Moka's 50 Favorite Albums of the 90's - Pick the Best One.

Oops, title should read of the 60's not 90's. Can a mod please change it?

Kinda want to vote for Jackson C. Frank because no one else will.

Pet sounds and odessey and oracle are my #1 and #2 albums of all time. So I guess the beach boys, as boring / clichéd a choice as it is

For a moment there I was thinking about removing those two albums and have Sonny Sharrock's Black Woman and The Stooges' self titled instead so the results seemed less concentrated towards those them but they're undeniable classics. Sometimes clichéd choices are the best choices.

Haha I thought this was some kinda poll-parody until I read the "60s, not 90s" disclaimer

No! This is a serious poll! I'm hoping a mod sees it before the title ruins the poll's participation.

I'm leaning towards the Poppy Family

five leaves left in front of waltz for debbie. do you really listen to machine gun, moka? not really an album to love and listen, more an album to worship and leave in the drawer, i'd say.

Yeah, this is In a Silent Way. My second favorite sixties album is Frevo Rasgado by Gilberto Gil.

I love Brazillian music from the 60s and 70s but somehow I still can't digest Gilberto Gil. Huge respect to his compositions but I just cant get into them.

Alex: It's definitely not the kind of album that I pick casually. It's more of a once in a lifetime thing that you must experience.

Can't choose between Mingus, Moby Grape, Miles, and Scott 4.

Machine Gun hasn't aged well for me, though.

ELECTRIC BATH

My god I need a Mod to help me out please. My OCD is tickling madly because the thread reads 90's, it confuses me with the other thread.

many, many great choices here. i suppose the absolute standouts are Zombies, King Crimson, and Mingus.

Black Saint and te Sinner Lady.

Yeah maybe that one but I was excited to see Electric Bath.

Electric Bath is really something. It manages to sound effortless and natural when in reality they were experimenting with the studio and eastern influences. The first time I read about this album I thought it was going to sound goofy... big band from the 60's with an interest in prog-rock and tape loops? I was pleasantly surprised they never allow themselves to get gimmicky.

I love a lot of his work but that album is a masterpiece.

He always flirted with gimmicky but seemed to fall on the right side of the line way more often than not.

Oops

Ok apparently mods cannot change poll title's... :/

Change title from one thread?

So I guess we'll have two 90's poll then heh.

Odessey & Oracle, just over In a Silent Way.

That Yusef Lateef album was one of the big discoveries for me from the jazz LP poll, it's an excellent record.

If it was best albums of the '60s I'd have gone for Capt. Beefheart, but since it's best of the '90s, it should probably go to Os Mutantes.

Scott 4 and Pet Sounds are my two favourite albums from the 60's. I'll probably go for The Beach Boys which was my favourite album of all time for a long while.

White Noise for me, fairly obviously. I'd kind of like to give a tip of the hat to Cromagnon, as it's a great piece of work and one of the most 'out of its time' records ever made, but it's just not as good a record.

Cromagnon blows my mind. It doesn't hold up that well as a record but Caledonia alone is worth the admission. White Nouse is far ahead of its time.

torn between take a picture and patty waters sings. the 1st terry callier record is lovely but i don't listen to it that often. cromagnon, idk. sounds like one of those novelty records where the shock value quickly dilutes after a couple spins.

Please vote margo!

I mean I love all those records but from those three Margo is the one I'd rep for.

Cromagnon and Brotzmann are the two records in here that I love in context. I don't listen to them but I love them because they paved the road for records that I love and listen to in a frequent basis. Maybe I give them more credit than they deserve but in my ideal world they changed the rules fir the next decade.

Loads of greats here, but voted for Tiny Tim cos I like that one and want it to do well.

In A Silent Way. But I was looking forward to voting for Oasis.

Kinda want to vote for Jackson C. Frank because no one else will.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 19:53 (2 days ago) Permalink

Kinda want to vote for Terry Callier for the same reason, and might actually do it if this were a '70s poll as he has several great slept-on albums from that decade.

I lean toward the folky stuff - Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, Nick Drake, Fred Neil, and (yes) Jackson C. Frank. But who am I kidding? Pet Sounds is the best album here, edging out In A Silent Way.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

My faves:

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966)
Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady (1963)
Laura Nyro - Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges - Clube da Esquina (1972)
Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear (1968)
Scott Walker - Scott 4 (1969)
Os Mutantes - Os Mutantes (1968)

RFI cause I've never heard of them:

Chavela Vargas - Con El Cuarteto Lara Foster (1961)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Ruthann Friedman - Constant Companion (1969)
The Smoke - The Smoke (1968)
The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? (1969)

White Noise

sonics

Nick Drake

Is it like voting for 60's album that sounds like a 90's one?

...ahead of beefheart, mingus, king crimson, moondog, nick drake, mutantes, basho, sun ra, white noise...

Is it like voting for 60's album that sounds like a 90's one?

― nostormo

No, sorry, stupid mistake... I asked for mods to change it to 60's but apparently poll titles cannot be modified.

RFI cause I've never heard of them:

Chavela Vargas - Con El Cuarteto Lara Foster (1961)
Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)
Ruthann Friedman - Constant Companion (1969)
The Smoke - The Smoke (1968)
The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy? (1969)

― famous for hits! (seandalai)

Chavela Vargas is one of the most popular 'ranchera' music performers and this record includes three of her most famous songs (paloma negra, la llorona, un mundo raro) You can find this one on spotify I think. The songs are very dependent on the lyrics so knowing Spanish might be necessary to appreciate them. She often sounds like she is singing drunk and out of tone which adds to represent the pain and sadness in most of the lyrics. I am actually interested to know if the feelings are transmitted clearly even for someone who doesn't understand the language.

Jackson C. Frank is a sad folk record. Nothing groundbreaking but it is a very enjoyable album if you're in a gloomy mood. I rarely touch it because it puts me in a very depressive mood.

Ruthann Friedman is another good melancholic folk album. Sounds like Joan Baez covering Nick Drake.

The Smoke is a psychedelic baroque pop gem! I absolutely love this one. Just take a quick peek and listen to Odyssey or Umbrella. There have been times when I'm listening to this record that I begin to think it might be better than pet sounds or odessey and oracle. It's obviously not but I still wish this one was more well known amongst the fans of the other two records.

Poppy Family is bubblegum psychedelic pop with sitars and ocassional dark, sinister elements thrown for good measure. I once recommended them to a friend by describing them as the Carpenters if they were Satanic.

"Jackson C. Frank - Jackson C. Frank (1965)"

thanks for that, moka

The Bert Jansch and Jackson C. Frank albums contain my two favourite songs on this list, but from start to finish, Moby Grape.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

great to see love for electric bath !

such a fantastic album ..