I imagine Year of the Cat will walk this, but Past Present and Future easily gets it for me, being the apex of his grand historical songwriting style. Modern Times runs it a close second.
― anagram, Monday, 17 August 2009 09:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 22 August 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 23 August 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Tough crowd. I guess Al isn't too big with the kids these days. I only know the hits record which wasn't represented.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 23 August 2009 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes, the paltry response to this poll shows how unjustly ignored this man is.
― anagram, Monday, 24 August 2009 08:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I imagine Year of the Cat will walk this
― velko, Monday, 24 August 2009 08:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.bigfatzero.com/images/bfz001.gif
― velko, Monday, 24 August 2009 08:13 (fourteen years ago) link
damn i missed this poss...
The first 4 albums are solid gold as far as I'm concerned.
Would have voted for Love Chronicles. Pretty much the best example of folk-rock of the period..
It's really time his early stuff got some re-evaluation and appreciation...
― Deluxe Merseybeat Wig (Jack Battery-Pack), Monday, 24 August 2009 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I like Al Stewart in a casual way, but I haven't heard 16 of his albums.
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, 24 August 2009 18:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I had no idea he had recorded that many.
ahahaha this poll
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 19 September 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
:(
― ciderpress, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Time Passages wuz robbed!!!
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
i have yotc and past present & future.. where next? avoided him for the longest time but he's kinda like a radio 2 roy harper or something
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 19 September 2014 16:37 (nine years ago) link
finally found a cheap copy of year of the cat. seems like i used to see that record all the time then as soon as i wanted to buy it, it disappeared. anyway, great album.
― mizzell, Friday, 19 September 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
was neil tennant ever a fan of this guy?
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 19 September 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
I doubt it, I think they just have genetically the exact same vocal cords
Modern Times is a great record. Zero She Flies has a version of A Lyke-Wake Dirge on it, I was surprised to find
― Gar Tooth (Jon Lewis), Friday, 19 September 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
internet says the neil tennant observation is a huge cliche, ah well at least it's not just me then
will keep an eye out for mod times. did try some of the earlier ones a while back, but they seemed to have that very post-dylan thing of cramming far too many words into each song
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 20 September 2014 08:18 (nine years ago) link
big oof on these results.
i've listened to year of the cat and orange for the first time ever this afternoon and i have to say i really like them! i said elsewhere that i always thought he was an arena rocker or some sort of blues wanker so this is fairly refreshing stuff. kind of rootsy, nick drake-lite, and i love his voice (lol weird for folks of our generation to be like "he sounds like neil tennant!" but it's true!). musically reminds me of something else i can't quite put my finger on — maybe george harrison's albums of the time? are all of his 70s albums this consistent?
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 01:21 (one year ago) link
I like Al Stewart in a casual way, but I haven't heard 16 of his albums.― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, August 24, 2009 11:19 AM
― _Rockist__Scientist_, Monday, August 24, 2009 11:19 AM
awww man
but yeah, he does have a shitton of albums.
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
Loved the title tracks of Year of the Cat and Time Passages as a kid, but listening to the whole records later, there's a majority of tracks that are merely nice. I haven't heard the earliest, folky records.
Here's a somewhat atypically emphatic song from the album that won the poll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHTzlcD0YUg
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
2008 - Al Stewart released his 16th studio album, Sparks of Ancient Light2009 - this poll is created, with a less than stellar turnout2023 - Al Stewart still hasn't released a follow-up to his previous album; ILM, have you broken the man?!?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 15:30 (one year ago) link
really love this balearic banger off Modern Times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCOQJjbX5-YAl Stewart - What's Going On?
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
got a soft spot for this one as well, squint your ears and it could almost be lucio battisti:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ga518oAmeEAl Stewart - Running Man
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
Past, Present and FutureModern TimesYear of the CatTime Passages
love this whole 4-album run, dont think i've heard anything else outside it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
Time Passages is a jam
24 carrots is one for the Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 23 February 2023 08:52 (one year ago) link
thanks all! digging in with your picks and enjoying.
also you savages lol
Al Stewart still hasn't released a follow-up to his previous album; ILM, have you broken the man?!?
― up and down. SO FAST! stay together.💙 (Austin), Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
Time Passages wuz robbed!!!― kornrulez6969, Friday, September 19, 2014 12:36 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― kornrulez6969, Friday, September 19, 2014 12:36 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
buy me a ticket on the lahst train home tah-night
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link