RE: Revolver/Rubber Soul: Are we talking about the British lps or the cropped American versions? They are 2 different listening experiences.
What is the Greatest Album...?
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Nov 12, 2008 6:25 a.m. NezJr:
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Nov 12, 2008 7:09 a.m. DangerousMan:
Surfer Rosa
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Nov 12, 2008 7:42 a.m. johnnyringo:
Why not?Might as well give it up for The Cult. <img src="
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Nov 12, 2008 7:55 a.m. Pseudo Man:
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Nov 12, 2008 7:59 a.m. ChuckH:
Well if we are talking rock n roll
GRAND FUNK LIVE!!!
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Nov 12, 2008 8:03 a.m. NezJr:
I'll go with this guilty pleasure:
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Nov 12, 2008 8:35 a.m. Bernw:
An impossible task - but today?
Well - the "Best of Pink Floyd" or the "The Cadence Everly Brothers recordings" - or the ... gosh - hundreds of 'em. I resign.
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Nov 12, 2008 8:50 a.m. sassy:
SGT. PEPPER
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Nov 12, 2008 8:58 a.m. bigou:
Springsteen's Born to run.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:12 a.m. Proteus:
Dr Nyl! An out-of-the-box selection there. Thought I was a lonely MorseDregs user here.
An impossible question, of course. Too many choices from too many essential genres and decades, and what day is it?
But I would be less than honest if I didn't go with a nomination for an album that whipped my head around 36 years ago, and - more to the point - whose lustre has never dimmed on thousands of listens since.
Yes Close to the Edge. (Y'all knew it was coming.)
But ALSO King Crimson In the Court, and Born to Run stands tall, and XTC Apple Venus Vol I & II. I think of Disraeli Gears and Wheels of Fire, and at least most of Electric Ladyland, and maybe Peter Gabriel Passion or Ry Cooder Jazz or Get Rhythm, or Big Maybelle The Complete Okeh Sessions. And Jeff Beck Blow by Blow and/or Guitar Shop.
Close to the Edge would ALways be on my list though.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:19 a.m. The Shetland:
not sure what the criteria is but Appetite for Destruction is a good pick...my personal choice might have to be the "Blue" album by Weezer, of course there are only 10 songs on it, but they are all great (IMO)
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Nov 12, 2008 9:30 a.m. Tony Borgosano:
82 weeks on the Billboard Album Chart, peaking at #5.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:38 a.m. dubkitty:
most of the records from the period in which i grew up are flawed in one way or another such that i can't pick them comfortably (Sgt. Pepper: doesn't rock; Let It Bleed: contains "Country Honk", etc.). and of course trying to whittle the musical universe down to one album is absurd. anyway...
overall: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless: you can't add anything to it; you can't subtract anything from it; you can't even EQ it. the final statement of guitar-based rock music.
modern: Radiohead, In Rainbows: the only record of the last five years that potentially stands with the best.
nostalgia: Quicksilver Messenger Service, Happy Trails: the quintessential psychedelic record (US division), and a pivotal influence on everyone from the Allman Brothers to Television to Ghost.
for people who can't deal with anything after 1962: Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um: could easily have pipped the top spot. gorgeous compositions, modern arrangements so subtle that you can't even hear the dischords that give the material much of its power, and a small jazz group playing their hearts out.
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Nov 12, 2008 9:52 a.m. Proteus:
most of the records from the period in which i grew up are flawed in one way or another such that i can't pick them comfortably.
That's a point, and it wounds even some of the choices I went ahead and made. I'd like to assemble a perfect 2- (maybe 3-) record set from the first six Zeppelin albums. Or a single album from The Monkees' first two. (That'll be a howler, I suppose.)
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Nov 12, 2008 10:30 a.m. johnnyringo:
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Nov 12, 2008 11:14 a.m. Whofan:
Hey Nez, I agree! I was a big Banana Splits fan, remember the 45s on the cereal box?
Also, some of the Banana Splits' songs were provided by studio professionals, including Al Kooper ("You're the Lovin' End"), Barry White ("Doin' the Banana Split"), and Gene Pitney ("Two Ton Tessie").
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Nov 12, 2008 11:28 a.m. Beatles6120:
One of my other favorites.
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Nov 12, 2008 11:49 a.m. Tsar Nicholas :
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Nov 12, 2008 11:59 a.m. Space Jase:
I have some requests for Ken.
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Nov 12, 2008 12:03 p.m. Wishinfora(nother)Falcon:
Impossible really. But in all honesty, "Appetite" was the first thing that popped into my head. I can't say that it is my absolute favorite ever, but that album brought sex, drugs and Rock N Roll back together again in a time of bubble gum nonsense (in the mainstream I should note) It has my vote of ballsiest album ever.
If I'm picking favorites, mine is probably Dylan-Blood On The Tracks
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Nov 12, 2008 12:06 p.m. ravcon:
The White Album, The Black Album (The Damned, not that guy in the poofy shirts), or Dark Side Of The Moon.
I'll have to say that Machine Gun Etiquette is one hell of an album, but I think I prefer The Black Album by a slight margin.
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Nov 12, 2008 12:13 p.m. Bear:
Every album by Duane Eddy or Chet Atkins. I love them all so to try and pick a favorite would be too stressful on my heart.
Nobody on the planet can make a guitar sound as good as those two guys can although Richard Hudson is sure getting close.
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Nov 12, 2008 12:18 p.m. Wishinfora(nother)Falcon:
As far as Bruce goes, I didn't "get it" until I heard Nebraska. Now that was a good 'un
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Nov 12, 2008 12:19 p.m. cal01:
Music From the Big Pink will always be among my top 5. The others would change constantly.
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Nov 12, 2008 12:21 p.m. fieldhdj:
Today, it's Exile On Main Street.
I think London Calling is queued up for tomorrow.
Yesterday was Katy Lied
