Anderson, Laurie - Home of the Brave:
One of those I didn't get or hear that year. I did get the VHS of
the live concert either that year of a little later. A really weird
thing to watch.
Belew, Adrian - Desire Caught By The
Tail: A really weird and difficult listening album after his first
two solo albums. I had to get the Japan mini LP sleeve CD version
for nostalgic reasons.
Budd, Harold - Lovely Thunder: Here's
one many may not be familiar with but might really enjoy. I'd easily
put it under progressive electronic, maybe symphonic, prog related?
Dark and brooding.
Budd, Raymonde,Guthrie, Fraser - Moon
and the Melodies, The: This one I didn't encounter until I found it
used and saw Budd was on it in the 00's. My intro to the Cocteau
Twins. Still need to explore these three twins further.
Carlos, Wendy - Beauty In the Beast: If
there was an album that makes the case for the inclusion of Carlos in
the archives, this is it. Best I've ever heard of Wendy or Walter.
Dreamy synthesis compositions.
Cluster & Brian Eno - Old Land:
Cluster & Brian Eno have really good chemistry. If you like
Eno's more ambient material, there is much here to enjoy.
Eno, Brian - Ambient 4/On Land 1: Eno's
ambient series albums weren't particularly consistent. #3 didn't
have him playing in it at all, though it was good to get an album
that was Eno's. Not as mellow as the first two.
Gabriel, Peter – So: Made a big
splash commercially. Don't know if it particularly converted many to
prog. Kind of a let down after the adventurous III.
Goodman, Jerry – Ariel: Well if you
“new ageyish” stuff, this one won't bother you. I certainly
liked it at the time. I don't dislike it now. Jerry's Mahavishnu
stuff and the Like Children album with Jan Hammer are much better
though.
Jackson, Joe - Big World: If you only
know Joe from his more popular songs, you don't know Joe. He
certainly had a pop success or two on here. The other stuff might
qualify him for crossover. Damn good stuff if you only regard him as
a pop artist.
Kansas – Power: Steve Morse in
Kansas??? Whaa??? Well in the end a bit too much of an AOR effort.
Has some good moments though.
Rypdal, Terje & The Chasers –
Blue: I really got into the “Singles Collection” album. Came
across this one many years later. Not sure if I've given it a fair
hearing.
Shadowfax - Too Far To Whisper: Didn't
realize that this one was in my LP collection. A bit of a step down
from The Dreams Of Children in terms of prog.
Simon, Paul – Graceland: This one
came to my attention thanks to radio airplay of You Can Call Me Al.
Of course Simon had been a familiar name due to all the exposure S &
G had received. I've read him slammed for his exploitation of world
music or something to that effect. Whatever. I didn't realize
Adrian Belew was on this one until recently.
Summers, Andy – XYZ: Andy has done
some interesting things as a solo artist. Probably wouldn't have
tried this one if not for his collaborations with Fripp. Good album,
probably not my favorite Summers solo.
David + David – Boomtown: Here's one
I became familiar with due to airplay. Progressive influences going
on here. Had to get a CD to replace the LP for that.
Glass, Phillip - Songs from Liquid
Days: Probably one of the more unusual Glass efforts. Invited Laurie
Anderson, David Byrne, Paul Simon, The Roches, Susanne Vega, Linda
Ronstat on. Weird and very cool.
Montrose, Ronnie – Territory: I had
heard some buzz about Ronnie. The album is OK but didn't interest me
into further exploring his material.
Synergy - Metropolitan Suite: Not one
of my favorite Fast's, still a good piece of synthesized music.
Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight:
This one passed me by that year, good but remains one of those I
don't know too well. At this point they had put out so much similar
stuff I wasn't keeping up with them.
Tibbetts, Steve - Exploded View: Steve
had definitely altered his sound to be more of an ECM artist. His
first two remain my favorites.
Torn, David - Cloud About Mercury: A
more adventurous ECM album than Tibbetteses. Isham, Levin, and
Bruford, oh my!!! Is this thing still out of print?
Wyatt, Robert - Old Rottenhat – I
didn't get into Wyatt's solo material until the '90's. Damn shame.
He was very political in the '80's and I identify with him.
XTC – Skylarking: Yeah, this was the
album that moved me the most in '86. If prog was on the wane and
these guys weren't prog, stick a fork in me, I'm done.
Zappa, Frank - Jazz From Hell: Well
hell, give FZ a damn Synclavier and look what the hell happens.
G-Spot Tornado is one of my favorite tracks.
Edited by Slartibartfast - December 30 2009 at 17:21
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Takeshi Kovacs wrote:
Open the gates of the city wide....
RIP
... 
seriously though, I don't have artist issues, if the music appeals to me I don't care who the performers are (ref: my Sarah Brightman collection 
)... unfortunately on re-listening last night, this album still doesn't hit my pleasure nodes.
