1. Buzzcocks - A Different Kind of Tension2. Lee Perry/Upsetters - Cloak and Dagger3. Desperate Bicycles - Remorse Code4. Section 25 - From The Hip5. ABC - The Lexicon of Love6. Propaganda - A Secret Wish7. Chic - C'Est Chic8. New Order - Movement9. Scott Walker - Scott 410. The Small Faces - The Small Faces (Immediate)11. The Stockholm Monsters - Alma Mater12. Kate Bush - The Kick Inside13. The Clash - Sandinista14. The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack15. Joy Division - Closer16. The Zombies - Odessy and Oracle17. The Teardrop Explodes - Wilder
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dada, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― Jamie Fake (the pirate king), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:53 (twenty-one years ago)
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)
― alfalfa romeo (natepatrin), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― peter smith (plsmith), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― Derridadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― m0stly clean (m0stly clean), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Paul (scifisoul), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)
― m. (mitchlnw), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Dumping shampoo onto my eyeballs beats #10.
― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:36 (twenty-one years ago)
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:45 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Denzil Forrest: Red Tooth Sound2. Crimea: Journey Out3. The Cellars: s/t4. Cue(Q)tone: XLT-II5. Conham Shields: Metermaid Mermaid6. The Hittites: Boy dem Babylon7. Mitch & Mandy: Live in Hollywood8. E/Motion: Disco Belgrade9. The Red Krayola: Kangaroo?10. Gary "Gray" Green: Leaving Train
― ryano, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)
-- Jeff W (cworrel...), December 10th, 2001.
*Dr.C's list is very Dr.C :-)* What's 'very Dr. C' then, Jeff? ;)
-- Dr. C (Daveatcrossdee...), December 11th, 2001.
'Very Dr.C' = Factory + glam + Madonna + 1978 + classic soul + Trojan + Kinks/Small Faces + 23 Skidoo! ;-)
-- Jeff W (cworrel...), December 11th, 2001.
P.S. - I must agree with Andy K. The Decca stuff I can take, but the Immediate era... ugh.
― Jeff W (zebedee), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― peepee (peepee), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:55 (twenty-one years ago)
― Freelance Hiveminder (blueski), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:08 (twenty-one years ago)
Holy shit! The first Immediate album is fantastic! Oh well maybe a Decca v Immediate taking sides is on the cards.
Just a bit of fun, this list. Just a bit of fun. I'll probably disagree with most of 'em myself tomorrow. I'm kicking myself for missing out Neu 75 as it is.
Sundar - ESP is on Love Bites.
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)
I have 10 of the good Dr.'s, and none of them would make my top 17 except possibly the Zombies.
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)
01. Milton Nascimento - Minas02. John Coltrane - Sun Ship03. Beach Boys - Smiley Smile04. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me05. Kinks - Something Else06. The Cure - Faith07. Black Uhuru - Guess who's comming for dinner08. Pixies - Tromp le monde09. Paul & Linda - Ram10. Stone Roses11. Legião Urbana - V12. Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever13. Beck - One Foot in Grave14. The Strokes - Is this it?15. The doors - Strange Days16. Frank Zappa - Absolutely Free17. Beat Happening - Dreamy
― Elvis is Dead, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 21:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 21:44 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Zebedy Colt--I'll Sing for You (gay male porn star makes album of standards in 1970)2. Miracles--City of Angels3. Diana Dors--Swinging Dors4. Antonio Carlos Jobim--Stone Flower5. Kinks--Something Else6. Everly Bros.--Two Yanks in England7. Willie Colon/Ruben Blades--Siembra (of course)8. James Brown--James Brown and His Famous Flames Tour the USA9. Lee Dorsey--The New Lee Dorsey10. Beach Boys--Wild Honey11. Mer-Da--Long Burn the Fire12. Autechre--Chiastic Slide13. O'Jays--Back Stabbers14. Jimi Hendrix--Rainbow Bridge15. Solomon Burke--King Solomon16. Peter Scherer--Very Neon Pet17. Gilberto Gil--Realce
Of course, the list will be completely different tomorrow, but these seem pretty good to me right now.
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Jimi Hendrix - Axis Bold as Love2. Ellington/Mingus/Roach - Money Jungle3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III4. Gang of Four - Entertainment5. Fugazi - Red Medicine6. Isotope 217 - Utonian Automatic7. John Coltrane - Coltrane's Sound8. Herbie Hancock - Emperyan Isles9. Bill Evans - Sunday at the Village Vanguard11. Thelonious Monk - Thelonious in Action12. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly13. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing14. Fela Kuti - Open and Close15. Joni Mitchell - Blue16. Sam Prekop - s/t17. Smog - Red Apple Falls
That's off the top of my head, so I'd probably make some revisions.
― Hurting (Hurting), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 00:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― lemin (lemin), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 06:22 (twenty-one years ago)
Heaven 17, you see.
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)
― Marcello Carlin, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 08:31 (twenty-one years ago)
I start off OK with Trout Mask Replica at no. 1; then I just start accumulating more and more and more albums that I just can't chose between which all tie for number two.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 08:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:17 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Selling England By The Pound – Genesis (1973)2. Skylarking – XTC (1986)3. Construction Time Again – Depeche Mode (1983)4. Pet Sounds – Beach Boys (1966)5. Woodface – Crowded House (1991)6. Odessey & Oracle – The Zombies (1968)7. High Land Hard Rain – Aztec Camera (1983)8. OK Computer – Radiohead (1997)9. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band – The Beatles (1967)10. No Sleep Til Famous – Merrymakers (1995)11. Free Peace Sweet – Dodgy (1996)12. Close To The Edge – Yes (1972)13. The Original Soundtrack – 10cc (1975)14. The Invisible Band – Travis (2001)15. A Night At The Opera – Queen (1975)16. Radiator – Super Furry Animals (1997)17. Bellybutton – Jellyfish (1990)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)
I can relate to that.
If you kept on compiling lists of your top 17 albums every day from now on until there was no possibility of any album appearing on such a list that hadn't already appeared on one, how many different albums would have been nominated in total do you think?
How many (if any) albums would appear on every single list that you'd produced and what are they?
For the purposes of this exercise you may assume that you don't hear any album that would qualify for inclusion in such a list between now and the completion of this exercise.
Please show all your workings.
Do not write on more than one side of your computer screen.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 11:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Elvis is Dead, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)
Intriguing K.Bush choice, I must say.
― OleM (OleM), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr. C (Dr. C), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:24 (twenty-one years ago)
here's my list of 17 albums I consider, really, to be the "best" or at least the ones I return to over and over.
1. Byrds--Notorious Byrd Brothers2. Moby Grape--Moby Grape3. Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band--Lick My Decals Off, Baby4. Big Star--Third5. James Brown--Sex Machine6. Jon Hassell/Brian Eno--Fourth World Possible Musics Vol. 17. Sly and the Family Stone--There's a Riot Goin' On8. Love--Da Capo9. Beach Boys--Love You10. Funkadelic--One Nation Under a Groove11. Marshall Crenshaw--Field Day12. Miles Davis--A Tribute to Jack Johnson13. Thelonious Monk--Brilliant Corners14. Pavement--Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain15. Chic--Real People16. Antonio Carlos Jobim and Elis Regina--Elis & Tom17. Prince--Dirty Mind
All classics, all records I can hear any time, any place. Actually, Geir, I've been listening to the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" a lot lately, that's a good one, as is "For Sale." They'd be in my top 50, as would "Radio City," "Trout Mask Replica," "Loaded," Howard Tate's Verve sides, Gilberto Gil's "Gilberto Gil" and "Realce," Sly's "Fresh," the collection of the Parliaments' Revilot sides, "Odessey and Oracle" and Chilton's "Like Flies on Sherbert."
And no, "The Beatles" aka "The White Album" is one of their better works. And yes, I do like Jellyfish--"Spilt Milk" is a good one but hardly something I'd put near the top. I'm also partial to Nick Lowe's "Pure Pop for Now People"/"Jesus of Cool" and "Labour of Lust," two records I return to frequently. "Nervous on the Road" by Brinsley is another one I like a lot. Then of course there are albums by the Fall, the Buzzcocks, Liliput, various comps of early blues, etc., like Joe Bussard's "Down in the Basement" which are essential; great "minor" Stax albums like Johnnie Taylor's "Who's Making Love" and Booker T.'s "Melting Pot," Burke's "King Solomon," Nilsson, "Gilded Palace of Sin" and Parson's "Grievous Angel," and many, many more...I mean what the "canon" is I dunno and don't much care.
And the Diana Dors record I mentioned earlier, "Swinging Dors," is actually very good in the Sinatra/Peggy Lee vein...and mighty hard to find too...
― eddie hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)
x-post
― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― Paul (scifisoul), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:15 (twenty-one years ago)
I presume your favorite band is the Jackson 5, am i right?
― Elvis is Dead, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)
1. Sly & The Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On2. Love – Forever Changes3. The Clash – London Calling4. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main St.5. Prince – Sign O’ the times6. De La Soul – De La Soul is Dead7. Pavement –Slanted and Enchanted8. Neil Young – Somebody knows this is nowhere9. Al Green - Call Me10. Public Enemy – It takes a nation of millions…
― Antonio DePietro, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)
Right now I'm saying
Led Zeppelin IVJimi Hendrix - Electric LadylandSonny Sharrock - Ask the AgesKeith Rowe - A Dimension of Perfectly Ordinary RealityDave Douglas - Freak InPhilip Glass - Einstein On the BeachL Subramaniam - En ConcertBeethoven - Symphony No 5 (Leonard Bernstein/NY Philharmonic)Sainkho Namtchylak - Lost RiversOren Ambarchi - SuspensionOrnette Coleman - Dancing In Your HeadFred Frith Guitar Quartet - Ayaya MosesPandit Ravi ShankarRadiohead - AmnesiacMeredith Monk - MercyDiamanda Galas - Schrei XAphex Twin - Drukqs or The Richard D James Album
But my list changes every time.
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)
xpost Thanks
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Remy (x Jeremy), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Helios Creed (orion), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:05 (twenty-one years ago)
no order; I hate fucking black people except for jazz tokenism
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)
― sometimes i like to pretend i am very small and warm (ex machina), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)
I don't have the energy to make a list, but it would contain the beatles & black sabbath & the dead c.
― Helios Creed (orion), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:41 (twenty-one years ago)
just kidding, sorta, I'm too frazzled to come up with a list. Dave, just got the Propaganda CD finally, with the included DVD of 3 videos! I also ordered the Act 3cd set, the Thomas Leer and Robert Rental CD(I have the LP) and Leer's Scale of Ten on CD.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:56 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 23:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 14 October 2004 01:23 (twenty-one years ago)
van morrison - astral weeksunited states of america - s/tblack sabbath - vol. 4teh beatles - white albumteh dead c - whitehousepearls before swine - balaklavarolling stones - sticky fingerscan - future daysmiles davis - on the cornergodz - IIpalace bros. - there is no one what will take care of youramones - s/thusker du - new day risingminutemen - double nickels on the dimestevie wonder - innervisionsles rallizes denudes - live 77lee perry & the upsetters - double seven
― Helios Creed (orion), Thursday, 14 October 2004 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)
― Helios Creed (orion), Thursday, 14 October 2004 01:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Thursday, 14 October 2004 01:51 (twenty-one years ago)