in association with
The Playlist of Life and
Music Banter
A New TH Project for 2015,
Welcome, one and all, to
Trollheart's Discography Control and Command Centre for
or
The Great Discography Project
From here I will select albums from discographies, review them, rate them and then colour-code them once they have been done. You'll be able to watch as each discography gets started, and how I progress through each. All the below are again in alphabetical order, purely for convenience and tidiness's sake. This does not in any way reflect the order in which they will be reviewed. More will be added as they're suggested, or as I decide to do them.
Albums in discographies which have already been reviewed by me elsewhere will be marked in purple, and linked as I get to it in the discography. Albums done within this overarching project will be coded as per the "Love or Hate?" standard system. Each one will be linked as it is reviewed, so you can easily jump to one you want to read. Assuming you want to read.
Artiste name: a-ha
Genre(s): Pop, Synthpop
Timespan: 1985-2009; reformed 2015
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 10
Discography details:
Hunting High and Low (1985)
Scoundrel Days (1986)
Stay On These Roads (1988)
East Of the Sun, West Of the Moon (1990)
Memorial Beach (1993)
Minor Earth, Major Sky (2000)
Lifelines (2002)
Analogue (2005)
Foot Of the Mountain (2009)
Cast in Steel (2015)
Artiste name: Anathema
Genre(s): Alt-Rock, Prog Rock, Doom Metal, Goth Metal
Timespan: 1993 -
Suggested by: Zero
Notes:
Number of albums: 10
Discography details:
Serenades (1993)
The Silent Enigma (1995)
Eternity (1996)
Alternative 4 (1998)
Judgement (1999)
A Fine Day to Exit (2001)
A Natural Disaster (2003)
We're Here Because We're Here (2010)
Weather Systems (2012)
Distant Satellites (2014)
Artiste name: Asia
Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Melodic Rock/AOR
Timespan: 1982 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 14
Discography details:
Asia (1982)
Alpha (1983)
Astra (1985)
Then and Now (1990)
Aqua (1992)
Aria (1994)
Arena (1996)
Rare (2000)
Aura (2001)
Silent Nation (2004)
Phoenix (2008)
Omega (2010)
XXX (2012)
Gravitas (2014)
Artiste name: Bathory
Genre(s): Viking/Black Metal
Timespan: 1984 – 2003
Suggested by: The Batlord
Notes: Bathory
was Quorthon, and he died 2004.
Number of albums: 12
Discography details
Bathory (1984)
The Return... (1985)
Under the Sign of the Black Mark (1987)
Blood Fire Death (1988)
Hammerheart (1990)
Twilight of the Gods (1991)
Requiem (1994)
Octagon (1995)
Blood on Ice (1996)
Destroyer of Worlds (2001)
Nordland I (2002)
Nordland II (2003)
Artiste name: Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
Genre(s): Psychedlia, Experimental, Art Rock
Timespan: 1967 - 1982
Suggested by: Jguy Grungeman
Notes:
Number of albums: 13
Discography details:
Safe as Milk (1967)
Strictly Personal (1968)
Trout Mask Replica (1969)
Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970)
Mirror Man (1971)
The Spotlight Kid (1972)
Clear Spot (1972)
Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)
Bluejeans and Moonbeams (1974)
Bat Chain Puller (1976)
Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978)
Doc at the Radar Station (1980)
Ice Cream for Crow (1982)
Artiste name: Black Sabbath
Genre(s): Heavy Metal/Doom Metal
Timespan: 1970 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 19
Discography details:
Black Sabbath (1970)
Paranoid (1970)
Master of Reality (1971)
Vol. 4 (1972)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1974)
Sabotage (1975)
Technical Ecstasy (1976)
Never Say Die! (1978)
Heaven and Hell (1980)
Mob Rules (1981)
Born Again (1983)
Seventh Star (1986)
The Eternal Idol (1987)
Headless Cross (1989)
Tyr (1990)
Dehumanizer (1992)
Cross Purposes (1994)
Forbidden (1995)
13 (2013)
Artiste name: Blue Oyster Cult
Genre(s): Hard Rock
Timespan: 1972 - 2001
Suggested by: The Identity Matrix
Notes:
Number of albums: 14
Discography details:
Blue Oyster Cult (1972)
Tyranny and Mutation (1973)
Secret Treaties (1974)
Agents of Fortune (1976)
Spectres (1977)
Mirrors (1979)
Cultosaurus Erectus (1980)
Fire of Unknown Origin (1981)
The Revolution by Night (1983)
Club Ninja (1985)
Imaginos (1988)
Cult Classic (1994)
Heaven Forbid (1998)
Curse of the Hidden Mirror (2001)
Artiste name:Bon Jovi
Genre(s):Rock, AOR
Timespan: 1984 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums:13
Discography details:
Bon Jovi (1984)
7800 Fahrenheit (1985)
Slippery When Wet (1986)
New Jersey (1988)
Keep the Faith (1992)
These Days (1995)
Crush (2000)
Bounce (2002)
Have a Nice Day (2005)
Lost Highway (2007)
The Circle (2009)
What About Now (2013)
This House is Not For Sale (2016)
Artiste name: David Bowie
Genre(s): Glam Rock, Art Rock, Soul and many more
Timespan: 1969 - 2016
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes: Currently getting exclusive attention due to the untimely passing of Bowie last week.
Number of albums:26
Discography details:
David Bowie (1967)
David Bowie/Space Oddity (1969)
The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Hunky Dory (1971)
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Aladdin Sane (1973)
Pin Ups (1973)
Diamond Dogs (1974)
Young Americans (1975)
Station to Station (1976)
Low (1977)
“Heroes” (1977)
Lodger (1979)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
Let's Dance (1983)
Tonight (1984)
Never Let Me Down (1987)
Black Tie White Noise (1993)
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Outside (1995)
Earthling (1997)
“Hours...” (1999)
Heathen (2002)
Reality (2003)
The Next Day (2013)
Blackstar (2016)
Artiste name: Tim Buckley
Genre(s): Folk
Timespan: 1966-1974
Suggested by: Frownland
Notes:
Number of albums: 9
Discography details:
Tim Buckley (1966)
Goodbye and Hello (1967)
Happy and Sad (1969)
Blue Afternoon (1969)
Lorca (1970)
Starsailor (1970)
Greetings from LA (1972)
Sefronia (1973)
Look at the Fool (1974)
Artiste name: Kate Bush
Genre(s): Pop, Art Rock
Timespan: 1978 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes: I'm not including the 2011 album
Director's Cut as it's basically remixes from earlier albums. Sue me.
Number of albums: 9
Discography details:
The Kick Inside (1978)
Lionheart (1978)
Never For Ever (1980)
The Dreaming (1982)
Hounds of Love (1985)
The Sensual World (1989)
The Red Shoes (1993)
Aerial (2005)
50 Words For Snow (2011)
Artiste name: The Cars
Genre(s): Pop, New Wave
Timespan: 1978 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 7
Discography details:
The Cars (1978)
Candy-O (1979)
Panorama (1980)
Shake it Up (1981)
Heartbeat City (1984)
Door to Door (1987)
Move Like This (2011)
Artiste name: The Cure
Genre(s): Alt-Rock, Post-Punk
Timespan: 1979 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 13
Discography details:
Three Imaginary Boys (1979)
Seventeen Seconds (1980)
Faith (1981)
Pornography (1982)
The Top (1984)
The Head on the Door (1985)
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me (1987)
Disintegration (1989)
Wish (1992)
Wild Mood Swings (1996)
Bloodflowers (2000)
The Cure (2004)
4:13 Dream (2008)
Artiste name: Deacon Blue
Genre(s): Pop, Pop/Rock
Timespan: 1987 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 10
Discography details:
Raintown (1987)
When the World Knows Your Name (1989)
Ooh Las Vegas (1990)
Fellow Hoodlums (1991)
Whatever You Say, Say Nothing (1993)
Walking Back Home (1999)
Homesick (2001)
The Hipsters (2012)
A New House (2014)
Believers (2016)
Artiste name: Death Grips
Genre(s): Experimental hip-hop
Timespan: 2012 -
Suggested by: Goofle
Notes:
Number of albums: 4
Discography details:
The Money Store (2012)
No Love Deep Web (2012)
Government Plates (2013)
The Powers That B (2015)
Artiste name: Def Leppard
Genre(s): Rock/AOR
Timespan: 1980 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 10
Discography details:
On Through the Night (1980)
High and Dry (1981)
Pyromania (1983)
Hysteria (1987)
Adrenalize (1992)
Slang (1996)
Euphoria (1999)
X (2002)
Yeah! (2006)
Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (2008)
Def Leppard (2015)
Artiste name: Dire Straits
Genre(s): Rock
Timespan: 1978 - 1991
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 6
Discography details:
Dire Straits (1978)
Communique (1979)
Making Movies (1980)
Love over Gold (1982)
Brothers in Arms (1985)
On Every Street (1991)
Artiste name: The Divine Comedy
Genre(s): Various
Timespan: 1990 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes: The Divine Comedy is essentially Neil Hannon, who writes, produces and sings and indeed plays most of the music. He uses a rotating band but he basically is the band.
Number of albums: 11
Discography details:
Fanfare For the Comic Muse (1990)
Liberation (1993)
Promenade (1994)
Casanova (1996)
A Short Album About Love (1997)
Fin de Siecle (1998)
Regeneration (2001)
Absent Friends (2004)
Victory for the Comic Muse (2008)
Bang Goes the Knighthood (2010)
Foreverland (2016)
Artiste name: Duran Duran
Genre(s): Pop, New Wave, Synthpop
Timespan: 1981 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 14
Discography details:
Duran Duran (1981)
Rio (1982)
Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983)
Notorious (1986)
Big Thing (1988)
Liberty (1990)
Duran Duran/The Wedding Album (1993)
Thank You (1995)
Medazzaland (1997)
Pop Trash (2000)
Astronaut (2004)
Red Carpet Massacre (2007)
All You Need is Now (2010)
Paper Gods (2015)
Artiste name: Eagles
Genre(s): Country/Rock
Timespan: 1971 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes: I'm including the “comeback” album
Hell Freezes Over here because, although in essence it's a live album (which I said I would not be doing) it did contain four new tracks, which kind of reintroduced the music of the Eagles to the world, after their breakup in 1979
Number of albums: 8
Discography details:
Eagles (1971)
Desperado (1973)
On the Border (1974)
One of These Nights (1975)
Hotel California (1976)
The Long Run (1979)
Hell Freezes Over (1999)
Long Road Out of Eden (2007)
Artiste name: Steve Earle
Genre(s): Country/ Country-Rock/Folk
Timespan: 1986 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 15
Discography details:
Guitar Town (1986)
Exit 0 (1987)
Copperhead Road (1988)
The Hard Way (1990)
Train a Comin' (1995)
I Feel Alright (1996)
El Corazon (1997)
Transcendental Blues (2000)
Jerusalem (2002)
The Revolutions Starts Now (2004)
Washington Square Serenade (2007)
Townes (2009)
I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (2011)
The Low Highway (2013)
Terraplane (2015)
Artiste name: Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Timespan: 1971 - 1986
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes: Reborn 2001 but only Jeff Lynne remaining, so these albums are not seem as part of the canon, as it were.
Number of albums: 12 (14 in all)
Discography details:
The Electric Light Orchestra (1971)
ELO 2 (1973)
On the Third Day (1973)
El Dorado (1974)
Face the Music (1975)
A New World Record (1976)
Out of the Blue (1977)
Discovery (1979)
Xanadu (1980)
Time (1981)
Secret Messages (1983)
Balance of Power (1986)
(with Jeff Lynne only)
Zoom (2001)
Alone in the Universe (2015))
Artiste name:Europe
Genre(s): Rock
Timespan: 1983 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 10
Discography details:
Europe (1983)
Wings of Tomorrow (1984)
The Final Countdown (1986)
Out of This World (1988)
Prisoners in Paradise (1991)
Start From the Dark (2004)
Secret Society (2006)
Last Look at Eden (2009)
Bag of Bones (2012)
War of Kings (2015)
Artiste name: Fleetwood Mac
Genre(s): Blues/Rock
Timespan: 1968 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 17
Discography details:
Fleetwood Mac/Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1968)
Mr. Wonderful (1968)
Then Play On (1969)
Kiln House (1970)
Future Games (1971)
Bare Trees (1972)
Penguin (1973)
Mystery to Me (1973)
Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974)
Fleetwood Mac/The White Album (1975)
Rumours (1977)
Tusk (1979)
Mirage (1982)
Tango in the Night (1987)
Behind the Mask (1990)
Time (1995)
Say You Will (2003)
Artiste name: Fugazi
Genre(s): Post-hardcore
Timespan: 1990 - 2001
Suggested by: Tristan Geoff
Notes:
Number of albums:6
Discography details:
Repeater (1990)
Steady Diet of Nothing (1991)
In on the Kill Taker (1993)
Red Medicine (1995)
End Hits (1998)
The Argument (2001)
Artiste name: Debbie Gibson
Genre(s): Pop
Timespan: 1987 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 9
Discography details:
Out of the Blue (1987)
Electric Youth (1989)
Anything is Possible (1990)
Body Mind Soul (1993)
Think With Your Heart (1995)
Deborah (1997)
M.Y.O.B (2001)
Colored Lights: the Broadway Album (2003)
Ms. Vocalist (2010)
Artiste name:Nanci Griffith
Genre(s): Country, Folk
Timespan: 1978 -
Suggested by: Trollheart
Notes:
Number of albums: 19
Discography details:
There's a Light Beyond These Woods (1978)
Poet in My Window (1982)
Once in a Very Blue Moon (1984)
The Last of the True Believers (1986)
Lone Star State of Mind (1987)
Little Love Affairs (1988)
Storms (1989)
Late Night Grande Hotel (1991)
Other Voices, Other Rooms (1993)
Flyer (1994)
Blue Roses From the Moons (1997)
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) 1998
The Dust Bowl Symphony (1999)
Clock Without Hands (2001)
Winter Marquee (2002)
Hearts in Mind (2004)
Ruby's Torch (2006)
The Loving Kind (2009)
Intersection (2012)
(Continued in next post)