Boston
Aerosmith (cut-rate Stones)
Kansas
ELO
ELP
Styx
Foreigner
REO
Foghat
The Allman Brothers Band post-Duane
Jethro Tull as an album band - they are better in compilations: lots of filler on every album and I say this as a flute player
The Doobie Brothers - any incarnation
Boston - Love their first 2 and 4th albums (I love
Walk On despite the absence of Brad Delp). I find
Third Stage to be rather bland in comparison and
Corporate America only has 1 song I like the rest of the album doesn't do anything for me.
Aerosmith - Their first two albums are enjoyable but after that they really don't/didn't do much for me. I did enjoy their music videos in the early 90s but that had far more to do with Alicia Silverstone than it did the music.
Kansas - I dig the
Leftoverture and
Point of Know Return albums and despite thoroughly enjoying the vocals of Elefante on
Drastic Measures and
Vinyl Confessions I'm not generally a fan of those albums. The quality of the material was substantially lacking.
ELO - I enjoy much of their material but I'm happy with just the 2CD
Strange Magic. The only non-compilation albums of theirs that I enjoy are
Time (because of the sci-fi concept) and
Zoom (because of the Harrison and Starr contributions)
ELP - I dig
Brain Salad Surgery. I actually think that album has aged somewhat well. Although, I'll concede Saxman's point on the rest of their material not aging well. I prefer Greg Lake's work on the first 2 King Crimson albums and Palmer's work with Asia over ELP.
Styx - Used to listen to them incessantly and I still enjoy their 70s material. They jumped the shark with
Kilroy Was Here which I enjoyed initially but I don't believe it's aged as well as their other material.
Foreigner - I had a brief Foreigner phase. It passed. The only album of theirs I own is
Double Vision. I really feel that doctors should use their music for advertising--
Cold As Ice,
Hot Blooded, and
Double Vision would all work well.
REO - Love their 70s material. Used to enjoy their 80s material as well but over the years I've grown bored of it. Their debut album with Terry Luttrell (who later went on to sing lead for Starcastle) instead of Kevin Cronin is a favorite of mine.
Foghat - I concur with Hourman, they were a bit of a one-trick pony... did they have any other hits besides
Slow Ride.
Allman Brothers (post Duane) - I agree with Saxman.
Jethro Tull - I agree with both Saxman and Hourman
The Doobie Brothers - I dig the Tom Johnston era stuff. I'm not quite as keen on the Michael McDonald era. It's a little too polished for my tastes. The Doobies aren't supposed to sound that polished! That's part of their appeal.
