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<\/a><\/p>\nJohn Lennon: Plastic Ono Band<\/em><\/p>\n Hard to describe the impact this had after Abbey Road<\/em>. Raw, honest and brave. Probably has to go at No. 1 as the best album ever made. Followed by, in no particular order\u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Steely Dan: Can\u2019t Buy A Thrill<\/em><\/p>\n The Dan\u2019s first and most pop-oriented album. Well-crafted songs, original and intelligent lyrics, beautifully sung by David Palmer, great arrangements, great playing and benchmark production with absolutely no filler.\u00a0 Still stands up over 40 years on. Timeless.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left<\/em><\/p>\n The most original songwriter of any era \u2014 and an exquisite record with Robert Kirby\u2019s string arrangements. Everybody believed in him \u2014 except the one person that really needed to…\u00a0 Nick Drake died at the age of 26 in enigmatic circumstances.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Van Morrison: Astral Weeks<\/em><\/p>\n The album was recorded in a day, semi-improvised, with the premier jazz players of the day. This album set a benchmark which only Nick Drake managed to touch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Verve: Urban Hymns<\/em><\/p>\n Every track is a winner here.\u00a0 Great band sound. Like all great albums, not simply music, but a friend for life.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brian Eno: Another Day on Earth.<\/em><\/p>\n A delicate \u2018less is more\u2019 chilled album you will not tire of listening to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jimmy Guiffre Trio: The Train and the River<\/em><\/p>\n My favourite jazz album. Bluesy jazz guitar, bass and sax trio. Having no drums allows the fluid rhythmic playing that expresses the album\u2019s title.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Peter Gabriel: Passion<\/em> (soundtrack)<\/p>\n My favourite \u2018world music\u2019 album \u2014 real world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jimmy Cliff: The Harder They Come<\/em> (soundtrack)<\/p>\n My favourite reggae album \u2014 all the top artists, all their best tracks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abba: Greatest Hits<\/em><\/p>\n All the great songs in one place \u2014 a pantheon of 3-minute wonders, neither cynical nor clever, just one indestructible diamond after another. (I\u2019m including Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 \u2018cos my list goes up to eleven \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As suggested earlier, here\u2019s a post we can all dance around\u2026 Here are my Top 10 Albums with a sentence or two about each as a template to get you started. The Moderator has kindly given us a bit of leeway to include compilations, soundtracks and greatest hits \u2026 so here we go\u2026 John Lennon: Plastic Ono Band Hard to describe the impact this had after Abbey Road. Raw, honest and brave. Probably has to go at No. 1 … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n