I know that most of us listen to other music than MK.
I think it would be nice to know the music preferences of each other and maybe suggest the creme de la creme works from these artists. I don't know if there was such a thread in the past.( I spent some time going through the past threads but gave up after looking at least half of them). Please no MK and DS, I believe it goes without saying they are our absolute best. So this is my list, random order.
A note: From the following artists I have most or all of their works. I consider them my favourites because I have been enjoying most of their records. There are many more fantastic records, from artists and groups that never made a second good one, or a second one at all. But maybe this is a topic for another thread.
1. Hefner - Some would define them as Brit-pop, but I'd like to think he is more of a Jonathan Richman/Modern lovers case. I love all their albums just the same, but for those not into more electronic, avoid the last one, "Dead Media" . Their lead songwriter, singer, is Darren Hayman, continues solo with albums that only occasionally sound like Hefner, a case just like our MK.
2. Belle and Sebastian - With sound reminiscent of the 60ies, the 80ies, the 90ies and some time the 70ies, depending on which album or song you listen to. I still prefer their second album "If you're feeling sinister", but a better start would be "Push barman to open old wounds", which is a compilation of their fantastic EPs, all non album tracks.
3. John Martyn - A great songwriter, guitarist and singer that never quite made it big. Explored the limits of folk and pushed them further. "One world" and "Solid air" are his absolute best, and there is a later record "Church with one bell" where he interprets fantastically songs from the past.
4. Television - Recorded only three studio albums and a semi official live, but still they are very influential. "Marquee moon" is an exceptional album, a guitarist heaven, with dual guitar interplay, among Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, but all their albums are very good. Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, continued with a solo career, that surely worths exploring.
5. Fleetwood Mac - A band that needs no introduction. I love "Then play on" from the Green period and 2 albums "Rumours" and "Tusk" from the Buckingham-Nicks period.
6. Pink Floyd - I simply like them all. Each album a different thrill. After so many spins, I can only remember that most of all I liked "The wall"
7. The Beatles - I always liked the "White album". So many songs and ideas. I don't like Srg. Pepper's that much, but I like everything after that.
8. The Kinks - "...are the village green preservation society" and "Something else" are up there with the best of the other British bands, the Stones, the Beatles and the Who. Ray Davies was a genius songwriter, and in my opinion the most British of all.
9. Bob Dylan - "Blonde on Blonde" is the album for me, with second "John Wesley Harding". In the top six are also "Freewheelin", "Oh, Mercy", Blood on the tracks" and "Highway 61 revisited".
10. Marvin Gaye - The voice, hats off. I like three of his albums, the classic "What's going on", the sensual "Let's get it on" and the bitter "Here my dear".
11. Jimi Hendrix - Well his studios albums are unsurpassed. A musical trip to guitar imagination. And the songs are great, not just opportunities to show off his skills.
12. Bruce Springsteen - Still my all time favourite, with the best big sound and compositions to support, is "The wild, the innocent and the E street shuffle"
13. U2 - "The Joshua tree" and "Achtung baby" are shiny gems in the dusty days of late 80ies early 90ies times.
14. Neil Young - "After the goldrush", "Everybody knows this is nowhere", "Harvest", "Rust never sleeps" and "On the beach" are five albums that I can listen over and over. Not a bad song on any of them. There are at least 5 albums from the 70ies that are almost great. A fantastic artist.
I have many more, but I will edit my post some time tomorrow to add them.
