So, here we are. Thanks again for all the reactions and I hope you'll like or recognise the rest. We're almost there, with the last two albums before we reach the magical top 10. For some reason that top fifth of the list has something extra, something that makes it more special. It might be because we use a decimal system and it might also be because those last 10 are really special to me in one way or another. However, before we get there, there's two more awesome album I want to outline here first. Two albums, coincidentally, from 1973, and two albums I could never have excluded from my list. Though this isn't the top 10, this stuff is absolutely amazing and to me, they both belong here.
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12. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band – The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle (1973)
I probably will never forget the first time I listened to
New York City Serenade, my favourite track from Bruce Springsteen’s second album. It happened one afternoon during the time when I was moving to college. My mother bought this CD in a shop, because she recognized it from her youth, I suppose. One afternoon she walked into my bedroom and put the CD in my CD player and put
New York City Serenade on. I had no clue what to expect, put she told me it was very good, so I thought I’d have a go. For the next almost 10 minutes I was staring blindly out my window and listened in awe to the absolute brilliance of this song, never saying a word to break the sound. I was mind blown and one of the first things I did when I moved to my student home where I live now was go down to a CD shop and buy the CD myself. The rest of the album, which I hadn’t heard so far certainly didn’t disappoint at all, the music is absolutely fantastic. While I never really cared for Bruce Springsteen’s generic-ish rock, this album is totally different from what you’d expect from his music. There’s no
Born to Run or
Dancing in the Dark on here, just 7 very, very good tracks. The music swings on all sides, with some beautiful guitar and saxophone work on the album.
Kitty’s Back and
Rosalita (Come out Tonight) are two very good examples of this. You could even call this progressive at some points, with an average track length of almost 7 minutes, though the album opener, the shortest track is very well done as well. From start to finish, Springsteen and his band throw their heartland rock at you and they never disappoint, on the entire album. The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle – and specifically
New York City Serenade – holds a special place in my heart and that is the reason it has been included in my list.
Favourite song: New York City Serenade
Other songs worth checking out: Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Kitty’s Back, The E-Street Shuffle
11. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
This might be the most overrated album in all of rock history, but that doesn’t really stop me from loving it. It might just have been overrated because it is that good. Again, I guess not a lot of explanation is needed, since this is one of those albums everybody has heard and can appreciate. The same goes for me. I even chose part of the lyrics from this album for the part I submitted for my yearbook. I thought it summed up my high-school career pretty well. I never listen to the songs on this album separately, only the whole thing in full, as it undoubtedly had been intended by the lords of Pink Floyd, and I always get goose bumps when this albums ends in its wonderful climax. This thing is one of the best ever created, hence its high placement in my ranking of albums.
“And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon”Favourite song: The whole thing
Songs worth checking out in particular: The whole thing, as it was intended
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So, any guesses on the remaining ten?
The first one coming tomorrow..
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