timschochet
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Well that's certainly true. The most unlistenable album I have ever heard (even worse than the John Lennon/Yoko Ono wedding album, which features a whole side of Yoko's primal screams.) 
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Well that's certainly true. The most unlistenable album I have ever heard (even worse than the John Lennon/Yoko Ono wedding album, which features a whole side of Yoko's primal screams.) 
KarmaPolice
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
In retrospect, we probably should have had a "double album" category.
Binky The Doormat
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timschochet
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Buzzbait
Footballguy
Out of town so I'll comment later but to keep things going here are my picks.
Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977 album
David Bowie The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars 1972 album
PS You guys took a ton of albums I had queued up!
PPS Age is the Big 50 next week
Fleetwood Mac Rumours 1977 album
David Bowie The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars 1972 album
PS You guys took a ton of albums I had queued up!
PPS Age is the Big 50 next week
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KarmaPolice
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Damn, I am a pup in here - 40 years old.
Binky The Doormat
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FUBAR
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ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
I just turned 39. Spring chicken here.
Tom Skerritt
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3.xx A Night at the Opera - Queen (Best Rock Album)
Such a diverse album. One of a kind band IMO.
Such a diverse album. One of a kind band IMO.
dal_boys_phan
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Picking 6th this round (4 picks from now) and would like to drop off a pick via PM if anyone after me would take it.
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Tom Skerritt
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Buzzbait
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Probably my favorite album but thought it would get around so I went with Ziggy instead.
Diverse in right. The campy Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, the acoustic 39' (did you know the song is about space travel & time warp) & flat out rockers like Sweet Lady. Bo Rhapsody is the big one but it's been played so much it's not even in my top 5.
I wore the grooves out of this LP.
simey
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higgins
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
ditto on the wearing out ...Probably my favorite album but thought it would get around so I went with Ziggy instead.
Diverse in right. The campy Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, the acoustic 39' (did you know the song is about space travel & time warp) & flat out rockers like Sweet Lady. Bo Rhapsody is the big one but it's been played so much it's not even in my top 5.
I wore the grooves out of this LP.
my favorites were "I'm In Love With My Car" (I dig all of Taylor's lead vocal tracks) and "Love of My Life" - two amazing pieces of work, from such opposite directions
KarmaPolice
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I think we should have done the opposite - Shuke should have guessed our ages based on our drafts.
KarmaPolice
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Tom Skerritt
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'Remain In Light' is arguably their best album, but I believe it was released in1980. 1A and 1B if you ask me.
Buzzbait
Footballguy
"Told my girl I had to forget her. Rather buy me a new carburetor."ditto on the wearing out ...
my favorites were "I'm In Love With My Car" (I dig all of Taylor's lead vocal tracks) and "Love of My Life" - two amazing pieces of work, from such opposite directions
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Are we at Eephus and Norwood this morning?
otb_lifer
Footballguy
"Told my girl I had to forget her. Rather buy me a new carburetor."
and howzabout "Death on Two Legs" as the opener? man, forgot about that one earlier ... scathingly brilliant, Freddie was PISSED at that "old barrow boy"
Doug B
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Doug B
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timschochet
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Up there with Dylan's "Idiot Wind" as possibly the meanest lyrics ever.
and howzabout "Death on Two Legs" as the opener? man, forgot about that one earlier ... scathingly brilliant, Freddie was PISSED at that "old barrow boy"
otb_lifer
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Buzzbait
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Dedicated to Norman Sheffield. They really came up with some interesting name calling in that song!
and howzabout "Death on Two Legs" as the opener? man, forgot about that one earlier ... scathingly brilliant, Freddie was PISSED at that "old barrow boy"
Eephus
Footballguy
3.xx Singles Going Steady - Buzzcocks (Punk Album) NOTE: The link is to the reissue with bonus tracks. To simulate 1979, skip from 23:40 to 35:04 and smash your device at the end of "Something's Gone Wrong Again".
Punk was initially a live phenomenon but quickly moved to singles when people realized that there was demand for them. Record, press, release, no rinse, repeat. Punk albums followed shortly but generally managed to avoid the pretensions of the medium until the 80s.
Singles Going Steady documents a year and a half of singles and B-sides released by Manchester's Buzzcocks. Sixteen songs, all except the last two b-sides clock in at less than 3:10. They also managed to release three LPs in the same time period without a lot of redundancy.
The tracks themselves are glorious explosions of hooks and cynicism delivered with less self-importance than their London counterparts. The tempos are almost all fast, as if they're racing through the song in order to get on to the next. Buzzcocks' influence has arguably been greater than their contemporaries from 1977. Pop-punk and emo didn't exist yet but a lot of their future vocabulary was already in place on this record.
Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still touring the band and going strong after 40 years. Unlike most bands of the era, they're still recording new material and mixing it into their sets but the material from Singles Going Steady forms the backbone of their set.
Punk was initially a live phenomenon but quickly moved to singles when people realized that there was demand for them. Record, press, release, no rinse, repeat. Punk albums followed shortly but generally managed to avoid the pretensions of the medium until the 80s.
Singles Going Steady documents a year and a half of singles and B-sides released by Manchester's Buzzcocks. Sixteen songs, all except the last two b-sides clock in at less than 3:10. They also managed to release three LPs in the same time period without a lot of redundancy.
The tracks themselves are glorious explosions of hooks and cynicism delivered with less self-importance than their London counterparts. The tempos are almost all fast, as if they're racing through the song in order to get on to the next. Buzzcocks' influence has arguably been greater than their contemporaries from 1977. Pop-punk and emo didn't exist yet but a lot of their future vocabulary was already in place on this record.
Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle are still touring the band and going strong after 40 years. Unlike most bands of the era, they're still recording new material and mixing it into their sets but the material from Singles Going Steady forms the backbone of their set.
timschochet
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Eephus
Footballguy
Eephus
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timschochet
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otb_lifer
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
It's more like the "Hey Jude" album except Buzzcocks could fit two complete songs in while the Beatles were "Na-Na-Na-ing" the coda
HellToupee
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otb_lifer
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let's split it down the middle and call it "Magical Jude", seeing as how neither was a 'session' album ...
going back to your op on the selection, I'd say "Ever Fallen In Love" and "What Do I Get" are proto - Emo starter kits
ScottNorwood
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Harvest - Neil Young
timschochet
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Eephus
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Neil had as good a run in the 70s as anybody. Off the top of my head, only Bowie challenges him for consistency and variety over the full 1970-79 duration.
The 80s were a different story
ETA: Zeppelin
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worrierking
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I think I am up. If so let's do The Clash debut album for punk/post punk LP.
I prefer the US release to the UK issue, but either one is incredible.
I prefer the US release to the UK issue, but either one is incredible.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
agreed big time
the U.S. version added "Complete Control" and "White Man In Hammersmith Palais", my two favorite tracks from the album
also added were "Clash City Rockers"(the dynamite opener) "Jail Guitar Doors" ( a raucous Mick vehicle) and the awesome cover of "I Fought The Law"
just a phenomenal album all around - raw, sonic, blistering as all hell - the boys at their best ... was gonna be my next selection.
and, as I stated a few pages ago, this was the extent of the "punk" version of the band, imo
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Tom Skerritt
Footballguy
I'm picking for dal_boys_phan (from a PM)...
3.06 - Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (soul/funk album)
Their only album that hit #1 and one that is both critically and listener highest rated amongst their output in the decade. One of the best bands of the era for the genre.
3.06 - Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (soul/funk album)
Their only album that hit #1 and one that is both critically and listener highest rated amongst their output in the decade. One of the best bands of the era for the genre.
The Dreaded Marco
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The Dreaded Marco
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Looks like Tim timed out.
jwb is OTC.
jwb is OTC.
Maggot Brain
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timschochet
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3.07 David Bowie- Hunky Dory- 1971 Album
It's always been a question in my mind of which album is better, this one or Ziggy. We even had a thread about it here. Can't quite decide. Ziggy is more complete and themed, while this album, in my opinion is slightly stronger in terms of individual tunes (but even that's really close!)
"Changes", "Oh You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars" are masterpieces, as good as songwriting gets in rock music, with "Andy Warhol" and "Song For Bob Dylan" not too far behind. Meanwhile, "Queen #####" is as great a hard rocker as anything out of the early 70s. And beyond that there are no weak songs on the album. A game changer in a year filled with incredible music.
It's always been a question in my mind of which album is better, this one or Ziggy. We even had a thread about it here. Can't quite decide. Ziggy is more complete and themed, while this album, in my opinion is slightly stronger in terms of individual tunes (but even that's really close!)
"Changes", "Oh You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars" are masterpieces, as good as songwriting gets in rock music, with "Andy Warhol" and "Song For Bob Dylan" not too far behind. Meanwhile, "Queen #####" is as great a hard rocker as anything out of the early 70s. And beyond that there are no weak songs on the album. A game changer in a year filled with incredible music.
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