weighted ballot - feels ridiculously apples n oranges now (and the more I worked on it):
1-10:The Meters - RejuvenationSlapp Happy - Acnalbasac Noom Can - Soon Over BabalumaCan - Tago MagoRoxy Music - For Your PleasureBlack Sabbath - ParanoidWire - 154X-Ray Spex - Germ Free AdolescentsIggy & The Stooges - Raw PowerT. Rex - Electric Warrior
11-20:Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' OnMott The Hoople - MottParliament - Mothership ConnectionThe Slits - CutJobriath - Creatures Of The StreetRolling Stones - Exile On Main St.Van Der Graaf Generator – Godbluff'The Stooges - Fun HouseCurtis Mayfield - SuperflyFunkadelic - Maggot Brain
21-30:Miles Davis - Get Up With It Isley Brothers - The Heat Is OnNeu! - s/tCaptain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Clear SpotJoy Division - Unknown PleasuresMandrill - Composite TruthFaust - Faust IV Big Star - Radio CityWire - Chairs MissingRufus & Chaka Khan - Rufusized
31-40:David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsCan - Ege BamyasiSuicide - SuicidePIL - Metal BoxThe Meters - Fire On The BayouBlack Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody SabbathThin Lizzy – FightingThe Modern Lovers - The Modern LsqoversT. Rex - The SliderBuzzcocks - Spiral Scratch
41-50:War - The World Is a GhettoNeu! - Neu! 75Chrome - Half Machine Lip MovesVan Der Graaf Generator - Still LifeWire - Pink FlagThe Pop Group - YSly & The Family Stone - FreshPere Ubu - Terminal TowerCan - Future DaysAmon Düül II - Wolf City
51-60:James Brown - The PaybackHenry Cow - In Praise Of LearningOhio Players - FireAmon Düül II - YetiLa Dusseldorf - La DusseldorfLed Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IVMiles Davis - Dark MagusBrian Eno - Here Come the Warm JetsMagazine - Real LifeYoko Ono - Fly
61-70:Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz funk GreatsBlack Sabbath - SabotageIan Dury - New Boots and PantiesPere Ubu - The Modern DanceMiles Davis - PangaeaThe Pretty Things - ParachuteRichard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank GenerationPere Ubu - Dub HousingPeter Hammill – OverMagma - s/t
71-80:Funkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It OnHawkwind - Warrior on the Edge of TimeBootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber BandRoxy Music - StrandedDr John - In The Right PlaceBlue Öyster Cult - s/tVan der Graaf Generator – Pawn HeartsLed Zeppelin - PresenceArmand Schaubroeck - RatfuckerMott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
81-90:Kleenex - LiliputThin Lizzy - JailbreakCaptain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)Magazine - Secondhand DaylightGary Wilson - You Think You Really Know MeTodd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True StarGong - Camembert ElectriqueWar - All Day MusicFela Kuti - ZombieCaptain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Lick my decals off baby
91-100:Fela Kuti – ShakaraCurtis Mayfield - CurtisTubeway Army - Tubeway ArmyPeter Hammill - Nadir's Big ChanceIsley Brothers - 3+3Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. - The Third and Final ReportRoxy Music - Country LifeDevo - Q: Are we not men ? A: We Are Devo Popol Vuh - Coeur de VerreFaust - Tapes
― Paul, Friday, 29 March 2013 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
that slapp happy album sure proved popular
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 03:27 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I said too low once during the rollout. I even held my tongue with Master Of Reality, as I didn't want to give away any hint of how its nemesis Vol 4 kicked the shit out of it with unnecessary roughness.
Because these, THESE are TOO. FUCKING. LOW.
512 Night Sun - Mournin' 384 3 0 534 November - 2:a 350 3 0 541 Blackwater Park - Dirt Box 337 2 0 549 Heavy Metal Kids - Heavy Metal Kids 325 3 0 589 Thin Lizzy - Fighting 266 3 0 595 Sweet - Sweet Fanny Adams 262 2 0 609 Speed, Glue & Shinki - Eve 243 2 0 628 Crack The Sky - Crack The Sky 216 2 0 676 Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds Of The Western World 168 2 0 767 Cockney Rebel - Psychomodo 96 1 0
And these I can't complain about because I didn't vote for 'em, but they're great albums. I was tempted to completely push indie-canon items (Modern Lovers, Television, Joy Division, GO4, PiL, Wire, X-Ray Spex) completely off my ballot to make room for some of them.
521 Sand - Golem 368 3 0 528 Groundhogs - Hogwash 357 3 0 544 Scorpions - In Trance 335 4 0 555 Flower Travellin' Band - Make Up 317 3 0 569 Dust - Hard Attack 292 3 0 577 Frijid Pink - s/t 281 3 0 580 Debris - Static Disposal 277 2 0 582 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 275 3 0 592 Jerusalem - Jerusalem 263 2 0 604 Gong - The Flying Teapot, Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 1 253 3 0 606 Area - Crac! 251 2 0 617 Focus - Moving Waves 226 2 0 625 Scorpions - Virgin Killer 219 2 0 628 Bizarros/Rubber City Rebels - From Akron 216 2 0 648 Scorpions - Lovedrive 197 2 0 657 Blue Phantom - Distortions 190 2 0 687 Bloodrock - s/t 158 2 0 693 Atomic Rooster - In Hearing of Atomic Rooster 152 1 0 704 Cactus - s/t 133 2 0 716 The Move - Message From the Country 113 1 0 716 Zolar X - Timeless 113 1 0 748 Hard Stuff - Bulletproof 112 1 0 788 Josefus - s/t 87 1 0
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 29 March 2013 03:35 (eleven years ago) link
ok, got my ballot sorted out. first 50 ranked. bold are the ones that placed outside the top 501.
My Rank / Artist / Album / Poll Rank
1) The Stooges - Fun House (10)2) Black Sabbath - Paranoid (60)3) Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets (14)4) Chrome - Alien Soundtracks (59)5) Suicide - Suicide (39)6) Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers - L.A.M.F. (86)7) Misfits - Static Age (115)8) The Fall - 77-Early Years-79 (369)9) The Slits - Cut (67)10) Cramps - Gravest Hits (190)11) Negative Trend - s/t (581)12) Black Flag - The First Four Years (70)13) SPK - Auto-Da-Fe (315)14) Rocket From The Tombs - The Day The Earth Met The Rocket From The Tombs (288)15) Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - lick my decals off baby (307)16) The Fall - Dragnet (165)17) PIL - Metal Box (16)18) Hawkwind - Space Ritual (8)19) Lou Reed - Metal Machine Music (147)20) Gaseneta - Sooner or Later (649)21) Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny (55)22) James Brown - Love Power Peace (467)23) Wire - Pink Flag (34)24) Bad Brains - Black Dots (160)25) Throbbing Gristle - First Annual Report (372)26) Flower Travellin' Band - Satori (1)27) David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (24)28) Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Beirut Slump: Shut Up and Bleed (301)29) King Crimson - Red (19)30) The Fall - Live at the Witch Trials (226)31) Miles Davis - Dark Magus (215)32) Rainbow - Rising (204)33) Les Rallizes Dénudés - '77 Live (20)34) Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (4)35) Neil Young - Zuma (76)36) Link Wray - Wray's Three Track Shack (702)37) Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. - The Third and Final Report (99)38) Destroy All Monsters - Bored (356)39) Fela Kuti – Roforofo Fight (483)40) Amon Düül II - Live in London (573)41) Au Pairs - Equal But Different - BBC Sessions 79-81 (262)42) Notekillers - Notekillers 1977-1981 (567)43) Glenn Branca - Songs '77-'79 (253)44) Death - ...For the Whole World to See (283)45) Johnny Moped Band - Cycledelic (712)46) Crime - San Francisco's Doomed (258)47) Jandek - Ready For The House (380)48) Devo - Hardcore Vols 1 and 2 (556)49) Mars - The Complete Studio Recordings NYC 1977-1978 (95)50) The Pirates - Out of Their Skulls (748)
AC / DC - Highway To Hell (23)AC/DC - T.N.T. (543)Aerosmith - Rocks (52)Armand Schaubroeck - Ratfucker (191)Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel (9)Bob Seger System - Mongrel (759)Comus - First Utterance (89)DMZ - s/t (417)DNA - DNA on DNA (108)Germs - G.I. (172)John Cale – Fear (524)John Lee Hooker - Endless Boogie (809)Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (5)MX-80 Sound - Hard Attack (408)Popol Vuh - Coeur de Verre (97)Queen - Queen II (231)Residents - Meet the Residents (188)Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation (38)Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (83)Screamers – In A Better World (342)Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (44)Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (208)Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville (101)T. Rex - Electric Warrior (117)T2- It'll All Work Out In Boomland (350)Television - Marquee Moon (6)The Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with the Adverts (81)The Clash - s/t (114)The Electric Eels - God Says Fuck You (451)The Groundhogs - Split (12)The Hand of Doom - Poisonoise (809)The Kids - s/t (809)The Mekons - The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen (596)The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (28)The Raincoats - s/t (126)The Ruts - The Crack (198)The Saints - I'm Stranded (274)The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (533)The Units - History Of The Units The Early Years: 1977-1983 (696)The Victims - All Loud on the Western Front (809)Theoretical Girls - Theoretical Record (261)Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak (197)This Heat - This Heat (74)Trust - L'elite (809)Ultravox! - s/t (256)V/A - No New York (203)Wipers - Is This Real (238)X - X-Aspirations (809)X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents (49)Ya Ho Wha 13 - Penetration: An Aquarian Symphony (299)
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 03:39 (eleven years ago) link
obv each and every single album I voted for that did not place in the top 501 is a staggering work of immense genius and if you haven't heard them then you owe yourself and your future progeny the coin of lending an ear
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
Was sorry to see these miss out502 Gila - Night Works 407 4 0503 Fela Kuti - Confusion 406 3 0504 Graham Central Station - Release Yourself 397 4 0505 Rose Tattoo - s/t 396 3 0507 Black Nasty - Talking To The People 390 5 0515 Peter Hammill - In Camera 376 4 0516 Twink - Think Pink 374 3 0517 Television - Adventure 371 5 0518 Man - Man 371 3 0519 Bedemon - Child of Darkness 369 4 0521 Sand - Golem 368 3 0522 Tower of Power - Urban Renewal 366 3 0528 Groundhogs - Hogwash 357 3 0530 Tower of Power - Back to Oakland 356 3 0531 Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka 355 3 0535 The Next Morning - The Next Morning 343 3 0538 The Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias 341 3 0540 Emtidi - Saat 338 3 0545 Graham Central Station - Mirror 333 3 0547 Pere Ubu - new picnic time 329 3 0554 Man - Slow Motion 321 3 0555 Flower Travellin' Band - Make Up 317 3 0559 Fela Kuti - Gentleman 308 2 0560 Graham Central Station - Graham Central Station 306 3 0561 Fela Kuti - Shuffering and Shmiling 305 2 0563 Thin Lizzy - Live and Dangerous 302 2 0576 Graham Central Station - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me 284 3 0582 Judas Priest - Sin After Sin 275 3 0583 Genesis - Selling England By The Pound 273 2 0583 Television - The Blow Up 273 2 0592 Kool & The Gang - Live At The Sex Machine 263 2 0
A top 600 (with even those posted in list form) could've got people checking them out. So please do!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 03:53 (eleven years ago) link
thx emil.y for the descriptions above. I'm definitely interested in checking out some of this sub 501 stuff.
― wk, Friday, 29 March 2013 04:11 (eleven years ago) link
11) Negative Trend - s/t (581) - surprised these guys didn't place considering they did ok in the 80s poll
20) Gaseneta - Sooner or Later (649) - my campaigning was not enough to lift this japanese noise riot off the floor
36) Link Wray - Wray's Three Track Shack (702) - c'mon ilm I thought you were cool
40) Amon Düül II - Live in London (573) - their space ritual
42) Notekillers - Notekillers 1977-1981 (567) - inventing math rock and then disappearing off the face of the earth doesn't help yr case I guess
45) Johnny Moped Band - Cycledelic (712) - http://youtu.be/8UI48HKarcY
48) Devo - Hardcore Vols 1 and 2 (556) - my favorite devo shit, getting reissued on superior viaduct this year
50) The Pirates - Out of Their Skulls (748) - fuck dr feelgood
AC/DC - T.N.T. (543) - y'all gotta bone up on the original aussie versions
Bob Seger System - Mongrel (759) - surprised at this placing given the general seger system love on ilm
John Cale – Fear (524) - ditto
John Lee Hooker - Endless Boogie (809) - maybe ppl thought this was an endless boogie record
The Hand of Doom - Poisonoise (809) - I'm ok w/ being the only person repping these guys
The Kids - s/t (809) - ditto
The Mekons - The Quality Of Mercy Is Not Strnen (596) - wha happen
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (533) - guess ppl got tired of voting for this in the trax poll
The Units - History Of The Units The Early Years: 1977-1983 (696) - http://youtu.be/qOsrS4XgyB0
The Victims - All Loud on the Western Front (809) - if you like bruising aussie garage rock come sit next to me
Trust - L'elite (809) - these guys were on the heavy metal soundtrack! they were sampled by the young gods! they were french!
X - X-Aspirations (809) - forever eclipsed by doe n cervenka
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
we should def have a canon only thread for each decade for balance tho
― mister borges (darraghmac), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:14 (eleven years ago) link
Link Wray - Wray's Three Track Shack (702)
what's this? s/t is cool but I haven't heard of this one
― wk, Friday, 29 March 2013 04:25 (eleven years ago) link
woah notekillers! This is amazing
― wk, Friday, 29 March 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
love the version of "house rent boogie" on endless boogie, esp around 4 minutes in when it takes off into space
http://youtu.be/synGK_GIFcY
hey johnny! my wife is acting a little funnyyeah? everybody funny, you funny too
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:36 (eleven years ago) link
wray's three track shack is a bundle of link wray / beans & fatback / mordicai jones
guess I shoulda nommed 'em individually but they're all great in their own way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfk6UAou77o
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:44 (eleven years ago) link
Here is my not very rock list. It's weighted but I'd already make a lot of changes.
Roxy Music - Roxy MusicCurtis Mayfield - CurtisBrian Eno - Here Come the Warm JetsSparks - Kimono My HouseThe Modern Lovers - The Modern LoversFunkadelic - Standing On The Verge Of Getting It OnCurtis Mayfield - Theres No Place Like America TodayTelevision - Marquee MoonRoxy Music - StrandedDevo - Q: Are we not men ? A: We Are DevoPere Ubu - Dub HousingCurtis Mayfield - SuperflyParliament - Mothership ConnectionBig Star - Radio CityWar - All Day MusicParliament - Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo SyndromeMagazine - Real LifeCan - Future DaysEarth, Wind & Fire - Earth, Wind & FireSly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' OnSparks - A Woofer In Tweeter's ClothingRoxy Music - For Your PleasureBuzzcocks - A Different Kind of TensionChairmen Of The Board - Skin I'm InCymande - CymandeMeters - RejuvenationIan Dury - New Boots and PantiesParliament - Up For The Down StrokeCameo - Cardiac ArrestWar - The World Is a GhettoPere Ubu - The Modern DanceTodd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True StarRufus & Chaka Khan - RufusizedWire - Chairs MissingIsley Brothers - Live It UpWire - Pink FlagDavid Bowie - Aladdin SaneShuggie Otis - Inspiration InformationIggy Pop - Lust for LifeIsley Brothers - 3+3Mandrill - Mandrill IsCan - Ege BamyasiCheap Trick - Cheap TrickSly Stone - High On YouLene Lovich - StatelessB.T. Express - Do It Til You're SatisfiedT. Rex - The SliderFunkadelic - Maggot BrainLa Dusseldorf - La DusseldorfSly & The Family Stone - FreshIggy Pop - The IdiotCan - Soon Over BabalumaFaust - Faust IVMagazine - Secondhand DaylightThe Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with the AdvertsNeu! 2Ohio Players - HoneyDavid Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsFunkadelic - Cosmic SlopThe Residents - Duck Stab/Buster & GlenJoy Division - Unknown PleasuresKool & The Gang - Spirit Of The BoogieNeil Young - ZumaIsley Brothers - The Heat Is OnRamones - Leave HomeX-Ray Spex - Germ Free AdolescentsQueen - Sheer Heart AttackRufus & Chaka Khan - Rags To RufusWipers - Is This RealTelevision - AdventureThe Clash - s/tBootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out In Bootsy's Rubber BandThe Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Soul MakossaBaby Huey & The Babysitters- The Baby Huey StoryBig Star - #1 RecordKool And The Gang - Wild & PeacefulLa Dusseldorf - VivaMandrill - Composite TruthNeu! - Neu! 75Gang of Four - Entertainment!Jobriath - Creatures Of The StreetIggy & The Stooges - Raw PowerPIL - Metal BoxGenesis - The Lamb Lies Down on BroadwayCaptain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Clear SpotSlave - The ConceptCheap Trick - Heaven TonightBrass Construction - Brass ConstructionPatti Smith - HorsesThe Temptations - Psychedelic ShackThe Raincoats - s/tThe Undertones - s/tUltravox! - Ha! Ha! Ha!Ultravox! - s/tXTC - White MusicBuzzcocks - Another Music In A Different KitchenTower of Power - Tower Of PowerRamones - Rocket To RussiaThe Fall - Live at the Witch Trials
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:09 (eleven years ago) link
nice job putting the s/t Roxy Music at number 1, KP!
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:26 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks. It's one of my five favourite albums ever.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:33 (eleven years ago) link
hey KP some quality funk in the 502-600 range.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
AG, you don't happen to have my list do you? i have a shortlist here, but no trace of the actual order i ended up with. cheers
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
need to ask seandalai
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:51 (eleven years ago) link
ah ok, no worries man. i have a pretty vague notion of how it would have looked anyhow
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 05:58 (eleven years ago) link
wait i think you mighta sent me it on fb once
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:05 (eleven years ago) link
here's your ballot Big Star - Radio CityTelevision - Marquee MoonRoxy Music - StrandedBlack Sabbath - Master of RealityCan - Ege BamyasiT. Rex - Electric WarriorWire - 154Blue Öyster Cult - Secret TreatiesRolling Stones - Exile On Main St.King Crimson - RedLed Zeppelin - Physical GraffitiMiles Davis - A Tribute To Jack JohnsonPere Ubu - Terminal TowerPIL - Metal BoxRoxy Music - Roxy MusicSoft Machine - ThirdThe Damned - Machine Gun EtiquetteAlice Cooper - KillerOs Mutantes - Os MutantesNeil Young - ZumaRamones - Rocket To RussiaSir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom ComeT. Rex - The SliderTuxedomoon - No TearsDevo - Q: Are we not men ? A: We Are DevoSuicide - SuicideThe Fall - DragnetThe Raincoats - s/tThrobbing Gristle - 20 Jazz funk GreatsWire - Chairs MissingAsh Ra Tempel - Ash Ra TempelBlack Sabbath - Vol. 4Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm JetsCan - Future DaysCaptain Beefheart - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)Cheap Trick - Cheap TrickFaust - Faust IVFunkadelic - Maggot BrainChrome - Half Machine Lip MovesHawkwind - Space RitualSly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' OnThe Modern Lovers - The Modern LoversThin Lizzy - JailbreakWipers - Is This RealNeu! - s/tVan der Graaf Generator – GodbluffAmon Düül II - YetiAC/DC - PowerageBig Star - #1 RecordBlues Creation - Demon & Eleven ChildrenLes Rallizes Dénudés - '77 LivePere Ubu - Dub HousingJames Brown - The PaybackIggy & The Stooges - Raw PowerBudgie - Never Turn Your Back On A FriendCaptain Beyond - Captain BeyondBuzzcocks - Another Music In A Different KitchenBlack Sabbath - SabotageRoxy Music - For Your PleasureRamones - s/tThe Adverts - Crossing the Red Sea with the AdvertsMountain - Nantucket SleighrideGong – The Flying Teapot, Radio Gnome Invisible Pt. 1The Saints - I'm StrandedTodd Rundgren - A wizard a true StarJudas Priest - Sad Wings of DestinyJimi Hendrix - Band Of GypsysDeep Purple - Made in JapanJudas Priest - Unleashed In The EastKing Crimson - Larks' Tongues in AspicLed Zeppelin - Houses of the HolyMagma - Mekanïk Destruktïw KommandöhMotorhead - OverkillMiles Davis - AghartaNew York Dolls - New York DollsQueen - Sheer Heart AttackScorpions - Fly To The RainbowStiff Little Fingers - Inflammable MaterialThe Clash - s/tAgitation Free - 2ndAC / DC - Highway To HellBloodrock - s/tBuffalo - Volcanic RockCan - Tago MagoCheap Trick- Live At BudokanGerms - G.I.Bröselmaschine - BröselmaschineArachnoid - ArachnoidAlice Cooper - Love It to DeathAllman Brothers - Fillmore EastBuzzcocks - Spiral ScratchCaptain Beefheart & the Magic Band - lick my decals off babyCaravan – In The Land Of The Grey & PinkDead Boys - Young, Loud, and SnottyDust - DustFaust - FaustFela Kuti – Expensive ShitFlower Travellin' Band - SatoriDavid Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from MarsPeter Hammill – Over
-charlie h
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
thanks!
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
it'd be a bit different now in light of new information
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
Going to post full results again for those who havent seen them who will be going to work today
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
Direct Link to poll recap & full results
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think anyone can accuse the poll of being the same old canonical results :)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
― Algerian Goalkeeper
I somehow missed The Jimmy Castor Bunch album being nominated, would have voted for that. Any funk albums I might have missed in that section? I don't recognise all the titles.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 29 March 2013 07:27 (eleven years ago) link
Mixed. Bold missed the 501.
Throbbing Gristle - D.O.A. - The Third and Final ReportSparks - Kimono My HouseThe Residents - The Third Reich 'n RollFlower Travellin' Band – SatoriCan - Tago MagoSly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' OnMiles Davis - Get Up With ItBrian Eno - Here Come the Warm JetsThe Damned - Machine Gun EtiquetteQueen - Queen IIPIL - Metal BoxSuicide – SuicideAmon Düül II - Wolf CityZZ Top - Tres HombresFela Kuti – ConfusionT. Rex - The SliderBrainticket - CottonwoodhillTeenage Jesus and the Jerks - s/tRam Jam - Portrait of the Artist as a Young RamTodd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True StarLou Reed - Metal Machine MusicLes Rallizes Dénudés - '77 LiveSwell Maps - A Trip To MarinevilleDebris - Static Disposal
Yoko Ono - FlyYes - FragileX-Ray Spex - Germ Free AdolescentsWire - Chairs MissingWar - The World Is a GhettoV/A - No New YorkTonto's Exploding Head Band - Zero TimeThomas Leer & Robert Rental - The BridgeThe Who - Who's NextThe Stooges - Fun HouseThe Slits - CutThe Ruts - The CrackThe Residents - Duck Stab/Buster & GlenTelevision - Marquee MoonTangerine Dream - Electronic MeditationT. Rex - Electric WarriorSweet - Desolation BoulevardSoft Machine - ThirdRoxy Music - For Your PleasureRolling Stones - Exile On Main St.Robert Fripp - ExposurePink Floyd - AnimalsPiL - Public ImagePere Ubu - The Modern DanceNurse With Wound - Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine And An UmbrellaNiagara - S.U.B.New York Dolls - New York DollsNeu! - s/tMountain - Climbing!Modulo 1000 - Não Fale Com ParedesModel Citizens - s/tMisfits - Static AgeMiles Davis - AghartaLed Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IIIKraftwerk - IKing Crimson - Larks' Tongues in AspicJudas Priest - Hell Bent for LeatherJosefus - s/tJames White and the Blacks - Off WhiteHigh Tide - s/tHawkwind - Space RitualGuru Guru - KänguruGraham Central Station - Ain't No 'Bout-A-Doubt ItGong - Camembert ElectriqueFunkadelic - Maggot BrainFela Kuti - ZombieFaust - TapesFar Out - s/tDevo - Hardcore Vols 1 and 2Cymande - CymandeCheap Trick - Heaven TonightCaptain Beefheart & the Magic Band - lick my decals off babyBlack Sabbath - Vol. 4Bedemon - Child of DarknessAsh Ra Tempel - SchwingungenAgitation Free - MaleschA.R. & Machines - Die grüne Reise - The Green Journey
― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Friday, 29 March 2013 08:03 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know how I missed Black Dots, would have totally voted for that. Also I should have nommed Catherine Ribeiro. Next time. Great poll!
― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Friday, 29 March 2013 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
these are the ones i can tell apart. las grecas are/were a flamenco rock band but they do sound hella funky in their own peculiar way.
522 Tower of Power - Urban Renewal 366 3 0525 Las Grecas - Gipsy Rock 362 3 0526 The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - Soul Makossa 361 4 0530 Tower of Power - Back to Oakland 356 3 0535 Black Merda - Black Merda 343 3 0538 The Wild Magnolias - The Wild Magnolias 341 3 0570 Ofege - Ofege 291 4 0592 Kool & The Gang - Live At The Sex Machine 263 2 0599 The Undisputed Truth - S/T 259 2 0
― cock chirea, Friday, 29 March 2013 08:11 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ plus there's like 4 Graham Central Station records strewn amongst that stretch
― today's tom soy yum, mean mean thai (Spectrist), Friday, 29 March 2013 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks. I voted for one of the Tower of Power albums and The Lafayette Afro Rock Band. A few of those I've not heard of and will look into.
I mentioned earlier in the thread Graham Central Station are one of those bands I'm sure I'd like but I've just never got hearing, think I need to change that.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 29 March 2013 08:38 (eleven years ago) link
just catching up with the results now. Great stuff, would never have guessed Satori would win it. Vol 4 was my #1 vote. Thanks AG and FnB for a brilliant run-down, I've already discovered loads of new stuff and intend to discover more!
Thinking about the results I reckon Neil Young is the ghost at the feast. I think the top 100, and possibly the top 10, might have looked very different if all his albums had been allowed. Tonight's the Night or On the Beach might have been #1 I think. I understand why he was vetoed, just an interesting thought experiment.
― Neil S, Friday, 29 March 2013 09:50 (eleven years ago) link
some more Bowie and Kraftwerk in there could have changed the climate as well. but yeah, appreciate why they weren't in contention.
― charlie h, Friday, 29 March 2013 10:08 (eleven years ago) link
With a good dose of fusion in this poll, kind of surprised this wasn't nominated:
Jeff Beck - Wired (1976)
Beck was one of the few rockers to make the transition to jazz. His 1976 masterpiece Wired – particularly his cover of Charles Mingus’s Goodbye Pork Pie Hat – is one of the few albums you could describe as jaw-dropping and mean it. Entirely instrumental, and at just under 35 minutes comparatively short, Wired is an album that passes in a blur of high-speed funk, ultra-heavy technoflash guitar solos and thrilling power chords. Yes, it’s Beck shamelessly showing off, but it’s hardly self-indulgent. It’s like a shopping list of musical ideas and directions, each of which could have spawned an entire album in its own right. Marvellous. -- Tommy Udo, Classic Rock
Found this while trying to find Udo's feature on Christian Vander & Magma that was in the Prog issue in '09, Life, the universe and everything, which doesn't seem to be online.
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 29 March 2013 12:29 (eleven years ago) link
I thought I posted this last night but it didn't take?
When I was typing in Greil Marcus' review of Pink Flag I found this:
The Pirates - Out Of Their Skulls (WB, 1977)
I confess an affection for the Pirates' first American album, Out of Their Skulls, that far exceeds its critical worth. A three-piece band of the British pub-rock persuasion, the Pirates have been around since the early Sixties. Now they are picking up pedantic bits from R&B standards and pummeling them into the New Wave format. Mindful that R&B is an old genre that's found a new audience, this outfit orchestrates like an electric washboard ensemble. NO horns, no strings, no fancy harmonies. "Drinkin' Win Spo'D'O'D"--a clever misspelling--is a strong indication of the Pirates' roots; the song's been recorded by practically every R&B artist worth his bourbon. The Pirates jumble its beat but leave its dancing spirit intact, perhaps even enhanced, with their enthusiasm.Lead singer Johnny Spence (in the instant tradition of Richard Hell and Tom Robinson) growls and gargles as if he'd swallowed a luffa mitt and is enjoying the sensation of relieving its itch. On both the live and studio sides of the LP, the lyrics and guitarist Mick Green's passion for repetition make less sense than the heady emotions they actually convey. Green plays simultaneous lead and rhythm guitar in a sharp, choppy manner that reminds me of John Lennon. (Who influenced whom?)At any rate, the Pirates are providing joy and sustenance, and Out of Their Skulls is a record that will outlive its value as mere "product." Like they say: "We'll be together/Till the very last show." Amen. -- Susan Shapiro, RS
Mindful that R&B is an old genre that's found a new audience, this outfit orchestrates like an electric washboard ensemble. NO horns, no strings, no fancy harmonies. "Drinkin' Win Spo'D'O'D"--a clever misspelling--is a strong indication of the Pirates' roots; the song's been recorded by practically every R&B artist worth his bourbon. The Pirates jumble its beat but leave its dancing spirit intact, perhaps even enhanced, with their enthusiasm.
Lead singer Johnny Spence (in the instant tradition of Richard Hell and Tom Robinson) growls and gargles as if he'd swallowed a luffa mitt and is enjoying the sensation of relieving its itch. On both the live and studio sides of the LP, the lyrics and guitarist Mick Green's passion for repetition make less sense than the heady emotions they actually convey. Green plays simultaneous lead and rhythm guitar in a sharp, choppy manner that reminds me of John Lennon. (Who influenced whom?)
At any rate, the Pirates are providing joy and sustenance, and Out of Their Skulls is a record that will outlive its value as mere "product." Like they say: "We'll be together/Till the very last show." Amen. -- Susan Shapiro, RS
― Fastnbulbous, Friday, 29 March 2013 12:58 (eleven years ago) link
Uh, what tha f...?????
I mean.... sorta speechless here
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
"Satori"? I've heard it. It's quite good. In fact, it's good but...
Seems like a certain constituency on ILM voted in this poll. It's a rock poll, though, so fair enough but then why have Curtis Mayfield in it?
I reckon Neil Young is the ghost at the feast. I think the top 100, and possibly the top 10, might have looked very different if all his albums had been allowed.
Ummmmmmmmmm, what's that all about?
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, I'm really out of the loop as to what da kidz are rating these days
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 13:07 (eleven years ago) link
Eh, well, it was AG's vision for his poll and the people who voted had to go along with it. But technically it wasn't "a rock poll", rather a "Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit" poll.
― emil.y, Friday, 29 March 2013 13:08 (eleven years ago) link
for kitchen person
504 Graham Central Station - Release Yourself 397 4 0507 Black Nasty - Talking To The People 390 5 0530 Tower of Power - Back to Oakland 356 3 0535 The Next Morning - The Next Morning 343 3 0545 Graham Central Station - Mirror 333 3 0559 Fela Kuti - Gentleman 308 2 0560 Graham Central Station - Graham Central Station 306 3 0561 Fela Kuti - Shuffering and Shmiling 305 2 0576 Graham Central Station - My Radio Sure Sounds Good To Me 284 3 0592 Kool & The Gang - Live At The Sex Machine 263 2 0
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Tom D now you got over the shock of the results are there any albums the poll has made you want to hear?
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 14:49 (eleven years ago) link
hey thx for the pirates review fastnbulbous, one of the few 70s reviews itt that actually gets it right! they have a great live album too.
― unprepared guitar (Edward III), Friday, 29 March 2013 15:02 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think it's that hard to understand how satori won. There was no vote splitting for one. On the nominations thread I talked about how Made in Japan has some of my favorite songs of theirs, but Satori is clearly their best album. With bands like Black Sabbath or Can it's almost arbitrary what gets picked because I think most will agree they have multiple equally great albums. Satori is also fairly accessible and not as divisive as some of the other "Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit" that got nominated. And only one person chose it as #1 so it's not like a lot of people were wildly overrating it, it's just that many people ranked it.
― wk, Friday, 29 March 2013 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
a triumph for AG's philosophy: "campaign, campaign, campaign"
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 29 March 2013 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
john cale got shafted eh
― c21m50nm3x1c4n (wins), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:06 (eleven years ago) link
Well, whatever anyone says, it's really a rock poll, it's not a best album of the 70s poll. Unless somebody has a better explanation for "Paris 1919", "Desertshore" or "Rock Bottom" not being in there at all. Or lack of electronic music.
There's a few I hadn't heard of before but I am not filled with an urgent desire to go out and listen to "Argus" by Wishbone Ash, for example. Overall, poll doesn't really reflect my tastes. Didn't realise people still liked Joy Division!
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:16 (eleven years ago) link
There had already been two best album of the 70s polls and most didn't want another version of that just to reaffirm 'canon'. People asked for a poll in the style of last years 80s poll- The ILM 1980s Anti-Rolling Stone Canon (FREE PUSSY RIOT) Rock Poll Results - ALBUMS! Top 20! ends today . (which I assume you saw, Tom?) Which tbh wasn't possible so this was as close as possible and most voted in the spirit of the 80s poll.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Friday, 29 March 2013 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
Don't remember that poll, anyway you know I'm not that interested in these mega polls, I mean There had already been two best album of the 70s polls, say no more.
― Step not on a loose unforgiving stone on a pyramid to paradise (Tom D.), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link