Ranking my Favourite Albums from 1981
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Join me as we take refuge in records from 1981. In this video, I rank my five favourite albums from this year, as well as delve into my vinyl collection to reveal more classics (post-punk, new wave and a few others that are something a bit different) that were released during a very interesting time in musical history.
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To watch my ranking videos for 1980 and 1982, please click on the links below:
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Another fantastic video! Certainly there is a lot more music from this year that I need to check out. You know you are doing a good job when the those commenting are so intelligent and well-informed. Some great albums also mentioned in the comments that weren’t on your list. I would probably include the Go-Gos Beauty and the Beat, the Canadian band Rough Trade’s For Those Who Think Young (which you may not know?) and the quirky Art Objects Bagpipe Music. Living in Canada since 1975 has exposed me to a lot of American music, while I missed “the scene” in the UK over these ranking years. Thanks for all the leads, and the albums you champion in your videos rules!
@@ashrobinson4604 Thank you, Ash for continuing to watch and comment; it’s made my day 😊🙏
I am so pleased you are enjoying the vids and it means a great deal you are working through them 👍🏻 I enjoy reading what you have to say and I always appreciate recommendations, so thank you for mentioning Rough Trade 😊
If there’s any albums in particular you check out from 1981 as a result of this video, please do let me know how you get on!
Best wishes,
Christian
1981
Albums I love from your list.
- Faith
- Nightclubbing
- Architecture & Morality
- Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
- Tin Drum
- Penthouse and Pavements
- Dare
- Ghost in the Machine
- Heaven Up Here
- From the Lion's Mouth
- Juju
Albums on my "needs a spin or another spin" list.
- Happy Birthday
- East Side Story
- Trust
- In the Garden
- Psychedelic Jungle
- The Mask
- Author Author
Albums I'm not so keen on.
- Sons And Fascination / Sister Feelings Call
Albums I don't know or had never heard of.
- Behind the Magnolia Curtain
- Wilder
- Stands for Decibels
- And Don't the Kids Just Love It
- The Only Fun in Town
- Fire of Love
Albums I miss from your list and might be on my list.
- Business As Usual (Men At Work)
- Computer World (Kraftwerk)
- Duran Duran (Duran Duran)
- Freeze Frame (The J. Geils Band)
- Walk Under Ladders (Joan Armatrading)
- Kim Wilde (Kim Wilde)
- Rage in Eden (Ultravox)
- Red Skies Over Paradise (Fischer-Z)
- The Gospel According to the Meninblack (The Stranglers)
- Waiata (aka Corroboree) (Split Enz)
@@spoteach Absolutely superb, Gunter and many thanks indeed for sharing 🙏
Best wishes,
Christian
Altered Images - Clair Grogan (Kristine Kochanski, in series 1, 2 and 6 of the TV show Red Dwarf.)
@@dack6528 I love this comment! And I love Kochanski! And I love ‘Red Dwarf’! And I love that you took the time to watch this vid!
Thank you and best wishes,
Christian
Great post and reviews
Cant fault any of your selections and really enjoyed Tac Falco and Heaven 17 reviews and really enjoyed listening to top rate Rockabilly last night ; I know Bourgeoise Blues from Ry Cooder who of course played with Captain Beefheart on Safe as Milk
Do you know Captains version of Diddy Wah Diddy ? You would love it
I think i read somewhere once that Non Stop Erotic Cabaret was Andy Warhols favorite album
I think for me this might make my top 5 for this year
Tav Falco was in Downtown 81 with Basquiat , it also featured Debbie Harry , James Chance and one on my favorites August Darnell ( Kid Creole )
Kid Creole and Coconuts are the one NY band that are criminally overlooked and their 1981 effort Fresh Fruit from Foreign Place is a particular favorite
I remember a clip of KId Creole live at the Ritz on OGWT and it blew me away
I got to see them live in 82 or 83 and wow what a show
And now for a crazy segue to my musical hero !!
New York 81 ; Basquiat and that whole downtown scene congregated at the Mudd Club on Franklin Street
Frank Zappa release 3 albums in 81 ; 2 double albums and a 3 album set of guitar solos
Frank loved the Mudd Club , wrote a song about it and famously played a concert there
Anyway Frank is my musical hero ; some would say Shut up and Play your Guitar box set of live solos is self indulgent
Frank never repeated a solo
He went out without a net and created his music in real time
I see now difference in this approach from Kevin Shields or Vinnie Reilly
Just listen to Deathless Horsie , Pink Napkins or Ship Ahoy
In 81 Zappa was knocking LA hair bands ( Tinseltown Rebellion ) and singing praise of NY downtown scene ( Mudd Club ) and yet people don’t see it that way
Anyway now that i got that off my chest back to 81 and New York
Mink De Ville : Coup De Grace
Amazing sounding record.
Ok so for my too 5
1 Fire of Love without a Doubt
You summed it up perfectly , only thing i can add is the JLP was the president of Blondie Fan Club
2 Shut Up and Play Your Guitar : Frank Zappa
3 albums of Live solos , sounds like hell for the jangle pop crowd
I still listen to it ; It speaks to me and I understand it more that listening to Coltrane
3 Non Stope Erotic Cabaret : Soft Cell
Love the whole vibe
4. LC : Durutti Column
Otis , I mean what more need i say .
5. My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
Brian Eno / David Byrne
This for me takes Fear of Music a step further , funkier , darker and more danceable
P.S
I reserve the right to talk about Rockabilly in85 so i can address Simon Carmody and the great Irish Band ; The Golden Horde
@@jessem470 Wow, Jesse! Thank you so much for such a brilliant post, and for taking the time to watch my video - sincerely appreciated 🙏
I’m so pleased to hear you were happy with my selections, and I’m delighted you enjoyed my commentaries on Tav Falco and Heaven 17 in particular 😊
I’m not familiar with the Beefheart song you mentioned, so I’ll play it tonight. It’s great to hear you enjoyed a fine evening listening to top-rate Rockabilly…. Great stuff!
‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ is such a great album and, if it was Warhol’s favourite, it’s a very fine choice.
I’ve heard of ‘Downtown ‘81’ but must admit I have never watched it… Sounds like it has a rather awesome cast! I rather like Basquiat. I have a rug in my dining room featuring one of his prints and I loved the film ‘Basquiat’, starring Jeffrey Wright.
I haven’t heard much of Kid Creole, but a number of people - yourself included - have stated they’re underrated. I might have to give his 1981 album a try at some point and see how I get on 🥥
I loved your Zappa story and I love he’s your musical hero ❤️🎶 I’ve loved everything I’ve heard the great man do, but my vinyl collection is some way off from getting even just a little bit close to the sheer number of albums he put out. Having said that, I do have ‘Tinseltown Rebellion’ and ‘You Are What You Is’ in the collection, but both just fell a bit short for me to be put in the top 25.
Thank you for sharing your top five with me - and great to see we both have The Gun Club as #1 🔥❤️ Yes, I mention in my 1982 vid, when discussing ‘Miami’ that JLP was President of the Blondie Fanclub 👍🏻👍🏻
I haven’t heard ‘Shut Up’ by Zappa, but it sounds immense! Your description of it is very compelling!
Couldn’t agree more with you about ‘Non-Stop’… Definitely a ‘vibe’ album.
I love ‘LC’ - apparently it’s one of Brian Eno’s fave ever records - but I don’t own it on vinyl. If I did, it would have been in the top 25 - ditto all this as regards ‘MLITBOG’ too.
Finally, I uphold your right to talk about Rockabilly in 1985 - and any other genres you wish. It’s great to have you here, Jesse 😊
Best wishes,
Christian
I am a Zappa completist so indulge me with one last comment on SUAPYG box set
Frank once said
“My theory is this: I have a basic mechanical knowledge of the operation of the instrument and I got an imagination. And when the time comes up for me to play a solo, it’s me against the laws of nature. I don’t know what I’m gonna play and don’t know what I’m gonna do. I know roughly how long I have to do it, and it’s a game where you have a piece of time and you get to decorate it…”
He called them Air Sculptures
So with that in mind please listen to Pink Napkins or Deathless Horsie or heavier Ship Ahoy of Heavy Duty Judy
He was a singular talent
@@jessem470 I love your love for Zappa, Jesse ✊
I have definitely seen a video online where he says that quote; it’s rather brilliant.
If ‘Pink Napkins’ is anywhere near as good as ‘Black Napkins’ (one of my fave Zappa solos), I’ll be very, very happy indeed!
Best wishes,
Christian
@@TheVinylSanctuary pink napkins is a black napkins solo
Ship ahoy is coda to Zoot Allures performance
And the 3 solos titled Shut up , Return of Son of shut up ……and Shut up… some more are all
Inca Roads solo
If you ever come across this set pick it up
@@jessem470 This all sounds great, Jesse 😊 I’m a big fan of the ‘Zoot Allures’ album and I love ‘Inca Roads’, so all of this sounds right up my street!
Thank you so much for the information and best wishes,
Christian
Needless to say I had or have had a lot of these albums...I think by now you know what I like and what means a little less to me (I fall into the "no really into" The Police catgory, they were maybe too ubiquitous when I was at school, along with UB40 and Madness, school wasn't a great time personally...it took me a while to accept The Jam for the same reasons...some of us prefered Theatre of Hate, others Meatloaf)....Altered Images was an early love of mine, watching an Altered Images video almost brings me to tears over the passing of time. They got their name from the writing on a Buzzcocks single, maybe you can recall which one, it is lost in memory this morning, my head full of other factoids....I play 'Happy Birthday' every year, on my birthday....Soft Cell has had a lot of plays recently, back to back with Douglas Dare, and Antony and The Johnsons who prehaps contain echoes of Marc Almond, Layla considers it one of the greatest albums ever made...Josef K, I consider a staple or foundation of my record collection, although I prefer playing the singles (let us now speak of Louis Wain, Tommy Katkins, and their importance to post punk...my home girl Stacey has a tattoo of the Postcard Records kitten, tattooed on her arm in Edinburgh long long ago). I also I still have OMD...and indeed 'Dare'...although I didn't actually own it in 1981 (fortunatly everyone else and their dog had a copy). I went through a phase of listening to early Human League, and indeed early Scritti Politti (what grows together goes together), but I now, in old age I prefer peak Human League. Phil Oakey's hair, at the time if worn by others on the way to art school was the hight of fashion-victimhood, as nobody could really pull it off. The Television Personalities...incredibly overlooked. The artwork on many of those albums, although maybe not all, has been or was very influential on my own art practice in the early days, not least 'Mask'. Danny Ash did the cover when he was still on art foundation at Nene College (as was, it now has university status) Northampton, which must've been 1979. I would attend, doing the same course, nine years after, although the ghost of Bauhaus had entirely left the building by then. 'Mask" or 'In the Flat Field"...the former for dancing to, the latter for listening to (in the dark obviously). I actually prefer 'The Sky's Gone Out' lyrically and vocally, let us never mention "Burning from the Inside'. I have met a number of people via my Instagram account who attended Nene, all old early Bauhaus adoptors (as they were the local band) and we each mark the passage of time by what music was played in those rooms in our respective foundation years , as we drank instant coffee and painted. For my mate Tania it was the era of 'Pillows and Prayers' and The Smiths debut, for me it 'Up For A Bit" by The Pastels, already an old album, The Sea Urchins, and 'Doing It for the Kids" compeating with what I considered the gawd awful derivative Wonder Stuff the passing of time forever tethered to music. You can probably workout what year that was Christian. S.
@@Layla-kd4ui Hi S. 👋 Antony and the Johnsons and Anohni’s collabs with Hercules & Love Affair are spectacular! What a voice. So much emotion.
@@Layla-kd4ui Hi, Sean!
Hope all is well with you and that you had a great weekend 😊
I wish to thank you, so much, for the time and care you have put into your reaction to my 1981 vid 🙏 Your words enable me to see with real clarity the memories you choose to share - placing me in the scene in much the same way a well-written film or book can. I try to visualise the places you describe, and just how cool things must have been back then… the hairstyles, the clothes, the music, the gigs, the pubs, the clubs. I think, given the passage of time, your recall and attention to detail is strong.
I get the impression that a good few of my album picks really resonated with you - perhaps evoking fond memories. If that’s the case I am pleased, as I think it’s so important for the viewers of my channel, who were actually there when this music was released, to have the time to reflect and reminisce on those bygone times. At the moment I can’t share personal memories as I wasn’t around, but I can talk about how I find the music - and I do try to do it in a way that’s not only respectful to the artist, but their audience too (both old and new).
I enjoy the factoids you pepper your posts with, and I try to retain what I can.
I appreciate this video was a long one, so thank you for being there and for sharing your own reflections on 1981 🙏
Best wishes,
Christian
@@TheVinylSanctuary I added an extra comment about painting, and the boss of Scottish painters James Cowie...but UA-cam disapeared it...so...anyway...in reply to your reply Christian:
The past is another country. It is hard to relate the subtle differences, the feel of that time, or at least how I experienced it. So much physical evidence has now gone. The early 1980s, for instance, had a different smell experienced most readily in telephone boxes and vandalised bus shelters. But even with the absence of smell, using visual, fashion and musical references only they always get it wrong in television dramas and films…I wrote whole essay about these glitches earlier in the year. For instance to me any visual representation of British subcultures in, say, 1986 or 87 looks like 1981 or 82 to me, which is worrying as I lived in the provinces, I lived nowhere, where there was already a fashion and music lag. Then if the drama is set in, say, 1988, everyone is listening to music four or five or seven or eight years out of date. The clothing, like the hair, is usually a bit wrong, everyone is too clean, too new, too standardised or the opposit, but still wrongly translated. There was recent the Netflix drama 'One Day' which was a case in point, an approximation, rather than an accurate rendering of music reflecting the passing of time (although I enjoyed it and the anachronistic use of relatively obscure Mekons tracks...and other odd choices...the soundtrack listing can easily be found online). As must be more than obviou, especially to you, musical tastes and their associated subcultures moved very very fast between, and in multiple directions, between 1980 and 1986. The cultural theorist Mark Fisher wrote about how around 1990 marks the last epoch you could tether a moment in time to a musical genre or style, after that almost everything sounded like a version of everything before, or could easily fit into the music of the recent past. Not that it wasn’t good but it wasn’t new sounding or representative of a specific time it was made. Mark Fisher associated this with the death of the idea of the future and progression through time…and 'hauntology', the haunting of his, also my, generational cohort; that we are haunted by the promise of futures which never came to pass.
Regarding clubs...you really had to be in London or Brighton, or ofcourse upwards of Watford Gap services or a place with a student population else it was pretty, it was still an era of smart casual dress codes which I could never pass. The local monthly “alternative disco” in my small midlands home town, one train stop along from Mark Fisher, was pretty much the same each and every time, once a month. It went something like this and never wavered much…anytime, every time in 1984 and 1985, when the rest of Britian was begining to turn it to new sonic expressions, when there was mulitple choices, it would be: something-like:
‘Temple of Love’ (or another song which sounds like it) - Sisters of Mercy
‘In to the Valley’ - The Skids
‘Decontrol’ - Discharge (or someting which sounds exactly the same).
‘Happy House’ - Siouxsie and the Banshees
‘Rig It Up’ - Orange Juice (no other Orange Juice allowed, and this begrudged)
‘Small Town England’ (or alternatively 'Vengence') - New Model Army
‘Nag Nag Nag’ - Cabaret Voltaire
‘Dead Pop Stars’ - Altered Images
Good Taste - The Cramps
‘Transmission’ (or 'She's Lost Control')- Joy Division (or 'Blue Monday' never both)
'Submission' - Sex Pistols (or maybe P.I.L.)
‘Ever Fallen In Love’ - Buzzcocks (no 'Magazine')
‘Teenaged Kicks’ - Undertones
something by 'The Damned' something by The Clash or Ruts
‘Sheenan is a Punk Rocker‘ - Ramones
‘Nazi Punks Eff Off’ - Dead Kennedys
(and other songs which mention punks, being a punk, punk things and concerns)...
And something or other by The Cure but usually not 'Love Cats' probably possibly if you’re lucky…Depeche Mode perhaps, Soft Cell...you'd be lucky...and lucky to hear anything from before 1976 (no Can, no Love, no Velvet Underground, no Modern Lovers)...all punctuate by songs and bands I have mostly tried to forget...Anti-Nowhere League, Alien Sex Fiend and suchlike…don’t expect any Japan or Gang of Four, certainly don’t expect Josef K or anything funky or too experimental. As a concession to the new ‘Upside Down’ - Jesus and Mary Chain added later. I stopped going it was such a struggle…I went to more gigs, I moved, ended the decade elsewhere as you know...S.
@@michelewiese48 although I'm very much that "I prefer their early stuff" annoying guy in the corner with almost everything...and yet I could listen to Antony/Anohni sing absolutely anything from any point in his career...and possibly also the phone book (do they still exist?). I only wish I had 'Soft Black Stars' on vinyl...it will be played at my funeral (later rather than sooner I hope) I'm a bit of a Current 93 enthusiast also (although, uncharactoristically David Tibet's middle output and most recent masterworks) but, for obvious vocal reasons, I prefer Antony's rendering of that song. S.
@@Layla-kd4ui I discovered Anohni through the song “Old Whore’s Diet” on Rufus Wainwright’s album ‘Want Two’ and bought ‘I Am A Bird Now’ and ‘The Crying Light’
I just find her voice devastating!
“It Must Change” from last year was on repeat for quite a while. I will look into Current 93. Any leftover phone books are surely perches for birds in our numerous landfills.
Thank you, S.
Very cool, love that The Sound made your top five! I recently finished Simon Heavisides' book on Borland, Destiny Stopped Screaming, and re-listened to the entire catalog. I didn't see the band often associated with them, The Comsat Angels, though I could have missed it in your 2+ hour journey. Scars is a more recent acquisition from a few years back, and I need to revisit and absorb it more.
The Comsat Angels - Sleep No More
A few others I recommend that may not have made your list:
The Raincoats - Ody Shape
Modern Eon - Fiction Tales
The Method Actors - Little Figures
The Suburbs - Credit In Heaven
The Au Pairs - Playing With A Different Sex
Martha & The Muffins - This Is The Ice Age
Wipers - Youth Of America
Opposition - Breaking The Silence
The Associates - Fourth Drawer Down
TV21 - A Thin Red Line
@@Fastnbulbous1969 Hey, Fast! You found me 😊
I am positive you are already aware, but it’s Christian here from the As It Should Be community 👋
Thank you very much indeed for watching this vid, for subscribing and for leaving such a kind comment 🙏
This vid was long, for sure, but not two hours plus. I haven’t broken the 120-minute barrier just yet, and this vid came in at a lean 1hr 47mins 😉
You didn’t miss The Comsat Angels and it’s a great shout, but I don’t have it in the vinyl collection. I only ever show records in my collection, so there will be a great many I’ll never show.
Anyhow, I am delighted you approved of The Sound being in my top five (to be honest, the top five have all held the #1 spot at one point or another) and the book on Borland sounds excellent 👌
That Scars album is a very old fave of mine and gets better and better with age. I feel privileged to have discovered it as long ago as I did, as its stock has only risen over the passage of time.
Your list of ‘others’ was excellent, but of course I knew that would be the case from our correspondence over on AISB. Whilst familiar with all of them, I only own ‘Fourth Drawer Down’ on vinyl. I didn’t select it because it’s a compilation album. I only stick to studio albums when putting together my ranking vids.
Thanks again for being here, Fast and I hope you enjoy my other vids. I await your further thoughts with great interest.
Best wishes,
Christian
Kidding about 2+ hrs. If you read what I've written on my site about Method Actors, Suburbs and Martha & the Muffins in particular, you MAY be inspired to seek out copies...
@@Fastnbulbous1969 😂 I like your sense of humour, Fast! I’ll take a look at what you have highlighted.
Best wishes,
Christian
I don't see Credit in Heaven get mentioned too often. What a fantastic album, as well as their previous release, In Combo.
@@toddhill7483 Thanks so much for commenting, Todd and welcome to The Vinyl Sanctuary 😊
I’m familiar with The Suburbs, but not to a significant degree, and I don’t have any of their albums in my vinyl collection, but they are a band I shall keep a lookout for, for sure 👍🏻
Best wishes,
Christian
Agree with you about Author Author. Shame it was their only album.
@@brett.altEIGHTies Hello, Brett 👋
Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to comment - sincerely appreciated 🙏
Yes, ‘Author! Author!’ is a tremendous album and an immediate pick for my top 25 for 1981. I would have loved to have heard a second album but, alas, it wasn’t to be.
Best wishes,
Christian
I did enjoy it. :D
- so here is the funny thing: when you said that Josef K is not the best album from the era I was about to revolt and I said to myself he better pick the Scars album as the better one. LOL
although I think my favourite song is not in the album (she's alive)
- Frustration is one of the greatest openers of all times. I love it that they put Sex Dwarf after Youth.
- TV Personalities is a top-5 album for me. not a single bad song in the album and after all these years I catch myself singing from time to time "Parties in Chelsea"
-Wilder > Kilimanjaro but you need to spend some time on both albums to realise that but
- Crocodiles > Heaven Up Here.
Cheers!
@@akis723 So I came through unscathed with my Scars pick then, eh? Well, that’s a relief! 😅 Honestly though, I am so pleased you enjoyed this vid and approved of my picks 👍🏻
‘Frustration’ is a great album opener, and yes ‘Don’t the Kids…’ is a truly excellent album from start to finish - certainly worthy of being in anyone’s all-time top five ✊
I agree also that, the longer one spends with ‘Wilder’, the more appreciative one becomes of its sheer brilliance. As for those first two Bunnymen albums? Utterly brilliant!
Best wishes,
Christian
Heaven Up Here is far better than Crocodiles IMHO. Wasn't my favorite until after a few listens. But now it's my favorite EatB album. And definitely my fav of all 1981 albums. Fire of Love is a great choice as well.👍
@@rich_t Hiya, Rich!
Many thanks for commenting - much appreciated 🙏
I love those first two Bunnymen records ❤️ They’re both fantastic, and it’s possible I’ve listened to ‘Heaven Up Here’ a little more than ‘Crocodiles’. The vibe of ‘Heaven…’ is just so appealing to me, and it sounds so powerful.
Best wishes,
Christian
Hi Christian, just subbed up. I was 13/14 in 1981, so very familiar with lots of those albums. I very foolishly left that Joseph K record in a second hand shop in Hull thinking I’ll pick it up next time, of course I’ve never seen it again! Don’t know Scars but will definitely check them out. Andy
@@andygladwin2049 Hi, Andy!
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my vid, leave a comment and subscribe - all of which are sincerely appreciated! A very warm welcome to you 😊
What a great age to have been in 1981, and to have been around all that wonderful music!
Yes, that Josef K album can be a tricky one to find but I hope that, one day soon, you will be somewhere and it’ll be waiting for you to be bought and enjoyed 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Brilliant news you are going to check out Scars too! I can’t speak highly enough of them and I absolutely love their album ‘Author! Author!’ If you do check it out, please let me know what you think of it.
Thanks again and best wishes,
Christian
Judy Garland sang “Meet Me In St. Louis” and pronounced it Lou-eee maybe for the sake of the song, or this may have been how it was spoken in 1904, but it’s lost its French pronunciation one hundred and twenty years later. Magnolia blossoms are stunningly beautiful. A stately, ancient tree.
OMD’s “Sacred Heart” permeates.
I can hear its DNA in The Knife’s “Marble House”
“From peepshow to disco
From Spain to Camber Sands”
- from Soft Cell to Suede
Music gatekeepers (in or out) are some of the most tiring personalities I’ve encountered…none of that nonsense here on your channel.
“All We Ever Wanted Was Everything” is goth folk bliss, and is my favorite Bauhaus song these days. ‘In The Flat Field' is unmatched in its nervous debut energy.
“Judgement”, “New Dark Age”, “Sense of Purpose”, “Contact the Fact”, “The Fire”
❤️🔥
A wealth of knowledge in this episode, as always. Your attention to detail is outstanding. When you lean in closer to the mic, it sounds very nice.
@@michelewiese48 Hiya, Michele! 😊
Thank you so much for watching this vid, and for taking the time to comment - sincerely appreciated 🙏
How wonderful for me I have a very dear friend in St. Louis who can see me right on the proper pronunciation 🥰 I also totally agree that magnolia blossoms are stunningly beautiful. Did this come to mind when I talked about Tav Falco?
You are spot on to highlight ‘Sacred Heart’, which is a great song on a great album, and I have you to thank for introducing me to The Knife’s ‘Marble House’ and the ‘Silent Shout’ album 🙏
What a treat that you quoted lyrics from ‘Europe is Our Playground’ ❤️🎶 and made a connection between Soft Cell and Suede. I very much see that lineage too… A passing of the torch (song) 🔦
I knew you would have my back when it comes to these self-appointed music gatekeepers 🤝 Yep, none of that nonsense here! 😂
I am feeling the need to expand my Bauhaus vinyl collection, as that ‘Best Of’ collection and ‘Mask’ doesn’t seem like enough. I love the band, and ‘All we Ever Wanted was Everything’ is a stunner 👌A fine selection for your favourite 😊 ‘In the Flat Field’ is so good, and yet I’ve never gone and purchased it on vinyl. I see that being remedied in my future!🔮
Thank you for listing those brilliant songs off ‘From the Lion’s Mouth’ to (almost) draw your brilliant post to a close 🦁
Finally, thank you for the hugely supportive comments 🙏 I do my level best with the knowledge, as it’s stuff stored in my head (unless I say otherwise on camera) and I pride myself on the attention to detail… That’s the journalist in me! 😂 Your comment on my voice, when I lean in closer to the mic, meant a great deal too - confidence-wise - as I’m aware a North Western English accent talking a lot for nearly two hours could be a bit grating to some ears! The fact it can sound very nice to someone is very nice for me to discover 😊🙏
Thanks so much and best wishes,
Christian
@@TheVinylSanctuary Hi Christian! I felt compelled to share my take on the Mound City’s pronunciation.
Please say it in any way you please. I found it very endearing. I don’t know who would be daft enough to find your accent grating. Your voice is very calming and the subtle differences I hear are charming.
I feel lucky to know you. Ciao for now.
❤️🎶
@@michelewiese48 Thank you for sharing the correct pronunciation with me, Michele - sincerely appreciated 🙏 I love learning things properly, so I have made a mental note of how it should be said so I don’t forget in the future 👍🏻👍🏻
Great work on getting the word ‘daft’ into one of our convos! 👏 It’s so lovely to learn it’s become one of your fave British words 😊 I’m also really grateful for the kind, reassuring words as regards my accent and vocal delivery. I’m sure a lot of people out there get unsure from time to time as to how they sound on recordings etc. and I can be prone to that too, even though I communicate for a living. I think I’m a little more aware of it since I started the channel, as it’s important to me the voice is used in a way that’s engaging but clear to understand. I’m especially grateful you find the voice calming, as I feel having the word ‘sanctuary’ in my channel title lends itself to the idea that my presentation style should be calming and low-key, as opposed to elevated and high-energy.
Thank you so much for all your continued support since this channel started, and for everything over on AISB. I feel lucky to know you too ❤️🎶
@@TheVinylSanctuary Hi Christian! Your channel name couldn’t be more apropos. It’s perfect for what you’ve created. 😊
@@michelewiese48 Thank you so, so much, Michele 😊 Truly, that means an awful lot 🙏
Oh man
I just finished the video
I was freaking out as you moved through the top 5
I was thinking OMG he doesn’t have a copy ?
So Happy we are in total agreement and i have mentioned this album in previous comments
Fire of Love absolutely #1
I was so pleased I had to comment
Im on my commute home so will listen to Tav and l will be back with more to say
I have the pink cover with the voodoo type cut outs
@@jessem470 Hey, Jesse!
Thank you so much for watching the vid! 🙏 It was a really long one this time, so I appreciate you being there, and for leaving such a great comment 😊
Yes, ‘Fire of Love’ had to be #1 and I’m happy I was able to curb your freak-out by showing it right at the very end!
Thank you for posting during a commute and I’m delighted you’re going to check Tav out… It’s really quite something!
Best wishes,
Christian