me (έ) (4/5; heard 10-Nov-07; an excellent start, but the inclusion of Kenny Wheeler and Annette Peacock meant this was a wide-ranging debut. Side Two is just so much better than the first!)
• Bruford, Bill. Master Strokes 1978-1985 (έ) (4/5; heard 10-Nov-07; Confirmation that One of a Kind is Bruford's best album. Variety in drumming styles seems a bit forced at times.)
• Bruford, Bill. One of a Kind (έ) (5/5; heard 12-Nov-07; Brilliant— Bruford's masterpiece, and probably Allan holdsworth's too. More consistent and less quirky than his solo debut.)
• Buchanan, Roy. Roy Buchanan / Second Album (έ) (2/5; heard 12-Nov-07; Not my cup of tea at all: Christian evangelical, country and blues. But sure he could play guitar!)
• Jeff Buckley. Grace (έ) (5/5; heard 12-Nov-07; Outstanding; along with OK Computer, the best rock album of the 1990s; great variety, great voice, great songs.)
• Jeff Buckley. Sketches of my Sweetheart The Drunk (έ) (Disc 1 heard 13-Jun-07; 2/5; track#2 is great, the rest poor. Suicide because of writer's block?)
• Jeff Buckley. Live at Sin-e (έ)
• Budd, Harold. The Pavilion of Dreams (έ) (3/5; heard 29-Nov-07; better for driving to than I had expected, but still over-long, given the lack of variety.)
• Budd, Harold. Luxa (έ) (3/5; heard 20-Nov-07; pretty, languid, but not worth dedicated listening!)
• Buggles. The Age of Plastic (έ) (1/5; heard 12-Nov-07; apart from 'Elstree' and 'Video Killed...', this could be one of the worst records of all time!)
• Bush, Kate. Aerial (έ) (3/5; heard 17-Nov-07; parts of CD2 are excellent, but other parts suggest that Bush still doesn't fully understand what makes great music.)
• Bush, Kate. Hounds of Love (έ) (3/5; heard 18-Nov-07; not quite the classic that some claim, but still interesting.)
• Bush, Kate. Hounds of Love (1985) (έ)
• Bush, Kate. Never for Ever (έ) (4/5; heard 20-Nov-07; probably her best; catchy tunes and some really nice harmonies. Blow Away (For Bill) is an especially nice surprise.)
• Bush, Kate. The Dreaming (έ)
• Bush, Kate. The Sensual World (έ) (3.5/5; heard 18-Nov-07; interesting in parts, even attractive. Not her catchiest.)
• Bush, Kate. The Whole Story (έ) (5/5; heard 18-Nov-07; impossible to fault, and it was great to hear Erika singing Babooshka afterwards. It's just not very relevant today.)
• Byrds, The. The Very Best of (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Nov-07; historically important, I may concede, but not my cup of tea. Obviously very dependent on Dylan, but some of the vocal harmonies are like the Who -- which came first?)

C

• Camel. Breathless (1978) (έ) (3/5; heard 30-Nov-07; Not their best, although 'Summer Lightning' has a magnificent guitar solo. The sleevenotes by Tracy are indeed very Saxondale.)
• Camel. Mirage (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard 29-Nov-07; Very much of its time; mild progressive, a few changes in time-signatures etc; not quite enough variety, but it has its rock moments. Very Saxondale.)
• Camel. Moonmadness (1976) (έ) (4/5; heard 2-Dec-07; Almost their best.)
• Camel. Rain Dances (1977) (έ) (4/5; heard 12-Dec-07; possibly their best.)
• Camel. The Collection (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Dec-07; the orchestral/live versions of The Snow Goose are intriguing.)
• Camel. The Snow Goose (1975) (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Dec-07; Nostalgic; not bad; not brilliant.)
• Can. Cannibalism (έ) (3/5; heard 14-Dec-07; a curious and appealing mix of Can's shorter tracks.)
• Can. Ege Bamyasi (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Dec-07; James didn't like it, but the freedom of the whole set-up, for me, is great.)
• Can. Future Days (έ) (4/5; heard 12-Dec-07; less 'spacy' than I remembered. 'Bel Air' has its moments.)
• Can. Soon over Babaluma (έ) (3/5; heard 14-Dec-07; Overrated.)
• Can. Tago Mago (έ) (4/5; heard 14-Dec-07; Very important; Mushroom is worth trying to put to video!.)
• Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. Trout Mask Replica (έ) (3/5; heard 20-Dec-07; still very challenging: unmelodic, rarely rhythmical, mostly nonsense. Yet it is so cool!)
• Caravan. Cunning Stunts (1975) (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Dec-07; Melodic, and at times riffy, but seemingly incapable of writing a song that is great throughout.)
• Caravan. For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night (1973) (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Dec-07; Melodic, and at times riffy, but seemingly incapable of writing a song that is great throughout.)
• Caravan. If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You (έ) (3/5; heard 18-Dec-07; their second album, much better than expected and more interesting than their later stuff. 'Asforteri' is particularly interesting. The clash between the melodic and the riff-based rock is obvious on this album. It didn't resolve itself happily on the later albums.)
• Caravan. In the Land of Grey and Pink (1971) (έ) (3/5; heard 18-Dec-07; marginally better than 'Plump' and 'Stunts'. 'Nine Feet Underground' is intriguing.)
• Caravan. The Canterbury Collection (έ) (2/5; heard 21-Dec-07; 1980s recordings, but could have been worse.)
• Carey, Mariah. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Carpenters. Only Yesterday (έ) (3/5; heard Dec-07; several classics, but a number of mediocre tunes too.)
• Cash, Johnny. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Cassidy, Eva. Songbird (έ) (2/5; heard 17-Jan-08; did we buy this because she was dead??)
• Chemical Brothers. Come With Us (έ) (3/5; heard 13-Jan-08; good at times, but too much like someone dabbling on a Yamaha groovebox.)
• Chemical Brothers. Surrender (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Jan-08; no real merit apart from the single.)
• Chic. C'est Chic (έ) (3/5; heard 13-Jan-08; as Stuart Maconie has also said, 'I Want Your Love' is by far the best track on this album.)
• Chi-Lites. The Best of the Chi-Lites (έ) (4/5; heard 2-Apr-08; a potential source of ironic video music soundtracks! Bought because the Chi-

Lites were mentioned in The Sopranos.)

• Clapton, Eric. The Cream of (έ) (4/5; heard 13-Jan-08; the classics are still great, and the so-so still so-so.)
• Clapton, Eric. Unplugged (έ) (4/5; heard 14-Jan-08; more satisfying than The Cream of because it's a whole. Strangely the guitar-playing is nothing great!)
• Clapton, Eric. 461 Ocean Boulevard (έ) (3/5; heard 17-Jan-08; of course 'Let it Grow' is magnificent; the rest is so-so.)
• Cocteau Twins. Heaven or Las Vegas (έ) (4/5; heard 18-Jan-08; some gorgeous tunes, but what does it all mean?)
• Collins, Phil. Face Value (έ)
• Collins, Phil. No Jacket Required (έ)
• Collins, Phil. ...But Seriously (έ)
• Coldplay. A Rush of Blood to the Head (έ) (3/5; listened 26-Jan-08; not their best, but some reasonably solid tunes at the heart of the album)
• Colosseum II. Strange New Flesh (1976) (έ) (1/5; heard 7-Feb-08; awful jazz-aspiring vocals; awful British jazz-rock tune structures; occasional melodic interludes; Gary Moore was wasted!)
• Commodores, The. The Very Best of (έ) (3/5; heard 7-Feb-08; Some great singalong tunes, but Lionel Richie only had three separate song ideas, yet made five or more albums from them.)
• Cooder, Ry. Bop till you Drop (έ) (3/5; heard 14-Mar-08; a couple of good tracks (#3 and #4), but little else. Nice American guitar-picking style.)
• Cooder, Ry. Borderline (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Mar-08; the same style as 'Bop' but no great tunes.)
• Cooper, Alice. School's Out (έ) (4/5; heard 12-Mar-08; great theatrical rock, inspired by Arthur Brown and influencing Alex Harvey. Back in 1972, we would have rebelled, but it was the school holidays.)
• Cooper, Alice. Billion Dollar Babies (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 12-Mar-08; more singles, but somehow not quite as good as 'School's Out'.)
• Corrs, The. Talk on Corners (έ) (3/5; heard 14-Mar-08; Very much of its time, post-Riverdance etc. Two good tracks in the second half.)
• Costello, Elvis & the Attractions. Armed Forces (1979) (έ) (2/5; heard Mar-08; Two good tracks ('Oliver's Army' and 'Accidents') and the rest seems undistinguished in 2008.)
• Cream. Disraeli Gears (1967) (έ) (4/5; heard Mar-08; The best tracks (#1 and 2) are blues-rock, but there's much psychedelia here too.)
• Cream. Wheels of Fire (1968) (έ) (4/5; heard 1Mar-08; Hard to believe the very rocky live concert on CD#2 is by the same band that created the studio LP on CD#1.)
• Crosby, David. If I Could Only Remember My Name (έ) (4/5; heard Mar-08; A poor title and cover, but good music inside; guitar-based, but not folksy or country, nor Eagle-like; here the voice is another instrument—the lyrics are unimportant, to me at least.)
• Crosby, Stills & Nash. (έ) (listened 11-Jun-06; better than expected; contains the Woodstock starter; Simon & Garfunkel-like)
• Cross, Christopher. Christopher Cross (έ) (2/5; heard 6-Apr-08; Apart from 'Wind' and 'Sailing', an insipid end to a superb decade of rock music.)
• Culture Club. The Best of Culture Club (έ) (2/5; heard 6-Apr-08; Singles band with crossdressing leader fades quickly in early 1980s.)
• Cutler, Chris. Twice Around the Earth (έ) (2/5; heard Apr-08; unreviewable—just a series of sound clips—but inspiring nonetheless.)
• Czukay, Holger. Movies (έ)

D

• Dan, England & Coley, John Ford. The Very Best of (έ) (1/5; heard 7-Apr-08; two pleasant singles, the rest complete dross, and yet those two are laden with happy memories of the 1970s. Very nostalgic.)
• Danny Wilson. Sweet Danny Wilson (έ) (3/5; heard Apr-08; two great singles, particularly Never Gonna Be The Same—why did they disband so early?)
• De Burgh, Chris. Spark to a Flame (έ) (1/5; heard 21-Apr-08; rightly reviled. Sub-Mike and the Mechanics material. Who were the backing musicians?)
• Deee-Lite. Infinity Within (έ) (2/5; heard 11-Apr-08; nothing to hate, but nothing to get ecstatic about. I could almost have generated many of the drum'n'bass grooves myself!)
• Deee-Lite. World Clique (έ) (3/5; heard 21-Apr-08; Several great disco tunes; they showed how simply good dance music could be made.)
• Deep Purple. Burn (έ)
• Deep Purple. Burn (remastered) (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; DP becomes Free, particularly on 'Mistreated'. Far better than we dared hope.)
• Deep Purple. Fireball (1971) (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; Little for Led Zepp to fear from this outing. The instrumental interludes can be amateurish.)
• Deep Purple. In Rock (1969) (έ) (4/5; heard May-08; an outstanding debut for Mark Two of DP, and 'Black Night' was a great single.)
• Deep Purple. Machine Head (1972) (έ) (4/5; heard May-08; for me, brilliant and life-changing. The solos are wonderful. But 'Leo' and 'Pictures' are pretty feeble.)
• Deep Purple. Machine Head (έ)
• Deep Purple. Made in Japan (1972) (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; Important for many years, but some of the extended tracks now seem to be filling time. Fans who had soaked up the atmosphere wouldn't have complained!)
• Deep Purple. Made in Japan (remastered) (έ)
• Deep Purple. Who Do We Think We Are (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; Underrated, some great guitar licks well worth copying.)
• Del Amitri. Change Everything (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; A wonderful start, but it all falls away after 'Surface of the Moon'. A great pity.)
• Dire Straits. Brothers in Arms (έ) (2/5; heard 6-Jun-08; How did we ever like them??)
• Dire Straits. Love over Gold (έ) (3/5; heard 6-Jun-08; Their best, although that says little.)
• Dire Straits. Money for Nothing (έ) (2/5; heard 6-Jun-08; How did we ever like them??)
• Doobie Brothers, The. Minute by Minute (έ) (3/5; heard Jun-08; Overrated, but good.)
• Doobie Brothers, The. Stampede (έ) (4/5; heard 6-Jun-08; possibly their best. Pat Simmons keeps the band afloat, particularly with 'I Cheat'. Curtis Mayfield's arrangement is also rescient. Their vices had not yet become habits!)
• Doobie Brothers, The. Takin' it to the Streets (έ) (3/5; heard 6-Jun-08; Michael McDonald chucks out much to create his own sound. No more Bill Payne, no more Curtis Mayfield. But the tunes were great! I remember the title track played by Nicky Horne on 'Your Mother ...'.)
• Doobie Brothers, The. The Best of the Doobie Brothers Live (έ) (1/5; heard 9-Jun-08; Pointless 1996 performance with both Johnson and McDonald singing (but not together) before a small Sony audience. Released three years later, probably after much doubt as to its merits.)
• Doobie Brothers, The. The Captain and Me (έ) (4/5; heard 30-May-08 on way back from CChCh with James; a classic, although only 'Ukiah' resuscitates Side Two.)
• Doobie Brothers, The. Toulouse Street (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Jun-08 pleasant background music,and nicely remastered. Not as mediocre as I remembered!)
• Doobie Brothers, The. What were once Vices are now Habits (έ) (3/5; heard 30-May-08; Not bad; memories of listening, sadly, on my own in that 1976 year off.)
• Doors, The. L.A. Woman (έ)
• Doors, The. Strange Days (έ) (4/5; heard 8-Oct-08; Suddenly 'When the Music's Over' seems epic; Radiohead would have been proud of the very modern guitar solo!)
• Doors, The. The Best of the Doors (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Jun-08; Indicative of how dependent the band's reputation is on its eponymous album.)
• Doors, The. The Doors (1967) (έ) (4/5; heard 11-Jun-08; One of the strongest debut albums ever. Poetic and weird, with great musicianship.)
• Drake, Nick. Way to Blue (έ) (2/5; heard 21-Jun-08; can't quite get into this shy folk music. Seemed to pave the way for John Martyn.)
• Dylan, Bob. Greatest Hits (1967) (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Jun-08; Now know these tunes well enough not to be annoyed by his quirky delivery.)
• Dylan, Bob. The Essential (έ) (2/5; heard 21-Jun-08; the most annoying voice in popular music. The original albums provide a better setting.)

E

• Eagles. Desperado (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 17-Jun-08; Possibly the best Eagles album, despite the repeats that suggest a shortage of material.)
• Eagles. Hotel California (1976) (έ) (3/5; heard 16-Jun-08; The singles are now utterly dull, and One of these Nights was always better. 'Victim of Love' is the best track.)
• Eagles. Live (έ)
• Eagles. On the Border (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard 19-Jun-08; Pretty in parts, but some duff tracks on Side Two.)
• Eagles. One of These Nights (1975) (έ) (3/5; heard 17-Jun-08; Apart from the single, this is an annoying album. On the Border is better.)
• Eagles. The Best of (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jun-08; nottheir best compilation; more insipid than the cover implies. How did it collapse so quickly after Hotel California?)
• Eagles. The Complete Greatest Hits (έ)
• Earth Wind & Fire. Let's Groove (έ) (4/5; heard 19-Jun-08; Better than I remembered! Many of the tracks need to be played at high volume, but most are reminiscent of revision sessions and some Saturday afternoons spent alone in the 1970s.)
• Egg. The Civil Surface (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard 19-Jun-08; a weird mix of pleasant prog and almost classical wind quartet music. The uncertain ending on one of the later tracks is funny. Poor old Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin!?)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jun-08; a powerful beginning, with elements of both classical and jazz. But it has no soul.)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The Atlantic Years (έ) (4/5; heard 22-Jun-08; should have plundered 'Welcome Back...' for the Tarkus version, but otherwise a sound selection.)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Trilogy (έ) (3/5; heard 20-Jun-08; Classical rock. But did any girls buy it?)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Welcome back my Friends to the Show that Never Ends (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard 25-Jun-08; abysmally recorded, and CD#2 has a poor choice of material, but all the music on CD#1, especially the Tarkus rendition, is great. All three were great musicians, and Palmer's drum-playing style sounds unique now.)
• Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Works Volume 1 (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Jun-08; self-indulgent twaddle? Well, side four always seemed quite desirable.)
• En Vogue. Best of (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jun-08; three good songs; they were correct to end it all. It was becoming repetitive.)
• Enigma. MCMXC a.D. (έ) (2/5; heard 25-Jun-08; two, possibly three, tunes strung out over an entire album in a gregorian-chant-meets-sadomasochism fest. Still finger-tapping but sounds mostly dire today.)
• Eno, Brian. Ambient 1 / Music for Airports (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Jun-08; groundbreaking then, today just annoying.)
• Eno, Brian. Desert Island Selection (έ) (1/5; heard 27-Jun-08; shows how awful Eno was after 'Warm Jets' and before ambience.)
• Eno, Brian. Discreet Music (1975) (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Jun-08; pretty annoying, but not quite as bad as 'Desert Island Selection'.)
• Eno, Brian. Here Come the Warm Jets (1973) (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Jun-08; surprisingly guitar-based wackiness. Baby's now only smouldering.)
• Eno, Brian and Byrne, David. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts (έ) (4/5; heard 28-Jun-08; highly innovative, highly dependent on Byrne's rhythmic guitar, but some of the tunes are so-so.)
• Enya. Watermark (έ) (1/5; heard 1-Jul-08; how could we have been impressed by this new age twaddle? Only the almost-solo singing tracks are now worth a listen.)
• Eurythmics (έ)
• Eurythmics Peace is Just a Word (έ)
• Eurythmics. Sweet Dreams (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Jul-08; perky pop. Stewart had some good riffs, and Lennox had the words and voice. Did we need the S&M motif?)
• Evanescence. Fallen (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Jul-08; one tune, or at least one style, here really. Semi-angelic voice on top of grunge guitar and drums, singing about gothic themes. Works for a while!)
• Everything but the Girl. Walking Wounded (έ) (3/5; heard 4-Jul-08; an updated version of the Eurythmics, but probably not quite as good or as important.)

F

• Fagen, Donald. Kamakiriad (1993) (έ) (listened 7-Jul-08; 3/5; more sophisticated rhythms than Nightfly but Fagen's voice had clearly weakened in the 11 years since his solo debut.)
• Fagen, Donald. The Nightfly (1982) (έ) (listened 4-Jul-08; 3/5; overrated debut solo album; hard to say what is missing without Becker—maybe 'colour' and 'variation' make the simplest answer. The rhythms are disappointing. Were some tunes composed on a solo Casio keyboard?!)
• Fagen, Donald. Morph the Cat (2006) (έ) (listened 8-Jul-08; 3/5; some perverse key changes, and more interest in the rhythm than the tune, but not bad overall. Why not team up Fagen, who can no longer sing well, with an X-Factor contestant?!)
• Fairport Convention. Meet on the Ledge (έ) (listened 12-Jul-08; 3/5; Quite promising, I now see, although I can understand why Sandy Denny's voice always put me off.)
• Family. The Best of (έ) (listened 22-Jul-08; 1/5; Mostly unimpressive pub rock. Poor song-writing, only succeeding with Burlesque.)
• Faust. Faust IV (1973) (έ) (listened 9-Jul-08; 3/5; hard to slam, and clearly influential (e.g. on Eno), but I won't listen to this too much...)
• Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac (1975) (έ) (listened 9-Jul-08; 3/5; the beginnings of soft-rock; 'Rhiannon' is still stand-out, but there are other moments.)
• Fleetwood Mac. Greatest Hits (1988) (έ) (listened 9-Jul-08; 3/5; the occasional low e.g. 'Oh Diane', but generally offering proof that Nicks was their best songwriter.)
• Fleetwood Mac. Rumours (έ) (listened 19-Jul-08; 3/5; The Monopoly of in-car music: marvellous for no-one, but despised by few, so gets played as the compromise choice. The last few, less well known songs on the CD are the best.)
• Fleetwood Mac. Tusk (έ) (listened 9-Jul-08; 1/5; deservedly slated; mostly Buckingham's hashes in the studio with the rest of the band pulled in; only the stuff on Greatest Hits is worth keeping.)
• Focus. At the Rainbow (1973) (έ) (listened 18-Jul-08; 4/5; a great selection of tunes (I now realise), but rather short.)
• Focus. Focus 3 (1973) (έ) (5/5; heard 14-Sep-07; Focus at their very best; Akkerman was the best guitarist at the time; the long pieces outstanding; a masterpiece)
• Focus. Hamburger Concerto (1974) (έ) (heard 21-Jul-08; 3/5; ...Cathedrale... continues to impress, but the rest is very so-so. A band in decline after a very brief peak.)
• Focus. Moving Waves (1972) (έ) (heard 19-Jul-08; 3/5; if you're over-familiar with Hocus Pocus, then much of the rest can seem easy listening.)
• Focus. Ship of Memories (1976) (έ) (1/5; heard 22-Jul-08; 3/5; All inspiration, and most of its rhythm section, gone, Van Leer and Akkerman see what mileage there is to be had in funk and drum machines. Dismal.)
• Fordham, Julia. Julia Fordham (έ) (listened 22-Jul-08; 2/5; Uninspired chanteuse makes flimsy use of impressive session musicians. 80s tosh.)
• Fordham, Julia. Porcelain (έ) (listened 24-Jul-08; 2/5; More of the same and with that 80s bass sound, only with less expensive session musicians.)
• Foreigner. 4 (έ) (listened 24-Jul-08; 3/5; Some great tracks—Waiting..., Urgent, I'm Gonna Win, Girl on the Moon and Don't Let Go, but this guitar-based rock was too formulaic.)
• Foreigner. Greatest Hits (έ) (listened 25-Jul-08; 2/5; Worse that 4; reveals some very poor tracks from the early years.)
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Welcome to the Pleasuredome (έ) (listened 25-Jul-08; 2/5; The start was undoubtedy exciting, but the rest is really junk. Even the Art of Noise, providers of all the decent instrument-playing here, have since been debunked.)
• Franklin, Aretha. The Best of (έ) (heard 11-Aug-08; 4/5; Not brilliant recording quality, but many absolute classics, and several with a great groove.)
• Free. Heartbreaker (1972)
• Free. Fire and Water (1970) (έ) (heard 13-Aug-08; 3/5; their first decent LP, to my ears. The best was yet to come.)
• Free. Heartbreaker remastered (έ) (heard 17-Aug-08; 4/5; Strangely, the informative notes don't aid my enjoyment of the music, which is denser, murkier and different to all previous albums, due to Bundrick's piano and organ.)
• Free. The Free Story (1973) (έ) (heard 12-Aug-08; 1/5; Muffled, and now so old the CD has corroded. But how can any Free compilation omit 'Wishing Well'?)
• Free. Free (έ) (heard 13-Aug-08; 2/5; Undistinguished, and no gems.)
• Free. Tons of Sobs (έ) (heard 14-Aug-08; 2/5; Intriguing debut, with traces of folk (first track) and Sabbath (Visions of Hell'). Particularly on that track, Rodgers' singing is out of tune!)
• Free. Live! (1971) (έ) (heard 14-Aug-08; 3/5; Good but not great. Their equal-best to this point.)
• Free. Highway (1971) (έ) (heard 13-Aug-08; 2/5; Undistinguished, and no gems. The insipid, nameless cover was, as Johns noted, a disaster.)
• Fripp and Eno. The Essential (1973) (έ) (heard 15-Aug-08; 3/5; Nice to have this discontinued, proto-ambient CD, which contains all of No Pussyfooting, and 'Evening Star' is pleasant; but the final tracks are careless, indulgent twaddle.)
• Froese, Edgar. Aqua (1974) (έ) (heard 15-Aug-08; 1/5; Sound effects and doodles masquerading as music. Fraudulent!)
• Future Sound of London, The. Lifeforms (έ) (0/5; heard 30-Aug-08; a complete waste of listening time. Was this totally improvised? Was it for an artwork?)

G

• Gabriel, Peter. 4 (έ) (4/5; heard 19-Jun-08; Starts brilliantly and innovatively, but 'Shock the Monkey' heralds a side two of insipid 80s awfulness.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Ovo (2000) (έ) (3/5; heard 23-Aug-08; Commissioned for the Millennium Dome for about £1m, it tries to cover too many musical styles. More melodies and less rap would have been an improvement.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Secret World Live (έ) (4/5; heard 31-Aug-08; Noisy, and would be improved by video, but this was clearly an excellent concert; the songs are customised for stage performance.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Shaking the Tree (έ) (5/5; heard 13-Sep-08; Hard to fault, and the re-working of 'Here Comes the Flood' is sensitive.)
• Gabriel, Peter. So (1985) (έ) (5/5; heard 31-Aug-08; his masterpiece, and rightly his most commercially successful. Gabriel always adds to each tune, adds to the variations, adds to the musical colours, to the genographic range of instruments used.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Up (έ) (4/5; heard 18-Jun-08; Suddenly it doesn't seem so great. The volume fluctuations on the opening track probably put off many buyers.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Us (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Sep-08; post-So, post-Passion composition problems. The tunes just aren't good enough, and yet they form the basis of a great live act.)
• Gabriel, Peter. 3 (έ) (3/5; heard 3-Sep-07; overrated. PG himself doesn't believe he found his groove until PG4.)
• Gabriel, Peter. 1 (έ) (3/5; heard 9-Sep-07; OK, but I have no attachment to this. Even 'Here Comes the Flood', one of John Cale's Desert Island Discs, has a poor chorus.)
• Gabriel, Peter. Hit (έ)
• Gallagher, Rory. Tattoo (1974) (έ) (4/5; listened 11-Jun-07 and 12-Sep-08; simple blues but a couple of barnstormers; all the main elements are good—voice, compositions, guitar solos etc—but nothing seems great.)
• Gaye, Martin. What's Going On (1971) (έ) (3/5; listened 15-Oct-08; measured against what we have today, only the title track stands out. But this was clearly a revolutionary achievement at the time, given what the Motown table normally produced.)
• Gaye, Martin. The Very Best Of (έ)
• Genesis. A Trick of the Tail (1975) (έ) (4/5; heard 22-Aug-08; Overrated largely because it was first to show Genesis could survive post-Gabriel. But no album with 'Robbery, Assault and Battery' is worth five stars. And Banks's compositions all seem to rock back and forth, as per 'Entangled'.)
• Genesis. Archive 1967-75 (έ)
• Genesis. Live Over Europe 2007 (έ) (heard May-08; 0/5; the most pointless live album of all time. No new solos. All tunes re-tuned to cope with Collins lowering vocal range. Collins being simultaneously menacing and embarrassing on 'Mama'.)
• Genesis. Boxed Set—Selling England by the Pound and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (έ)
• Genesis. Boxed Set—Trespass, Nursery Cryme and Foxtrot (έ)
• Genesis. Duke (1980) (έ) (2/5; heard 1-Oct-08; one good track (Duchess) does not a decent album make. The production is an indistinct wall-of-sound.)
• Genesis. Live (έ) (3/5; heard 3-Oct-08; Pre-Selling England and £1.99 when proper studio albums were £2.49. A poor man's greatest hits.)
• Genesis. Seconds Out (1977) (έ)
• Genesis. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (remastered) (1974) (έ) (5/5; heard 24-Sep-08; struggling slightly to fill two discs, but it's hard to say which tracks one would delete. Not as polished as 'Selling England', but it's a high point for the band. Was Gabriel thinking of himself as Rael?)
• Genesis. Wind and Wuthering (έ) (heard 26-Sep-08; 3/5; Collins' Brand X dabblings bring no benefit to this mish-mash.)
• Gentle Giant. Edge of Twilight (έ) (2/5; heard 30-Sep-08; the definition of soulless.)
• Gentle Giant. Free Hand (1972) (έ)
• Gentle Giant. Free Hand / Interview (1976) (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Oct-08; Soulless although undoubtedly clever. If the singer (somewhat Chapman-esque but without the gargle) had had a better voice on the rock tunes, they might have done better. The medieval material is fine. 'Free Hand' is good; 'Interview' is the bottom of the barrel.)
• Gentle Giant. Champions of Rock (έ) (2/5; heard 22-Oct-08; valuable when few of GG's LPs were available on CD; but now almost valueless, as it focuses on the post-1976 period when GG were in US-triggered decline.)
• Gentle Giant. In Concert (1978) (έ) (2/5; heard 20-Oct-08; well-recorded and well-played, but the track selection compared to Playing the Fool is awful, due to the 1978 timing of the concert.)
• Gentle Giant. Out of the Woods (1975) (έ)
• Gentle Giant. Playing the Fool (1976) (έ) (3/5; heard 20-Oct-08; worth owning for the demonstration of their musical skills, but only the recorder quartet on 'Panurge' is really spectacular.)
• Gentle Giant. The Power and the Glory (1974) (έ)
• Gentle Giant. In a Glass House (έ)
• George, Lowell. Thanks I'll eat it here (έ)
• Gold, Andrew. Never Let Her Slip Away (έ) (3/5; heard 19-Nov-08; two great hits sandwiching some very mediocre middle-of-the-road material. However Gold'svoice is of a similar pitch to mineso it's nice to be able to sing along!)
• Golden Earring. Live (1977) (έ) (2/5; heard 25-Nov-08; so mediocre; weak, wailing 'Yeah's don't cut it. The sound is thin, despite the presence of a second lead guitar. Outside of the 'Moontan' tracks, the songs are derivative and mediocre.)
• Golden Earring. Moontan (1973) (έ) (5/5; heard 24-Jul-07 and 18-Jun-08; Outstanding, rocky but also progressive (e.g. flute interlude on 'Big Tree').)
• Golden Earring. Switch (1974) (έ) (3/5; heard Nov-08; such a big disappointment after Moontan. Mostly sub-Stones Jagger-esque tunes.)
• Gong. Expresso II (1978) (έ) (3/5; heard 26-Nov-08; somewhat dependent onguest musicians, particularly Holdsworth, but better than average.)
• Gong. Shamal (1975) (έ) (4.5/5; heard 21-July-08 and 26-Nov-08; faultless, even down to Hillage's acoustic guitar-playing. Apart from the mess-around 'Cat in Clarks Shoes'. How could this be the same band that created Camembert Electrique?)
• Greenslade. Bedside Manners are Extra (έ) (3/5; heard 30-Dec; the Greenslade album for which I have the most affection, as it was the album promoted at their Oundle gig. But did they really need new two keyboardists??)
• Greenslade. Greenslade (έ) (3/5; heard 28-Dec; not an album I know well, and certainly not as good as BMAE, but improving. Some fair jazzy moments, but several pointless key changes too.)
• Greenslade. Live (1975) (έ) (1/5; heard 30-Dec; The first half (1973) is awful; the audience's applause justifiably weak.)
• Greenslade. Spyglass Guest (έ) (3/5; heard 31-Dec; much the best-recorded of all my Greenslade's, and the addition of guitars helps, but only 'Joie de Vivre' is a stand-out melody.)
• Groundhogs. Best 1969-72 (έ) (4/5; heard 7-Jan-09; exhilarating stuff. Why did I bother yearning for Hogwash when this has four of its best tracks?)
• Groundhogs. Split (έ) (4/5; heard 7-Jan-09; also good if you've overdone the Bach.)
• Groundhogs. Thank Christ for the Bomb (έ) (3/5; heard 23-Apr-08; Very low-tech instrumentation from this trio with a tinny-sounding guitar; suspect they had to play loud to impress!)
• Groundhogs. Who Will Save the World? (1972) (έ) (3/5; heard 9-Jan-09; unexceptional and an unnecessary purchase for those with Best!)
• Groundhogs. BBC {Live} In Concert (έ) (4/5; heard 31-Jan-08; Pretty good, and close to their best. But where is Hogwash?!)
• Groundhogs. Hogwash (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Jan-09; Disappointing side two!)
• Grusin, Dave. Cinemagic (1987) (έ) (2/5; heard 27-Dec-07; The Tootsie stuff is great, the rest cloying.)
• Gryphon. Gryphon / Midnight Mushrumps (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 9-Jan-09; unsure whether they are to challenge Gentle Giant or Steeleye Span, Gryphon seem keener to expose LZ's theft of English folk songs, such as 'The Unquiet Grave'.)
• Gryphon. Red Queen to Gryphon Three / Raindance (1974) (έ) (2/5; heard 12-Jan-09; pleasant enough, but offered nothing new either now or then, I suspect.)

H

• Hackett, Steve. Genesis Revisited (1996) (έ) (3/5; heard 12-Jan-09; interesting, but perhaps too wide a divergence from the original instrumentations for these versions to become classics. But I like the synclavier on 'Los Endos', and the choice of tracks is mostly excellent.)
• Hackett, Steve. Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) (έ) (3/5; heard 12-Jan-09; perfectly pleasant, and I can see why David Pickering liked it, but nothing striking for today.)
• Hall, Daryl and Oates, John. Abandoned Luncheonette (έ) (4/5; heard 13-Jan-09; 'Laughing Boy' has stood the test of time, and the title song is good too. 'She's Gone' now seems less good. Plenty of famous session musicians.)
• Hall, Daryl and Oates, John. Bigger than Both of Us (έ) (4/5; heard 14-Jan-09; as per AL, some duff tracks built around catchy choruses. 'Do What You Want...' and 'Falling' are both good, and actually 'Rich Girl' is still catchy; but the verse music for 'Back Together Again' is lousy.)
• Hall, Daryl and Oates, John. Ultimate (έ) (4/5; heard 18-Jan-09; some absolute classics (obviously), but a lot of dross too. Should have been a single CD!)
• Hammill, Peter. A Black Box (έ) (4/5; heard 18-Jan-09; my favourite of the Hammill solo albums.)
• Hammill, Peter. Fools Mate (1971) (έ) (2/5; heard 18-Jan-09; it may have Fripp, but I don't enjoy the tunes.)
• Hammill, Peter. Over (έ) (4/5; heard 1-Feb-09; wonderful! The words of 'Autumn'—about children leaving the nest—are specially poignant.)
• Hammill, Peter. The Future Now (1978) (έ) (3/5; heard 10-Mar-09; awful cover, some dud strumming music, but also several potentially interesting tracks. Must listen again.)
• Harrison, George. All Things Must Pass (1970) (έ)
• Hatfield and the North. Hatfield and the North (έ) (4/5; heard 1-Feb-09; Much better than I remembered, but I never knew this well. Listened to twice today!)
• Hatfield and the North. The Rotters Club (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Feb-09; probably worse that their first. The throwaway vocal style begins to grate.)
• Hawkwind. Doremi Fasol Latido (1972) (έ)
• Hendrix Experience, The Jimi. Electric Ladyland (1968) (έ) (4/5; heard 1-Feb-09; a real mish-mash of material when you get past the 200% solid gold classics. I wasn't in the right mood for Jimi today.)
• Hendrix, Jimi. The Ultimate Experience (έ) (1/5; heard 2-Feb-09; scratched and ruined, but it takes about 10 loops within Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)' to spot the perpetual return. Keep it for the CD insert and notes!)
• Hendrix, Jimi. Experience Hendrix—The Best of (1997) (έ)
• Hendrix, Jimi. Smash Hits (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Feb-09; the CD of the LP, and therefore somewhat brief. But nothing wrong with that. It just doesn't have any of the later stuff.)
• Hendrix, Jimi. Are You Experienced (έ) (4/5; heard 2-Feb-09; a magnificent debut, and more consistent than any of the compilations.)
• Henley, Don. Building the Perfect Beast (έ) (1/5; heard Feb-09; awful 80s twaddle)
• Henry Cow. Concerts (1972) (έ) (2/5; heard Sept-09; starts well, but drifts into improv late on CD#1, continues on CD#2 and never recovers.)
• Henry Cow. In Praise of Learning (1975) (έ) (3/5; heard 29-Aug-08; what a group of left-wing Islington school music teachers might come up with in the 1970s. Discordant, but I have some affection for this.)
• Henry Cow. Legend (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 5-Mar-09; more 'Hot Rats' than 'In Praise of...' but quite fun.)
• Hillage, Steve. L (έ) (3/5; heard 5-Mar-09; dated, but a good drum sound, as a great groove on 'Hurdy Gurdy Glissando'.)
• Hollis, Mark. Mark Hollis (έ) (3/5; heard 5-Mar-09; not as good as late-period Talk Talk.)
• Hot Chocolate. 20 Classic Tracks (έ) (2/5; heard 6-Mar-09; strangely less soul and more Alan Parsons.)
• Howe, Steve. Turbulence (έ) (1/5; heard 7-Mar-09; more 80s electronica nonsense.)
• Human League. Greatest Hits (έ) (3/5; heard 7-Mar-09; actually not bad, in a tinny-with-flat-singing sort of way. Catchy!)
• Humble Pie. Performance—Rockin' the Fillmore (έ) (3/5; heard 7-Mar-09; When the bass gets the groove, it's similar to Free. But Steve Marriott's voice is a. like Adrian Edmondson's when singing and b. very annoying when chatting to the audience!)

I

• Isham, Mark. Songs my Children Taught Me (έ) (0/5; heard 7-Mar-09; really irritating marching music. Sell!)
• Isham, Mark. Tibet (έ) (3/5; heard 8-Mar-09; just about listenable)
• Isham, Mark. Vapor Drawings (έ) (3/5; heard 8-Mar-09; shades of Zawinul and Tangerine Dream.)
• Isley Brothers, The. Forever Gold (1977) (έ) (5/5; heard 8-Mar-09; even though some of the funk tracks are so-so, the rest are magnificent and 'For the love of you' is gorgeous.)

J

• Jackson, Janet. Damita Jo (έ) (listened 10-Mar-09; 1/5; tedious sex-oriented CD.)
• Jackson, Janet. Rhythm Nation (έ) (listened 11-Mar-09; 2/5; not much better.)
• Jackson, Janet. The Velvet Rope (έ) (listened 11-Mar-09; 2/5; tedious and dated.)
• Jackson, Janet. Control (έ) (listened 11-Mar-09; 2/5; more tinny drums, but more recognisable tunes; still sounds dated and in all respects, worse than Alexander O'Neal.)
• Jackson, Michael. History Volume 1 (έ) (listened Mar-09; 4/5; dodgy performer, great music.)
• Jackson, Michael. Thriller (έ)*Jackson, Michael. (έ) (listened Mar-09; 5/5; dodgy performer, classic album.)
• Jacksons, The. The Very Best of (έ) (listened Apr-09; 3/5; a good Sony-Motown collaboration, but proof that their second half was something of a decline.)
• Jade Warrior. Elements (έ) (listened 6-Jul-09; 1/5; perhaps innovative once, but now surpassed by everything that has followed it.)
• Japan. Tin Drum (1981) (έ) (listened May-09; 2/5; 5/5 for 'Ghosts', 0/5 for the rest!)
• Jarre, Jean Michel. Oxygene (1976) (έ) (listened May-09; 3/5; many of the effects now seem random and pointless)
• Jethro Tull. A Passion Play (1973) (έ) (listened May-09; 2/5; the worst Tull album I own)
• Jethro Tull. Aqualung (1971) (έ) (listened May-09; 4/5; at least three brilliant tunes, and an informative Ian Anderson interview. But so riffy!)
• Jethro Tull. Benefit (1970) (έ) (listened May-09; 2/5; a relatively pointless purchase if you have 'Living in the Past')
• Jethro Tull. Living in the Past (έ) (listened May-09; 4/5; excellent intro to early Jethro Tull. Ian Anderson's puns become wearing on repetition.)
• Jethro Tull. Minstrel in the Gallery (έ) (listened May-09; 4/5; great title track and 'Baker Street Muse' is also very good)
• Jethro Tull. Original Masters (έ) (listened May-09; 3/5; a good selection, but the abbreviated 'TaaB' shows the LP origins of this album)
• Jethro Tull. Stand Up (1969) (έ) (listened 7-Jul-09; 3/5; the classic Bourree and some other OK tunes)
• Jethro Tull. Thick as a Brick (έ) (listened May-09; 3/5; overrated—side two is very repetitive.)
• Joel, Billy. The Nylon Curtain (έ) (listened 9-July-09; 3/5; singalongable, especially 'Allentown'.)
• Johannsson, Johann. ibm 1401, a user's manual (έ)
• John, Elton. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) (έ) (listened 24-Jun-09; 2/5; despite the hype at the time, most of the songs are pretty poor. Only 'Someone Saved My Life' is great.
• John, Elton. Elton John (1970) (έ) (listened July-09; 2/5; did I listen to this?)
• John, Elton. Goodbye Yellowbrick Road (έ) (listened 10-Oct-09; 3/5; CD#1 is much better than CD#2; not always piano-driven songs. EJ's last good album; otherwise consider him a singles artist.)
• John, Elton. Madman across the Water (1971) (έ) (listened July-09; 2/5; Remember 'Tiny Dancer' and nothing else.)
• Jones, Norah. come away with me (έ) (listened July-09; 3/5; despite the opening track sounding like 'Yesterday', album improves with each listen.)
• Jones, Quincy. A&M Gold Series (έ) (listened July-09; 3/5; 'Stuff Like This' stands out.)
• Jones, Quincy. Back on the Block (έ) (listened July-09; 2/5; dismal search for Jacko sound-alikes.)
• Jones, Quincy. Q's Jook Joint (έ) (listened 9-July-09; 3/5; some excellent intros, and two excellent songs: 'Heaven's Girl' and 'Rock With You'.)
• Journey. Journey's Greatest Hits (έ) (listened 13-July-09; 3/5; quintessential AOR, but only three absolute classic tracks.)

K

• Keane. Under the Iron Sea (έ) (2/5; heard 13-Jul-09; not as mediocre as it seemed on release. Worse!)
• Kershaw, Nik. Human Racing (έ) (1/5; heard 20-Jul-09; the quintessential one-hit wonder. How could we have been so duped?)
• Keys, Alicia. the diary of alicia keys (έ)
• King Crimson. Beat (1982) (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jul-09; excellent first two tracks, loses its way, some of the old KC improv.)
• King Crimson. Discipline (1981) (έ) (3/5; heard 13-Jul-09; not unlistenable, but just not very 2009. More 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'.)
• King Crimson. In the Wake of Poseidon (1970) (έ) (2/5; heard 13-Jul-09; at times, very derivative of 'Crimson King', but OK, particularly the jazzy piano (Tippett?).)
• King Crimson. Islands (1971) (έ)
• King Crimson. Larks Tongues in Aspic (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Jul-09; exotic prog-rock soundscape, but when would you enjoy it??)
• King Crimson. Red (1974) (έ) (4/5; heard 16-Jul-09; outstanding, but poor sound reproduction)
• King Crimson. Red (remastered) (έ)
• King Crimson. Starless and Bible Black (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Aug-09; some quite tedious bits for a single LP)
• King Crimson. The Compact King Crimson (έ)
• King Crimson. The Night Watch (1973) (έ) (3/5; heard 20-Jul-09; OK concert recording.)
• King Crimson. THRAK (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jul-09; Not awful, but not remarkable either.)
• King Crimson. USA (έ) (3/5; heard 16-Jul-09; A nice surprise, which removes the obligation to buy The Great Deceiver)
• King, Carole. Her Greatest Hits—Songs of Long Ago (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jul-09; tunes are OK, but the sound is muffled.)
• Kingdom Come, Arthur Brown's. Journey (1972) (έ) (5/5; heard 22-Jul-09; unreservedly brilliant!)
• Kinks, The. the ultimate collection (έ) (3/5; heard 27-Jul-09; some nostalgic singalong hits on CD#1, even if the same guitar riff gets over-used. CD#2 is less impressive, and Ray Davies's voice has either changed or vanished.)
• Kitaro. Live in America (έ) (0/5; heard Aug-09; quite possibly the worst CD in my collection: insipid, awful. The Americans should NOT have encouraged him!)
• Kolbe, Martin. White Light (έ) (2/5; heard 12-Aug-09; pleasant enough, but of a bygone new age.)
• Kongos, John. Kongos (1971) (έ) (1/5; heard 1-Aug-09; only the two unrepresentative singles stand out; the rest is sub-Billy Joel.)
• Kossoff, Kirke, Tetsu, Rabbit. Kossoff Kirke Tetsu Rabbit (έ) (3/5; heard 1-Aug-09; could have been a lot worse. Only the singing is mediocre. The guitar-playing is great.)
• Kossoff, Paul. Koss (έ) (2/5; heard 11-Aug-09; good guitar, of course, but poor songs. Only 'Time Away', composed with John Martyn, is interesting.)
• Kraftwerk. The Mix (έ) (3/5; heard 22-Jun-08; nicely remastered (re-recorded?) but many of the tunes are unexceptional.)
• Kraftwerk. Trans-Europe Express (έ) (2/5; heard 8-Aug-09; inferior in every way to The Mix.)

L

• Led Zeppelin. BBC Sessions (έ) (listened 11-Aug-09; 2/5; shows how polished the studio albums were. CD#2 is much the more accomplished and listenable.)
• Led Zeppelin. Houses of the Holy (έ) (listened 11-Aug-09; 3/5; still as uneven and varied as ever.)
• Led Zeppelin. How the West was Won (έ)
• Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin (έ) (5/5; heard 13-Aug-09; a brilliant arrival -- hear those sound effects in 'Dazed and Confused'!)
• Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin II (έ) (listened 12-Aug-09; 4/5; the whole construction of 'Whole Lotta Love' is magnificent.)
• Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin III (έ) (4/5; heard 13-Aug-09; 'Hangman' and 'Immigrant Song' are still brilliant.)
• Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin IV (έ) (2/5; heard 14-Aug-09; 'Stairway to Heaven' and The Levee' aside, the most overrated rock album of all time. LZ were clearly running out of good riffs.)
• Led Zeppelin. Physical Graffiti (1975) (έ) (listened 14-Jun-07 and 19-Aug-09; 5/5; patchy on sides 3 and 4, but the album is such an epic that it is hard to make significant criticisms. The strongest double LP of all time?)
• Led Zeppelin. Remasters (έ) (5/5; heard 2-Sep-09; Impossible to criticise, but the tracks sit better in their original album settings.)
• Lindisfarne. The Best of (έ) (listened 21-Aug-09; 1/5; they broke up after three albums and deservedly so: they couldn't sing, and they only wrote two good tunes: Lady Eleanor and Meet Me on the Corner.)
• Little Feat. As Time Goes By (1986) (έ) (heard Aug-09; 4/5; impossible to criticise the track selection, but they sit better on their original albums.)
• Little Feat. Dixie Chicken (1973) (έ) (heard 24-Aug-09; 5/5; every track is excellent in a Southern boogie sense. But On Your Way Down and Juliette also deserve to be universal pop classics.)
• Little Feat. Feats Don't Fail Me Now (1974) (έ) (heard 5-Sep-09; 3/5; The Feat's party album. Good for a singalong, but apart from the sublime groove of 'Spanish Moon', this is unremarkable stuff.)
• Little Feat. Hoy-Hoy! (έ) (heard 1-Sep-09; 2/5; unremarkable post-mortem selection of unreleased tracks.)
• Little Feat. Let it Roll (έ)
• Little Feat. Little Feat (1971) (έ) (heard 2-Sep-09; 2/5; it may be a cult LP, but can I be bothered to get into it? Were LF pointlessly whacky?)
• Little Feat. Sailin' Shoes (1972) (έ) (heard 2-Sep-09; 3/5; a big improvement on the first album.)
• Little Feat. The Last Record Album (1975) (έ) (heard 3-Sep-09; 5/5; Little Feat's final masterpiece.)
• Little Feat. Time Loves a Hero (1977) (έ) (heard 5-Sep-09; 2/5; unremarkable, apart from 'Day at the Dog Races', which is no jazzy that it bears no similarity to the original George-led Little Feat.)
• Little Feat. Waiting for Columbus (έ)
• Lofgren, Nils. The Best of—Don't Walk, Rock (έ) (listened Oct-09; 2/5; disappointing; I now feel that in the 1970s we were taken in!)
• Loggins & Messina. The Best: Sittin' in Again (έ)
• Love. Forever Changes (1967) (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. Gimme Back my Bullets (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nuthin' Fancy (1975) (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. One More For/From The Road (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. Pronounced leh-nerd skin-nerd (1973) (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. Second Helping (έ)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd. The Very Best of, Gold & Platinum (έ)

M

• Madonna. Erotica (έ)
• Madonna. Like a Virgin (1984) (έ)
• Madonna. Music (έ)
• Madonna. Ray of Light (έ)
• Madonna. The Immaculate Collection (έ)
• Madonna. (single) Music (έ)
• Magma. BBC Radio Londres 1974 (1974) (έ)
• Magma. Kohntarkosz (έ)
• Magma. Live (1975) (έ)
• Magma. K.A (έ)
• Magma. Mekanik Destructiw Kommandoh (έ)
• Magma. 1.001 Centigrades (έ)
• Mallard. Mallard / In a Different Climate (1975)
• Mandrill. Mandrill (1971) (έ)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band. Nightingales & Bombers (1975) (έ)
• Manfred Mann's Earth Band. The Roaring Silence (έ)
• Marley, Bob. Legend (έ)
• Marley, Bob. Exodus (έ)
• Marley, Bob. Live! (έ)
• Marley, Bob. Natty Dread (έ)
• Martyn, John. Glorious Fool (1982) (έ)
• Martyn, John. One World (έ)
• Martyn, John. One World (remastered) (έ)
• Martyn, John. Solid Air (1973) (έ)
• Martyn, John. Solid Air (remastered) (έ)
• Martyn, John. The Electric John Martyn (έ)
• Massive Attack. Mezzanine (έ)
• Massive Attack. blue lines (έ)
• Matching Mole. Matching Mole's Little Red Record (έ)
• Mayfield, Curtis. give it up (1997) (έ) (4/5; heard 26-Aug-08; Interesting, but was he let down by his high-pitched vocal? His arrangement for the Doobie Brothers' Stampede is still wonderful.)
• McCartney, Paul and Wings. Band on the Run (1973) (έ)
• McCartney, Paul and Wings. Wingspan (έ)
• McDonald, Michael. Sweet Freedom (έ)
• McDonald, Michael. motown (έ)
• McDonald and Giles. McDonald and Giles (έ)
• McGarrigle, Kate & Anna. Kate & Anna McGarrigle (1975) (έ)
• McGarrigle, Kate & Anna. The McGarrigle Christmas Hour (1975) (έ)
• Michael, George. Older (έ)
• Miller Band, The Steve. Book of Dreams (1977) (έ)
• Miller Band, The Steve. Fly Like an Eagle (1976) (έ)
• Miller Band, The Steve. Greatest Hits 1974-78 (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Blue (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977) (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Hejira (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Shadows and Light (1980) (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Wild things run fast (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Mingus (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Travelogue (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Both Sides Now (έ)
• Mitchell, Joni. Miles of Aisles (έ)
• Moody Blues, The. The Very Best of (έ)
• Monkees, The. The Definitive (έ)
• Moraz, Patrick. I (έ)
• Moraz, Patrick. I (remastered) (έ)
• Moraz /Bruford. Music for Piano & Drums (έ)
• Morissette, Alanis. jagged little pill (έ)
• Morrison, Van. Astral Weeks (έ)
• Motown. The Ultimate Hits Collection (έ)

N

• National Health. National Health (έ)
• Nazareth. Razamanaz (έ)
• Nirvana. Nevermind (έ)
• Nirvana. Unplugged in New York (έ)
• Neu!. Neu! (έ) (2/5; heard 31-Aug-08; I cannot understand why this should be a cult album. Air-like? Or did they just misunderstand Can?)
• Noa. Noa (έ)

O

• Oasis. Stop the Clocks (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Hergest Ridge (remastered) (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Hergest Ridge (1974) (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Ommadawn (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. The Orchestral Tubular Bells (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Tubular Bells (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Tubular Bells (1973) (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Tubular Bells II (έ)
• Oldfield, Mike. Tubular Bells III (έ)
• O'Neal, Alexander. All True Man (έ)
• O'Neal, Alexander. Hearsay (έ)
• Orb, The. u.f.orb (έ)
• Orbital. Snivilisation (έ)
• Orleans. Still the One (έ)

P

• Page and Plant. No Quarter (1994) (έ)
• Parsons Project, The Alan. Anthology (έ)
• Parsons Project, The Alan. I Robot (1984) (έ)
• Parsons Project, The Alan. Tales of Mystery and Imagination Edgar Allan Poe (1976) (έ)
• Parsons Project, The Alan. The Definitive Collection (έ)
• Parsons, Gram. GP / Grievous Angel (1973) (έ)
• Passport. Ataraxia (1978) (έ) (heard 9-Aug-09; 4/5; a delicious memory of that special 1978 occasion I bumped into Kathryn in Oxford with JV. Several exquisite tracks slightly spoilt by a couple of filler tracks.)
• Passport. Cross-Collateral (έ)
• Passport. Hand Made (1973) (έ)
• Passport. Infinity Machine (έ)
• Passport. Second Passport (έ)
• Pet Shop Boys. Discography (έ)
• Pink Floyd. (With Pet Shop Boys label) Animals (έ)
• Pink Floyd. A Momentary Lapse of Reason (έ)
• Pink Floyd. Dark Side of the Moon (1973) (έ)
• Pink Floyd. Echoes (έ)
• Pink Floyd. Meddle (έ)
• Pink Floyd. The Division Bell (έ)
• Pink Floyd. The Wall (1979) (έ) (heard Oct-09; 2/5; Really disappointing; only the single, and variations on that theme, have any interest.)
• Pink Floyd. Ummagumma (1969) (έ) (heard Oct-09; 2/5; Only CD#1 has any attraction; CD#2 is experimental tosh.)
• Pink Floyd. Wish You Were Here (1975) (έ)
• PM Dawn. Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (έ)
• Poco. The Essential Colllection (1975 - 1982) (έ)
• Police. Synchronicity (έ)
• Portishead. Portishead (έ)
• Premiata Forneria Marconi. A Celebration Live (έ)
• Premiata Forneria Marconi. Per Un Amico (έ)
• Prince. 1999 (έ)
• Prince. Graffiti Bridge (έ)
• Prince. Lovesexy (έ)
• Prince. Sign 'O' The Times (έ)
• Procol Harum. The Collection (έ)
• Prodigy. Music for the Jilted Generation (έ)
• Prodigy. The Fat of the Land (έ)

Q

• Queen. Greatest Hits I II & III (έ) (heard 17-Oct-09; 2/5; CD#1 is good, but providing evidence only that Queen were a good pop singles band. By the middle of CD#2, we've reached the bottom of the barrel.)
• Queen. Queen (έ)
• Queens of the Stone Age. Songs for the Deaf (έ)
• Queens of the Stone Age. Lullabies To Paralyze (έ)

R

• Radiohead. Amnesiac (έ)
• Radiohead. Kid A (έ)
• Radiohead. OK Computer (έ)
• Radiohead. the bends (έ)
• Radiohead. tHail to the Thief (έ)
• Rafferty, Gerry. Night Owl (έ)
• Rafferty, Gerry. Sleepwalking (έ)
• Rainbow. Rainbow Rising (remastered) (έ)
• Rainbow. Rainbow Rising (1976) (έ)
• Ramones. Anthology (έ)
• Raspberries. Overnight Sensation (έ)
• Rea, Chris. On the Beach (έ)
• Rea, Chris. The Best of—New Light through Old Windows (έ)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers. By the Way (έ)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Reed, Lou. Transformer (έ)
• Reef. Glow (έ)
• Reid, Terry. River (1973) (έ)
• Reid, Terry. Seed of Memory (1976) (έ) (listened 13-Jun-07; 4/5; patchy, but the least patchy of his albums; two cracking tracks)
• Reid, Terry. Super Lungs: The Complete Studio Recordings 1966-1969 (έ)
• REM. Automatic for the People (έ)
• REM. Out of Time (έ)
• Riley, Terry. A Rainbow in Curved Air (1971) (έ)
• Rodrigues, Amalio. The History of Fado (έ) (listened Oct-09; 2/5; pleasant and occasionally interesting)
• Rolling Stones, The. Exile on Main St (έ)
• Rolling Stones, The. Hot Rocks 1964-1971 (έ)
• Rolling Stones, The. It's Only Rock 'N Roll (έ)
• Rolling Stones, The. Rewind (έ)
• Ronson, Mick. Slaughter on 10th Avenue (έ)
• Rose Royce / Chic. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Ross, Diana. One Woman—The Ultimate Collection (έ)
• Roxy Music. For Your Pleasure (1973) (έ)
• Roxy Music. Roxy Music (1972) (έ)
• Roxy Music. Stranded (1973) (έ)
• Rundgren, Todd. The Best of—"Go ahead. Ignore me." (έ)
• Rutles, The. The Rutles (έ) (Heard 31-Aug-07; 4/5; Innes does better on the Lennon pastiches ('Cheese and Onion') than on the McCartney ones ('Another Day' is too jaunty for 'Yesterday'. But this was one of the funniest TV programmes of the 1970s.)

S

• Sacred Spirit. Volume 2: Culture Clash (έ)
• Sade. love deluxe (έ)
• Sakamoto, Ryuichi. Illustrated Musical Encyclopedia (έ)
• Santana. Borboletta (έ)
• Santana. Caravanserai (έ)
• Santana. Lotus (έ)
• Santana. Supernatural (έ)
• Schaffner, Karl. Many Lives Ago (έ)
• Schmoelling, Johannes. The Zoo of Tranquillity (έ)
• Schulze, Klaus. timewind (έ)
• Seal. SEAL (έ)
• Seals & Crofts. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Sedaka, Neil. The Very Best of (έ)
• Seger, Bob and the Silver Bullet Band. 'Live' Bullet (έ)
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Live (έ) (Heard 3-Oct-07; 3/5; Dated, and no sonic improvement from the remastering. But they were certainly theatrical, if hard to classify.)
• Sensational Alex Harvey Band. The Penthouse Tapes (έ) (Heard 3-Oct-07; 1/5; Mostly covers, almost all without merit.)
• Shalamar. The Hits Collection (έ)
• Shanice. Inner Child (έ)
• Silje. Tell me Where You're Going (έ)
• Sill, Judee. Introducing (έ)
• Sill, Judee. Heart Food (έ)
• Simon, Carly. Anthology (έ)
• Simon & Garfunkel. Bookends (1968) (έ) (Heard 24-Aug-09; 3/5; the purest of the trilogy Slightly weird, but some beautiful melodies.)
• Simon & Garfunkel. Bridge over Troubled Water (1970) (έ) (Heard 24-Aug-09; 3/5; a mixed bag, despite the classics.)
• Simon & Garfunkel. Sounds of Silence (1966) (έ) (Heard 24-Aug-09; 2/5; messy, electro-acoustic melange trying to be a bit Beatle-ish.)
• Simon, Paul. Graceland (έ)
• Simple Minds. street fighting years (έ)
• Simply Red. Stars (έ)
• Sinatra, Frank. Songs for Swingin' Lovers (1956) (έ)
• Sinatra, Frank. Wee Small Hours (1955) (έ)
• Sister Sledge. We are Family (έ)
• Sky. The Best of Sky (έ)
• Sly & the Family Stone. The Best of (έ)
• Smith, Patti. Horses (έ)
• Snow Patrol. Final Straw (έ)
• Snow Patrol. Eyes Open (έ)
• Soul II Soul. Club Classics Vol. One (έ)
• Soul II Soul. Vol II (A New Decade) (έ)
• Soundgarden. Superunknown (έ)
• Souther, Richard. Cross Currents (έ)
• Souther, Richard. Twelve Tribes (έ)
• Sparks. Mael Intuition—The Best of Sparks 1974-76 (έ)
• Springsteen, Bruce. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Springsteen, Bruce. Born to Run (έ)
• Springsteen, Bruce. The Essential (έ)
• Springsteen, Bruce. Born to Run—30th Anniversary Edition (έ)
• Springsteen, Bruce and the E Street Band. Hammersmith Odeon London '75 (έ)
• Squire, Chris. Fish Out Of Water (έ) (4/5; heard 3-Sep-07; still takes two tracks to get going, but then it's glorious. Why did Squire only ever create one solo album?!)
• Squire, Chris. Fish Out Of Water (2007 remaster) (έ) (4/5; heard 21-Sep-07; bizarre commentary with a video shot of CS throughout the album; sonic improvement only slight)
• Steely Dan. A Decade of (έ)
• Steely Dan. Aja (1977) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Aja (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Alive in America (έ)
• Steely Dan. Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Can't Buy a Thrill (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Countdown to Ecstasy (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Everything Must Go (έ)
• Steely Dan. Gaucho (1980) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Gaucho (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Katy Lied (1975) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Katy Lied (remastered) 1975 (έ)
• Steely Dan. Pretzel Logic (1974) (έ)
• Steely Dan. Pretzel Logic (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. The Royal Scam (1976) (έ)
• Steely Dan. The Royal Scam (remastered) (έ)
• Steely Dan. two against nature (έ)
• Stefani, Gwen. Love.Angel.Music.Baby. (έ) (2/5; heard Mar-07; undoubtedly exciting, and the two singles are catchy; the Jam/Lewis production is good. But the quality isn't maintained everywhere, or perhaps it's just too varied.)
• Stevens, Cat. Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974) (έ)
• Stevens, Cat. Catch Bull at Four (έ)
• Stevens, Cat. Greatest Hits (έ)
• Stevens, Cat. Mona Bone Jakon (1970) (έ)
• Stevens, Cat. Tea for the Tillerman (1970) (έ)
• Stevens, Cat. Teaser and the Firecat (1970) (έ)
• Stewart, Rod and the Faces. Changing Faces—The Very Best of (έ)
• Sting. Nothing Like the Sun (έ)
• Summer, Donna. The Best of (έ)
• Supertramp. Crime of the Century (1974) (έ)
• Supertramp. Even in the Quietest Moments... (έ)
• Supertramp. Supertramp (1970) (έ)
• Supertramp. The Very Best of (έ)
• Sutherland Brothers & Quiver. The Very Best of (έ)
• Swing Out Sister. Kaleidoscope World (έ)
• Swing Out Sister. Somewhere Deep in the Night (έ)

T

• Talk Talk. It's My Life (έ)
• Talk Talk. Laughing Stock (έ)
• Talk Talk. Spirit of Eden (έ)
• Talk Talk. The Colour of Spring (1986) (έ)
• Talking Heads. Once in a Lifetime (έ)
• tangent, the. a place in the queue (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Dream Sequence (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Encore (1977) (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. From Dawn 'til Dusk 1973-99 (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Live Miles (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Ricochet (έ) (4/5; heard 8-Aug-08; 33 years on, Part One sounds fairly pointless, but Part Two is still outstanding, for its hypnotic effect, the wealth of ideas, and its technological innovation. Kraftwerk merely stole it and added theatre. Part Two is the German electronic masterpiece.)
• Tangerine Dream. Rubycon (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Stratosfear (1976) (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Tangerine Dream (including Phaedra) (1974) (έ)
• Tangerine Dream. Tangram (έ)
• Taylor, James. Greatest Hits (έ) (3/5; heard 11-Oct-09; housewives' choice maybe, but surprisingly pleasant listening, and plangent lyrics for anyone who has loved and lost.)
• Tears for Fears. The Seeds of Love (έ)
• Thin Lizzy. Jailbreak (έ)
• Tibbetts, Steve. Safe Journey (έ)
• Tibbetts, Steve'. Exploded View (έ)
• Tikaram, Tanita. The Sweet Keeper (έ)
• Timberlake, Justin. Justified (έ)
• Tingstad, Eric and Rumbel, Nancy. Homeland (έ)
• Toto. IV (έ)
• Traffic. On the Road (έ)
• Traffic. Smiling Phases (έ)
• Traffic. The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys (1971) (έ)
• Traffic. Welcome to the Canteen (έ)
• Traffic. Shoot out at the fantasy factory (έ)
• Traffic. When The Eagle Flies (έ)
• Trapeze. You Are The Music...We're Just The Band (έ)
• Trees. On the Shore (έ)
• Trenet, Charles. A Portrait of (έ)
• Trower, Robin. For Earth Below / Live (έ)
• Trower, Robin. The Classic Collection (έ)
• Tzuke, Judie. A Message from Radio City (έ)

U

• U2. Achtung Baby (έ)
• U2. Rattle and Hum (έ)
• U2. The Joshua Tree (έ)
• U2. War (έ)
• U.K.. U.K. (έ)

V

• Van Der Graaf. The Quiet Zone / Pleasure Dome (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. An Introduction (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. First Generation (Scenes from 1969-1971) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Godbluff (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Godbluff (remastered) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. H to He Who am the Only One (1970) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. maida vale (1971) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Pawn Hearts (1971) (έ) (4/5; heard 21-Jul-08; it is an atmospheric classic, but loses a star for its tune-less spots.)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Second Generation (Scenes from 1975-1977) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Still Life (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. The Box (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. The least we can do is wave to each other (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. The Masters (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Trisector (έ) (3/5; heard May-08; not brilliant, not awful. Still haven't heard the last few tracks.
• Van Der Graaf Generator. World Record (έ)
• Van Der Graaf. Live—Vital (1978) (έ)
• Van Der Graaf Generator. Present (έ)
• Van Leer, Thijs. Introspection—1 & 2 (έ) (listened May-09; 1/5; dire flute-based muzak.)
• Vander, Christian. Wurdah Itah (έ)
• Vangelis. Albedo 0.39 (1975) (έ)
• Vangelis. The Best of (έ)
• Various. Head Full of Rock (έ) (4/5; heard 24-Oct-07; mostly very good choices. Not sure I have ever heard 10538 Overture in stereo before! Why does Anderson get all the writing credit for Locomotive Breath? The guitar and piano are superb!)
• Various. Insane Times (έ) (3/5; heard 2-Nov-08; insipid vocals but some intriguing tunes)
• Various. 1985—20 Original Chart Hits (έ)
• Various. 80's Club Classics REPRESS (έ)
• Various. A Childhood Remembered (έ)
• Various. Ambient—a Brief History of, Volume One (έ)
• Various. Back on the Road (έ)
• Various. essential 60's (έ)
• Various. essential 70's (έ)
• Various. Song of America (έ)
• Various. Song of America (έ)
• Various. Freewheeling part one—Daily Mail (έ)
• Various. Good Morning Vietnam (έ)
• Various. Hello Children...Everywhere (έ)
• Various. Hot Love—The Sound of the '70's—Part 1 (έ)
• Various. Love Supreme (έ)
• Various. Make a Noise with BMG (έ)
• Various. Memories from Greece (έ)
• Various. MOJO Music Guide Vol. 1 Instant Garage (έ)
• Various. Music Without Frontiers Volume Two (έ)
• Various. Narada Decade (έ)
• Various. Q—CD92 (έ)
• Various. Q—DCC CD II (έ)
• Various. Q—essential chill out (έ)
• Various. Q—the best of the best 1997 (έ)
• Various. Q—The Best Tracks from 2000 (έ)
• Various. Radio 1's Live Lounge (έ)
• Various. Real World Mid Price Sampler (έ)
• Various. Sanctuary—20 years of Windham Hill (έ)
• Various. SchoolDisco.com (έ)
• Various. Sunset Ibiza (έ)
• Various. Sweet Sixteen (έ)
• Various. The Best Prog Rock Album in the World ... Ever! (έ)
• Various. The Midnight Hour—Mail on Sunday (έ)
• Various. The Shape of the Land (έ)
• Various. They Write the Songs (έ)
• Various. This is Easy (έ)
• Various. This is sputnik7 (έ)
• Various. Wisdom of the Wood (έ)
• Various. The Buena Vista Social Club Series (έ)
• Various. Ocean of Sound Toop, David (έ)
• Various. The Piano and the Song (έ)
• Various. Trojan Dub Box Set (έ)
• Various. Trojan Jamaican Hits Box Set (έ)
• Various. Trojan Instrumentals Box Set (έ)
• Various. Trojan Roots Box Set (έ)
• Various. Trojan 'Tighten Up' Box Set (έ)
• Velvet Underground & Nico. The Velvet Underground & Nico (έ)
• Vitale, Joe. Plantation Harbor (1981) (έ)
• Vitale, Joe. Roller Coaster Weekend (1974) (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. Book of Roses (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. Cosmopoly (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. Kryptos (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas & Friends. Live 1982-1994 (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. The Trilogy (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. White Winds (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas. Simon, Carly. Eolian Minstrel (έ)
• Vollenweider, Andreas featuring Simon, Carly. Midnight Clear (έ)

W

• Waits, Tom. Used Songs (έ)
• Wakeman, Rick. Recollections (1973-1979) (έ)
• Wakeman, Rick. The Classic Tracks (έ)
• Walden, Narada Michael. Ecstasy's Dance (έ)
• Walsh, Joe. "But Seriously Folks..." (έ)
• Walsh, Joe. Barnstorm (1972) (έ)
• Walsh, Joe. So What (έ)
• Walsh, Joe. The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get - You Can't Argue (1973)
• Walsh, Joe & The James Gang. All the Best (έ)
• Warwick, Dionne. sings the Bacharach & David songbook (έ)
• Weller, Paul. Stanley Road (έ)
• Weller, Paul. Wild Wood (έ)
• Wetton, John. King's Road 1972-1980 (έ)
• Who, The. Live at Leeds (1970) (έ)
• Who, The. Quadrophenia (1973) (έ)
• Who, The. Tommy (1969) (έ)
• Who, The. Who's next (1971) (έ)
• Whyton, Wally. 50 Children's Favourite Nursery Rhymes (1963) (έ)
• Wilson, Brian. Smile (έ)
• Winston, George. Summer (έ)
• Winter Group, The Edgar Winter. They Only Come out at Night (έ)
• Winter Group, The Edgar Winter. They Only Come out at Night / Shock Treatment (έ)
• Winwood, Steve. Chronicles (έ)
• Wishbone Ash. Argus (1972) (έ)
• Wishbone Ash. There's the Rub (έ)
• Wishbone Ash. Wishbone Four (έ)
• Withers, Bill. The Best of—Lovely Day (έ)
• Withers, Bill. Live at Carnegie Hall (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Fulfillingness' First Finale (1974) (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Innervisions (1973) (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Music of my Mind (1974) (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Songs in the Key of Life (1976) (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Talking Book (1972) (έ)
• Wonder, Stevie. Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants (1972) (έ)
• Wright, Gary. Dream Weaver (έ)
• Wyatt, Robert. Rock Bottom (1974) (έ) (4/5; heard 21-July-08; great fun, poignant and wonderful. Great Oldfield guitar, too.)

Y

• Yamashta, Stomu. Go Too (1977) (έ)
• Yamashta/Winwood/Shrieve. Go (1976) (έ)
• Yamashta, Stomu. Go Live From Paris (1976) (έ)
• Yes. Affirmative (έ)
• Yes. Classic Yes (έ)
• Yes. Close to the Edge (έ)
• Yes. Close to the Edge (έ)
• Yes. Fragile (έ)
• Yes. Going for the One (έ)
• Yes. Relayer (έ)
• Yes. Something's Coming (BBC 1969-1970) (έ)
• Yes. Tales from Topographic Oceans (έ) (listened May-09; 3/5; perhaps my hearing is going, but this is lousy, sound-wise. Really indulgent, over-extended, but it definitely has its moments.)
• Yes. The Ultimate Yes 35th Anniversary Collection (έ)
• Yes. The Yes Album (έ)
• Yes. Yessongs (έ)
• Young, Neil. American Stars 'n Bars (1977) (έ)
• Young, Neil. Decade (έ)
• Young, Neil. Harvest (έ)
• Young, Neil. Unplugged (έ)
• Young, Neil. Massey Hall 1971 (έ)

Z

• Zappa & The Mothers. Fillmore East—June 1971 (έ)
• Zappa & The Mothers of Invention. Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) (έ)
• Zappa & The Mothers of Invention. We're Only In It For The Money (1968) (έ)
• Zappa, Frank. Hot Rats (1970) (έ)
• Zappa, Frank. Strictly Commercial—The Best of (έ)
• Zappa, Frank. Waka/Jawaka (1972) (έ)
• Zappa, Frank. Zoot Allures (1976) (έ)
• Zappa, Frank and Captain Beefheart. Bongo Fury (1975) (έ)
• ZZ Top. Greatest Hits (έ)