points: 6831st place votes: 3total votes: 18
THE MODERN LOVERS - THE MODERN LOVERS
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 12:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pradaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
ist album is a classic. plus it's hilarious. "I'm Straight" is one of the funniest songs ever, whilst still being a good rock song. "Roadrunner," "Astral Plane," "Pablo Picasso," "She Cracked," "Old World," "Modern World" are all fine tracks as well. Someone thought this was awhiny album, maybe a little but not on the really good tracks. Whoever said it was proto-indie wank or something is just failing to appreciate a pretty unique album. Recorded in 71, the VU influence is obvious but other than that it pretty outside of what was going on in rock at the time. That said, I don't think any of Richman's later stuff has been nearly as good -- g (graysonlan...), December 11th, 2001.
an obvious classic and "she cracked" alone still means a lot for me. -- Marco Damiani (magog0...), November 16th, 2004.
[sputtering]...he INVENTED punk rock on The Modern Lovers!
-- M Matos (michaelangelomato...), April 12th, 2002.
i burned a copy of this for my girlfriend, and she told me they were a shitty Doors ripoff. She doesn't know it, but i still haven't forgiven her for that. -- Felcher (wangchungvsah...), September 17th, 2003
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 12:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 6921st place votes: 0total votes: 20
DAVID BOWIE - THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
The TV announcer begins, telling us all of our imminent demise and the rest is a "what the fuck, its all over, let's take what we can get" ride. The last ever rock n roll band appearing, entrancing the kids, and getting torn to shreds. The aliens whispering over the airwaves, and those willing to listen going out, staring at the sky and hoping for some sort of salvation.
It ends with a stagger home, a lit cigarette, screeching brakes as the singer assures you you aren't alone, he'll comfort you, he'll make it all okay. Perhaps you just need to go home, come down, it'll all be okay. The world will be allright, and you imagined everything.
Not completely consistent, but which of his albums is? It doesn't need to be. The result is a technicolour dystopian dream - frightening and utterly seductive.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:29 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 6981st places: 1total votes: 19
GANG OF FOUR - ENTERTAINMENT
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pradaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link
At least The Sex Pistols made top 20--glad the public turnaround on that isn't too intense. And also good to see Kraftwerk and Bowie's best albums both make the top 20.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 13:59 (nineteen years ago) link
Blondie - Parallel LinesEno - Before and After ScienceDylan - Blood on the TracksBuzzcocks - Singles Going SteadyBruce - Born to Run (?) Clash - London CallingKraftwerk - Trans-EuropeMarv - What's Goin' OnPiL - Metal BoxStones - ExileSly - RiotT. Rex - Electric Warrior
Am I missing anything?
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:04 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd bet money against this.
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:10 (nineteen years ago) link
"Entertainment!" is a great album. And "Solid Gold" and "Songs of the Free" are real good ones. -- Not That Chuck (noemai...), December 16th, 2003.
Entertainment! sounds like the beginning of something, (1st alb) a kind of simple, brilliant template for a band: solid-state MGs revamped for maximum spike + Frankfurt school shouting, GO! (exercise: play "Damaged Goods" and "Green Onions" back to back)-- g.cannon (misterhungr...), September 26th, 2002.Entertainment! (Warner Bros., BSK 3446) LPSolid Gold (Warner Bros., BSK 3565) LP
After these, they fell off hard. But these are classics. Listen to the beginning of "Anthrax" if you wanna hear where just about every Albini-played guitar sound comes from (aside from the times when he rips off Metal Urbain, that is).
-- hstencil (hstenci...), December 9th, 2002.
I listened to Gang of Four's Entertainment! while watching a documentary about the a-bomb. There wasn't much synching going on, suprisingly enough. But then, I was also folding laundry. -- dave225 (adspac...), November 24th, 2003.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I'd be interested in seeing those predictions, though.
the 70s poll (albs and singles) predictions and things are posted here, i guess
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I'll start it up again.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lee F# (fsharp), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 7321st place votes: 0total votes: 22
STEVIE WONDER - INNERVISIONS
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Innervisions
Stevie's third post-liberation album, and arguably the peak of his career.Dazzlingly diverse, from bubble-jazz to stately piano ballads to singalonggospel funk, but effortlessly commercial too (is that a Carpenters influenceI hear on "Golden Lady"?). Every track could be - and probably was - eitheran FM or AM radio staple. Lyrically, it's gently hippie and gently sociallyconscious, which only adds to its crossover appeal. Faultless, basically
Jeff Worrell
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:36 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 7321st place votes: 4total votes: 18
THE ROLLING STONES - EXILE ON MAIN STREET
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If the Rolling Stones had only released Exile on MainStreet, they'd still have a good claim for "World'sGreatest Rock and Roll Band." A double album thatdeserves all 4 sides. Xgau says "Weary andcomplicated, barely afloat in its own drudgery, itrocks with extra power and concentration as a result,"in a remarkably lucid and entirely accurate remark. An album that sounds good at first listen andexponentially better on the 10th or the 100th. Absolutely amazing and essential.
Matt Sab
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:38 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 7461st place votes: 0total votes: 19
MARVIN GAYE - WHAT'S GOING ON?
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link
However, it sounds downright futuristic compared to that half-awful Marvin Gaye album. Oh well.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link
I mean, yeah, I'd rather listen to retro synth-funk that than the snoozetastic "timeless" "What's Going On?"
well, yeah.
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:56 (nineteen years ago) link
Teenage Fanclub "Grand Prix"/"Songs from Northern Britain"Scritti Politti "Cupid & Psyche 85"Comet Gain "Realistes"Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"Paul Weller "Paul Weller" -- Michael White (michaelwhite3...), December 13th, 2002.
(from the "albums that make you indescribably happy" thread)
Marvin Gaye "What's Going On"I don't think I ever put it on without playing from start to finish
-- webcrack (signon2...), December 17th, 2003.
Marvin Gaye might be the godfather of soul. Extremely pure and spiritual. Almost like someone singing a prayer. A tad annoying. Curtis Mayfield on the other hand is more funky, more urban, more dirty. I prefer his version of soul. And you? -- alex in mainhattan (alex6...), June 24th, 2004.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:00 (nineteen years ago) link
Innervisions has some fantastic tracks on it - personally, "Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing" is one of my favourite tracks ever. Another one I forgot to nominate for the poll.
There are quite a few I skip, though.
jaymc - my choices too, With living for the city chucked in.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
bach obviously sounds like the third millenium! innervisions is just dull and annoys me. i don't remember any song on there. the production is totally not my cup of tea.
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 7581st place votes: 0total votes: 24
BUZZCOCKS - SINGLES GOING STEADY
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
I like 'em lots. They should do a cover of Haddaway's "What Is Love?"What is laaaahhff?!
-- Anthony Miccio (anthonymicci...), March 23rd, 2003.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I think that Innervisions sounds great - though it's not Wonder's best, or even in the top three. But it's far from dull. And it doesn't really sound dated - in fact I'd say it sounds a lot less dated than most of the albums on this list. You can turn on the radio and hear lots of contemporary songs (e.g., Alicia Keys) that aren't too far removed from what Wonder was doing on Innervisions, and they are no more nostalgia-driven than something like Franz Ferdinand which sounds like Gang of Four, which is at least as dated as Innervisions.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
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So classic it hurts. The Sex Pistols or the Saints may have been better bands (debatable), but within the realm of "punk" music there is no finer LP than Singles Going Steady. Who'd have thought that punk could be informed by pop/psychedelia/Krautrock and thrive? I love how "Orgasm Addict" and a few others throw in the occasional weird 7/8 time signature, just so they can hack through a tangled thicket of syllables and arrive at an unforgettable chorus just that much quicker. "Why Can't I Touch It?" could almost pass for a punk version of "Thank You For Talking To Me Africa". As for being a bad influence, maybe; but they were also a GOOD influence on Husker Du, which is alright by me. And Maher was indeed one hell of a drummer. I have a new favourite every time - last time it was "Boredom", next time "I Don't Mind." (Or make that "I Don't Mi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yind"!) -- Myonga Von Bontee (scottyfield...), August 10th, 2004.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 7581st place votes: 1total votes: 22
PiL - METAL BOX
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
I was out eating dinner once a few years back, in a posh new restaurant with a DJ (before the place caught on and became impossibly crowded all the time), and he snuck this song into his set making me hear it as I hadn't for a while. I bought Innversions on CD not long after (not that I didn't already have it on vinyl and cassette). Actually, I don't think it's perfect, but the good material is very very good.
― RS_LaRue (RSLaRue), Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:29 (nineteen years ago) link
2nd edition is a prog album. poptones.
a best of the 70s list without yes, floyd, and zeppelin's just a bit autistic, don't you think?
― the ghost of 76, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link