pitchfork is dumb (#34985859340293849494 in a series.)

sort of hate quibbling about these things, but sandy denny is really getting neglected by these lists — first that NPR list, now this. inconceivable!

In a list of 200 records, they definitely could've left Arthur off and let the other two Kinks records speak for themselves. Not that Arthur is a bad record, but I feel like it stole a spot it didn't deserve.

Also, as far as 60s Stones albums that aren't Let It Bleed go, Between the Buttons is my go-to. Not sure if I have any strong feelings about it being excluded, but it's better than Aftermath.

Seeing Dusty In Memphis in the top 20 was a nice surprise. I thought it would place somewhere, but not that high.

Song Cycle at #93, not bad.

Several of these albums are better known for a few key songs/singles, not necessarily known for being key albums, as such. I've never heard them, but are, say, the LPs here by Wilson Pickett, Shangri-Las, Link Wray, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline or Roy Orbison (for example) particularly good albums, or do they succeed mostly by dint of the artists/geniuses involved? Like, are there better Roy Orbison albums than others, or are they all good, because it's Roy Orbison, just some have better/better known singles than others?

this list is great so far -- I didn't vote this time because my schedule for the past few weeks has basically been a complete hellscape but I'm glad it turned out well

Breakdown of albums per year:

1960: 6
1961: 4
1962: 6
1963: 12
1964: 15
1965: 19
1966: 19
1967: 23
1968: 39
1969: 57

― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, August 22, 2017 11:57 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

nice

roy orbison's crying is all killer imo

This list pretty much reminded me why I own less albums from the '60s than I do from the '70s and '80s.

thinking Nina Simone is officially overrated now tbh

for some reason I had never bothered to hunt down that Mickey Newbury album before but damn that is a good one

As someone who has been into jazz since my teenage years, I'm unimpressed by the jazz picks and borderline offended by the mashing up of jazz and rock albums.

List is dogshit.

it's good list imo

1969: 57

The kids love 69. It's one of those numbers like 420 that kids like.

Dusty In Memphis is where it should be.

borderline offended by the mashing up of jazz and rock albums.

So you think they should have separate rock and jazz lists?

anyone got a plaintext version of this

As someone who has been into jazz since my teenage years, I'm unimpressed by the jazz picks and borderline offended by the mashing up of jazz and rock albums.

List is dogshit.

― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Tuesday, August 22, 2017 12:17 PM

Jazzbo unimpressed with decade list compiled by popular music website that only occasionally covers jazz in the first place, film at 11.

And if we want to talk overrated, Dusty in Memphis is my first pick for an album that doesn't even belong on this list. Especially considering the complete lack of Sandy Denny.

The White Album isn't the Beatles' best album.

Pet Sounds isn't better than any jazz album on the list.

And, finally, there's this:

“In C” isn’t a record you measure against Pet Sounds or Blonde on Blonde.

Then why in the fuck are you doing exactly that?

Fuck this list.

What is the correct opinion?

Won't someone please think of the passionate millennial males?

chill yo

it is a list of albums

if you don't like pet sounds, then why do you read lists in the first place?

forever searching for the one best-of list without pet sounds

what sound does a shit cat make?

ill never see the nile again

Dusty in Memphis is my first pick for an album that doesn't even belong on this list. Especially considering the complete lack of Sandy Denny.

In what universe are Dusty and Sandy interchangeable?

also like how do you read a '60s list and entertain the thought of dusty in memphis not being on it

particularly a staff list, do you really think everyone is going to have the exact same contrarian impulse en masse`

dusty in memphis is so good

it should've been in the top ten

I like the list so far, only about halfway through. Probably will have to put together a spotify list that includes all full albums, as pfork only has a sampler list.

it was in mine

xp

my approach to my ballot was at least somewhat contrarian but dusty in memphis still sounds like glitter falling out of your speakers imo. undeniable record

http://pitchfork.com/news/jerry-seinfeld-announces-new-netflix-special/

lol came here to post that. right next to a story about Stranger Things

Should have at least ended that article with a YouTube video of the Seinfeld theme.

yeah i mean at least Stranger Things has the older brother that inexplicably has tapes of The Smiths in 1983 in Indiana

Jerry Seinfeld is coming to Netflix with a new hour-long special. It’s called Jerry Before Seinfeld, and it will feature previously unreleased material, including footage from his childhood and “a library of legal pads with every joke he’s written since 1975.”

Not the thread for it but who the hell is interested in that? "I'm Jerry Seinfeld, I tell jokes for a living and these are the ones from waaay back. Also some home videos."

I feel like something went horribly awry during the "Jerry shows his 'pads" pitch meeting and now.

lol

because the world demands it, joan crawford grades yr top ten of the 60s

Aretha - A, Aretha is automatic A deep into the 80s
Miles - A, but the Second Great Quintet is the 60s, it's called "Great" for a reason and Silent is...also great, but like...Miles playing straight jazz is also great, look into it
Revolver - no grade, haven't heard it, people say it's great though, I'm sure it's fine
James Brown Live at the Apollo - A. Come on this one's obvious
Blonde on Blonde - this album is way too long. B
Wild is the Wind - A
White Album - this album is also too long and has "Ob-La-Di." C+
A Love Supreme - A+, always even better than I remember
Pet Sounds - D, this album sucks so bad
Velvet Underground & Nico - B+, huge album obviously but can we just exhale & admit "Venus in Furs" is a slog and "Black Angel's Death Song" is like mandatory reading for a class

"want to see my secret fuck-pad?"

*approves special for $4 million*

"great. i don't tell profane jokes but i sure write them, check out this pad."

"oh noooooo"

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/861df62c-ff71-4db4-936c-4c1005c9d032

admit "Venus in Furs" is a slog

not surprised by the rest of your comments but wasn't expecting this one tbh

I'm a serious jazzbo and beatnik

just thumbing through my well worn copy of On the Road and listening to Bird blow man

"Venus in Furs" is a slog
still get a thrill when this one starts. what an amazing sound.

he's a jazzbo, he's a booknerd, he's a beatnik! beatnik!