Retroactive Pazz & Jop: 1971

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Dumb idea I got while walking in hellish rain torrents crossing the Robert St. Bridge over the Mississippi: a ballot for the first year of P&J as I would've voted for it using the contemporary 100-point rule for albums and a simple ranking for singles. If I get bored or this takes off (or both) we could have threads for the other years (1974-onwards) (but not, like, 2001-2004 or anything).

Going by my personal "one album nomination or one single nomination but not both" rule, as well as fudging the release dates for singles (the Santana track was a single in '72 but it originated from a '71 album so '71 it is):

ALBUMS

1) Sly and the Family Stone, There's A Riot Goin' On (25)
2) The Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers (15)
3) Led Zeppelin (aka "Zoso") (10)
4) Funkadelic, Maggot Brain (10)
5) Elton John, Madman Across the Water (8)
6) Booker T. & the MG's, Melting Pot (8)
7) Marvin Gaye, What's Going On (7)
8) Pink Floyd, Meddle (7)
9) Flamin' Groovies, Teenage Head (6)
10) The Who, Who's Next (4)

SINGLES
1) Isaac Hayes, "Theme From Shaft"
2) Al Green, "Let's Stay Together"
3) Santana, "No One to Depend On"
4) Carole King, "I Feel the Earth Move"
5) Gil Scott-Heron, "Home is Where the Hatred Is"
6) Dramatics, "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get"
7) Alice Cooper, "I'm Eighteen"
8) Black Sabbath, "Sweet Leaf"
9) T. Rex, "Bang a Gong (Get It On)"
10) Jean Knight, "Mr. Big Stuff"

The Sly choice is pretty easy for me, and gets easier the more '60s and '70s R&B I listen to; basically the whole nascent funk groundswell Sly helped enact stripped bare and turned into minimalist, spare, but somehow still propulsive pop. "Theme From Shaft" is a fucking gimme and if you disagree then I laugh at you in mild, mostly insincere music-dork derision. The Booker T and Flamin' Groovies albums are sleepers that deserve more recognition, as are the singles by the Dramatics and Santana. Who's Next suffers from a mushy middle that's weaker than Elton's mushy Side B. Zeppelin's 4th fucking rules (contrary to what I said on some thread or another where I got into it w/Miccio yet again; I was wrong + stupid) on equal terms with Funkadelic's 3rd, though one "Super Stupid" is equivalent to "Rock & Roll" + "When the Levee Breaks" + "Black Dog" and "Maggot Brain" is bizarro equiv. "Stairway to Heaven", kinda.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

are you gonna collate the votes nate? i never voted in p'n'j and i don't much notice the rules - can you lemme know how it work?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:01 (twenty years ago)

based purely on p&j and acclaimed lists cuz i'm sure i'm leaving something out

1. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (20)
2. Led Zeppelin - IV (15)
3. Sly and the Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin On (15)
4. The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (10)
5. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (10)
6. Black Sabbath - Master of Reality (10)
7. Can - Tago Mago (5)
8. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (5)
9. Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire De Melodie Nelson (5)
10.Al Green - Gets Next to You (5)

1. The Rolling Stones - "Brown Sugar"
2. Alice Cooper - "I'm Eighteen"
3. The Temptations - "Just My Imagination"
4. Led Zeppelin - "Rock and Roll"
5. The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
6. The Staple Singers - "Respect Yourself"
7. John Denver - "Take Me Home Country Roads"
8. The Chi-Lites - "Have You Seen Her"
9. Carole King - "It's Too Late"
10.Isaac Hayes - "Theme from Shaft"

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:13 (twenty years ago)

you've come a long way baby: NO SINGLES P&J POLL IN 71

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

John Denver > Isaac Hayes ?!?!?! Gee whillikers, Blount.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:21 (twenty years ago)

so you assign scores that must add up to 100? do you have to vote for ten...or could you break it up over say 15?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

You can break it up to as few as five, with total allotment of points scaled downward accordingly, but no more than 10 albums/singles.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

"take me home country roads" rules, earl weaver will back me up on this.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:28 (twenty years ago)

the max you can give an album is 30 i think.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:29 (twenty years ago)

blount i been here three years and you're still fucking with my head.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:36 (twenty years ago)

that re denver yes

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:37 (twenty years ago)

Albums: Roy Ayers: He's Coming (1971), War:All Day Music (1971)
Singles: Grover Washington Jr.: Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler), Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) (1971)

― Bobby Peru (Bobby Peru), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:38 (twenty years ago)

GAH YOU HAFTA LIST TEN ALBUMS (I THINK) WITH POINTS (MAX 30; TOTAL UP TO 100), AND TEN SINGLES UNLESS YOU'RE ONE OF "THOSE PEOPLE" AND YOU HAVE TO RANK THE SINGLES.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

foul ball, calm down

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

Here's some albums I compiled, if it helps anyone. I will derive my top ten out of this list, somehow.

CSNY, Four Way Street
Carole King, Tapestry
Joni Mitchell, Blue
Yes, Fragile
David Bowie, Hunky Dory
Roberta Flack, Quiet Fire
Curtis Mayfield, Roots
Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate
Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson
Donny Hathaway, Donny Hathaway
T. Rex, Electric Warrior
Bill Withers, Just as I Am
Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies
Al Green, Let's Stay Together
Dolly Parton, Coat of Many Colors
Can, Tago Mago
Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted and Black
The Beach Boys, Surf's Up
Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Blacknuss
Ike & Tina Turner, Workin' Together
Todd Rundgren, Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren
Faust, Faust
John Fahey, America
Taj Mahal, Happy Just to Be Like I Am
Comus, First Utterance
Gene Clark, White Light
Delroy Wilson, Better Must Come
David Ruffin, David - The Unreleased Album (shelved by Motown in 1971)
Lee Hazlewood, Requiem for an Almost Lady
Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso
Nara Leão, Dez Años Depois
Swamp Dogg, Swamp Dogg (Rat On)
Sun Ra, Continuation
Pharoah Sanders, Black Unity
Alice Coltrane, Universal Consciousness
Loretta Lynn, I'm a Coal Miner's Daughter
Van Morrison, Tupelo Honey
Sam Rivers, Hues
Eugene McDaniels, Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
Fela Kuti, Open and Close
Serge Gainsbourg, Histoire de Melody Nelson
Merle Haggard & the Strangers, Hag
Colin Blunstone, One Year
Freddie Hubbard, First Light
The Last Poets, This is Madness
Gil Scott-Heron, Pieces of a Man

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:50 (twenty years ago)

btw critics poll that year

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

how high will joy of cooking place in this poll? will it take the crown? how badly will procol harum beat zeppelin this time?

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

fuck i have never heard joy of cooking. my breakfast reading last two months has been the xgau 70's guide and i'm intrigued.

but yeah - hearing things in canon fodder - how do critics cope?

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:02 (twenty years ago)

Albums:

1. David Bowie, Hunky Dory (20)
2. Roberta Flack, Quiet Fire (13)
3. Kinks, Muswell Hillbillies (12)
4. David Ruffin, David - The Unreleased Album (11)
5. Al Green, Gets Next to You (10)
6. Aretha Franklin, Young, Gifted and Black (9)
7. Curtis Mayfield, Roots (8)
8. The Beach Boys, Surf's Up (7)
9. Can, Tago Mago (6)
10. T. Rex, Electric Warrior (4)

And if the David Ruffin album doesn't count for some weird reason:
11. Caetano Veloso, Caetano Veloso (1971). Same point distribution.

Couldn't care less about the singles list. You might want to double-check the years on the stuff I listed before you post; Let's Stay Together is 1972, for example. I grabbed it off a list that was incorrect.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:06 (twenty years ago)

yeah joy of cooking is a record i'm very curious about even though i really suspect it's not up my alley. it scored pretty high in the reader's poll too. allmusic has pretty much NOTHING on them - no bio, no reviews. xgau writes em up here - http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/joy.php, and blurbs the records here - http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=709&name=Joy+of+Cooking - including a best of from 12 years ago that you just KNOW made his day when he saw it.

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:12 (twenty years ago)

the quest begins! i don't slsk so anyone with joy of cooking (or there are solo records by the singer i seem to remember) send them to me!

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:17 (twenty years ago)

haha reading that xgau piece i veer between 'hmm this sounds interesting' (the talk of polyrhythms basically) to 'hmm this sounds horrifying' (the band went into an adapted folk medley of "Brownsville" and "Mockingbird." To my astonishment, the intro elicited some spontaneous clap-time from the audience. Toward the end of "Mockingbird" Terry took the mike off its stand and began her scatting counterpoint with Toni. Then Terry began to scat alone.)

― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:18 (twenty years ago)

that whole problem of of the time - which i wonder about. these things were obv. interesting/exciting to xgau at the time. they've fallen from fashion or been discredited. and now in retospect - most of us just reading the source material and hearing the stuff - make judgements sorta based on timelessness

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:28 (twenty years ago)

yeah but fuck that sounds cringeworthy.

― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 06:29 (twenty years ago)

You might want to double-check the years on the stuff I listed before you post; Let's Stay Together is 1972, for example.

For a bad example, maybe.

― Stupornaut (natepatrin), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 08:03 (twenty years ago)

1. Led Zeppelin - ZOSO (25)
2. Pink Floyd - Meddle (25)
3. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (10)
4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (10)
5. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Tarkus (5)
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (5)
7. The Yes Album (5)
8. The Who - Who's Next (5)
9. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (5)
10. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On (5)

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 10:48 (twenty years ago)

I've got the CD collection from 92(Capitol), Joy of Cooking/American Originals. Looking at the song titles, only "Closer to the Ground" rings in my head. Like a jazzy Carole King w/soul & blues overtones?

Gotta feeling this will be way way too "mellow" for most of y'all.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 11:34 (twenty years ago)

Hmm. I'd say:

1. There's a Riot Goin' On--Sly
2. Tribute to Jack Johnson--Miles Davis
3. IV--Led Zeppelin
4. Every Picture Tells a Story--Rod Stewart
5. The Cry of Love--Jimi Hendrix
6. The Spotlight Kid--Capt. Beefheart and the Magic Band
7. Nilsson Schmilsson--Nilsson
8. Maggot Brain--Funkadelic
9. Hot Pants--James Brown
10. Live at Fillmore East--Allman Bros.

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:36 (twenty years ago)

whatever happened to the 70s poll?

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

whoops, points:

1. There's a Riot Goin' On--Sly 25
2. Tribute to Jack Johnson--Miles Davis 15
3. IV--Led Zeppelin 10
4. Every Picture Tells a Story--Rod Stewart 10
5. The Cry of Love--Jimi Hendrix 8
6. The Spotlight Kid--Capt. Beefheart and the Magic Band 8
7. Nilsson Schmilsson--Nilsson 7
8. Maggot Brain--Funkadelic 7
9. Hot Pants--James Brown 6
10. Live at Fillmore East--Allman Bros. 4

― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:40 (twenty years ago)

maybe:

Can - Tago Mago (20)
Faust - s/t (15)
Led Zeppelin - IV (15)
Miles Davis - Tribute to Jack Johnson (15)
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (10)
Kluster - Zwei Osterei (5)
Amon Duul II - Tanz der Lemminge (5)
Kraftwerk - 2 (5)
Patto - Hold Your Fire (5)
The Doors - LA Woman (5)

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 18:58 (twenty years ago)

ALBUMS
1. Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On (Epic) 30
2. Led Zeppelin IV (Atlantic) 15
3. Miles Davis: Jack Johnson (Columbia) 15
4. Funkadelic: Maggot Brain (Westbound) 10
5. Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (Mercury) 5
6. John Prine (Atlantic) 5
7. Van Morrison: Tupelo Honey (Warner Bros.) 5
8. Miles Davis: Live Evil (Columbia) 5
9. Can: Tago Mago (United Artists) 5
10. John Lennon: Imagine (Apple) 5

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

SINGLES
1. Temptations: “Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)” (Tamla)
2. Niney: “Blood & Fire” (Trojan)
3. James Brown: “Hot Pants Pt. 1 & 2” (Polydor)
4. Jean Knight: “Mr. Big Stuff” (Stax)
5. Sly & the Family Stone: “Family Affair” (Epic)
6. Marvin Gaye: “Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)” (Tamla)
7. Al Green: “Tired of Being Alone” (Hi)
8. Jr. Walker & the All Stars: “Way Back Home” (Soul)
9. Joe Simon: “Drowning in the Sea of Love” (Philadelphia International)
10. Rod Stewart: “Maggie May” (Mercury)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

Off the top of my head, without giving it too much thought:

Led Zeppelin ZOSO - 15
Tom T. Hall IN SEARCH OF A SONG - 14
Jackson Five GREATEST HITS - 13
Glen Campbell GREATEST HITS - 11
Alice Cooper LOVE IT TO DEATH - 10
Alice Cooper KILLER - 9
Sly and the Family Stone THERE's A RIOT GOING ON - 8
Rod Stewart EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY - 7
The Rolling Stones STICKY FINGERS - 7
Marvin Gaye WHAT'S GOING ON - 6

(singles would take more thought than I have time for right now!)

― xhuxk, Tuesday, 12 April 2005 21:40 (twenty years ago)

Other albums from this year that were great that nobody's mentioned yet:

Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame
Badfinger - Straight Up
Faces - Long Player and A Nod is as Good... (How did Rod do both of these and Every Picture all in the same year?!?)
Little Feat - s/t

― Keith C (kcraw916), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 02:02 (twenty years ago)

What fun!

ALBUMS
Led Zeppelin: ZOSO (13)
Keith Tippett Group: Dedicated To You But You Weren't Listening (13)
Sly & the Family Stone: There's a Riot Goin' On (12)
Jackson 5: Greatest Hits (12)
Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers (12)
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (12)
Doors: LA Woman (6)
The Who: Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy (I think) (5)
Various: The Nonesuch Explorer: Music From Distant Corners of the World (5)
Can: Tago Mago (5)
Rod Stewart: Every Picture Tells a Story (5)

SINGLES
The Buoys: "Timothy"
Zep: "When the Levee Breaks"
Sly etc: "Family Affair"
Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose: "Treat Her Like a Lady"
Grass Roots: "Temptation Eyes"
Carpenters: "Rainy Days and Mondays"
Stones: "Bitch"
Stones: "Brown Sugar"
Zep: "Black Dog"
Zep: "Rock 'n' Roll"

― dr. phil (josh langhoff), Wednesday, 13 April 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (17)
2. John Prine - John Prine (15)
3. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story (15)
4. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (13)
5. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson (10)
6. The MC5 - High Time (10)
7. David Bowie - Hunky Dory (5)
8. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (5)
9. John Lennon - Imagine (5)
10. Black Oak Arkansas - Black Oak Arkansas (5)

1. Carole King: "It's Too Late"
2. Rolling Stones: "Wild Horses"
3. Alice Cooper: "I'm Eighteen"
4. Undisputed Truth: "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
5. Booker T & the MGs: "Melting Pot"
6. Led Zeppelin: "Black Dog"
7. Jr Walker & the All-Stars: "Way Back Home"
8. Rod Stewart: "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe"
9. Johnny Cash: "The Man in Black"
10. Slade: "Coz I Luv You"

― Patrick (Patrick), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 21:33 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Off the head, without reading anybody else's entries (and never mind the fact that this thread is two years old):
- Flamin' Groovies, TEENAGE HEAD
- Pee Wee Crayton, THINGS I USED TO DO
- Rolling Stones, STICKY FINGERS
- Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd St. Band, YOU'RE SO BEAUTIFUL
- Bar-Kays, BLACK ROCK
- Funkadelic, MAGGOT BRAIN
- Mickey Newbury, FRISCO MABEL JOY
- Kris Kristofferson, THE SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL & I'
- Marvin Gaye, WHAT'S GOING ON
- Tony Joe White (self-titled)

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:25 (nineteen years ago)

And the singles:
Bob Dylan, "George Jackson"
Jean Knight, "Mr. Big Stuff"
Bill Withers, "Ain't No Sunshine"
Rolling Stones, "Brown Sugar"
Electric Express, "It's The Real Thing"
Grand Funk Railroad, "Footstompin' Music"
Beginning of the End, "Funky Nassau"
J. Geils Band, "Looking For A Love"
Jerry Butler, "How Did We Lose It"
Bobby Womack, "That's The Way I Feel About Cha"

― Rev. Hoodoo (Rev. Hoodoo), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 04:29 (nineteen years ago)

I still haven't heard There's a Riot Goin' On all the way through! Otherwise, here is an albums list:

1. Caetano Veloso - s/t
2. Hackamore Brick - One Kiss Leads to Another
3. Can - Tago Mago
4. The Doors - L.A. Woman
5. T. Rex - Electric Warrior
6. Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
7. Hampton Grease Band - Music to Eat
8. Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram
9. Traffic Sound - Lux
10. Tangerine Dream - Zeit

I'm not really sure about the positions or the points. I would have to listen to these again. No idea where the fuck to start with a singles list.

― Tim Ellison = NUMBER ONE ADVOCATE OF YOU-KNOW-WHAT ON NU-ILX!!! (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 05:41 (nineteen years ago)

Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Herbie Hancock - Mwandishi
Can - Tago Mago
Carole King - Tapestry
Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness
Bobby Womack - Communication
Joe Farrell - Outback

Marvin Gaye - "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
The Undisputed Truth - "Smiling Faces Sometimes"
The Doors - "Riders on the Storm"
Carole King - "It's Too Late"
Curtis Mayfield - "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go"
Al Green - "Tired of Being Alone"
Funkadelic - "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks"
The Stylistics - "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)"
Santana - "Oye Como Va"
Isaac Hayes - "Never Can Say Goodbye"

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 13:58 (nineteen years ago)

Singles:
1. Al Green, “Tired of Being Alone”
2. Lee Michaels, “Do You Know What I Mean?”
3. Alice Cooper, “Under My Wheels”
4. The Honey Cone, “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (part 1)”
5. David and Ansil Collins, “Double Barrel”
6. Paul and Linda McCartney, “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey”
7. Focus, “Hocus Pocus”
8. John Kongos, “He’s Gonna Step on You Again”
9. The Sugar Bears, “You Are the One”
10. The Carpenters, “Superstar”

LPs:
1. Sly and the Family Stone, ‘There’s a Riot Goin’ on’
2. Rod Stewart, ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’
3. War, ‘All Day Music’
4. T. Rex, ‘Electric Warrior’
5. Nilsson, ‘Schmilsson’
6. Faces, ‘A Nod’s as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse’
7. David Bowie, ‘Hunky Dory’
8. Led Zeppelin, ‘(untitled’
9. Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks, ‘Where’s the Money?’
10. Paul and Linda McCartney, ‘Ram’

― Dan Heilman (The Deacon), Wednesday, 17 January 2007 15:09 (nineteen years ago)

MC5's High Time maybe SHOULD HAVE BEEN the best album of the year, but man, it just didn't come out well in the studio.

― Tim Ellison = NUMBER ONE ADVOCATE OF YOU-KNOW-WHAT ON NU-ILX!!! (Tim Ellison), Monday, 22 January 2007 06:34 (nineteen years ago)

Also, "Miss X" sucked ass, like all their ballads tended to.

(But I kiss you, Tim, nonetheless, for including Music To Eat on your list!)

― Myonga Von Bartok (M. Agony Von Bontee), Monday, 22 January 2007 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

albums. so many good singles that year I can't think abt a list.

Miles Davis Tribute To Jack Johnson
David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name
Sly & The Family Stone There's A Riot Going On
Marvin Gaye Inner City Blues
Spirit The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus
Mountain Nantucket Sleighride
Yes The Yes Album
Alice Cooper Love It To Death
Tom T Hall In Search of a Song
The MoveMessage From The Country

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 22 January 2007 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

You're not voting for the Five, Mark?

― Tim Ellison = NUMBER ONE ADVOCATE OF YOU-KNOW-WHAT ON NU-ILX!!! (Tim Ellison), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:28 (nineteen years ago)

MC5's High Time maybe SHOULD HAVE BEEN the best album of the year, but man, it just didn't come out well in the studio.

OTM. better production and songs than Back In The USA but it's still only 75% of the way there. Maybe if Sonic sang a few.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:36 (nineteen years ago)

much as I love MC5 vocals were never their strong point. there are times when I just want to hear stuff like The Stylistics.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:42 (nineteen years ago)

Similiarly I would have picked the Grateful Dead's S/T "SkuLL & Roses" if it wasn't dragged down by Weir's shitty country covers.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:45 (nineteen years ago)

on shit I forgot about Mott the Hooople's Brain Capers!

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Monday, 22 January 2007 23:46 (nineteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

I rank the top tens.

― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 April 2019 00:56 (six years ago)

Sweet City Woman deserves the Hague. Daily play on the oldies station over the course of years wore away whatever charm it had (and it wasn't much).

I will never understand the hatred people have for Brand New Key.

I like If You Really Love Me better than any Stevie Wonder single until Part-Time Lover. Nuts, I know.

― gjoon1, Thursday, 4 April 2019 00:21 (six years ago)

one of his least known

― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 April 2019 00:29 (six years ago)

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