returning to much loved albums of your youth

[Dayvo]

oxygene
Kick Inside
Rumours
Tubular Bells
New Boots and Panties
....+ loads more

Similar to me, plus Breakfast in America, Exodus, Led Zeppelin 1V, The Roaring Silence, After the Goldrush, Dark Side of the Moon, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (all of Genesis, actually, whilst fronted by Peter Gabriel) - ah, the GOOD OLD days!

 

[c2c]

I agree that returning to previously loved albums can be dissapointing, but Made In Japan and Quadrophinia are two that i am enjoying as much now as then.

The only difference now is that i dont come home from the pub a bit tiddly, put quadrophinia on my little decca record player, and wake up in the middle of the night with my earphones still on. oh and baking hot cos i left my electric blanket on !!

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm always re-exploring my back catalogue... once upon a time i was a huge U2 fan but after hearing Rattle & Hum in the late 80's I turned my back on them for a couple of decades. I since got my old copies of their 1st few albums out and gave them a play and they were just as enjoyable as ever... they even brought back memories of all the Spectrum games i used to play at the time, the layout of my bedroom, the posters on the wall, etc... a proper trip back in time.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Exile on Main Street


Quadrophenia

 

[gbb]

T Rex, The Slider
Quadrophenia gets my vote too.
Sabbath, Paranoid
Bowie, Diamond Dogs did it for me at the time...i may revisit it.
Nazareth, Hair Of The Dog..... loved the album but its not the kind of stuff to listen to if you're feeling down


Conversely ive found sometimes an album you loved at the time doesnt stand the test of time..

 

[cragster]

Rattus Norvegicus.
Black and White and No More Heroes by the Stranglers. Still class albums and make me feel seventeen again. Well almost !

 

[Yellow Fang]

My fave albums from my relative youth were

London 0 Hull 4 - The House Martins
The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death - The House Martins
Dolittle - The Pixies
Surfer Rosa - The Pixies
The Violent Femmes - The Violent Femmes

 

[mummra]

not had a renaissance as such as I've never stopped listening to the early albums from Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden etc.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Tubular Bells

*Snigger*

 

[Globalti]

The Who Live at Leeds
Teaser & the Firecat - Cat Stephens
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Ram - Paul & Linds McCartney
Tommy
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Sticky Fingers
Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster
Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood

...so many I can't remember.

 

[Dayvo]

The Who Live at Leeds
Teaser & the Firecat - Cat Stephens
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel - 1970
Ram - Paul & Linds McCartney
Tommy
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Sticky Fingers
Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster
Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - 1984

...so many I can't remember.

Was your youth staggered from 1970 to 1984?

 

[XmisterIS]

Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary - Henry Purcell.

 

[Glow worm]

Rythm of Youth by 'the Hats'
Working with fire and steel - China Crisis
Soul Mining - The The
Wired to the Moon - Chris Rea (bit naff but an 80's Radio Caroline classic from the big red boat on the N Sea)
Red Roses for me - Pogues

Cycling to work the other morning, I heard at least one track from each of the above on the old ipod /Mp3 or whatever the hell the thing's called - I'm still trapped in 1983!

 

[alecstilleyedye]

abc - the lexicon of love…

 

[Svendo]

One for the reggae fans (if there are any) - Pounding Systems by Dub Syndicate. I used to listen to it all the time.

I had it on vinyl since it came out in the late 80s but recently a mate who is in the music business offered to transfer it properly to quality digital format and it sounds amazing.

I hadn't heard it since I last had a record player (over 10 years ago)

Recently did the same with Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables by The Dead Kennedys - and forgot how good it was.

I remembered this and started looking for it on torrent before remembering I've got it on vinyl!

Just dug it out. Have to wait til tomorrow for a play, too late tonight.