not sure what i'm voting for tho
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
Wouldve voted Taking Tiger Mtn. Going w On the Beach
― the next night we ate Wale (Drugs A. Money), Thursday, 18 July 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
Started to get bogged down in Good Old Boys vs. Second Helping, and then realized I'd lose my mind without Radio City.
― campreverb, Thursday, 18 July 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
ridiculous list. very hard to pick but went for Court & Spark.
― Jamie_ATP, Thursday, 18 July 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
I was initially waffling between Red, Radio City and VU Live 1969 until I realized as great as it is the Big Star simply doesn't affect me the same way it used to do. And though Red still rocks as hard as ever I've only listened to it about a tenth the number of times as I've listened to Live 1969. So it's the Velvets, but actually it's Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy.
― rattled, Thursday, 18 July 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
the Big Star simply doesn't affect me the same way it used to
feel this way too, tbh, but i have to stand by it in honor of all it's given me over the years
my favorite to listen to in this moment = richard & linda t
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Thursday, 18 July 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
This might be my least favorite year in music ever. I know I'll get smacked down for this, but 75% of the stuff on this list seems like a real chore for me to sit through these days.
― Darin, Thursday, 18 July 2013 21:01 (ten years ago) link
I'm tempted to give a lot of this stuff a fresh listen on Spotify, but my expectations are mighty low.
― Darin, Thursday, 18 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link
Holy fuck, I didn't see Red on there!
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 19 July 2013 02:09 (ten years ago) link
I feel like a bit of a chump now, although it would be close anyway tbh.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 19 July 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
I think I'll vote for Bob Marley's best album.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 19 July 2013 02:11 (ten years ago) link
I'd have voted for Perfect Angel given the chance.
― suggest bando (The Reverend), Friday, 19 July 2013 02:27 (ten years ago) link
Phaedra! Then Rock Bottom then On the Beach then the rest.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 19 July 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
No wait Grievous Angel and Radio City come before everything else. Good year!!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Friday, 19 July 2013 02:41 (ten years ago) link
I'll be the one vote for Veedon Fleece with apologies to about half the rest of the list.
― that's not my post, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
taking tiger mountain by strategy should be on here.
― Treeship, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:36 (ten years ago) link
none of the albums on here mean very much to me. autobahn is okay... country life is ok... the big star album is good but i feel like i am "missing something" when i hear it because it clearly is very important to some people. guess i'm going to have to go with the velvets because of the organ on what goes on
― Treeship, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:43 (ten years ago) link
oh yeah, i also like the cover of that album
― Treeship, Friday, 19 July 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
have to vote for Lamb
― akm, Friday, 19 July 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
voted randy newman
― From the home of the underground railway and stuff (symsymsym), Friday, 19 July 2013 06:55 (ten years ago) link
'74 top 5:
Radio CityCourt and SparkI Want to See the Bright Lights TonightRock BottomNo Other
Notable ommission: Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On, possibly my favourite album of theirs.
― Gavin, Leeds, Friday, 19 July 2013 10:28 (ten years ago) link
I havent heard Standing on the Verge but I get the feeling that that's one of those albums where ILM is still ahead of the rockcrit curve
― Drugs A. Money, Friday, 19 July 2013 10:59 (ten years ago) link
which is mystifying cuz i've assumed that parliament were canon on high for basically my whole life
― IIIrd Datekeeper (contenderizer), Friday, 19 July 2013 12:26 (ten years ago) link
^ this x1000. Just listened to this last week for the first time in years, and it was just as mindblowing as I remember. The way the band kicks in on "Red Hot Mama" is so ridiculously swinging it's almost painful. Weird that this isn't seen as one of their peaks alongside Maggot Brain and Mothership Connection (or is it?).
In its absence, voted for Grievous Angel. First heard it on the same day I heard Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures for the first time, found both records equally baffling. Now I can't imagine life without them.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 19 July 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
top ten for 1974:
1. Kimono My House2. Magma - Wurdah Itah3. Red4. Taking Tiger Mountain5. Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage6. Todd Rundgren - Todd7. Yes - Relayer8. Utopia s/t9. Rock Bottom10. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
― frogbs, Friday, 19 July 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
It's Too Late To Stop Now is live as well.
i wish i had known this, would have been able to add Queen's Sheer Heart Attack to this list. would anyone really have voted for it though?
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 July 2013 02:15 (ten years ago) link
frogbs I would've been somewhat interested in reading your top 10s for all these years tbh
― /s.png (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 20 July 2013 05:25 (ten years ago) link
Gavin is spot on mentioning Funkadelic, another great funk album they missed out. It's my favourite album George Clinton has ever been involved with and there's a lot of competition.
― Kitchen Person, Saturday, 20 July 2013 06:32 (ten years ago) link
going to vote for Pretzel Logic, Country Life, Radio City or On the Beach.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 21 July 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
Autobahn.
― I wanna live like C'MOWN! people (Turrican), Sunday, 21 July 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 22 July 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I think this is between Sparks and Roxy for me, although those aren't my favorite by either band. Big love for that Robert Wyatt album too.
― Laws, yes! M-O-O-N spells (Dan Peterson), Monday, 22 July 2013 13:55 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 00:01 (ten years ago) link
i did not see this one coming, i thought Big Star was going to take it.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 01:15 (ten years ago) link
oh i ended up voting for Steely Dan, second time i have done that in these '70s polls.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 01:16 (ten years ago) link
surprised by neil young's margin of victory here
― Treeship, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link
ah hah, i knew it would be neil.
― rattled, Tuesday, 23 July 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
Not surprised at the Neil win, but pretty surprised Parsons only got 2 votes.
― Esperanto, why don't you come to your senses? (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 13:54 (ten years ago) link
who are the other two smart people who voted for phaedra?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 23 July 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link