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44-Dream Theater- A Dramatic Turn of Events(2011)
Now that I got a few of the personal “had to” albums, we can move on to the meat and potatoes, and what better way that with our very own house band’s latest release. I won’t say much, just that for me, I was happy to see DT move back towards the more prog side of prog metal, that was what I fell in love with in the first place. I still remember the moment when I first heard OTBOA before the release, and knew I was in for a treat. Then I got an early listen to BiTS and was so hungry for the rest of it. I got the album roughly twenty days before the show, and listened to it solely the whole time in between. This album also has one of my top songs ever, Beneath the Surface.
”And then one day I stopped caring, and began to forget why I longed to be so close.” Damn man, just damn.
Suggested Songs: Do I really need to?
43-The Who-Who Are You(1978)
The first installment from The Who. This was the last with drummer Keith Moon, he died a month after its release. The album has two faces to it, one was Pete continuing to work on his Lifehouse concept, which he started on Who’s Next, a concept album in the works about music being a spiritual track to life. The other side of the coin was Pete trying to bridge the gap between the prog of the day and the emerging punk scene, while putting it all to the familiar Who sound. For me, the emerging presence of Pete’s spiritual side takes shape here, specifically in the title track, a plea to God for answers to why a man degenerated and beaten can still receive the divine love.
”I spill out like a sewer hole, yet still receive your kiss, how can I measure up to anyone new after such a love as this.”
Suggested Songs: Who Are You,New Song, Guitar and Pen, Sister Disco
42-Rush-Exit…Stage Left(1981)
The first of many live albums on the list. I went to live albums often because of the energy they provided, and to give me that feel of being there, since I love the live show so much(probably seen somewhere around 300 concerts). I chose this one over the other Rush live albums solely because of the live Xanadu on it, but in all honesty, the whole track listing is just incredible. I think this album procured my love of Rush more than any studio album did, as is with other bands on the list.
Suggested Songs-The Trees, Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato, Spirit of the Radio
More to come tomorrow....