Joan Crawford's Ten Favorite Albums When She Was Twelve

Demento, dammit.

wasn't she born in the early 20th century?

Ian Hunter, even though I never really got that title...shouldn't it have been You're Never Alone If You're a Schizophrenic?

I have seen the TV special of California Jam 2, so that album must be hot

within a year or two I would begin leaning much harder into prog, buying used copies of "Foxtrot" and "Nursery Cryme" for a quarter apiece from the Rhino used bin. I adored these records, and struggled with ...And Then There Were Three, even though "Follow You Follow Me" had been my entrance into Genesis. In short I was becoming a precocious prog snob, as the presence of Supertramp on the list affirms -- pre-Breakfast (which came out that year), they had a rep among the sort of prog-loving teens, boyfriends of babysitters, whose record collections gave me a lot of early exposure to albums. But at this point I still considered myself very much a "rocker," the term was important to 12-year-old Joan. My favorite parts of the prog epics were e.g. the climax of "Supper's Ready." from this list, today, "Rocky Horror" still makes my all-time list; BoC is all-time of course but it wouldn't be a live album; and "Little Queen" remains singular in Heart's discography for me, really a masterpiece, "Love Alive" as good as their best, the album on the whole an exemplary follow-up to a big smash. "Barracuda" aside I don't think the market agreed, and they were ensnared in contract disputes, so there'd only be one more gasp of this version of Heart (Dog and Butterfly) before they started down the road that led to outside songwriters & big hits, but this was my favorite band when I was twelve, the one that reimagined Zeppelin as tighter and poppier and, to my mind at the time, just cooler.

wasn't she born in the early 20th century?

I am Joan Crawford for the purposes of this question & generally here iirc!

How do you rate Magazine by Heart, which as I understand it the band didn't originally approve the release of

I loved Magazine and was baffled by the live stuff that filled it out -- literal album-filler; the label they were trying to get free from didn't have enough studio material to make a whole album so they used two live tracks that didn't match the mood of the other stuff at all, which was very much in the Little Queen zone. "Heartless" is a top 10 Heart tune for me and "The Magazine" probably is too; their cover of "Without You" was a GIANT deal to young emo Joan C.

Though the album was not officially released to radio stations in 1977, some stations such as KISW, a Seattle-based rock station, played songs from the unauthorized version, against the wishes of the group. The 1977 release carried a disclaimer on the back cover that read:

"Mushroom Records regrets that a contractual dispute has made it necessary to complete this record without the cooperation or endorsement of the group Heart, who have expressly disclaimed artistic involvement in completing this record. We did not feel that a contractual dispute should prevent the public from hearing and enjoying these incredible tunes and recordings."[8]

Yeah, this is essentially the tack I took with my poll, as well (although mostly because stuff from my pre-teen years is the stuff I've been listening to the most lately).

I discovered his radio show in eighth grade (after only having been exposed to his work previously via this gem of an MTV special) and became obsessed. If I'd known he had compilation albums at the time, I would've been all over them, so here's an honorary vote for Dr. Demeto.

I own a copy of the first release of Magazine with the legal disclaimer, I've never heard it after they redid vocals, resequenced and rereleased it. "Heartless" is a great song, the rest sounds like what it is: demos, covers, live cuts. I haven't listened to it in years (just pulled it out to do so soon) but it's nowhere near Dreamboat Annie or Little Queen quality.

Voted Rocky Horror, which I like even better now that emotional associations and nostalgia have been stripped away (for me). Solid work.

rocky is the best thing ever made by a human but i voted heart cuz i just got into that album recently

What were my favorite albums when I was 12?

I mean, my 50 was largely made up from albums I loved from age 12 to roughly 25, so

The Golden Age of Favorite Albums is twelve.

rocky is the best thing ever made by a human

that's the one from this list that when I listen now isn't just "as good," but better. simply a miracle

wasn't she born in the early 20th century?

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she's risen from the grave iirc

Curious what the Best of the Blues comp was and what was on it?

This one, maybe?

https://www.discogs.com/release/4095541-Various-The-Best-Of-The-Blues

Dr. Demento was crucial to me in middle school in a way Kids Today will never understand.

I didn't have that Dr. Demento comp, but the first LP I ever bought (or was gifted) was an LP called Goofy Gold that was sold via an infomercial, iirc. Not a lot of overlap with the Demento, if any, but the same general idea.

This was the Demento LP I had:

https://www.discogs.com/release/2543271-Various-Dr-Demento-Presents-The-Greatest-Novelty-Records-Of-All-Time-Volume-III-The-1960s

It was a very very regular spin.

Heart & Rocky are probably the best/my favorite albums on this list now but Little Criminals was also firmly in my top 10 as a 12yo so gotta vote Randy.

I never owned any Demento comps, but I was a regular listener. A lot of those songs still pop into my head unbidden.

Supertramp for Hodgson's songs, but "Dream of the Archer" is the peak of Renaissance Faire Heart.

I had to go with Rocky Horror here, tough call between that and Heart and Aerosmith

This one, maybe?

https://www.discogs.com/release/4095541-Various-The-Best-Of-The-Blues

that was indeed it. it was the Brownie & Sonny tracks and the Lightnin' Hopkins tracks that obsessed me.

I will (almost) never not vote for any Dr. Demento comp.

Mine was the 20th Anniversary Collection (a double album!)

Going with Heart. 70s Heart are underrated on a level with 70s Scorpions; like, you think, "Sure, I've heard of them, those albums are probably pretty good," but you have no idea.

yeah - through dog & butterfly they're spectacular.

voted Rocky Horror bc perfection.
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