I'm really interested to follow this (however long it takes!), I feel like we have a lot of crossovers in music taste.

 

I love He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, however much it's been overplayed and destroyed by that awful cover version, it's rlly beautiful <3

Thanks Chez,good to have you on board.

987. Pictures - Archive (2009)

 

 

Shadows move in your light

 

Those of you that take part in the BJSC will know Archive after I entered them in the 99th contest. For those who don't,they are a London group formed in 1994 who have been much more successful across mainland Europe than they have been in their own country. 'Pictures' has the same melody all the way through but the string arrangement combined with the light drum sound make this a beautiful piece of music to listen to. It's from their seventh album 'Controlling Crowds Part IV'.

 

986. The Only Unforgivable Thing - Marillion (2004)

 

 

I have lost the stars and the sky

It was so that I could keep the earth

 

This is taken from Marillion's 13th studio album 'Marbles'. It starts with a great organ intro and then steadily builds up with the lead and bass guitars and Steve Hogarth's soaring vocals. He replaced Fish as the band's lead singer in 1988 and the line-up has remained unchanged since then.

 

985. Who Do You Think You Are - Saint Etienne (1993)

 

 

It's not fair

You don't care

 

And now some pure pop. This is a cover of a song by Candlewick Green which reached no.21 in 1974. Saint Etienne's version got to no.23. I don't know many of their songs but I've seen them appear on some people's year end lists so maybe I should give their 2017 album a listen.

 

984. The Birds - Elbow (2011)

 

 

Do they keep those final kisses in their tiny racing hearts?

 

The first track from Elbow's fifth album 'Build A Rocket Boys!'. I like the way in the first five minutes of the song,Guy Garvey's vocals have been double tracked in two different keys. Then in the last three minutes,the song opens up towards the end with the strings.

 

983. Stephen - Black (1984)

 

 

After Black's breakthrough with 'Wonderful Life' in 1987,his old record company released a mini-album of his early singles which had failed to chart. This is the B side of one of those singles,'Hey Presto'. It's a simple piano ballad highlighting Colin Vearncombe's wonderful voice.

 

982. She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes) - Queen (1974)

 

 

Who knows who she'll make me

As I lie in her cocoon

 

From Queen's third album,'Sheer Heart Attack',this track was written by Brian May and he sings lead vocals.

 

Edited January 6, 20187 yr by King Rollo

981. Triumphant - Royksopp (2005)

 

 

The first instrumental in my chart,this is from Royksopp's second album 'The Understanding'. Even if you don't have the album,you will probably recognise it as it was used in a lot of TV programmes. Starting with a piano,it gradually builds up with more instruments being thrown in as it goes along.

 

I am terrible at remembering to follow countdowns, but this just popped up on the board index and the prospect of a top 1000 of all-time is definitely intriguing so I had to check this out, especially as I am usually on board with your taste in BJSC! Looking forward to reading about (and listening to!) all these different songs from different time periods ^_^ my biggest highlight so far is 'At The River' :heart: I knew the instrumental for years due to its advert use but couldn't put a name to it for ages, I think I finally knew the name due to someone posting it in my 'songs to relax to' Lounge thread, now it is a staple song of mine when writing essays, so ambient. :wub:

990. The Opera Song (Brave New World) - Jurgen Vries featuring CMC (2003)

I can hear things that no one hears

 

Charlotte Church's operatic vocal ability came in handy for this trance tune that reached the top 3. Jurgen Vries is English DJ Darren Tate.

 

one of the best songs EVER

Thanks for the comments,both of you. :)

980. Don't You Want Me - The Human League (1981)

 

 

I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar

That much is true

 

Phil Oakey hated this song and didn't want it to be released as a single as three singles had already been taken from the 'Dare' album and he didn't want the group's fans to be ripped off. He only agreed after a colour poster was included with the record. It turned out to be the biggest selling single of the year and is still one of the top 30 best sellers of all time. While it's not my favourite song from them,it's certainly an 80s synth pop classic.

 

979. Whoever You Are - Prefab Sprout (1997)

 

 

On street after street

In bar after bar

 

Taken from their sixth album,'Andromeda Heights',this is a gorgeous song. The production reminds me of the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' album. At 2.47,this is one of the shortest songs in my chart but not the shortest.

 

 

978. Dance Hall Days - Wang Chung (1984)

 

 

And you need her

And she needs you

 

There were a lot of great one hit wonders in the 80s and this is one of them. The British group were much more successful in the USA,where they had 8 top 100 hits including 'Everybody Have Fun Tonight' which reached no.2,held off the top of the chart by 'Walk Like An Egyptian' by The Bangles.

 

Edited January 7, 20187 yr by King Rollo

977. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations (1972)

 

 

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died,all he left us was alone

 

I only have the 7 minute version of this song. This is the full 12 minute album version which I don't think I have heard before. Having listened to it,I think this song should be higher up my chart now,it's even better with more added on. The bass guitar and hi hat are present throughout,then you have the horns and cellos here and there and of course the soulful vocals. The song was originally recorded a year earlier by The Undisputed Truth.

 

Nice to see Who Do You Think You Are enter! A very nice song however not one of my favourite by them, I really like Nothing Can Stop Us, Hobart Paving and She's On the Phone, and also Dive from the new album :D

I like She's On The Phone. I don't know the others,I might check them out some time.

976. Message - Syntax (2004)

 

 

Here I am again

Faces I don't recognise

 

Syntax are an electronic music group who had a top 30 single called 'Pray'. I bought the album it was on,'Meccano Mind',and this is another track from the album. It was the follow up single but didn't chart. The album tanked as well and they split up which was a shame but they did reform in 2012.

 

975. Dreaming In Colour - The Art Of Noise (1999)

 

 

A voyage is about to begin

 

And now another electronic music group who split up and reformed. This is from their comeback album 'The Seduction Of Claude Debussy',a concept album about the life of Debussy with narration by John Hurt. It looks like I was one of only a few people to buy the album as it only reached no.150. 'Dreaming In Colour' features the vocals of Donna Lewis who you may remember had a top 5 hit in 1996 with 'I Love You Always Forever'.