Great video Chris, was hoping you'd do one on TD. My nostalgia pick as well as my favorite is Phaedra. I was traveling around Britain in 1976 and bought it in London and played it at the b&b I was staying at. Love it. Rubycon too. Stratosfear and Ricochet are in my top five as well as Tangram. They really were electronic pioneers, their influence is all over techno/trance and ambient

Good choice but "Poland" a must for live atmosphere alone, up there with ricochet in my book also

A recent poll I ran: - what is the best TD album from 1970's?: 1. Ricochet (161) 2. Force Majeure (135) 3. Rubycon (132) 4. Phaedra (120) 5. Stratosfear (119) 6. Encore (90) 7. Zeit (74) 8. Sorcerer (72) 9. Cyclone (63) 10. Atem (40) 11. Alpha Centauri (35) 12. Electronic Meditation (14)

Wow really surprised at Ricochet as top album! Alpha Centauri and Atem would replace Ricochet and Force Majeure for me, with Encore as my number 1. Great band.

I liked the first two on OHR very pink floydian. Then when they joined Virgin it was all music by numbers. Boring.

Hi Chris soundtrack to Sorcerer always a favorite and Peter Bauman's solo stuff as well I haven't got much Tangerine dream but will look at some of these choices! Good one👍

Hi Chris, another one i cant give an opinion on, but, there's always a but, I do know they've got a massive back catalogue, so my question to you is... How the hell did you pick your favourite 5 albums, never mind tracks from that lot? As usual very educational. Cheers.

Excellent choices Chris, was listening to stratosphere on the headphones last night. I have a lot of my sisters concert tickets (she's 72), and one of them is for TD at the Glasgow Apollo in March 78, possibly the cyclone tour ? £2.50 a ticket ! Changed days, that would get you a packet of crisps at a gig nowadays.

Love the new thumbnail Chris, stunning!

Hello again Chris, great that you like Tangerine Dream. I have been a fan and passionate collector since 1977. I very much agree with your ranking. All wonderful albums with fantastic tracks. Absolutely magical. Tangram and Pergamon are also very good. In the 80s TD also released very good albums (Exit, White Eagle, Poland, Underwater Sunlight) including some very good soundtracks. After 1986 things changed. The following decades - with a few exceptions - got worse and worse to the point of embarrassment. Since Edgar Froese's death in 2015, his successors have been on the right track again. Back to the roots, so to speak, but without simply copying the past. It's fun to listen to a Tangerine Dream album again. Greetings, Andreas from North Rhine-Westphalia.

I'd go with: #1 Obsession #2 The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent #3 Lights Out #4 Force it #5 No Heavy Petting #1 track is Rock Bottom

Couldn’t agree more about ‘The Song Remains The Same’ album and film. Underwhelmed from the day I bought both. Currently listening to all my The Living End albums - a three piece from Melbourne, Australia who started as a raw rockabilly trio, got famous as a Green Day support act, & have become rock royalty in Aus. But don’t let that put you off - there’s so much energy and talent. Check out their 90s & 2000s output : State of Emergency, Modern Artillery, The Living End, Roll On, White Noise - their music just makes me smile every time. Cheers!

Hi Chris, Have you heard of Free Live? It's a single LP with some strange versions of songs, such as Alight Now. The bass playing on the LP is unbelievable.

my favourite van halen album, never did like steely dan

I ended up playing my old crackly Paranoid album just for Planet Caravan, I'd heard it on a chill out CD without realising it was by Sabbath

Oddly enough, I've been listening to Katy Lied this week. My love of SD was refreshed by James Griffith's wonderful review of Pretel Logic. Also the debut album from the 80s, Boston post-punk band O-Positive. I think you'd like that. This weekend will be the new Michael Kiwanuka album.

how the west was won is a stunning live album, some great albums a few i dont know, need to check out the miles and santana album sounds cool, think i have the official release of live in london on vinyl, havent listen to any vinyl what with working getting in the way but CDs on my work journeys, some big star, bob dylan ( after seeing him live a few weeks ago still on a bit of a kick ), quo, reverend horton heat, grace slick, cheers chris

There is also a double live Led Zeppelin from 1969 - At Olympia, Paris, which was officially released with the reissue of Led Zep 1. Also better than The Song... (which of course was parodied in Spinal Tap)

Hi Chris, I agree with you about single live albums, especially those from the 70s. You played some great records look forward to see what you play next week. Have a good weekend.

I love the choices Chris most of these I have but haven't played for a while! That's it tomorrow I will do some picks! 👍excellent video!

I am not too familiar with any of those albums but I like some of the artists.. This week I have been working on my own inside an empty cottage so I have had my music on all week. Lots of Tangerine Dream this week. I got into them at a similar time to The Stranglers and those two bands have always been my favourites (though very different)..

Hi Chris. Katy Lied was the fourth Dan album, it was one that they were really dissatisfied with for some reason. I purged my copy of Women and Children First a few years ago, God knows why I did that. Just picked up another Jam album a couple of weeks ago, so now am just lacking The Gift - don't know if I've ever seen a copy. Still looking for Stop Making Sense too, was really annoyed a while back to see another collector picking up a copy from an antiques place in Wales that I go to from time to time. Cheers.

Hi Chris, me again. Some phenomenal records there. Wish I still had my SPUNK album, sold it many years ago. Tell you what I was listening to this week, The Walker Brothers, Make It Easy On Yourself LP. Forgot I even had that one, oh an just because I hadn't played it for years it's Eddie, Old Bob, Dick & Gary, and my daughter wanted to hear Swords Of A Thousand Men because it reminds her of her trips to the arcades at the seaside. I think I only played it about twice, there's one or two decent tracks on it. Anyway I'm babbling again. Cheers. See you on the next one.

Excellent video. All albums are Masterpieces!!! I love Schenker, Mogg, Way, Parker, Raymond and Danny Peyronel

The Quo album was the rawest and best . I always loved Drifting Away and Lonely Man two very different songs.

The Rats had just been knocked off the top by Cliff. But the margins were apparently so close, the Rats stayed at 2 for 2. weeks. 140 extra sales for the Rats would have seen them have 5 weeks at the top,rather than 4. My uncle saw the figures from chart return shops.

such a great band, all those albums are awesome, force it would be my number one such a great album, schenker is an amazing guitar player, picked up three of his schenker group albums for £2 each assault attack, built to destroy and rock will never die, havent listened to them yet, great video as ever cheers chris

Top choices Chris 👍👍👍

I have to say i haven't given this a thought how to place them, but my five faves are the same albums. I think i feel the closest to No Heavy Petting. Pasi

I rarely disagree with you completely but......I prefer the Beacon lps and the live foreign release. All three are on a double cd release. When they changed labels they became as pedestrian as Saxon, Samson Angle wick, priest, Demon etc.

Excellent choices Chris, Schenker is amazing guitarist, if I'm at Euston Station I find myself singing I'm a loser in my head, I would squeezed the wild,willing and the innocent in there somewhere. Paul Chapman and Phil Mogg at there finest.

just got 5 minutes to relax and enjoy your perspective , top work sir !

Great selection Chris , all albums from the '' golden ,, period . Dont know for sure what's my favourite album , maybe i go for Force It Regards from Belgium

HI Chris agree 100% again! Ufo did wonderful stuff but these 5 albums were the peak! Great song Choices Thin Lizzy Soon? As a Deep Purple fan are doing Purple! More difficult if it's your favourite band! I get asked about the Strangles and it changes what my favourites are! 👍Good one!

Ufo are definitely in my top 5 favorite hard rock.bands of all time and Michael Schenker is definitely in my top 20 favorite guitarists of all time today's top 5 are obsession one of my all time favorite Ron nevison productions with the exception of Jefferson starship and the work he did with them, force it, the wild, the willing and the innocent, no heavy petting and making contact these are my favourites for today can definitely change thats how awesome UFO are

Hi Chris, gonna play ignorance again. Not really heard much by them, except when I've been round a mates house. I do have a question though. Did Michael Schencker have a brother, I think his name was Rudolph or is he no relation or did I just dream it?😂 I'm sure I've heard a mate talking about him many years ago. Keep up with the video's, quite educational really. Cheers.

Quo were the first band i ever saw too. Saw them a further two times

Excellent choices! Schenker’s guitar tone during this period was reputedly a Flying V through a 50 watt Marshall head via a half-cocked wah-wah pedal. Apparently.

Agree with top album but doctor doctor fav song.

Hi again Chris, what do you think of Ufo 2 Flying One Hour Space Rock? I came across it in the '70s because the album suited my affinity for long pieces. I was absolutely thrilled and still am to this day. Cheers, Andreas.

ok this is going to be tricky as this is my favourite band and i do like all the periods so im going to do it by period and name one from each, this will change daily pye records= ma kellys greasy spoon (great blues album) 70s= Quo ( will always be my number one) 80s= in the army now ( was my first quo album so will always hold a place in my heart) 90s= under the influance (you could see them changing back to the glory days great stuff 2000s= heavy traffic ( what an album this rocks love) it was close with quid pro quo overall top five close to yours great choices top 5 songs near impossible for me but here goes 5= red sky 4= blues and rhythm 3= is there a better way 2= slow train 1= railroad today anyway, great video cheers chris

Ahh, a good old bit of head nodding with your thumbs in your jeans pockets.. What your proposing is my fav. I love the riff and it has happy memories.

Agree with most but just supposin number one for me .

Never 'got' Quo, despite trying to listen to a lot of their stuff. Not a fan apart from 'Mystery Song'.

No Flying Saucers Attack from Rezillos ?

Great video ! That Swell Maps behind you is also quite $$ if its the Rather first press. I was offered this 999 promo once .. really rare ! Cheers from Montreal !

Hi Chris ... like many others have mentioned, early Quo was far better than the stuff they put out after these albums you have featured. I think Piledriver is my top choice, possibly because it was the first album I bought by them after hearing Paper Plane. Dog of Two Head is also a favourite followed by your choices in release order. Again a really enjoyable video .... Who's next?

VALENTYNE SUITE is their second album ,their first is....those about to die................

My Quo journey began in the early 2000s when I was buying their 2 pack CDs and it was the mid to late 80s era of Quo that was my introduction however as the years have gone by been digging deeper and loving what I'm finding so my top 5 Quo albums are on the level, never too late, if you can't stand the heat, rocking all over the world, and whatever you want I know my picks are not the top favorites but I'm.a fan of the late 70s production to my ears anyways and also I share the same birthday as Francis Rossi and he is 30 years older than me

Gotta love Quo. A British institution. Love all your choices. My favourite songs would be Mystery Song or Lies. Both just perfect to me.....