J.Viewz - Muse Breaks

Year of release: 2005

Genre: Electronic/Trip Hop/Chill-out
Country: U.S.A./Israel

Tracks:
01. Under The Sun
02. Muse Breaks
03. Worth Light
04. When Silent It Speaks
05. Your Country
06. Room For Me, Room For Sweets
07. Moontime
08. Sunswop
09. Feeler
10. Two Steps Away
11. Protected

Tommy Castro - Exception To The Rule

Year of release: 1996

Genre: Blues/Soul/R & B
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Had Enough
02. Exception To The Rule
03. Nasty Habits
04. This Soul Is Mine
05. Sho' Enough
06. Me And My Guitar (Leon Russell cover)
07. Hard Luck Case
08. How Long Must I Cry
09. Leave This Town
10. Can't Quit The Blues (Buddy Guy cover)

Veni Domine - Material Sanctuary

Year of release: 1995

Genre: Progressive/Power Doom Metal
Country: Sweden

Tracks:
01. The Meeting
02. Ecclesiastes
03. Material Sanctuary
04. Ritual Of The Sinner
05. The Mass
06. Behold The Signs
07. Wrath Of The Lion
08. Beyond The Doom
09. Baroque Moderne

Point Blank - Point Blank

Year of release: 1976

Genre: Southern Rock/Hard Rock
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Free Man
02. Moving
03. Wandering
04. Bad Bees
05. That's The Law
06. Lone Star Fool
07. Distance
08. In This World

Frank Gambale - The Great Explorers

Year of release: 1993

Genre: Rock/Fusion/Guitar Virtuoso
Country: Australia

Tracks:
01. Frankly Speaking
02. The Final Frontier
03. The Jaguar
04. The Great Explorers
05. Duet Tuet
06. She Knows Me Well
07. Thunder Current
08. Pathfinder
09. Dawn Over The Nullarbor
10. Cruising Altitude
11. Naughty Business

3 Years Strange Taste In Music

Three years ago, with this post, I officially started this blog. To be honest, I could not imagine that three years later I would still writing on this blog. With 45.000 visitors until now I am more than happy with the progress of this blog. But, besides visitors, what I really like is to read your comments about the various albums that are presented here. So, please don't hesitate to express your opinion. Moreover, I promise to continue uploading "strange" albums wherever this is possible. As you might have guest I prefer to upload only few albums every month, because I believe that quality is better than quantity. To all of you:

Thank YOU For Your Support!!!

PS: Chantell, thank you for remind me the blog's birthday!

Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music I

Year of release: 2007

Genre: Ambient/Post Rock/Electronic/Classical
Country: Japan

Tracks:
01.  Stella
02. Write Once, Run Melos

Goblin - Roller

Year of release: 1976

Genre: Italian Progressive/Symphonic Rock
Country: Italy

Tracks:
01. Roller
02. Aquaman
03. Snip-Snap
04. Il Risveglio Del Serpente (The Snake Awakens)
05. Goblin
06. Dr. Frankenstein

Hades - Resisting Success

Year of release: 1987

Genre: Thrash//Power Metal
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. The Leaders
02. On To Iliad
03. Legal Tender
04. Sweet Revenge
05. Night Stalker
06. Resist Success
07. Widows Mite (Chapter Eleven)
08. The Cross
09. Masque Of The Red Death

Fabrizio Paterlini - Viaggi In Aeromobile

Year of release: 2007

Genre: Piano
Country: Italy

Tracks:
01. L' Airone (The Heron)           
02. Soffia La Notte (Night Breaths)           
03. Passaggi (Passages)           
04. Ti Parlo (Talking To You)           
05. Colori (Colors)           
06. Il Segreto Rivelato (The Secret Revealed)           
07. Due Passi (Two Steps)           
08. Torna Da Me (Get Back To Me)           
09. Con Queste Mani (With These Hands)           
10. Far Away From Here           
11. Pensieri Confusi (Confused Thoughts)           
12. Barari

Over The Rhine - Good Dog Bad Dog

Year of release: 2000

Genre: Pop/Rock/Folk
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Latter Days
02. All I Need Is Everything
03. Etcetera Whatever
04. I Will Not Eat The Darkness
05. Faithfully Dangerous
06. The Seahorse
07. Everyman's Daughter
08. Poughkeepsie
09. Willoughby
10. It's Never Quite What It Seems
11. Happy To Be So
12. Go Down Easy

Fifths Of Seven - Spry From Bitter Anise Folds

Year of release: 2005

Genre: Classical/Folk/Post Rock
Country: Canada

Tracks:
01. Rosa Centifolia
02. Sweet Grace For Devious
03. Out From Behind The Rigid Bellows
04. Waiting
05. Coeur, Arteries And Veins
06. Echos From A Wandered Path
07. For You Alone In The Smoldering City
08. Bless Our Wandering Dreamers

Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum

Year of release: 1999

Genre: Doom/Gothic Metal
Country: Germany

Tracks:
01. Infinity
02. Helplessness
03. ...And How To Drown In Your Arms
04. Black Swans
05. Reminiscence
06. The Crown Of Leaving
07. All Your Radiance...
08. The Embrace And The Eclipse
09. The Fate Of Equilibrium

Pink Cream 69 - Sonic Dynamite

Year of release: 2000

Genre: (Melodic) Hard Rock
Country: Germany

Tracks:
01. Passage To Hope        
02. Seas Of Madness        
03. Followed By The Moon        
04. Sonic Dynamite        
05. The Spirit        
06. Speed Of Light        
07. Waiting For The Dawn        
08. Let The Thunder Reside        
09. Lost In Illusions        
10. Face Of An Angel        
11. Shattered Prophecy        
12. Spread Your Wings        
13. Truth Hits Everybody (The Police Cover)

Richard Galliano - Viaggio

Year of release: 1993

Genre: Jazz/Tango
Country: France

Tracks:
01. Waltz For Nicky
02. Java Indigo
03. Viaggio
04. Billie
05. Tango Pour Claude
06. Christopher's Bossa
07. Coloriage
08. Romance
09. Little Muse
10. La Liberté Est Une Fleur

Blazing Eternity - A World To Drown In

Year of release: 2003

Genre: Gothic Rock/Metal
Country: Denmark

Tracks:
01. Cover Me With Your Eyes
02. To Meet You In Those Dreams
03. A World To Drown In
04. Stars In July
05. (Don't) Tell The World
06. Procession
07. En Nat Bliver Det Sommer
08. Monument
09. White

Richie Sambora - Stranger In This Town

Year of release: 1991

Genre: (Hard) Rock/Blues
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Rest In Peace
02. Church Of Desire
03. Stranger In This Town
04. Ballad Of Youth
05. One Light Burning
06. Mr. Bluesman
07. Rosie
08. River Of Love
09. Father Time
10. The Answer

Richard Wright - Wet Dream

Year of release: 1978

Genre: Progressive Rock/Jazz
Country: U.K.

Tracks:
01. Mediterranean C
02. Against The Odds
03. Cat Cruise
04. Summer Elegy
05. Waves
06. Holiday
07. Mad Yannis Dance
08. Drop In From the Top
09. Pink’s Song
10. Funky Deux

Indukti - S.U.S.A.R.

Year of release: 2005

Genre: Experimental/Progressive Rock/Metal
Country: Poland

Tracks:
01. Freder
02. Cold Inside...I
03. No. 11812
04. Shade
05. Uluru
06. No. 11811
07. ...And Weak II 

Coda - Calling Mission Mu

 

Year of release: 2006

Genre: Neoclassical/Experimental
Country: Australia

Tracks:
01. Marine
02. Superpod
03. Palms Of Shangrila
04. Rocking Horse
05. Miss Bliss
06. Shoes, Your Rhythm
07. Loveliner
08. Past The Moon
09. Secret Music
10. Curtain Fall

Perry Blake - Perry Blake

Year of release: 1998

Genre: Trip Hop/Alternative
Country: Ireland

Tracks:
01. Little Boys And Little Girls
02. The Hunchback Of San Francisco
03. 1971
04. Anouska
05. Broken Statue
06. Genevieve
07. So Long
08. Naked Man
09. Willows By The Radio
10. Weeping Tree
11. House In The Clouds

Ashram - Shining Silver Skies

 

Year of release: 2006

Genre: Neoclassical/Darkwave
Country: Italy

Tracks:
01. 5 Steps…
02. Maria And The Violin’s String
03. Sweet Autumn (Part Ii)
04. Lullaby
05. Il Mostro
06. All’imbrunire
07. Last Kiss
08. Elizabeth
09. For Each And Every Child
10. Tango Para Mi Padre Y Marialuna
11. Lady
12. Shining Silver Skies
13. Rose And Air
14. Ultimo Carillon

Leviathan - Scoring The Chapters

Year of release: 1997

Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Salvation
02. Friends Imaginary
03. Paying The Toll
04. The Door
05. J. Christopher's Haunting
06. If These Walls Could Talk
07. All Sins Returned
08. Scar Barrow's Fare
09. The Last King Of The Highlands
10. Born Unto (But Don't Belong to Me)
11. Leftist Out
12. Turning Up Broken
13. Failing Avalon
14. Apologies Wanting To Make Good
15. Legacy Departing

Neon Pearl - Recordings

Year of release: 1967 (released 2004)

Genre: Psychedelic/Folk Rock
Country: U.K.

Tracks:
01. What You See
02. Dream Scream
03. Out Of Sight
04. Just Another Day
05. Forever
06. Going With The Flow
07. Urban Ways
08. Going Back
09. Dream
10.Nothing To Say

Hawk - Hawk

Year of release: 1985

Genre: Heavy Metal
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Tell The Truth
02. Fades So Fast
03. Into The Sky
04. Victims
05. Witches Burning
06. Battle Zone
07. The Dream
08. Rules The Night
09. Can't Fall In Love
10. Perfect Day

Wolf Hoffmann - Classical

Year of release: 1997

Genre: Classical/Blues/Guitar Virtuoso
Country: Germany

Tracks:
01. Prelude
02. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (Grieg cover)
03. Habanera (Bizet cover)
04. Arabian Dance (Tchaikovsky cover)
05. The Moldau (Smetana cover)
06. Bolero (Ravel cover)
07. Blues For Elise (Beethoven cover)
08. Aragonaise (Bizet cover)
09. Solveig's Song (Grieg cover)
10. Western Sky
11. Pomp And Circumstance (Elgar cover)

Roy Buchanan - Second Album

Year of release: 1973

Genre: Blues
Country: U.S.A.

Tracks:
01. Filthy Teddy
02. After Hours (Avery Parrish/Erskine Hawkins)
03. Five String Blues
04. Thank You Lord
05. Treat Her Right (Roy Head)
06. I Won't Tell You No Lies
07. Tribute To Elmore James
08. She Once Lived Here (Autry Inman)

My 3 Most Listened Albums Of 2010 Part 3

And finally here is the third (and last) part of my most listened albums of 2010... I hope to enjoy all of them... ;-)

Year of release: 2010

Genre: Progressive Metal
Country: Sweden

Tracks:
01. Wiseman
02. Alley Cat
03. The Angelmaker
04. King of Whitewater
05. Long Way Home
06. Move on Through
07. The Great Escape:
- I - ...And the Earth Wept
- II - Poisoned Land (instrumental)
- III - Leaving Home
- IV - Take-off
- V - A Turn for the Worse
- VI - A New Balance
- VII - Death of the Goddesses
- VIII - The Age of Confusion: Despair
- IX - The Age of Confusion: Lust
- X - The Age of Confusion: Reason
- XI - The Aftermath
- XII - Dining on Ashes
- XIII - The Curtain Falls

My 3 Most Listened Albums Of 2010 Part 2

Here I will present the second album that was released during 2010 and have spun many times in my player. Tomorrow you will find it out... ;-)

Year of release: 2010

Genre: Post Rock/Alternative
Country: Scotland

Tracks:
01. Movie Screens
02. Century
03. Bright Lights Will Harm No-One
04. Nautical Song
05. My Radio Star
06. Half Horizon
07. War Pigeon
08. Fog Sky Nun
09. 17
10. Stalking Moon

My 3 Most Listened Albums Of 2010 Part 1

For the end of February, I decided to do something different. On Monday you will find on this post an album that I have listened too many times during 2010. The reason for doing this is that some artists should receive people attention's on time - not after years, especially when they have released excellent albums. So, be patient and on Monday the mystery will be revealed... ;-)

Year of release: 2010

Genre: Ambient/Darkwave
Country: U.K.

Tracks:
01. Babylon
02. The Bogus Man
03. Wintersun
04. Utopia
05. Inferno
06. This Boy
07. The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
08. Crescent

R.I.P. Gary

Earlier this month, one of the greatest rock/blues guitarist of all time passed away. It was a very sad surprise to inform that one of my favorite guitarists will no longer play his music. So, why we should remember Gary? Because apart from his technique, his playing had "tons of passion". He played almost everything in his career: progressive/psychedelic rock (Skid Row, Colosseum II), hard rock (Thin Lizzy, solo), pop (solo) and of course his biggest love: blues (BBM, solo), with quite success. Furthermore, something that is not mention very often is his vocal abilities, which were quite remarkable. If one word could describe his music, this would be "feeling".

As a tribute, I decided to upload Corridors Of Power, because it combines two of my favorites sides of Gary, the "hard" one and the "blue" one.

Goodbye Gary.... Empty rooms are everywhere...

Azam Ali - Elysium For The Brave

Year of release: 2006

Genre: World Music/Ethnic/Darkwave
Country: Iran

Tracks:
01. Endless Reverie
02. Spring Arrives
03. In Other Worlds
04. Abode
05. Forty One Ways
06. The Tryst
07. From Heaven To Dust
08. I Am A Stranger In This World
09. In This Divide

Oriental Wind - Oriental Wind

Year of release: 1977

Genre: Folk/Jazz/Fusion
Country: Turkey

Tracks:
01. Tamara Delihorn
02. Fidayda
03. Les Noto
04. Dere Geliyor Dere
05. Sari Kiz

Strange Taste In Music - 2010 Collection

Year of release: 2011

Genre: Various
Country: All over the world

Tracks:
01. 65daysofstatic - Come To Me
02. Accept - The Abyss
03. Agalloch - The Watcher's Monolith
04. Agrypnie - 16-485 - Brucke Aus Glas
05. Alcest - Percées De Lumière
06. Allen's Hand - Nostalgia
07. Anathema - Dreaming Light
08. Armik - Besos
09. As The Stars Fall - Some Tears Can Never Dry
10. Aspera - Ripples
11. Avenged Sevenfold - Buried Alive
12. Black Country Communion - Down Again
13. Cicada - The Stray Cat In Zhuwei
14. Crippled Black Phoenix - Of A Lifetime
15. Dark Tranquillity - Her Silent Language
16. Dirty Granny Tales - Son's Redicule
17. Domenico Curcio - Papillon
18. Electric Litany - Tear
19. Electric Swan - Crossing The Line
20. Emancipator - Kamakura
21. Enforcer - Katana
22. Foxtail Somersault - Raven
23. Foxy Shazam - Wanna-be Angel
24. Frames - The Beginning
25. Gazpacho - Will To Live
26. Giant - Promise Land
27. Innerwish - Burning Desires
28. Island - Harbour
29. Janelle Monáe - Neon Valley Street
30. Joe Bonamassa - When The Fire Hits The Sea
31. Kiske/Somerville - A Thousand Suns
32. Midas Fall - Movie Screens
33. My Autumn Empire - The Playing Fields
34. My Sleeping Karma - Tamas
35. Nevermore - She Comes In Colors
36. Orphaned Land - The Path Part 2 - The Pilgrimage To Or Shalem
37. Pain Of Salvation - She Likes To Hide
38. Poisonblack - The Last Song
39. Reckless Love - Sex
40. Redhooker - Bedside
41. Rotting Christ - Noctis Era
42. Sabbath Assembly - Hymn Of Consecration
43. Scorpions - The Best Is Yet To Come
44. Seventh Wonder - Long Way Home
45. Slash Feat. Fergie - Beautiful Dangerous
46. Sparrow - Now! Restarting! After 11 Months
47. The Best Pessimist - Lights Of Your Innocence
48. The Gaslight Anthem - Old Haunts
49. Volbeat - Heaven Nor Hell
50. Wino - Hold On Love