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Welcome to Talk Songwriting
March 11, 2009 by talksongwriting100 Great Songwriter Recordings
May 13, 2009 by andywestHere are 100 records that communicate something to me as the listener – they are either relatable, tell a vivid and compelling story or maybe have words and music that feel good to sing and play . If your favourite record is missing from this list please email me at a.west@bathspa.ac.uk and tell me what it is and why it should be included.
01. Robert Johnson – The Complete Recordings
02. Hank Williams – 20 Greatest Hits
03. Frank Sinatra – Songs for Swinging Lovers
04. Ella Fitzgerald – The Cole Porter Songbook
05. Ella Fitzgerald – The George and Ira Gershwin Songbook
06. Ella Fitzgerald – The Duke Ellington Songbook
07. Louis Armstrong – Plays WC Handy
08. Ray Charles – Yes Indeed!
09. Little Richard – His Greatest Recordings
10. Elvis Presley – Elvis 56
11. The Everly Brothers – Everly Brothers
12. Buddy Holly – The Chirpin’ Crickets
13. Chuck Berry – The Great Twenty Eight
14. Tony Bennett – Live at the Carnegie Hall
15. Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
16. Dionne Warwick – Sings the Bacharach and David Songbook
17. Bob Dylan – Another Side of Bob Dylan
18. Bob Dylan – Bringing It All Back Home
19. Otis Redding – Otis Blue
20. The Beatles – Revolver
21. The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
22. The Rolling Stones – Between the Buttons
23. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved a Man….
24. The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
25. The Who – Sell Out
26. The Kinks – Village Green Preservation Society
27. Leonard Cohen – Songs of Leonard Cohen
28. Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding
29. The Beatles – White Album
30. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
31. Van Morrison _ Moondance
32. Joni Mitchell – Blue
33. Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
34. David Bowie – Hunky Dory
35. Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis
36. John Prine – John Prine
37. Dr John – Gumbo
38. Gram Parsons – Grevious Angel
39. Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
40. Bob Marley – Exodus
41. John Martyn – Solid Air
42. Sandy Denny – No More Sad Refrains
43. Lou Reed – Transformer
44. Willie Nelson – The Time of the Preacher
45. Guy Clark – Old No.1
46. The Clash – The Clash
47. The Sex Pistols – Never Mind the Bollocks…
48. Wire – Pink Flag
49. Elvis Costello – This Year’s Model
50. The Jam – Setting Sons
51. Pretenders – Pretenders
52. The Specials – The Specials
53. Talking Heads – Remain in Light
54. Bruce Springsteen – Nebraska
55. Squeeze – East Side Story
56. Uncle Walt’s Band – An American in Texas Revisited
57. Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
58. The Smiths – Meat is Murder
59. The Pogues – If I Should Fall From Grace With God
60. Prince – Sign O’ The Times
61. Van Morrison and the Chieftains – Irish Heartbeat
62. Roy Orbison – Black and White Night
63. Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth
64. Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback
65. Crowded House – Woodface
66. Los Lobos – Kiko
67. Patty Griffin – Living With Ghosts
68. Steve Earle – Train A’ Coming
69. Tom Petty – Wildflowers
70. Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball
71. Jimmy Webb – Ten Easy Pieces
72. Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
73. Dan Penn – Do Right Man
74. Buddy Miller – Your Love and Other Lies
75. Radiohead _ OK Computer
76. Bob Dylan – Time Out of Mind
77. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
78. The Fairfield Four – Live at Mt. Hope
79. Richard Thompson – Mock Tudor
80. Lucinda Williams – Essence
81. Nick Lowe – Dig My Mood
82. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
83. Wilco – Yankee Foxtrot Hotel
84. Missy Elliott – Under Construction
85. The Streets – Original Pirate Material
86. Beyonce – Dangerously in Love
87. Outkast – Speakerboxx / The Love Below
88. Kanye West – Late Registration
89. Lily Allen – Still Alright
90. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever I Say I Am….
91. Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
92. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes
And a handful of inescapable compilations…..
93. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles – Gold
94. Various Artists – Tamla Motown Gold
95. Stevie Wonder – The Definitive Collection
96. The Bee Gees – Their Greatest Hits: The Record
97. Robert Palmer – Very Best of…
98. Ian Dury and the Blockheads – Best of
99. The Fall – 50,000 Fall Fans Can’t Be Wrong
100. NRBQ – Peek a Boo (the Best of)
Songs By MA Songwriting Graduates
March 19, 2009 by andywestThese songs were written by graduates of the MA Songwriting Programme:
Andrew Clark
Sophie Ball
Hannah Rockcliffe
Ian Underwood
Love is a Temporary Madness.mp3
Tim Emmerick
