yes curtis is a perfect album. both it and fun house are probably on my short short list of favorite albums, but i was in a down-and-dirty fun house mood this morning and voted for it.
― simmy simmy ya, simmy yam simmy yay (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:36 (five years ago) link
As I progress through my playlist I'm reminded that not only was this an era of absolutely epochal albums but also of so many deliciously frothy AM gold confections.
Seriously, though, mainlining this stuff is...a little overwhelming. Like it's almost too good to take in all at once.
― But people get sick on earth in their human form (Old Lunch), Thursday, 7 February 2019 20:42 (five years ago) link
When I was 1st getting into that era of Miles, all you heard about was Bitches Brew. Could be wrong but feel like I just stumbled onto Silent Way on my own. Guess it's generational change in tastes/values from Boomer rockers to Gen X/Millenials?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
It does seem that Bitches Brew has, like Sgt. Peppers, been brought down a notch to part of a great run rather than a unique breakthrough.
― eva logorrhea (bendy), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:27 (five years ago) link
i don't really get that sense
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:18 (five years ago) link
here's some more 1970 that i really dig:
hawkwind - hawkwindeugene mcdaniels - outlawthe beatles - let it bejorge ben - força brutasunny murray - an even break (never give a sucker)bob dylan - self portraitfrank wright - uhuru na umojasonny sharrock - monkey-pockie-boothe kinks - lolamccartney - mccartneyjohn cale - vintage violencebrötzmann / van hove / bennink - ballsmarcus - marcusallen toussaint - toussaint bob & the wailers - soul rebeljon appleton & don cherry - human musicvan morrison - moondancesun ra - my brother the windnovos baianos - é ferro na boneca
― budo jeru, Thursday, 7 February 2019 22:20 (five years ago) link
There were just a ridiculous amount of good LPs that came out in this period of time.
CSNY- Deja VuTraffic - John Barleycorn Must DieMountain - Climbingthe Doors - Morrison HotelGrand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home & Live AlbumRolling Stones- Get Your Ya Ya's OutJethro Tull- Benefitthe Faces- First StepBadfinger- Magic Christian Music & No Dice
perhaps a bit more obscure...
Bloodrock 1 & 2Canned Heat- Future BluesUriah Heep- Very 'Eavy Very 'UmbleJohnny Winter And - s/tAtomic Rooster- Death Walks Behind YouMott the Hoople- Mad ShadowsFrank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Burnt Weeny Sandwich & Chunga's Revenge
― earlnash, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
Deep Purple - In Rock
― earlnash, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:33 (five years ago) link
Bee OK what was the results of your old poll for 70?
yes, lets see what happened from a few years back pfunkboy (BTW, this place misses you!):
Acclaimed Music Top 25 Albums from 1970 poll
4 The Stooges - Fun House 171 Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 1125 Curtis Mayfield - Curtis 105 Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 98 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 611 The Velvet Underground - Loaded 53 Derek and The Dominos - Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 419 Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead 4
― Bee OK, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link
rushomancy, do you have a list ?
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Paranoid FTW.
― Bee OK, Friday, 8 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
This was a little easier than the 1969 poll. Loaded is the pop art art pop peak, even without the outcat ventures of other VU LPs (just as satisfying in its way).
― dow, Friday, 8 February 2019 02:37 (five years ago) link
it's "cosmo's factory"
look it's got a bicycle on the cover
"fun house" is nice as well but it does not have a bicycle on the cover
here are some other suggestions since budo jeru asked :)
aretha franklin - spirit in the darkbig grunt - peel sessionbruce haack - the electric luciferbwana - s/tcaptain beefheart - lick my decals off babychico buarque & ennio morricone - per un pugno di sambaclifford thornton - the panther and the lashthe cowsills - on my sidedavid axelrod - earth rotdon everly - s/tegisto macchi - voixelectric funeral - the wild performanceemergency - homage to peaceexuma - s/tfotheringay - s/t (SERIOUSLY YES THIS IS GOOD)the four tops - still waters run deepthe fourth way - werwolffree action inc. - plays eddy korscheg.f. fitzgerald - mouseproofgay & terry woods - top gear session (w/mcdonald & giles)george harrison - all things must pass (DUH)gracious! - s/tthe grodeck whipperjenny - s/therbie hancock - mwandishihorse - for twisted minds onlyi.d. company - s/tiron claw - s/tjards macale - so mortojoe mcphee - sound on soundjohn mclaughlin - devotionjohn surman - how many clouds can you see?kevin ayers - shooting at the moonleo ferre - amour anarchielive experience band - voodoo child, live experience 69-70louis armstrong - and his friends (he does "the creator has a master plan", come on)lyd - s/tmal waldron - spanish bitchmasabumi kikuchi sextet - re-confirmationmichael nesmith - magnetic southprocol harum - home (super fucking underrated)pucho & the latin soul brothers - jungle fireron geesin & roger waters - music from the bodyroy brooks - the free slavesandro brugolini - overgroundsegun okeji - i like womansphere - inside ourselvessproton layer - with magnetice fields disruptedtangerine dream - electronic meditationunknown fibers "odd-lots" - laguna beach happening christmas 1970wizz jones - the legendary me
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 02:45 (five years ago) link
"home" is a CONCEPT ALBUM ABOUT DEATH what more do you need
"barnyard story" breaks my fucking heart every time
i do not give a shit if matthew fisher had quit, who fucking even needs two keyboard players in one band
― The Elvis of Nationalism and Amoral Patriotism (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 02:46 (five years ago) link
thaat’s the stuff !
also, nearly forgot tomasz stańko’s “music for k”
― budo jeru, Friday, 8 February 2019 04:13 (five years ago) link
This one was easy. Black Sabbath.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 8 February 2019 07:35 (five years ago) link
mwandishi was 71, no?
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
yeah i go off my tags, which are frequently wrong. sub in "fat albert rotunda" if you like even though that one isn't quite as good
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Friday, 8 February 2019 14:28 (five years ago) link
Fat Albert Rotunda is '69, I believe.
Gil Scott-Heron's debut was in '70. Not as good as what came after but pretty damn noteworthy nonetheless.
― Shaved Cyborg (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
yeah I think it is '69
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath,Black Sabbath - Paranoid
If you're gonna invent heavy metal, may as well put out a second album the same year to show everyone you mean business.
Funkadelic - Free Your Mind... and Your Ass Will FollowFunkadelic - FunkadelicParliament - Osmium
Meanwhile, George Clinton says "Two albums? Weak sauce, Tony..."
And then there's these:
Kraftwerk - KraftwerkLed Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IIIMC5 - Back In The UsaMiles Davis - Bitches BrewNeil Young - After the Gold RushPink Floyd - Atom Heart MotherSyd Barrett - The Madcap LaughsThe Stooges - Fun HouseThe Velvet Underground - Loaded
This is a tough choice. I am going to go with Paranoid for the simple reason I likely played it more than any of the other albums.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:42 (five years ago) link
After The Gold Rush
It could easily have been Paranoid or Fun House too
― . (Michael B), Friday, 8 February 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
& Sunflower & Loaded!
Fairport, "Full House" + Steeleye, "Hark! the Village Wait" btw... oh and "Nilsson Sings Newman" and "12 Songs" by Randy Newman.
― Wee boats wobble but they don't fall down (Tom D.), Friday, 8 February 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link
did you buy them when they came out?
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
Fleetwood Mac - Kiln HouseMoody Blues - A Question of Balance
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 8 February 2019 20:09 (five years ago) link
it's "cosmo's factory"look it's got a bicycle on the cover"fun house" is nice as well but it does not have a bicycle on the cover
― dorsalstop, Friday, 8 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
seems fair
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 21:00 (five years ago) link
it's really hard to believe that all this stuff is only ten years on from the 1950s
― Josefa, Friday, 8 February 2019 21:55 (five years ago) link
Yeti vs. Cosmo's vs. Fun House is impossible, jeez
― sleeve, Friday, 8 February 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
Out of the list, I would probably go for Third, Yeti, Curtis or even Bryter Layter (which has shot up in my esteem).Some of my own favorites are probably Força Bruta, Is it Because I'm Black and Moondance. Also Ladies of the Canyon.And three other Brazilian records: Cantiga de longe (Lôbô), September 17, 1969 (A. Gilberto), Orfeo novo (Gismonti).
― Nabozo, Friday, 8 February 2019 22:11 (five years ago) link
Bryter Layter is my favourite Nick Drake album.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
after the goldrush. such a perfect album. not sure if it is neil's best, on the beach is more to the bone, harvest is more sentimental. but after the goldrush is amazing as it anticipates the hangover after flower power. and i am still intrigued about that movie.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:25 (five years ago) link
I didnt vote in the ‘69 one but it would probably would have been King Crimson.
This one is Curtis or Nick Drake
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:32 (five years ago) link
(Grateful Dead is sorely missing)
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:35 (five years ago) link
Not a fan, sorry.
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Friday, 8 February 2019 22:40 (five years ago) link
― Shaved Cyborg (Old Lunch)
sigh. so instead of my tags i go off rym and they're wrong too. time is an illusion y'all.
"small talk at 125th and lenox"? track a6, hard pass on that one
― the scientology of mountains (rushomancy), Saturday, 9 February 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
I dunno if that's the source for wrong year tags in jazz albums, but AMG used to date jazz albums by the year they were recorded instead of the release year, so Mwandishi for example was a 1970 album according to them. Why they did that, I have no idea.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 9 February 2019 10:43 (five years ago) link
Rodriguez - Cold Fact (album with ‘Sugar Man’) is quite a pleasant folk rock album from ‘70
― ٩༼ º෴º ༽۶ (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 10 February 2019 00:42 (five years ago) link
Loaded, slightly ahead of Zep III.
― o. nate, Monday, 11 February 2019 01:58 (five years ago) link
Voted for Band of Gypsys ahead of Zep III and Fun House.
― silent as a seashell Julia (Sund4r), Monday, 11 February 2019 02:02 (five years ago) link
Oh, Bitches Brew is up there too, obv, probably Third next.
I thought you would have voted Bitches Brew
― Friedrich B. Neechy (Oor Neechy), Monday, 11 February 2019 10:58 (five years ago) link
It's either Paranoid or Fun House for me.
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 February 2019 10:59 (five years ago) link
Fun House just ahead of the Groundhogs for me.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Monday, 11 February 2019 11:11 (five years ago) link
went Live at Leeds, that record is a monster
― Neil S, Monday, 11 February 2019 13:03 (five years ago) link
Yet a few more unmentionwd notables and personal touchstones (not that I'd necessarily vote for any of these.) 1970 was just that massive.
Alice Cooper - Easy ActionAmboy Dukes - Marriage on the Rocks/Rock Bottom (fuck Ted Nugent, obviously)Hackamore Brick - One Kiss Leads To AnotherHigh TideLast PoetsJoni Mitchell - Ladies Of The CanyonRustic Hinge - ReplicasBob Seger - MongrelWoody Shaw - Blackstone LegacyAlan Shorter - OrgasmThe Stark Reality - Discovers Hoagy Carmichael's Music Shop
Bicycles on CCR album covers are nice, but only one of these 50 has an actual functioning wheel included. So Zep III gets my vote.
― Scape: Goat-fired like a dog! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 11 February 2019 19:00 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
BRYTER LAYTER MOTHER FUCKER
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link