Category Archives: Alan’s All Time Top 5

The albums that make up my top five are more than just really great albums: It’s all about timing – albums that happened to get the time/place/enjoyment equation just right. I got into them at a time when my external life reflected something of their contents and we clicked naturally into place.

Nick Drake, Time Of No Reply, 1986 (recorded 67-74)

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

Well, here we go with another album of sadsackery, depressing, morose, exquisitely beautiful, loner music. This is yet more of that music which haunts my nineties reminiscences. This one is not really even an album proper. It was originally included … Continue reading →

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Laurie Anderson, Bright Red, 1994

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

Indelible, Bright Red is a mature, crafted, high-polish, art-avante concept album. I’ve had this album for 15 years. I know it like the back of my hand. I started playing this a lot in 1995 and found it the most … Continue reading →

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Smog, Red Apple Falls, 1997

Posted on December 3, 2010 by

I bought this on CD in 1997, the year of its release, and again in 2008 on vinyl. The clarity of the CD recording was always exquisite but the quality on the vinyl seems to take it to the next … Continue reading →

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Radiohead, Ok Computer, 1997

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

It’s been a while since I gave this a serious play. I picked up a vinyl copy in 2008. Hardly play it these days, and I’m now strongly aware of the datedness of this record. Not so much in sound … Continue reading →

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The Cure, Disintegration, 1989

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

There is no album in my collection that has been played as much as this one. This was my falling asleep album for years. I played it at night until it became a ritual, night after night, Disintegration was my … Continue reading →

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