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     skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1741 Registered: 10-2008 |
Nicked this from the Drive By Truckers forum Blues - Howlin Wolf - Howlin Wolf (aka The Rocking Chair album) Jazz - John Coltrane - A Love Supreme The above two albums I didnt discover till the 90's as I was largely ignorant of the genres, but may as well do this thing chronologically. My first rock album was Electric Warrior by T Rex, but my favourite is probably either the first Velvets album or Exile on Main Street My favourite punk album will always be the debut by The Clash My favourite Reggae album is Even Harder Than The Rest by Culture My favourite post punk album is Metal Box by PIL My favourite Krautrock album is Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk My favourite College rock album (sorry about the genre, its the best I could come up with) is Murmur by REM My favourite Australian album is Before Hollywood by The Go-Betweens My favourite Country album is Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson My favourite Dubstep album is Untrue by Burial My favourite Techno album is Selected Ambient Works 85-92 by Aphex Twin. I'm sure you could add more, African music, European music etc | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1742 Registered: 10-2008 |
By the way, The Fall have their own category, and that album is Grotesque(After The Gramme) | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 980 Registered: 04-2006 |
i am not sure if i understand the title of this topic correct. i would read it more like what album(s) are/were the basis, the start of your record collection i.e. what album(s) inspired you to buy more and more of jazz, country, punk or whatever category. your favourite album of a category can sometimes be the one you bought first, but often it is more like a process, or? based on this i can imagine, that the one or other can tell us the one or other interesting story about the foundation(s) of her/his record collection. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1746 Registered: 10-2008 |
I think it means the albums that are your favourite in a particular genre, thats what I interpreted it as. Although if you like I suppose you could list the albums in a particular genre that inspired you to investigate that genre further | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1748 Registered: 10-2008 |
How the fluck in any civilised universe is Sgt Bloody Peppers No 1 album of all time? Isn't it supposed to be Revolver amongst even the most ardent Beatles disciples? http://news.yahoo.com/rolling-stone-over hauls-album-ranking-kanye-stars-15190051 6.html | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1749 Registered: 10-2008 |
Here is the full list. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/ 500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231 /touch-eurythmics-19691231 | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2365 Registered: 01-2005 |
Murmur clocks in at #197 and Loveless at #219. What a crap list. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 1657 Registered: 08-2006 |
I only looked at the top 20, and it's hard to argue with any of them except to point out that not one record in the bunch is less than 20 years old (and most are far older). I know it's Rolling Stone and all, but to make the case that Really Important Albums basically stopped being made in the early 80s seems to pose a risk to your business model. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 2929 Registered: 03-2005 |
I've always loathed Rolling Stone's critics. In fact, they've been my shorthand reference for boring old fart dinosaur critics for something like 40 years. You cannot have the same artist (Beatles) slotting in a bunch of times in the top 10 for a list that purports to cover 50 years. All that says is that you don't listen to very many records. My oldest brother visited me last weekend. He commented that Sgt. Pepper has one great song: "A Day in the Life." That pretty much sums it up. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1753 Registered: 10-2008 |
So great a song Randy that I swear to God I have no idea what that song sounds like. No doubt I have heard it, and if it came on the radio I would recognise it when the DJ said what the song was, but right now I dont have a clue. I dont know whether I should be proud of that or not :-) | ||
| C Gull Member Username: C_gull Post Number: 188 Registered: 05-2005 |
Perhaps you only know The Fall version! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaC9htnMB GE | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 811 Registered: 05-2005 |
Skulldisco, I was talking to a mate last year about "regarded" Beatles albums. We sort of agreed that the earlier the album, the more trendy it is to site it as your favourite. Sgt Pepper was trendy in 67 and stayed that way for years. Then came the whispering for Revolver. Then Rubber Soul. There are even whispers that Help! is the coolest now (How??????). If we live long enough, the coolest Beatles album will be Please Please Me! Me? It's a tie between Rubber Soul and the White album, both of which show their flaws (and therefore comparatively, their briliance) in spades. I don't think any Beatle album is ALL totally brilliant - there always seems to be (for me at least...a LOT more for you!) one dud on each album. But, somehow, it is the dud that makes the album a bit real. Hail of anti Beatle abuse to follow.... | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 715 Registered: 04-2005 |
OK,I'll start the abuse. Nah...only joking. You are certainly right, that there is no perfect Beatles record, there is always at least one dud song and at least one sung by Ringo (often the same ?). Maybe another theme ? "Great albums let down by one song" Much as I love the 3rd Velvets record, I am not going to listen to 'Murder Mystery' that often. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 2367 Registered: 01-2005 |
Fo the life on me I don't get why people rank Sgt. Pepper so high, when all it has is one great song (as Randy's older brother has said)and a bunch of mediocre to poor Beatle songs. I've never though that much of Abbey Road either. Rubber Soul and Revolver are still listenable to my ears once a year or so. Too bad Rain and Paperback Writer didn't end up on Revolver instead of Doctor Robert and Good Day Sunshine. If they had, I would dare say that Revolver would have been pretty flawless, but I would still rank it behind Uncle Bob's Blonde on Blonde. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 1755 Registered: 10-2008 |
Still on polls. The NME top 100 tracks of the 80's Manchester, and especially Joy Division/New Order clean up in the top 10 http://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-o f-the-1980s/266358/page/10 The full 100 here http://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-o f-the-1980s/266358/page/1 |