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| Starbuck |
For anyone planning on embarking on long road trips to distant summits this weekend, I have a special treat for you. i sat down and composed a list of the 50 greatest albums of all time! Seeing as it’s my list, I know it must be 100% correct. The list only comes to about 47 or 48 albums or so…I reserve the right to add the few that I forgot as soon as they make themselves known…I also did include three GH albums and 3 live albums, which cannot be included on the album list, as they are not albums proper, but deserve notice.
(if i am forgetting anything, let me know....)
AHEM…..
Stones: Exile
Stones: LIB
Stones: Sticky Fingers
Stones: Beggars
Beatles: Abbey Road
Beatles: White Album
Beatles: Rubber Soul
Beatles: Let It Be
Bowie: Ziggy
Bowie: Hunky Dory
VU: Velvet Underground and Nico
VU: The Velvet Underground
VU: Loaded
Dylan: Freewheelin’
Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Dylan: Desire
Dylan: Love and Theft
Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush
Neil Young: Harvest Moon
Neil Young: Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Simon & Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning, 3 AM
Johnny Cash: American III – Solitary Man
Johnny Cash: American II – Unchained
Grateful Dead: American Beauty
Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead
Billy Joel: The Stranger
Bruce Springsteen: Nebraska
Jimi Hendrix: Axis Bold as Love
The Clash: London Calling
Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend
XTC: Skylarking
Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
U2: Joshua Tree
U2: Rattle & Hum
Elvis Costello: My Aim is True
The Stooges: The Stooges
Willie Nelson: Red Headed Stranger
The Kinks: Muswell Hillbillies
Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman
Tom Waits: Closing Time
Carole King: Tapestry
George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
John Prine: Diamonds in the Rough
Uncle Tupelo: Anodyne
Gear Daddies: Can’t Have Nuthin Nice
Black Crowes: Southern Harmony
Nancy Griffith: Other Voices, Other Rooms
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(GH compilations)
Elmore James: Best of the Fire Sessions
Muddy Waters: The Best of Muddy Waters
Otis Redding: The Very Best of Otis Redding
(Live albums)
The Who: Live at Leeds
Little Feat: Waiting for Columbus
Stones: YaYas
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| Joey |
" Simon & Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning, 3 AM "
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| pdog |
It is rather odd that the artists seemed to be lumped together on the list...
I don't see how London Calling doesn't split The Beatles... Abbey Road/White Album.
Was this compiled hastily?
No critic of the actual albums, lots of good ones... Can we expect 50 words or so as to why these are your favs? That's at least 50 words per album. Get cracking... |
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| MrPleasant |
You forgot this one!!
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| Dan |
I did this rather quick then had to delete about 20 and started to cry when I realized I won't have time to listen to them all tonight, or even this year.
Ramones "Ramones"
The Humpers "Positively Sick On 4th Street"
Peeping Tom "Peeping Tom"
Grotus "Slow Motion Apocalypse"
Breeders "Last Splash"
Velvet Underground "Velvet Underground And Nico"
Rolling Stones "Aftermath"
"Sticky Fingers"
"Let It Bleed"
"Some Girls"
"Out Of Our Heads"
Faith No More "The Real Thing
"Angel Dust"
"King For A Day Fool For A Lifetime"
Stooges "Funhouse"
mc5 "Kick Out The Jams"
Mudhoney "Under A Billion Suns"
Iron Maiden "Iron Maiden"
Ramones "Road To Ruin"
"Leave Home"
"Rocket To Russia"
The Who "Who's Next"
The WHo "Quadrophenia"
Samhain "November Coming Fire"
Aerosmith "Rocks"
Aerosmith "Toys In The Attic"
Melvins "Houdini"
Geraldine Fibbers "Butch"
Spice Girls "Spice"
Beasts Of Bourbon "The Axeman's Jazz"
Throw Rag "Tee Tot"
Hanoi Rocks "Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes, Hanoi Rocks"
Therapy? "Nurse"
Black Sabbath "Vol 4"
Rammstein "Sensucht"
Tegan And Sara "If It Was You"
Jesus Lizard "Liar"
"Mr Bungle"
Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds "Let Love In"
Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction "Tattooed Beat Messiah"
Supergrass "Supergrass"
David Bowie "Alladin Sane"
David Bowie "Station To Station"
David Bowie "Scary Monsters"
David Bowie "Outside"
David Bowie "Low"
AC/DC "Back In Black"
Alice Cooper "Killer"
Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies"
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| mojoman |
quote:
Joey wrote:
" Simon & Garfunkel: Wednesday Morning, 3 AM "
simon and garfinkle?
carol king?
sounds like my wifeys list!!!
billy joel? are you from long island? |
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| Starbuck |
multiple entries from an artist signify that the artist/group is one of my favorites and, therefore, "better". however, i won't say that london calling is or is not a better album than abbey road, loaded, beggars....that changes with mood.
the albums on this list have consistently received airtime for as far back as i can remember. i have also had each of them for at least a year and have had time to properly digest them. i could have, for example, added old crow medicine show's "OCMS" to the list, but i have only had that one for a few months....will it have staying power in my disc changer like the other 50? or will it turn into a "kerosene hat" type album that only gets brought out once a year on special occasions? or...even worse...will i wake up one morning and discover that the album sucks as bad as the REM albums i used to own in college? (perish the thought!)
joey come now...i know you have a propensity towards naked men, pete townsend and simon and garfunkel...admit it... |
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| MrPleasant |
AC/DC Back In Black
Beach Boys Pet Sounds
Beatles Rubber Soul
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles Abbey Road
Black Sabbath Paranoid
David Bowie Station To Station
Byrds Younger Than Yesterday
J.J. Cale Really
Alice Cooper DaDa
Cream Disraeli Gears
Donovan Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Brian Eno Before And After Science
Derek And The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Dire Straits Dire Straits
Dylan The Freewheelin'
Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan Blonde On Blonde
Dylan John Wesley Harding
Dylan Nashville Skyline
Dylan New Morning
Dylan Live 1975
Genesis Selling England By The Pound
Elton John Tumbleweed Connection
King Crimson Red
Kinks Village Green Preservation Society
Kinks Muswell Hillbillies
Paul McCartney Ram
Bob Marley Catch A Fire
Pink Floyd Animals
Ramones Leave Home
RS Aftermath
RS Beggars Banquet
RS Sticky Fingers
RS Some Girls
RS Tattoo You
Sex Pistols The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle
Stephen Stills Manassas
Talking Heads The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
Tom Waits Small Change
Wings Band On The Run
Ween GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Ween Pure Guava
Ween The Mollusk
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
Roy Wood Boulders
Who Live At Leeds
Who Quadrophenia
Who The Kids Are Alright
Frank Zappa We're Only In It For The Money
Frank Zappa You Are What You Is
Vader Abraham in Smurfenland
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| PartyDoll MEG |
Bucky..you show a diverse interest in music..That would be a good thing..
I thought you were kidding me about OCMS...but I think that is your future in the musical world..Banjo or harp..go for it!!!
Good luck with your creative powers at your upcoming summit. Just leave the sailor suit at home. Might be too much for Feej
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| mojoman |
quote:
MrPleasant wrote:
AC/DC Back In Black
Beach Boys Pet Sounds
Beatles Rubber Soul
Beatles Magical Mystery Tour
Beatles Abbey Road
Black Sabbath Paranoid
David Bowie Station To Station
Byrds Younger Than Yesterday
J.J. Cale Really
Alice Cooper DaDa
Cream Disraeli Gears
Donovan Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Brian Eno Before And After Science
Derek And The Dominos Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs
Dire Straits Dire Straits
Dylan The Freewheelin'
Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
Dylan Blonde On Blonde
Dylan John Wesley Harding
Dylan Nashville Skyline
Dylan New Morning
Dylan Live 1975
Genesis Selling England By The Pound
Elton John Tumbleweed Connection
King Crimson Red
Kinks Village Green Preservation Society
Kinks Muswell Hillbillies
Paul McCartney Ram
Bob Marley Catch A Fire
Pink Floyd Animals
Ramones Leave Home
RS Aftermath
RS Beggars Banquet
RS Sticky Fingers
RS Some Girls
RS Tattoo You
Sex Pistols The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle
Stephen Stills Manassas
Talking Heads The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads
Tom Waits Small Change
Wings Band On The Run
Ween GodWeenSatan: The Oneness
Ween Pure Guava
Ween The Mollusk
Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
Roy Wood Boulders
Who Live At Leeds
Who Quadrophenia
Who The Kids Are Alright
Frank Zappa We're Only In It For The Money
Frank Zappa You Are What You Is
Vader Abraham in Smurfenland
[Edited by MrPleasant]
wow i have thirty of those, twenty seven from starbucks list there is consensus and there are favorites...... |
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| stonedinaustralia |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
Bowie: Ziggy
Bowie: Hunky Dory
Dylan: Freewheelin’
Dylan: Blood on the Tracks
Dylan: Desire
Dylan: Love and Theft
Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home
interesting Bucky
if i had to choose two Bowie albums i think i'd go for Station to Station & Low
as for your bob choices - along with BOTT i would have to have John Wesley Harding somewhere in my top 5 |
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| Starbuck |
i have never really dug john wesley harding. too bare bones for my tastes....and the lyrics just don't resonate with me as much as some of his other stuff.
it was actually harder picking dylan albums than it was stones and beatles. strange.
SIA, will you be attending any summits this weekend? |
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| MrPleasant |
quote:
mojoman wrote:
wow i have thirty of those, twenty seven from starbucks list there is consensus and there are favorites......
We all are great!!
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| Nasty Habits |
Bucky: In the face of such heavy vinyl the absence of Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes" is a shocking omission and should be corrected immediately.
Dan: Re: the presence of the Humpers: WOAH!
ROCKET AND THE RETARDS!
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| Bloozehound |
quote:
Nasty Habits wrote:
Bucky: In the face of such heavy vinyl the absence of Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes" is a shocking omission and should be corrected immediately.
Nice call, Habitos
and no list ccould be complete without the Willie Bobo, Mongo Santamaria and Tito Puente's 1957 masterpiece ~ Top Percussion
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| Dan |
quote:
Nasty Habits wrote:
Bucky: In the face of such heavy vinyl the absence of Waylon Jennings' "Honky Tonk Heroes" is a shocking omission and should be corrected immediately.
Dan: Re: the presence of the Humpers: WOAH!
ROCKET AND THE RETARDS!
2 weeks until the Rock Show Of The Century
You can hear some unreleased cover songs recorded by yours truly at
http://www.myspace.com/theofficialhumpers
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| monkey_man |
I can't believe this isn't on any lists!
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| BONOISLOVE |
Who are you people? Why are you making up all these dorky lists? Don't you have taste?
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| stonedinaustralia |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
SIA, will you be attending any summits this weekend?
unfortunately no - thanks for asking
but Bob is coming to town soon so that could be good
does your beatles band do Across the Universe?? |
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| Ronnie Richards |
AC/DC: Powerage
Beatles: Revolver
Bjork: Post
David Bowie: Low
Johnny Cash: At Folsom Prison
Unchained
Nick Cave: Let Love In
The Clash: London Calling
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme
Elvis Costello: Imperial Bedroom
Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
Sketches of Spain
Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
John Wesley Harding
Hard Rain
Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved A Man
Ghostface Killah: Fishscale
Grateful Dead: Workingman’s Dead
Billie Holiday: Lady In Satin
Jane’s Addiction: Ritual De Lo Habitual
Lambchop: Nixon
Bob Marley: Natty Dread
Curtis Mayfield: Superfly
Van Morrison: St Dominic’s Preview
Nirvana: Nevermind
Pixies: Surfer Rosa
The Pogues: Rum Sodomy & the Lash
R.E.M.: Reckoning
Otis Redding: Otis Blue
Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet
Let It Bleed
Sticky Fingers
Exile On Main St
The Smiths: Hatful of Hollow
Sly & The Family Stone: There’s A Riot Goin’ On
Bruce Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent, & the E Street Shuffle
Born to Run
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Nebraska
Tunnel of Love
The Stooges: Fun House
Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
Tindersticks: II
Tom Waits: Swordfishtrombones
Rain Dogs
The White Stripes: White Blood Cells
The Who: Who’s Next
Stevie Wonder: Innervisions
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Tonight’s the Night
Zuma
Rust Never Sleeps
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| Ronnie Richards |
Of course, this is not nearly enough.... any decent household must also have good collections of Motown, Stax, Muddy Waters, James Brown, Hank Williams.. |
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| MrPleasant |
Hey Ronnie, I kinda forgot R.E.M. in my brilliant list. The Singles Collection (1994) will do. And Up is good, regardless of what the regular people think. And I prefer Monster to anything that Nirvana ever did, especially after Kurt Cobain started to stink up his house with his putrefacted dead corpse. Thanks a lot, Kurt! Next time, take a shower!
Signed,
Abraham Lincoln.
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| MrPleasant |
And I must be alone in the world for liking this album so much (how could people resist to something like George Harrison's "Wrack My Brain"?; and, of course, Ron Wood co-wrote and played in "Dead Giveaway", but it should suck because the Rolling Stones are the only band that matters), but I can't help it. I have bad taste, so sue me.
Look! The girl driver didn't want his roses! How sweet is that??
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| Starbuck |
SIA...we don't do across the universe. get back is the only tune of let it be so far, but we will be adding one after 909 for sure and a few other of the live tunes.
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| glencar |
I couldn't get past Let It Be. That should NEVER be on a greatest albums list.
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| Starbuck |
nice list ronnie....thanks for the input.
however i did not start this thread with the intention that it become an REM love fest. i demand those albums be taken down immediately, or this thread will be officially disbanded.
REM stinks worse than steelie in a showerless/commodeless prison cell for 2 years.
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| Starbuck |
quote:
I couoldn't get past Let It Be. That should NEVER be on a greatest albums list.
are you high? is the down's syndrome back?
just curious!
so nice to see you back, by the way. hope the vacation was good!
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| Starbuck |
oh yes...and i forgot to add uncle tupelo's "march 16-20th, 1992" to my list. go figure! i put anodyne on there but forgot their other gem! D'oh!
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| Joey |
quote:
mojoman wrote:
simon and garfinkle?
Simon & GayFunkel ?! |
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| glencar |
quote:
Starbuck wrote:
are you high? is the down's syndrome back?
just curious!
so nice to see you back, by the way. hope the vacation was good!
Vacation was fantastic! I am the world's greatest host, I'm told. But seriously, Let It Be is not that good. I didn't reflexively attack all yer Rutles choices. |
