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It was on my list but got pushed off - probably should have left it on.I had Sound & Fury in my top 20
It was on my list but got pushed off - probably should have left it on.I had Sound & Fury in my top 20
I have Sound and Fury 50ish. I also saw it live. It was... er... not so good. Strugill later said something like, "What was I thinking?" I love the studio album. I think he was thinking up some new modern direction that should have spawned creative copycats.I had Sound & Fury in my top 20, but suspect I may have been the only one to rank it. Metamodern Sounds was on my original list, but I only found space for 2 Sturgill albums, so it got cut.Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
I’m gameWe kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
So the Beatles are my #1 but not krista's? What is going on in the universe?2. Abbey Road – The Beatles (1,145 points)
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Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the group recorded, although Let It Be (1970) was the last album completed before the band's break-up in April 1970. It was mostly recorded in April, July, and August 1969, and topped the record charts in both the United States and the United Kingdom. A double A-side single from the album, "Something" / "Come Together", was released in October, which also topped the charts in the US.
I'd prefer randomWe kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Love that idea, and I am game!We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Covid canceled the show I was supposed to see and based on what you and others have shared that's probably a good thing. This thing hit those 2 weeks he was in the studio, but couldn't translate it once outside of it.I have Sound and Fury 50ish. I also saw it live. It was... er... not so good. Strugill later said something like, "What was I thinking?" I love the studio album. I think he was thinking up some new modern direction that should have spawned creative copycats.I had Sound & Fury in my top 20, but suspect I may have been the only one to rank it. Metamodern Sounds was on my original list, but I only found space for 2 Sturgill albums, so it got cut.Metamodern Sounds in Country Music - Sturgill Simpson
The best space-out album ever recorded. Squillions of bands -- including some that were on my ballot -- have tried to replicate it, but it remains unique. I listen to Animals more these days, but that takes nothing away from this.1. The Dark Side of the Moon – Pink Floyd (1,211 point)
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The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Capitol Records in the US and on 16 March 1973 by Harvest Records in the UK. Developed during live performances before recording began, it was conceived as a concept album that would focus on the pressures faced by the band during their arduous lifestyle, and also deal with the mental health problems of the former band member Syd Barrett, who had departed the group in 1968. New material was recorded in two sessions in 1972 and 1973 at EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) in London.
Oh Daddy works for me in the context of the album because Christine McVie wrote it about Mick Fleetwood and the dissolution of his marriage -- of all the FM-related relationships that dissolved in the mid-70s, that was the only one that involved children. So it hits me in ways that other tracks on the album don't.If you swapped Silver Springs in for Oh Daddy, Rumours would be absolutely perfect.
I'll give it a go.We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Love that idea, and I am game!We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
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I had Sweet Oblivion on my ballot, which I'll get to later today or tonight -- busy day at work.No Screaming Trees? ……and Oasis made it? Boooo!
Also, Badmotorfinger is objectively a better album than Superunknown
Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.At least it wasn’t Mr. RobotoOur Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.15. Paradise Theater - Styx
It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.At least it wasn’t Mr. RobotoOur Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.15. Paradise Theater - Styx
"I'm So Afraid" may be Buckingham's best song.I'm not familiar with self titled beyond the hits, of which I enjoy, while Rumours was ALL hits.Great record. What I am surprised about is that its predecessor, the self-titled 1975 album, is just as great and was nearly as popular, and got no support here. Both albums are among the peaks of mid-70s mainstream rock. I didn't vote for either of them, but I can see why people voted for this one, and might have voted for the other one had Mac been one of those more-than-one-album-on-the-ballot bands, which with this bunch they were not.3. Rumors – Fleetwood Mac (1,092 points)
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Rumours is the eleventh studio album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 4 February 1977, by Warner Bros. Records. Largely recorded in California in 1976, it was produced by the band with Ken Caillat and Richard Dashut. The recording sessions took place as the band members dealt with breakups and struggled with heavy drug use, both of which shaped the album's direction and lyrics.![]()
I'd be down for the random assignment.We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
Ok so we have @Dr. Octopus. @KarmaPolice @Ilov80s and @MAC_32 so far. When we get more in I'll randomize the partners and we can name the albums we wish for them to listen to.I also like the the idea of random draw.
@kupcho1 ?@Dr. Octopus @kupcho1 - thanks for all the hard work!
Is it easy enough to share a list of artists by points received? Would be interesting and kind of a top artist list on top of the album list.
I’m inOk so we have @Dr. Octopus. @KarmaPolice @Ilov80s and @MAC_32 so far. When we get more in I'll randomize the partners and we can name the albums we wish for them to listen to.I also like the the idea of random draw.
and @Pip's Invitation
and @Mrs. Rannous
Sure I’d do that.We kind of discussed this in the thread and @KarmaPolice listed some albums (that he didn’t rank) as album suggestions but anyone want to “buddy up” and exchange 5 albums for your partner to listen to and review - while you receive 5 albums back to do that same?
ETA: we can randomly assign “buddies” or pick and choose our buddy.
I’ll play too.Ok so we have @Dr. Octopus. @KarmaPolice @Ilov80s and @MAC_32 so far. When we get more in I'll randomize the partners and we can name the albums we wish for them to listen to.I also like the the idea of random draw.
and @Pip's Invitation
and @Mrs. Rannous
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@Yo Mama
I'll keep a list at home and won't keep updating that post. By week's end, I'll randomly pick partners out of a hat and let everyone know their matches.I’ll play too.Ok so we have @Dr. Octopus. @KarmaPolice @Ilov80s and @MAC_32 so far. When we get more in I'll randomize the partners and we can name the albums we wish for them to listen to.I also like the the idea of random draw.
and @Pip's Invitation
and @Mrs. Rannous
@Idiot Boxer
@Dan Lambskin
@Yo Mama
It's the one song on DSOTM I really don't like at all.Money is good
I was thinking about something some one said earlier about Jimmy Page getting all the credit for Zeppelin, but how he failed miserably after LZ ended. The Firm was so much worse than the sum of it's part's and that was his "solo" career highlight.I find Plant's voice bothers me more in my old age
Plant has had a tremendous solo career, and a few underrated albums. I love his current works collaborating Allison Krause. He's had a waaaayyyy better solo career than Page's. Heck Bonham's son had a better career than Jimmy post-LZ.
Weird timing, because I was just thinking about this and was going to post something similar. I really like those collaboration albums and was going to say I like his voice better in that format and on other recent albums. He doesn't get to that higher Zeppelin range.
I was also going to post that Jimmy's best thing recently is the live album he did with The Black Crowes. It's interesting to hear the Zeppelin songs with Robinson singing vs. Plant.
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Same. It was my #16 overall.I was really surprised Illmatic didn't make it.I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more.
That's a good point - probably common.The problem I ran into was this being an albums draft. As it turns out I don't consume my hip-hop via albums, just songs. A lot were on my original list, but almost none made it to the final 70.I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.
The only actual Styx album I owned was the Grand Illusion, but I did like the occasional song from other albums enough to buy a compilation to go with it.It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.At least it wasn’t Mr. RobotoOur Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.15. Paradise Theater - Styx
Money feels like it would fit better on Wish You Were Here or somethingIt's the one song on DSOTM I really don't like at all.Money is good
Agree. I really don't like "Money" and it almost ruins the rest of the album for me, which I really like.
Can't really complain about Dark Side being #1. It just missed the cut for me, but now that I think about it, it is one of a handful of albums that I actually have set up in its own playlist so that I can quickly and easily listen to the album exactly as it was intended. From that standpoint, maybe it is the best album.
But as soon as I think that, I remember that I can't get past "Money."
Yes, not only do I not really like the song, it doesn't fit the album at all.Agree. I really don't like "Money" and it almost ruins the rest of the album for me, which I really like.
I only had Paul's Boutique on my list but considered Illmatic and Fear of a Black Planet - both got pushed off.Same. It was my #16 overall.I was really surprised Illmatic didn't make it.I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more.
You probably have to be dug in already as a Styx fan, but their last three albums have all been really good. Dennis DeYoung isn't in the band anymore, but after not doing much after his ouster in the studio for 15+ years aside from one album and then a covers album, they have busted out three damn good records since 2017.It is Dennis DeYoung at his finest.Don't Let It End is listenable. The rest of it is hot garbage. I know this because my ex-father in law loved that album and played it all the time.I am a big Styx fan, but the album that has Mr. Roboto is pretty terrible. I like Mr. Roboto for what it is (cheese and all), but Kilroy Was Here otherwise sucks swamp water.At least it wasn’t Mr. RobotoOur Styx entry was Pieces of Eight.15. Paradise Theater - Styx
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.
I am surprised that more 90s hip-hop/rap didn't make the list. Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, etc. Not obscure acts. I would think that the ages that I would guess most of you would have been in during the 90s (like mid 20s), there would have been more. I could be judging this wrong though.
I voted for a couple:
49. All Eyez On Me - 2Pac
50. The Chronic - Dr. Dre
That's all I could work into top 70.
Rush surprised me in that they get a lot of "hate" in the music threads, but they have a very loyal fan base and they showed up here for the band - as did the Tool Block much to @Idiot Boxer's dismay.Fun list. A lot of top heavy Rush rankings, but after all this is a forum of older white dudes. Surprised to see Abbey Road as the highest ranked Beatles album
The White Album | The Beatles |
American Beauty | Grateful Dead |
London Calling | The Clash |
Aja | Steely Dan |
Sea Change | Beck |
Ramones | Ramones |
Magical Mystery Tour | The Beatles |
Paul's Boutique | Beastie Boys |
Ace of Spades | Motorhead |
Sky Blue Sky | Wilco |
Tre Hombres | ZZ Top |
Moondance | Van Morrison |
The Unforgettable Fire | U2 |
Nevermind | Nirvana |
Some Girls | The Rolling Stones |
Morrison Hotel | The Doors |
Raising Hell | Run-D.M.C. |
Greetings From Asbury Park | Bruce Springsteen |
Goes To Heaven | Grateful Dead |
Pet Sounds | The Beach Boys |
Consolers of the Lonely | The Raconteurs |
Workingman's Dead | Grateful Dead |
Ten | Pearl Jam |
At Filmore East | Allman Brothers Band |
Superunknown | Soundgarden |
I And Love And You | The Avett Brothers |
Odelay | Beck |
Researching the Blues | Redd Kross |
Moving Pictures | Rush |
The B-52's | The B-52's |
The Battle Of Los Angeles | Rage Against The Machine |
Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo | Devo |
Nothing's Shocking | Jane's Addiction |
Gun For You | The Greenhornes |
Funkadelic | Funkadelic |
Willy And The Poor Boys | Creedance Clearwater Revival |
Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip-Hop | Boogie Down Productions |
Up On The Sun | Meat Puppets |
In the Court of the Crimson King | King Crimson |
The Number of the Beast | Iron Maiden |
Siamese Dream | Smashing Pumpkins |
End Of The Silence | Rollins Band |
Alive! | KISS |
Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols | Sex Pistols |
Cheap Thrills | Big Brother & The Holding Company |
Pretenders | Pretenders |
Manassas | Stephen Stills |
Destroyer | KISS |
Dreamboat Annie | Heart |
Rock On | Humble Pie |
Kind Of Blue | Miles Davis |
Surrealistic Pillow | Jefferson Airplane |
Hot Rats | Frank Zappa |
Armed Forces | Elvis Costello and the Attractions |
Disraeli Gears | Cream |
Rage Against The Machine | Rage Against The Machine |
Freak Out! | The Mothers of Invention |
Paralell Lines | Blondie |
Are You Experienced | Jimi Hendrx Experience |
Lapalco | Brendan Benson |
Volunteers | Jefferson Airplane |
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back | Public Enemy |
Back in Black | AC/DC |
Zuma | Neil Young & Crazy Horse |
Aqualung | Jethro Tull |
Weezer (Blue Album) | Weezer |
Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath |
Tim | The Replacements |
Ritual De Lo Habitual | Jane's Addiction |
Sweet Baby James | James Taylor |