Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (234 Viewers)

[rockaction]

This album is just packed with great songs (e.g., Homeward Bound, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy). I thought for sure with all of the Garfunkel fans out there this would be a slam dunk.

1,330. Pure Heroine – Lorde – Ranked #70 by @KarmaPolice (also ranked #56 by @rockaction)

Darn, I went with a different Lorde album. If we had combined our powers we might have got her on the final list.

I am a little surprised by this one missing it, but people also were posting how few post-2000 albums they had as well. It was a little oversight on my part and I just tacked it on at the end as I was trying to thing of a pop album or two that I listened to a bit over the last several years.

It's funny because when I first heard this album and loved it I had no idea how much Lana Del Rey's first album influenced its production. Lots of hip hop beats on Lana's first also. I had a friend play it for me over Spotify within the past two years and I was like, "Damn, I didn't know that."

Lorde's album is great, though, and not just that, but precocious also. She was about sixteen when that all happened. Very heady stuff for her age or for any age.

 

[rockaction]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

Hallmark card for MAC_32 and his comment:

I thank you'd because I like getting @tted with reason
I laughed because it was a funny comment.
I cried because I left you high and dry.
I thought because I thought about putting this one on my list
I thumbs upp'ed for the selection. A good one!
I loved because you remembered (that's really bad, but we need a sixth here)

You got all six emotions, but I can only choose one!

Thumbs up. Nice pick.

 

[rockaction]

1,412. Too Fast For Love – Motley Crue – Ranked #70 by @rockaction (also ranked #60 by @Atomic Punk)

From the opening strains of "Live Wire" to the final song "On With The Show" this is the biggest, riff-iest, dumbest, greatest document of the Sunset Strip and the early-to-mid eighties Hollywood music scene that there is. Vince, Nikki, Tommy, and Mick were in fine form here and they never matched the heights of this album, their debut, IMO.

Glad Atomic Punk was along for the ride with me. I had one glam/trash/sleaze album rated higher, and I'm sure we'll see it later (I think).

 

[rockaction]

I'll try and end the Hipple here.

242 (tie). This Year's Model – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (111 points)

@rockaction #18
@timschochet #37
@Dr. Octopus #47

This Year's Model is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 17 March 1978 through Radar Records. After being backed by Clover for his debut album My Aim Is True (1977), Costello formed the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation)—as his permanent backing band. Recording sessions took place at London's Eden Studios in eleven days between late 1977 and early 1978. Nick Lowe returned as producer, and Roger Béchirian acted as engineer.

I love this album. This will always be a nod to (or cause me to recall) @Eephus, even more than anything Dylan, because it reminds me to be open-minded about music. Like with The Babys yesterday, there are two ways that I betray that I can be a total jerk:

1) rip on someone for something—it just never looks good
2) criticize music with vehemence

I did both at points yesterday. Just don't do it, rock. Shut. Up. I never mean either, anyway. It all blows over in a minute for me. My apologies to those who had to read it and the people it involved.

But back to the album. This is just, IMO, the finest power pop album (front-to-back) that you could ask for. From the opening strains of "No Action" through to "Radio, Radio," I'm not sure I've heard a better power-pop album, period, than this one.

I don't know what song to pick. If tim or Doc check in, I'd love to discuss it. If you asked me, tonight I'd go with "Little Triggers," but that's a deeper cut and I'm not sure it's representative of how much power is in this power-pop album. So hit me up, fellas. Love to hear what you think.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I'll try and end the Hipple here.

242 (tie). This Year's Model – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (111 points)

@rockaction #18
@timschochet #37
@Dr. Octopus #47

This Year's Model is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 17 March 1978 through Radar Records. After being backed by Clover for his debut album My Aim Is True (1977), Costello formed the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation)—as his permanent backing band. Recording sessions took place at London's Eden Studios in eleven days between late 1977 and early 1978. Nick Lowe returned as producer, and Roger Béchirian acted as engineer.

I love this album. This will always be a nod to (or cause me to recall) @Eephus, even more than anything Dylan, because it's a reminder to me to be open-minded about music. Like with The Babys yesterday, there are two ways that I betray that I can be a total jerk:

1) rip on someone for something—it just never looks good
2) criticize music with vehemence

I did both at points yesterday. Just don't do it, rock. Shut. Up. I never mean either, anyway. It all blows over in a minute for me. My apologies to those who had to read it and the people it involved.

But back to the album. This is just, IMO, the finest power pop album (front-to-back) that you could ask for. From the opening strains of "No Action" through to "Radio, Radio," I'm not sure I've seen a better album, period, than this one.

I don't know what song to pick. If tim or Doc check in, I'd love to discuss it. If you asked me, tonight I'd go with "Little Triggers," but that's a deeper cut and I'm not sure it's representative of how much power is in this power-pop album. So hit me up, fellas. Love to hear what you think.

I’m partial to “(I don’t wanna go to) Chelsea” but I like every song.

 

[rockaction]

I'll try and end the Hipple here.

242 (tie). This Year's Model – Elvis Costello and the Attractions (111 points)

@rockaction #18
@timschochet #37
@Dr. Octopus #47

This Year's Model is the second studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, released on 17 March 1978 through Radar Records. After being backed by Clover for his debut album My Aim Is True (1977), Costello formed the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation)—as his permanent backing band. Recording sessions took place at London's Eden Studios in eleven days between late 1977 and early 1978. Nick Lowe returned as producer, and Roger Béchirian acted as engineer.

I love this album. This will always be a nod to (or cause me to recall) @Eephus, even more than anything Dylan, because it's a reminder to me to be open-minded about music. Like with The Babys yesterday, there are two ways that I betray that I can be a total jerk:

1) rip on someone for something—it just never looks good
2) criticize music with vehemence

I did both at points yesterday. Just don't do it, rock. Shut. Up. I never mean either, anyway. It all blows over in a minute for me. My apologies to those who had to read it and the people it involved.

But back to the album. This is just, IMO, the finest power pop album (front-to-back) that you could ask for. From the opening strains of "No Action" through to "Radio, Radio," I'm not sure I've seen a better album, period, than this one.

I don't know what song to pick. If tim or Doc check in, I'd love to discuss it. If you asked me, tonight I'd go with "Little Triggers," but that's a deeper cut and I'm not sure it's representative of how much power is in this power-pop album. So hit me up, fellas. Love to hear what you think.

I’m partial to “(I don’t wanna go to) Chelsea” but I like every song.

I also think every song is good. We'll see if tim has a suggestion. If he doesn't have any preference, and if you have time, just put "Chelsea" on the list. (I think I need some sort of invite to add songs and I'm not even sure where the list is at this point.) That way, it'll be done-zo.

 

[shuke]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

 

[jwb]

1,412. Too Fast For Love – Motley Crue – Ranked #70 by @rockaction (also ranked #60 by @Atomic Punk)

From the opening strains of "Live Wire" to the final song "On With The Show" this is the biggest, riff-iest, dumbest, greatest document of the Sunset Strip and the early-to-mid eighties Hollywood music scene that there is. Vince, Nikki, Tommy, and Mick were in fine form here and they never matched the heights of this album, their debut, IMO.

Glad Atomic Punk was along for the ride with me. I had one glam/trash/sleaze album rated higher, and I'm sure we'll see it later (I think).

I did not put a Crue album on my list, but that was partially because I did them for a MAD countdown. And partially because it just slipped my mind in the hour I made my list. But this is a fantastic album - raw and real.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

245 (tie). Live at Carnegie Hall – Bill Withers (110 points)

@landrys hat #12
@Mrs. Rannous #40
@simey #51

Live at Carnegie Hall is a live album by American soul singer-songwriter and producer Bill Withers. The album was recorded on October 6, 1972, at Carnegie Hall in New York City and released on April 21, 1973, by Sussex Records as a double LP. On October 28, 1997, it was reissued as a single CD by Columbia/Legacy.

Reviewing for AllMusic, Steven McDonald called Live at Carnegie Hall one of the best concert recordings from the 1970s and "a wonderful live album that capitalizes on Withers' trademark melancholy soul sound while expanding the music to fit the room granted by a live show".

I have a live album from Carnegie Hall in this spot. It is definitely not this one.

(I have another live album from Carnegie Hall that is also not this album. Carnegie Hall was a busy place.)

The Bill Withers version would have appeared at #334 without Mrs. R. included.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

Hit the "+ add" button.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

237 (tie). The River – Bruce Springsteen (112 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #29
@MAC_32 #31
@Chaos34 #41

The River is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released as a double album on October 17, 1980, through Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's attempt to make a record that captured the E Street Band's live sound. Co-produced by Springsteen, his manager Jon Landau, and bandmate Steven Van Zandt, the recording sessions lasted 18 months in New York City from March 1979 to August 1980.

 

[SayChowda]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

237 (tie). Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (112 points)

@Scoresman #22
@landrys hat #35
@Mookie Gizzy #48
Jeb #67

Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 13 February 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album is widely regarded as the first true metal album, and the opening title track, "Black Sabbath", was named the greatest heavy metal song of all time by Rolling Stone, and has been referred to as the first doom metal song

 

[Mister CIA]

Can somebody please add Hercules to playlist for me, por favor. Only took a couple of minutes to reach rage levels with Spotify interface. Holy conniption seizures, it's awful.

 

[Ilov80s]

250 (tie). Gentlemen – The Afghan Whigs (109 points)

@Mookie Gizzy #4
@landrys hat #29

Gentlemen is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band the Afghan Whigs. It was recorded primarily at Ardent Studios in Memphis, with the band's frontman Greg Dulli producing, and released on October 5, 1993, by Elektra Records.

Written by Dulli on tour for the band's 1992 album Congregation, Gentlemen is composed as a troubling song cycle that follows a toxic relationship as it ends. Noted for Dulli's grimly acerbic lyrics and influences from soul music, it is considered by critics to be the Afghan Whigs' greatest record, an essential release from the 1990s, and among the best-written breakup albums. The album was remastered in deluxe format for its 21st anniversary and covered extensively in a dedicated volume of the 33⅓ music book series.

Somehow in the early 90’s I managed to tune in to a “modern” rock station out of NY. I think it was 104. In addition to the big 4 Seattle bands, they played bands such as Rage, Tool. King’s X. Meat Puppets and the title track to this album. I loved the song then when I bought the CD I loved the whole thing. Greg Dulli has a lot of demons, but he knows how to make great music out of them. For the song someone please add Fountain and Fairfax

Listened to this album yesterday. I’m familiar with the Afghan Whigs- but never album deep with them. This rocked and also remind me of an album that I didn’t list that maybe I should have. Anyway big thumbs up to this choice and I’ll explore the band more.

 

[rockaction]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

The Shape of Punk to Come is one of the more experimental '90s punk rock records and one of its best.

 

[SayChowda]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

The Shape of Punk to Come is one of the more experimental '90s punk rock records and one of its best.

I don't understand how I missed it back then. I was listening to/going to both punk and hardcore shows all the time. I can't believe that they would have been playing in MA. Just a blind spot for me.

 

[rockaction]

250 (tie). Gentlemen – The Afghan Whigs (109 points)

@Mookie Gizzy #4
@landrys hat #29

Gentlemen is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band the Afghan Whigs. It was recorded primarily at Ardent Studios in Memphis, with the band's frontman Greg Dulli producing, and released on October 5, 1993, by Elektra Records.

Written by Dulli on tour for the band's 1992 album Congregation, Gentlemen is composed as a troubling song cycle that follows a toxic relationship as it ends. Noted for Dulli's grimly acerbic lyrics and influences from soul music, it is considered by critics to be the Afghan Whigs' greatest record, an essential release from the 1990s, and among the best-written breakup albums. The album was remastered in deluxe format for its 21st anniversary and covered extensively in a dedicated volume of the 33⅓ music book series.

Somehow in the early 90’s I managed to tune in to a “modern” rock station out of NY. I think it was 104. In addition to the big 4 Seattle bands, they played bands such as Rage, Tool. King’s X. Meat Puppets and the title track to this album. I loved the song then when I bought the CD I loved the whole thing. Greg Dulli has a lot of demons, but he knows how to make great music out of them. For the song someone please add Fountain and Fairfax

Listened to this album yesterday. I’m familiar with the Afghan Whigs- but never album deep with them. This rocked and also remind me of an album that I didn’t list that maybe I should have. Anyway big thumbs up to this choice and I’ll explore the band more.

I was locked into it until "When We Two Parted" and got up through "My Curse" with the female vocals. I liked it very much; I just got distracted because there was another album I began to pay attention to. It was one of the ones that made my list (#28, I think) and some younger guy had done a YouTube video on it that explained quite a bit. I'd liked it anyway but this guy was pointing out specific references and things where I had to go back and check them out.

The internet is a disaster for those of us that are easily distracted.

 

[rockaction]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

The Shape of Punk to Come is one of the more experimental '90s punk rock records and one of its best.

I don't understand how I missed it back then. I was listening to/going to both punk and hardcore shows all the time. I can't believe that they would have been playing in MA. Just a blind spot for me.

I don't think they were at all (playing Boston with any even punk fanfare or billing). They're Swedish, and before that particular album they played pretty much traditional hardcore. Like NYHC stuff. The tour for the album we're talking about? Nobody went to it. They cancelled the U.S. leg half of the way through. I only knew of them because a very, very hip sort of debutante from Asheville who was into all sorts of outré stuff had told me about them. I don't exactly know when I got the record—maybe '99 or 2000 or so. By then, they were done as a band.

If you dig this album, you might like the The New Noise Theology EP. "Poetry Written In Gasoline" is one of the best grooves you'll ever hear. It's danceable but hardcore, which makes little sense. And not like hardcore dancing, either. Like real dancing. Well, strip club dancing, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing (I was at one point). The opening riff sounds an awful lot like Jane's Addiction's "Stop!" but it continues into a really, really thick groove.

NSFW, of course. It's not an obviously great song to begin with, but the consistent groove is just impressive and the drumming is metronomic and wildly talented, IMO. I would love to hear this song with two kits going. They could be a punk rock jam band! *ducks missiles flying at me*

Poetry Written In Gasoline

Refused · The New Noise Theology EP · Song · 1998

open.spotify.com

I saw them at (I kid you not) House of Blues in Boston with OFF! in 2012. It was a really, really good show.

 

[shuke]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

Hit the "+ add" button.

On the song or on the playlist? I tried from the individual songs, and the playlist didn't show up in my options, even after I added it to my library.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

I am only able to do it on the mobile app. It appears not to be possible on the website interface. I don't have the desktop app so I have no idea what the deal is there.

On the mobile app, when you click on the playlist, at the top there is a button that says "Add" if the creator has set it so that anyone can add songs, which KP did. When you click on "Add," it takes you to a search bar. Type in the name of the song. Various options are produced, then click on the "+" sign next to the one that is correct.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

The Shape of Punk to Come is one of the more experimental '90s punk rock records and one of its best.

I don't understand how I missed it back then. I was listening to/going to both punk and hardcore shows all the time. I can't believe that they would have been playing in MA. Just a blind spot for me.

I don't think they were at all. They're Swedish, and before that particular album they played pretty much traditional hardcore. Like NYHC stuff. The tour for the album we're talking about? Nobody went to it. They cancelled the U.S. leg half of the way through. I only knew of them because a very, very hip sort of debutante from Asheville who was into all sorts of outré stuff had told me about them. I don't exactly know when I got the record—maybe '99 or 2000 or so. By then, they were done as a band.

If you dig this album, you might like the The New Noise Theology EP. "Poetry Written In Gasoline" is one of the best grooves you'll ever hear. It's danceable but hardcore, which makes little sense. And not like hardcore dancing, either. Like real dancing. Well, strip club dancing, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing (I was at one point). The opening riff sounds an awful lot like Jane's Addiction's "Stop!" but it continues into a really, really thick groove.

NSFW, of course. It's not an obviously great song to begin with, but the consistent groove is just impressive and the drumming is metronomic and wildly talented, IMO. I would love to hear this song with two kits going. They could be a punk rock jam band! *ducks missiles flying at me*

Poetry Written In Gasoline

Refused · The New Noise Theology EP · Song · 1998

open.spotify.com

I saw them at (I kid you not) House of Blues in Boston with OFF! in 2012. It was a really, really good show.

I would listen to a punk rock jamband. I suspect most people wouldn't.

 

[rockaction]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

The Shape of Punk to Come is one of the more experimental '90s punk rock records and one of its best.

I don't understand how I missed it back then. I was listening to/going to both punk and hardcore shows all the time. I can't believe that they would have been playing in MA. Just a blind spot for me.

I don't think they were at all. They're Swedish, and before that particular album they played pretty much traditional hardcore. Like NYHC stuff. The tour for the album we're talking about? Nobody went to it. They cancelled the U.S. leg half of the way through. I only knew of them because a very, very hip sort of debutante from Asheville who was into all sorts of outré stuff had told me about them. I don't exactly know when I got the record—maybe '99 or 2000 or so. By then, they were done as a band.

If you dig this album, you might like the The New Noise Theology EP. "Poetry Written In Gasoline" is one of the best grooves you'll ever hear. It's danceable but hardcore, which makes little sense. And not like hardcore dancing, either. Like real dancing. Well, strip club dancing, I guess, if you're into that sort of thing (I was at one point). The opening riff sounds an awful lot like Jane's Addiction's "Stop!" but it continues into a really, really thick groove.

NSFW, of course. It's not an obviously great song to begin with, but the consistent groove is just impressive and the drumming is metronomic and wildly talented, IMO. I would love to hear this song with two kits going. They could be a punk rock jam band! *ducks missiles flying at me*

Poetry Written In Gasoline

Refused · The New Noise Theology EP · Song · 1998

open.spotify.com

I saw them at (I kid you not) House of Blues in Boston with OFF! in 2012. It was a really, really good show.

I would listen to a punk rock jamband. I suspect most people wouldn't.

I definitely would. If you click on the link then you might hear what that would sound like. I mean, it's not truly jamming, but it's more like big beat met punk. Anyway, there are punk bands that have incorporated double drums that sound fantastic. Fugazi did for The Argument, if I'm not mistaken, and that album sounds great. Blink-182 (who I'm not a huge fan of, but forget that for a moment) had an MTV Special where Travis Barker taught a kid how to play "Stay Together For the Kids" and they double drummed it with the band. It sounded so huge that it was really compellingly good, IMO.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

Hit the "+ add" button.

On the song or on the playlist? I tried from the individual songs, and the playlist didn't show up in my options, even after I added it to my library.

On the playlist

 

[Dr. Octopus]

237 (tie). Leftoverture – Kansas (112 points)

@Ghost Rider #28
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #36
@Mrs. Rannous #37

Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1976. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band's first album to be certified by the RIAA, and remains their highest selling album, having been certified 5 times platinum in the United States

 

[Ilov80s]

It's funny because when I first heard this album and loved it I had no idea how much Lana Del Rey's first album influenced its production. Lots of hip hop beats on Lana's first also. I had a friend play it for me over Spotify within the past two years and I was like, "Damn, I didn't know that."

Lorde's album is great, though, and not just that, but precocious also. She was about sixteen when that all happened. Very heady stuff for her age or for any age.

I have a LDR album on my list as well though doubt it makes it

 

[Dr. Octopus]

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).

 

[Dr. Octopus]

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".

 

[Mister CIA]

By the way, am I supposed to be putting the songs on the playlist myself? I just work here.

I've added The Funeral for you.

Can you teach me?

I am only able to do it on the mobile app. It appears not to be possible on the website interface. I don't have the desktop app so I have no idea what the deal is there.

On the mobile app, when you click on the playlist, at the top there is a button that says "Add" if the creator has set it so that anyone can add songs, which KP did. When you click on "Add," it takes you to a search bar. Type in the name of the song. Various options are produced, then click on the "+" sign next to the one that is correct.

That explains my problem. I was trying to use my browser (and/or desktop app too, I think).

 

[rockaction]

It's funny because when I first heard this album and loved it I had no idea how much Lana Del Rey's first album influenced its production. Lots of hip hop beats on Lana's first also. I had a friend play it for me over Spotify within the past two years and I was like, "Damn, I didn't know that."

Lorde's album is great, though, and not just that, but precocious also. She was about sixteen when that all happened. Very heady stuff for her age or for any age.

I have a LDR album on my list as well though doubt it makes it

"Video Games" and "The greatest" are two excellent songs. Something about her makes me almost excruciatingly melancholic, though, so I avoid for the most part. I mean "Video Games" will get stuck in my head and I'll wander around going "It's you it's you it's all for you everything I do/tell you all time/heaven is a place on earth with you" and "the culture is lit, and if this it . . ."

I wouldn't be too sure it doesn't make but let's again check the real authority on the issue:

<iframe src="https://magic-8ball.com/embed_widget/" scrolling="no" style="width:100%;border:none;overflow:hidden;height:750px"></iframe>

I shook it three times and it went from "most likely" to something with high probability to two results of "Yes definitely"

So you never know.

 

[Scoresman]

237 (tie). Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (112 points)

@Scoresman #22
@landrys hat #35
@Mookie Gizzy #48
Jeb #67

Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 13 February 1970 by Vertigo Records in the United Kingdom and on 1 June 1970 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States. The album is widely regarded as the first true metal album, and the opening title track, "Black Sabbath", was named the greatest heavy metal song of all time by Rolling Stone, and has been referred to as the first doom metal song

This was pretty much my introduction to Metal. Just an incredible album start to finish. Young Scoresman was actually a little scared of the title track when first hearing it. Never heard anything like it at the time and I was hooked immediately.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

This pick would have been more controversial when and shortly after its release, as record companies became disenchanted with Springsteen’s releases during this time, as they didn’t seem to show the success nor creativity of his earlier releases.

I think the record has overcome the initial reactions and has become better received with age. There is a mix of darker subjects, such as the title track and “Point Blank” to go along with early rock and roll roots style like “Hungry Heart”, Cadillac Ranch” and “Ramrod”. Overall, the set is complex but ties into Springsteen’s mindset of the time.

If you’ll allow me the chance for a recommendation, I’ll go with “Independence Day”, a melodic tune about a father and son who are so similar in personalities that they are having a tough time coexisting. To me, this song is very good example of the work on this album, and Clarence Clemons absolutely brings it on saxophone.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

237 (tie). Leftoverture – Kansas (112 points)

@Ghost Rider #28
@BroncoFreak_2K3 #36
@Mrs. Rannous #37

Leftoverture is the fourth studio album by American rock band Kansas, released in 1976. The album was reissued in remastered format on CD in 2001. It was the band's first album to be certified by the RIAA, and remains their highest selling album, having been certified 5 times platinum in the United States

I love the music Kansas put out through the years, but I couldn’t place a specific album at the time with which to nominate. I’m very glad that others were more in touch with things and gave this band some well deserved support.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

This pick would have been more controversial when and shortly after its release, as record companies became disenchanted with Springsteen’s releases during this time, as they didn’t seem to show the success nor creativity of his earlier releases.

I think the record has overcome the initial reactions and has become better received with age. There is a mix of darker subjects, such as the title track and “Point Blank” to go along with early rock and roll roots style like “Hungry Heart”, Cadillac Ranch” and “Ramrod”. Overall, the set is complex but ties into Springsteen’s mindset of the time.

If you’ll allow me the chance for a recommendation, I’ll go with “Independence Day”, a melodic tune about a father and son who are so similar in personalities that they are having a tough time coexisting. To me, this song is very good example of the work on this album, and Clarence Clemons absolutely brings it on saxophone.

My apologies. I thought I was replying to the post about The River. I messed that up something good!

 

[rockaction]

Everyone’s Lowest Ranked Album Not to Make the Countdown



1,640. The Shape of Punk to Come – Refused – Ranked #70 by @MAC_32

@rockaction leaving me high and dry

This was a band I should have been into back in late 90s but didn't know them for whatever reason. I like what I hear from them every now and then on Faction on SiriusXM.

This pick would have been more controversial when and shortly after its release, as record companies became disenchanted with Springsteen’s releases during this time, as they didn’t seem to show the success nor creativity of his earlier releases.

I think the record has overcome the initial reactions and has become better received with age. There is a mix of darker subjects, such as the title track and “Point Blank” to go along with early rock and roll roots style like “Hungry Heart”, Cadillac Ranch” and “Ramrod”. Overall, the set is complex but ties into Springsteen’s mindset of the time.

If you’ll allow me the chance for a recommendation, I’ll go with “Independence Day”, a melodic tune about a father and son who are so similar in personalities that they are having a tough time coexisting. To me, this song is very good example of the work on this album, and Clarence Clemons absolutely brings it on saxophone.

My apologies. I thought I was replying to the post about The River. I messed that up something good!

punk rock Bruce!

No problem whatsoever.

 

[Ghost Rider]

I am way behind,

I love BOC, but while Fire of Unknown Origin is very good, and has one of my favorite songs by the band (Veteran of the Psychic Wars), it didn't receive consideration to make my 70. Two albums of theirs today, however.

I love that first Sabbath album more than most (I often see it called one of the least best of that original run, which is crazy to me), but Sabbath isn't enough of a favorite for me to ranked more than one album by them.

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.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

 

[Ilov80s]

It's funny because when I first heard this album and loved it I had no idea how much Lana Del Rey's first album influenced its production. Lots of hip hop beats on Lana's first also. I had a friend play it for me over Spotify within the past two years and I was like, "Damn, I didn't know that."

Lorde's album is great, though, and not just that, but precocious also. She was about sixteen when that all happened. Very heady stuff for her age or for any age.

I have a LDR album on my list as well though doubt it makes it

"Video Games" and "The greatest" are two excellent songs. Something about her makes me almost excruciatingly melancholic, though, so I avoid for the most part. I mean "Video Games" will get stuck in my head and I'll wander around going "It's you it's you it's all for you everything I do/tell you all time/heaven is a place on earth with you" and "the culture is lit, and if this it . . ."

I wouldn't be too sure it doesn't make but let's again check the real authority on the issue:

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I shook it three times and it went from "most likely" to something with high probability to two results of "Yes definitely"

So you never know.

Melancholic sure is a good way to put it. But in a summer kind of way (summertime sadness anyone) and not a fall/winter way which is a great vibe imo.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

As long as it was original music, soundtracks were allowed.

There will be a few more appearances.

 

[Mookie Gizzy]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

RAWHIDE!!!!

 

[rockaction]

Melancholic sure is a good way to put it. But in a summer kind of way (summertime sadness anyone) and not a fall/winter way which is a great vibe imo.

Thanks.

Yeah, definitely in a summer way, which might be influenced by the visuals she chooses also. Plus, man, Los Angeles (or SoCal—she seems to nod to that area often).

I think of sepia-toned pictures because it sounds like that and her visuals are that.

 

[rockaction]

RAWHIDE!!!!

Rawhide

Dead Kennedys · Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. · Song · 1986

open.spotify.com

To be able to do this song at breakneck and keep rhythm perfectly shows how good D.H. Peligro on drums and Klaus Flouride on bass were with their instruments. And Jello with an effective voice here while East Bay Ray plays his reverb/echo guitar. If you all haven't listened to these guys and you like punk rock, Plastic Surgery Disasters and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables are two excellent ones. One made my list.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

As long as it was original music, soundtracks were allowed.

There will be a few more appearances.

SOME of the Blues Brothers Soundtrack was original music

 

[Mookie Gizzy]

RAWHIDE!!!!

Rawhide

Dead Kennedys · Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. · Song · 1986

open.spotify.com

To be able to do this song at breakneck and keep rhythm perfectly shows how good D.H. Peligro on drums and Klaus Flouride on bass were with their instruments. And Jello with an effective voice here while East Bay Ray plays his reverb/echo guitar. If you all haven't listened to these guys and you like punk rock, Plastic Surgery Disasters and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables are two excellent ones. One made my list.

What key is that in? I don’t think it’s in “A”

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

As long as it was original music, soundtracks were allowed.

There will be a few more appearances.

SOME of the Blues Brothers Soundtrack was original music

all of it is original recordings- even if they are cover songs.

The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Blues Brothers · Album · 1980 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

As long as it was original music, soundtracks were allowed.

There will be a few more appearances.

SOME of the Blues Brothers Soundtrack was original music

all of it is original recordings- even if they are cover songs.

The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Blues Brothers · Album · 1980 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

I get it. I just never would have thought of it.

 

[rockaction]

RAWHIDE!!!!

Rawhide

Dead Kennedys · Plastic Surgery Disasters/In God We Trust, Inc. · Song · 1986

open.spotify.com

To be able to do this song at breakneck and keep rhythm perfectly shows how good D.H. Peligro on drums and Klaus Flouride on bass were with their instruments. And Jello with an effective voice here while East Bay Ray plays his reverb/echo guitar. If you all haven't listened to these guys and you like punk rock, Plastic Surgery Disasters and Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables are two excellent ones. One made my list.

What key is that in? I don’t think it’s in “A”

Jello, Klaus, D.H., and East Bay would have had even more serious problems in that bar than Jake and Elwood, one thinks.

East Bay? As in . . . Oakland, California?!!!

 

[Psychopav]

Man. I don't know how I feel about soundtracks. Seems like that could be a whole different category.
There's at least three more that could/should be on this list if Blues Brothers is included.

As long as it was original music, soundtracks were allowed.

There will be a few more appearances.

SOME of the Blues Brothers Soundtrack was original music

all of it is original recordings- even if they are cover songs.

The Blues Brothers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Blues Brothers · Album · 1980 · 11 songs

open.spotify.com

I get it. I just never would have thought of it.

I almost included it in my top 70.

There's originals meaning original compositions and then there are originals meaning original arrangements/recordings of cover material. Hell, if we couldn't include albums with cover songs, I would have lost a quarter of my top 20 albums!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Ya know who didn't include albums with cover songs? KP.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ya know who didn't include albums with cover songs? KP.