Does that apply to Exile, Tago Mago, London Calling or all 3?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
tusk also
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link
i love "mother sky" as much as anyone but "soundtracks" is not better than "tago mago"
also, let's give ilm some credit for recognizing that "in a silent way" is the superior earlier single lp work
― Jaki Liebowitz (rushomancy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 00:45 (five years ago) link
"Mother Sky" is really good. Tago Mago, Ege Bamyasi, Future Days are all great albums
― Dan S, Thursday, 18 April 2019 01:02 (five years ago) link
^ i agree
xp rush i didn’t say immediately preceding ! but yeah jokes aside “tago mago” is an exception to my comment, it’s a really special record. the other three double LPs in the poll i like (but don’t love) to varying degrees and i do find them hard to listen to front to back
― budo jeru, Thursday, 18 April 2019 01:26 (five years ago) link
exile is awesome
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:52 (five years ago) link
I agree Exile is awesome but I don’t think it’s crazy to maintain the Stones made marginally better and definitely more concise albums before it. That’s hard to maintain for Can and Tago Mago, mainly because it’s their first truly great album. I think it’s unusual for a band’s breakthrough album to be a double (in the sense of style not sales). London Calling is also great but I could see preferring the debut, though that’s always going to be a minority view. The conventional wisdom for many years was that Tusk was a sprawling mess and relative disappointment after Rumours, so that’s obviously not a crazy view even if it’s now fallen out of fashion . Nowadays I guess most people don’t think of albums as a commitment to a straight through listening experience but rather as a set of songs they can play individually as the mood strikes them which probably helps the reputation of sprawling albums.
― o. nate, Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:48 (five years ago) link
Sticky Fingers just beats out Exile for me and I definitely prefer the first Clash album to London Calling.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:49 (five years ago) link
"Monster Movie" is a great album btw.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 April 2019 14:14 (five years ago) link
(xp)
It’s not bad, but I think only a die hard Malcolm Mooney fan would prefer it to Tago Mago.
― o. nate, Thursday, 18 April 2019 14:18 (five years ago) link
Tom always prefers albums that aren't the popular choice.
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 18 April 2019 16:04 (five years ago) link
I didn't say I preferred it I said it was great. I like everything on it which isn't true of every Can album by any means.
― Do you like 70s hard rock with a guitar hero? (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 April 2019 16:07 (five years ago) link