Aural Moon - Progressive Rock Discussion - Rickter Scale Show 174

airing on Sunday, April 6 from 8-11 PM EST
and Monday, April 7 from 1-4 PM EST

Our guest host this week is alphabet letter # 12, the illustrious letter "L".

"L" is for:

L - Godley & Creme (1978)

The Sporting Life
Sandwiches of You
Art School Canteen
Group Life
Punchbag
Foreign Accents
Hit Factory / Business Is Business

What a fun record. I heard this a ton in college...and I don't think I heard it for over 20 years until it was just added to the Moon. I don't know if it was donated - if so, mad props to the donor. Kevin Godley (all percussion) and Lol (there's that "L" again, lol) Creme were in the hit-making 10cc, then decided to branch out on their own. This second release by them is only 34 minutes long, but it stays with you. It's witty, well-written, and is basically a load of fun. I think I'll be singing "Sandwiches of You" for the rest of the year.

"L" is also for Arjen Anthony Lucassen, musical genius...

Ayreon - 01011001 (2008)

Disc 1 - Y 1. "Age of Shadows" - 10:47
1. incl. "We Are Forever" 2. "Comatose" - 4:26
3. "Liquid Eternity" - 8:10
4. "Connect the Dots" - 4:13
5. "Beneath the Waves" - 8:26
1. "Beneath the Waves"
2. "Face the Facts"
3. "But a Memory..."
4. "World Without Walls"
5. "Reality Bleeds"
6. "Newborn Race" - 7:49
1. "The Incentive"
2. "The Vision"
3. "The Procedure"
4. "Another Life"
5. "Newborn Race"
6. "The Conclusion"
7. "Ride the Comet" - 3:29
8. "Web of Lies" - 2:50

Disc 2 - EARTH
1. "The Fifth Extinction" - 10:29
1. "Glimmer of Hope"
2. "World of Tomorrow Dreams"
3. "Collision Course"
4. "From the Ashes"
5. "Glimmer of Hope (reprise)"
2. "Waking Dreams" - 6:31
3. "The Truth Is In Here" - 5:12
4. "Unnatural Selection" - 7:15
5. "River of Time" - 4:24
6. "E=MC²" - 5:50
7. "The Sixth Extinction" - 12:18
1. "Echoes on the Wind"
2. "Radioactive Grave"
3. "2085"
4. "To the Planet of Red"
5. "Spirit on the Wind"
6. "Complete the Circle"

Click here for a great review (wow I really said that?) by Bill Knipsel, that basically tells you all you need to know - and at the end is the musician listing:

http://www.progscape.com/rev-227.php

Personally, the first three tunes didn't hit me as fresh, but after that the music just rolled downhill. Disc 2 is especially strong. A lot to hear at once, but the songs are diverse enough from one another, and it gives you the chance to hear it all the way through.

And finally, "L" is for a CLassic -

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

The Wall
What's On My Mind
Miracles Out of Nowhere
Questions of My Childhood
Cheyenne Anthem
Magnum Opus

I had to cut the obscure "Carry On Wayward Son" :) and "Opus Insert" to make the show fit, but what a six-pack is left. I'm hard-pressed to come up with six better songs from one record. A favorite of many I'm sure, a true classic.

L ater!