The Raw and The Cooked by the Fine Young Canibals was a favourite of mine. First three are

She Drives Me Crazy
Good Thing
I'm Not The Man I Used To Be

Unless you're prepared to counter-argue, diddums.

Strokes - First impression of earth


one of the very few albums i never get bored of

+1 Beat me to it.
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New Order ~ Republic

1.) Regret
2.) World
3.) Ruined in a day

Grace Jones ~ Nightclubbing

1.) Walking in the Rain
2.) Pull up to the bumper
3.) Use Me

The Cult ~ Love

1.) Nirvana
2.) Big Neon Glitter
3.) Love.

Edie Brickell ~ Shootong rubber bands at the stars

1.) What I am.
2.) Little Miss S
3.) The air of December

The Cure ~ Wish.

1.) Open
2.) High
3.) Apart

Can't disagree with that.

I rarely listen to an album as it was originally intended these days.

Some albums that are effectively one continuous stream make listening to individual tracks from them very difficult.

Jakatta - "Visions" is an album like that - it HAS to be listened to from start to finish in one session. If you have never listened to it, get a copy from somewhere and give it a try.

Perfect for driving to.....

The first couple of tracks on Tres Hombres... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai-aLzd5imI ...live version

Led Zep II :

Whole Lotta Love
What Is and What Should Never Be
The Lemon Song

No LZ2 is far too polished, LZ1 is much rawer and has more impact (was only a four track recording as well!!)

I called you an ignorant cretin for being confrontational and rude,as you well know.

You seem slightly obsessed with baby language: has there been a new addition to the family recently or do people normally talk like that where you come from?

Anyway, your original quote was:

To which you now wish to add



Makes no difference however,because Black Sabbath did not invent Heavy Metal:

In 1968 Blue Cheer released a cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues", from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum, that many consider the first true heavy metal recording. Steppenwolf released its self-titled debut album, including "Born to Be Wild", which refers to "heavy metal thunder" in describing a motorcycle. The Yardbirds' "Think About It"(from the 1967 Yardbirds album "Little Games")—B-side of the band's last single—with a performance by guitarist Jimmy Page; and Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, with its 17-minute-long title track, a prime candidate for first-ever heavy metal album.
The Jeff Beck Group, : Truth featured some of the "most molten, barbed, downright funny noises of all time," breaking ground for generations of metal ax-slingers. 1968 Led Zeppelin, made its live debut. The Beatles' White Album, included "Helter Skelter", then one of the heaviest-sounding songs ever released by a major band. The Pretty Things' rock opera S.F. Sorrow, released in 1968, featured "proto heavy metal" songs such as "Old Man Going" and "I See You". In 1968 MC5, developed a raw distorted style that has been seen as a major influence on the future sound of both heavy metal and later punk music. The Stooges also began to establish and influence a heavy metal and later punk sound, with songs such as "I Wanna Be Your Dog", featuring pounding and distorted heavy guitar power chord riffs.In 1968 Pink Floyd released two of their heaviest and loudest songs to date; "Ibiza Bar" and "The Nile Song", which was regarded as "one of the heaviest songs the band recorded".
1969, In July, Zeppelin and a power trio with a Cream-inspired, but cruder sound, Grand Funk Railroad, played the Atlanta Pop Festival. That same month, another Cream-rooted trio led by Leslie West released Mountain, an album filled with heavy blues rock guitar and roaring vocals. In August, the group—now itself dubbed Mountain—played an hour-long set at the Woodstock Festival.Grand Funk's debut album, On Time, also came out that month. In August 1969 Led Zeppelin II went to number 1 and the album's single "Whole Lotta Love" hit number 4 on the Billboard pop chart.

Black Sabbath formed in 1969 and didn't release anything until 1970.

Quite obviously to claim Black Sabbath " just invented Heavy Metal " is not only completely wrong but does considerable disservice to the bands mentioned above.

Sabbath played a large part but to make the claim that you do is er..ignorant.

Good call. Visions is a very albumy album. Even though huge chunks of it are sampled or "borrowed" from other artists, it adds plenty of original content and mixes into a continuous journey. It is rewarding to listen to in it's entirety. Jean-Michel Jarre did this extremely well with his early works especially, Oxygene, Equinoxe, Magnetic Fields etc.

As for opening tracks, Dire Straits' Love Over Gold opens with Telegraph Road and Private Investigations. Okay so that is only 2 tracks, but it is 21 minutes!