OFF Re: Diversion!

[MartinPopoff]

OK, I'll bite . . .

1) The Waterboys - This Is The Sea
2) Black Sabbath - Sabotage
3) Queen - Queen
4) Pete Townshend - All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes
5) Thin Lizzy - Back Rose
6) The Church - Starfish
7) UFO - The Wild, Willing And The Innocent
8) Husker Du - Warehouse: Songs And Stories
9) The Clash London Calling
10) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti

And, jes cos' it's done already for LiveWire, Brave Words and Glass Eye,
here's my tops for the year . . . Note: first list is just one we do
MONTHLY, for Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.



Top Ten list for Martin Popoff: December Issue



1) CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Wiseblood (Sony)

2) MANOWAR - Louder Than Hell (Geffen/MCA)

3) MOTORHEAD - Overnight Sensation (CMC)

4) MERCYFUL FATE - Into The Unknown (Metal Blade/MCA)

5) KORN - Life Is Peachy (Sony)

6) CATHEDRAL - Supernatural Birth Machine (Earache)

7) PEARL JAM - No Code (Columbia/Sony)

8) IN FLAMES - The Jester Race (Nuclear Blast/eastwest)

9) NEVERMORE - The Politics Of Ecstacy (Century Media)

10) WEEZER - Pinkerton (Geffen/MCA)



Hardifact: Yes - Drama

Reading: Living With The Dead by Rock Scully with David Dalton







Brave Picks '96 for Martin Popoff



1) DEEP PURPLE - Purpendicular (CMC/MCA)

2) SEPULTURA - Roots (Attic/MCA)

3) KING'S X - Ear Candy (Atlantic/Warner)

4) CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - Wiseblood

5) SOUNDGARDEN - Down On The Upside (A&M)

6) SAMAEL - Passage (Century Media/ St. Clair)

7) MOTORHEAD - Overnight Sensation (CMC)

8) ADRIAN BELEW - Op Zop Too Wah (Passenger/Caroline)

9) CARCASS - Swansong (Earache)

10) FOUR HORSEMEN - Gettin' Pretty Good At Barely Gettin' By (Magnetic
Air)

11) THE BLACK CROWES - Three Snakes And One Charm (American)

12) RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - Evil Empire (Sony)

13) NEVERMORE - The Politics Of Ecstacy (Century Media/St. Clair)

14) BARKMARKET - L Ron (American/Warner)

15) PEARL JAM - No Code (Columbia/Sony)

16) AMORPHIS - Elegy (Relapse)

17) GOREFEST - Soul Survivor (Nuclear Blast/Relapse)

18) CEMETARY - Sundown (Black Mark)

19) TREY GUNN - The Third Star (DGM)

20) SPONGE - Wax Ecstatic (Sony)

Martin Popoff: martinp at inforamp.net
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