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I think this album deserves its own thread on the 50th anniversary of its release.

I'm just sad that he wanted time with Olivia and that was taken from him. Would relish seeing him happy with Carrie, enjoying life. He left us with such an incredible body of work and he didn't owe us anything more. RIP

For me CTTE is Yes's crowning glory ...... the ultimate progressive rock album........ I can't believe it is 50 years old!!!!

Last night Led Zeppelin - _______ (aka Led Zeppelin IV) today Pearl Jam - Ten Megadeth - Dystopia Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?

Audioslave - Wide Awake

Happy heavenly birthday Neil. Miss you a ton. What a life.

I have good memories with that one, driving down the canyon at twilight with it cranked up loud

That it does. A musical masterpiece. Sadly I can't say the same for the current group of fakirs about to tour this anniversary celebration. Their shit is all over Farcebook in an attemt to shill for ticket sales.

What, no Liverpool-Ajax?

The Who - My Generation ( studio )

AC/DC - That's The Way I Wanna Rock'N'Roll Can't get that basic riff out of my head!

RIP, Neil. Thinking of you today, and how great your body of work is. Thank you for sharing the music with us for such a long time.

Foreigner/Dirty White Boy

Cars/Moving In Stereo

Some of the other '80's hard rock/heavy metal c.ds, and albums that didn't make it to the list of eighty, and not in order are: David Lee Roth - Skyscraper Van Halen - OU812 Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone, Standing Hampton, Three Lock Box, VOA, I Never Said Goodbye Queensryche - Queensryche (EP) Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden Ozzy Osbourne - Bark At the Moon, the Ultimate Sin Dio - Sacred Heart, Dream Evil Loudness - Thunder In the East, Lightning Strikes, Hurricane Eyes Dokken - Breaking the Chains, Tooth and Nail, Under Lock and Key, Back For the Attack Europe - Europe, Wings of Tomorrow, the Final Countdown, Out of This World Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi, 7800° Fahrenheit, New Jersey Cinderella - Night Songs, Long Cold Winter Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say... Ahh! White Lion - Fight to Survive, Pride, Big Game Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners, Slide It In, Whitesnake, Slip of the Tongue Great White - Great White, Shot In the Dark, Once Bitten, ... Twice Shy Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come, In Your Face Helix - White Lace & Black Leather, No Rest For the Wicked, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, Long Way to Heaven, Wild In the Streets Triumph - Progressions of Power April Wine - Power Play, Animal Grace, Walking Through Fire Thank you, Goose (Allen), and Taurus. I appreciate it very much . If I was making my own personal '80's hard rock/heavy metal c.ds', and albums' list, it would be: Judas Priest - British Steel, Point of Entry, Screaming For Vengeance, Defenders of the Faith, Turbo, Ram It Down Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden, Killers, the Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere In Time, Seventh Son of A Seventh Son Queensryche - Queensryche (EP), the Warning, Rage For Order, Operation: Mindcrime Def Leppard - On Through the Night, High 'N' Dry, Pyromania, Hysteria Scorpions - Animal Magnetism, Blackout, Love At First Sting, Savage Amusement Kiss - Music From "the Elder", Creatures of the Night Van Halen - Women and Children First, Fair Warning, Diver Down, 1984, 5150, OU812 Sammy Hagar - Danger Zone, Standing Hampton, Three Lock Box, VOA, I Never Said Goodbye David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile, Skyscraper Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of A Madman, Bark At the Moon, the Ultimate Sin Dio - Holy Diver, the Last In Line, Sacred Heart, Dream Evil Metallica - Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, ...and Justice For All Loudness - Thunder In the East, Lightning Strikes, Hurricane Eyes Dokken - Breaking the Chains, Tooth and Nail, Under Lock and Key, Back For the Attack Europe - Europe, Wings of Tomorrow, the Final Countdown, Out of This World Cinderella - Night Songs, Long Cold Winter Poison - Look What the Cat Dragged In, Open Up and Say... Ahh! White Lion - Fight to Survive, Pride, Big Game Whitesnake - Saints & Sinners, Slide It In, Whitesnake, Slip of the Tongue Great White - Great White, Shot In the Dark, Once Bitten, ... Twice Shy Kingdom Come - Kingdom Come, In Your Face Helix - White Lace & Black Leather, No Rest For the Wicked, Walkin' the Razor's Edge, Long Way to Heaven, Wild In the Streets Triumph - Progressions of Power, Allied Forces, Never Surrender, Thunder Seven April Wine - the Nature of the Beast, Power Play, Animal Grace, Walking Through Fire Lee Aaron - the Lee Aaron Project, Metal Queen, Call of the Wild, Lee Aaron, Bodyrock Headpins - Turn It Loud, Line of Fire, Head Over Heels

Rush- Clockwork Angels Something I really want to say about this album, I have always felt it carries through musically in a way that feels like an ongoing stream of consciousness. It's a beautiful album that the more time passes, the more I appreciate it. It doesn't feel like a collection of songs, more like on long piece of music. It's grandiose and cinematic, and at times I can forget what I'm listening to and think it's a movie if I shut my eyes. A stunning album, ten years on, I think I love it more than ever.

The Mighty Van Halen - Intruder/Pretty Woman

The Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll

Neil is #1, but I didn't get into Rush until my late 30's. Before then it would have been a 3 way tie: Carl Palmer (ELP) Bill Bruford (Yes/KC) & Phil Collins (esp. his work with Brand X).

Just saw some posts on FB about Neil's birthday, still miss him. Here's to you Professor

My vote assumes that half of the lyrics for Test for Echo were typed at random by monkeys rather than written by Peart.

Cape Fear

Who Do We Think We Are - Deep Purple

RIP I love this song.

Aliens

Alice Cooper covered this when I saw him last year.

Love the CanCon (Anvil/Razor/Exciter/Voivod)

Atta boy! I knew you'd come through! I love those Hagar albums toppings the list!!!

Tom Petty/I Won't Back Down

That roughing the kicker call at the end of the first half of the Packers-Vikings game might go in this category for me.

Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull

And here is the manager. Here is where he lived. And this is where Arsene Wenger lived who refused to speak to us. So did Josh Kroenke who lived here... and Stan Kroenke... and of course The Emirates...

Which is the most anti-football rule of all time, the second yellow for celebrating - and if the goal is not allowed, all that follows should be moot. I`d never fine a player for that at my (heavily fictional, bizarrely mismanaged) club. In the context of that match and Juve`s season, 2-1 down to 3-2 up, he was right to go nuts. And the big fight that followed - nobody everybody wants to see that. Games where one has no vested interest can be the best.

I wouldn't have wanted the band to make a comeback or reunion. Calling it quits for good was the perfect way for this band to end. Wanting them to play again is just selfishness on our part.

I've said it before and I will say it again: I love HYF. The mixing is what it is but the softness feels very comforting to me. HYF in it's entirety puts me in a creative mood. Most songs are energetic and beautiful, and the bass lines are delicious. Tai Shan has a different feel to it than the previous songs on the album but usually I listen to it as well.

Lol

That's awesome! I was in the middle of the main seated section. It was an incredible show for sure! I ran up to the front right as they finished to get the setlist and a pick

For me it isn't a matter of soft and wimpy, it's that HYF hurts my ears. The difference between HYF and the two albums that came after it is that its problems were created during mixing, not mastering. RTB and Presto were mixed just fine (albeit with a certain style in mind - more Talk Talk, less Black Sabbath), but neither one has ever been mastered properly. I did a personal "remaster" of both using the Audio Fidelity discs as a starting point. For RTB I cut about 3dB out of the upper mids (3 - 8 kHz) and added 1dB to the bass cloud (250 - 500 Hz), and I did something similar for Presto, albeit a little less dramatic. Both were greatly improved and sound fine to my ears. Clear, punchy, and full. Would I have preferred a thicker guitar tone on those albums? A chunkier bass? Sure. But that's a question of style, a matter of personal taste. The albums were mixed with a clear vision in mind, and they achieved what they set out to do. They're objectively well-mixed, even if people don't particularly like the concept the band and Rupert Hine had in mind. HYF, on the other hand, had a vision and failed to achieve it. It's objectively a bad mix. The instruments just don't sound right: the kick drum is weak and flabby, the guitars are harsh and grating, etc. The whole effect is to make the album sound thin and muddy at the same time; it's an awful combination. It sounds like a demo tape rather than a finished album. Listen to the drums on Presto and compare them to HYF, there's a world of difference there.

I remember the bad old days, 10 years ago, when the Dolphins were the Patriots bitches. Fish have won 4 straight and 5 of the last 6 against NE. Colts and Texans can't finish, get a sister kisser. Lions gonna Lion, ho hum. But the Pack loses, I always enjoy that.

Remembering my father on the anniversary of his death. 1976 to 1978, can't remember exact year, but before '79, when he would have reached 65 (and 108 now). RIP, Dad.

Happy Birthday, Neil. Thank you for all the great gifts.

Relayer - YES

It's not a matter of too much reverb, it's that all the damn instruments are crammed into the midrange. The kick drum sounds like a muffled thump, the guitars have such a crazy upper mid boost that they're painful at high volumes, the bass is thin and twangy, and everything else sounds kind of grainy and indistinct. It's a terrible sounding album, especially compared to the lush and full sounding Power Windows. I don't know what happened to Peter Collins between 1985 and 1987, but he forgot how to use a mixing board. Presto is actually a huge step up from HYF.

Machine Head Testament All That Remains Machine Head.......oh Machine Head. When they decide to go goofy and awful. they honestly give Mateliica a run. like IMO Supercharger is just as bad as St. Anger and at times worse. HOWEVER when this band gets serious. They are for me.....Seriously in the conversation for best metal band. Testament. Their later output is for me their best stuff. just brutal. I'm still new to ATR but they made at least 3 awesome albums that will be in my rotation regularly now. Mick

As others have noted, Analog Kid is a great song, but Limelight is transcendent.

Today at rehearsal, I taught my bandmates the new song I wrote last week.

Cracking myself up with these choices...but they're darn fun Styx - Come Sail Away, Lady Tull - Skating Away AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill A sane choice... Clapton - After Midnight

Queen - Love of my Life

The beautiful simplicity of Natural Science (rhythm guitar, I should point out ).