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
Lee Perry's finest hour? JA '77; vocal group, COMPLETELY URGENT AND KEY RECORD - get the 2CD redux version on Blood & Fire, which I think is still available. Deeply spiritual and avant-garde at the same time.
-- Marcello Carlin (marcellocarli...), March 5th, 2003
it sounds like what Brian Wilson would do if he made a roots reggae album.
-- dog latin (doglati...), February 21st, 2003 .
having The Heart Of The Congos as sole reggae album is def pref to The Best of Bob Marley, which is the usual token reggae album.
-- m jemmeson (mjemmeso...), August 21st, 2001.
honestly Heart of the Congos sounds better than just about any Marley I've ever heard.
-- Josh Love (heaveninrowboat...), July 29th, 2004.
one of the best albums ever made, any genre
-- james edwards (jame...), July 20th, 2001
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:12 (nineteen years ago) link
Absolutely, if you must have only one reggae album, this is the one. Just sublime.
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― 57 7th (calstars), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Headhunters wasn't nominated...would have been my #2.
― Keith C (kcraw916), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:16 (nineteen years ago) link
It also works as kind of a moral lesson about the excess. When you're in a rock band, and you get so coked up every night that you start to think that fucking your band members is a good idea, even when they're married to other band members, these are the feelings you end up with.
Classic. Very.
-- Kenan Hebert (mondria...), March 21st, 2003.
Not often emphasized is how deserved its gargantuan success was. "Rumours" is the summit of pop music.
I've been listening to "Mirage" lately and am reminded of how a great band -- Christine's harmonies, the McVie/Fleetwood rhythm section, say, working in tandem -- can give the frothiest of confections unexpected and even subversive undertones ("Book of Love," "Can't Go Back," "Eyes of the World").
-- Alfred Soto (sotoal...), April 11th, 2005.
I was scared and fascinated by the dirty wife-swapping aura surrounding Fleetwood Mac when I was a kid. It made me think my parents were closet swinger perverts when I saw the cover of "Rumours", and even more so the insert photos, in their collection. Just when I had gotten over realizing they were closet drug addicts after finding that Doobie Brothers record with the giant roach photo on the inner sleeve.
-- fritz (fritzwollner5...), November 9th, 2001.
RUMOURS IS THE GREATEST LP EVER RELEASED. FLEETWOOD MAC IS THE GREATEST BAND IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! STOP DISSING ON THEM!!!!NIKAYLA~
-- Nikayla Crews (frozenlove197...), April 20th, 2004.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:17 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, I did nominate Sextant, and it was my #1.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:19 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3201st place votes: 2total votes: 7
ORNETTE COLEMAN - DANCING IN YOUR HEAD
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Ornette Coleman - Dancing In Your Head
i) It's like minimalism without the rigidity, improv without incoherence.
ii) It's like music as an environment, conceived as a space wherein everyone can'do his own thing' while still feeding the group. Individuality andcohesiveness are not only not opposed but are mutually defining and sustaining.
iii) It's like a super-advanced polyphony - the lines are so independent thatthey're improvised and they still make sense as part of a whole.
iv) It's just the best bass record there is.
v) It's a multilayered groove and a catchy riff.
vi) You can dance to it.
---- Sundar
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
I must have some PROG! I demand to have some PROG!
― Keith C (kcraw916), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3211st place votes: 1total votes: 12
RICHARD AN LINDA THOMPSON - I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT
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Richard And Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
That Richard Thompson remains a relatively obscure figure in theannals of popular music is an injustice that has yet to be corrected. Sure, among music fans his name is known and respected, but trydropping his name outside of ILM or your local record store. "RichardWho?" is the inevitable refrain. "I Want To See The Bright LightsTonight" is Thompson's tour-de-force, consisting of his best set ofsongs, all wrapped in an almost ridiculous, painful sorrow. Whiletracks like "Withered and Died" and "End of the Rainbow" couldn't bemore stark and depressing, the gravity of the lyrics is countervailedby a buoyancy that pervades the music, giving it life and beauty. It's possible the darkness and pessimism of Thompson's music is whatputs people off, but to me that'll always be a mystery. Tragically,"I Want To See the Bright Lights Tonight" remains out of print in theU.S.
------------Keith C
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― whenuweremine (whenuweremine), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 3301st place votes: 2total votes: 11
DAVID BOWIE - HUNKY DORY
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David Bowie – Hunky Dory“Time may change me” sang David Bowie on the cabaret-styled opener to Hunky Dory. But as the album was coming on the heels of his heavy glam rock album The Man Who Sold The World, who could have expected that time would change him so quickly? Bowie exchanged electric guitars with pianos and acoustic guitars, focused even more on his story-telling, and in the end, put out one of his greatest collections of songs he would ever make. Just focusing on the lyrics, Bowie can be found spinning tales about self-proclaimed crazy people (“Kooks”), homosexual desires (“Oh! You Pretty Things”) and giving a Bowie's-eye view of celebrities in “Andy Warhol” and “Song For Bob Dylan.” Bowie even created the greatest Generation X chorus on “Quicksand,” though the song pre-dates that demographic by a couple of decades. Bowie lets loose on “Queen Bitch,” modeled after The Velvet Underground (though it outperforms many of their classics). And hidden among the greatness is the brilliant “Life On Mars,” with its nonsensical yet somehow universal lyrics that speak volumes, and gorgeous orchestrations that swell to orgasmic heights at the song’s close. Hunky Dory’s strengths also come from the little things Bowie added, such as the quaalude-enhanced opening of “Andy Warhol,” the ringing phone at the end of “Life On Mars” (wherein Bowie gives a thumbs-up to that take), and the chanting trolls that close out “The Bewlay Brothers” (okay, maybe the trolls are a figment of my imagination, but after the cavemen line in ‘Life on Mars,” I’m allowed to dream, right?). David Bowie went on to make some of the greatest albums of the 1970s, but for me, he never topped Hunky Dory.
-------------Jonathan Hale
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jeff-PTTL (Jeff), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:46 (nineteen years ago) link
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THE FALL - DRAGNET
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
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NEIL YOUNG - TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link