― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:45 (nineteen years ago) link
By the wonderful Keith C. I am hoping that by using shameless flattery I can deflect attention from the fact that its 12 (or 10, really, as we've just done 68) entries too late.
John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
Compare the minimalism of the production and arrangements on "PlasticOno Band" to the Beatles' final album, "Abbey Road": in Lennon'smind, not only were the Beatles over, their entire oeuvre was renderedmoot. "Ono" is a literal and figurative shedding of the albatrossLennon felt that the Fab Four had become. Sometimes, evidently, youjust need to start from scratch. Backed by little more than KlausVoormann's bass and Ringo's drumming, Lennon howls and screams(literally) about his estranged parents, the impossibility of fame andthe worthlessness of life. That the world's foremost pop music figurereleased an album so gut-wrenchingly personal and uncompromising atthe height of his popularity is still shocking. That this LP almostovershadows the entire Beatles catalog is more frightening still.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:46 (nineteen years ago) link
As a wise man once said: "this is not a thread that can be read casually".
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
65
points: 2711st place votes: 0total votes: 7
PINK FLOYD - WISH YOU WERE HERE
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:54 (nineteen years ago) link
HMMMM??!?!?
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Josh Love (screamapillar), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 14:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Better late than nevah!
― Keith C (kcraw916), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link
I predict less than 10% of my votes will be here.
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
#66, but still.
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
(Above: Paris 1919 was produced by Chris Thomas, who produced Procol Harum, hence, kinda...)
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2811st place votes: 0total votes: 11
BIG STAR #1 RECORD
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(not sure if the above image is the correct one, or if it will work)
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
genius + internet = hobart
:)
― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2891st place votes: 0total votes: 10
BLACK SABBATH - PARANOID
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
It fucking rules. Buy it.
― Keith C (kcraw916), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
It's not made clear when Black Sabbath gained freedom over the choice of album art for their records, but it's noted in the liner notes that they certainly didn't have it circa Paranoid. Two revelations from reading the liner notes, the latter of which is funny, were that a) they had to rename their album, originally slated War Pigs, to Paranoid, basically to stem possible protest and banning because of the Vietnam War situation and b) they were very underwhelmed and baffled by the final result of the Paranoid album art. Iommi was quoted as saying "I don't know who the guy with the sword was on the cover -- it wasn't me! What sense did that make? A chap with a sword and a shield on the cover of an album called Paranoid? People kept asking us about that for years afterwards." -- donut bitch (do...), April 24th, 2004.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2891st place votes: 1total votes: 7
DAVID BOWIE - STATION TO STATION
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Alfred Soto (sotoal...), March 31st, 2005.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Try the 'thread title' search or Google tricks with rubbish names like Big Star.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:59 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2961st place votes: 0total votes: 9
NEIL YOUNG - RUST NEVER SLEEPS
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
That first record sounds more like a revved up Kinks crossed with the glam glory of T.Rex, and there's nothing wrong with that. If it sounds boring and cliched, now, it's only because they invented some of those cliches.-- Sean Carruthers (oneiro...) October 18th, 2001
The first time I heard "Thirteen" I nearly cried.-- Helen Fordsdale (helenfordsdal...) October 19th, 2001
I thought #1 Record was my least favorite but recently reappraisals have made me feel that album is a bit tighter rhythm-wise and has more perennials I dig.-- Anthony Miccio (anthonymicci...), January 9th, 2004
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:10 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2971st place votes: 0total votes: 12
ELVIS COSTELLO - MY AIM IS TRUE
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Dave M. (pton_mwaa...), May 23rd, 2001.
I'll take Trust or The Juliet Letters over My Aim Is True any day.
-- Clyde (clyd...), August 27th, 2002.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:14 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2991st place votes: 1total votes 12
MILES DAVIS - BITCHES BREW
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I think bitches brew is a pinnacle of all music
-- Josh (kortbei...), August 29th, 2002.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3001st place votes: 1total votes: 9
BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND - THE BASEMENT TAPES
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
More either later or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link
-- andy (and...), February 17th, 2004
my very favorite Dylan album (Blonde on Blonde being a very close 2nd).
-- Jazzbo (jmcga...), January 3rd, 2005
I think the arrangements on Basement Tapes exhibit a restlessness, and the positive pressures that talented musicians exert on each other.
-- Amateurist (amateuris...), March 19th, 2003
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:02 (nineteen years ago) link
100. VA - Nuggets99. New York Dolls - s/t98. David Bowie - Heroes97. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside96. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town95. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys94. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown93. Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach92. Sparks - Kimono My House91. Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan90. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy89. Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven88. Can - Future Days87. The B52s - The B52s86. Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome85. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate84. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power83. The Slits - Cut82. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter81. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up80. Neu! - Neu!79. The Beatles - Let It Be78. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band77. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain76. Big Star - Third75. John Cale - Paris 191974. Donna Summer - On the Radio73. Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson72. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On71. Parliament - The Mothership Connection70. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)69. VA - Saturday Night Fever68. Wire - Chairs Missing67. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy66. Led Zeppelin - IV65. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here64. Big Star - #1 Record63. Black Sabbath - Paranoid62. David Bowie - Station to Station61. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps60. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True59. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew58. Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
I guess this is probably all we'll see for Zeppelin, P-Funk, Miles (unless In a Silent Way is more popular than Bitches Brew), possibly some others. Will there be any more compilations on the list (the Harder They Come, hopefully). I'm guessing vote-splitting really hurt Neu and probably Steely Dan as well.
Any guesses for #1? Funhouse is probably not universally loved enough, though I wouldn't be surprised if it got the most #1 votes. Exile, possibly, or maybe a dark horse like Parallel Lines.
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:43 (nineteen years ago) link
58 A Tribute to Jack Johnson Miles Davis 59 Rocket to Russia The Ramones60 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon 61 Surf's Up Beach Boys62 The Cars The Cars 63 Zuckerzeit Cluster 64 Lust for Life Iggy Pop 65 On The Beach Neil Young 66 Third/Sister Lovers Big Star 67 Meddle Pink Floyd68 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock 69 IV Faust70 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd 71 The Payback James Brown 72 Red King Crimson 73 Van Halen Van Halen74 Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen 75 Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin 76 Parallel Lines Blondie 77 Aladdin Sane David Bowie78 Expensive Shit Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70 79 Sail Away Randy Newman 80 Hunky Dory David Bowie81 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie 82 All Things Must Pass George Harrison 83 Raw Power Iggy & The Stooges 84 Nilsson Schmilsson Nilsson 85 154 Wire86 Blue Joni Mitchell87 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music 88 From Here to Eternity Giorgio Moroder 89 Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo! Devo 90 Zombie Fela Anikulapo Kuti91 20 Jazz Funk Greats Throbbing Gristle 92 The Man-Machine Kraftwerk 93 Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix94 Starless and Bible Black King Crimson 95 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin 96 The Idiot Iggy Pop97 The Harder They Come Various Artists 98 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt 99 After The Goldrush Neil Young100 Before and After Science Brian Eno
i think i slightly prefer the ILM results, but there's not a lot in it.
― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― jmeister (jmeister), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― RS, Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link
In a Silent Way is from is from the late 60s (and there seems to be barrels on uncertainty about Bitches Brew should be considered 60s or 70s. It was recorded in late 60s, though).
On the Corner could show up. That album has a lot of hardcore zealots.
For #1, it will probably be London Calling, right? Who knows. This list is GREAT so far. My amazon cart is getting crunk.
I'll eat crow if the Sex Pistols beat either Clash record, Joy Division, Buzzcocks or Television.
― poortheatre (poortheatre), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Don't worry. Its an easy mistake to make. Anyone could have done it.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 19:59 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3101st place votes: 0total votes: 13
THE CONGOS - HEART OF THE CONGOS
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:00 (nineteen years ago) link
-- cybele (maria...), October 31st, 2001.
Congos---Lee Perry at his best; Jamaican vocal technique at its best...need I say more?
-- oops (buttch9...), February 21st, 2003.
gotta say i think heart of the congos is a little overrated. bought it based upon the number of mentions on this thread [NOT THIS ACTUAL THREAD BUT YOU KNEW THAT DIDN'T YOU???], and was surprised at its blandness. granted, i've only listened to it twice now, but i already want to skip both congoman and especially fisherman..doesnt hold a candle to Cumbolo(culture)-musically, perhaps the most solid reggae record i've heard thats not a Lperry vehicle
-- thomas de'aguirre (knuckleru...), March 14th, 2003.
This is probably one of my five favorite albums of all time.-- Bofus (bofus...), November 8th, 2001.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3101st place votes: 0total votes: 12
FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:11 (nineteen years ago) link