Consensus Top 350 Albums of All-Time: 68. Automatic for the People – R.E.M. (203 Viewers)

[Mister CIA]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

One of These Days is incredible - the perfect soundtrack to a chase dream; and it's here you can see DSOTM coming into focus. Echoes is the masterpiece though, 23 minutes and not really much sag.

 

[krista4]

"August and Everything After" is another album I overlooked. Not sure if it would have quite made my 70, but at the very least should have been in consideration. To me it's a great example of a 90s album that hangs well as a whole. Great flow.

As for "Help!", when I did my first Beatles song countdown, someone crunched the numbers (maybe @falguy since he loves stats?) and determined this was my third favorite Beatles album. I ended up putting it 4th on my list for this purpose (yes, I had five of their albums on here in total, including four in my top 15), but it actually could be my top in terms of having zero songs that I actually dislike, whereas the other three above it each have at least one song I don't care for. I could happily choose any of the tracks for the playlist, but could someone please put "I've Just Seen a Face" on there?

*Only* five Beatles albums?

I made some tough cuts.

 

[rockaction]

"August and Everything After" is another album I overlooked. Not sure if it would have quite made my 70, but at the very least should have been in consideration. To me it's a great example of a 90s album that hangs well as a whole. Great flow.

As for "Help!", when I did my first Beatles song countdown, someone crunched the numbers (maybe @falguy since he loves stats?) and determined this was my third favorite Beatles album. I ended up putting it 4th on my list for this purpose (yes, I had five of their albums on here in total, including four in my top 15), but it actually could be my top in terms of having zero songs that I actually dislike, whereas the other three above it each have at least one song I don't care for. I could happily choose any of the tracks for the playlist, but could someone please put "I've Just Seen a Face" on there?

*Only* five Beatles albums?

I made some tough cuts.

I wish I hadn't limited myself to one per artist, but that could have gotten a little ugly. I think your comment about the Kinks rang a little too close to home for me, i.e., I might have missed a crucial one (or two) by them.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

290 (tie). The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (94 points)

@BLOCKED PUNT #20
@titusbramble #41
@Nick Vermeil #58

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production on the album was handled by Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, F.B.T., Eminem, and The 45 King. The album spawned three hit singles: "The Real Slim Shady", "The Way I Am" and "Stan", and features guest appearances from Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Dina Rae, Bizarre, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Paul Rosenberg and D12.

Happily surprised this made the cut. It was on my original list, but I quickly realized why it wouldn't make the final list - waaaay too many skips. The highs are VERY high and I'd put Stan up there among the greatest rap songs ever made though.

I loved the Grammy performance where Elton John takes on the Dido part:

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[zamboni]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

One of These Days is incredible - the perfect soundtrack to a chase dream; and it's here you can see DSOTM coming into focus. Echoes is the masterpiece though, 23 minutes and not really much sag.

Echoes typically gets its just desserts among Floyd fans, although the rest of the album often gets overlooked compared to their later heavy hitters. I consider "Seamus" to be a bit filler and "San Tropez" is OK, but Echoes, OOTD and Fearless are amazing tunes that make that filler seem inconsequential IMO. I often prefer the Pompeii versions of Echoes and OOTD, which are breathtaking.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

290 (tie). Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes (94 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #26
@ConstruxBoy #46
@turnjose7 #51
@MAC_32 #67

Shake Your Money Maker (also stylized as The Black Crowes Present: $hake Your Money Maker) is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on February 13, 1990, on Def American Recordings. It is the only album by the band to feature guitarist Jeff Cease. The album is named after a classic blues song written by Elmore James. The Black Crowes have played the song live many times over the years, but it is not included on this album.
Shake Your Money Maker peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and two of its singles, "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels", reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Jealous Again", "Twice As Hard" and "Seeing Things" were also charting singles in the United States. Shake Your Money Maker is the Black Crowes' best selling album, having sold more than 5 million copies.

 

[Psychopav]

290 (tie). Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes (94 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #26
@ConstruxBoy #46
@turnjose7 #51
@MAC_32 #67

Shake Your Money Maker (also stylized as The Black Crowes Present: $hake Your Money Maker) is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on February 13, 1990, on Def American Recordings. It is the only album by the band to feature guitarist Jeff Cease. The album is named after a classic blues song written by Elmore James. The Black Crowes have played the song live many times over the years, but it is not included on this album.
Shake Your Money Maker peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and two of its singles, "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels", reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Jealous Again", "Twice As Hard" and "Seeing Things" were also charting singles in the United States. Shake Your Money Maker is the Black Crowes' best selling album, having sold more than 5 million copies.

I thought about including this one but other than the two big hits I just didn't find myself returning to the album often enough for it to make my list. The culture needed this when it dropped. It was at once both fresh and retro. Great music at the perfect time for it imo.

 

[jwb]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

One of These Days is incredible - the perfect soundtrack to a chase dream; and it's here you can see DSOTM coming into focus. Echoes is the masterpiece though, 23 minutes and not really much sag.

Echoes typically gets its just desserts among Floyd fans, although the rest of the album often gets overlooked compared to their later heavy hitters. I consider "Seamus" to be a bit filler and "San Tropez" is OK, but Echoes, OOTD and Fearless are amazing tunes that make that filler seem inconsequential IMO. I often prefer the Pompeii versions of Echoes and OOTD, which are breathtaking.

Echoes at Pompeii

So good.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

287 (tie). Morning View – Incubus (95 points)

@BLOCKED_PUNT #2
@Tau837 #45


Morning View is the fourth studio album by American rock band Incubus, released October 22, 2001, through Epic Records. A companion DVD, The Morning View Sessions, was released on May 29, 2002. Continuing the move away from nu metal, the album ranges widely from soft to hard rock sounds in the style of alternative rock. Morning View was the last Incubus album to feature bassist Alex Katunich who left in 2003.
With the album producing the popular singles "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice to Know You", Morning View generally achieved critical praise and went double-platinum, making it the band's highest selling album. A rerecorded version of the album, titled Morning View XXIII, was released on May 10, 2024.

 

[zamboni]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

One of These Days is incredible - the perfect soundtrack to a chase dream; and it's here you can see DSOTM coming into focus. Echoes is the masterpiece though, 23 minutes and not really much sag.

Echoes typically gets its just desserts among Floyd fans, although the rest of the album often gets overlooked compared to their later heavy hitters. I consider "Seamus" to be a bit filler and "San Tropez" is OK, but Echoes, OOTD and Fearless are amazing tunes that make that filler seem inconsequential IMO. I often prefer the Pompeii versions of Echoes and OOTD, which are breathtaking.

Echoes at Pompeii

So good.

Often on YouTube they split up the two parts from the movie.

Here they are combined:

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[KarmaPolice]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

One of These Days is incredible - the perfect soundtrack to a chase dream; and it's here you can see DSOTM coming into focus. Echoes is the masterpiece though, 23 minutes and not really much sag.

Echoes typically gets its just desserts among Floyd fans, although the rest of the album often gets overlooked compared to their later heavy hitters. I consider "Seamus" to be a bit filler and "San Tropez" is OK, but Echoes, OOTD and Fearless are amazing tunes that make that filler seem inconsequential IMO. I often prefer the Pompeii versions of Echoes and OOTD, which are breathtaking.

Fearless is my favorite of the album, and of their's in general

 

[Dan Lambskin]

287 (tie). Morning View – Incubus (95 points)

@BLOCKED_PUNT #2
@Tau837 #45


Morning View is the fourth studio album by American rock band Incubus, released October 22, 2001, through Epic Records. A companion DVD, The Morning View Sessions, was released on May 29, 2002. Continuing the move away from nu metal, the album ranges widely from soft to hard rock sounds in the style of alternative rock. Morning View was the last Incubus album to feature bassist Alex Katunich who left in 2003.
With the album producing the popular singles "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice to Know You", Morning View generally achieved critical praise and went double-platinum, making it the band's highest selling album. A rerecorded version of the album, titled Morning View XXIII, was released on May 10, 2024.

Had a college buddy that really liked incubus so I saw them live a few times

They’re just ok for me overall but definitely have some catchy songs

 

[Mt. Man]

While I have some time today, let me shout out some albums that were under heavy consideration (on my list at the cut to 120, if not lower), but obviously didn't make it.

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)
317 (tie). Songbook – Chris Cornell (87 points)
303 (tie). Fear of Music – Talking Heads (91 points)
298 (tie). August and Everything After – Counting Crows (92 points)
290 (tie). Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes (94 points)

"Shake Your Money Maker" in particular would definitely be on my last 5 out. 4 big hits and lots of great blues rock behind that. I didn't rank it so I won't pick out a song or two, but it's hard to go wrong with anything from it.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

 

[Desert_Power]

290 (tie). The Marshall Mathers LP – Eminem (94 points)

@BLOCKED PUNT #20
@titusbramble #41
@Nick Vermeil #58

The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem, released on May 23, 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records. Production on the album was handled by Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, F.B.T., Eminem, and The 45 King. The album spawned three hit singles: "The Real Slim Shady", "The Way I Am" and "Stan", and features guest appearances from Dido, RBX, Sticky Fingaz, Dina Rae, Bizarre, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Paul Rosenberg and D12.

Happily surprised this made the cut. It was on my original list, but I quickly realized why it wouldn't make the final list - waaaay too many skips. The highs are VERY high and I'd put Stan up there among the greatest rap songs ever made though.

I loved the Grammy performance where Elton John takes on the Dido part:

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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

The Eminem/Elton relationship always makes me smile.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

Echoes is just that good that I considered the album just for that. I like the first three songs on side 1; the other two, less so.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

I was going to ask him that after listening to these albums. I have him as being early 40s in my head based on the music and movie threads

 

[Dr. Octopus]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

Every song on this album makes me happy - the guy's a musical genius and had to have at least one of his albums on my list.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

I was going to ask him that after listening to these albums. I have him as being early 40s in my head based on the music and movie threads

38-46

 

[Psychopav]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

I was going to ask him that after listening to these albums. I have him as being early 40s in my head based on the music and movie threads

38-46

A mere stripling!

 

[KarmaPolice]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

I was going to ask him that after listening to these albums. I have him as being early 40s in my head based on the music and movie threads

38-46

I thought 38-42

 

[Mister CIA]

25 or 6 to 4?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

46 & 2

 

[Dr. Octopus]

3 is a Magic Number

 

[Dan Lambskin]

742617000027

 

[Dr. Octopus]

287 (tie). Love at First Sting – The Scorpions (95 points)

@Mt. Man #20
@higgins #40
@zamboni #64
@Rand al Thor #65

Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released in February 1984 by Harvest and EMI Records in Europe and Mercury Records in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and "Big City Nights", three of the band's most famous songs.
It became the group's most successful album in the US, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984, and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Finally some Germans.

 

[Ilov80s]

As any 17-18 year oldish white rap fan from Metro Detroit should have, I loved the first 2 Eminem CDs and played them constantly. I never got into any Incubus or Staind albums but the radio hits definitely got cranked up any time they came on.

 

[Ilov80s]

Finally some Germans.

You don't hear those words too often

 

[Desert_Power]

Guessing Blocked Punt is about 10 years younger than the average FBG in this space

I was going to ask him that after listening to these albums. I have him as being early 40s in my head based on the music and movie threads

38-46

I thought 38-42

I'm 37 so I have the decency not to participate in most of these

 

[Nick Vermeil]

That's it for today - going to have dinner and head up to the Boardwalk for some free music.

Tomorrow we start out with an album which includes a song who's title eventually became a Gen-Z slang term for being a big fan of something/someone.

Ohhhh! I know.

290 (tie). Shake Your Money Maker – Black Crowes (94 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #26
@ConstruxBoy #46
@turnjose7 #51
@MAC_32 #67

Shake Your Money Maker (also stylized as The Black Crowes Present: $hake Your Money Maker) is the debut studio album by American rock band the Black Crowes, released on February 13, 1990, on Def American Recordings. It is the only album by the band to feature guitarist Jeff Cease. The album is named after a classic blues song written by Elmore James. The Black Crowes have played the song live many times over the years, but it is not included on this album.
Shake Your Money Maker peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and two of its singles, "Hard to Handle" and "She Talks to Angels", reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. "Jealous Again", "Twice As Hard" and "Seeing Things" were also charting singles in the United States. Shake Your Money Maker is the Black Crowes' best selling album, having sold more than 5 million copies.

This was the album I meant to amend onto my list. Would have been in the mid 40s. I never got around to it. Love it.

 

[zamboni]

287 (tie). Love at First Sting – The Scorpions (95 points)

@Mt. Man #20
@higgins #40
@zamboni #64
@Rand al Thor #65

Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released in February 1984 by Harvest and EMI Records in Europe and Mercury Records in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and "Big City Nights", three of the band's most famous songs.
It became the group's most successful album in the US, where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984, and went double-platinum by the end of the year, reaching triple-platinum status in 1995

This one is as much about nostalgia for me from high school, but still a really good album that has aged well.

My favorite songs are a few of the deeper cuts: Coming Home (that transition at the 1:47 mark ) and As Soon As The Good Times Roll

 

[zamboni]

Finally some Germans.

You don't hear those words too often

Forget it, he's rolling.

 

[MAC_32]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

 

[zamboni]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

Stevie may have split the voting - I have another one of his on my list.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

Not to spotlight, but I highly doubt this is the last time we see Mr. Wonder.

 

[Yo Mama]

287 (tie). Morning View – Incubus (95 points)

@BLOCKED_PUNT #2
@Tau837 #45


Morning View is the fourth studio album by American rock band Incubus, released October 22, 2001, through Epic Records. A companion DVD, The Morning View Sessions, was released on May 29, 2002. Continuing the move away from nu metal, the album ranges widely from soft to hard rock sounds in the style of alternative rock. Morning View was the last Incubus album to feature bassist Alex Katunich who left in 2003.
With the album producing the popular singles "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice to Know You", Morning View generally achieved critical praise and went double-platinum, making it the band's highest selling album. A rerecorded version of the album, titled Morning View XXIII, was released on May 10, 2024.

This was a near miss for me on my list. I left it out of my top 70 since I already had two other Incubus albums ranked - one should probably be in the top 300, but the other most likely won’t (unless @MAC_32 helps me out).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

Stevie may have split the voting - I have another one of his on my list.

He didn't get split with my selections

 

[Idiot Boxer]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

Stevie may have split the voting - I have another one of his on my list.

He didn't get split with my selections

While there are 3 albums of his that merit consideration, I limited myself to one.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

Every song on this album makes me happy - the guy's a musical genius and had to have at least one of his albums on my list.

You have the honors on playlist selection, sir.

This is what it sounds like when Babe Ruth figured out he could hit home runs.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

Stevie may have split the voting - I have another one of his on my list.

He didn't get split with my selections

While there are 3 albums of his that merit consideration, I limited myself to one.

I was too lazy to do that Plus, I did this for me..... which is why so many of my selections won't make the cut. My #s 4 & 5 got axed before we even started the reveals.

 

[MAC_32]

287 (tie). Morning View – Incubus (95 points)

@BLOCKED_PUNT #2
@Tau837 #45


Morning View is the fourth studio album by American rock band Incubus, released October 22, 2001, through Epic Records. A companion DVD, The Morning View Sessions, was released on May 29, 2002. Continuing the move away from nu metal, the album ranges widely from soft to hard rock sounds in the style of alternative rock. Morning View was the last Incubus album to feature bassist Alex Katunich who left in 2003.
With the album producing the popular singles "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice to Know You", Morning View generally achieved critical praise and went double-platinum, making it the band's highest selling album. A rerecorded version of the album, titled Morning View XXIII, was released on May 10, 2024.

This was a near miss for me on my list. I left it out of my top 70 since I already had two other Incubus albums ranked - one should probably be in the top 300, but the other most likely won’t (unless @MAC_32 helps me out).

If there were a double album of what Incubus did Morning View and beyond, that'd have made my 70. Something like...

Nice To Know You
Circles
Just A Phase
Warning
Are You In?
Megalomaniac
Agoraphobia
Talk Shows On Mute
Smile Lines
Here In My Room
Leech
A Kiss To Send Us Off
Anna Molly
Light Grenades
Oil & Water
Diamonds & Coal
Paper Shoes
Earth To Bella
Adolescents
Black Heart Inertia

There is 'just' a half dozen or so songs from each that resonated with me, not enough for consideration in this exercise. Those that came before Morning View though...

 

[krista4]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

Whoops. Somehow in moving stuff around I must have lost this one. Should have ended up in my top 30 and is my second-favorite Stevie. I do have two others that didn't get lost.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Finally some Germans.

You don't hear those words too often

I work for a German company and would like less Germans in my life.

I’m a 1/4 German heritage.

 

[krista4]

287 (tie). Talking Book – Stevie Wonder (95 points)

@Dr. Octopus #17
@Uruk-Hai #30

Talking Book is the fifteenth studio album by American singer, songwriter, and musician Stevie Wonder, released on October 27, 1972, by Tamla, a subsidiary of Motown Records. This album and Music of My Mind, released earlier the same year, are generally considered to mark the start of Wonder's "classic period". The sound of the album is sharply defined by Wonder's use of keyboards and synthesizers.
The album peaked at number three on the Billboard Top LPs chart and finished at number three on Billboard's year-end chart for 1973. "Superstition" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles charts, and "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" hit number one on the Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts.

No way did I expect this to be ranked this low. In posts no one reads, I mentioned shortly before we started that most of my final cuts were 'chalk.' This was one of them. Incredible album.

It's my fault.

 

[krista4]

While there are 3 albums of his that merit consideration, I limited myself to one.

Four IMO.

 

[Ghost Rider]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

I love Floyd, but Meddle is so overrated. Echoes is great, and One of These Days is really good here (I think it was far better when played live on the later 80s and '94 tours), but the rest falls into the "I wouldn't care if I never heard any of it again" category.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

290 (tie). Meddle – Pink Floyd (94 points)

@shuke #26
@jwb #43
@Dwayne_Castro #60
@Mister CIA #61

Meddle is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 5 November 1971 in the United Kingdom. The album was produced between the band's touring commitments, from January to August 1971 at a series of locations around London, including EMI Studios (now Abbey Road Studios) and Morgan Studios.
With no material to work with and no clear idea of the album's direction, the band devised a series of novel experiments which eventually inspired the album's signature track "Echoes". Although the band's later albums would be unified by a central theme chosen by Roger Waters, and thematically consistent lyrics written entirely by Waters, Meddle was a group effort with Waters contributing primarily to the lyrics and the bass. It is considered a transitional album between the Syd Barrett-influenced group of the 1960s and the Waters-led era of the 1970s.

I like echoes but the rest of the album is just ok for me and I had several other Floyd albums on the list

I do like San Tropez too

I love Floyd, but Meddle is so overrated. Echoes is great, and One of These Days is really good here (I think it was far better when played live on the later 80s and '94 tours), but the rest falls into the "I wouldn't care if I never heard any of it again" category.

I love “Fearless”.

 

[AAABatteries]

343 (tie). There’s Nothing Wrong With Love – Built to Spill (77 points)
343 (tie). A Sailor’s Guide To Earth – Sturgill Simpson (77 points)
339 (tie). Morrison Hotel – The Doors (78 points)
339 (tie). Core – Stone Temple Pilots (78 points)
339 (tie). Being There – Wilco (78 points)

Hard to keep up as I'm trying to listen to as much as I can from each album, especially the ones I'm not familiar with. I've given the first 15 a chance:

• I was familiar with all the artist above except for Built to Spill - that's been my biggest surprise so far.
• Love Sturgill Simpson and even the deep cuts on this one are pretty solid.
• I'm not a big fan of The Doors or STP but both of these albums have a few songs each that are pretty great. The Doors I don't give enough credit too for their blues - Core by STP is very top-heavy IMO, 2-3 bangers.
• Wilco, these guys should be right up my alley but I always seem to forget about them - good stuff.