Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (202 Viewers)

[Dr. Octopus]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

 

[Mister CIA]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

I'm feeling like a boxer whose time has passed. Can't say for sure, but as memory has it, this was the first album I loved as an album itself.

@jwb , what do you think. I'm partial to Bold as Love, but Little Wing, for the greater good of the playlist, might be the way (and it could be the first song to make the playlist twice). I won't stand in the way of the sweet little Buddhist anthem either, Castles Made of Sand. I think Wikkid had a strong opinion aboout this album too. I'll see if I can find anything when my Friday slows down.

 

[simey]

203 (tie). Hunky Dory – David Bowie (126 points)

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

 

[Mister CIA]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ok, I give. How did you all narrow your lists to 70? Dr. O could have done a Top 70 of the 60s and I am not sure where this one would have landed (outside @Mister CIA having it #1). Little Wing...Man.

I waited until the last minute and basically cobbled together a chalky list, but there was not much hesitation on my #1. Well, #2 was very close.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him.

same

 

[pacman_fl]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ok, I give. How did you all narrow your lists to 70? Dr. O could have done a Top 70 of the 60s and I am not sure where this one would have landed (outside @Mister CIA having it #1). Little Wing...Man.

As great as Jimi's original "Little Wing" is, I've always thought that Derek and the Dominos topped it.

I'm partial to SRV's version, but that's just a bias in general.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

203 (tie). Hunky Dory – David Bowie (126 points)

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

Quicksand has always been my top song from this album but the whole thing is great.

I love the line stanza

I'm not a prophet or a stone age man
Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation of ******** faith

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

203 (tie). Hunky Dory – David Bowie (126 points)

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

This is my favorite from Bowie and I’d swear I had it on my list. But I double checked and it was not.

That was a mistake by me. It was supposed to be there, probably in the upper half.

 

[zamboni]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

I didn't think anyone was going to top my ranking on this, but I recall that @rockaction was a big fan as well. Pick wisely, rock.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I had it on my list. But I double checked and it was not.

whewww

 

[Mister CIA]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ok, I give. How did you all narrow your lists to 70? Dr. O could have done a Top 70 of the 60s and I am not sure where this one would have landed (outside @Mister CIA having it #1). Little Wing...Man.

As great as Jimi's original "Little Wing" is, I've always thought that Derek and the Dominos topped it.

I'm partial to SRV's version, but that's just a bias in general.

Try on Monte Montgomery's cover.

- 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

 

[Dr. Octopus]

200 (tie). Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Lin-Manuel Miranda (127 points)

@Idiot Boxer #5
@kupcho1 #13
@Don Quixote #68

Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the 2015 musical Hamilton. The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The recording achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and is the highest-charting cast album since 1963. It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Albums chart, the first cast album to ever do so.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

200 (tie). Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Lin-Manuel Miranda (127 points)

@Idiot Boxer #5
@kupcho1 #13
@Don Quixote #68

Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the 2015 musical Hamilton. The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The recording achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and is the highest-charting cast album since 1963. It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Albums chart, the first cast album to ever do so.

There is nothing unintentional in this musical.
If you want to get a good insight into the choices that were made by Miranda in constructing this perfect piece of musical theatre, the following annotated book is a great start:

https://www.amazon.com/Hamilton-Revolution-Lin-Manuel-Miranda/dp/1478913649

Would love to hear kupcho and Don Quixote's thoughts on which song to include.

 

[krista4]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

Ohhhh, great one. Didn’t cross my mind and should have.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

 

[pacman_fl]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ok, I give. How did you all narrow your lists to 70? Dr. O could have done a Top 70 of the 60s and I am not sure where this one would have landed (outside @Mister CIA having it #1). Little Wing...Man.

As great as Jimi's original "Little Wing" is, I've always thought that Derek and the Dominos topped it.

I'm partial to SRV's version, but that's just a bias in general.

Try on Monte Montgomery's cover.

- 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

Thanks for sharing. He's very creative and I'll need to find more. I knew I was in for a treat when I saw the mix list on the side and it started with this, Chris Cornell doing "Nothing Compares 2 You", and The Marcus King Band doing "Goodbye Carolina". Nice start to a mix.

 

[kupcho1]

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

I was low ranker on this one (excluding all of the others that didn't even rank it ), but if you wouldn't mind, please put the best Bowie song ever on the playlist. I'm referring, of course, to Queen Bᴉtch.

 

[kupcho1]

Would love to hear kupcho and Don Quixote's thoughts on which song to include.

As much as I'd love to include one with the great Jonathan Goff as King George (e.g., You'll Be Back), I think something like the first track Alexander Hamilton is more likely to appeal to anyone unfortunate enough not to already have heard the soundtrack. Not only do you get Lin-Manuel Miranda, but it also features Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo among others.

 

[kupcho1]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

I'll never tell.

 

[zamboni]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

Just don’t bring your mistress

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Would love to hear kupcho and Don Quixote's thoughts on which song to include.

As much as I'd love to include one with the great Jonathan Goff as King George (e.g., You'll Be Back), I think something like the first track Alexander Hamilton is more likely to appeal to anyone unfortunate enough not to already have heard the soundtrack. Not only do you get Lin-Manuel Miranda, but it also features Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo among others.

I agree that Groff is amazing. What he does with 12 minutes in the entire musical is amazing.

Alexander Hamilton is a great intro and immediately gets you going
Satisfied is a master class by Renee Elise Goldsberry
Guns and Ships set the record for WPM for any Broadway Musical
Non-Stop builds the intensity
The Room Where It Happens has become its own meme
One Last Time was my first favorite from this show
Its Quiet Uptown is probably my favorite ballad and a heartbreaking song about forgiveness
The World Was Wide Enough is probably the best, most intense climax to a show I've ever seen

This is going to be tough.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

Just don’t bring your mistress

Dude literally melted into the ground like the Wicked Witch of the East.

 

[Don Quixote]

Would love to hear kupcho and Don Quixote's thoughts on which song to include.

As much as I'd love to include one with the great Jonathan Goff as King George (e.g., You'll Be Back), I think something like the first track Alexander Hamilton is more likely to appeal to anyone unfortunate enough not to already have heard the soundtrack. Not only do you get Lin-Manuel Miranda, but it also features Daveed Diggs, Leslie Odom Jr. and Phillipa Soo among others.

I agree that Groff is amazing. What he does with 12 minutes in the entire musical is amazing.

Alexander Hamilton is a great intro and immediately gets you going
Satisfied is a master class by Renee Elise Goldsberry
Guns and Ships set the record for WPM for any Broadway Musical
Non-Stop builds the intensity
The Room Where It Happens has become its own meme
One Last Time was my first favorite from this show
Its Quiet Uptown is probably my favorite ballad and a heartbreaking song about forgiveness
The World Was Wide Enough is probably the best, most intense climax to a show I've ever seen

This is going to be tough.

So many great tracks, but I feel like the intro is the most representative of the soundtrack.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Alexander Hamilton it is.

 

[zamboni]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

Just don’t bring your mistress

Dude literally melted into the ground like the Wicked Witch of the East.

Based on his reported net worth of $1.2 billion, that was probably a $600 million concert for him .

 

[KarmaPolice]

When are we going to see some Coldplay???

Joe said no Politik in the FFA!

 

[krista4]

I think the cheating wouldn’t bother me as much as learning my husband went to see Coldplay.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

I think the cheating wouldn’t bother me as much as learning my husband went to see Coldplay.

But if he were looking for a place he knew he wouldn't run into you accidentally, seems a good choice.

 

[simey]

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

I was low ranker on this one (excluding all of the others that didn't even rank it ), but if you wouldn't mind, please put the best Bowie song ever on the playlist. I'm referring, of course, to Queen Bᴉtch.

You'll have to ask @Barry2 if he minds. He is the boss of Hunky Dory.

 

[rockaction]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ooof. Looks like a glaring omission on my end. Sorry, CIA. I think Jimi is somewhere weird in my record bin and this one totally slipped my mind. It's easily in my top seventy and likely in my top forty.

Daveed Diggs

Is the emcee in clipping., an experimental rap group on Sub Pop Records that uses only found sounds for its beats and is radically good, IMO. Here's a sample of one called "bout.that" that didn't leave my stereo for about six months, which is saying something because I don't really get redundant and (I'd like to think) I am pretty diverse in what I listen to. I also love hip hop, as people might know around here, so this might be a bit challenging for people who don't like much hip hop (it's definitely along the lines of an avant-garde derivative of an already existing form) but it hits the sweet spot for me between experiment and club banger.

This has one of the greatest first few verses and chorus/hooks I've ever heard. It's absolute genius in the way that Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" is. It's "Rockin's" city cousin. It's a picture of the underbelly of America set to utterly anthemic music that makes you unsure if you should be crying or celebrating.

clipping. - "bout.that"

bout.that

clipping., Baseck · midcity · Song · 2014

open.spotify.com

I have never seen Hamilton, nor really listened. *bagoverheadandfaceandshoulders*

 

[Idiot Boxer]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ooof. Looks like a glaring omission on my end. Sorry, CIA. I think Jimi is somewhere weird in my record bin and this one totally slipped my mind. It's easily in my top seventy and likely in my top forty.

Daveed Diggs

Is the emcee in clipping., an experimental rap group on Sub Pop Records that uses only found sounds for its beats and is radically good, IMO. Here's a sample of one that didn't leave my stereo for about six months, which is saying something because I don't really get redundant and (I'd like to think) I am pretty diverse in what I listen to. I also love hip hop, as people might know around here, so this is a bit challenging but hits the sweet spot for me between experiment and banger hit. This has one of the greatest first few verses and chorus/hooks I've ever heard

clipping. - "bout.that"

bout.that

clipping., Baseck · midcity · Song · 2014

open.spotify.com

I have never seen Hamilton, nor really listened. *bagoverheadandfaceandshoulders*

When it comes to 'found sounds' and Hamilton, I swear - though I've found no independent verification - that in the song "Wait For It" they sample the "Don't Walk" squeaking sound for the visually impaired that is used at NY Crosswalks and I simply find that fascinating.

 

[Barry2]

I love this album, and it is 1b as my favorite from him. I ended up going with 1a. I did have this on my list at one point, but eventually took it off, which I did with several albums. Some of my favorites from the album are Changes, Oh! You Pretty Little Things, Life On Mars, Song for Bob Dylan, Queen *****, and Kooks. Great album.

I was low ranker on this one (excluding all of the others that didn't even rank it ), but if you wouldn't mind, please put the best Bowie song ever on the playlist. I'm referring, of course, to Queen Bᴉtch.

You'll have to ask @Barry2 if he minds. He is the boss of Hunky Dory.

I thought a piano song would be appropriate. Maybe I'm over thinking it. Hunky Dory is well known and people probably have a good idea of what's on it...so Queen B it is. Kupcho you can add it.

 

[kupcho1]

so Queen B it is. Kupcho you can add it.

You can file this under TMI or anywhere you'd like, but my nips hardened a little when I read this.

 

[Don Quixote]

I think the cheating wouldn’t bother me as much as learning my husband went to see Coldplay.

But if he were looking for a place he knew he wouldn't run into you accidentally, seems a good choice.

I wonder if they played it cool, nobody would have known. Went viral because looked guilty as heck.

 

[zamboni]

I think the cheating wouldn’t bother me as much as learning my husband went to see Coldplay.

But if he were looking for a place he knew he wouldn't run into you accidentally, seems a good choice.

I wonder if they played it cool, nobody would have known. Went viral because looked guilty as heck.

Or use some of that $600 million to watch from backstage.

 

[rockaction]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

Ooof. Looks like a glaring omission on my end. Sorry, CIA. I think Jimi is somewhere weird in my record bin and this one totally slipped my mind. It's easily in my top seventy and likely in my top forty.

Daveed Diggs

Is the emcee in clipping., an experimental rap group on Sub Pop Records that uses only found sounds for its beats and is radically good, IMO. Here's a sample of one that didn't leave my stereo for about six months, which is saying something because I don't really get redundant and (I'd like to think) I am pretty diverse in what I listen to. I also love hip hop, as people might know around here, so this is a bit challenging but hits the sweet spot for me between experiment and banger hit. This has one of the greatest first few verses and chorus/hooks I've ever heard

clipping. - "bout.that"

bout.that

clipping., Baseck · midcity · Song · 2014

open.spotify.com

I have never seen Hamilton, nor really listened. *bagoverheadandfaceandshoulders*

When it comes to 'found sounds' and Hamilton, I swear - though I've found no independent verification - that in the song "Wait For It" they sample the "Don't Walk" squeaking sound for the visually impaired that is used at NY Crosswalks and I simply find that fascinating.

It's certainly coming from somewhere and there's really no musical reason for it to be there other than to give a chirping bird vibe. You might very well be right.

Hey, I looked it up. If you love the mystery then don't click.

https://www.reddit.com/r/hamiltonmusical/comments/pxqg70/whats_that_sound_in_wait_for_it/

I'm listening to the first track "Alexander Hamilton" right now. I've heard a couple (I exaggerated that I hadn't heard anything off of it—I just haven't sat and listened) and I think you made the right choice. This is excellent. And there is so much great stuff adjacent to the play and the soundtrack. Oh my. Royce Da 5'9", Black Thought, and Aloe Blacc doing "Wrote My Way Out (Remix)" is awesome off of Hamildrops. There's a mixtape under its auspices also with Busta Rhymes and Nas. Wow. Great pick for album and the only thing that surprises me upon seeing it is @Ilov80s didn't have it on there.

 

[rockaction]

But if he were looking for a place he knew he wouldn't run into you accidentally, seems a good choice.

Oh my word. This genuinely made me smile like a goon and laugh. Too funny.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

200 (tie). Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) – Lin-Manuel Miranda (127 points)

@Idiot Boxer #5
@kupcho1 #13
@Don Quixote #68

Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) is the cast album to the 2015 musical Hamilton. The musical is based on the 2004 biography of Alexander Hamilton written by Ron Chernow, with music, lyrics, and book by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The recording achieved the largest first week sales for a digital cast album and is the highest-charting cast album since 1963. It was the highest-selling Broadway cast album of 2015 and peaked at number one on the Rap Albums chart, the first cast album to ever do so.

Just missed on my list

 

[kupcho1]

Hamildrops

Fun fact, also includes my first song revealed in MAD #1

Ben Franklin's Song

The Decemberists · Hamildrops: The Complete Collection · Song · 2025

open.spotify.com

 

[Dr. Octopus]

200 (tie). Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction (127 points)

@Rand al Thor #22
@ConstruxBoy #31
Jeb #33

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the band's eponymous live debut album.

Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The single "Jane Says" reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song".

 

[jwb]

203 (tie). Axis: Bold as Love – The Jimi Hendrix Experience (126 points)

@Mister CIA #1
@jwb #15

Axis: Bold as Love is the second studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It was first released by Track Records in the United Kingdom on December 1, 1967, only seven months after the release of the group's highly successful debut album, Are You Experienced. In the United States, Reprise Records delayed the release until the following month. The album reached the top ten in the album charts in both countries.

The album displays several musical styles and critics saw it as demonstrating Jimi Hendrix's growth as a songwriter. It features "Spanish Castle Magic" and "Little Wing", two Hendrix compositions that draw on his roots performing with rhythm and blues bands and would remain in his live repertoire throughout his career. Its album cover generated controversy for displaying Hindu religious iconography. It was designed without Hendrix's approval, and he publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.

I'm feeling like a boxer whose time has passed. Can't say for sure, but as memory has it, this was the first album I loved as an album itself.

@jwb , what do you think. I'm partial to Bold as Love, but Little Wing, for the greater good of the playlist, might be the way (and it could be the first song to make the playlist twice). I won't stand in the way of the sweet little Buddhist anthem either, Castles Made of Sand. I think Wikkid had a strong opinion aboout this album too. I'll see if I can find anything when my Friday slows down.

Bold as Love works just fine for me.

I had to have Jimi in my top 20. It was hard to pick one. In the end it was this one or Machine Gun/Live, but I felt this one had a better chance of actually making the countdown. And like you say, I really like this one as an entire album. Not as many hits, but that doesn't matter much in Jimi's case.

 

[KarmaPolice]

200 (tie). Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction (127 points)

@Rand al Thor #22
@ConstruxBoy #31
Jeb #33

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the band's eponymous live debut album.

Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The single "Jane Says" reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song".

Another great one that didn't cross my mind but I need to listen to more.

 

[rockaction]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

I didn't think anyone was going to top my ranking on this, but I recall that @rockaction was a big fan as well. Pick wisely, rock.

You don't seriously think I'm going to not seek input from the Beach Boys' ranker extraordinaire and fellow top ten compatriot, do you? C'mon man, you know me better than that. There are two Cliff songs i'm not huge on, but other than that I think any of the other ten are excellent and border on great (hence number six). "Many Rivers To Cross" and "Sitting In Limbo," which are still very good songs, just don't do it for me as much as the others, and I think it's because they seem like conscious efforts to crossover into American-sounding music rather than staying authentic.

And I say that honestly as someone who isn't an appropriator, voyeur, sycophant, or relativist when it comes to other cultures; I see certain problems with the Jamaican musical progression towards Rastafarian politics in their music that culminated in reggae (my least favorite form of Jamaican music), so I don't blindly love everything. But I happen to love the derivations from American rock n' roll and rhythm and blues that at least ska and rocksteady provided us, both of which were created by a fascinating culture in a unique situation. I think those two musical forms and their progenitors are just wonderful.

Anyway, what do you think, if you're around (I know you're an early contributor)?

 

[jwb]

Our song selections:

For Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply -

Run Runaway

Slade · The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (Expanded) · Song · 2007

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Really happy this album - which completely slipped my mind - made it. Slade is fun, and it's good that they got their true US/worldwide breakthrough with this album.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

200 (tie). Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction (127 points)

@Rand al Thor #22
@ConstruxBoy #31
Jeb #33

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the band's eponymous live debut album.

Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The single "Jane Says" reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song".

Great album that really rocks. I'd suggest either of the first two songs or Mountain Song. But they're all great.

 

[zamboni]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

I didn't think anyone was going to top my ranking on this, but I recall that @rockaction was a big fan as well. Pick wisely, rock.

You don't seriously think I'm going to not seek input from the Beach Boys' ranker extraordinaire and fellow top ten compatriot, do you? C'mon man, you know me better than that. There are two Cliff songs i'm not huge on, but other than that I think any of the other ten are excellent and border on great (hence number six). "Many Rivers To Cross" and "Sitting In Limbo," which are still very good songs, just don't do it for me as much as the others, and I think it's because they seem like conscious efforts to crossover into American-sounding music rather than staying authentic.

And I say that honestly as someone who isn't a cultural voyeur, sycophant, or relativist when it comes to other cultures; I see certain problems with the Jamaican musical progression towards Rastafarian politics in their music that culminated in reggae (my least favorite form of Jamaican music), so I don't blindly love everything. But I happen to love the derivations from American rock n' roll and rhythm and blues that at least ska and rocksteady provided us by a fascinating culture in a unique situation. I think those two musical forms and their progenitors are just wondeful.

Anyway, what do you think, if you're around (I know you're an early contributor)?

Thanks GB.

I actually like the melancholy "Many Rivers To Cross" but to me the best bet is the title track.

 

[rockaction]

200 (tie). Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction (127 points)

@Rand al Thor #22
@ConstruxBoy #31
Jeb #33

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the band's eponymous live debut album.

Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The single "Jane Says" reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song".

Great album that really rocks. I'd suggest either of the first two songs or Mountain Song. But they're all great.

Unless he's dead set on "Thank You Boys" or "Standing In The Shower Thinking." Then you might have to intervene.

That I could listen to this album ardently in tenth grade and still love it says something about either me, the generation, or this band. I'm going with all three. This album is incendiary in almost every way. Not an oversight on my part, but if I had to do a "Top 100 Albums of Your Life" list, this album would easily make it and it might be in the top fifty. "Mountain Song," "Ted, Just Admit It," "Ocean Size," and "Summertime Rolls" are just dynamite. I've picked "Summertime Rolls" in draft after draft when the theme is summer or sun or anything related like that.

I love this album.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

200 (tie). Nothing's Shocking – Jane's Addiction (127 points)

@Rand al Thor #22
@ConstruxBoy #31
Jeb #33

Nothing's Shocking is the debut studio album by the American rock band Jane's Addiction, released on August 23, 1988 through Warner Bros. Records. The album was preceded by the band's eponymous live debut album.

Nothing's Shocking was well received by critics and peaked at number 103 on the Billboard 200, eventually being certified platinum by the RIAA. The single "Jane Says" reached number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks in 1988, although the album was subject to censorship due to its cover and the music video for the second single, "Mountain Song".

Another near miss for me.

 

[rockaction]

200 (tie). The Harder They Come (soundtrack) – Jimmy Cliff/Various Artists (127 points)

@rockaction #6
@zamboni #9

The Harder They Come is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name, released in 1972 in the United Kingdom as Island Records ILPS 9202. It was issued in February 1973 in North America as Mango Records SMAS-7400. It peaked at No. 140 on the US Billboard 200. In 2021, the album was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.

I didn't think anyone was going to top my ranking on this, but I recall that @rockaction was a big fan as well. Pick wisely, rock.

You don't seriously think I'm going to not seek input from the Beach Boys' ranker extraordinaire and fellow top ten compatriot, do you? C'mon man, you know me better than that. There are two Cliff songs i'm not huge on, but other than that I think any of the other ten are excellent and border on great (hence number six). "Many Rivers To Cross" and "Sitting In Limbo," which are still very good songs, just don't do it for me as much as the others, and I think it's because they seem like conscious efforts to crossover into American-sounding music rather than staying authentic.

And I say that honestly as someone who isn't a cultural voyeur, sycophant, or relativist when it comes to other cultures; I see certain problems with the Jamaican musical progression towards Rastafarian politics in their music that culminated in reggae (my least favorite form of Jamaican music), so I don't blindly love everything. But I happen to love the derivations from American rock n' roll and rhythm and blues that at least ska and rocksteady provided us by a fascinating culture in a unique situation. I think those two musical forms and their progenitors are just wondeful.

Anyway, what do you think, if you're around (I know you're an early contributor)?

Thanks GB.

I actually like the melancholy "Many Rivers To Cross" but to me the best bet is the title track.

Sounds good. A bit of upbeat reggae with the bass and organ, but with a touch of American soul given the bridge he wrote (and the piano, too). Wow, he's in fine fettle here. If someone could add "The Harder They Come" off of the soundtrack to the list, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[Yo Mama]

I guess this was the morning of top 100, but just missed top 70 albums for me - Nothing’s Shocking, Hunky Dory, and Badmotorfinger all near misses on my list.