ILX 70s album poll - results

-- Clyde (clyd...), August 27th, 2002.

points: 299
1st place votes: 1
total votes 12

MILES DAVIS - BITCHES BREW

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-- Josh (kortbei...), August 29th, 2002.

points: 300
1st place votes: 1
total votes: 9

BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND - THE BASEMENT TAPES

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More either later or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow.

-- Amateurist (amateuris...), March 19th, 2003

100. VA - Nuggets
99. New York Dolls - s/t
98. David Bowie - Heroes
97. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside
96. Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town
95. The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys
94. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
93. Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach
92. Sparks - Kimono My House
91. Cheap Trick - Live at Budokan
90. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstacy
89. Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven
88. Can - Future Days
87. The B52s - The B52s
86. Parliament - Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome
85. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love and Hate
84. Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
83. The Slits - Cut
82. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
81. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
80. Neu! - Neu!
79. The Beatles - Let It Be
78. John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band
77. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
76. Big Star - Third
75. John Cale - Paris 1919
74. Donna Summer - On the Radio
73. Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
72. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
71. Parliament - The Mothership Connection
70. Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
69. VA - Saturday Night Fever
68. Wire - Chairs Missing
67. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
66. Led Zeppelin - IV
65. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
64. Big Star - #1 Record
63. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
62. David Bowie - Station to Station
61. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
60. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
59. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
58. Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes

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.

58 A Tribute to Jack Johnson Miles Davis
59 Rocket to Russia The Ramones
60 Plastic Ono Band John Lennon
61 Surf's Up Beach Boys
62 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 Floyd
68 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock
69 IV Faust
70 Dark Side Of The Moon Pink Floyd
71 The Payback James Brown
72 Red King Crimson
73 Van Halen Van Halen
74 Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen
75 Houses Of The Holy Led Zeppelin
76 Parallel Lines Blondie
77 Aladdin Sane David Bowie
78 Expensive Shit Anikulapo Kuti & Africa '70
79 Sail Away Randy Newman
80 Hunky Dory David Bowie
81 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 Wire
86 Blue Joni Mitchell
87 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 Kuti
91 20 Jazz Funk Greats Throbbing Gristle
92 The Man-Machine Kraftwerk
93 Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix
94 Starless and Bible Black King Crimson
95 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin
96 The Idiot Iggy Pop
97 The Harder They Come Various Artists
98 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt
99 After The Goldrush Neil Young
100 Before and After Science Brian Eno

i think i slightly prefer the ILM results, but there's not a lot in it.

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.

Don't worry. Its an easy mistake to make. Anyone could have done it.

points: 310
1st place votes: 0
total votes: 13

THE CONGOS - HEART OF THE CONGOS

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This is probably one of my five favorite albums of all time.-- Bofus (bofus...), November 8th, 2001.

points: 310
1st place votes: 0
total votes: 12

FLEETWOOD MAC - RUMOURS

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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

Absolutely, if you must have only one reggae album, this is the one. Just sublime.

Headhunters wasn't nominated...would have been my #2.

-- Nikayla Crews (frozenlove197...), April 20th, 2004.

Well, I did nominate Sextant, and it was my #1.

points: 320
1st place votes: 2
total 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 and
cohesiveness are not only not opposed but are mutually defining and
sustaining.

iii) It's like a super-advanced polyphony - the lines are so
independent that
they'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

I must have some PROG! I demand to have some PROG!

points: 321
1st place votes: 1
total 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 the
annals of popular music is an injustice that has yet to be corrected.
Sure, among music fans his name is known and respected, but try
dropping his name outside of ILM or your local record store. "Richard
Who?" is the inevitable refrain. "I Want To See The Bright Lights
Tonight" is Thompson's tour-de-force, consisting of his best set of
songs, all wrapped in an almost ridiculous, painful sorrow. While
tracks like "Withered and Died" and "End of the Rainbow" couldn't be
more stark and depressing, the gravity of the lyrics is countervailed
by a buoyancy that pervades the music, giving it life and beauty.
It's possible the darkness and pessimism of Thompson's music is what
puts 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 the
U.S.

------------Keith C

points: 330
1st place votes: 2
total 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

points: 337
1st place votes: 0
total votes: 8

THE FALL - DRAGNET

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points: 337
1st place votes: 0
total votes: 10

NEIL YOUNG - TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT

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Fleetwood Mac go above The Congos because their highest placing was 2nd, compared to 5th. Neil Young and The Fall both had 2nd places, so the total number of votes decides the placing.

Dragnet. No contest.

-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), October 14th, 2002.

The true heart of the mighty Fall beats in the gnarled, beer n' woodbines sound of Dragnet and the early singles.

-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), February 12th, 2002.

The lowest of lo-fi and absolutely fantastic! Intense, spooky garage fun, AND has some rarely mentioned Fall classic tracks. The best Fall album IMHO.

-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), July 10th, 2001 1:00 AM.

It's the absolute essence of The Fall, never bettered.

-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), July 11th, 2001

Dragnet is real Fallmusik - accept no other (except Room To Live, Hex, Witch Trials)

-- Dr C (Daveatcrossdee...), September 10th, 2001

(In answer to: Which FALL album do you get first?)

Not a single vote for Dragnet then?

-- Nag! Nag! Nag! (MarquisChaCha...), August 28th, 2003 5:47 AM.

Dragnet

-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), August 28th, 2003 10:56 AM.

points: 338
1st place votes: 0
total votes: 11

STEELY DAN - PRETZEL LOGIC

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On the Beach is alright, but Tonight's the Night's peerless.

-- otto (ottomanjense...), March 28th, 2004

The only Neil Young album I can love. There's something so dark and tragic yet playful in it. And you can shout along with it brilliantly.

-- Omar (o.muno...), May 2nd, 2001

"Tonight's the Night" is one of the most gloriously, strangely f***ed up records I've ever heard. He just sounds like his hanging on the edge of complete mental collapse. But oddly indifferent to it. Most of his early solo albums have a similar kind of catastrophic feel to them. I think he's great for bad hangovers.

-- Johnathan (blis...), May 2nd, 2001

in answer to 'Name a so-called classic album which you think is a real stinker':

every record by Neil Young except Tonight's the Night.
-- o.munoz (o.muno...), January 12th, 2001

-- Baaderonixxx le Jeune (fabfon...), November 19th, 2004.