points: 2101st place votes: 0total votes: 7
SPARKS - KIMONO MY HOUSE
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 10:48 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2111st place votes: 0total votes: 7
CHEAP TRICK - AT BUDOKAN
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 10:54 (nineteen years ago) link
i had the original lp for years and the way it rocked from beginning to end (except for "need your love" and the horrible "i want you to want me") used to leave me wanting more -- if that "want you .." song hadn't been pandemic radio novelty junk back then Live at Budokan wouldn't have been released at all except in Japan, and Rick Nelson reckoned Dream Police wouldn't have been in the can for a year -- the band wouldn't have lost their momentum, as they seem to have peaked around then
this was the band i always wanted to see appear at the pub when i went out at night, ie one that really rocked -- no bullshit, just thoroughly down-to-work rock music from a band that used to work 200 nights of the year, so they knew how to do it live (so it was nice of Albini to let them headline ATP years after all the fuss)
so when i finally got the double cd it was a great thrill -- the encore stuff in the right order right through to Rick mumbling like some bemused tourist "Mmmm.., the great Budokan .." at the beginning before they hit the stage and get that reaction like nothing they'd ever had back home in the u.s. -- i thought there'd have to be filler in a two cd long concert but no, just this endless energy
as good as the original lps are i think that only "high roller" rocks better in the studio -- the live concert, "warts and all" entirety, really does deliver on live rock, something you couldn't say about most old double live lps that fit on single cds
-- george gosset, April 3rd, 2003
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:01 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2121st place votes: 0total votes: 6
STEELY DAN - COUNTDOWN TO ECSTASY
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link
(that's a rhetorical question and does NOT require an answer..)
Countdown To Ecstacy is a fantastic album. My Punk story, the day I bought Never Mind The Bollocks I also bought Pretzel Logic. I played the second one much more.
-- Pete (pb1...), February 27th, 2002.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:17 (nineteen years ago) link
For me the one that bears the most frequent revisiting is Countdown to Ecstasy, but it's unbelievably dark. -- J0hn Darn1elle (edito...), October 20th, 2003
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:19 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2201st place votes: 0total votes: 6
SPARKS - NO.1 IN HEAVEN
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_The Number One Song in Heaven_ -- the album itself is a Giorgio Moroder-produced classic, and for me is easily the equal of his work with Donna Summer. Anyone even slightly interested in how the eighties were invented needs to hear this.
-- Ned Raggett (ne...), August 28th, 2000.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:23 (nineteen years ago) link
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:28 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2221st place votes: 0total votes: 9
CAN - FUTURE DAYS
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:32 (nineteen years ago) link
(err..did that attempt to copy Mike and introduce an element of suspense work? I suspect not.)
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2291st place votes: 1total votes: 9
THE B52s - THE B52s
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:39 (nineteen years ago) link
Future Days is wonderful "finally finding a path home after driving around lost for an hour or so" music. -- Alan N (ala...), February 25th, 2003
'Classic' Can is a chore, Future Days excepted.
-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), February 25th, 2003
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:40 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2311st place votes: 1total votes: 6
PARLIAMENT - FUNKENTELECHY VS. THE PLACEBO SYNDROME
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:43 (nineteen years ago) link
I thought that was going too well..
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:45 (nineteen years ago) link
the first 2 LPs are godlike. -- electric sound of jim (electricsoun...), July 9th, 2003
"Planet Claire" = first single mark s evah bought -- mark s (mar...), September 9th, 2001
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2321st place votes: 0total votes: 10
LEONARD COHEN - SONGS OF LOVE AND HATE
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:49 (nineteen years ago) link
-- M Matos (michaelangelomato...), July 12th, 2002.
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome by Parliament. No gaps, no holes, weird stuff right next to glorious pop moments, doo-wop science-fiction funk with no apologies.
-- Matt C. (cibul...), October 3rd, 2002.
If you're looking for the straight-up, most accessible of the Parliament records that sound like what most people consider the "Parliament sound"--i.e. the "disco-y, funky, rubbery bass kinda stuff you see sample on the G-Funk hip hop albums" that Jason D pointed out--then Funkentelechy is tough to beat. Two killer singles, hilarious dead-on concept w/ great characters and great extended jams. And ironically, in light of the early P-Funk records, it's one of the all-time greatest acid records. -- Naive Teen Idol (matthewjweine...), March 17th, 2003.
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:52 (nineteen years ago) link
Thanks for helping with this.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:57 (nineteen years ago) link
'Songs of Love and Hate' is about as dark as it gets: in particular 'Dress Rehearsal Rag'.
-- Johnathan (johnatha...), July 11th, 2001
Songs of Love and Hate is one of the most perfect albums I've ever heard.
-- Affectian (niche_ia...), May 29th, 2003
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 11:59 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2351st place votes: 0total votes: 9
IGGY AND THE STOOGES - RAW POWER
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:00 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Sean Carruthers (oneiro...), April 29th, 2001.
Raw power isnt even that hot an album except for a few tracks (Search and destroy, Gimme danger). Bowies production is awful too. I know its an obvious thing to say but its true.
-- Michael (carrotbourk...), April 28th, 2001.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:05 (nineteen years ago) link
The great thing about the bass-shy original Raw Power is that you can crank it up really loud on the scuzziest of hi(?)-fi systems ... there's no distorted bass to spoil things, just searing layers of tinny white noise geetar, with Iggy hollering over the top.
-- I.M.Belong (imbelon...), July 20th, 2001
Raw Power lasts for me because it was a live event, more inspirational, it changed the way I walked down the street. -- K-reg (drelocatio...), April 29th, 2001
A fry up, a pint of orange juice, "Raw Power" at max volume and down the pub for opening time. Just do it.
-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), April 28th, 2001
OK, now I work
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2361st place votes: 0total votes: 6
THE SLITS - CUT
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Slits! Cut is great.
-- scott m (srmcd...), August 14th, 2003.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:30 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2361st place votes: 1total votes: 6
NICK DRAKE - BRYTER LAYTER
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The word "gentle" springs to mind - but that's not quite right. This is pastoral, rather than gentle. Its a quiet two fingers up to the city, and a trudge up into the hills to stare at the clouds above... knowing that, at some point, you've got to go back and face the streets, and the hardness - but hey, for now, let's enjoy the view, and each other. Do you hope to find new ways of quenching your thirst?? I'm not talking about Volvic.
I'm not sure how this blurb is going, or where this blurb is going. Perhaps it should end there.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:32 (nineteen years ago) link
P.S. Another tip for searching, esp. with album titles that don't have very distinctive words in them, is to use the Google search (set up on the ILX search page). Google doesn't index all threads, by any means, but it can be handy, esp. as it's much faster and gives you keyword in context.
http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=site%3Ailx.wh3rd.net%20%22raw%20power%22%20 for example
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link
-- hobart paving (elvistear...), April 16th, 2005. (tracklink)This is so endearingly ramshackle! Peel would have approved!
-- mike t-diva (mikejl...), April 16th, 2005.
Endearingly ramshackle...
You're very kind. Some would be a little harsher. What on EARTH was I doing there?
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Key question--how many people actually voted?
― Keith C (kcraw916), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:41 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2371st place votes: 0total votes: 8
THE BEACH BOYS - SURF'S UP
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I'm not sure if that is the original cover.
Surf's Up rules, and if it had any more epics than it contained, it'd probably be too perfect. I appreciate songs like Lookin' At Tomorrow and Student Demonstration Time because they make the Beach Boys seem human.
-- Schwingung (spacela...), November 25th, 2003.
"Sunflower" and "Surf's Up" are absolute classics, almost on par with "Pet Sounds" and better than anything else they did in the 60s.
-- Geir Hongro (geirhon...), November 25th, 2003.
On the Sunflower/Surf's Up tip, I would say the former is the better album, while the latter has four or five absolutely AMAZING, PERFECT songs on it with several clunkers packed in. And, I dunno, This Whole World is a pretty amazing song, too. And yes, those are the albums that prove the melodic genius ran through the entirety of the Wilson family, if not the ear for eccentricity and vocal arrangement skills.
-- Chris O. (coconnor...), November 26th, 2003.
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link
Let's try again:
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2381st place votes: 0total votes: 11
NEU! - NEU!
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― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link
fuck
fuckity fuck
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 12:59 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.zschauer.de/beachboys/bb_surfs_up.jpg
THIS is Surf's up.
It looks very sinister. Is it?
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:03 (nineteen years ago) link
points: 2411st place votes: 0total votes: 8
THE BEATLES - LET IT BE
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Searching the site for "Let It Be" is really very time-consuming, yknow...
― hobart paving (hobart paving), Saturday, 16 April 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link
i mean it would distort things too much and i wouldn't be able to vote for 154 which is godhead
― a. cole, u thic (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Or "Pacific Ocean Blue". ILM had different favourites in those days.
― E Poxy Thee Fule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no, dont remove anything please. You will get much less voters too if you do, people wont be bothered to vote. The results will be different enough.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:46 (fourteen years ago) link
What's missing? From my library: I am Sitting in a Room, Sex Machine, Look-ka Py Py, Food for Thought, The Revolution Will Not be Televised, Delusion of the Fury, Right Time, Cochin Moon, Disco Club, Music for Airports, The Flying Lizards. Would a single one of these garner enough points to make the list? Maybe the Eno.
― Biodegradable (Derelict), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
You will get much less voters too if you do, people wont be bothered to vote.
You could be right about this. But on the other hand, less people vote in polls now because the thinking is "Oh, [x albums] will make up most of the list, and that's boring...zzzz." I can see both sides of this, but not sure what would better suit a re-poll.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
My brain couldn't handle coming up with a best albums of the 80s list, so it certainly won't be able to handle this
― E Poxy Thee Thule (Tom D.), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
fuck all other decades but the 70s imo
Fixed.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
no point in running a poll if you exclude stuff.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
cant believe 'tusk' didnt even place on that poll______________________________Or "Pacific Ocean Blue". ILM had different favourites in those days.
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Indeed. A re-poll is needed.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Start from scratch a la the '80s poll imo.
― DavidM, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Okay, everything will be eligible then. I'm just not looking forward to seeing the same ol'. Do not disappoint me, nominators and voters!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:18 (fourteen years ago) link
As i said, start the thread off with every album nominated last time so we can all add to it and make it really comprehensive.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
naw, Johnny Fever, your OG idea is great, ignore this dude
― mooncup journey to vaja (The Reverend), Tuesday, 1 December 2009 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm ready for this!
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Any position on the canon/no-canon debate?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 03:47 (fourteen years ago) link
ILX 70s album poll - results
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
FIRMLY FOR NO-CANON
― balearific, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno how many votes we get but i think all of mine will go to the cars debut JUST TO MAKE MOTHERFUCKING SURE
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm going to use the same system Tuomas did, except nominations will have no limit.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 05:09 (fourteen years ago) link
steve reich - drummingphilip glass - music in 12 parts
― it's like 10,000 goons when all you need is a trife (m bison), Thursday, 3 December 2009 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
oops!
So, what do we need to do?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 3 December 2009 04:37 (fourteen years ago) link
go here and get to nominatin'DAMN THE CANON! It's the Alternate 1970s Albums Poll on ILX — Nominations Thread (Due by 11:59pm GMT, December 14th)
― WmC, Thursday, 3 December 2009 04:40 (fourteen years ago) link
What a great poll. Too bad I missed it!
― US EEL (u s steel), Friday, 4 December 2009 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link