GoatersLeftShin
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Funnily enough, I've been listening to this album quite a lot recently and was minded to nominate it myself! I had it on as I walked to an exercise class tonight ha ha!
This album was the first album I listened to - as a kid in the early 80s. I loved putting my Dad's massive Wharfedale DD1 headphones on and putting the Rotel amp up to a point where I could barely stand it! Even though he owned it, he says he didn't really like it but I honestly think that it was his guilty pleasure haha!
The album also reminds me of one night of taking a C60 tape (FFS I needed a C90) to tape it from a friend after my Dad lent the album out and never got it back. We listened to it about 3 times whilst playing Kick Off 2! We both absolutely loved it and memorised loads of Burton's talking!
I've also recently played it to my son recently and - and I am sure this is true of all kids - absolutely loved The Eve of the War. I honestly think that the opening 'duh duh dur' is up there with Beethoven's 5th! :) what a magnificent piece of music that is.
My only criticism is that it's a bit too long and there's some 'filler', but this album reminds me of being a kid, my Dad's headphones and my best mate. I've nothing but astonishingly good memories of this album. I loved the book and I think the musical version is just as good and would love to see the stage version despite not liking musicals!
All that said, Eve of the War and Forever Autumn in particular are two of the greatest songs ever written. The album version of Forever Autumn is absolutely brilliant and the way Burton describes everyone fleeing for the boats and seeing Carrie leaving is superb. Eve of the War is just absolutely magnificent. The whole album is the soundtrack of many a 1980s Sunday afternoon and my first introduction to music!
It's an easy 10/10!
This album was the first album I listened to - as a kid in the early 80s. I loved putting my Dad's massive Wharfedale DD1 headphones on and putting the Rotel amp up to a point where I could barely stand it! Even though he owned it, he says he didn't really like it but I honestly think that it was his guilty pleasure haha!
The album also reminds me of one night of taking a C60 tape (FFS I needed a C90) to tape it from a friend after my Dad lent the album out and never got it back. We listened to it about 3 times whilst playing Kick Off 2! We both absolutely loved it and memorised loads of Burton's talking!
I've also recently played it to my son recently and - and I am sure this is true of all kids - absolutely loved The Eve of the War. I honestly think that the opening 'duh duh dur' is up there with Beethoven's 5th! :) what a magnificent piece of music that is.
My only criticism is that it's a bit too long and there's some 'filler', but this album reminds me of being a kid, my Dad's headphones and my best mate. I've nothing but astonishingly good memories of this album. I loved the book and I think the musical version is just as good and would love to see the stage version despite not liking musicals!
All that said, Eve of the War and Forever Autumn in particular are two of the greatest songs ever written. The album version of Forever Autumn is absolutely brilliant and the way Burton describes everyone fleeing for the boats and seeing Carrie leaving is superb. Eve of the War is just absolutely magnificent. The whole album is the soundtrack of many a 1980s Sunday afternoon and my first introduction to music!
It's an easy 10/10!