Planet caravan strengthens that album in my eyes. Such a beautiful solo too.

Planet Caravan enhances the album massively. Its a classic example of what album contrast is all about.

Really Pete!!?? I absolutely love "Planet Caravan!!" Only discovered it in the last year! It was created in the moment, and as each artist stepped in when it FELT RIGHT. Total art in music. Side note: I agree with you all.. when a band does a cover to fill space.... yuk.

Gotta disagree about “Planet Caravan”. I love it so much I wish there was a whole album that sounded like that. It’s so drugged out and trippy.

“Isn’t it funny that there are so many stories about a song no one likes” - brilliant

I also agree with a few of the comments below about "Planet Caravan" I love "Planet Caravan" and to me Black Sabbath 'Paranoid' IS a perfect album and my favorite Sabbath album.

I love Black Sabbath "Changes" of volume 4

Planet Caravan is my favourite Sabbath song and my favourite song in rock music.

I'd like a part 2 of this with the rest of the crew. Its too good a concept for just three people.

1. 'Mother', The Police, Synchronicity. 2. 'Dancin in the Street', The mighty VH, Diver Down. 3. 'Tai Shan', Rush, Hold Your Fire. 4. Love Rush, but no excuse for this one: 'I think I'm Goin Bald', Caress of Steel. 5. 'Changes', Black Sabbath, Vol 4.

Chris Alo, you read my mind, Far Beyond Driven is perfect except for that absolute dumpster fire that is Good Friends And a Bottle of Pills.

I see your Steve Harris and raise you with Sting: ‘Hey mighty Brontosaurus / Don’t you have a lesson for us’

Synchronicity by the Police. One of the greatest rock albums ever. I considered Sting to be a music genius. I am a huge Police fan but Mother by Andy Summers was not good. Sting and Stewart Copeland should have told him that is a horrible song but the rest of the album is amazing. One of my favorite rock albums of all time.

Always appreciate any Pantera talk on the channel. Great show as always!

Great show idea and the perfect amount of guests.

Good to hear that there are more people like me who love "Caress of Steel". And yeah, I remember seeing pictures of Geddy with his long flowing hair and singing about getting bald, but it´s better to just sing about it.

Cool show Pete. What about 'lifeline songs in awful records from bands you like' - Under pressure in Queen's 'Hot space'. Maybe that's cheating... so I guess I can concede on 'Las palabras de amor' as the one song that's up to Queen's standards.

I have always loved the floating and stoned lava lamp vibe of Planet Caravan, plus Tony's jazzy solo is cool af. I'm really surprised that Pete resisted mentioning "Anyone's Daughter" from Deep Purple's "Fireball."

completely agree on "My Destination" on Boston's Third Stage -- it's definitely a reprise of the melody from "Amanda"

Deep Purple- Fireball- Anyones Daughter Black Sabbath- Vol.4- Changes Judas Priest- Hell Bent For Leather- Before The Dawn Twisted Sister- You Cant Stop Rock n Roll- Dee's Song Anthrax- Fistful of Metal- Im Eighteen

Great show! Chris Canz has arrived! What I mean by that is I laughed out loud at a few things he said. I'm still laughing at his Scorpions comment about "look at ze ladies. " Love when Chris is on. I think Ryan Skow added to you three would be phenomenal. A funny story about I Think I'm Going Bald. Geddy said it's a play on the Kiss song, Goin' Blind. He said instead of the I think I'm goin' blind lyric, they came up with, I think I'm going bald. Funny story, bad song. You guys killed it on this episode. Pete, I hope Spaghetti and Jim Bacchi will be on soon, somewhere.

The Cars' Candy-O was almost the perfect album even slightly over their debut which I also adore but Lust For Kicks sounds like a throwaway that could've been on a Porky's soundtrack or something where the band was bored to tears one day and their producer had to force one on them to complete the album.

RIOT FLASHBACKS OFF FIRE DOWN UNDER

"Let me take you home tonight" from Boston's debut. "No sir, I don't like it."

My choices. 1 Peter Hammill, Magog from In Camera. 2 Can, Augm from Tago Mago. 3 Kevin Ayers, Pisser Dans Un Violin from Shooting At The Moon.

Takeaways from tonight's episode: 1. Chris A. and Chris C. in the house to form the "Trio of Doom" 2. Short and sweet episode - Where's Butch when you need him? 3. You know something is wrong when your parents start singing the song you're listening to... 4. Excellent Klaus Meine impersonation by Chris C. 5. "At least there's one song I know I can take a pee break" 6. "...I got a bladder like a six year old" 7. Perfectness lies in the eyes and ears of the beholder" 8. "I love 'em, but I love shitting on 'em" 9. "It's that chorus that makes me want to put my head in a meat grinder" On the topic I agree with "I think I'm going bald" from the most excellent Rush album "Caress of Steel" I would add the Scorpions album "Animal Magnetism" I think Scorpions do power ballads as well if not better than any other metal band but to my ears "Lady Starlight" is a real shitter... Another would be the great Aerosmith album "Rocks" I always skip the last song "Home Tonight"

Cream - Disraeli Gears ("Mother's Lament") Kiss - s/t ("Kissin' Time") Def Leppard - Hysteria ("Excitable") Alice in Chains - Dirt ("I Am Iron Gland") Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist ("Pink Cellphone")

I think UFO’s cover of Alone Again Or is really good. As Pete concedes, great Schenker solo, but they were a band that always had a more poppy side and that covers fits in with that model.

Dokken was brought in on 1982's Blackout,..not L.A.F.S.,..Meine had polyps on his throat,or nodes,????in 82,Don was brought in to help out.....Meine eventually finished the album,but D.D. has background vocals on Blackout

D'yer Mak'er (which I always pronounced as Dyer Maker not Jamaica) is a fantastic song!

"Tattoo" off of Van Halen's "A Different Kind Of Truth" "So Tired" off of Ozzy's "Bark At The Moon" "Changes" off of Black Sabbath's "Vol 4" "Johnny B Goode" off of Judas Priest's "Ram It Down" "Love Hungry Man" off of AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" That being said, there are more but these are the albums THAT I thought of, right away.

Surely ‘I ain’t Superstitious’ off Peace Sells (Megadeth) First one that came to mind.

The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead - "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others" An excellent guitar instrumental by Johnny Marr is undermined by an uncomfortable and subpar Morrissey lyric, and it would be better if the album ended with the majestic "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out." Others: The Beatles - Rubber Soul - "Run for Your Life" Prince - Purple Rain - "Darling Nikki" The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed - "Country Honk"

Show has not even started and I rushed to the comments section just to say that it feels nice to have a HVS episode to watch with a good cup of coffee in a shitty weather morning (it's cold and rainy in south Brazil). So, since I have not started watching this, I'll say 3 songs that always come to mind: "Quest for Fire" on Maiden's Piece of Mind. AC/DC's "Get it Hot" - I always (since I was 11) felt that song was not on the same level of the other 9 tracks on Highway to Hell. Another one would be Neil Young's "There's a World" on Harvest. They fuck what were supposed to be perfect albums.

'No Bone Movies' - Ozzy from Blizzard of Ozz 'Ill be Home Tonight' - Alcatrazz- Disturbing the Peace 'Mystery' - Dio- Last in Line 'Do you close your eyes' - Rainbow - Rising Only ELF song I can handle is 'Wonderworld' because it feels like the only direct touchstone to Rainbow/Sabbath.

Hilarious, hell patrol is one of my favourites on the album. Metal meltdown I would say is the dud on that album.

Zeppelin - Houses of The Holy....."The Crunge".....what the hell were they thinking?

Cool idea...will be great on a In a Prog Seat show!

Queensryche’s Rage For Order could do without Gonna Get Close To You.

Cool subject guys. Would be a good subject too for Friday at the Fun house with Martin. Thanks for the entertainment.

ZEP IN THRU THE OUT DOOR HOT DOG AUGHHH

Got to be "Changes" from Black Sabbath's vol 4. You could see Donny and Marie Osmond duetting on this. Incidentally the film Quest For Fire I love.

Flotsam and Jetsam, no place for disgrace: the cover of Saturday night’s alright for fighting Fight, war of words: the silly Little Crazy track

The headache-inducing track "Who Dunnit? is the stinker on Genesis' ABACAB album. The story is that Atlantic Records head Ahmet Ertegun personally intervened to make sure it remained on the record - - only Allah knows why! The band could have replaced it with the beautiful "You Might Recall" or the eerie "In The Air Tonight" (Phil Collins originally offered the song to the band, but inexplicably they did not think it suited the album, so it was relegated to Collins' solo album debut). Go figure!

My pick Invaders from No of the beast. When i fist heard this album and its the opening track I thought here we go the difficult 3rd album which bands make that always seems to be tricky because often they have written enough the fill the first two then they are left to come up with new songs for the third. But then comes Children of the Damned and the rest making it a great album, possibly one of their best in the 80s. What a relief! Invaders was self penned by Steve Harris. Often wondered could it have been a leftover from Killers which doesnt really fit with Number?

1. Sabbath Vol 4 - Changes 2. Nazareth Hair of the Dog - Guilty 3. Queen A Night at the Opera - You're My Best Friend

To me, "Planet Caravan" was put there to set up the onslaught of "Iron Man." It's a no-brainer.

You guys stole my idea!! OK, well, I'm sure it was a lot of people's ideas so I'll let it slide 😉😁 For me it's the Fly By Night album from Rush and the song is "Rivendell". It's a real outlier on the album. Totally doesn't belong. Also is the Screaming for Vengeance album by Judas Priest. "Pain and Pleasure" just doesn't work. It's clunky and I've never cared for it.

Pete and Chris, there ARE 3 standout tracks from the 3 Elf albums that are KILLER and that sound like what he would do later on. Check out these songs: Never More (from Elf - 1972) Wonderworld (from Trying To Burn The Sun - 1975) Streetwalker (from Trying To Burn The Sun - 1975) I'll also add 2 more that are REALLY good: Gambler, Gambler (from Elf - 1972) Black Swampy Water (from Trying To Burn The Sun - 1975)

Black Sabbath, iron maiden and BOC are three bands that instantly popped into my mind. And the three albums it instantly popped into my mind were The Number of the Beast with “Gangland” and Piece of Mind with “Quest for Fire,” and then “Hungry Boys” from Cultosaurus Erectus

One example I was just thinking of earlier is Fire Down Under by Riot. One of my favorite albums of all time, but then you get to the last track 'Flashbacks', which isn't even really a song. More like a guitar solo/compilation of crowd noises.

Just gave it another listen. The only thing wrong with Quest for Fire is that first line. Just cover your ears and hum, there fixed! Good to see no one mentioned Gangland, which is a great song all in all.

I know "Changes" is almost universally despised on here. Chris rags on Ozzy over this song. Some thoughts: (A) Ozzy married his first wife in '71 and they did not divorce until '82. (B) VOL.4 was released in 72(C) Geezer was the primary Sabbath lyricist. I dont think the song has anything to do with Ozzys wife. I don't mind the song, just not everytime I hear the album....

After Dark is my favourite BOC song

Chris , both Jimmy Bain and Bobby Rondinelli started initial sessions with the band but nothing made it to the final album . Herman played drums and Francis played bass.

Great concept guys. I agree with Pete that there are some brilliant albums marred by a stupid cover song and i have some of those examples on my list. However I really love planet caravan, the drugginess and the entire vibe of the song including iommi's fantastic solo. I actually like am I going insane. My picks Exodus-low rider on fabulous disaster Megadeth-I ain't superstitious Sacred reich-31 flavours on the American way Deep purple-anyone's daughter Pantera-drag the waters on the great Southern trendkill

Houses of the Holy is high on my list, but because of the Crunge. I think Dyer Maker is much better.

I'm really surprised you guys missed Pink Floyd Meddle, which at least to me, is perfect except Seamus. This was literally the first album that popped into my head when I saw the name of the video. Oh, and I agree with some of the other comments, how can you not like Planet Caravan??

‘Then He Kissed Me’ by The Crystals is one of the greatest records ever made. Methinks KISS would have failed to convey the teen romance of the original.

Back in Black "You shook me all night long".

For me, Houdini by Melvins is one of my all time favorite albums. But there's one song called Spread Eagle Beagle that I always skip. It was the one "produced" by Cobain (although they say he was too messed up at the time to produce anything). It's this long drum track where not much happens. Luckily it's at the end of the album.

Bad Co stole the chorus of " don t let me down " to the Beatles. Before I discovered that, I loved this song.

I agree with you 100% Pete on Planet Caravan. Also have no use for Solitude , FX , Fluff , and She's Gone. Love Changes and Air Dance. To each his own however.

“Wet my Bed” is total throw away crappy track on Stone Temple Pilot’s awesome album “Core”. Same with “Who are You” on Black Sabbath’s “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”

C'mon man Am I Going Insane is a far-out cut with a killer solo !

Great show guys and choices were awesome 👌

"Ignoreland" on R.E.M.'s classic Automatic for the People. It always sounded like it had snuck in from another album.

Planet Caravan is superb as a change of pace, otherwise an album can get a bit samey.

I nominate Let's Spend the Night Together on Aladdin Sane by Bowie. It's a Stones cover that sounds flat compared to the inspired genius of the rest of it.

Dark side of the moon. I can't stand on the run, I always skip that one. The rest of the album is perfect

Pink Floyd’s Meddle is perfect, except for Seamus. Otherwise, I love everything on that album.

B.O.C. - Cagey cretins Alice Cooper- Sun Arise Motörhead-1916 Led Zeppelin-Livin’ loving maid

Off the top of my head, my picks are: 1. Iron Maiden: Strange World (I've tried for years to like it, but this is one song I just do not like) 2. Screaming For Vengeance: Pain and Pleasure 3. And Justice for All: To Live is To Die 4. Peace Sells But Who's Buying: I Ain't Superstitious 5. Strong Arm of the Law: Dallas 1pm (not a terrible song, but not one I care to listen to). Great show as always but Chris Alo, I'm surprised you don't like "Hell Patrol". One of my favourites off Painkiller haha :) !!

Man Chris, every time I see you now I think of a siberian film, I only made it through half and the monsters den brought it back

My album for this category would be Rush A Farewell To Kings. Love Xanadu and Cygnus X-1, 2 of my favorite Rush songs ever. Love the song A Farewell To Kings, Cinderella Man and Closer To The Heart are awesome, just don't love Madrigal. Still an incredible album, in my top 4 of Rush albums, with 2112, Moving Pictures and Hemispheres.

Far Beyond Driven - Good Friends & A Bottle Of Pills

Cans’ German accent complaining about Crossfire had me laughing out loud. Too funny

Chris is absolutely right about Piece of Mind. Quest For Fire, compared to the quality Piece of Mind offers otherwise, is the worst track by a long shot. Piece of Mind is my second favorite Iron Maiden album behind Powerslave for what it’s worth.

- 'Do You Close Your Eyes' from Rainbow's "Rising". In an otherwise very forward-thinking album, this one sounds like a reject from the debut. Also, I still don't know what "Do you close your eyes when you're making love" means. - 'Take On All the World' from "Hell Bent For Leather". A slog of a song on an otherwise very successful attempt at making a more streamlined version of music that Judas Priest made before. I feel like 'United' from "British Steel" was a better attempt at this anthem formula. - 'Make Time for Love' from Warlock's "Triumph & Agony". Not terrible, I've certainly heard worse attempts at ballads, but it's rendered unnecessary considering that the album already has a better ballad at the end of the album, 'Für Immer'. - 'Dance of the Dandy Hound' from Skyclad's "Silent Whales of Lunar Sea". My favorite Skyclad album, and I love every song, but they decided to "gift" us with a "bonus" song at the end that's nothing but bad bluegrass, hoedown music that makes 'Benny the Bouncer' sound like a masterpiece. Thankfully, it's only a bonus track, so it's at least easy to ignore.

I am fully expecting a (positively tinged) "Rant" episode featuring Alo and Skow to discuss Ozzy's return to the stage for The Commonwealth Games closing ceremony. I would propose that this was a highly significant event in UK culture, which, in the past, commonly regarded anything "metal" as untouchable and uncouth and marginalised it accordingly. Yes, Ozzy is now a 'celebrity', but this music would never have been represented at such a prestigious and historic UK event in years gone by. It's a long way from "My sister's a greaser". Mr. Osbourne should also be applauded for the strength, tenacity and determination he displayed in managing to not say "fuck".

Pete I have to disagree with you on 2 o' yer picks. Planet Caravan is my favorite track on Paranoid 'n Alone Again Or is my fave on Lights Out. Tracks I consider stinkers on otherwise excellent albums: Are You Ready, Eddy? from ELP-Tarkus 'n Bluebottle Stew from Tir Na Nog-A Tear And A Smile. I've heard complaints 'bout the track Voices O' Old People from Simon 'n Garfunkel's Bookends...however I feel it fits perfectly in the sequence o' this flawless album, first note to last.

Benny the bouncer, British sense of humour Pete! Respect you dont like it, but imo adds light relief amongst the prog bombast 😉🤘🏻

When it comes to Gary Moore's "Falling In Love With You", Pete, I think you might have been listening to the remixed version which is certainly more of an 80s-style synth-heavy pop ballad, not sure if that was the version you got for the U.S. release. The original version released in the U.K is a straight-ahead slow blues number which is very much in the blues style that would become Moore's trademark later on in the 90s. I would check out that blues version and it might change your mind about the song.

Symptom: Nearly perfect albums, but for that one song. Remedy: Mixed tape [CD compilation today]. Remember, killer, no filler. You got to question "the genius" behind these choices.

Gary Moore wrote Falling in Love with You, just so Pete could put it on mix tapes as a ‘get into your knickers’ track. It has an excellent solo but, then again, what Gary Moore track doesn’t.

Love you guys but have to respectfully disagree with you regarding Metallica's "Escape," Led Zep's "Dyer Maker," and Sabbath's "Planet Caravan," and Sabbath's "I'm Going Insane." I love all of these tunes.

Tull's Songs from the Wood is an amazing record except for Pibroch, which is a meandering misfire that drones on for more than eight minutes. But for that song, the record soars.

I would nominate ELP’s Benny the Bouncer as a bad song on a nearly perfect album. Looking forward to the many other stinkers that torpedoed nearly perfect albums from Pete and the HVS gang.

"Let Me Put My Love Into You" on Back in Black. The album would be better, even perfect, without it.

Uriah Heep The Magician's Birthday and Spider Woman. I could do this all day.

On Scorpions’ Love At First Sting, Bobby Rondinelli & Jimmy Bain played on scratch tracks but none of their playing ended up on the album.

Exodus- Low Rider/ Fabulous Disaster GNR- Think about You/ Appetite Motley- Danger/ Shout Priest- United/ British Steel VH- SAITP/ Fair Warning

Iron Maiden "Piece of Mind" -- Quest For Fire totally sucks and I've thought that since I was 14. (and Alo nailed it)

Megadeth - “I Ain’t Superstitious” - Peace Sells

Don Dokken did the vocals for Blackout not Love At First Sting and Planet Caravan is brilliant just saying.

Hudson Valley Sausage Party. ...Bring back the chicks!

Moonchild off In The Court Of The Crimson King. The first few minutes are alright but then it turns into 9 more minutes of meandering nothingness. I'm not sure if they were struggling to fill the album or not, if so they could've put their version of Holst's Mars on there that they were playing live at the time (which they later reworked for The Devil's Triangle on In The Wake Of Poseidon). One of the greatest prog albums of all time but only 80% great.

I'm right with Pete on the Uriah Heep debut. "Lucy Blues" is awful where everything else is really classic.

It’s an even bigger slap in the face that the worst Zeppelin song, Dyer Maker comes right before arguably the best Zeppelin song, No Quarter

Second time in a row Pete listened to my recommendation for a show! I’ll watch it later but my first choice is Mother on Synchronicity. If you told me that song broke up The Police, I would believe you. They let Andy Summers channel his inner early Pink Floyd and go with it. Just awful.