don't think about it too much, just go-
Song Cycle - Van Dyke ParksMellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing PumpkinsInsignificance - Jim O'RourkeThe White Album - The BeatlesAlien Observer - Grouper
― flappy bird, Friday, 30 September 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
Wow, slow day on ILM.
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 30 September 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
Kate Bush - Hounds of LoveGuided By Voices - Bee ThousandSongs: Ohia - Didn't It RainXTC - SkylarkingBiosphere - Substrata
― ciderpress, Friday, 30 September 2016 16:53 (seven years ago) link
Angelic 2 the Core : Angelic Funkadelic / Angelic Rockadelic1st Glimpse of HeavenFormer Child ActorStill Searching for SoulLove Left
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 30 September 2016 16:57 (seven years ago) link
blue nile: hatsscritti politti: cupid & psychedebarge: in a special wayjanet jackson: the velvet ropedj sprinkles: midtown 120 blues
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 30 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
Prince and the Revolution - ParadeThe Cure - PornographyOrbital - In SidesA Tribe Called Quest - The Low End TheoryThe Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good
― ¶ (DJP), Friday, 30 September 2016 17:00 (seven years ago) link
A random five from here:
The Chills – Submarine BellsEarth, Wind & Fire – Raise!Human League - DareKing Sunny Ade - AuraErykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 30 September 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
Scott walker - tiltMeat puppets - up on the sunTalk talk - laughingstockSibelius: Symphonies 4&7 and Tapiola - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Lorin MaazelJerry Goldsmith - Alien, complete film score (Intrada Records)
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Friday, 30 September 2016 17:08 (seven years ago) link
now! that's what i call music vol. 3now! that's what i call music vol. 17now! that's what i call music vol. 18now! that's what i call music vol. 45in the wee small hours
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Friday, 30 September 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
Mercyful Fate - MelissaPink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of DawnCan - Future DaysMiles Davis - In a Silent WayPrince - Purple Rain
― jmm, Friday, 30 September 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
pavement - slanted and enchanteddaft punk - discoverybark psychosis - hexbeach boys - pet soundssonic youth - sister
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Friday, 30 September 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
Tindersticks -TindersticksBrian Eno - On LandMiles Davis- Sketches of SpainIron Maiden - Live After DeathAlice Coltrane - Ptah, the El Daoud
― Sunn O))) Brother Where Art Thou? (Chinaski), Friday, 30 September 2016 18:03 (seven years ago) link
Mylene Farmer - Ainsi Soit JeFaye Wong - FableABBA - Super TrouperMonica Brodka - GrandaHole - Live Through This
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 30 September 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
oh goodness idk something like this maybe in no particular order
miles davis - get up with itjoni mitchell - court and sparkmanu chao - clandestinosmog - a river ain't too much to lovebig youth - screaming target
― marcos, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
@turrican - i want to dig through these and find new favorites :)
― flappy bird, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
yo la tengo - i can the heart...joanna newsom - have one on mejoni mitchell - bluekendrick lamar - good kid, maad citytalking heads - remain in light
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
Broadcast & the Focus Group - Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio AgeHerbie Hancock - MwandishiLed Zeppelin - Physical GraffitiRoyal Trux - Cats & DogsBasia - Time & Tide
― Our Salads Are Now Almost Entirely Blood-Free! (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 September 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac - TuskGuided by Voices - Alien LanesMichael Mayer - ImmerR.E.M. - MurmurBjörk - Homogenic
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
The Dalrymple Sisters - May We Introduce Ourselves? (1955)The Dalrymple Sisters - Sing Our Favorite Country Western Hits (1958)The Dalrymple Sisters - Feelin' Groovy (1968)Connie Dalrymple - On a Little Bamboo Bridge: The Last Solo Sessions - 1969-1970 (released 2004)Carrie, Cathy, and Cindy Dalrymple - Full Circle (2005)
― hippie lady from california who loves that god (unregistered), Friday, 30 September 2016 18:37 (seven years ago) link
Radiohead - Kid ALed Zeppelin - IIPearl Jam - VitalogyBeatles - White AlbumNirvana - In Utero
― LimbsKing, Friday, 30 September 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
talking heads - remain in lightlaurie anderson - united states livepublic enemy - fear of a black planetbob dylan - highway 61 revisitedfall out boy - folie a deux
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Friday, 30 September 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
moodymann - dj-kicksgigi masin - talk to the seakate bush - before the dawn (haven't heard this yet but one snippet and yeah)baronness - purplelarry levan - live at the paradise garage
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
larry levan - live at the paradise garage
This is a new favourite of mine too. I've been playing it a ton lately.
― jmm, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
nas- illmaticmy bloody valentine - lovelessbig star - radio cityneutral milk hotel - aeroplanethe-dream - love/hate
― k3vin k., Friday, 30 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Cocteau Twins - VictorialandThe Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss MePet Shop Boys - VeryDaft Punk - DiscoveryFever Ray - Fever Ray
― LeRooLeRoo, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
― jmm, Friday, September 30, 2016 8:13 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
high five! someone on here recently mentioned the last track (on the disco thread maybe?), and it made me realize how ridiculous it was i had never heard it. so great.
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
Lilys - Eccsame the Photon BandThe Clientele - Suburban LightSun Kil Moon - Admiral Fell Promises (cheating answer: "& Ghosts of the Great Highway")Glenn Jones - My Garden StateStudio - Yearbook 1
― Evan, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
Cardiacs - Sing to GodYellow Magic Orchestra - BGMEcholyn - s/t (2012)Can - Ege BamyasiSusumu Hirasawa - Technique of Relief
― frogbs, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
ABC - The Lexicon of LoveAssociates - Sulk Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup Bjork - Homogenic
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, September 30, 2016 3:19 PM (twenty minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh wow this is fabulous
― marcos, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
another green worldastral weekswowee zoweedisintegrationtotally crushed out
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:40 (seven years ago) link
someone on here recently mentioned the last track (on the disco thread maybe?)
That was probably me on the poll thread for this album. I love that track, especially with Levan's overdubs.
― jmm, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Albums? What are albums?
Stereolab - Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (Duophonic 2xLP)Terry Snyder and the All-Stars - Persuasive Percussion, Volume 2 (Command LP)Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Warner Brothers 2xLP)Berio - Sinfonia : The Swingle Singers New York Philharmonic, cond. Berio / Bartok - Music for String Instruments, Percussion and Celesta: New York Philharmonic, cond. Bernstein (CBS Masterworks Portrait LP)Yes - Going For The One (Atlantic LP)
― Jeff W, Friday, 30 September 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
fun house?exile on main street?tago mago?close to the edge?revolver?
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
way to double up on the berio bartok!
i already hate my choices btw, i forgot prince and cluster...
― I wish you could see my home. It's... it's so... exciting (Jon not Jon), Friday, 30 September 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
― jmm, Friday, September 30, 2016 8:43 PM (eighteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah it was, thank you!
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
miles davis - in a silent waystevie wonder - songs in the key of lifesaint etienne - foxbase alphaaphex twin - selected ambient works 85-92
only 4, sorry
― brimstead, Friday, 30 September 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
haha damn you're killing me
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
Double Nickels on the DimeNew Age LoonI Want to See the Bright Lights TonightAfter the Gold RushThe Modern Dance
― seafaring funnyman Jacques Custos (rip van wanko), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
shit, how did I forget New Age Loon
― Our Salads Are Now Almost Entirely Blood-Free! (Old Lunch), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
5. the incredible string band - the hangman's beautiful daughter
― brimstead, Friday, 30 September 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
*phew*
― savvinesslessness (map), Friday, 30 September 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts(5 concerts)
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
https://seriouslynotboring.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/4harriet1.jpg
― brimstead, Friday, 30 September 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
the band - the bandkendrick lamar - to pimp a butterflysteely dan - ajathe clash - london callingd'angelo - voodoo
― I know hoes that know Ali Farka Toure (voodoo chili), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
"The White Album" - The Beatles"Piper at the Gates of Dawn" - Pink Floyd"Death of a Ladies Man" - Leonard Cohen"Radioactivity" - Kraftwerk"Axis Bold as Love" - Jimi Hendrix
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
I'll do one per decade
60s: Coltrane & Hartman - s/t70s: Can - Ege Bamyasi80s: Tom Waits - Rain Dogs90s: Stereolab - Dots & Loops00s: Panda Bear - Person Pitch
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac, "Tusk"Sonny Sharrock, "Ask the Ages"Talking Heads, "More Songs About Buildings and Food"Brian Eno, "Here Come the Warm Jets"Bruce Springsteen, "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (or really, a "Darkness"-era live album)
Would be different next month/week/tomorrow/later today.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 September 2016 21:35 (seven years ago) link
5 is so cruel and darwinistic
Iggy & The Stooges - Raw PowerDinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over MeSlayer - Show No MercyBurzum - Det som engang varBurzum - Filosofem (yeah.. whatever.. fuck variety in a 5 point list)
― punksishippies, Friday, 30 September 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
@turrican - i want to dig through these and find new favorites :)― flappy bird, Friday, September 30, 2016 6:18 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― flappy bird, Friday, September 30, 2016 6:18 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
You can find 99.9% of the albums posted so far and much more besides here:
http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/all-time
― pen pineapple apple pen (Turrican), Friday, 30 September 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
absolutely - I always liked that album but somehow during one 45-minute drive the whole thing completely clicked for me and I've never heard it the same way since
definitely checking out the other albums on that list now
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Aka/Darbari/Java is so good, nothing else quite like it
― sleeve, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 20:41 (seven years ago) link
b-52s - bouncing off the satellites
This is an interesting opinion, one I don't think is widely shared.
― Their all losers and I like associating with loser (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 19 October 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
― sleeve, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 1:41 PM (twenty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
for sure, a hugely inspirational album to me, from a creative standpoint
― brimstead, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 21:05 (seven years ago) link
xpost Yeah, generally Bouncing off the Satellites is really underrated but I could never put it ahead of The B-52's, Cosmic Thing or Wild Planet.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 21:06 (seven years ago) link
BOtS has an emotional resonance for me that i don't get with their other albums
― clouds, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Fine, okay I'll do another one:
The Beach Boys - Surf's UpTalking Heads - Stop Making SenseRashad Becker - Traditional Music Of Notional Species Vol.1Animal Collective - Sung TongsJon Hopkins & King Creosote - Diamond Mine
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Thursday, 20 October 2016 10:19 (seven years ago) link
Humble Pie - As Safe As Yesterday IsHumble Pie - stDru Down - Can You Feel MeGrouper - Violet ReplacementBarna Howard - st
― rizzx, Thursday, 20 October 2016 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel RoadJanet Jackson - The Velvet RopeTori Amos - From the Choir Girl HotelSarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards EcstasyBen Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
― kruezer2, Thursday, 20 October 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
90s alt-rock edition:
The Jesus Lizard - LiarPolvo - Celebrate the New Dark AgeHazel - Toreador of LoveHelium - The Dirt of LuckCodeine - The White Birch
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
Television - Marquee MoonOwen Pallett - HeartlanddEUS - Worst Case ScenarioSource Direct - Exorcise the DemonsElliott Smith - XO
― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, 29 October 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
American Music Club - MercuryAmerican Music Club - EverclearAmerican Music Club - United KingdomMark Eitzel - 60 Watt Silver Lining
Just remembering how great they are.
Pieter Nooten & Michael Brook - Sleeps With Fishes
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 29 October 2016 16:02 (seven years ago) link
Pharaoh Sanders You Gotta Have FreedomThem The Story OfBurning Spear Marcus Garvey.Poky Erickson Longbranch SaloonModern Lovers s/t
― Stevolende, Saturday, 29 October 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
Marcus Garvey is a sick album. I haven't listened to it for years - will probably soulseek it later.
― calzino, Saturday, 29 October 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
Trying to type things on a phone's buttonsRoky Erickson Longbranch Saloon& Pharaoh Sanders You've Got To Have Freedom (especially disc 1)
― Stevolende, Saturday, 29 October 2016 17:16 (seven years ago) link
& yeah Marcus Garvey really is something else. I always found it mixed well inot Can and electric Miles davis among other stuff.Got a weird spaciousness.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 29 October 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 1The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 2The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 3The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 4The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 5
Honourable mention:The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965–1968 Disc 6
― Adam J Duncan, Saturday, 29 October 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Cecil Taylor, Air Above MountainsCecil Taylor, The Cecil Taylor UnitCecil Taylor, 3 PhasisCecil Taylor, Live in the Black ForestCecil Taylor, One Too Many Salty Swift and Not Goodbye
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 October 2016 19:54 (seven years ago) link
are those really your favorites
― clouds, Saturday, 29 October 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
Today they are.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 October 2016 20:17 (seven years ago) link
:-)
― clouds, Saturday, 29 October 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Henry Threadgill 5. I'm not familiar with his Air stuff so probably glaring omissions, but he's a marvel imo.
Henry Threadgill Sextett - Rag, Bush and AllHenry Threadgill Sextett - You Know The NumberHenry Threadgill & Very Very Circus - Spirit of Nuff .... NuffHenry Threadgill - Too Much Sugar For a DimeHenry Threadgill & Make A Move - Where's Your Cup
― calzino, Saturday, 29 October 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
OK if we're all just taking the piss now here's the last 5 albums I recently enjoyed more than most:
The Blood Brothers - Young MachetesEfterklang - Parades...And You Will Know us by the Trail of Dead - Tao of the DeadA Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot SeeRuins - Tzomborgha
― ultros ultros-ghali, Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:01 (seven years ago) link
I prefer Threadgill's non-Air stuff myself. All those albums are great.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:38 (seven years ago) link
He is so great, I only just got into him last year with his zooid In for a penny album, which I thought was pretty great. But much of his 90's/00's output is amazing.
― calzino, Saturday, 29 October 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
black dice - beaches & canyonshole - celebrity skincassie - s/truff sqwad - guns & roses vol. 2meat puppets - II
^^ top of my head. today.
― rusty_allen, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:09 (seven years ago) link
Ruins - Tzomborgha
ooooh, yeah!
― frogbs, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
I mean, some days I swear Ruins is the greatest thing on the planet
Pet Shop Boys - ActuallyPropaganda - A Secret WishSaint Etienne - So ToughMoose - Live A Little, Love A LotRachel Stevens - Come And Get It
― daavid, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:18 (seven years ago) link
jefferson airplane - surrealistic pillowjefferson airplane - after bathing at baxtersjefferson airplane - crown of creationjefferson airplane - volunteersjefferson airplane - bless its pointed little head
― brimstead, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
― daavid, Friday, November 4, 2016 11:18 AM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hell yeah
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 4 November 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
damn haven't thought about moose in a while
― ciderpress, Friday, 4 November 2016 18:30 (seven years ago) link
Television - Marquee MoonOwen Pallett - HeartlanddEUS - Worst Case ScenarioSource Direct - Exorcise the DemonsElliott Smith - XO― Le Bateau Ivre, Saturday, October 29, 2016 2:04 AM (six days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
winner
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 4 November 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
Sleep - DopesmokerDarkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern SkyThe Congos- Heart of the CongosPet Shop Boys - ActuallyIgor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
― Neil S, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
hah I see someone else just nommed Actually!
― Neil S, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah, If I had to pick one album, it would probably be that one.
― daavid, Friday, 4 November 2016 21:56 (seven years ago) link
I went for Behaviour but it's hard to argue with Actually. Very was on a couple of lists at the beginning of the thread as well. Those are the three Pet Shop masterpieces for me.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 4 November 2016 22:00 (seven years ago) link
^ Classic PSB trilogy
― Trump le Monde (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 4 November 2016 22:03 (seven years ago) link
Bonkers Bonkers 2: Now We're Totally BonkersBonkers 3: A Journey into Madness Bonkers 4: World Frenzy Bonkers 5: Anarchy in the Universe
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Friday, 4 November 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
good call
― Neil S, Friday, 4 November 2016 22:16 (seven years ago) link
Introspective is another great PSB record
― Neil S, Friday, 4 November 2016 22:18 (seven years ago) link
Tinashe - NightrideAngelo Badalamenti - Fire Walk With MeSister Irene O'connor - Fire Of God's LoveBoogie - Thirst 48, Pt. IIBrandy Clark - Big Day in a Small Town
― JacobSanders, Monday, 14 November 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
nice
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 14 November 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link
Phafner - OverdriveHighway - HighwayGoldenrod - GoldenrodGrand Funk Railroad - Live 1971Magnolia Electric Co. - Trials & Errors
― rizzx, Monday, 14 November 2016 09:45 (seven years ago) link
The Joshua TreeThe Queen is DeadThe Freewheelin' Bob DylanReading, Writing & Arithmetic69 Love Songs
― the pinefox, Monday, 14 November 2016 09:49 (seven years ago) link
No Lloyd Cole?
― Neptune Bingo (Michael B), Monday, 14 November 2016 10:36 (seven years ago) link
I think he'll have to be at #6 with his first solo LP.
― the pinefox, Monday, 14 November 2016 11:00 (seven years ago) link
It's a close-run thing for sure.
But "69 Love Songs" is a triple album. Doesn't that count as three?
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 14 November 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
Nah, there have been plenty of double albums mentioned itt
― flappy bird, Monday, 14 November 2016 20:57 (seven years ago) link