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

[kupcho1]

but I get the complaint

Not a complaint, more of a regret. I wish I'd included it now.

 

[SayChowda]

328(tie). Ramones – Ramones (82 points)

Jeb #6
@timschochet #54

Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.

Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" is the album's longest track. Ramones contains a cover of the Chris Montez song "Let's Dance".

@Dr. Octopus I has this listed too.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

but I get the complaint

Not a complaint, more of a regret.I wish I'd included it now.

Another good New Order song….

 

[simey]

332. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement (81 points)

This album reminds me of dr.pill. I hope he is doing well.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

They're a band I never got into, but it seems from the description that this is a compilation of songs the were remixed as singles and did not appear on any albums before. So it's borderline but I said I wasn't policing things like that.

Not quite. Per Wiki:

Substance (also known as Substance 1987) is a compilation album by English alternative dance band New Order. It was released in August 1987 by Factory Records. The album compiles all of the band's singles at that point in their 12-inch versions, along with their respective B-side tracks. The then-newly released non-album single "True Faith" is also featured, along with its B-side "1963" and new versions of "Temptation" and "Confusion".

I think we'd all agree that an album compiling all of a band's singles = greatest hits album. The fact that they included one new song on their greatest hits doesn't nullify the greatest hits aspect. Google AI is actually helpful in quickly discovering that ...

Many greatest hits albums include one or more new songs to entice fans to purchase the compilation. Some notable examples include "Mary Jane's Last Dance" on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers' Greatest Hits, "Runaway" on Janet Jackson's Design of a Decade, and "Tonight She Comes" on The Cars' Greatest Hits. Other examples include "Changes" on 2Pac's Greatest Hits and "Again" on Lenny Kravitz's Greatest Hits.

Just looking at the singles from Substance (1987):
1. "Ceremony" (1981) debut single, recorded as Joy Division
2. "Everything's Gone Green" (1981) 3rd single
3. "Temptation" (1982) 4th single (and last released as a stand-alone)
4. "Blue Monday" Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
5. "Confusion" (1983) 6th single
6. "Thieves Like Us" (1984) 7th single
7. "The Perfect Kiss" Low-Life (1985)
8. "Sub-culture" Low-Life (1985)
9. "Shellshock" Pretty in Pink soundtrack (1986)
10. "State of the Nation" 12th single and bonus track on Brotherhood (1986)
11. "Bizarre Love Triangle" Brotherhood (1986)
12. "True Faith" - the one new song!

There's nothing borderline about it. Substance is a greatest hits album, and a damned good one at that. If you are unfamliar with New Order, this is a great place to start.

Yeah, I worried about this when putting Substance on my list.

Only 3 of the 24 tracks were on actual New Order albums (Perfect Kiss, Sub-culture and Bizarre Love Triangle). Blue Monday and State of the Nation were not on the original release of those respective albums. And the rest were singles and B-sides that never appeared on a New Order album. Singles and B-sides do not necessarily = greatest hits, but I get the complaint.

Speaking for myself, not @Nick Vermeil, go ahead and strike Substance from the list. Talk about a blue Monday….

I honestly didn't know it was a greatest hits. It is pretty great.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

328(tie). Ramones – Ramones (82 points)

Jeb #6
@timschochet #54

Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.

Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" is the album's longest track. Ramones contains a cover of the Chris Montez song "Let's Dance".

@Dr. Octopus I has this listed too.

some put The Ramones and some listed it as "Ramones".
We'll recalculate this one.

 

[SayChowda]

328(tie). Ramones – Ramones (82 points)

Jeb #6
@timschochet #54

Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.

Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" is the album's longest track. Ramones contains a cover of the Chris Montez song "Let's Dance".

@Dr. Octopus I has this listed too.

I think some put The Ramones and some listed it as "Ramones".
We'll recalculate this one.

Thanks. Don't know what is actually correct. I left out the "the".

 

[zamboni]

328(tie). Ramones – Ramones (82 points)

Jeb #6
@timschochet #54

Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.

Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" is the album's longest track. Ramones contains a cover of the Chris Montez song "Let's Dance".

@Dr. Octopus I has this listed too.

I think some put The Ramones and some listed it as "Ramones".
We'll recalculate this one.

I think the band is The Ramones but the album is just Ramones.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

328(tie). Ramones – Ramones (82 points)

Jeb #6
@timschochet #54

Ramones is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Ramones, released on April 23, 1976, by Sire Records.

Violence, drug use, relationship issues, humor, and Nazism were prominent in the album's lyrics. The album opens with "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is among the band's most recognized songs. Most of the album's tracks are uptempo, with many songs measuring at well over 160 beats per minute. The songs are also rather short; at two-and-a-half minutes, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" is the album's longest track. Ramones contains a cover of the Chris Montez song "Let's Dance".

@Dr. Octopus I has this listed too.

I think some put The Ramones and some listed it as "Ramones".
We'll recalculate this one.

Thanks. Don't know what is actually correct. I left out the "the".

You were correct.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Ramones - Ramone will show up again.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

Just go ahead and replace the New Order album with Squeeze Singles.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dwayne_Castro #21
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

 

[zamboni]

@dwayne Castro #51

I think that should be @Dennis Castro rather than Dwayne. That's what's happening.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@dwayne Castro #51
@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I think Carlos' best work is elsewhere. However, it was great to see him relevant commercially again, and the opening "(Da Le) Yaleo," one of the few tracks without any guest stars, is a banger.

 

[Psychopav]

328(tie). Faith Hope Love – Kings X (82 points)

@Psychopav #4
@ConstruxBoy #56

Faith Hope Love is the third studio album by the American rock band King's X. "Six Broken Soldiers" is the first King's X song to feature drummer Jerry Gaskill on lead vocals.

King's X is recognized as one of the longest tenured currently active bands. dUg Pinnick, Jerry Gaskill, and Ty Tabor have been playing together since 1980. Their debut album as King's X was Out of the Silent Planet, which came out in 1988. I was introduced to them in 1990 when one of my friends played a song off of this album, and I have been a fan ever since. I've seen them dozens of times live and they put on a phenomenal show. Although FHL may not be every King's X fan's favorite King's X album, it is mine primarily because it was my introduction to them, and it does have a nice variety of songs. It's a shame they never did get bigger than they did, and if you have never heard them I recommend you give a couple of tracks from this album a listen.

For the song off this album I'm picking We Were Born to be Loved, which has been a staple of their live performances for a couple of decades now.

 

[AAABatteries]

428. Low End Theory – A Tribe Called Quest (Nick V ranked #7)

I had The Low End Theory ranked #16 (55 points).

Controversy #5

I warned people about trying to get the names of their albums and artists correct and how things like “the” can **** up the compilation. You can’t believe how many errors I and @kupcho1 caught.

Next time please create a spreadsheet with dropdowns from every album in existence- WALA

 

[Dr. Octopus]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #20
@Idiot Boxer #39

You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer- songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974

 

[Idiot Boxer]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #20
@Idiot Boxer #39

You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer- songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974

Not the first one of mine I expected to see, but did expect to see it reasonably soon.
Like a few of these artists, I started out with the Greatest Hits and then found the more that I liked the more I wanted to listen. You Don't Mess Around With Jim was my favorite foray into his discography.
Nostalgic for me as one of those albums introduced to me by my parents and kinda stuck.

With Mrs. Rannous as the highest rater, I wait with anticipation of her choice from the album.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

322 (tie). Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (85 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #18
@Val Rannous #39

Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by the American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997, by Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. The album is a collection of swing and jazz-influenced songs from the band's first three studio albums, along with four bonus tracks recorded especially for this compilation.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

322 (tie). Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (85 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #18
@Val Rannous #39

Zoot Suit Riot: The Swingin' Hits of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is a compilation album by the American band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, released on March 18, 1997, by Space Age Bachelor Pad Records. The album is a collection of swing and jazz-influenced songs from the band's first three studio albums, along with four bonus tracks recorded especially for this compilation.

Looks like another Greatest Hits album snuck through.

I mean "hits" is right in the complete title of the album.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Stuffing the ballot box!

 

[simey]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #20
@Idiot Boxer #39

You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer- songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974

I ranked this as 7 points. For unknown reasons I didn't put "You" in the title. I thought I did. I blame it on eye issues. Sorry.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #20
@Idiot Boxer #39

You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer- songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974

I ranked this #64. For unknown reasons I didn't put "You" in the title. I thought I did. I blame it on eye issues. Sorry.

Probably doesn't affect the overall ranking much.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

@Mrs. Rannous #20
@Idiot Boxer #39

You Don't Mess Around with Jim is the third studio album by American singer- songwriter Jim Croce; it released in April 1972 by ABC Records.
The record spent 93 weeks on the charts, longer than any other Jim Croce album. Due to the strong performance of the posthumous single release "Time in a Bottle" (#1 pop, No. 1 AC), You Don't Mess Around with Jim was the best selling album in the U.S. for five weeks in early 1974

I ranked this #64. For unknown reasons I didn't put "You" in the title. I thought I did. I blame it on eye issues. Sorry.

Probably doesn't affect the overall ranking much.

Yeah, I'm just going to leave this one - as it would only move up a handful of spots.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

This will be my last countdown - I had one rule and people couldn't even follow it.

Hey man, don't sweat it. I appreciate the effort you've put into this. It's a fun, thought provoking exercise which is in no way meant to be definitive or error free.
Don't let the rule breakers spoil your fun.

Remember that Idiot who tried to sneak in Squeeze's greatest hits? Just ignore those haters.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

This will be my last countdown - I had one rule and people couldn't even follow it.

Hey man, don't sweat it. I appreciate the effort you've put into this. It's a fun, thought provoking exercise which is in no way meant to be definitive or error free.
Don't let the rule breakers spoil your fun.

Remember that Idiot who tried to sneak in Squeeze's greatest hits? Just ignore those haters.

Yeah - I'm just a bit frustrated but deleted the comment. I get the "mistakes" and I made many myself.

It's not really a big deal though, you're correct.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

 

[shuke]

Don't sweat this stuff, it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Thanks for doing this.

 

[zamboni]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Went back and forth on this one...

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dennis Castro Castro #51
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I had this as my #21 album.

 

[Dr_Zaius]

326 (tie). You Don’t Mess Around With Jim – Jim Croce (83 points)

I love both Hey Tomorrow and Box #10 off of this one. Jim Croce was such an impressive songwriter.

 

[shuke]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Traffic is criminally underrated. A lot of great songs on this album (although I'm not a huge fan of the title track), but I'll have to go with Empty Pages for the playlist.

@Pip's Invitation

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@dwayne Castro #51

I think that should be @Dennis Castro rather than Dwayne. That's what's happening.

This messed me up since we do have a @Dennis Castro and an @Dwayne_Castro in this thing. I was right to have it as @Dwayne_Castro

 

[Dennis Castro]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dennis Castro Castro #51
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I had this as my #21 album.

And I did not list it.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dennis Castro Castro #51
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I had this as my #21 album.

You were listed correctly until someone told me it should have been Dennis Castro. That ranking is correct.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dennis Castro Castro #51
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I had this as my #21 album.

Yes, re-corrected and you were given the proper points for the ranking.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

This will be my last countdown - I had one rule and people couldn't even follow it.

Hey man, don't sweat it. I appreciate the effort you've put into this. It's a fun, thought provoking exercise which is in no way meant to be definitive or error free.
Don't let the rule breakers spoil your fun.

Remember that Idiot who tried to sneak in Squeeze's greatest hits? Just ignore those haters.

No intent on my part to "cheat" with Substance. I don't consider it a greatest hits album but obviously I'm in the significant minority there. If I had been told it was not allowed I wouldn't have listed it. Sorry it's been such a source of frustration. I wish I'd dropped it off.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Went back and forth on this one...

I wish I had remembered this one. I think Steve Winwood’s early work was very strong, and I’ve liked everything I’ve heard from Traffic.

 

[Dwayne_Castro]

328(tie). Supernatural – Santana (82 points)

@Dennis Castro Castro #51
[USER=592]@BrutalPenguin #54
@Chaos34 #56

Supernatural is the eighteenth studio album by American rock band Santana, released on June 15, 1999, on Arista Records. After Santana found themselves without a label in the mid-1990s, founding member and guitarist Carlos Santana began talks with Arista president Clive Davis, who had originally signed the group to Columbia Records in 1969. Santana and Davis worked with A&R man Pete Ganbarg, as Santana wanted to focus on pop and radio-friendly material. The album features collaborations with several contemporary guest artists, including Rob Thomas, Eric Clapton, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Lauryn Hill, Dave Matthews, Maná, and CeeLo Green.

I had this as my #21 album.

Yes, re-corrected and you were given the proper points for the ranking.

Thank you! I have enjoyed this countdown very much. You have my appreciation for going through all the headaches to tabulate this. No easy task!

 

[zamboni]

@dwayne Castro #51

I think that should be @Dennis Castro rather than Dwayne. That's what's happening.

This messed me up since we do have a @Dennis Castro and an @Dwayne_Castro in this thing. I was right to have it as @Dwayne_Castro

My bad - as long as Fidel isn’t in this as well, we’re good.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

So are @Dennis Castro and @Dwayne_Castro brothers?

I did not realize we had both in here until now.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

This will be my last countdown - I had one rule and people couldn't even follow it.

Hey man, don't sweat it. I appreciate the effort you've put into this. It's a fun, thought provoking exercise which is in no way meant to be definitive or error free.
Don't let the rule breakers spoil your fun.

Remember that Idiot who tried to sneak in Squeeze's greatest hits? Just ignore those haters.

No intent on my part to "cheat" with Substance. I don't consider it a greatest hits album but obviously I'm in the significant minority there. If I had been told it was not allowed I wouldn't have listed it. Sorry it's been such a source of frustration. I wish I'd dropped it off.

Me too. I'm going to permaban my account now and switch back to *ick Vermeil.








The * is for D

 

[Dr. Octopus]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Traffic is criminally underrated. A lot of great songs on this album (although I'm not a huge fan of the title track), but I'll have to go with Empty Pages for the playlist.

@Pip's Invitation

I had one of their albums in my Top 70 - it was one no one else picked.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

This will be my last countdown - I had one rule and people couldn't even follow it.

Hey man, don't sweat it. I appreciate the effort you've put into this. It's a fun, thought provoking exercise which is in no way meant to be definitive or error free.
Don't let the rule breakers spoil your fun.

Remember that Idiot who tried to sneak in Squeeze's greatest hits? Just ignore those haters.

No intent on my part to "cheat" with Substance. I don't consider it a greatest hits album but obviously I'm in the significant minority there. If I had been told it was not allowed I wouldn't have listed it. Sorry it's been such a source of frustration. I wish I'd dropped it off.

Honestly I still think this album was ok.

 

[jwb]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Went back and forth on this one...

I wish I had remembered this one. I think Steve Winwood’s early work was very strong, and I’ve liked everything I’ve heard from Traffic.

Yea this was a miss for me too. Really like this album.

 

[zamboni]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

Traffic is criminally underrated. A lot of great songs on this album (although I'm not a huge fan of the title track), but I'll have to go with Empty Pages for the playlist.

@Pip's Invitation

I had one of their albums in my Top 70 - it was one no one else picked.

I had one as well, so it's probably different one from mine. And I double checked my proper use of "the" and hyphens.

 

[Mister CIA]

332. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement (81 points)

This album reminds me of dr.pill. I hope he is doing well.

I see him occasionally on a Spurs message board. Have not exchanged pleasantries in a long time, but he's still kicking.

 

[titusbramble]

New Order and Massive Attack are two I probably would have considered if greatest hits were permitted. These were the two albums that would have been closest to the list at least.

Also would likely have included Pavement if we could pick 100, albeit a different album

 

[Pip's Invitation]

326 (tie). John Barleycorn Must Die – Traffic (83 points)

@shuke #12
@Pip's Invitation #47

John Barleycorn Must Die is the fourth studio album by English rock band Traffic. It marked the band's comeback after a brief disbandment, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Top LPs chart, making it their highest-charting album in the US, and has been certified a gold record by the RIAA. In addition, the single "Empty Pages" spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 74. The album was marginally less successful in the UK, reaching number 11 on the UK Albums Chart.

This album is a remarkable blend of jazz, folk and rock, and a massive influence on the jamband scene. It may be the peak of Steve Winwood's career, which is saying something. It flows together perfectly and has no weak tracks. I am fine with whatever shuke picks for the playlist.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

322 (tie). Kiko - Los Lobos (85 points)

@Eephus #20
@Mister CIA #37

Kiko is the sixth album by the Mexican American rock group Los Lobos. With the exception of La Bamba's 2 million units sold, Kiko sold more units (vinyl, CDs, cassettes) than any other album in their 46 year career of original songs. Roughly 450,000 units were sold worldwide.