TURN THIS MUTHA OUT! It's the Alternate 1970s Albums Poll on ILX — Results Thread

1. Yellow Magic Orchestra Solid State Survivor
2. Blue Öyster Cult Secret Treaties
3. Rundgren, Todd A Wizard, A True Star
4. Aphrodite's Child 666
5. Comus First Utterance
6. Magma Udu Wudu
7. Black Sabbath Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
8. Davis, Miles Dark Magus
9. Kraftwerk Autobahn
10. Mitchell, Joni Hejira
11. Spirit Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
12. King Crimson Red
13. Popol Vuh Hosianna Mantra
14. Queen Queen II
15. Rush Hemispheres
16. Yes Close to the Edge
17. Tangerine Dream Zeit
18. Pere Ubu The Modern Dance
19. Fay, Bill Time of the Last Persecution
20. Univers Zero Heresie
21. This Heat This Heat
22. Black Sabbath Vol. 4
23. Blue Öyster Cult Tyranny and Mutation
24. Bunyan, Vashti Just Another Diamond Day
25. Boston Boston
26. Art Bears Winter Songs
27. Residents, The The Residents Present the Third Reich n' Roll
28. Sanders, Pharoah Jewels Of Thought
29. Gabriel, Peter Peter Gabriel (1977)
30. Bell, Chris I Am the Cosmos
31. Genesis Foxtrot
32. Sun Ra Space is the Place
33. Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny
34. Coltrane, Alice Journey in Satchidananda
35. Glass, Philip Music in 12 Parts
36. Reed, Lou Metal Machine Music
37. Funkadelic Free Your Mind… And Your Ass Will Follow
38. Van Der Graaf Generator Pawn Hearts
39. Steeleye Span Hark! The Village Wait
40. Harper, Roy Stormcock

Outside the top 10 or so the order could have been rearranged any which way really, plus there's about another 100-150 albums that could have made it for me. Poll #3 anyone?

Oh yeah, great work JF! (apart from missing my YMO vote ha ha - did the rest of my ballot make it in btw?)

Poll #3 anyone?

December 2014. Book it.

10 of my 40...no complaints.

Stuff I'm kind of sad didn't place: any Paul Simon, All Things Must Pass, Band of Gypsys

did the rest of my ballot make it in btw?

The rest did. However it was you copied/pasted the spread sheet code for your #1, though, made it look garbled in my email. I remember noticing what it was, but I probably had a brain fart and forgot to count it.

I had Fresh and Young, Gifted and Black on my ballot originally but took them off because I had only recently acquired copies of each. Didn't feel as if I had lived with them long enough to place on my ballot. I dropped Rocket to Russia off my ballot for reasons that I can no longer fathom.

Oh sorry

Every time I listen to/think about the first four Ramones albums, that Dr C posts leaps to mind. It makes me love them almost more than any band ever. xp

One that I'm really surprised didn't place: Something/Anything?

It came close, just outside the top 100.

ayo johnny, do the 4 votes for africa brasil include my first place vote? it doesnt show a 1st place vote in the big tally page, but im not sure if the points were included anyway

big tally page?

my ballot:

1. Complex Complex
2. Buckingham Nicks Buckingham Nicks
3. Reed, Lou Berlin
4. Fleetwood Mac Tusk
5. Durutti Column, The The Return of The Durutti Column
6. Bunyan, Vashti Just Another Diamond Day
7. These Trails These Trails
8. Harmonia Deluxe
9. Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac
10. Perhacs, Linda Parallelograms
11. Rodriguez Cold Fact
12. Stone, Jade & Luv Mosaics: Pieces of Love
13. Kraftwerk Kraftwerk
14. Jethro Tull Thick As a Brick
15. Sill, Judee Judee Sill
16. Bixby, Dave Ode to Quetzalcoatl
17. Smith, Patti Horses
18. Agincourt Fly Away
19. Fay, Bill Time of the Last Persecution
20. Blondie Blondie
21. Kraftwerk Kraftwerk 2
22. Radio Birdman Radios Appear
23. Jerusalem Jerusalem
24. Neu! Neu! 2
25. Pop Group, The Y
26. Blondie Eat to the Beat
27. Ithaca A Game for All Who Know
28. Flamin' Groovies Shake Some Action
29. Reed, Lou Transformer
30. Wilson, Dennis Pacific Ocean Blue
31. Jackson, Joe Look Sharp!
32. Bowie, David Aladdin Sane
33. Shocking Blue Shocking Blue
34. Jam, The All Mod Cons
35. Sill, Judee Heart Food
36. Harmonia Musik von Harmonia
37. Queen A Night at the Opera
38. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Screaming Targets
39. Swell Maps A Trip to Marineville
40. Pop, Iggy New Values

Big tally page: http://home.earthlink.net/~pauletc/results.htm

was m bison's #1 for Africa Brazil counted?

Allman Brothers Band, The Eat a Peach
Amon Düül Paradieswarts Düül
Ashra Blackouts
Cale, John & Terry Riley Church of Anthrax
Chance, James & The Contortions Buy
Cluster Zuckerzeit
Coltrane, Alice Journey in Satchidananda
Conrad, Tony & Faust Outside the Dream Syndicate
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
Crosby, David If I Could Only Remember My Name
Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
Durutti Column, The The Return of The Durutti Column
Fleetwood Mac Mystery to Me
Fleetwood Mac Tusk
Goblin Suspiria
Göttsching, Manuel Inventions for Electric Guitar
Harmonia Musik von Harmonia
Hillage, Steve Rainbow Dome Musick
Jandek Ready for the House
Kraftwerk Autobahn
Kuti, Fela Expensive Shit
Masekela, Hugh I Am Not Afraid
Neu! Neu! 2
Niblock, Phill Nothing to Look At, Just a Record
Penguin Café Orchestra Music from the Penguin Café
Perhacs, Linda Parallelograms
Pop Group, The Y
Popol Vuh In Den Gärten Pharaos
Reich, Steve Drumming / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ / Six Pianos
Reid, Terry River
Riley, Terry A Rainbow in Curved Air
Steely Dan The Royal Scam
Tangerine Dream Phaedra
Throbbing Gristle 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Vangelis Earth
Vangelis The Dragon
Various Artists No New York
Veloso, Caetano Araca Azul
Yellow Magic Orchestra Yellow Magic Orchestra
Young, Neil Zuma

i obviously nominated way more than i could vote for, but too many nominations is not a bad thing imo. also, guess i didn't vote for this heat after all- woops!

1 Wyatt, Robert - Rock Bottom
2 Can - Soon Over Babaluma
3 Brown, James - The Payback
4 Buckley, Tim - Starsailor
5 Mitchell, Joni - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
6 Comus - First Utterance
7 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Clear Spot
8 Faust - The Faust Tapes
9 Cluster - Zuckerzeit
10 Martyn, John - Bless the Weather
11 Hawkwind - Space Ritual
12 Riley, Terry - In C
13 Kuti, Fela - Shuffering and Shmiling
14 Simple Minds - Real to Real Cacophony
15 Young, Neil - Zuma
16 Barrett, Syd - The Madcap Laughs
17 Bowie, David - Diamond Dogs
19 Denny, Sandy - The North Star Grassman and The Ravens
19 Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
20 Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville
21 Chrome - Alien Soundtracks
22 Cale, John - Fear
23 Magazine - Secondhand Daylight
24 Hammill, Peter - Over
25 Bowie, David - Lodger
26 Amon Düül II - Yeti
27 Harper, Roy - Stormcock
28 Coltrane, Alice - Ptah, the El Daoud
29 Hancock, Herbie - Sextant
30 Fripp, Robert & Brian Eno - No Pussyfooting
31 Palestine, Charlemagne - Strumming Music
32 Dr. Alimantado - The Best Dressed Chicken in Town
33 Reich, Steve - Drumming / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ / Six Pianos
34 Cabaret Voltaire - Mix-Up
35 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
36 Fay, Bill - Time of the Last Persecution
37 Saints, The - Eternally Yours
38 Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats
39 T.Rex - Electric Warrior
40 Smith, Patti - Horses

I've never heard Curtis, I should really fix that soon.

HEY THANKS JOHNNY FEVER!

#1 Fleetwood Mac Tusk
#2 Talking Heads Fear of Music (I am ILM everyman)
3. King, Carole Tapestry
#26 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III
#71 Young, Neil Harvest
6. Led Zeppelin Presence (can't believe this didn't show)
#95 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac
8. Gil, Gilberto & Jorge Ben Ogum Xangô (gah!)
#81 Morrison, Van Veedon Fleece
10. Doors, The L.A. Woman
#27 Talking Heads Talking Heads '77
12. Bowie, David Young Americans
13. Marley, Bob & The Wailers Catch a Fire
14. Mayfield, Curtis There's No Place Like America Today
15. Santana Abraxas
#44 Young, Neil Zuma
#56 Eno, Brian Ambient 1: Music for Airports
18. Faces A Nod is as Good as a Wink… To a Blind Horse
19. Led Zeppelin In Through the Out Door
20. Fairouz Oriental Evening
#28 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
#98 Lennon, John Imagine
23. McCartney, Paul Ram
24. Roxy Music Stranded
#93 Blondie Eat to the Beat
26. Simon, Paul Still Crazy After All These Years
27. Withers, Bill Live at Carnegie Hall
28. Scott-Heron, Gil The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
#52 Morrison, Van Moondance
30. Eagles Their Greatest Hits (1971-75)
31. Purim, Flora 500 Miles High
#72 Rolling Stones, The Some Girls
33. Wings Band on the Run
34. Khan, Chaka Chaka
35. Romeo, Max & The Upsetters War Ina Babylon
36. Browne, Jackson Running on Empty
37. Police, The Outlandos d'Amour
38. Young, Neil Comes a Time
#97 Smith, Patti Horses
40. Pop, Iggy Lust for Life

I'm bolding the stuff that didn't make the top 100 since imo that's what's interesting to draw the eye toward in these posts:

1. The Who - Who's Next
2. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
3. Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
4. Little Feat - Sailing Shoes
5. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
6. Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
7. The Cars - The Cars
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
9. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
10. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo’s Factory
11. Elvis Costello - Armed Forces
12. Patti Smith - Horses
13. Steely Dan - Aja
14. The Who - Live At Leeds
15. Talking Heads - Fear Of Music
16. Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus
17. Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick
18. The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
19. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle
20. The Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
21. War - All Day Music
22. Tom Waits - Blue Valentine
23. Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
24. Prince - Prince
25. Queen - Queen
26. Led Zeppelin - Presence
27. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
28. The Clash - Give Em Enough Rope
29. Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation
30. Al Green - Al Green Gets Next To You
31. Steve Martin - Let’s Get Small
32. Funkadelic - Funkadelic
33. Led Zeppelin - In Through The Out Door
34. The Stylistics - The Stylistics
35. The Rolling Stones - Black'n'Blue
36. Little Feat - Little Feat
37. Sun Ra - Space Is The Place
38. The Police - Outlandos d’Amour
39. Nina Simone - Baltimore
40. Various Artists - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Motion Picture Soundtrack)

same -- things that didn't chart in bold

1. X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
2. Petty, Tom & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
3. Van Zandt, Townes - High, Low and In Between
4. Raincoats, The - The Raincoats
5. Ramones - Leave Home
6. Police, The - Regatta de Blanc
7. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
8. Steeleye Span - Hark! The Village Wait
9. Simon, Paul - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
10. Parton, Dolly - The Best of Dolly Parton (1975)
11. Kuti, Fela - Shuffering and Shmiling
12. Newman, Randy - Sail Away
13. Scott-Heron, Gil - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
14. Schaubroek, Armand - Ratfucker
15. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
16. Zevon, Warren - Excitable Boy
17. Prior, Maddy & June Tabor - Silly Sisters
18. Mitchell, Joni - Court and Spark
19. McGarrigle, Kate & Anna - Kate & Anna McGarrigle
20. Kristofferson, Kris - Kristofferson
21. Jackson, Joe - Look Sharp!
22. Dylan, Bob - New Morning
23. Cymande - Cymande
24. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
25. Smith, Patti - Horses
26. Morrison, Van - Moondance
27. Nilsson, Harry - Nilsson, Schmilsson
28. Springsteen, Bruce - Born to Run
29. Various Artists - No New York
30. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The - Will The Circle Be Unbroken
31. Hendrix, Jimi - Band of Gypsys
32. Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-75)
33. Derek & the Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
34. Mother's Finest - Another Mother Further
35. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
36. Jam, The - All Mod Cons
37. Rolling Stones, The - Some Girls
38. Essential Logic - Beat Rhythm News
39. Boston - Boston
40. Kraftwerk - Autobahn

That earlier Fevre thing has been floating round the internets for some time, which of course doesn't prove it's from '75, but it's not something they just cooked up, at any rate. Most of it is pleasant bubbling electronic library music, not totally WHOA FUTURE but it's a nice record, some Moroderesque hints of what was to come.

Things I am saddest not to see: Black Devil, La Dusseldorf, Terry Riley. Had I known that everyone else's Cluster pick would not be Sowiesoso I could have freed up my #1 spot (fairly arbitrary between that and Zuckerzeit and many other things) and maybe bumped one of those in. Oh well!

1. Tim Buckley – Starsailor
2. Pink Floyd – Dark Side of the Moon
3. Iggy Pop – The Idiot
4. King Crimson – Red
5. T. Rex – Electric Warrior
6. The Who – Who’s Next
7. Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
8. King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic
9. Talking Heads – Fear of Music
10. Aphrodite’s Child – 666
11. Brian Eno – Before and After Science
12. The Isley Brothers – 3 + 3
13. Various Artists – No New York
14. Joni Mitchell – The Hissing of Summer Lawns
15. Curtis Mayfield – Curtis
16. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin 3
17. Brian Eno – Ambient 1: Music for Airports
18. Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance
19. Horace Andy – In the Light
20. Lee “Scratch” Perry – Roast Fish, Collie Weed and Corn Bread
21. Joni Mitchell – Hejira
22. Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom
23. Cluster - Zuckerzeit
24. Giorgio Moroder – From Here to Eternity
25. Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air
26. The Stranglers – The Raven
27. Funkadelic – Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow
28. Al Green – I’m Still in Love with You
29. Junior Murvin – Police and Thieves
30. Toots and the Maytals – Funky Kingston
31. Neu! – Neu! 2
32. Robert Fripp and Brian Eno – Evening Star
33. Mike Oldfield – Incantations
34. Burning Spear – Marcus Garvey
35. 801 – Listen Now
36. Patti Smith – Horses
37. The Specials – The Specials
38. This Heat – This Heat
39. Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star
40. Throbbing Gristle – 20 Jazz Funk Greats

only left off Lust for Life b/c i was sure it didn't need any help... what a disaster

also, should've strategically voted reggae higher

24. Giorgio Moroder – From Here to Eternity

Oh hey, I forgot about this and am now sad about this one missing too. 6 votes ain't bad even if they were all pretty low scores (and so was mine for it in the end).

I had 19/40. I cannot believe that Layla didn't make it. That's a ridiculous omission for one of the great records of all time.

1. Derek & The Dominos Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
2. Springsteen, Bruce Born to Run
3. Stewart, Rod Every Picture Tells a Story
4. Costello, Elvis & The Attractions Armed Forces
5. Dylan, Bob & The Band Before the Flood
6. Who, The Who's Next
7. Young, Neil Zuma
8. Who, The Quadrophenia
9. Steely Dan Katy Lied
10. Talking Heads Fear of Music
11. Bowie, David Aladdin Sane
12. Cale, John Fear
13. Aerosmith Rocks
14. Campbell, Glen Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb
15. Clark, Gene No Other
16. Garcia, Jerry Garcia
17. Springsteen, Bruce The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
18. Hendrix, Jimi The Cry of Love
19. Newman, Randy 12 Songs
20. Roxy Music Stranded
21. Mott the Hoople Mott
22. Browne, Jackson Late for the Sky
23. Talking Heads Talking Heads '77
24. Cheap Trick Cheap Trick
25. Gabriel, Peter Peter Gabriel (1977)
26. Lennon, John Imagine
27. Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
28. Morrison, Van Saint Dominic's Preview
29. Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
30. Funkadelic One Nation Under a Groove
31. Hurley, Michael, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones Have Moicy!
32. Ramones Rocket to Russia
33. John, Elton Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
34. Kuti, Fela Zombie
35. Parker, Graham Squeezing Out Sparks
36. Petty, Tom & The Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes
37. Pink Floyd The Wall
38. Scruffs, The Wanna Meet the Scruffs?
39. Rush 2112
40. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Love Beach

woulda voted terry riley but i thought those were 60s discs?

was m bison's #1 for Africa Brazil counted?

It was, but I didn't mark a first place vote in the first place vote column. No points are missing from it, though.

thanks. Good job.

going to go back and read the top ten unveiling properly, but I've got to say, Boston only accrued 22 points outside of me? Guys srsly what's happening

Hard to listen to the Boston album with fresh, critical ears after how many times I've heard it (or how many MILLIONS of times I've heard several of its songs). In a vacuum, it would've done much better.

everybody should play the whole thing on Rock Band. that revitalized my interest.

My ballot:

1. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
2. Wonder, Stevie - Fulfillingness' First Finale
3. Ramones - Leave Home
4. Morrison, Van - Moondance
5. Ayers, Kevin - Bananamour
6. Dylan, Bob - New Morning
7. Clark, Gene - No Other
8. Denny, Sandy - Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
9. Gil, Gilberto - Gilberto Gil
10. Kuti, Fela - Zombie
11. Nelson, Willie - Stardust
12. Waldron, Mal - Blues for Lady Day
13. X Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
14. Morrison, Van - Tupelo Honey
15. ABBA - Waterloo
16. Abrams, Muhal Richard - Sightsong
17. Bolling, Claude - Suite for Violin & Jazz Piano Trio
18. Bowie, David - Diamond Dogs
19. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
20. Kinks, The - Muswell Hillbillies
21. Doors, The - L.A. Woman
22. Hendrix, Jimi - Band of Gypsys
23. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
24. Rezillos - Can't Stand the Rezillos
25. Rodriguez - Cold Fact
26. Steely Dan - Aja
27. Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
28. Dylan, Bob - Slow Train Coming
29. Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop
30. Jackson, Joe - Look Sharp!
31. Eno, Brian - Before and After Science
32. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
33. Springsteen, Bruce - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
34. Davis, Miles - Live Evil
35. Blythe, Arthur - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
36. Swell Maps - A Trip to Marineville
37. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
38. Waters, Muddy - Hard Again
39. Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
40. Faust - So Far

Yeah, the Black Devil record is completely awes. He's since come back and released some new stuff that sounds like he didn't miss a step at all in 30 years.

― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 January 2010 21:20 (Yesterday)

If you mean 'The Strange New World Of Bernard Fevre' a lot of that is updating 'The Strange World Of Bernard Fevre', which is most definitely a library record from 1978 on L'llustration Musicale (back cover pic below)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7St4jD20p0o/Relz3cRFlZI/AAAAAAAACbU/-XFP5QioJVg/s1600/favre2.jpg

I was talking about 28 After.

Or maybe Eight Oh Eight. It's been a while since I was knee deep in Black Devil, so I forget which is which.

going to go back and read the top ten unveiling properly, but I've got to say, Boston only accrued 22 points outside of me? Guys srsly what's happening

It was #8 on my ballot, so how many points aside from you and me?

Boston had 59 points from 7 votes.

doh. my brain isn't working. was #3 on my ballot.

My ballot (either that, or a total formatting FAIL, so fingers crossed!)

1. Mitchell, Joni - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
2. Cars, The - Candy-O
3. Wyatt, Robert - Ruth is Stranger Than Richard
4. Carter, Elliott - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Composers Quartet)
5. XTC - Drums and Wires
6. Wyatt, Robert - Rock Bottom
7. ABBA – Arrival
8. Mitchell, Joni – Hejira
9. Reich, Steve - Drumming / Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and
Organ / Six Pianos
10. Simon, Paul - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
11. Talking Heads - Fear of Music
12. Bryars, Gavin - The Sinking of the Titanic
13. Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ask Rufus
14. Eno, Brian - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
15. Rundgren, Todd - Something/Anything?
16. Lennon, John – Imagine
17. ABBA - The Album
18. Fleetwood Mac – Tusk
19. Talking Heads - Talking Heads '77
20. Gaye, Marvin - Here, My Dear
21. John, Elton - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
22. Kuti, Fela - Expensive Shit
23. Bolling, Claude - Suite for Flute & Jazz Piano Trio
24. Police, The - Regatta de Blanc
25. Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight
26. Gabriel, Peter - Peter Gabriel (1977)
27. Lucier, Alvin - I Am Sitting in a Room
28. Pere Ubu - Dub Housing
29. 10cc - The Original Soundtrack
30. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
31. Supertramp - Breakfast in America
32. Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue
33. Wonder, Stevie - Fulfillingness' First Finale
34. Genesis - Selling England By the Pound
35. Jethro Tull - Thick As a Brick
36. Kansas - Leftoverture
37. Wonder, Stevie - Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
38. Steely Dan – Aja
39. Gentle Giant - Octopus
40. Roxy Music - Siren

Whew, that worked, except Candy-O shouldn't be boldface, it didn't place in the top 100 results.

1. Wyatt, Robert Rock Bottom
2. Steely Dan Aja
3. Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin III
4. Ben, Jorge África Brasil
5. Lowe, Nick Jesus of Cool
Bowie, David Lodger
Who, The Who's Next
Buckley, Tim Starsailor
Faust Faust IV
Ramones Rocket to Russia

Mayfield, Curtis Roots
Mayfield, Curtis Curtis
Parliament Osmium
McCartney, Paul Ram
Hawkwind Space Ritual
Green, Al Let's Stay Together
Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny
Neu! Neu! 75
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Hayes, Isaac Black Moses

Damned, The Damned Damned Damned
Funkadelic Funkadelic
Pere Ubu Datapanik in the Year Zero EP
Adverts, The Crossing the Red Sea With The Adverts
Lennon, John Imagine
King, Carole Tapestry
Soft Machine Third
Black Sabbath Sabotage
Black Sabbath Master of Reality
Kuti, Fela No Agreement

Kraftwerk Autobahn
Pop, Iggy Lust for Life
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
Green, Al Livin' for You
Beach Boys, The Sunflower
Blondie Blondie
Eno, Brian Ambient 1: Music for Airports
Haack, Bruce Electric Lucifer
Kinks, The Muswell Hillbillies
Black Sabbath Vol. 4

this poll was a huge success--concept and results. thanks Johnny Fever for putting together a list i'm gonna mine for years to come!

18 of my 40 made it. I bolded the ones that didn't make it.

1. Presley, Elvis - Elvis Country
2. ZZ Top - Tres Hombres
3. Crosby, David - If I Could Only Remember My Name
4. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
5. Newman, Randy - Good Old Boys
6. Steely Dan - Aja
7. Roxy Music - Country Life
8. Nilsson, Harry - Nilsson Schmilsson
9. Springsteen, Bruce - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
10. Parker, Graham - Squeezing Out Sparks
11. Mott the Hoople - Mott
12. Ferry, Bryan - These Foolish Things
13. Who, The - Live at Leeds
14. Young, Neil - Zuma
15. Davis, Miles - Get Up With It
16. Stewart, Rod - Every Picture Tells a Story
17. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
18. Green, Al - The Belle Album
19. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (pronounced 'leh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd)
20. Mayfield, Curtis - Curtis
21. Martyn, John - Solid Air
22. Boston - Boston
23. Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
24. Mitchell, Joni - The Hissing of Summer Lawns
25. Flatlanders, The - More a Legend Than a Band
26. Rolling Stones, The - Some Girls
27. Morrison, Van - Moondance
28. Franklin, Aretha - Spirit in the Dark
29. Grateful Dead - Europe '72
30. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
31. McCartney, Paul - Ram
32. Nico - Desertshore
33. Jefferson Starship - Blows Against the Empire
34. Parton, Dolly - The Best of Dolly Parton (1975)
35. Allman Brothers Band, The - Eat a Peach
36. Buckley, Tim - Starsailor
37. Simon, Paul - Paul Simon
38. Staple Singers, The - Be Altitude: Respect Yourself
39. Dylan, Bob - Slow Train Coming
40. T.Rex - Electric Warrior

Wanna thank folks for turning me on to that Comus album as well as free your mind and your ass will follow (really only knew maggot brain before this). That title track on that is some kinda fucking brain-melting scorcher.

Only really disappointed that my #1, pleasure principle, didn't place. Biggest head scratcher, imo, is x-ray spex placing so high. It's as baffling to me as if like sham 69 or some other first gen brit punk also rans placed that highly. But then maybe I should give it another listen.

Otherwise just continually mystified by the world's love for the talking heads. I'd take devo, b-52s, gary numan, and pere ubu among others as bands who at least sometimes mined a similar aesthetic over that "Electric Guitar" shit any day.

Well here's my ballot. Accidentally voted the wrong motorhead album. A few other things I'd do differently today as well, especially vote for La Dusseldorf.

1) Numan, Gary The Pleasure Principle
2) Tubeway Army Replicas
3) Pere Ubu Datapanik in the Year Zero EP
4) Devo Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
5) Pere Ubu Dub Housing
6) Pere Ubu The Modern Dance
7) Kraftwerk Autobahn
8) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Lick My Decals Off, Baby
9) Waits, Tom Small Change
10) Tubeway Army Tubeway Army
11) Bowie, David Lodger
12) Devo Duty Now For the Future
13) Vibrators, The Pure Mania
14) Rolling Stones, The Some Girls
15) Young, Neil Harvest
16) Smith, Patti Horses
17) Who, The Who's Next
18) Stranglers, The Rattus Norvegicus
19) Yes Relayer
20) Stiff Little Fingers Inflammable Material
21) Black Flag Nervous Breakdown EP
22) Motörhead Motörhead
23) Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
24) Jennings, Waylon Honky Tonk Heroes
25) Dead Boys, The Young, Loud and Snotty
26) Yes The Yes Album
27) Judas Priest Sad Wings of Destiny
28) Damned, The Machine Gun Etiquette
29) Zappa, Frank Apostrophe
30) Yes Close to the Edge
31) Yes Going for the One
32) Brown, James Get on the Good Foot
33) Brown, James Sex Machine
34) Kristofferson, Kris Kristofferson
35) Can Unlimited Edition
36) Kristofferson, Kris & Rita Coolidge Full Moon
37) Schulze, Klaus Cyborg
38) Cluster Zuckerzeit
39) Bowie, David The Man Who Sold the World
40) Thunders, Johnny & The Heartbreakers Live at Max's Kansas City

Kristofferson, Kris & Rita Coolidge Full Moon

Thanks for voting for this btw. I knew it never had a chance, and didn't even bother to cast a vote for it in the end, but I love it beyond words.

50% made it in. The lost causes were mostly singer-songwriter stuff, classic rock and reggae.

1 Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece
2 Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, the Innocent and E Street Shuffle
3 Talking Heads - Fear of Music
4 Guy Clark - Old No. 1
5 Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
6 Joni Mitchell - Court & Spark
7 Flatlanders - More a Legend Than a Band
8 Led Zeppelin - III
9 The Cars - The Cars
10 Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
11 Van Morrison - Moondance
12 Derek & the Dominoes - Layla
13 Al Green - The Belle Album
14 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
15 Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes
16 Talking Heads - 77
17 Culture - Two Sevens Clash
18 Bob Dylan & the Band - Before the Flood
19 Rolling Stones - Some Girls
20 Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale
21 Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate
22 Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
23 Grateful Dead - American Beauty
24 Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!
25 Linda Ronstadt - Greatest Hits
26 Paul Simon - Paul Simon
27 The Specials - The Specials
28 Steely Dan - Aja
29 Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger
30 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
31 Bob Marley - Burnin'
32 John Martyn - Solid Air
33 Neil Young - Harvest
34 Toots & the Maytals - Funky Kingston
35 Van Morrison - It's Too Late To Stop Now
36 Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen
37 Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You
38 Isley Brothers - 3 + 3
39 Gene Clark - White Light
40 Elvis Costello - Armed Forces

For some reason it never occurred to me that much of my ballot didn't really have a chance. Ironically, I figured cluster was one of the least likely to place. Maybe that's not ironic though. Whatever the word for that is, that's not ironic, but that we often erroneously call ironic anyway - strangely coincidental perhaps?

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listening to Zombie right now. super-dopeness

^ listening to it right now as well. I'm not even going to ask where to go after Zombie, because that question is answered 12 different ways in every Fela thread. But I'm going to check out more.

Shakara! (nb: that is the only other Fela album I have heard. I first heard it at a Catholic church, strangely enough)