Looking forward to this. Some easy choices: The Clash - Cut The Crap CCR - Mardi Gras Velvet Underground - Squeeze Its quite tricky to define 'final albums': Do we treat Innuendo as the last Queen album (one of my favourites), seeing as it's the last with Freddie? Or do we go with Made In Heaven or The Cosmos Rocks? Either of those would fit. How about The Doors? Really good final album with Jim, but if you count the albums after they are nowhere near as good.

@kevinthetruckdriver353

10 ай бұрын

The Doors you would have to go with the two following with LA Woman. With Queen. You will have to go with Queen + Paul Rodger's *The Cosmos Rocks* (2008).

@michaeldallaway1988

10 ай бұрын

@@kevinthetruckdriver353 But Cosmos Rocks says Queen + Paul Rodgers. Wouldn't that make it a supergroup? I mean yes, strictly speaking if the album has the band's name on it, let's call it their last album. But that leads us to Frankenstein's monster albums, where recordings of a departed star of the band are utilised: American Prayer, Made In Heaven, Endless River...

@wernermoritz882

10 ай бұрын

To this day I have never listened to Squeeze despite of being a massive VU fan. 😄

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

Me neither. Don't want to hear it.@@wernermoritz882

@greyever7820

9 ай бұрын

Squeeze is not a bad album, it is just an average country album.

These are always a joy as the chemistry and the humour are always top-notch. Doesn’t matter about the content almost (although it provides the structure), as the repartee is what really does it.

Surprised at drastic plastic being picked ..i really like it...but each to their own!

Creedence Clearwater Revival's Mardi Gras, just 28 minutes in length, but that's the best thing of this album.

Drastic Plastic from Be-Bop Deluxe is great! I love this album. It's not all new wave. There are some killer tracks. New Mysteries, New Precisions and Love In Flames are my favorites. There are actually some great guitar solos by Bill Nelson. It was more of a keyboard album. Yeah, they were about to break up, but I think they went out on a good note

Thank you for doing God's work, gentlemen. Slogging through these particularly horrific albums must have taken its toll. Simon appears to have one foot in the grave as a result, but hopefully, he will soon recover. I can't possibly imagine listening to 21 boring Eagles songs in a row, but now I don't have to! I heard Love Beach when it first came out and am still in the process of recovering. From the pensive, mercurial, 'just take a pebble' to 'I want to dynamite your mind with love tonight' is not only a fall from grace, but logic. Never having heard: 'In The Hot Seat' I always wondered. Well, now I don't have to. Cheers. 🍻

@swather777

9 ай бұрын

I purchased the album "Love Beach", listened to it once, put it on my record shelf and never listened to it again.

@quintbromley2112

9 ай бұрын

@swather777 Maybe the greatest fall in prog-rock history. I still love the band. Their prior work is sublime, but what happened on that beach, starting with the album cover, is just baffling.

Bee Bop Deluxe didn’t jump on the New Wave bandwagon, they created the New Wave bandwagon. The only ones that did it before was Eno or early Roxy Music or Low-era Bowie.

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

Exactly. No Be Bop Deluxe, no XTC.

Drastic Plastic is brilliant, Pete. It's really the 1st Red Noise album. Bill Nelson was never going to stay put in the 70s forever.

@ianbrown3304

9 ай бұрын

Correct answer . Be Bop Deluxe has an impeccable discography and it is heresy to say otherwise. Off to the tower. And I like Red Noise too. Add one rack experience just for that slander.

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

@@ianbrown3304 Quite right too. And Pete will enjoy the rack. He'll end up taller & thinner.

@fab208athome

9 ай бұрын

Agreed, it's a terrific album.

@cheezhead6007

9 ай бұрын

I love the guitar work on new precision

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

@@cheezhead6007 'New Mysteries' has great stinging lead action too. In fact, there's clever tasteful guitar all over that record. Let the SoT Nelson faction rise up & demand a recount from cloth-earred Pete! 😆

There are two “final” albums that I’d like to throw into the mix. “Door to Door” and “Move Like This” by The Cars. DTD was the final Cars album while Ben Orr was still with us and MLT after he passed (and before Ric Ocasek passed a few years later). Both albums did not measure up to The Cars’ back catalog.

This will be a fascinating episode, bit I'm really looking forward to the end of the show to see Steven and Simon's expressions when Pete says that he's ranking Fanny tomorrow.....

@simonbrayfromsot1375

9 ай бұрын

This was recorded well before the Fanny announcement. Sorry.

@RustyfaetheShire

9 ай бұрын

That's a pity, I know it's childish, but the thought did make me chuckle!

@kayfimt7769

9 ай бұрын

There’s actually a really great Scottish power pop band called Teenage Fanclub who are known locally as The Fannies so he Steven might have turned up ready to discuss Grand Prix and Bandwagonesque ;)

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@kayfimt7769 Sorry, I am really not a Teenage Fanclub fan...

@kayfimt7769

9 ай бұрын

@@TranquilityFireReid fair enough, I was just making a joke ;)

I am glad that Simon mentioned that Genesis' "Calling All Stations" had some really good stuff on it. As a long-time Genesis fan, I have always really liked the album! I am happy it didn't make any of your top three picks, as it doesn't deserve that fate!

@Jermeister12

9 ай бұрын

I like Ray Wilson 😀Damn good singer😀

Always a good watch guys 👍Looking forward to the `Misplaced Childhood` ranking video. I will have another good listen to the album and play/rank along with you in two weeks!

@Jermeister12

9 ай бұрын

Hell Yeah😊😊

Saturday afternoons here in NJ/. Beers 🍻/ laughs/ music 🎶. Nice job as usual/ trio. 👍💯

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

Cheers Gary!

I'm so happy that Deep Purple are apparently going to do another album, because if they ended on that s**tty covers album, man... Edit: yeah, Pete mentioned it, too.

The Be Bop Deluxe choice as a bad album is utterly ridiculous

@seaoftranquilityprog

9 ай бұрын

Glad you love it...quite mediocre to 'just ok' for me.

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

Pete has cloth ears when it comes to late-70s pop/rock.

pete’s channel has helped me spend money lately…recently i got the new Spirit adrift, i ordered the KKs Priest, the new Night Demon, a monster magnet, & the new Baroness

@mahogany174

9 ай бұрын

I also started to listen to Spirit Adrift because of Jamie Lazlo on this channel. But I have been bowled over by Valley of the Sun. Absolutely fantastic! If you like Kyuss, this is your band.

25:13 "It feels nice in the hand" That quote should be on the next SoT UK Connection T-shirt.

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

Well...... it does! 🤨😇😂

I LOVE the UK Connection! For my beer tonight, I am enjoying an excellent Double IPA from Fremont Brewing out of Seattle, WA. HUSTLE is a great beer to enjoy after being on the road on a business trip and stopping for the night to watch the UK Connection. For me, I have the following final albums of bands that I quite like but are simply dreadful. 1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Mardi Gras 2. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - In the Hot Seat 3. Queen - Made In Heaven 4. Led Zeppelin - Coda 5. The Doors - Full Circle

1. Meat Loaf - "Braver Than We Are" 2. The Who - "Who" 3. Phil Collins - "Going Back" 4. Abba - "Voyage" 5. Elton John - "The Lockdown Sessions (collaboration)" or "Wonderful Crazy Night (solo)"

My top 5: Worst Final album *1)* David Bowie - Blackstar (2016) I heard this album three times & hated it more each time. (Not counting Bowie's posthumously album *Toy* (2021) since most is re-recordigs & few new tracks). Yes, I know David Bowie was dying making *Blackstar.* But so was Freddie Mercury making *Innuendo* with Queen. I liked that album. Especially, *I'm Going Slightly Mad.* Best song on that album. *2)* Pink Floyd - The Endless River (2014) Talking about a money grabbing album. Pink Floyd could of ended with *Divsion Bell.* Nope. Gilmour needed another boat. *3)* Boston - Love, Life & Hope (2013) Pure trash. All fillers. No tours & website hasn't been updated since 2017. So I'll called it they are through. *4)* Dire Straits - On Every Streets (1991) Does anybody really pick out this album to listen too anymore?? I still listen to *Making Movies.* *5)* Golden Earring - Tits 'n Ass (2012) One of my favorite bands. Love the title. Songs all suck though. Category: Top 6 Turkey Awards (So Far) - Bands still touring but haven't put out a studio album of new material since the turkey listed. Will not include holiday albums. *1)* Fleetwood Mac - Say You Will (2003) It's so bad even Tribute bands won't even touch this turkey. *2)* Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden (2007) Even Walmart put the two released singles the Eagles released after The Long Run (not included the live Hell Freezes Over where Eagles released Hotel California single) couldn't make this turkey float in the great Salt Lake. *3)* Guns & Roses - Chinese Democracy (2008) Took 15 years & a revolving door of musicians to put this turkey out Rose. Hey Axl. Meet Tom Scholz. Both of you put out a turkey that a starving dog wouldn't eat. But it was fine for human consumption. *4)* Lynyrd Skynyrd - Last of a Dying Breed (2012) Wish this band would go into the studio & record a final album before their *THE FAREWELL FOREVER TOUR* really finally ends. Then I won't have to force feed this turkey down my gullet with tons of gravy. *5)* REO Speedwagon - Find Your Own Way Home (2007) They only reason I purchased this turkey because it came with an extra CD of live/acoustic of old material. Yeah. I paid for the stuffing. .

@jazzpunk

10 ай бұрын

Entertaining read. Thank you. 😀

@jazzpunk

10 ай бұрын

Of those mentioned...the Golden Earring album is the only one I have.

@kevinthetruckdriver353

10 ай бұрын

​@@jazzpunk- Their albums *Long Blonde Animal* (live), *Cut* (Twilight Zone), *N.E.W.S., The Hole* & *Bloody Buccaneers* plus their acoustic live album *The Naked Truth* (video of the show is on KZread) are very enjoyable albums.

@DavysFlicks

10 ай бұрын

Oh, Say You Will by Fleetwood is a MASTERPIECE compared to their Time album from 95! I was on a Contrarians show about Chinese Democracy, went well. Don't think I convinced anyone tho!

@wernermoritz882

10 ай бұрын

Wow, your Bowie pick is really contrarian!

“It’s blander than Bobby Blue Bland” 🤣🤣🤣

13, Black Sabbath: I may get flack for this but I've never enjoyed it. I love the Sabs and have every album the band released. I just think that as a final statement, there could have been so much more. Muscle of Love, the Alice Cooper Band: I differentiate between the band and Alice's career afterward. MoL isn't terrible but after the triumph of Billion Dollar Babies, it's a huge disappointment for me. You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin' Odd, the J. Geils Band: Released in 1984, the band tried to carry on without Peter Wolf on vocals and it was a disaster.

As always, looking forward to the UKC. 🤓👍 Today's beverage: Symphonic Chronic - a double dank IPA from Deschutes Brewery. A whopping 9% abv. Cheers y'all 🍻

@ianbrown3304

9 ай бұрын

I like the idea of having recommended beers for watching, listening, contemplating with SOT. Can you do more? Perhaps tasting notes. Also link quality ales with Hard Rock/Meta/ Prog albums of choice. Do classic albums deserve more than 1 beer per listen. Do we have different beers for each side ...an A side and B side beers. Perhaps. What does Pete think? This must be raised at the AGM.

@uncledenny2570

9 ай бұрын

@@ianbrown3304 for me the naming of the beverage is a part of the ritual when watching the UKC. I've been a regular viewer of SOT for about 2 years. My favorites are 'The Monsters Den', 'Friday Morning at the Funhouse ', 'Hudson Valley Square', Pete's monthly ranking segments and of course 'The UK connection'. I'm most engaged with the UKC. It's the show I've tried to participate in the assignment when I can, though I usually do not have the knowledge and expertise the fella's have. The beverage is not always a beer or ale. Sometimes it's been some high quality H2O, milk to go with peach cobbler, or a simple cuppa... When not watching this show I usually go with a pale ale or hefeweizen. It's fun to go to the stores and find something unique like this weeks selection. Oh, by the way, was aptly described on the label as double dank. Definitely not a beer for a beginner. I will include more info then the a.b.v. or an amusing blurd if the label provides it. I know that doesn't answer your questions🤓. Though I will say this, the UK Connection is just as fun and entertaining without the alcohol. ✌&🔊🎶

Have to disagree with you on "Drastic Plastic" from "BeBop Deluxe" it is a very good album..A change in direction for sure but a lot of Bands were changing in 1978. I saw them on that tour opening for BOC and BeBop were great, I agree the earlier albums were amazing but Drastic is good. In my opinion.

Pete & Co. Do you guys take suggestion for topics? I'd love to see a SOT show on the best and worst Rock Movies, and it could cover everything from Elvis & 50s rock movies, The Beatles movies, the largely forgotten Gerry & The Pacemakers flick (produced by Brian Epstein and meant to be their "Hard Day's Night"), "Stardust" (w/David Essex), Slade's "Flame", "Pink Floyd The Wall", The Who's "Tommy" & Quadrophenia, "That Thing You Do", "Rock Star", "Almost Famous", "Rock of Ages" (the hair metal musical!), "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Rocketman" & so many others. Don't think I've ever seen this subject covered in any of the music related KZread shows I watch.

@AdrianHayes1950

10 ай бұрын

Dont know if its for this show - think it'd need film fans as well. Jamie, Davey, Luis..

@visualizeprog2874

10 ай бұрын

@@AdrianHayes1950 That'd be the best way to do it. People to comment on both the music content and how well the picks hold up simply as movies.

Hi Pete and Simon and Steven great fun with you as always,it must be hard to find very bad album that end the band on😮 the one band that I really hope that does not end on a cover album is Deep Purple

I love all things Pink Floyd. I like the Endless River, but I get the criticism. My expectations were set prior to release when I heard these were cuts from The Division Bell. If they had extended some of the better songs and eliminated the short snippets it may have come across better. Is it vintage Floyd? No, but I’ll listen to these guys noodling anytime ahead of the majority of stuff being released today.

@patrickcurry8073

9 ай бұрын

Exactly. That last point in particular is great.

So looking forward to this episode that I tuned in last week for it!!😂😂😂

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

Were we better when there was no show Kenny???

@kennycraig6769

9 ай бұрын

Well I did expect Simon to turn up as well!!@@TranquilityFireReid

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@kennycraig6769 😂😂😂

@kennycraig6769

9 ай бұрын

It was a very good episode.@@TranquilityFireReid

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@kennycraig6769 Cheers Kenny!

Speaking of Deep Purple's "Turning to Crime", I think we need a show on best recent albums (not final albums) and the worst recent albums.

I concur on UFO 'The Salentino cuts', not terrible but not an ideal send off. And adding a dash of the Curse of the Collector. I had to get the Japanese pressing for the additional track.

Blimey, i never expected Drastic Plastic to be one of the picks, What is going on ?😮

Most bands decline over a period. ELP is a case in point. They were a band who gradually spiraled down after 1973. But their last album is terrible. The Eagles are a band that were at their best earlier in their career. Like so many bands that started out in the early 70's they declined after 1975. 'In Through the Out Door' is not a terrible album but it does illustrate how a band can lose their vitality as they age. It is a mature work that doesn't deliver the earlier magic. In my opinion, Steely Dan evolved the wrong way. They went from being a great Rock Band into a "Great American Songbook" kind of outfit. Gaucho (it might as well be the last) illustrated this devolution. A great show. Cheers.

A great episode. I would say the Eagles and Doors final albums are disappointing. Calling all stations is a bad Genesis album but a decent album if it had a different band name. The Endless river is in reality bits and pieces coming together. I like it. I put it on because I love noodling instrumentals and Gilmour guitar is great especially on Side III which is the most cohesive. My beer of choice today, Volcano from Santorini. Cheers.

Great conversation! A couple of albums that I might like to add to the pile would sadly be Small Faces' 78 IN THE SHADE and Humble Pie's GO FOR THE THROAT. It pains me to mention them as Steve Marriott was one of the greatest singers ever with a double disappointment era of reunited legends that tainted his history in my opinion. With Humble Pie, there was even potential to create more solid music beyond "Fool for a Pretty Face" which would might have never topped their early glories but at least be respectable Rock with Marriott's singing still having the power.

I'm surprised no one mentioned Full Circle by the Doors. After two listens I gave it to a buddy for a candy bar.

Ten Years After - About Time (bland). Jefferson Airplane's self titled last album (flogging a dead horse). Steely Dan - Everything Must Go (uninspired). Eric Burden - til the river runs dry (the title says it all).

CCR - Mardi Gras The Doors - An American Prayer ELP - In The Hot Scene Led Zeppelin - CODA Pantera - Reinventing the Steel

Fleetwood Mac's "Say You Will" would have been better if it was cut in half.

Can we all just agree on Genesis .. Calling all Stations. Hands up?🙂

@ianbrown3304

9 ай бұрын

IT may not have been a great Genesis album but it was Genesis. Had they called Calling All Stations anything but Genesis it would have been an barely listened to footnote of a glorious career. It would feature in the what they did next column 10 places down from Smallcreeps Day. Now if they had given Nick D'Virgilio full member status and a decent pay rise, picked David Longden because he was way better than pretty much anyone else, convinced Steve Hackett that they would play HIS songs too then it could have been spectacular. Life is full of what it's.

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@ianbrown3304 Sorry Ian, I like Calling All Stations and always have.

@brandon1351

9 ай бұрын

Have you even listened to it or just saying it's a bad album because everyone else does? Im a huuge fan of both eras of the band and if people gave it more a chance it could of been just as good.

I would go with Queen "made in heaven"

@adamsmashups4839

9 ай бұрын

Not a bad album,but to me,Innuendo is the final Queen album...and it's great.

@jimmycampbell78

9 ай бұрын

I'd also like to think of Innuendo as Queen's final album. I don't like Made in Heaven either.

@knightvisioniixv

9 ай бұрын

​@@adamsmashups4839Agree with everything here. I have always liked MiH, even though I get why many do not. To me, Innuendo was the last one, and it's excellent.

@adamsmashups4839

9 ай бұрын

@@knightvisioniixv The version of I Was Made To Love You on MIH,is better than the version that appeared 10 years earlier on Freddie's Mr Bad Guy album. I remember reading in the Queen fan club magazine that the original title of that Freddie solo album was going to be Made In Heaven.

@grooveyerbouti

9 ай бұрын

​@@adamsmashups4839 i much prefer the solo versions both freddies and the cross . Made in Heaven isnt bad for what it is but it is only a collection of scraps.

How about the Indian Summer. You have covered really fine last albums, but how about artists who suddenly defy expectations? The Rolling Stones' 'Hackneyed Diamonds,' is an example of a band suddenly pulling a classic out of the bag. Then, there is Ian Hunter's 'Defiance Part I.' He, in fact, has been producing classic albums for years, but 'Defiance Part 1' really lifted him with his collaborations. So, maybe there are a few themes here - the old rockers never die thing, then the collaboration thing. Listening to reviews of 'Hackneyed Diamonds,' people are talking about Keith Richards solo projects. So how about a series on solo projects? Robert Plant? Keith Richards? Don Henley? Ian Hunter? Stevie Winwood? What major band doesn't have solo projects?

Fun show as always. Have to agree with Simon that last Genesis album wasn’t too bad. The only other album I was thinking of was Van Halen 3 and remembered they did make one more that was pretty good.

@user-xp7fb3md9x

9 ай бұрын

"A different kind of Truth" is a good *Van Halen* Record and I think they dididn't know it'll be the final one... R. i. P., Eddie & David... And... No word about *KISS's* "Monster"? (2012)😅😂

Pete don't worry. DP is/was in the studio working on a new album with their new guitar player Simon McBride.😀

This will be grand! I can imagine an older ELP fan being disappointed back when Works Vol. 2 and Love Beach were the last two albums, but then Black Moon and In the Hot Seat defied expectations! Because who would have known that there could actually be two even worse, way worse, final albums from ELP...

@soundsandvisionsHQ

10 ай бұрын

I loved the Emerson, Lake & Powell album & tour in 1986. Seemed like it could be a rebirth had they continued in that vein. But then by the time "Black Moon" & "In the Hot Seat" came along it was like something had gone terribly wrong in the intervening years.

@greyever7820

9 ай бұрын

Love Beach is an average album, not bad.

@acknowledgingourdiscontent

9 ай бұрын

@@greyever7820 hey I agree, I'd rather listen to Love Beach than either Works to be totally frank...

@adamsmashups4839

9 ай бұрын

@@acknowledgingourdiscontent Black Moon is one of my favorite albums of the 90s.I can't believe that anyone was expecting another Tarkus or Trilogy.I'll defintely take Love Beach over In The Hot Seat.

@atlasking6110

9 ай бұрын

I love Black Moon, except for the song the producer wrote. Should have cut that one.

Loving the show, as always. I've got to mention The Optimist by Anathema. It breaks my heart to say it, as another album by them would make it into my all top 10 any day of the week. I just couldn't get on with this and, believe me, i REALLY tried. Anyway, i am really looking forward to the next show re my favourite band ever ❤

Endless River by Pink Floyd, Full Circle by The Doors, 78 In The Shade by The Small Faces, Cut The Crap by The Clash.

@toddhill7483

9 ай бұрын

Good observations. And isn't "Cut the Crap" an ironic choice for an album title? (Full of crap is more fitting)

@swampula

9 ай бұрын

Cut The Crap, my first CLASH-Album. "This is England" or "Dirty Punk", great songs. Underrated album for sure. Not a classic, but far better than his reputation.

I don't think this album is bad, just disappointing. That would be INXS' Elegantly Wasted. Well, it's the band's last album w/Michael Hutchence. I'm usually pretty excited whenever they release a new album because it's usually exciting and different. This one I thought was dark, tired and not covering any new ground. I know the reason why, but it still doesn't make it any less disappointing. Don't Lose Your Head is an amazing song and one of my favorites in their catalog. But Cherry Baby is good two-thirds of the way but kind of meanders the last third. The title track sounds like a leftover from Kick, in my opinion and I don't even listen to the last four songs. It's not a bad album but compared to Listen Like Thieves, Kick, X, Welcome to Wherever You Are, Full Moon Dirty Hearts, Shabooh Shoobah or The Swing, which is one of my least favorites, it pales in comparison. And please don't ask me to listen to that album w/J.D. Fortune because I don't consider it an INXS album. I rather listen to him singing as an Elvis impersonator, which was before joining the band, than taking the place of a real rock star. Again, my humble opinion!

I had a Hooky Best Bitter from the Hook Norton brewery in Banbury on Friday and was really nice for a below 4% ale.

I wonder if Queen's Made In Heaven gets a mention as a Queen fan it has some moments which are quite good, but most of it is just total trash

@mikejohnson7225

9 ай бұрын

I’m a huge Queen fan but rarely listen to Made In Heaven. They could have included a couple tracks on a compilation or box set. But it doesn’t work as a full album. Feels very pieced together and the overall themes (musically and lyrically) are pretty depressing. For completists only.

@FranciscoAntonio-ec9fs

5 ай бұрын

Mother love, Too much love Will kill you, Heaven for everyone are great tracks. I was born to love you, Let me live and You don't fool me are decent tracks.

Show suggestion: Album classics I don‘t get/like, no matter how hard I try Could be in a special genre or all over the place. I am sure it would make a fun show for an episode eith Martin, the HSV or the UKC.

@seaoftranquilityprog

9 ай бұрын

Already did that one across a few shows.

One album jumped into my head as soon as I read the video title… ‘Mardi Gras’ I don’t hate ‘The Endless River’… but in the context of “wow, this is the last statement from Pink Floyd”, yeah, it’s really sad.

Slayer - Repentless

Led Zeppelin - In Through the Out Door Black Sabbath - 13 Queen - Made in Heaven Buffalo - Averege Rock n Roller Soundgarden - King Animal Beatles - Let it Be

@mahogany174

9 ай бұрын

King Animal? Really?

The Velvet Underground with the album Squeeze.

@MrFredhintze

5 ай бұрын

Well I can’t argue with that. I’m a big VU fan- but this one is a A Doug Yule thing- nothing against him- but I never paid any attention to this record- in fact- I didn’t buy it. But yes, it is technically a Velvet Underground album.

Aerosmith - music from another dimension

I like the Endless River (instrumental Pink Floyd, mostly), though I also like LuLu (Lou Reed/Metallica).

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

Each to their own David! ;-)

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@terrencesclassicrockcorner Why is it that anyone who doesn't love all post-Waters Floyd albums seems to therefore be classed as not liking David Gilmour era Floyd? I said in the show that I really like the Gilmour era of the band and even highlighted The Division Bell as an album I really like. That said I also REALLY like the Waters era too. Go figure. Either way, The Endless River does zero for me but it's all about opinions. Thanks for watching! 👍

@aldebaran4154

9 ай бұрын

I also like it. It may be that I knew beforehand what the album was made up off, so when I bought it I knew it was The Division Bell outtakes and I just wanted to hear how they were put together. I had no expectations going in. I do enjoy the early Pink Floyd instrumentals so that helped. Those who heard about it and thought 'a new Pink Floyd album!' probably hated it with a passion. 🤣

Hey Pete... mb a series idea? Not for prog seat necessarily... but what do you think of Top 5 or 10 songs on a certain subject... you know, like the good FM deejays (Jim Ladd, Earle Bailey) used to do as sets? ✌️

@tonyghicks01

9 ай бұрын

@terrencesclassicrockcorner I don't know him... I'll have to look him up. I love those kind of dj's!

Fun episode. That Belhaven Black looks tasty. Hopefully, I can track it down here in SF. I did accidentally try a gluten free stout. I put it down to old age and my ADD for not reading the description. It’s Buck Wild Chocolato Affogato.

Very entertaining, gents! The two that immediately came to mind were both mentioned, that being Aerosmith and The Eagles. Music From Another Dimension definitely FEELS like a double album; the damn thing just seems an endless slog. And the less said about Long Road Out Of Eden, the better. Bland songs, bland performances, even a bland cover. And for a record that had been looked forward to by their fans for so very long, it just seems like the most disappointing final album, hands down.

First one off head /. GENESIS/ 9️⃣7️⃣ Calling all STATIONS 👍💯

Good beer, good selection of bad albums - no complaints here - and good preview. Worth doing some research into where the original Heart of (Mid)Lothian was before the next show - no, it's not Tynecastle...and it's not a brewery.

Perfect timing for the topic. Hackney Diamonds anyone?

Brains Daaaaaark, God's favourite brew!! Most of my favourite rock bands are still around in some guise or other and still releasing albums. However, the original Bad Company released a really poor last album in Rough Diamonds. Thin Lizzy went downhill from Black Rose onwards, however the bands last album Thunder & Lightning was so much better than the preceding three.

@mahogany174

9 ай бұрын

Brains Dark agreed. Clearly a fellow Welshman.😂

Watching on catch-up and drinking Spanish lager 😂😂

No contest - Pink Floyd Endless River. Absolute MINCE from my favourite band. Great show again guys. Cheers, Graeme 🍻

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

Wise choice Graeme!

@jake6887

9 ай бұрын

Comparing with Roger Waters last release, it's still okay in my opinion

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@jake6887 Two wrongs don't make a right Jake! What I've heard from the Waters release is enough to make want to hear no more from the Waters release! lol!!

First two that come to mind are: ELP - In the Hot Seat and Russian Roulette by Triumvirat (even here there's a similarity between both groups).

Queen - Made In Heaven (I'm not counting the Paul Rodgers album, just the albums they released as Queen.)

Boston, Life Love & Hope. It is to the debut what a tricycle is to a Porsche.

First album that came to mind was “Full Circle“ by the Doors. “Chinese Democracy “ by GNR if they don’t release another one. Not horrible but I’ve got no desire to listen to it again.

@jimsaco4334

9 ай бұрын

I just mentioned Full Circle as well. Just terrible.

Thanks for this great video 👍

This and Friday at the fun house are my favourites

It will probably not end up being their final album, but the first example coming to my mind is the last release by the Smashing Pumpkins, it is absolutely horrendous, beyond garbage. Corgan lost it a long time ago already, big time. Thankfully this doesn't take anything away from my love of Siamese Dream.

We have a record store in Tacoma called "Drastic Plastic." Coincidence, joke, or genuine expression of admiration for the album?

The Endless River is getting a lot of scorn--and I get it, to a certain point. Steven pointed out that it felt like a bonus disc without the main disc accompanying it. I think that if the music on Endless River had been issued not as a "studio album", but as a companion to The Division Bell, it would have been far less maligned. Now for the music itself, I love it. I really like albums like this--instrumental, atmospheric stuff. The vinyl presentation is gorgeous as well, and playing it over four sides breaks up the listening experience in more digestible intervals. I would have picked The Clash - Cut the Crap and the two Doors albums without Jim Morrison (unless you count An American Prayer). Velvet Underground's Squeeze works too, though it's actually not a bad rock record--just not a good VU record.

@davidgray2075

9 ай бұрын

I've played TER more than any other post-Waters Floyd album. Works well for me!

@twankistevenson3884

9 ай бұрын

@@davidgray2075 nah TER just doesn't do it for me at all. Only one or two bits of AMLOR do it for me for that matter (either the original version or the 2019 reworking) I do love TDB but TER should have been worked on and thrown in as a bonus on the 20th anniversary of TBD rather than on it's own

@patrickcurry8073

9 ай бұрын

Even though I usually side with Waters over Gilmour in all their arguing that seems to go on forever (pardon the pun on the album under discussion), I love latter Floyd, including TER. It's easily better than the ambling on, say, Ummagumma.

CCR - Mardi Gras is my vote.

Wow, Pete! You've really turned on Drastic Plastic. You weren't nearly as harsh about it in your BBD album ranking. More than once, "it's a good album".

@seaoftranquilityprog

9 ай бұрын

It's ok...but pales in comparison to the rest of their catalog.

@nigelelliott4901

9 ай бұрын

@@seaoftranquilityprog Bollocks. 😄

My two favourite bands The Damned and Marillion have both had a run of mediocre albums the past twenty years which they don't seem keen to stop happening.

Cool t shirt Stephen

Today we are not on the same page ;-) I Like the Richard Wright Pink Floyd's tribute. And I like Traffic last album very much. Maybe too polished...but great tracks on it.

Awesome Burning Witches shirt Steven! I love that band!!!

Everything must go - steely Dan

I was quiet surprised that they forgot CCR Mardi Gras

@seaoftranquilityprog

9 ай бұрын

Can't remember them all...that is a bad one, and I would have picked over my BBD pick.

@tylerpatterson4787

9 ай бұрын

Yea that album is a mess the John Fogerty tunes are really good the rest is not good

I'd suggest Black Sabbath's 13, but it was definitely better than Forbidden! Echo & the Bunnymen's last album may end up being a rather bland covers album from 2018 (and of their own songs at that...). I could claim Gang of Four, everything after their second LP is just very very bad... Those newer Pixies albums are total bin-tier too. The less said of those 2010s Pop Group albums the better... Also, may be low hanging fruit, or non-applicable but...Coda as the last entry of Zeppelin's discog is...unmotivating, and I don't particularly like that last Who album either, but I don't care for any full albums they put out after By Numbers, sadly...

@patrickcurry8073

9 ай бұрын

13 was a big disappointment for me. The production and riffs felt like they were trying so hard to capture yesteryear. Like you said, not as bad as Forbidden, but still just not good.

Black Sabbath - 13 Mr. Mister - Pull Pantera - Reinventing the Steel Metallica and Ozzy in the 21st century.

I really tried so hard to get into Calling All Stations, and I eventually just had to give up. Being such a hardcore Genesis fan, who loves all the 80s albums, and even likes We Can't Dance which I know gets a lot of stick here, I just couldn't find anything I really liked about Calling All Stations, and it has a few tracks which I think are worse than anything from those later Collins era albums. Sorry guys.

Love Drastic Plastic.

@paulkazakoff9231

9 ай бұрын

Pretty good album to me.I like all of Be Bop Deluxe.A special band indeed !

Savatage: Poets and Madmen Triumph: Edge of Excess Tesla: Shock

@stevefletcher6163

9 ай бұрын

Think Savatage are recording a new album at the moment, thought Poets and madmen was a very good album ,not their best but far from a bad album.

Black Sabbath. The bonus and unreleased tracks were all better than the songs that actually made the album.

@patrickcurry8073

9 ай бұрын

Ha; I have that exact opinion about 13 and didn't expect to see it elsewhere, but yeah, exactly.

KISS - Monster Aerosmith - Music From Another Dimension

The Clash, The Doors and Slayer springs to my mind immediately.

@tiborosz1825

9 ай бұрын

Well..LAWoman is the real final albums by the Doors

@bornstubborn1

9 ай бұрын

@@tiborosz1825 They did make some more after Morrison's death. LA Woman is ok :)

KISS-Monster. Best song, Right Here Right Now, left off of the final tracklist.

I love Belhaven black, i get from Amazon thanks for the recommendation Stephen Actually prefer to Guinness mate

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

That makes two of us jono. Good to have a fellow Belhaven Black fan onboard.

@747jono

9 ай бұрын

@TranquilityFireReid need to get Uncle Simon on board lol

@TranquilityFireReid

9 ай бұрын

@@747jono I think he'd approve!

This was a fun one, gents, so thanks for damaging your ears by listening to something so bad all for our entertainment. Others have mentioned some of my initial thoughts but didn't see the Squeeze, the final album by the Velvet Underground, mentioned by anyone. Well, first is whether it should even be a VU album though it was released under the band's name. The first album is said to have created a thousand bands. This [hopefully] last album may have made some give up on music altogether! Awful is too nice a word to describe it. Thanks again for the fun. Cheers!

@ianbrown3304

9 ай бұрын

VU Squeeze fanclub here and present sir. Fine album.

@johnmichaelwilliams6694

9 ай бұрын

@@ianbrown3304 Thanks for checking in. It reminds me of Pete's maxim that we all hear things differently. Glad it's good album for you.

Ahh, brains dark.. Used to drink that in Swansea pubs in the 80's

Made in Heaven by Queen. What a dreary sad epitaph for Freddie. I get he wanted to get some more songs out, but this record would have been vastly improved with some better editing, a bit of pruning and some stuff from the vaults. The production is horrible and the whole thing is like a faulty firework.

The only one that springs to mind surprised it wasn't mentioned Civilian

@lemming9984

9 ай бұрын

I don't think it's too bad. Worlds better than Giant For a Day! Admitted its no Octopus.

Don't know either of them but think the final Triumph and 10cc albums have pretty dire reputations, not to mention CCRs Mardi Gras (heard enough of it to never need to hear the rest!). As for the ones I do know, thought Pete might go for Wings - Back to the Egg (I actually half like that one) , am seeing Steely Dan - Everything Must Go in a few comments and totally agree there. Would have that along with Survivor - Reach and The Tubes - Genius of America as my bottom 3. Nothing to commend any of 'em to my ears!

@philipquail4044

9 ай бұрын

The last Triumph studio album - with Phil X in place of Rik Emmett - was probably a bad idea, but it's not actually that bad an album. It's certainly better than their blandola eighth album The Sport of Kings.

I would say that Budgie’s final album - We’re All Living in Cuckooland - was a sadly lacklustre and bland effort. A huge shame given their epic earlier catalogue

Great Fall beer picks fella's

Hand of truth from The Hot seat is really great. I don not despise In the hot seat. No more, no less than Black moon.