Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (205 Viewers)

[Mister CIA]

Song selection for Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark is Raised on Robbery. It was a 10-way tie until I realized I could smuggle Robbie Robertson into the ride as well. Could someone please add to playlist, thank you.

Here's a live version with all-world session guitar player Michael Landau. It smokes.

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One of the most pleasant surprises of Neil Young’s Archives Vol. 2 was the inclusion of a 1973 session where Joni showed up to the studio where Neil and the transitional version of Crazy Horse were recording Tonight’s the Night and they cut a take of Raised on Robbery.

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Wow, that's sweet.

 

[shuke]

I'm miles behind, but I'm going to try to catch up a little. Probably with shorter stuff.

161 (tie). Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin (152 points)

I didn’t restrict myself to 1 album per band, but I stopped at 2. LZ is definitely one of the bands that suffered from that choice, as otherwise 4-5 selections might have made it. So this isn’t the album I ranked the highest, but I’m positive that we’ll get to that one later.

Top to bottom this is a super strong album. I guess “Immigrant Song” and “Gallows Pole” are the biggest ones, though I enjoy it throughout. “Friends”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, and I’ve got to give a shoutout to “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”.

Man, no love for Tangerine?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I like Peaches better.

 

[shuke]

OK I can't for the life of me figure out how to add songs to the playlist. Can someone please add these for me:
Grateful Dead - One From The Vault - Eyes of the World
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time - The Funeral
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - Mahgeeta
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die - Empty Pages
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Your Hand In Mine
Pink Floyd - Meddle - Fearless

 

[Dan Lambskin]

124. Elephant – The White Stripes (186 points)


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Elephant is the fourth studio album by the American rock duo The White Stripes, released on April 1, 2003, by V2, XL, and Third Man. The album was produced by the band's guitarist and lead vocalist Jack White, and mostly recorded at Maida Vale and Toe Rag Studios across two weeks in April 2002.

After the White Stripes achieved their mainstream breakthrough, they continued a "back-to-basics" approach seen in their previous album, White Blood Cells. This was reinforced by producing the album without computers, instead utilizing a duct-taped 8 track tape machine and gear no more recent than 1963. Musically, Elephant is a blues and garage rock record featuring lyrics and themes surrounding the "death of the sweetheart" in American and popular culture.

This might be peak White Stripes here. I prefer other albums but probably the peak of their popularity

Seven Nation Army has to be one of the best songs of the last 25 years

Ball and Biscuit and Hardest Button to Button are both great high energy songs…jack’s just spitting fire here

I had opinions that didn't matter
I had a brain that felt like pancake batter
I got a backyard with nothing in it
Except a stick, a dog, and a box with something in it

The slower stuff is great too. Cover of Burt Bacharach I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself although they kinda amp it up at the end

You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket is absolutely beautiful

The Air Near My Fingers is underrated, especially when he breaks into that chorus

Do-do do-do-do-do do-do do-do-do-do-do
Do-do do-do-do-do do-do do-do-do-do-do

hell even the song with Meg on vocals is great (in the cold cold night)

After looking at the track list again i might have underrated this one

 

[rockaction]

131 (tie). Odessey and Oracle – The Zombies (178 points)

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Odessey and Oracle is the second studio album by the English rock band the Zombies. It was released on 19 April 1968, by CBS Records in the UK and on 15 July 1968, by Date Records in the US. The album was recorded primarily between June and August 1967 at EMI (now Abbey Road Studios) and Olympic Studios in London.

The Zombies, having been dropped from Decca Records, financed these sessions independently. After signing with CBS, two singles and later the album itself were released to critical and commercial indifference, and the band quietly dissolved. A third single from the album, "Time of the Season", became a surprise hit in the United States in early 1969 after CBS staff producer Al Kooper recommended it be released on Date Records.

I really have a distaste for poorly done psychedelia. If you didn't stick with me long enough, you might think that I don't like psychedelia at all. It's almost like KP and covers. But man, I really like this album, especially "Time Of The Season" and "This Will Be Our Year," which is my favorite because of the amount of times I've heard "Time. . .".

Saying I love this album alone wouldn't mean anything about psychedelia and me because I love The Zombies and Colin Blunstone's voice no matter what, but I also love some of the Byrds' stuff, and I really dig certain songs by the star-crossed Moby Grape. So it's not over for you and I yet, psychedelia! I might be coming when everybody's left the party, but we can listen to Panda Bear and grab a balloon for the get down!

 

[rockaction]

Funny enough the first song that the studio released as a single in the US was Butcher's Tale which for me is the least catchy song on the album and the last one I would think to try to push for radio play.

Needed a coked-out wikkid as their A&R man. This is probably the worst choice to introduce an album I can remember. It's . . . well I don't dislike the song necessarily, but this is a poor choice. He chose poorly. How could you . . . ? How could you hear the album and go, "Yes! That's the one! Got us a winner!"

Sheesh.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

OK I can't for the life of me figure out how to add songs to the playlist. Can someone please add these for me:
Grateful Dead - One From The Vault - Eyes of the World
Band of Horses - Everything All The Time - The Funeral
My Morning Jacket - It Still Moves - Mahgeeta
Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die - Empty Pages
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place - Your Hand In Mine
Pink Floyd - Meddle - Fearless

The last three have been added. The first three were already there.

On the mobile app, if the playlist is set to “anyone can add songs” (which this one is), there should be an icon that says “Add +” when you click on the playlist. Hit that and type in the name of the song, then hit the plus sign next to the correct one.

There is no way to do this on the web interface. I don’t know what the deal is with the desktop app because I don’t have it.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I should have considered Journey albums as well as Styx, but they slipped my mind. Those were the soundtrack to my childhood. I guess I've moved on too much to have thought about them, but I know if I threw them on right now, I'd be very happy I did.

I have a Styx album which I think will not make it

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Ramones first album would have been higher if OH had participated. Actually he could have had many Ramones on there. And of course, the Ramones also took their name from "boy band" The Beatles, so that's cool.

Makes sense. They are the boy band of punk.

Meh. Songs are too catchy.

Melodies are overrated.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Ramones first album would have been higher if OH had participated. Actually he could have had many Ramones on there. And of course, the Ramones also took their name from "boy band" The Beatles, so that's cool.

Makes sense. They are the boy band of punk.

Meh. Songs are too catchy.

Melodies are overrated.

 

[Ghost Rider]

131 (tie). Achtung Baby – U2 (178 points)

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Achtung Baby (/ˈɑːxtʊŋ/ AHKH-toong) is the seventh studio album by the Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno, and was released on 18 November 1991 by Island Records. After criticism of their 1988 documentary film and album Rattle and Hum and a sense of creative stagnation, U2 shifted their direction to incorporate influences from alternative, industrial, and electronic dance music into their sound. Thematically, Achtung Baby is darker, more introspective, and at times more flippant than their previous work. For his lyrics, lead vocalist Bono was partly inspired by the failed marriages of two friends, including U2's guitarist the Edge.

This was my highest ranked u2 record (I had an album likely still to come here five spots lower). To make a direct comparison, while their monster 80s album has crazy high highs and a beastly Side 1, Side 2 is merely very good. Achtung Baby is super consistent, with no major rises or dips in quality. If I had to pick my favorite songs, they would be tracks 3, 4, 7, 10 and 12, which shows how all over the place favorites are from it.

129 (tie). Fragile – Yes (181 points)

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Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 12 November 1971 and in the US on 4 January 1972 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring their breakthrough record, The Yes Album (1971).

The band entered rehearsals in London in August 1971, but Kaye's reluctance to play electronic keyboards led to his departure from the group. He was quickly replaced by Wakeman, whose virtuosity, compositional skills, and experience with the electric piano, organ, Mellotron, and Moog synthesiser expanded the band's sound. Due to budget and time constraints, four tracks on the album are group arrangements; the remaining five are short solo pieces by each band member. The opening track, "Roundabout", became a popular song. The artwork for the album was the band's first to be designed by Roger Dean, who would design many of their future covers.

I defy anyone to find a better bass guitar performance and sound than that by Chris Squire on this record. The whole band is on fire, but Squire is just absurd levels of awesome here.

129 (tie). Fragile – Yes (181 points)

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Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 12 November 1971 and in the US on 4 January 1972 by Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring their breakthrough record, The Yes Album (1971).

The band entered rehearsals in London in August 1971, but Kaye's reluctance to play electronic keyboards led to his departure from the group. He was quickly replaced by Wakeman, whose virtuosity, compositional skills, and experience with the electric piano, organ, Mellotron, and Moog synthesiser expanded the band's sound. Due to budget and time constraints, four tracks on the album are group arrangements; the remaining five are short solo pieces by each band member. The opening track, "Roundabout", became a popular song. The artwork for the album was the band's first to be designed by Roger Dean, who would design many of their future covers.

I have this ranked just below Close to the Edge because I don’t think all of the solo pieces work. But otherwise what I said about that album applies to this one.

I’m a huge fan of South Side of the Sky, which is probably the band’s best vocal performance as well as having dazzling instrumental passages like their other top-tier material. And it wasn’t played to death on FM radio like the other major works from their three big albums. I’m pretty sure Yo Mama loves it as well.

While I agree with the bolded, the ones that don't (the Wakeman, Anderson and Bruford pieces) take up about four minutes of the entire record. The other 36 minutes is pure awesomeness. I do think Close to the Edge is a bit better and ranked it as such,

 

[Mister CIA]

Feeding Peruvian Cumbia Psychedelic into the algorithm never disappoints.

Los Destellos - Onsta la Yerbita

 

[Dr. Octopus]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

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Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

 

[Scoresman]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

 

[Don Quixote]

123. Excitable Boy – Warren Zevon (192 points)

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Excitable Boy is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single "Werewolves of London", which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career, having been certified platinum by the RIAA and reaching the top ten on the US Billboard 200.

For the record, I am not related to the Rannouses.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

My Radiohead voting went in a different direction, but I listened to this a ton back in the day.

My first reaction was “either this is brilliant or a joke.”

It’s brilliant.

 

[Juxtatarot]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

For the first time in this countdown, I almost feel offended! I know I shouldn’t feel that way though.

This is one of those albums where picking one song to represent it doesn’t feel right, but How to Disappear Completely is fine by me for the playlist.

 

[Mt. Man]

147 (tie). L.A. Woman – The Doors (165 points)

I also heavily considered Morrison Hotel (which I mentioned because it’s already shown up), but this was the only album from The Doors that I ranked. I like a lot of their songs, but simply put, this is their album that feels the most complete to me.

I can’t find what was chosen (somewhere ~10 pages ago), but there are a lot of great choices. The classic “Riders on the Storm”, the equally well-known “Love Her Madly”, the smooth & catchy title track. Plus deeper cuts like “The Changeling”, “Crawling King Snake”, and “Been Down So Long”, the latter of which was the unofficial theme of watching the Detroit Lions for most of my life.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

147 (tie). L.A. Woman – The Doors (165 points)

I also heavily considered Morrison Hotel (which I mentioned because it’s already shown up), but this was the only album from The Doors that I ranked. I like a lot of their songs, but simply put, this is their album that feels the most complete to me.

I can’t find what was chosen (somewhere ~10 pages ago), but there are a lot of great choices. The classic “Riders on the Storm”, the equally well-known “Love Her Madly”, the smooth & catchy title track. Plus deeper cuts like “The Changeling”, “Crawling King Snake”, and “Been Down So Long”, the latter of which was the unofficial theme of watching the Detroit Lions for most of my life.

The title track was chosen for the playlist.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

For the first time in this countdown, I almost feel offended! I know I shouldn’t feel that way though.

This is one of those albums where picking one song to represent it doesn’t feel right, but How to Disappear Completely is fine by me for the playlist.

How to Disappear Completely has been added.

 

[rockaction]

Nice but too low.

I voted for a different Radiohead album with my entry. It's a really highly ranked album on my list, and I don't think I'll get to write about it nor pick a song from it. I should have gone with Kid A after all.*

The song you all want is indeed "Everything In Its Right Place," by the way. "Idioteque" and then the "The National Anthem" round out the gold, silver, and bronze. Those are the three right off the bat in my head. "The National Anthem" has that live performance (I think it's on SNL) with the ondes Martenot that is seriously freaking sublime beyond words.

eta* I wouldn't change the album, actually. The one I voted for is just my favorite and there's nothing that has happened in twenty-two or so years to change that opinion.

 

[Tau837]

I'm miles behind, but I'm going to try to catch up a little. Probably with shorter stuff.

161 (tie). Led Zeppelin III – Led Zeppelin (152 points)

I didn’t restrict myself to 1 album per band, but I stopped at 2. LZ is definitely one of the bands that suffered from that choice, as otherwise 4-5 selections might have made it. So this isn’t the album I ranked the highest, but I’m positive that we’ll get to that one later.

Top to bottom this is a super strong album. I guess “Immigrant Song” and “Gallows Pole” are the biggest ones, though I enjoy it throughout. “Friends”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, and I’ve got to give a shoutout to “Bron-Y-Aur Stomp”.

Agree the entire album is great but Since I've Been Loving You is easily the best song on it for me. I ranked it as my #2 Zeppelin song in @Anarchy99 's 2022 countdown.

 

[Ilov80s]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Hey @KarmaPolice did you forget about this one?

 

[Ilov80s]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

For the first time in this countdown, I almost feel offended! I know I shouldn’t feel that way though.

This is one of those albums where picking one song to represent it doesn’t feel right, but How to Disappear Completely is fine by me for the playlist.

If you look at the title of the thread you will feel a lot less offended

 

[Dr. Octopus]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

For the first time in this countdown, I almost feel offended! I know I shouldn’t feel that way though.

This is one of those albums where picking one song to represent it doesn’t feel right, but How to Disappear Completely is fine by me for the playlist.

If you look at the title of the thread you will feel a lot less offended

121 is pretty good as well.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

The 2 tied at 131 (Achtung Baby and Odyssey & Oracle) would be significantly higher for me.
Love both of them.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

For the first time in this countdown,

I you look at it as the band having at least 3 albums in the Top 121 albums of all time it seems like a pretty good achievement.

 

[Psychopav]

I should have considered Journey albums as well as Styx, but they slipped my mind. Those were the soundtrack to my childhood. I guess I've moved on too much to have thought about them, but I know if I threw them on right now, I'd be very happy I did.

I have a Styx album which I think will not make it

Me too!

 

[zamboni]

I like Peaches better.

Speaking of, I may have forgotten a particular Allman Brothers and a Frank Zappa album.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

121 (tie). Grace – Jeff Buckley (194 points)

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Grace is the only studio album by the American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley, released on August 15, 1994 in Europe and on August 23, 1994 in the United States by Columbia Records. It was produced by Buckley and Andy Wallace.

After moving from Los Angeles to New York City in 1991, Buckley amassed a following through his performances at Sin-é, a cafe in the East Village, and signed to Columbia in 1993. He recorded Grace in Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, with musicians including Gary Lucas, Mick Grondahl, Michael Tighe and Matt Johnson. It includes versions of the jazz standard "Lilac Wine", the hymn "Corpus Christi Carol" and the 1984 Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah".

 

[Dr. Octopus]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

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Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on January 25, 1994, by Columbia Records. The band's second acoustic EP, after 1992's Sap, it was the first acoustic EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States. The self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".

 

[Dr. Octopus]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

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Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on January 25, 1994, by Columbia Records. The band's second acoustic EP, after 1992's Sap, it was the first acoustic EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States. The self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".

Our first EP to chart.

 

[Ghost Rider]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Kid A is awesome. It didn't make my list since I only did 3 albums per band/artist, and it's my 4th favorite by the band, but it's an amazing piece of work nonetheless.

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

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@shuke #48

Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Nice but too low.

I vote for either Everything in its Right Place or How to Disappear Completely. I recently read that the latter is Thom Yorke's favorite.

For the first time in this countdown, I almost feel offended! I know I shouldn’t feel that way though.

This is one of those albums where picking one song to represent it doesn’t feel right, but How to Disappear Completely is fine by me for the playlist.

Great pick. How to Disappear Completely might be my favorite Radiohead tune.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

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@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

 

[Dr. Octopus]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

@krista4 #7
@landrys hat #17
@Eephus #26
@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

This one set it's goals a little too high, but #119 is pretty good as well.

 

[KarmaPolice]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

@Juxtatarot #3
@Scoresman #10
@titusbarmable #29
@shuke #48

Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

Hey @KarmaPolice did you forget about this one?

Nope, most days it's my 5th favorite.

 

[KarmaPolice]

121 (tie). Kid A – Radiohead (194 points)

@Juxtatarot #3
@Scoresman #10
@titusbarmable #29
@shuke #48

Kid A is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Radiohead, released on 2 October 2000 by Parlophone. It was recorded with their producer, Nigel Godrich, in Paris, Copenhagen, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. Departing from their earlier sound, Radiohead incorporated influences from electronic music, krautrock, jazz and 20th-century classical music, with a wider range of instruments and effects. The singer, Thom Yorke, wrote impersonal and abstract lyrics, cutting up phrases and assembling them at random.

My Radiohead voting went in a different direction, but I listened to this a ton back in the day.

My first reaction was “either this is brilliant or a joke.”

It’s brilliant.

That was my reaction the first time I heard it. REALLY disliked it. But that was also the time when I started to see them live, and liked the songs much more in that format. It was also the peak of my downloading illegal bootlegs , so I also had dozens of their concerts on disc that I would listen to. I am more on the side that it is a great album, especially songs like the one chosen, but because the songs got into my head via the live versions, I still rarely reach for it. I voted for 3 others, and depending on the day Kid A and Moon Shaped Pool battle it out for the 4th and 5th spot as to which is #4.

 

[krista4]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

@krista4 #7
@landrys hat #17
@Eephus #26
@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

Hey, I get to choose one! I wonder what I might choose...

I had a near-miss on Grace. I hope @ConstruxBoy chooses wisely. My favorites are Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should've Come Over.

 

[krista4]

Damn, I'm still not finding the "add" button to put my selection on the playlist. I'm dumb. @Pip's Invitation , you know which one I want.

 

[Yo Mama]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

@Mt. Man #2
@Yo Mama #10
@MAC_32 #10
@landrys hat #66

Jar of Flies is the third studio EP by American rock band Alice in Chains. It was released on January 25, 1994, by Columbia Records. The band's second acoustic EP, after 1992's Sap, it was the first acoustic EP in music history to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, with the first week sales exceeding 141,000 copies in the United States. The self-produced record was written and recorded over the course of just one week at the London Bridge Studio in Seattle. The tracks "No Excuses", "I Stay Away" and "Don't Follow" were released as singles to promote the EP. Jar of Flies was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 1995: Best Recording Package and Best Hard Rock Performance for "I Stay Away".

Wow, I thought for sure I’d be the top ranker on this one. Glad to see it in such high regard by others here. This album (EP) meant a lot to me during a pretty tough phase of my life.

Can’t go wrong with any song here, so I’m good with whatever Mt Man chooses.

 

[zamboni]

119 (tie). Jar of Flies – Alice in Chains (196 points)

Gives me a chance to post this fantastic cover by the great YouTube star Mike Masse:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[Ilov80s]

Grace was one of my toughest cuts. Great album and such a shame we never got another proper Buckley album.

 

[rockaction]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

@krista4 #7
@landrys hat #17
@Eephus #26
@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

k4 wants “Feel” or “In The Street,” right? Right?!!

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

@krista4 #7
@landrys hat #17
@Eephus #26
@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

Hey, I get to choose one! I wonder what I might choose...

I had a near-miss on Grace. I hope @ConstruxBoy chooses wisely. My favorites are Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should've Come Over.

Lover would definitely be my choice from Grace.

 

[titusbramble]

I'm not sure what my pick off of Kid A would be, and I can't recall what order I picked stuff in when I did Radiohead previously

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Damn, I'm still not finding the "add" button to put my selection on the playlist. I'm dumb. @Pip's Invitation , you know which one I want.

Under the title of playlist there should be an oval with “add +” in it.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

119 (tie). #1 Record – Big Star (196 points)

@krista4 #7
@landrys hat #17
@Eephus #26
@simey #38

#1 Record is the debut studio album by the American rock band Big Star. It was released on April 24, 1972, by Memphis-based Ardent Records.

Many critics praised the album's vocal harmonies and songcraft but #1 Record suffered from poor distribution and sold fewer than 10,000 copies upon its initial release. However, #1 Record gained wider attention in the late 1970s in the UK when EMI reissued it with Radio City as a double LP package due to increasing demand. The same combination was used when the album was released on CD in 1992. It is now widely-regarded as a seminal work in pop rock and power pop. In 2020 it was ranked number 474 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone also ranked the song "Thirteen" as number 406 on its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It was voted number 188 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).

Hey, I get to choose one! I wonder what I might choose...

I had a near-miss on Grace. I hope @ConstruxBoy chooses wisely. My favorites are Last Goodbye and Lover, You Should've Come Over.

Lover would definitely be my choice from Grace.

That's what I was going to pick. Can someone please add Lover, You Should've Come Over to the playlist?

 

[krista4]

Damn, I'm still not finding the "add" button to put my selection on the playlist. I'm dumb. @Pip's Invitation , you know which one I want.

Under the title of playlist there should be an oval with “add +” in it.

It's not there. This is bizarre.