OT What is your top ten cds/records/albulms to listen to? (2 Viewers)

[riverman]

I really need a list of about 100 minimum...I put 20 down and as soon as I was finished could have replaced the list with a new 20

 

[riverman]

That's cheating!

It's still the best Al Green album

 

[ripcityboy]

It's still the best Al Green album

The "White Album" is the best official Al Green album I know of. The Belle Album is great as well. Of course that is personal taste.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Always thought that was overrated. I'm more into Goat's Head Soup. Dancing With Mr. D, 100 Years Ago, Heart Breaker, Angie, Starfucker.... For some reason it doesn't get the love it deserves.

To my mind Angie is the song that devalues the entire rest of the Stones' catalog. That they should be capable of producing that excrescence makes me question the worth of every other song I thought was good. Kind of like "I just called to say I love you" for Stevie Wonder.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I hadn't heard about this (the new music, not the weight loss--though not that either). I'll definitely need to check out the album--the song sounded great. JAMC are one of the bands that I consider incapable of writing a bad song, by and large.

Back in my undergraduate days, when jukeboxes still existed, and contained actual seven-inch slabs of vinyl, I played "You Trip Me Up" on the jukebox in the college bar while the guy who serviced equipment was in there. He RAN over and stopped it. When I complained, he said that he thought the machine must be broken because of all the hissing and feedback.

True story.

 

[ripcityboy]

To my mind Angie is the song that devalues the entire rest of the Stones' catalog. That they should be capable of producing that excrescence makes me question the worth of every other song I thought was good. Kind of like "I just called to say I love you" for Stevie Wonder.

Jeez! It's just a fucking ballad. I Just Called To Say I Love You was Stevie Wonder paying his fucking taxes. We are getting into High Fidelity territory here, Mr. Black.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Jeez! It's just a fucking ballad. I Just Called To Say I Love You was Stevie Wonder paying his fucking taxes. We are getting into High Fidelity territory here, Mr. Black.

No, Sexual Healing is a fucking ballad.

Maybe it's that Mick Jagger just shouldn't sing ballads (see also "Wild Horses").

No, it's also that Angie is shit. And hey, this is the internet, so I'm practically honor-bound to be obnoxiously opinionated.

 

[theprunetang]

No particular order. And the list would probably change if I made it a month from now, because there are other albums I consider just about as good.

Psychocandy by Jesus & Mary Chain
Radio City by Big Star
Bandwagonesque by Teenage Fanclub
Doolittle by The Pixies
OK Computer by Radiohead
Andorra by Caribou
Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground (...and Nico!)
On Trade Winds by Air France

We have some similar tastes.

My list, although it changes monthly:
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
White Album by The Beatles
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Psychocandy by Jesus and Mary Chain
Drum's Not Dead by Liars
Soft Bulletin by Flaming Lips
Experimental Jetset, Trash, and No Star by Sonic Youth
Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force.

I am already upset about leaving certain things off before I've even posted it.

I really wanted to throw something by Donovan, Air, Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Elliott Smith, MC5, Wreckless Eric, The Clash, and etc....... oh, and way more Hip Hop......

 

[ripcityboy]

We have some similar tastes.

My list, although it changes monthly:
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
White Album by The Beatles
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Psychocandy by Jesus and Mary Chain
Drum's Not Dead by Liars
Soft Bulletin by Flaming Lips
Experimental Jetset, Trash, and No Star by Sonic Youth
Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force.

I am already upset about leaving certain things off before I've even posted it.

That is one of the greatest albums in history. Rose For Emily and Time of The Season were some of the best songs ever written Yet the Beatles are considered geniuses and yet the Zombies don't get any love. They weren't even together when the album was released in America. Shame.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

Interesting how people like what you'd guess they would by their political posts. It isn't groundbreaking insight I know but my mind is just tuned to a certain rhythm for the most part.

I get why Soil never got super huge and famous but I love it. Guy sings and occasionally does some growling type shit (which I generally hate) too much of that ruins it for me.

 

[theprunetang]

That is one of the greatest albums in history. Rose For Emily and Time of The Season were some of the best songs ever written Yet the Beatles are considered geniuses and yet the Zombies don't get any love. They weren't even together when the album was released in America. Shame.

It really is a perfect album. I could listen to it every day for a year and still want to hear it.

 

[Minstrel]

We have some similar tastes.

My list, although it changes monthly:
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
White Album by The Beatles
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Psychocandy by Jesus and Mary Chain
Drum's Not Dead by Liars
Soft Bulletin by Flaming Lips
Experimental Jetset, Trash, and No Star by Sonic Youth
Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force.

I am already upset about leaving certain things off before I've even posted it.

I really wanted to throw something by Donovan, Air, Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Elliott Smith, MC5, Wreckless Eric, The Clash, and etc....... oh, and way more Hip Hop......

Yeah, I love a lot of albums on that list. I second (third) that Odessey and Oracle is an underrated/underknown masterpiece.

I'd also like to have tossed the Shins, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Ride, New Order and a lot of other albums on the list. 1960s pop, 1970s/early '80s punk and 1990s shoegaze/noisepop tend to be right in my wheelhouse. There are things I like in every genre (even country!), but those probably constitute my "base."

 

[riverman]

When it comes to pop music, I think Seal's second album is genius and So by Peter Gabriel as well.....Living off the Wall by Michael Jackson...Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson..then there's less popular stuff .Tell Mama by Etta James....Stephen Still first album...David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name...Can't Buy a Thrill ...Steely Dan
man I could go on all day....Soultrane ...John Coltrane.....Looking for Columbus...Little Feat.....So Much Trouble in the world...Bob Marley and the Wailers..Full House...Wes Montgomery...Come..Prince...Joe Cocker and Maddogs and Englishmen...Chicago Transit Authority.....Fragile...Yes....

 

[Minstrel]

Back in my undergraduate days, when jukeboxes still existed, and contained actual seven-inch slabs of vinyl, I played "You Trip Me Up" on the jukebox in the college bar while the guy who serviced equipment was in there. He RAN over and stopped it. When I complained, he said that he thought the machine must be broken because of all the hissing and feedback.

True story.

Great story. I remember someone describing JAMC as "the Beach Boys fed through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music." I don't fully agree with that, but I've still always liked the description. It gets at the essential concept (and a great concept it is!) of drenching pure pop hooks in noise and reverb.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Soft Bulletin by Flaming Lips

Ooh, yeah, that reminds me of another entry for my "back to back classics" set: Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi

 

[Rastapopoulos]

That is one of the greatest albums in history. Rose For Emily and Time of The Season were some of the best songs ever written Yet the Beatles are considered geniuses and yet the Zombies don't get any love. They weren't even together when the album was released in America. Shame.

Have you heard the story of how the members of ZZ Top toured claiming to be the Zombies?

 

[Minstrel]

Others I'd consider back-to-back great albums:

#1 Record/Radio City - Big Star
Is This It/Room On Fire - The Strokes
Violent Femmes/Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes
Isn't Anything/Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Castaways and Cutouts/Her Majesty - The Decemberists
College Dropout/Late Registration - Kanye West
Oh, Inverted World/Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

 

[Orion Bailey]

Interesting how people like what you'd guess they would by their political posts. It isn't groundbreaking insight I know but my mind is just tuned to a certain rhythm for the most part.

I get why Soil never got super huge and famous but I love it. Guy sings and occasionally does some growling type shit (which I generally hate) too much of that ruins it for me.

We have pretty similar tasters. You should check out some of my music, I bet you would find some stuff you like if you can get past the less than perfect engineering quality and production.

 

[theprunetang]

Others I'd consider back-to-back great albums:

#1 Record/Radio City - Big Star
Is This It/Room On Fire - The Strokes
Violent Femmes/Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes
Isn't Anything/Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Castaways and Cutouts/Her Majesty - The Decemberists
College Dropout/Late Registration - Kanye West
Oh, Inverted World/Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins

I would add Electric Warrior and The Slider by T Rex. I can't believe I left The Slider off of my list!

 

[Orion Bailey]

@theprunetang

I like yourt CD. I listen to it every once in a while A few songs are beyond my tastes but overall its quality/.

 

[Minstrel]

I would add Electric Warrior and The Slider by T Rex. I can't believe I left The Slider off of my list!

Ah, yeah, that's a great call, though I personally prefer Electric Warrior.

 

[theprunetang]

@theprunetang

I like yourt CD. I listen to it every once in a while A few songs are beyond my tastes but overall its quality/.

Thanks dude. I'm in song writing mode currently. Should be a lot of new sounds and textures. My mind is in a different place for this round.

 

[stampedehero]

LOVE This thread...... OB KNOWS!

Stampede-Doobies
Captain & Me-Doobies
High Point- Stones
Who's Next-THE Who
Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Café-THE Doors
Absolutely Live-THE Doors
Any Live Album-SRV
Pulse-Pink Floyd
Sgt. Pepper-Beatles
Twelve Dream Of Dr. Sardonicas-Spirit (A Treasure)
I can't do just 10>>> Need TOP, PR & Raiders, Steve Miller, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dave Valentine Phenomenal Jazz Flutist-RIP), More Doobies, More SRV ,Lynryd Skynrd, Jo Jo Gunn, and more .......... JOE WALSH!!!
OB>> Next thread 11-20?

 

[stampedehero]

We have some similar tastes.

My list, although it changes monthly:
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
Village Green Preservation Society by The Kinks
White Album by The Beatles
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Psychocandy by Jesus and Mary Chain
Drum's Not Dead by Liars
Soft Bulletin by Flaming Lips
Experimental Jetset, Trash, and No Star by Sonic Youth
Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force.

I am already upset about leaving certain things off before I've even posted it.

I really wanted to throw something by Donovan, Air, Deerhunter, Panda Bear, Elliott Smith, MC5, Wreckless Eric, The Clash, and etc....... oh, and way more Hip Hop......

Bro----You Like Pet Sounds!!! That is great Beach Boys, Kinks-Victoria!!! White Album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[stampedehero]

That is one of the greatest albums in history. Rose For Emily and Time of The Season were some of the best songs ever written Yet the Beatles are considered geniuses and yet the Zombies don't get any love. They weren't even together when the album was released in America. Shame.

Holy Shit. The Zombies!!!!!! Like Dave Clark 5?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I remember someone describing JAMC as "the Beach Boys fed through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music."

That may literally be how "Kill Surf City" was made. Although they dropped the feedback after they learned how to play a bit better.

Sidenote: Bobby Gillespie did all right for himself after he stopped being their drummer. "Screamadelica" was one of the albums of an era.

 

[Minstrel]

Also, I'm pretty sure it's against the law to make a topic like this and not refer to the list as "Desert Island Discs."

 

[stampedehero]

To my mind Angie is the song that devalues the entire rest of the Stones' catalog. That they should be capable of producing that excrescence makes me question the worth of every other song I thought was good. Kind of like "I just called to say I love you" for Stevie Wonder.

Stones- Little Sister, Rock This Joint-Live!!!!! Route 66 LIVE!!! ALL of Shelter ALL of Green Tides which had 19th Nervous Breakdown/Can't Get No Satisfaction and more Fuckin Love the Stones................ Especially when they were before 50 years of age.

 

[Minstrel]

Sidenote: Bobby Gillespie did all right for himself after he stopped being their drummer. "Screamadelica" was one of the albums of an era.

Yup. Though I think "Velocity Girl" is their finest single song.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

It's funny: I can't get my teenager to like any of my "cooler" tastes. All he listens to is The Kinks and David Bowie.

However, thanks to him I have discovered two Kinks classics of which I was completely unaware (and that confirm that Ray Davies could crap out songs that other artists would sell their right arms to write):