The Greatist Albums of the 20th Century

#4.-"Tim Moore"-Tim Moore

In the mid-70's*,Tim Moore,Who had just won the European Song Contest-Released
a perfect pop/rock album on a tiny label called "a small record company".The
album included the song "Second Avenue" which became a huge hit for Art
Garfunkel.Thou "Second Avenue" was and is one of the most perfectly composed
and emoitionally moving songs in the entire history of pop/rock music;the album
was overflowing with some of the best pop/rock music ever written and/or
performed .In fact Moore's version of "Second Avenue" was and still is far
superior to Garfunkels.
Any good pop and/or rock singer or group could have covered any song
on Moore's album and had a huge hit,that's how superior Moore's work was
to other singer-songwriters of that time.But for some unknown reason,the few songs
that were covered by other artists never achieved the kind of success as "Second Avenue"
I completely lost track of Moore after that but apparently he did record several more albums.
But they must not have gotten' much of a push from the record label{s} because after
"'Second Avenue" and the "Tim Moore" album proper he never had that kind of success again.
I heard a few years back that the "Tim Moore" album had been mastered to digital and
released on Cd after being out of print for decades.I see that it's available on amazon.com-along with his other albums that didn't fare so well.I'm glad to see it in print
again.
Moore was and is more than just a talented singer-songwriter-He's one of the
best ever and with only one perfect album to prove it( but let's face it there are very few perfect albums}.That's a pretty amazing
accomplishment that has no equal that i'm aware of."Tim Moore" is one of the most astounding
albums in the entire pop/rock cannon.It's a bit sad that Moore never did make the kind of magic
again that he did on first solo album-but even having one perfect album to your credit is
an extremely rare occurance in the world of pop music.So we just have to greatful for
this one that Moore made.Check it out-It's a real knockout !

******-6 Stars out of five


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