What's in my iPod - the A's
I thought I would share what I have in my music collection on a daily basis beginning with all the bands who begin with the letter A. Any comments I make about a particular album will be in italic next to the album's title.
- '74 Jailbreak
- AC/DC Live (double album)
- Back in Black - Brian Johnson's voice on this album is just awesome. It's a shame how bad it has deteriorated over the years, but that's what smoking a ton of cigarettes and 30 years of screaming your lungs out on world tours will do to your vocal chords.
- Ballbreaker
- Big Gun - Single from "The Last Action Hero" movie soundtrack, and the best thing about the film.
- Black Ice - Their first album in 8 years, and one of the best ones in the Brian Johnson era. Brendan O'Brien, who is a great record producer and has worked with bands like Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, and Velvet Revolver, produced this album as well.
- Blow Up Your Video
- Bonfire: Live from the Atlantic Studios - Bonfire is a boxed set tribute to the late Bon Scott who passed away in 1980.
- Bonfire: Live in Paris (double album)
- Bonfire: Volts
- Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
- Flick of the Switch
- Fly on the Wall
- For Those about to Rock... We Salute You
- High Voltage
- Highway to Hell - Bon Scott's final album with the band, and perhaps the best AC/DC album of them all. The track Night Prowler became infamous due to the fact that Richard Ramirez, who was the serial killer known as the Night Stalker, was an AC/DC fan and obsessed with the song.
- If You Want Blood You Got It (live album)
- Let There be Rock - This is a great album with gritty, raw guitar riffs on classic tracks like Whole Lotta Rosie and Bad Boy Boogie.
- Powerage - Another of my favorite AC/DC albums. Down Payment Blues and What's Next to the Moon are two of the best AC/DC songs you've never heard.
- The Razor's Edge
- Stiff Upper Lip
- Who Made Who - The soundtrack to the Stephen King movie "Maximum Overdrive." Not only did King write the screenplay based on his 8 page short story "Trucks," he made his feature film directorial debut here as well. Needless to say, Who Made Who was the best thing about the film (which seems to be the case with most of the movies that AC/DC lends their music to).
Alice in Chains
- Dirt
- Jar of Flies - Contains one of my favorite Alice in Chains songs, Whale and Wasp, which just happens to have no lyrics.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Jesus Christ Superstar - I have loved this music since I was a kid, especially King Herod's Song (Try It and See). I am actually going to see this play tonight at Eisenhower Auditorium, and Ted Neeley, who played Jesus in the 1973 film, is portraying Jesus in the play tonight. However, I have the original album and not the movie soundtrack, and I prefer the singers on the original album. No offense to Neeley, but Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, who portrayed Jesus on the original album, is a much better singer and the songs sound much better with his vocals.
Animal Logic
- Animal Logic - A three piece group consisting of Stewart Copeland from The Police on drums, bass legend Stanley Clarke, and vocalist Deborah Holland. My brother turned me onto this group, but I only have one of their two albums.
Audioslave
- Audioslave
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