Albums Listened To In April (92)

April is over....finally. A new month means a new position at work and the ever closer date of me moving across town. Looking forward to all that (which is sad that's all I have to look forward to in life).

Anyway onto the music.

Started the month with a lot of older music re-listened. Moving towards classic rock/NWOBHM by the end. A nice variety throughout. But with that heavy influence of music I've already heard, this comparison of the good, bad and the dull will be pretty short. I'm sure there are some people who view that very positively, and for all those people... eat me.


Great
Although not as superb as their other releases, Pink Floyd's albums, The Final Cut and Obscured By Clouds both show that this band was immensely talented before making it mega-huge. I keep meaning to listen to their other early stuff, but you have to be in a certain mood for out there psychedelia.
I've already went into the skills of Droids Attack (which would fall on all three categories here), so no need to reiterate.
As I write this I am listening to the new Mael Mordha album, Manannan, and although I am only half done, so far it's pretty good. They are another band that is remarked as folk-doom (see The Flight Of Sleipnir below) but never actually get into the folk - at least to my ears. With or without, Manannan is still worth a listen.

Crap
After hearing them toted as folk-doom, The Flight Of Sleipnir sounded like a good listen. Instead of anything folk, it was a funeral death/doom album. I have an earlier release to listen too, but after listening to Lore, I am in no rush.

Eh...
I was expecting more from Evacuate Chicago, the serious interpretation by the guys behind Psychostick. I love Psychostick, but their new take on music was kinda dull.

Discographies
Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Styx, Droids Attack, Judas Priest, Elton John


Week 1

1. The Blues Brothers - The Blues Brothers Soundtrack
2. Boston - Don't Look Back
3. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife 
4. The Doors - Strange Days - New
5. Evacuate Chicago - Veracity - New
6. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
7. Flogging Molly - Within A Mile Of Home
8. Green Day - American Idiot
9. Green Day - Kerplunk - New 
10. Green Day - Nimrod
11. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
12. Iron Maiden - Powerslave
13. The Offspring - Smash
14. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
15. Pink Floyd - The Final Cut - New 
16. Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds - New 
17. The Real McKenzies - The Real McKenzies
18. Skids - Joy - New 
19. Traffic - Mr. Fantasy 

Week 2

1. AC/DC -  Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
2. AC/DC - High Voltage 
3. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock
4. AC/DC - Powerage
5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
6. Brant Bjork - Gods And Goddesses - New
7. Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus 
8. The Flight Of Sleipnir - Lore - New
9. Iron Maiden - Killers 
10. Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind 
11. Jet - Get Born
12. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
13. Poison - Flesh and Blood
14. The Real McKenzies - Loch'd And Loaded - New  
15. Styx - Big Bang Theory 
16. Styx - Brave New World - New
17. Styx - Cornerstone - New 
18. Styx - Edge of the Century - New
19. Styx - Equinox - New 
20. Styx - Kilroy Was Here - New
21. Styx - Man Of Miracles - New
22. Styx - Paradise Theater - New
23. Styx - Pieces Of Eight 

Week 3

1. AC/DC - Highway To Hell 
2. AC/DC - Live '92 
3. Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony 
4. Charred Walls Of The Damned - Charred Walls Of The Damned - New
5. Droids Attack - All Your Chicks Are Belong to Us - New 
6. Droids Attack - Fatal/Error - New
7. Droids Attack - Must Destroy - New 
8. Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark - New
9. Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
10. Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time 
11. Iron Maiden - The X Factor - New 
12. The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight - The Mystick Krewe Of Clearlight - New
13. Ogre - Dawn Of The Proto-Man 
14. Palace In Thunderland - Apostles Of Silence - New
15. Psychostick - We Couldn't Think Of A Title!
16. Radio Moscow - Brain Cycles - New
17. Radio Moscow - Radio Moscow - New
18. Reel Big Fish and Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer - Duet All Night Long (EP)
19. Queensryche - Empire 
20. Skid Row - Skid Row 

Week 4

1. Anthrax - Fistful of Metal - New 
2. Big Chief - Mack Avenue Skullgame - New
3. Clutch - Clutch
4. Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
5. Elton John - Elton John - New
6. Elton John - Empty Sky - New 
7. Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection - New
8. Fishbone - Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe 
9. Godsmack - Godsmack 
10. Grave Digger - Excalibur 
11. Hangman's Chair - Leaving Paris - New
12. Heaven And Hell - The Devil You Know 
13. The Hellacopters - Rock And Roll Is Dead
14. Iron Maiden - Brave New World 
15. Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death - New
16. Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
17. Iron Maiden - Virtual XI - New 
18. Jethro Tull - Aqualung 
19. Judas Priest - British Steel
20. Judas Priest - Rocka Rolla 
21. Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny 
22. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance
23. Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 
24. Judas Priest - Stained Class
25. Mael Mordha - Manannan - New
26. Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead
27. That Fucking Tank - Tankology - New
28. Ulysses Siren - Above The Ashes - New
29. Various Artists - Sucking The 70's (2 Disc) - New
30. Various Artists - Sucking The 70's II: Back In The Saddle Again (2 Disc) - New