Year of the POLL: Al Stewart Studio Albums

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?

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

awww man

but yeah, he does have a shitton of albums.

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

2008 - Al Stewart released his 16th studio album, Sparks of Ancient Light
2009 - this poll is created, with a less than stellar turnout
2023 - Al Stewart still hasn't released a follow-up to his previous album; ILM, have you broken the man?!?

really love this balearic banger off Modern Times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCOQJjbX5-Y
Al Stewart - What's Going On?

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=2Ga518oAmeE
Al Stewart - Running Man

Past, Present and Future
Modern Times
Year of the Cat
Time Passages

love this whole 4-album run, dont think i've heard anything else outside it

Time Passages is a jam

24 carrots is one for the Horrible 70s album titles like I've Got My Own Album To Do

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?!?

Time Passages wuz robbed!!!

― kornrulez6969, Friday, September 19, 2014 12:36 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

buy me a ticket on the lahst train home tah-night