Best Solo album by a front man?

direwolf74

Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros- Streetcore
Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles- The Grand Bounce
Paul Westerberg- Stereo
Eddie Vedder- Into the Wild
Ron Hawkins- Chemical Sounds
Bill Janovitz- Up Here

marcos

keeponrockin wrote:

metsfan wrote:

and

bruce springsteen- devils and dust

All Bruce Springsteen albums are titled under 'Bruce Springsteen' other than the live albums, so technically every Boss album is a solo record.

However, I get what you're saying.

Yeah, but you can tell the difference between a Bruce album and a Bruce & the E Street band album, you know with just the acoustic thing going. I like his solo acoustic much better as far as new material. The Born in the USA version on the box set was really good with just the acoustic. I like the super produced one of course as well but the acoustic was just such a different vibe, like more sad and not as empowering as the produced one.

okblueduck

I like Trey Anastasio's (Phish) first self-titled solo album. Some great songs on there.

pinkbutterfly

Eddie Vedder ~ Ukulele Songs

Justin Timberlake ~ Justified ~ makes me wanna dance!

goldrush

ofthegirl99 wrote:

What do you guys think? Best solo effort by a lead........

Im going with

Dan Aurbach-Keep it Hid
Lead of the Black Keys

Great call, this is such a good album.

I'd probably go with:
1. Mark Lanegan - Field Songs (actually, anything by ML could top this list!)
2. Elliott Smith - XO
3. Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
4. Tim Rogers - The Luxury of Hysteria
5. Bernard Fanning - Tea And Sympathy

Honourable mentions for Stephen Malkmus 'Real Emotional Trash' and Ryan Adams 'Love Is Hell'

pinkbutterfly

goldrush wrote:

Honourable mentions for Stephen Malkmus 'Real Emotional Trash' and Ryan Adams 'Love Is Hell'

Yes! to Ryan Adams' Love is Hell. I borrowed it from the library and now have it on order from Amazon. I think it was Weird Henry that turned me onto RA, when he posted The Birthday song.

Also, not a front man, but a member of Traffic ~ Dave Mason ~ Let it Flow

guacamolejoe

pinkbutterfly wrote:

goldrush wrote:

Honourable mentions for Stephen Malkmus 'Real Emotional Trash' and Ryan Adams 'Love Is Hell'

Yes! to Ryan Adams' Love is Hell. I borrowed it from the library and now have it on order from Amazon. I think it was Weird Henry that turned me onto RA, when he posted The Birthday song.

Also, not a front man, but a member of Traffic ~ Dave Mason ~ Let it Flow

Since you mentioned Traffic I'd give a vote to "Back in the High Life Again" by Stevie Winwood. May not be the best but it was damn good .

sabreleaf

Phil Collins..Face Value

hostis

glen hansard (with Marketa irglova) - Swell Season.... :D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Gary Carter

marcos wrote:

Yeah, but you can tell the difference between a Bruce album and a Bruce & the E Street band album, you know with just the acoustic thing going. I like his solo acoustic much better as far as new material. The Born in the USA version on the box set was really good with just the acoustic. I like the super produced one of course as well but the acoustic was just such a different vibe, like more sad and not as empowering as the produced one.

i hate his solo acoustic work outside of devils and dust. i really dig magic and working on a dream.

DewieCox

guacamolejoe wrote:

pinkbutterfly wrote:

goldrush wrote:

Honourable mentions for Stephen Malkmus 'Real Emotional Trash' and Ryan Adams 'Love Is Hell'

Yes! to Ryan Adams' Love is Hell. I borrowed it from the library and now have it on order from Amazon. I think it was Weird Henry that turned me onto RA, when he posted The Birthday song.

Also, not a front man, but a member of Traffic ~ Dave Mason ~ Let it Flow

Since you mentioned Traffic I'd give a vote to "Back in the High Life Again" by Stevie Winwood. May not be the best but it was damn good .

Do you own a boat, by chance?

SatansFuton

John Lennon - Imagine
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Roger Waters - The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking
Lou Reed - Transformer

bburpee

I'm a big fan of Roger Waters' "Amused to Death" and anything Mark Lanegan...

But with Peter Gabriel getting a lot of talk here, I gotta mention Phil Collins "No Jacket Required".

Staying with the 80's pop rock theme, Lionel Ritchie's "Can't Slow Down" was pretty good.

And... of course.. the frontkid for the Jackson 5 - Michael Jackson's "Thriller".

Ledbetterman10

bburpee wrote:

I'm a big fan of Roger Waters' "Amused to Death"

Guess I forgot about Waters cause he sorta had a co-frontman thing going with Gilmour. His "Pros and Cons" album is brilliant.

mysticweed

i always liked Lou Gramms "Ready Or Not" better than anything foreigner ever did
midnight blue - beautiful

intodeep

I really like Springsteen's Nebraska and Jerry Cantrell's Degradation Trip

OffHeGoes132

Mark Lanegan - Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (pretty much any of his solo records--the man's a genius)

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (yes SG was broken up by then, but still deserves a mention, classic)

JTH

Bruce Dickinson - "The Chemical Wedding"

Thom Yorke - "The Eraser"

Weird_Henry

Don Henley - The End of the Innocence

Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds

*** I know Izzy wasn't a 'front man', though he takes the lead vocals on a couple of songs on the Use Your Illusion albums. Izzy was, in my opinion, a key creative force behind Gn'R. This is a very solid, rootsy solo album***

Back_Pedal

I'm a big fan of Scott Weiland's 12 Bar Blues just because it's so out-there, but Tommy Rogers' album Pulse takes it for me. For him to go from a progressive death metal band, to making an album with so many different styles and 90% sung vocals, is amazing. Plus, the songs are very good in their own right.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Weird_Henry wrote:

Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds

*** I know Izzy wasn't a 'front man', though he takes the lead vocals on a couple of songs on the Use Your Illusion albums. Izzy was, in my opinion, a key creative force behind Gn'R. This is a very solid, rootsy solo album***

have you heard "Fire....The Acoustic Album"? It's freaking awesome.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
Jerry Cantrell - Degredation Trip
Tom Wilson - Dog Years
Jeff Martin - Live In Brisbane
Raine Maida - The Hunters Lullaby

and of course, EV, ITW and Uke Songs.

jopetto75

perfect circle?
ice cube
raconteurs
hope sandoval
clutch the company man
the night watchman ?
would u say the relentless 7 is on the side?
them crooked vultures?
hellyea

Weird_Henry

Dave Eh wrote:

Weird_Henry wrote:

Izzy Stradlin and the Ju Ju Hounds

*** I know Izzy wasn't a 'front man', though he takes the lead vocals on a couple of songs on the Use Your Illusion albums. Izzy was, in my opinion, a key creative force behind Gn'R. This is a very solid, rootsy solo album***

have you heard "Fire....The Acoustic Album"? It's freaking awesome.

Nope, I haven't...will look into it. Thanks!

jimed14

direwolf74 wrote:

Bill Janovitz- Up Here

Hell yeah on the Bill Janovitz love. Tip o' the cap to you!

I was a huge fan of the Crown Victoria album he fronted on (not sure if that's really a solo album).

As always, these threads derail from "best" to "ones eveyone likes" ... so, I'll toss this one out:

Julian Plenti - Is Skyscraper

(It's Paul Banks form Interpol ... he went by a different ame for the solo album).

Really liked it.

Mamasan23

He's not technically a "frontman" but I'm particularly partial to Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) - The Fabled City.

And of course Madcap Laughs and Barrett by Syd Barrett.

youngster

Zakk Wylde- Book of Shadows

Easily the greatest CD I own (and I have over 500).

eeriepadave

Mamasan23 wrote:

He's not technically a "frontman" but I'm particularly partial to Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) - The Fabled City.

And of course Madcap Laughs and Barrett by Syd Barrett.

Don't own the fabled city, do have his first one. "One Man Revolution" which was good.