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Ranking The Obscure (R.T.O.)
United Kingdom
Приєднався 11 тра 2021
Hi, my name is Iain and welcome to RTO. This is all about ranking albums in a format that no one else does. So, is your favourite band here? if not let me know.
RTO weekly schedule
MONDAY Album Ranking & Classic Album Review
TUESDAY Album Ranking & Retro Ranking (Top 10 Songs of Bands or Artists anything from 50's To 80's) Last Tuesday of Month is Ladies Day
WEDNESDAY Marathon Ranking (The Big Album Catalogue Show for Artists with 13 or more studio albums)
THURSDAY Battle Royale II (Competition to find the greatest single of all time)
Pix n Mix (VHS/DVDs or Top 10 UK or Top 10 US singles or a Producer)
Live Stream 8PM B.S.T
FRIDAY Live Album Ranking & One-Off Album Reviews (one Hit Wonders) or a Brand-New Album Review. or sometimes both.
One of the features is a series evaluating an artist's music career, which can be any genre. Previous artists covered include:, Tangerine Dream, Sir Rod Stewart & Peter Hammill
Current Artist : Bob Dylan
RTO weekly schedule
MONDAY Album Ranking & Classic Album Review
TUESDAY Album Ranking & Retro Ranking (Top 10 Songs of Bands or Artists anything from 50's To 80's) Last Tuesday of Month is Ladies Day
WEDNESDAY Marathon Ranking (The Big Album Catalogue Show for Artists with 13 or more studio albums)
THURSDAY Battle Royale II (Competition to find the greatest single of all time)
Pix n Mix (VHS/DVDs or Top 10 UK or Top 10 US singles or a Producer)
Live Stream 8PM B.S.T
FRIDAY Live Album Ranking & One-Off Album Reviews (one Hit Wonders) or a Brand-New Album Review. or sometimes both.
One of the features is a series evaluating an artist's music career, which can be any genre. Previous artists covered include:, Tangerine Dream, Sir Rod Stewart & Peter Hammill
Current Artist : Bob Dylan
Відео
Live Stream Today #musiccommunity #uklivestreams #musicenthusiasts #vinylcommunity
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Come and join in one of the best UK live streams with Iain, Dave & guests featuring Dave's Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, Rocky's Wheel of Fortune. This Week the Focus is albums that mention girls names in title or lyrics. Dave will also announce which two singles have made it into the last 16 of Battle Royale II Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: streamyard.com/pal/...
Battle Royale II Group B Singer/ Songwriters
4 години тому
Today's Singles are 1 Imagine 2 Wuthering Heights 3 Cars 4 In The Air Tonight Click on the link below to vote for one of these singles to go through to the knockout stages (top two by number of votes will progress) Opens 2pm B.S.T. strawpoll.com/e2naXz9BAyB Listen to all the songs in competition via Spotify open.spotify.com/playlist/5sJhqu6aq82AxqhhxS6No9?si=87d417bc7ab24225
Battle Royale II : The Singles GROUP B : Singer/Songwriters
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Battle Royale II : The Singles GROUP B : Singer/Songwriters Click on the link below to vote for one of these singles to go through to the knockout stages (top two by number of votes will progress) VOTING OPENS 2PM B.S.T. UNTIL 23.59 B.S.T. 23rd OCOBER
Todd Rundgren Studio Album Ranking Part 1 26 - 14
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Iain ranks the Albums of Todd Rundgren from 26 to 14 Runt (1970) Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren (1971) Something/Anything? (1972) A Wizard, a True Star (1973) Todd (1974) Initiation (1975) Faithful (1976) Hermit of Mink Hollow (1978) Healing (1981) The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect (1982) A Cappella (1985) Nearly Human (1989) 2nd Wind (1991) No World Order (1993) (as TR-I) The Individu...
Live Stream 17th October #musiccommunity #uklivestreams #musicenthusiasts #vinylcommunity
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Come and join in one of the best UK live streams with Iain, Dave & guests featuring Dave's Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, Rocky's Wheel of Fortune. This Week the Focus is albums that mention girls names in title or lyrics. Dave will also announce which two singles have made it into the last 16 of Battle Royale II Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: streamyard.com/pal/...
Live Stream 17th October #musiccommunity #uklivestreams #musicenthusiasts #vinylcommunity
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Come and join in one of the best UK live streams with Iain, Dave & guests featuring Dave's Hatches, Matches and Dispatches, Rocky's Wheel of Fortune. This Week the Focus is albums that mention girls names in title or lyrics. Dave will also announce which two singles have made it into the last 16 of Battle Royale II Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: streamyard.com/pal/...
Rank The Tracks Genesis - Genesis
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Genesis is the twelfth studio album , released on 3 October 1983
Rank The Tracks Back On The Streets Gary Moore
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Back on the Streets is the first album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in September 1978.
Retro Ranking Bad U2 Songs
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Iain picks his least favourite songs from Ireland's U2
Oasis Studio Album Ranking
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Iain ranks the albums of Manchester's Oasis Definitely Maybe (1994) (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995) Be Here Now (1997) Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000) Heathen Chemistry (2002) Don't Believe the Truth (2005) Dig Out Your Soul (2008)
A Perfect Side Heaven and Hell Black Sabbath
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Iain picks his favourite side of 1980's Heaven and Hell Side A No. Title Length 1. "Neon Knights" 2. "Children of the Sea" 3. "Lady Evil" 4. "Heaven and Hell" Side B 5. "Wishing Well" 6. "Die Young" 7. "Walk Away" 8. "Lonely Is the Word"
Bob Dylan 2010 - Present Studio Album Ranking Part 6 of the Bob Dylan Story
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In the final part Iain ranks Bob Dylan's Albums from 2010 to the present Tempest (2012) Shadows in the Night (2015) Fallen Angels (2016) Triplicate (2017) Rough and Rowdy Ways (2020) Shadow Kingdom (2023)
Rank The Tracks Sheer Heart Attack Side 2
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Sheer Heart Attack is the third studio , released on 8 November 1974
Thanks Iain and keep the night light burning.
Great early Gary Moore right there 🤘🤘🤘
Yeah, it's about right. Not an album I replay very often, Trick of the Tail gets more play from me.
Red sky over time out of mind? Crazy
We all hear things different
Todd is a great musician, producer and innovator/experimenter which works exceptionally well at times and fails at others. Have to give him credit for not repeating himself. Looking forward to Part 2. Hope you enjoyed his classic 70's period. Thanks for the reviews, Iain!
The worst U2 song is “Get On Your Boots.” It has a great baseline but the rest is garbage.
It had great potential though.
So many records in that first tranche where there is one perfect and emblematic TR song and the others are just pure eyeball roll head scratchers. Second Wind is the best of this bunch, followed by TR-1 ("Love Thing" hint (Motown). The Individualist came with software for the McIntosh computer to interact with it. Liars has "Past" and "God Said". I hope you appreciate the Marvin Gaye influences; that's coming up with Wizard and Nearly Human. No sour grapes from me about this lot, Iain, other than the fact that I felt your pain. I've felt it too. Every artist has his dogs and that egg chasing sperm illustration..awful.....TR was never known for great album artwork other than Wizard/A True Star. So, let's get on with it. I await the good stuff. And thank you for your service!
You really need to invest in a microphone
buy me one then !!!!!
Huge fan of Todd his classic period is amazing and also a great fan of his work with utopia as well
My list in no order: Party Girl Mysterious Ways A Man and a Woman Walk On Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own If God Would Send His Angels Miami God pt.2 Playboy Mansion Refugee At least half of everything from No Line.. album on
Im just glad not to see any of his 70s albums yet !
For me Todd is a great guitarist, a good songwriter and a fine producer. Looking forward to next week.
Whoah, rough on side B here Iain !!
Because it deserves it lol
@@Iainrankingtheobscure heheheh !
Grey,damp,misty in Leicester area at the moment .
Still Misty here but it's much lighter
Pretty much everything on 'Songs Of Surrender' could make my list. Thanks for a good video, Iain!
@42:47 : What changed your mind ?!?! I Love this song !!!!!
@@Z-eb over the last couple of years love really gone of it lol hero to Zero
@@Iainrankingtheobscure lol. I had to re-listen after watching your video (s) I still LOVE it ;))))))))) you stand correct in this old statement imho !
For me after Joshua tree is when I lost interest in U2 there were some good songs here and there but the worst for me was lemon and numb both had weird music videos and the songs just totally baffled me as well
7. SOTSOG 6. Heathen Chemistry 5. Dig Out Your Soul 4. Don't Believe The Truth 3. Be Here Now 2. Definitely Maybe 1. Morning Glory
Never liked When Love Comes To Town.
Id replace the drowining man with red light, but lets watch the video !! cheers !!!
Good luck to all. Get yer votes in.
Here's my ranking 13 what's runk 12 good singing good playing 11 grand funk lives 10 all the girls in the world beware 9 e plours 8 shining on 7 born to die 6 phoenix 5 survival 4 on time 3 the red album 2 we're a American band 1 closer to home
Any time someone has a huge Hit, the next one will almost always be disappointing even if it charts high. The Who's I Can See for Miles followed by Call Me Lightning. Won't Get Fooled Again followed by Let's See Action.
Thanks, Iain! I've enjoyed taking this journey with you thru Bob's career, even when it covered albums I don't really care for. What is your favorite Dylan album of them all then? For me, it's still 'Blonde On Blonde".
Desire for me, from what i've heard
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My favorite Queen album, first one I ever got. Recommended in Creem magazine ask for it for Christmas. Secret Treaties by Bblue oyster cult, too
its mine too
Zoolook will always be my number1 JMJ album! love the grand scale of it
A very clever and groundbreaking album
There are loads guys , the sort of records that get to nearly no1 and the next single falls off the cliff ! Good subject guys !
I live near the Wash
Great topic and vid, gents! Enjoyable viewing, as always! Thanks.
Happy Birthday, Joe!
Happy Birthday Joe
Some good albums Iain. Would love to get that Ultravox album.
Almost perfect ranking for me I’d swap Misplaced Childhood and Afraid of Sunlight 👍 Remembering that any “ok” album by Marillion is on anyone else’s excellent level 😂
Will you rank Virgin Steele? My favorite band!
I will get them added to the list its takes a while for them to get to the but they will be ranked
17 studio albums aded to the list
great review - but not a patch on Propaganda
For a prefect side they are either a request or I just go through mt collection pick one at ramdom.
Indeed, that was a good discussion. I'm ready with the "girls' names" entry for next week, fellas, and this time I have visuals!
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Just finished watching last nights stream....very interesting conversation with regards to greatest hits albums etc... 👍👍👍
My selections are ready and waiting but I'm babysitting again and it all depends on how quickly I can get her settled and sleeping 👍👍👍
Thanks for the review, Iain! The first half of the title track reminds me more of AC/DC than Nektar. The instrumental second half is excellent though. "Long Lost" and "One Day" are very solid with "One Day" being my favorite. A good but not a great album for me.
Hi Iain, I've been away all week so just catching up. I hope you had a good one
If you haven't listened to it already, you should give Feast On Scraps a listen! It wasn't marketed as a studio album but has 8 fantastic new tracks and a beautiful acoustic version of Hands Clean!
I have got Feast on Scraps myself
Iain I’m seeing seeing stupid vids online and I just want to say you’re about the most dignified person in the vc.. You want to discuss music and that’s it..well done sir
Thank you, Martin, I really appreciate your kind words
@@Iainrankingtheobscure you’re welcome Iain very few one here can say they don’t participate in the nonsense, u can
I love Praying Mantis! They show that Heavy Metal can be more melodic and catchy! My problem with bands like Metal Church and Manilla Road is that they crossover into Thrash, I love Thrash but not mixed with Heavy Metal. But these guys mix Thin Lizzy, Uriah Heep and Rainbow with the heaviness of Iron Maiden. Superb band! Love them! Great album arts and mascot too!
Killer Album 🤘🤘🤘Love it.
Thanks for Ranking this Iain, I need to re-listen as it did nothing for me at the first listen !
Looks good. Best of luck to all.
Vote for we’re an American 🇺🇸 band by far the best of the four songs!
Great Concert, i have the 2CD Edition !
I thought Wet Willie was something you got from strange women in Leeds pubs !!! 😁
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