Name one album folk should listen to at least once before they die.

@SW-User Yep. Might be just me but i somehow rate 'earlier' Dire Straits rather than 'later'.

I'm sure that's an unfair assessment, maybe just me.

@SW-User Nice one that!

@Puckish Totally !

Although 'Animals' 'The division bell' and 'The wall' are also worth a listen.

@FreeSpirit1 Currently ranked #8 on the Rolling Stone top 500 albums chart !

Will probably annoy the Punk purist since having started from a Punk perspective, this album branches out into other genres including RnB; Reggae; Pop; Rock and maybe one or two others !

But yes ! Excellent choice !

@Picklebobble2 That's why it's so good, name another Punk group wbo put out an album as good as that...not many

@Dlrannie Good choice ! Quite different from what a lot of other folk are suggesting !

@Picklebobble2 Haha and released 23 years before I was born - blame my Dad for my choice 😂😂

@SW-User Yes it marks a specific era in history because of what the songs reflect in their lyrics !

@Picklebobble2 Still pretty relevant really

@SW-User Good choice and many might argue their best work !
Apparently they spent a month in India together prior to this album’s release (The Maharishi era)

@Vivaci Anything Bill Withers is worth a listen. And yes, 'Appetite for destruction' is probably GnR best work.

Omg yea!!! And I love your taste in music, PB. So good choice of yours too. 👌🎶😍@Picklebobble2

@summersong I love Blue Valentine

@summersong Both those are good examples i think.

@pentacorn Good choice ! Have you heard their earlier work ?
Tinder Box to me sounds far more polished and 'grown up' if you see what i mean ?

thanks, @Picklebobble2 yes, i've heard it all, even if it's been a long minute since hearing most of their works. this album just really resonated with me when it came out. i was encouraging everyone, and their brother, to have a listen, ad nauseam, lol i still dig hearing the whole album at once. it's almost like one long transcendent song to me.

@TheSirfurryanimalWales There's something vaguely familiar about the vocal style of this lead singer.....Reminiscent of Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane) perhaps

@Picklebobble2 jerney Kaagman is her name.Earth and Fire were not big in Britain.

Hmmm...maybe. It’s just pages from our history, so there’s a bit of realism in it. @Picklebobble2

@Vivaci Yeah, i get it. 😉

I knew you would! 💙🤗@Picklebobble2

@eli1601 Fairplay !
Were they albums you 'discovered' or were they.....(hate this expression) part of the zeitgeist of the time ? 😖

@Picklebobble2 Actually, I was asking since Houses of the Holy, the song, was on the Physical Graffiti album.

@eli1601 Listening now...

@InOtterWords 24 consecutive weeks at #1 on The Billboard charts and widely regarded as Prince's seminal work.
AND annoyed Tipper Gore and the [i]Parents Music Resource centre[/i] sufficiently that THAT was the first album to have [b]Parental Advisory[/b] stickers slashed across it !

@Picklebobble2 that was because of Darling Nikki

The album is a work of art

@SW-User Yes. Probably one of the best live albums too !

@SW-User you stole my thunder. One of the best ever. Have you picked up this new release yet?