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Greetings Net Boys and Net Girls!

 

Name 12 of your favourite solo albums from musicians from other bands.

 

Here’s my list...

 

1: Ace Frehley (KISS) - Frehley’s Comet

 

2: David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) - About Face

 

3: Little Steven (Bruce Springsteen The E Street Band) - Men Without Women

 

4: Joe Perry (Aerosmith) - I’ve Got the Rock ‘n’ Rolls Again

 

5: Mike Peters (The Alarm) - Rise

 

6: Joey Ramone (Ramones) - Don’t Worry About Me

 

7: Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - Talk is Cheap

 

8: Ty Tabor (King’s X) - Moonflower Lane

 

9: Roger Taylor (Queen) - Fun in Space

 

10: Pete Townshend (The Who) - All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes

 

11: Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) - The Pros and Cons Of Hitchhiking

 

12: Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) - Robin Zander

 

My Beatles solo favs...

 

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

 

John Lennon - Rock ‘n’ Roll

 

Paul McCartney - Tug of War

 

Ringo Starr - Ringo

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Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz

 

Dio - Holy Diver (this is a solo album, no matter what Ronnie said)

 

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

 

Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit

 

Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap

 

Pete Townshend - Empty Glass

 

Paul McCartney - Tug of War

 

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

 

Joe Perry - I've Got the Rock and Rolls Again

 

Slash - Slash

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Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz

 

Dio - Holy Diver (this is a solo album, no matter what Ronnie said)

 

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

 

Mick Jagger - Wandering Spirit

 

Keith Richards - Talk is Cheap

 

Pete Townshend - Empty Glass

 

Paul McCartney - Tug of War

 

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

 

Joe Perry - I've Got the Rock and Rolls Again

 

Slash - Slash

 

I've been a fan of RJD for many years, but would agree with the comments regarding Holy Diver being a solo album. Somehow, Ronnie's on-stage comment "We are Dio" never quite rang true for me.

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Brian Eno - Another Green World

Colin Newman - Commercial Suicide

Daryl Hall - Sacred Songs

Frank Black - Frank Black

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

Paul Simon - Graceland

Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 3

Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson

Robert Fripp - Exposure

Roger Taylor - Fun in Space

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:huh:

 

Paul McCartney - Ram

Syd Barrett (Pink Floyd) - The Madcap Laughs

Dave Davies (Kinks) - The Album That Never Was

Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention) - The Northstar Grassman & the Ravens

Brian Eno (Roxy Music) - Another Green World

Roger Taylor (Queen) - Fun in Space

David Byrne (Talking Heads) - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts

David Gilmour - David Gilmour

Holger Czukay (Can) - Canaxis

Mark Hollis (Talk Talk) -Mark Hollis

Ian Gillan/Roger Glover (Deep Purple) - Accidentally on Purpose

Steve Howe (Yes) - The Steve Howe Album

 

I dunno...something like that.

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  1. Jon Anderson - Olias of Sunhillow
  2. Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
  3. David Gilmour - David Gilmour
  4. Pete Townshend ( and Ronnie Lane ) - Rough Mix
  5. Pete Townshend - Empty Glass
  6. Pete Townshend - White City
  7. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
  8. Paul McCartney - Ram
  9. John Lennon - Imagine
  10. Robert Plant - The Principle of the Moment
  11. Peter Gabriel - Car (or 1)
  12. Joe Walsh - So What

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Peter Gabriel - So

Robert Plant - Principle of Moments

Robert Plant - Pictures at Eleven

Sting - ...Nothing Like the Sun

Sting - Dream of the Blue Turtles

David Lee Roth - Eat Em and Smile

Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard

Don Henley - End of the Innocence

Tom Petty - Wildflowers

Roger Waters - Amused to Death

Paul Simon - Graceland

 

and

 

Boston - Boston :P

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Gabriel - Jeux Sans Frontieres

Gabriel - So

Ozzy - Diary

Ozzy - Blizzard

Dio - Holy Diver

Andy Taylor - Thunder

The Nuge - Free For All

The Nuge - Cat Scratch Fever

Pete Townshend -Empty Glass

John Entwhistle - Too Late the Hero

David Gilmour - s/t

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1. Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna

2. Ozzy - Blizzard of Ozz

3. Dio - Holy Diver

4. Ace Frehley - S/T

5. Michael Monroe - Sensory Overdrive

6. Ozzy - Diary of a Madman

7. Mike Scott - Bring 'Em All In

8. Ace Frehley - Frehley's Comet

9. Stevie Nicks - The Wild Heart

10. Michael Monroe - Not Fakin' It

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I haven’t made my first solo album yet- let alone 12 of them!

 

;)

 

 

At any rate, this is one topic I need to think on for some time:

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Al DiMeola-Splendido Hotel, Casino, Elegant Gypsy, Kiss My Axe, Scenario, The Infinite Desire

David Gilmour-About Face

Rick Wakeman-The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Peter Gabriel-So

Michael Hedges-Live on the Double Planet

Joe Walsh-Barnstorm

Mark Isham-Vapor DrawingsPlanet

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I think “solo” albums should only be counted as being by band members still with the band, recording and touring.

Sting, Peter Gabriel, Ted Nugent and the Post Beatles don’t really come into this category as they’ve gone out on their own or are not a functioning part of the band they were previously associated with.

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I think “solo” albums should only be counted as being by band members still with the band, recording and touring.

 

So, best side-project solo albums. IMO, those generally suck, for good reason. They tend to be self-indulgent efforts and contain material otherwise rejected by the band. Edited by goose
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I think “solo” albums should only be counted as being by band members still with the band, recording and touring.

 

So, best side-project solo albums. IMO, those generally suck, for good reason. They tend to be self-indulgent efforts and contain material otherwise rejected by the band.

 

Creatively it's a nice outlet, though. Sometimes band politics or trying to maintain a certain "sonic image" (as it were) becomes a bind where really creative blokes don't get much of a chance to stretch. Or maybe a middling band fellow is not the primary songwriter, but still possesses talent and the urge to contribute yet lacks the outlet.

 

But yeah, they often read as undisciplined forays into mad displays of tinkering (see Gene Simmons '78 solo album). I think breaks in expected style could be forgiven if they more often exercised an ability to self-edit and conceive a cohesive narrative. So often it's akin to barfing up material.

Edited by Presto-digitation
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