Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (211 Viewers)

[The Dreaded Marco]

234 (tie). Songs From The Big Chair – Tears For Fears (113 points)

@Ghost Rider #29
@Yo Mama #36
@Dreaded Marco #47
@Idiot Boxer #60
@higgins #70

Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. The follow-up to the band's successful debut album, The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair was a significant departure from that album's dark, introspective synth-pop, featuring a more mainstream, guitar-based pop rock sound, sophisticated production values and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics displayed socially and politically conscious themes.

Due to my one album per artist rule, for the most part, this missed the cut. It is the second best Tears for Fears album as far as quality goes, but it is a less cohesive album than say “The Tipping Point”.
Having covered their entire catalog for the MAD countdown, the Hurting is clearly their most emotional and for me their best album.
As a collection of tracks, Songs from the Big Chair comes off like a greatest hits album rather than a themed album.

I feel the opposite.

I love the Hurting too, and almost added it to my 70, but I think this is the superior overall album. Both great, though.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I've never heard of them. But Doc Oct is probably right that I'm not a "music guy"

Queensrÿche? They were a late 80s prog metal/hard rock band. I think you would probably like them.

eh, that Silent Lucidity sounds ok. Maybe there are better songs.

That's not on Operation : Mindcrime. I don't think it's representative of their sound.

opps. it was just the one that popped up when I googled but now I'm listening to Operation: Mindcrime and I like it.

 

[rockaction]

And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don't know how

Not even maybe?

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don't know how

Not even maybe?

maybe one day I'll be able to express my feelings

 

[titusbramble]

And yeah, as for the high rating - first album I ever bought, as an early 40's bloke from near Manchester now that's understandable. One of the few albums I own that get close to no skips (can leave Cast No Shadow easily enough), multiple huge singles, if I could have included the B-sides to the singles as part of the bulk of work I would easily bump it to #4, maybe higher. I mean how many albums have four singles (in the UK) released off it and none of them are Champagne Supernova with The Masterplan relegated to a B side? Yikes. I almost included The Masterplan as a back end of list selection, as I don't think collections like that would in any way infringe the no greatest hits rule, but not quite.

Blur were better though

 

[Dr. Octopus]

229 (tie). Tre Hombres – ZZ Top (116 points)

Jeb #11
@Mister CIA #21
@Val Rannous #65


Tres Hombres (Spanish for "three men") is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973, by London Records. It was the band's first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning. The album was ZZ Top's commercial breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Lead single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of many of the band's albums to incorporate the use of Spanish terminology in its branding.

 

[Eephus]

The River alternates with another album as my second favorite Springsteen album. I went with the other album here (and I was the only vote).

I love the title track on that album.

"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true/or is it something worse" may be best line the Boss ever wrote

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I've never heard of them. But Doc Oct is probably right that I'm not a "music guy"

Queensrÿche? They were a late 80s prog metal/hard rock band. I think you would probably like them.

eh, that Silent Lucidity sounds ok. Maybe there are better songs.

That's not on Operation : Mindcrime. I don't think it's representative of their sound.

opps. it was just the one that popped up when I googled but now I'm listening to Operation: Mindcrime and I like it.

and then one of my favorite "Maiden" songs came on. I'm stuck in an 80's time loop!

 

[Idiot Boxer]

And yeah, as for the high rating - first album I ever bought, as an early 40's bloke from near Manchester now that's understandable. One of the few albums I own that get close to no skips (can leave Cast No Shadow easily enough), multiple huge singles, if I could have included the B-sides to the singles as part of the bulk of work I would easily bump it to #4, maybe higher. I mean how many albums have four singles (in the UK) released off it and none of them are Champagne Supernova with The Masterplan relegated to a B side? Yikes. I almost included The Masterplan as a back end of list selection, as I don't think collections like that would in any way infringe the no greatest hits rule, but not quite.

Blur were better though

Though you're a little young, you might be one of the only people to have heard of two of my submissions that are sure not to make the list.

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

then Van Hager and now Rush. ok, I'll stop editorializing my playlist.

 

[Mister CIA]

229 (tie). Tre Hombres – ZZ Top (116 points)

Jeb #11
@Mister CIA #21
@Val Rannous #65


Tres Hombres (Spanish for "three men") is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973, by London Records. It was the band's first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning. The album was ZZ Top's commercial breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Lead single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of many of the band's albums to incorporate the use of Spanish terminology in its branding.

'Sup Hombres! I'm jumping in the backseat fro song selection. Lots of great pick, but there is that one song - LaGrange. I was probably 9 or 10 the first time I heard it, and boy did it rock my little world. My brain took to it like a baby trying ice cream for the first time. Ain't been right since.

 

[Psychopav]

229 (tie). Tre Hombres – ZZ Top (116 points)

Jeb #11
@Mister CIA #21
@Val Rannous #65


Tres Hombres (Spanish for "three men") is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973, by London Records. It was the band's first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning. The album was ZZ Top's commercial breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Lead single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of many of the band's albums to incorporate the use of Spanish terminology in its branding.

So this will someday be in my top 70 albums, I assume. I "save" some things - things I KNOW I will love, and someday I will listen to or watch or read. Not now, because I don't need them now, but someday when I just need a guarantee, I'll pull out ZZ Top and start listening. For now, I'm saving them. So I don't have this on my list. But someday, I will.

I know, I'm weird...

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Blur were better though

I remember when song 2 came up when we (my friends and I ) really liked it. I remember borrowing the cd from my friend. really takes me back to 4th grade.

 

[turnjose7]

Some good choices today. Not a huge ZZ Top fan, but Tres Hombres is a blues masterpiece. And "I Never Loved a Man" is probably my favorite Aretha song, excepting anything that features Duane Allman.

 

[Dennis Castro]

229 (tie). Tre Hombres – ZZ Top (116 points)

Jeb #11
@Mister CIA #21
@Val Rannous #65


Tres Hombres (Spanish for "three men") is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973, by London Records. It was the band's first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning. The album was ZZ Top's commercial breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Lead single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of many of the band's albums to incorporate the use of Spanish terminology in its branding.

So this will someday be in my top 70 albums, I assume. I "save" some things - things I KNOW I will love, and someday I will listen to or watch or read. Not now, because I don't need them now, but someday when I just need a guarantee, I'll pull out ZZ Top and start listening. For now, I'm saving them. So I don't have this on my list. But someday, I will.

I know, I'm weird...

Username checks out.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

231 (tie). (What's the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (115 points)

@titusbramble #6
@Tau837 #41
@Don Quixote #61
@Ilov80s #61


(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album was a significant departure from the band's previous album, Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses, with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album, Definitely Maybe (1994). Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll (though McCarroll still appeared on the album, drumming on the track "Some Might Say").

This is my #1 of all time. Every track ranges from good to excellent. Champagne Supernova, She's Electric, Don't Look Back In Anger and the title track are all favorites.
Ironically if anyone had told me in the early 90s that an album would come out in 1995 that I would rate higher than anything before it, I would have said that they were completely crazy.

 

[MAC_32]

The River alternates with another album as my second favorite Springsteen album. I went with the other album here (and I was the only vote).

Wild & Innocent?

The River was always a no-doubter on my top 70 - only question was where. I give more leniency to skips on a double album, but there sure aren't many - maybe 2 - and not many others that are forgettable. The highs are both frequent and VERY high - The Ties That Bind, Two Hearts, Independence Day, The River, Cadillac Ranch, Rocker, Ramrod, Wreck On A Highway...the list goes on. But there is one that stands out above the rest - while I wasn't the high vote and need to defer the playlist add, Point Blank may be the greatest song in his entire catalog. Those that aren't familiar with it should create 6 minutes and give it a spin.

- YouTube

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

www.youtube.com

 

[MAC_32]

234 (tie). Before These Crowded Streets – Dave Matthews Band (113 points)


@Scoresman #13
@Ghost Rider #16

Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by the American rock band Dave Matthews Band. It was released on April 28, 1998, through RCA Records. The album was produced by Steve Lillywhite, his last collaboration with the group until 2012's Away from the World. Recording took place at The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, California and Electric Lady Studios in New York.

Before These Crowded Streets was a critical and commercial success. The album debuted at the top of the Billboard 200, selling 421,000 units in its first week of release and knocking the Titanic soundtrack from the top of the chart after a run of 16 consecutive weeks at number one.

It wasn't a late squeeze from my list, but it was on the original. What brought it under consideration for me is its a sum of the parts album rather than a few really high points, but I just don't listen to it beginning-to-end enough and there aren't many hearts I seek out with frequency, so other DMB albums made my list instead of this one. That said, if I were to rank DMB songs, Crush may be #1.

 

[Rand al Thor]

234 (tie). Songs From The Big Chair – Tears For Fears (113 points)

@Ghost Rider #29
@Yo Mama #36
@Dreaded Marco #47
@Idiot Boxer #60
@higgins #70

Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. The follow-up to the band's successful debut album, The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair was a significant departure from that album's dark, introspective synth-pop, featuring a more mainstream, guitar-based pop rock sound, sophisticated production values and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics displayed socially and politically conscious themes.

Now this is some ********. The Hurting was my number 5 pick, and I was left hanging all alone with that pick. But then 5 of you pick this album??? Bah. I'm surprised my name's not on the list, this must've been a late scratch for me. I love this album. Shout is definitely one of my least favorite songs from this band, but it's probably their 2nd most well-known. My favorites from this album are Mother's Talk and I Believe.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

231 (tie). (What's the Story) Morning Glory? – Oasis (115 points)

@titusbramble #6
@Tau837 #41
@Don Quixote #61
@Ilov80s #61


(What's the Story) Morning Glory? is the second studio album by the English rock band Oasis. Released on 2 October 1995 by Creation Records, it was produced by Owen Morris and the group's lead guitarist and chief songwriter Noel Gallagher. The structure and arrangement style of the album was a significant departure from the band's previous album, Definitely Maybe (1994). Gallagher's compositions were more focused in balladry and placed more emphasis on "huge" choruses, with the string arrangements and more varied instrumentation contrasting with the rawness of the group's debut album, Definitely Maybe (1994). Morning Glory was the group's first album with drummer Alan White, who replaced Tony McCarroll (though McCarroll still appeared on the album, drumming on the track "Some Might Say").

These guys were a slightly more talented Jake and Logan Paul.

You could even say they were… idiot boxers.

 

[Mt. Man]

231 (tie). Operation: Mindcrime – Queensrÿche (115 points)

I remember I now. I remember how it started. I can't remember yesterday. I just remember doing what they told me.

There are some core memories associated with this album. It definitely helped spur an appreciation (/love) for concept albums and progressive music. It's an album that I heard in its entirety live, if during a tour for... a different album. I remember Suicidal Tendencies being the opening act. So yeah, it's an album I've listened to... a fair number of times. I know I have the original studio album, but I should see if I still have "Operation: LIVEcrime" around.

Doc Octopus covered this pretty well, but for the first three albums, Queensryche was pretty heavy metal with splashes of prog. There are some slower songs but also some fast rockers. If all you know is the album with Silent Lucidity and 3-4 other hits (which, honestly, I'd largely rather listen to), they'll be a different experience. And if you listened and enjoyed this album, give the "The Warning" and "Rage for Order" a shot. Heck, you might enjoy the albums afterwards, though no guarantees there. Personally, they lost me somewhere between "Q2K" (7th album, 1999) and "Take Cover" (10th album, 2007), and I'll have to decide whether that era deserves a revisitation.

Anyway, like Yo Mama said, it's hard to take a single track from a concept album and not have it lose some context. "Eyes of a Stranger" and maybe "I Don't Believe in Love" are the "big" ones, but any of the songs that reach at least 3 minutes are good choices. I'm good with what Yo Mama chooses, especially since "The Needle Lies" gives a taste of the band's heavier side.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Blur were better though

I think most of the people on the board arent familiar with the dynamic and how it played out so publicly.
The notorious UK press had a field day covering it,
The two key bands in Britpop were musically, culturally and geographically different.
Blur were the posh London Boys, whereas Oasis were the Mancunian lower class.
Oasis got the US success that Blur essentially missed, but critically Blur were always more revered.

The Gallaghers said of Blur
“chimney sweep music”.
“Noel once memorably remarked in an interviewed that he hoped Damon and his Blur bandmate Graham Coxon 'catch AIDS and die'

Speaking in the book Don't Look Back In Anger, Noel said: 'Liam and Damon were shagging the same bird, and there was a lot of cocaine involved.

'There was an awards where we were photographed with Blur, and Liam said, 'F*** you, you c**t, blah blah blah.'
The feud went into high gear in August 1995 when Blur moved the release of their single Country House to the same day as Oasis' single Roll With It.

Up until that point, the bands had been respectful towards each other in public.

But according to Damon, it was a cheeky dig from Liam that sparked his move to release their singles on the same day.

Oasis scored their first number one with Some Might Say in April 1995.

Damon later told NME: 'I went to their celebration party, y'know, just to say 'Well done'. And Liam came over and, like he is, he goes, 'Number f***in' One!', right in my face. So I thought, 'OK we'll see…'

Noel and Liam had to admit defeat when it was Country House that reached number one, becoming Blur's best-selling single.
Liam previously tweeted: 'Just for the record me and Dermot oblong [Damon Albarn] never fell out over a girl or boy...

'We always had the craic think things turned nasty when Noel Gallagher wished he Dermot caught AIDS and die not Rkid's [Noel's] finest moment as you were LG x.'

Although it was Blur who instigated the chart battle, Damon later admitted he came to see Oasis as 'bullies'.

In Blur's documentary film No Distance Left to Run, he said: 'Noel Gallagher used to take the p**s out of me constantly and it really, really hurt at the time. Oasis were like the bullies I had to put up with at school.'

 

[Dr. Octopus]

229 (tie). Tre Hombres – ZZ Top (116 points)

Jeb #11
@Mister CIA #21
@Val Rannous #65


Tres Hombres (Spanish for "three men") is the third studio album by the American rock band ZZ Top, released on July 26, 1973, by London Records. It was the band's first collaboration with engineer Terry Manning. The album was ZZ Top's commercial breakthrough in the United States, peaking at number 8 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1974. Lead single "La Grange" reached number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the first of many of the band's albums to incorporate the use of Spanish terminology in its branding.

'Sup Hombres! I'm jumping in the backseat fro song selection. Lots of great pick, but there is that one song - LaGrange. I was probably 9 or 10 the first time I heard it, and boy did it rock my little world. My brain took to it like a baby trying ice cream for the first time. Ain't been right since.

Added LaGrange.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Wild & Innocent?

 

[higgins]

231 (tie). Operation: Mindcrime – Queensrÿche (115 points)

I remember I now. I remember how it started. I can't remember yesterday. I just remember doing what they told me.

There are some core memories associated with this album. It definitely helped spur an appreciation (/love) for concept albums and progressive music. It's an album that I heard in its entirety live, if during a tour for... a different album. I remember Suicidal Tendencies being the opening act. So yeah, it's an album I've listened to... a fair number of times. I know I have the original studio album, but I should see if I still have "Operation: LIVEcrime" around.

I saw them on this tour as well!

 

[MAC_32]

Wild & Innocent?

It doesn't get much better than Incident into Rosalita!

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

And freaking Yo Mama beat me to the umlauts by, like, ten seconds man.

Umlauts are cool!

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Leftoverture, which is what some probably think is ****ty prog, was more of a legacy pick than anything for me. I almost never listen to Kansas anymore, but this album was too much of a favorite for too many years for me not to give it its due. It would have been borderline top 10 for me 20 years ago; I had it 28th now.

@Ghost Rider What are you picking for the playlist? My favorite, as ever, is "Cheyenne Anthem", but I love all the selections. You could always go for the eight minute "Magnum Opus".

 

[Ghost Rider]

Leftoverture, which is what some probably think is ****ty prog, was more of a legacy pick than anything for me. I almost never listen to Kansas anymore, but this album was too much of a favorite for too many years for me not to give it its due. It would have been borderline top 10 for me 20 years ago; I had it 28th now.

@Ghost Rider What are you picking for the playlist? My favorite, as ever, is "Cheyenne Anthem", but I love all the selections. You could always go for the eight minute "Magnum Opus".

I think that got lost in the translation with so many posts. Am I supposed to pick a song and why?

 

[Ilov80s]

229 (tie). I've Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You – Aretha Franklin (116 points)

@Ilov80s #8
@Uruk-Hai #40
@Don Quixote #49

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the tenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on March 10, 1967, by Atlantic Records. It was Franklin's first release under her contract with the label, following her departure from Columbia Records after nine unsuccessful jazz standard albums, and marked a commercial breakthrough for her, becoming her first top 10 album in the United States, reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released to promote the album: "Respect" (an Otis Redding cover) and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)". The former topped the Billboard Hot 100, while latter reached the top 10.

One of the great soul albums of all time and the one that really introduced the world to Aretha. I think I will add the title track.

 

[Ilov80s]

234 (tie). Songs From The Big Chair – Tears For Fears (113 points)

@Ghost Rider #29
@Yo Mama #36
@Dreaded Marco #47
@Idiot Boxer #60
@higgins #70

Songs from the Big Chair is the second studio album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears, released on 25 February 1985 by Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. The follow-up to the band's successful debut album, The Hurting (1983), Songs from the Big Chair was a significant departure from that album's dark, introspective synth-pop, featuring a more mainstream, guitar-based pop rock sound, sophisticated production values and diverse stylistic influences, while Roland Orzabal and Ian Stanley's lyrics displayed socially and politically conscious themes.

Now this is some ********. The Hurting was my number 5 pick, and I was left hanging all alone with that pick. But then 5 of you pick this album??? Bah. I'm surprised my name's not on the list, this must've been a late scratch for me. I love this album. Shout is definitely one of my least favorite songs from this band, but it's probably their 2nd most well-known. My favorites from this album are Mother's Talk and I Believe.

I let you down on The Hurting. I should have ranked it.

 

[Don Quixote]

229 (tie). I've Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You – Aretha Franklin (116 points)

@Ilov80s #8
@Uruk-Hai #40
@Don Quixote #49

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the tenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on March 10, 1967, by Atlantic Records. It was Franklin's first release under her contract with the label, following her departure from Columbia Records after nine unsuccessful jazz standard albums, and marked a commercial breakthrough for her, becoming her first top 10 album in the United States, reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released to promote the album: "Respect" (an Otis Redding cover) and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)". The former topped the Billboard Hot 100, while latter reached the top 10.

One of the great soul albums of all time and the one that really introduced the world to Aretha. I think I will add the title track.

It is indeed. Happy to see this one show up. I had another Aretha album a bit higher (been feeling “Spirit in the Dark” more lately) and had this one lower than it probably should have been to spread artist points a bit, but love this album too.

 

[zamboni]

. I almost never listen to Kansas anymore, but this album was too much of a favorite for too many years for me not to give it its due.

I have a feeling we’re not into Kansas anymore.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Leftoverture, which is what some probably think is ****ty prog, was more of a legacy pick than anything for me. I almost never listen to Kansas anymore, but this album was too much of a favorite for too many years for me not to give it its due. It would have been borderline top 10 for me 20 years ago; I had it 28th now.

@Ghost Rider What are you picking for the playlist? My favorite, as ever, is "Cheyenne Anthem", but I love all the selections. You could always go for the eight minute "Magnum Opus".

I think that got lost in the translation with so many posts. Am I supposed to pick a song and why?

The person who rated the album highest gets to add one song from it to the playlist.

We have a lot of playlists.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

549. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes – Ranked #70 by @Scoresman (also ranked #16 by @shuke)

Oh ****** me I should have had this on the list

 

[krista4]

Tres Hombres would have been much, much higher if OH had submitted a list. Coincidentally we were out this evening discussing Billy Gibbons and his influence on Prince (who said, according to OH, that Gibbons was his favorite guitarist). Maybe I can convince OH to post something about this record.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

234 (tie). The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack – Various Artists (113 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #5
@Val Rannous #24

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues. The band toured the same year to promote the film, later releasing a second live album, Made in America, which featured the Top 40 track "Who's Making Love".

The bar band I play in loves to incorporate Blues Brothers music into our gigs, and as a bassist, Donald “Duck” Dunn is probably my greatest influence. The music in this soundtrack is infectious, and the musicians are top notch. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, despite their Hollywood bona fides, were and are extremely respectful of the blues.

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. That is also a nice selection of songs with a great group of musicians.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

229 (tie). I've Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You – Aretha Franklin (116 points)

@Ilov80s #8
@Uruk-Hai #40
@Don Quixote #49

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the tenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on March 10, 1967, by Atlantic Records. It was Franklin's first release under her contract with the label, following her departure from Columbia Records after nine unsuccessful jazz standard albums, and marked a commercial breakthrough for her, becoming her first top 10 album in the United States, reaching number 2 on the Billboard 200. Two singles were released to promote the album: "Respect" (an Otis Redding cover) and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)". The former topped the Billboard Hot 100, while latter reached the top 10.

One of the great soul albums of all time and the one that really introduced the world to Aretha. I think I will add the title track.

It is indeed. Happy to see this one show up. I had another Aretha album a bit higher (been feeling “Spirit in the Dark” more lately) and had this one lower than it probably should have been to spread artist points a bit, but love this album too.

I didn't think it would show, either. I'm glad it did, though. A nuclear bomb of an album.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000.

I think the music on the sequel is better than on the original.

 

[kupcho1]

if OH had submitted a list

He only participates in the important ones.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

245 (tie). Hazards of Love – The Decemberists (110 points)

@Long Ball Larry #7
@Juxtatarot #26

The Hazards of Love is the fifth album by the American indie rock band The Decemberists, released through Capitol Records and Rough Trade in 2009. The album was inspired by an Anne Briggs EP titled The Hazards of Love. According to the band, frontman Colin Meloy had set out to write a song with the album's title, which eventually developed into an entire album. Becky Stark (of Lavender Diamond), Shara Nova (of My Brightest Diamond), and Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) provide guest vocals throughout the album, while Robyn Hitchcock makes a cameo guitar appearance on "An Interlude".

Part of what makes this album so great IMO is the story:

While riding through the taiga, Margaret finds an injured fawn. When she stops to help it, the fawn changes into a young man named William, and the two make love ("The Hazards of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle the Thistles Undone)"). Margaret soon learns she is pregnant ("A Bower Scene") and flees to the forest to find William ("Won't Want for Love (Margaret in the Taiga)"). William comes to Margaret and proclaims his love for her ("The Hazards of Love 2 (Wager All)"), but a short, mysterious instrumental announces the threat of William's mother, the Forest Queen ("The Queen's Approach").

William and Margaret reminisce about their first meeting and anticipate the birth of their child ("Isn't It a Lovely Night?") when they are discovered by the Forest Queen. William begs the Queen to allow him to be with Margaret, but the Queen accuses him of being ungrateful, pointing out that she rescued him from the human world when he was a baby and bestowed on him immortality. Their exchange continues until the Queen resolves to allow William one night as a mortal man with Margaret, but afterwards reclaim him forever ("The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid"), ending the first act. Another short instrumental ("An Interlude") represents the "intermission" between the two acts.

Elsewhere, we meet the Rake, a widower and philanderer who feels no remorse at having murdered his three children in order to be rid of the responsibility of raising them ("The Rake's Song"). He kidnaps Margaret ("The Abduction of Margaret"), and then the Forest Queen ruthlessly breaks her promise by inviting the Rake to violate Margaret and assists his escape from William by parting a raging river ("The Queen's Rebuke/The Crossing"). William arrives at the river but is unable to cross until he offers his own life in exchange for safe passage ("Annan Water").

The Rake gloats over Margaret, while she calls for William to rescue her ("Margaret in Captivity"). But before the Rake can strike, the ghosts of his three murdered children appear and thwart him ("The Hazards of Love 3 (Revenge!)"). William arrives and escapes with Margaret ("The Wanting Comes in Waves (Reprise)"), but, as they approach the river, the lovers vow to marry each other by drowning themselves in the river while William is still a mortal man. As they sink into the water, William and Margaret proclaim their love a final time, reflecting that, in death, "the hazards of love" can no longer trouble them ("The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)").

Co-sign 100%. The rakes song is actually the first Decemberists song I ever heard. Was mostly into hip hop, electronic and punk and hardcore from like 98-03 and then not paying attention to music from like 03-09, but then I heard the rakes song and was fascinated by the storytelling and had to get the whole album, which was just masterful, operatic really, yet many of the songs are great in their own. Added the wanting comes in waves/repaid to the playlist.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

250 (tie). Imagine – John Lennon (109 points)

@Long Ball Larry #15
@Snoopy y #42
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #47

Imagine is the second solo studio album by the British musician John Lennon, released on 9 September 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's elaborate sound contrasts the basic, small-group arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970). The opening title track is widely considered to be his signature song.

I added imagine to the playlist because it just seems like the right thing to do, though I’m sort of partial to jealous guy. I have probably like 200 records from the 60s and 70s from my dad, and I still think this album sounds the best of any of them.

 

[Val Rannous]

234 (tie). The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack – Various Artists (113 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #5
@Val Rannous #24

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues. The band toured the same year to promote the film, later releasing a second live album, Made in America, which featured the Top 40 track "Who's Making Love".

The bar band I play in loves to incorporate Blues Brothers music into our gigs, and as a bassist, Donald “Duck” Dunn is probably my greatest influence. The music in this soundtrack is infectious, and the musicians are top notch. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, despite their Hollywood bona fides, were and are extremely respectful of the blues.

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. That is also a nice selection of songs with a great group of musicians.

What's our playlist selection? I'm partial to She Caught the Katy, but there's so much good here. Aretha? Ray? Cab? Sweet Home Chicago?

 

[Long Ball Larry]

1,640. Solid State Logik 1 – The KLF – Ranked #70 by @Long Ball Larry

I hope we see another one from them later on.

Yeah, missing off The White Room is a pretty serious omission from me

I really should have just put The White room, but this one is basically the white room rereleased with some other stuff. I was scrambling at the end and just thought it was fitting to include the KLF on my list. Some of my choices are just trying to represent artists that I really identify with, and the Klf is one of them, even though I only really knew about them for the last 5 years. They were slightly before my time in terms of when I became musically aware, but I love their whole story and integrity (? Stubbornness, arrogance?) and burning a million pounds (even though they now kind of regret it…) is like catnip to me, plus the several songs that are jams.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

234 (tie). The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack – Various Artists (113 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #5
@Val Rannous #24

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues. The band toured the same year to promote the film, later releasing a second live album, Made in America, which featured the Top 40 track "Who's Making Love".

The bar band I play in loves to incorporate Blues Brothers music into our gigs, and as a bassist, Donald “Duck” Dunn is probably my greatest influence. The music in this soundtrack is infectious, and the musicians are top notch. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, despite their Hollywood bona fides, were and are extremely respectful of the blues.

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. That is also a nice selection of songs with a great group of musicians.

What's our playlist selection? I'm partial to She Caught the Katy, but there's so much good here. Aretha? Ray? Cab? Sweet Home Chicago?

I gotta go with “Sweet Home Chicago”, but I would definitely be okay with “She Caught the Katy”.

 

[Psychopav]

234 (tie). The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack – Various Artists (113 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #5
@Val Rannous #24

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues. The band toured the same year to promote the film, later releasing a second live album, Made in America, which featured the Top 40 track "Who's Making Love".

The bar band I play in loves to incorporate Blues Brothers music into our gigs, and as a bassist, Donald “Duck” Dunn is probably my greatest influence. The music in this soundtrack is infectious, and the musicians are top notch. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, despite their Hollywood bona fides, were and are extremely respectful of the blues.

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. That is also a nice selection of songs with a great group of musicians.

What's our playlist selection? I'm partial to She Caught the Katy, but there's so much good here. Aretha? Ray? Cab? Sweet Home Chicago?

What about Everybody Needs Somebody to Love?

 

[Ghost Rider]

Leftoverture, which is what some probably think is ****ty prog, was more of a legacy pick than anything for me. I almost never listen to Kansas anymore, but this album was too much of a favorite for too many years for me not to give it its due. It would have been borderline top 10 for me 20 years ago; I had it 28th now.

@Ghost Rider What are you picking for the playlist? My favorite, as ever, is "Cheyenne Anthem", but I love all the selections. You could always go for the eight minute "Magnum Opus".

I think that got lost in the translation with so many posts. Am I supposed to pick a song and why?

The person who rated the album highest gets to add one song from it to the playlist.

We have a lot of playlists.

Ahhhh, okay.

Miracles out of Nowhere would be my pick.

 

[krista4]

250 (tie). Imagine – John Lennon (109 points)

@Long Ball Larry #15
@Snoopy y #42
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #47

Imagine is the second solo studio album by the British musician John Lennon, released on 9 September 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Spector, the album's elaborate sound contrasts the basic, small-group arrangements of his first album, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970). The opening title track is widely considered to be his signature song.

I added imagine to the playlist because it just seems like the right thing to do, though I’m sort of partial to jealous guy. I have probably like 200 records from the 60s and 70s from my dad, and I still think this album sounds the best of any of them.

I’d have voted for Jealous Guy here, too.

 

[Val Rannous]

234 (tie). The Blues Brothers: Music From The Soundtrack – Various Artists (113 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #5
@Val Rannous #24

The Blues Brothers: Original Soundtrack Recording (later rereleased as The Blues Brothers: Music from the Soundtrack) is the Blues Brothers Band's second album. Released on June 20, 1980, it was a followup to their debut live album, Briefcase Full of Blues. The band toured the same year to promote the film, later releasing a second live album, Made in America, which featured the Top 40 track "Who's Making Love".

The bar band I play in loves to incorporate Blues Brothers music into our gigs, and as a bassist, Donald “Duck” Dunn is probably my greatest influence. The music in this soundtrack is infectious, and the musicians are top notch. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, despite their Hollywood bona fides, were and are extremely respectful of the blues.

Although the movie flopped, I also encourage everybody to check out the soundtrack to Blues Brothers 2000. That is also a nice selection of songs with a great group of musicians.

What's our playlist selection? I'm partial to She Caught the Katy, but there's so much good here. Aretha? Ray? Cab? Sweet Home Chicago?

I gotta go with “Sweet Home Chicago”, but I would definitely be okay with “She Caught the Katy”.

You're high man, so Sweet Home Chicago it is.

Sweet Home Chicago

The Blues Brothers · The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack · Song · 1980

open.spotify.com

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I gotta go with “Sweet Home Chicago”, but I would definitely be okay with “She Caught the Katy”.

Do you do "Rawhide"?