I like the Mick Jagger vocals on Dirty Works. Keith claimed Mick didn’t care and just mailed it in. That may be true but Jagger not taking himself too serious is not a bad thing.
The album before 'Drama' (1980) was 'Tormato' (1978) and to me 'Drama' wasn't that far a departure from 'Tormato' other than Anderson at lead vocals. But is it a departure from 'Going for the One' (1977), absolutely.
Man, I agree with your premise about these so called " bad albums ". I'm attracted to them even more, like Iron Maiden's No Pray For The Dying. People hate on this album, but I love this album and I have it at number five in my ranking the the Iron Maiden albums.
@@robertoboschian Yep, and it came after their magnum opus seven son of the seven son. I call these black sheep albums. Another black sheep album that I like a whole lot is Megadeth's So Far So Good So What.
I've always loved Eric Clapton's August album. In fact, I'd say that, as a guitar player, he peaked during the 80s and early 90s, and he's rarely played better than he does on August. "Miss You" is a great example of this. It's on FIRE! And it's too bad that one of the best songs from those sessions (Grand Illusion) is only available on the CD version. It's a fantastic cover of an already great song.
ok i subbed, happy now? i agree with all you showed. except the Clapton only cuz i never heard it. the shame about that version of deep purple never really took off live.
Love 'Hold Your Fire' and to this day still love 'Time Stand Still' with Aimee Mann, their only song ever with a co-vocalist and at that, a female co-vocalist. Awesome song and awesome album. The band thought it was better than some of their predecessors but Alex never liked the inclusion of 'Tai Shan' on the album and called it one of their worst songs. I like it as I do the entire album. I thought it was a good closing song to the album.
Come taste the band is my favourite purple album. So good,the only thing that sux is they end the solo on you keep on moving way too quick. Just gets going and it finishes😔
As a huge Rush and Clapton fan, I am also a huge fan of both Hold Your Fire and August. My one gripe about Hold Your Fire is that it's a bit too clean - the tracks sounded great live and as usual, the songwriting was tremendous. I loved Prime Mover and Turn the Page, and of course Time Stand Still and Force Ten were incredible. You touched on one of my favorite songs from August, Behind the Mask, and the last track, Grand Illusion, is also excellent. As you said, with Nathan East, Greg Phillenges, Phil Collins, Tina Turner - it's kind of hard to argue with the great results. Great list.
Awesome feedback! My favorite track on Hold Your Fire is Lock and Key. Listening to Michael Jackson sing Behind The Mask and comparing it to Clapton is fun!
Drama is a very good LP. I put it 3rd behind TYA and Fragile as Yes’ best. T Horn / Downes truly inspired replacements. (fwiw, Tormato was the last one before Drama in 78.)
I always want physical content such as Cds and all artists need to put out Cds and albums. Keep doing music digitally and cassettes as an option because Japan is buying cassettes today at the least. I believe Cds, albums and digital can live together in harmony. I know lots of people want Cds and they should always be available. I buy everything including streaming for music and find Cds to be the best option in price and portability. Compressed music is usually not as good as Cds. Cds have sold better the last two years too
The hell! I've ALWAYS known Rush to use SYNNTHESIZERS (to some degree) in their music - even on their more popular albums. And if I'm right here, that 90 album (which you briefly mentioned and the title of which escapes me at the moment) actually incorporated some RAP (which I recall REALLY bothered a lot of their fans).
Agree with you on several key Lp s you pick. Don t give a damn about critics or some small minded fans... Yes Drama, DP Comes taste the band , Sabbaths Never Say Die are ALL absolute classics ! Sabbath LP is massively impressive almost prog jazz metal . Far superior to their sludge Lps such as Master of Reality... See my Channel if yr curious. DP s Come taste is in my top ten all time most played... Cheers from Liverpool UK
Come Taste The Band is great ,
yes ! yes!!!
Drama is one of my favorites from Yes. Top 5 for sure.
Always liked Come Taste the Band. You Keep on Moving is a classic rock ballad.
I like the Mick Jagger vocals on Dirty Works. Keith claimed Mick didn’t care and just mailed it in. That may be true but Jagger not taking himself too serious is not a bad thing.
The album before 'Drama' (1980) was 'Tormato' (1978) and to me 'Drama' wasn't that far a departure from 'Tormato' other than Anderson at lead vocals. But is it a departure from 'Going for the One' (1977), absolutely.
Seventh Star has some of Iommi and Hughes best work. Love the title track, Heart Like a Wheel, Angry Heart and In Memory.
@@bobturnley2787 I love hearing people say this!
Man, I agree with your premise about these so called " bad albums ". I'm attracted to them even more, like Iron Maiden's No Pray For The Dying. People hate on this album, but I love this album and I have it at number five in my ranking the the Iron Maiden albums.
I think people had a hard time giving it a fair shot because Adrian Smith was gone
@@robertoboschian Yep, and it came after their magnum opus seven son of the seven son. I call these black sheep albums. Another black sheep album that I like a whole lot is Megadeth's So Far So Good So What.
I've always loved Eric Clapton's August album. In fact, I'd say that, as a guitar player, he peaked during the 80s and early 90s, and he's rarely
played better than he does on August. "Miss You" is a great example of this. It's on FIRE! And it's too bad that one of the best songs from those
sessions (Grand Illusion) is only available on the CD version. It's a fantastic cover of an already great song.
ok i subbed, happy now? i agree with all you showed. except the Clapton only cuz i never heard it. the shame about that version of deep purple never really took off live.
Thanks for the sub! I love that Deep Purple lineup!
Love 'Hold Your Fire' and to this day still love 'Time Stand Still' with Aimee Mann, their only song ever with a co-vocalist and at that, a female co-vocalist. Awesome song and awesome album. The band thought it was better than some of their predecessors but Alex never liked the inclusion of 'Tai Shan' on the album and called it one of their worst songs. I like it as I do the entire album. I thought it was a good closing song to the album.
Totally agree!
"Tai Shan" is the second-to-last song on the album. The last song is "High Water."
@@UFO314159 I do mess up once in a while but still like the song regardless.
Come taste the band is my favourite purple album. So good,the only thing that sux is they end the solo on you keep on moving way too quick. Just gets going and it finishes😔
As a huge Rush and Clapton fan, I am also a huge fan of both Hold Your Fire and August. My one gripe about Hold Your Fire is that it's a bit too clean - the tracks sounded great live and as usual, the songwriting was tremendous. I loved Prime Mover and Turn the Page, and of course Time Stand Still and Force Ten were incredible. You touched on one of my favorite songs from August, Behind the Mask, and the last track, Grand Illusion, is also excellent. As you said, with Nathan East, Greg Phillenges, Phil Collins, Tina Turner - it's kind of hard to argue with the great results. Great list.
Awesome feedback! My favorite track on Hold Your Fire is Lock and Key. Listening to Michael Jackson sing Behind The Mask and comparing it to Clapton is fun!
I like the open mindedness. Probably not your thing but I realy like Bob Dylans 'Street Legal'. Cheers.
Drama is a very good LP. I put it 3rd behind TYA and Fragile as Yes’ best. T Horn / Downes truly inspired replacements.
(fwiw, Tormato was the last one before Drama in 78.)
Tormato! Yes, good call.
Johnny Blade is a great song but I agree the whole album is great and didn't deserve the bad reviews at the time
I always want physical content such as Cds and all artists need to put out Cds and albums. Keep doing music digitally and cassettes as an option because Japan is buying cassettes today at the least. I believe Cds, albums and digital can live together in harmony. I know lots of people want Cds and they should always be available. I buy everything including streaming for music and find Cds to be the best option in price and portability. Compressed music is usually not as good as Cds. Cds have sold better the last two years too
The hell! I've ALWAYS known Rush to use SYNNTHESIZERS (to some degree) in their music - even on their more popular albums. And if I'm right here, that 90 album (which you briefly mentioned and the title of which escapes me at the moment) actually incorporated some RAP (which I recall REALLY bothered a lot of their fans).
'Roll the Bones' is the name of album and title song with the Rap section in it. Geddy Lee also did the rap section.
Hold Your Fire, Hold Your Fire, Hold Your Fire... (Yes, it is their best album.)
Drama, Come Taste the Band, Hold Your Fire are the keepers, in my house.
You have good taste!
Agree with you on several key Lp s you pick. Don t give a damn about critics or some small minded fans... Yes Drama, DP Comes taste the band , Sabbaths Never Say Die are ALL absolute classics ! Sabbath LP is massively impressive almost prog jazz metal . Far superior to their sludge Lps such as Master of Reality... See my Channel if yr curious. DP s Come taste is in my top ten all time most played... Cheers from Liverpool UK
"You can't do a 10 M release 2x in a row..." Tell that to Shania Twain.
Good call!
Glenn Hughes wasn’t new to Deep Purple on “Come Taste The Band”. He joined with Coverdale on the “Burn” album. Also, “CTTB” is a pretty bad record.
Do you like Stormbringer?
Critics don't know shit!
Man the Valenti show is just not as good without you… How can we get you back? Any other podcasts or anything you are on?
From your mouth to God's ears my friend. Maybe one day I'll be brought back. Hey, if Oasis can reunite....
Johnny Blade. Yes!
Right on!
By critic you mean those who work for mags like Rolling Stone always praise lps advertised and never say compliments about those who don't pay up.
Never Say Die is great. Hold Your Fire is bland.