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

Oh, Doris. Cool.

I've given up hope for Fairuz, but not yet for Carole King - this poll needs her

I guess I need to re-listen to some Minnie Riperton. Does she really have some top-200 worthy albums, or are we just trying to fill a quota for black women? Strictly speaking soul, would some of you honestly prefer her over, say, Bill Withers, Terry Callier, Betty Davis, O.V. Wright, Temptations, Donny Hathaway, Aretha Franklin, Shuggie Otis, Doris Duke, Syreeta, Gloria Jones, Millie Jackson, Laura Lee, Jean Knight, Isley Brothers, Fontella Bass, Tyrone Davis, The J.B.'s, Swamp Dogg, The Impressions, Bobby Womack, The O'Jays, Marie Lyons and Johnnie Taylor?

I feel Come into My Garden and maybe Adventures in Paradise are definitely top 200 material (though many people would probably switch AiP for Perfect Angel). I certainly prefer her over Betty Davis or The J.B.'s or Bobby Womack or Fontella Bass or The O'Jays. But it's true that her music is of acquired taste: it's more polished and pretty than raw and gritty. Now, I love raw and gritty soul too, but I think Minnie is great exactly because she doesn't fit into the stereotypical soul mould.

If you like this kind of music, you're gonna love her first three solo albums:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afT9MiBqck8

But if it does nothing to you, you probably shouldn't check them out.

The thing is I did check her out last year when I made my soul list. I had MP3s of her first three albums. They must not have made a big impression, because I deleted them. Now that I think about it I probably did intend to buy a CD but forgot to add to my list. I'm going to pick up a used CD of Come To My Garden today, as I'm pretty sure that's the one I wanted first.

Check out Rotary Connection as well if you haven't already

You guys, screw Monday. I'm going to come back here in one hour and start finishing up. Monday people can still find the results... they're not going anywhere.

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dont give into peer pressure johnny!

Johnny ignore the arsenal fan post away!

No peer pressure. I just don't want to kill momentum by waiting. xp

Yeah, give us the results!

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I'd rate Come to my Garden as one of top 50 albums of all time, I just love how lush it all sounds. Perfect Angel is a classic too, it's very Stevie Wonder in places. I actually relistened to Adventures In Paradise recently which was a lot better than I remembered. It's a bit more song based and straight forward. Adventures and Perfect Angel are available on a CD together which is always pretty cheap.

I bought that double disc anthology of The Rotary Connection but never got into it. I think it was a bit too jazz for me.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4VMDxSyLAU

Is there anything Laibach won't cover?

i don't know. that was just one of the first things coming up on youtube looking for countdown...

Johnny ignore the arsenal fan post away!

What about us yanks? The NFL playoffs are starting today. Even if my team isn't playing until tomorrow.

I'll be watching the games as I post!

fake football doesnt matter :)

Thank goodness I now have laptop!

Can we not argue whose football is better football right now? Not in the mood.

fake football doesnt matter :)

Heh, we say the same thing in U.S. (usually when talking about the CFL).

*awaits King Boy Pato to pile in with jpgs of short-shorted antipodeans*

Jeez, you guys, as much as I'd really like to engage in a "styles of football" convo with you all, I'm sure there's an alternate forum for it. (Also, I would never clown on the CFL... they're allowed to celebrate, and they get really creative with it. Ochocinco would be considered tame.)

It will stop as soon as you post the next album!

10. Yes - Close to the Edge (1972) [189 points, 11 votes, 1 first place vote]

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Yes always put me in a great mood. My favorite song by them is probably "Siberian Khatru" from Close to the Edge -- it's got a funky part, great bassline, and a really dramatic, bittersweet part. Characteristically wonderful vocal harmony and counterpoint throughout, too.

― Clarke B. (Clarke B.), Monday, April 12, 2004 8:36 PM (5 years ago)

Listening to Close to the Edge today (after having found my cassette tape, yes cassette tape, again), it occurred to me that, perhaps, just perhaps, Rick Wakeman actually had a great sense of humor, even if he didn't realize it. I mean the harpsichord break on Siberian Khartu is effing hilarious. The prance-y electric rennaisance faire shit is a bit too much though.

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:30 PM (5 years ago)

I just took out Close to the Edge a day or two ago. I already knew the live versions of the title track and "Siberian Khatru" and had "And You and I" on Classic Yes but I'd never listened to the whole studio album. I'm a little surprised that so many people think it's Yes' peak. It seems much more dated and melodramatic than The Yes Album and Fragile, although the nice bits are wonderful enough to get me to put it on. "Close to the Edge" especially - the opening guitar solo is fab evil fusion, the vocal melodies and harmonies are gorgeous, the grooves are great; then they have to throw in all that clunky organ banging (at around 14:00 in) and that prancey Robin Hood crap (just before the ambient part). But I guess that might be the deal with Yes much of the time - enough great parts to make you want to sit through the cheese. "Siberian Khatru" is classic of course.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, October 2, 2003 11:31 PM (6 years ago)

id rather talk football now :(

Yes? No!

haha! (I agree w/ both of you btw)

i guess prog had to be in the top ten. better now then later.

omg my grammar: than later

I don't know this album and doubt very much that I'd like it, but "prancey Robin Hood crap" has got to be great

I have to go drink some beer, but I hope the rest of the top 10 will turn out to be better than that...

BOOOOOOOOOM poll further forgiven

also you disgusting savages have been FOILED

Pawn Hearts at #9 hopefully

#9? I'll take #5 at the least, please :D

I hope it's 9 fucking concept albums.

Yes ahead of King Crimson and VDGG would be a travesty.

Tubular Bells for #1

Oof. When you guys talk about prog I always assume you mean Magma-type good stuff, not this balls.

NV you didn't vote, because I was the only Still Life voter. I know for a fucken fact that if you'd voted, at least Pawn Hearts would've made it ;_;

That's not even the best Yes album. (Relayer would be the one for me)

We mean the whole caboodle, emil.y! Open minds and ears never hurt nobody :P

Entire top 100 ahead of VdGG is a travesty but I did promise not to complain.

9. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978) [205 points, 20 votes]

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Pere Ubu always sounded to me like it came from some apocalyptic future. I mean, we're not anywhere near nuclear armageddon yet but might as well prepare for the worst and dig out Modern Dance and Dub Housing.

― adamj, Friday, September 19, 2008 3:17 AM (1 year ago)

_The Modern Dance_ will split your head right open. At a record store, I overheard someone perusing the Pere Ubu vinyl section, talking to their friend. She picked up _The Modern Dance_ and said "Wow, this is worth like $100, and they're selling it for $12!". Of course, she was holding a *shrink-wrapped* record, and it was the relatively recent Geffen reissue. For about half a second, I considered saying something, but that would probably have been rude, and hey, more money to Pere Ubu is good!

― Ernest Paik, Thursday, May 9, 2002 8:00 PM (7 years ago)

154 is a good counterpart to pere ubu's first.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, December 6, 2003 10:06 AM (6 years ago)

The first 5 minutes of Close To The Edge are as bizarre as anything by King Crimson et al IMO

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Louis it takes a very special poll to tempt me to make a random list of stuff I like and as much as I've enjoyed reading this, as a concept it's ridiculous.