Spanish Train and Other Stories

Absolutely phenomenal storytelling. I've known about Chris for years, but was only familiar with Don't Pay the Ferryman and A Spaceman Came Travelling. For some reason, I never explored his catalog any further than that. I'm glad this album was featured so I could listen to more of his stuff. I will be checking out even more of his stuff going forward. Thanks for the recommendation OP.

The mention of Chris De Burgh's name immediately made me think of a Trailer Park Boys episode where one of the main characters, Bubbles, was stealing shopping carts from the local mall. Gary, the head mall cop catches him in the act (not the first time) and is yelling at him about constantly getting phone calls from his superiors about stolen shopping carts. The exchange goes something like this:

Gary: You're not the one who gets the calls from head office night and day asking about stolen shopping carts!! You're not the one who waits to go to a Chris de Burgh concert for 3 and a half years, so I can go in and miss the encore of Don't Pay the Ferrymen because I'm on the phone in the foyer talking about stolen shopping carts!! I'm the one who gets those calls Bubbles! Not you, me! And you know what, I don't want to get those calls anymore...

Bubbles: Well why don't you fuckin turn your cell phone off Gary?

Gary: Don't fuck with me Bubbles!

Favourite songs: Spanish Train, Patricia the Stripper, A Spaceman Came Travelling, I'm Going Home, The Tower, This Song for You, Lonely Sky

Least favourite songs: The Painter

5/5

Better than lady in red.

Wait, this is the guy who did "Lady in Red?" The most godawful pop song of the 80s? That guy? Did an album that flits between dreamy prog and Dickensian tablature? The "Lady in Red" guy?

Kohtuullinen rock-levy. Avausraita oli kenties paras. 3/5

It's a dead sound, but it's fun to revisit? Reminds me a lot of something else that I can't quite put my finger on. He sounds almost like if Meatloaf sang for Supertramp

A pile of nonsense - boring story songs with boring music and boring lyrics, sung boringly. No redeeming features; I can only assume it was suggested as a prank on everyone who tackles the nominations, as there is no way it merits a place in the book - not even if it was 10,001 albums!

What even the fuck? A charming and occasionally jarring series of vignettes and story telling. Worth a revisit.

After my friend and I listened to this album, we stood back to back in nothing but our whitey-tighties, bent forward in opposite directions, stuck revolver barrels up each other's buttcracks, and pulled the triggers.

Yeah ok I’ll let Chris have one album on the list.