REAP CORNER

[Mike Boom]

Mine would be

Hand of Kindness
Daring Adventures
Rumor and Sigh

in that order.

[C]

Mine would be

Hand of Kindness
Daring Adventures
Rumor and Sigh

in that order.

Good call

I would replace Rumor and Sigh with Across a Crowded Room and place it at the top

I always wondered why a Brit would spell ‘Rumour’ that way





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C, with regard to your question about RT, he’s released so many albums and all of them at least good, as I’ve mentioned before I don’t think he’s ever released a bad one.

To think in terms of a top three I would find impossible, I think I’ve got virtually all of his albums proper, less the most recent one and enjoy them all. Hand of Kindness comes to mind, as does Across a Crowded Room, Amnesia, Rumor and Sigh, Mock Tudor and The Old Kit Bag but I wouldn’t necessarily put these in front of other albums like Electric, Still and 13 Rivers, all very good albums. Probably I know the earlier ones better than the later ones but that shouldn't be the reason I think they are better.


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[ChrisB]

Darlings of the press for a short while

[C]

C, with regard to your question about RT, he’s released so many albums and all of them at least good, as I’ve mentioned before I don’t think he’s ever released a bad one.

To think in terms of a top three I would find impossible, I think I’ve got virtually all of his albums proper, less the most recent one and enjoy them all. Hand of Kindness comes to mind, as does Across a Crowded Room, Amnesia, Rumor and Sigh, Mock Tudor and The Old Kit Bag but I wouldn’t necessarily put these in front of other albums like Electric, Still and 13 Rivers, all very good albums. Probably I know the earlier ones better than the later ones but that shouldn't be the reason I think they are better.


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Yes, the albums I have got are all top notch.

I have them all up to Rumor and Sigh including the Linda Thompson ones and Industry with Danny Thompson which I like a lot.

I gave up after Rumor and Sigh - I am not sure why...

Amnesia is a good call and would be in fourth place for me

I must try Henry the Human Fly again - I haven't played it for decades and didn't take to it on it's release.






NP



Have you got this Rob?





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[robertff]

Darlings of the press for a short while

Liked and bought Beta and Cornershop, BDB I have CDR of which I will never play again. The first two I still like and will play, particularly Cornershop - as you said darlings of the press for a short while.

You must have started early this morning Chris?

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[ChrisB]

I always go for a walk (10,000 steps) starting 8am (unless pouring down and then it's the Davina MCcall exercise bike from QVC ) and listen to two albums ( 5 mile walk takes about 90mins : 2 albums). However, as it's frosty underfoot my speed drops to tortoise pace ( Bob Mortimer has better balance than me if any semblance of ice), managed to fit in the above albums ( well, about half Cornershop)

[robertff]

C, with regard to your question about RT, he’s released so many albums and all of them at least good, as I’ve mentioned before I don’t think he’s ever released a bad one.

To think in terms of a top three I would find impossible, I think I’ve got virtually all of his albums proper, less the most recent one and enjoy them all. Hand of Kindness comes to mind, as does Across a Crowded Room, Amnesia, Rumor and Sigh, Mock Tudor and The Old Kit Bag but I wouldn’t necessarily put these in front of other albums like Electric, Still and 13 Rivers, all very good albums. Probably I know the earlier ones better than the later ones but that shouldn't be the reason I think they are better.


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Yes, the albums I have got are all top notch.

I have them all up to Rumor and Sigh including the Linda Thompson ones and Industry with Danny Thompson which I like a lot.

I gave up after Rumor and Sigh - I am not sure why...

Amnesia is a good call and would be in fourth place for me

I must try Henry the Human Fly again - I haven't played it for decades and didn't take to it on it's release.






NP



Have you got this Rob?


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No, I think because it didn’t have a particularly good review if I remember correctly. Henry is meant to be one of his better albums but what I heard of it, like you it didn’t do great deal for me, didn’t buy it.

Pretty sure I’ve got 17 of his albums, looking through his main discography.


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[C]

I always go for a walk (10,000 steps) starting 8am (unless pouring down and then it's the Davina MCcall exercise bike from QVC ) and listen to two albums ( 5 mile walk takes about 90mins : 2 albums). However, as it's frosty underfoot my speed drops to tortoise pace ( Bob Mortimer has better balance than me if any semblance of ice), managed to fit in the above albums ( well, about half Cornershop)

Good lad

Before I got ill, up to my mid 60s, I used to run 10 miles every other day and 3miles on the other

My best time for an official 5 mile race was 29:52

I was always a better squash player than a runner although the running fraternity was a big part of my life.

I formed a running club with my dad and two of his friends, who had never ran - Thrift Green Trotters [Brentwood in 1987].

It relatively recently, [about 12 years ago], morphed into Brentwood Running Club and has over 250 active members. It's great to see so many members

The small TGT logo is still on the shirt

It was always an inclusive club - all ages and abilities and even back in those days, genders... [as in trans]

https://www.brentwoodrunningclub.co.uk







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NP



I was never a great Who fan and did not see them live which says it all.

They made a couple or three decent albums.

Who's Next is my favourite studio album

The deluxe version with Leslie West shows that Pete was no more than a rhythm guitarist



As you were




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I was never a great Who fan and did not see them live which says it all.

They made a couple or three decent albums.

Who's Next is my favourite studio album

The deluxe version with Leslie West shows that Pete was no more than a rhythm guitarist


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Perhaps, but who really cares about Leslie West?


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NP



A great band and a great album

I only saw them twice - on the same tour (Computer World) - on consecutive nights. Once at the Hammersmith Odeon and then around the corner at the Hammersmith Palais.

I only saw two bands there - Kraftwerk and The Teardrop Explodes

Despite the latter being a building of historical relevance it was demolished in 2007 to make way to student accommodation





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Wiki:
Along with Kraftwerk's first two albums, Ralf und Florian to date has never been officially re-issued anywhere, nor has the band played any of its material live since the late '70s. However, the album remains an influential and sought-after work, and bootlegged copies were widely distributed in the 1990s on the Germanofon label. In 2008, Fact named it among the 20 greatest ambient albums ever made


Perhaps it will happen when Ralf is dead...

Not wishing ill of the great man




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NP



I was never a great Who fan and did not see them live which says it all.

They made a couple or three decent albums.

Who's Next is my favourite studio album

The deluxe version with Leslie West shows that Pete was no more than a rhythm guitarist


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Perhaps, but who really cares about Leslie West?


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If you're an excellent musician, it's easy to sound impressive on other musicians' compositions. It's when you are playing your own music that you have to prove your worth. To be honest, apart from Nantucket and Mississipi, he was never any great shakes as a composer.
What a boisterous Saturday this is turning into! Usually watching Premier League on Sky, but it's FA Cup weekend and the Saturday matches are so result predictable

[robertff]

One of Jimmy Page’s favourite groups I seem to remember.


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[ChrisB]

One of Jimmy Page’s favourite groups I seem to remember.


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You're always quite happy to throw in a curve ball, Rob
Psychedelic folk with a a bit of QSM thrown in for good measure. Fine album, featuring the very talented David Lindley

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The German version (I have both the 'English' and German versions of Man Machine, Radioactivity, Trans Europe Express and Computerworld



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[C]

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Have you got this Rob?

No, I think because it didn’t have a particularly good review if I remember correctly. Henry is meant to be one of his better albums but what I heard of it, like you it didn’t do great deal for me, didn’t buy it.

Pretty sure I’ve got 17 of his albums, looking through his main discography.

Mojo counted Henry the Human Fly as one of the hundred greatest guitar albums ever produced…!

The compositions on Industry are both Richard Thompson's songs and Danny Thompson's instrumental pieces

An interesting mix

Give it a stream Rob it might end up your 18th


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