You've forgotten Hissing of Summer Lawns (between C&S and Hejira), but that's not a problem as it just makes a great five-record run.
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I think "arguably" is a good word if used sparingly; e.g., when making an argument that's nonintuitive or even counterintuitive, yet which stands up to scrutiny:
Good: Annie Lennox, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80sBad: Stevie Wonder, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '70sWorse: Limahl, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80s
xpost - Paul, thanks; I knew I was forgetting one ...
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Face To Face > Something Else By The Kinks > The Village Green Preservation Society > Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) > Lola vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round (that’s five)
Astral Weeks > Moondance > His Band & The Street Choir > Tupelo Honey > St. Dominic’s Preview (another five)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Jefferson Airplane: ...Takes off, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, and Crown of Creation
This is obviously not the winner but it is a darn good run of four records.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
De StijlWhite Blood CellsElephantGet Behind Me Satan
...is pretty damn fine too.
― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh! --
Propeller - Vampire on Titus - Bee Thousand - Alien Lanes
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Hail to the Thief is a mess, a failed compromise between OK and Kid. Amnesiac is NOT a good album
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Or; if you don't count Come On Pilgrim as a proper album; Surfer Rosa > Doolitttle > Bossa Nova > Trompe Le Monde isn't that much less convincing.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
*A Series Of Sneaks is really good, but somewhat lacking compared to what follows, in my opinion.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
These are both pretty great. Hardly spoilers.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― werner t., Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Why not play Marquee Moon and Adventure twice?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Crocodiles (1980)Heaven Up Here (1981)Porcupine (1983)Ocean rain (1984)
― Lisa Lipstick, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Pardon my French, but Zuma is the greatest hard-rock (in Youngian terms, of course) album that NY ever made. Including Rust, TTN, blahblahblah.
and to substitute Harvest? ya gotta be kidding.
― lastdance, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Sell Out / Tommy / Who's Next / Quadrophenia (with Live at Leeds in the midst)
― JC-L (JC-L), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
eh? Funkadelic's classic run goes: Funkadelic, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Maggot Brain, America Eats Its Young.
CCR run I referred to earlier is: Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and The Poorboys, and Cosmo's Factory.
(I find some of these nominations laughable - also, Stevie Wonder is not rock n roll, sorry).
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
The first four Pouges albums are also brilliant
ps. I am not a nerd (cough)
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― Binjominia (Brilhante), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
Fifth dimension to Sweetheart
Turn, turn, turn is a little weak. But Mr. Tambourine Man is their best album (although Sweetheart comes close)
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Bringing it All Back Home/Highway 61 Revisited/Blonde on Blonde/John Wesley Harding
...which really has to be the winner.
― Chuck B, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Consensus? ILM?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
And hey Matthew, Series of Sneaks is Spoon's best album! Soft Effects gives it a run for its money though.
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
In what sense? Was it really shorter than 25 minutes? (Not arguing, just asking.)
>, Stevie Wonder is not rock n roll<
Why? (Odd, hearing this from somebody who nominated Funkadelic.) (Whoever nominated Prince above and says he's not rock confuses me, too.)(Like, because he's not white?? Is there another reason?)
Land Speed Record and Metal Circus > Candy Ass Grey and Warhouse
High Voltage, If You Want Blood, and Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (which one came last in Australia?) all > Back in Black
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― M. V. (M.V.), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Orbital II/Snivilisation/In Sides/Middle of Nowhere
also (I'm probably the only one here who will rep for all four of these):
Lazer Guided Melodies/Pure Phase/Ladies and Gentlemen/Let It Come Down
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
"In what sense? Was it really shorter than 25 minutes? (Not arguing, just asking.)"
Originally only 6 songs (on 2 x 7"ers iirc) totalling less than 20 minutes. The other 5 tracks on the album version that's now about were originally the A- and B-sides of various other singles released around the same time.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
d'oh! PWND! Well, kinda sorta... skin color doesn't have anything to do with it, its more that Funkadelic made pretty obvious use of rock tropes (LOUD GUITARS, psychedelic reverb effects, etc.) in a way that Stevie didn't.
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
music of my mind > talking book > innervisions > fulfillingness' first finale
what do i have to do to convince wonder lovers that "songs in the key of life" suxxxx?!?! or is at least not as good as "music of my mind"?
and CCR is seconded.
― grauzone, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
X-post
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
Well, that's not an EP (unless, like I said, all those odds and sods added up to less than 25 minutes). But I can see how it wouldn't count (like how Costello's *Taking Liberties,* say, wouldn't count.)
And lots of white bands on this thread don't have guitars as noisy as Funkadelic either, Shakey. I mean, I like CCR better than Stevie myself, but "Superstition" and "Living for the City" sure rock as hard as anything CCR (or the Beatles or Byrds etc) did to my ears.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
hehe
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― eedd, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Why is that people are disqualifying Stevie Wonder when the impetus for this thread was the Talking Heads? Mentalists.
Stewart, Strictly Personal is awesome and far superior to Mirror Man. Hell, I like it better than Safe As Milk!
And anyway Prince wins everything. Mentalists.
― J (Jay), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
I'm sure there's an REM partisan waiting to make his bid. What about Kraftwerk? They kinda count as rock. Or Motorhead (who definitely do)?
― js (honestengine), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link