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1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

 

[Pepto]

80s
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Slayer - Reign in Blood

90s
Roni Size / Reprazent – New Forms
Ministry - Psalm 69

00s
Deftones - White Pony
The Streets - Original Pirate Material

 

[StuBurns]

I have a side question, so I might as well use this thread.

I don't really buy physical discs, it's a waste of time because I never play them, but I just got the little SMiLE box today, and I really like the novelty of having this compact but kind of silly thing, anyone know of any good limited editions of albums? Not huge boxes though, that's no good.

 

[GoutPatrol]

Also, people picking Kind Of Blue as the best 50s album just don't know any other music from the 50s. I don't know a single jazz listener whose favorite jazz album is Kind Of Blue. It was one of the few jazz albums that became popular in the mainstream. Many people wouldn't even be able to name another jazz album.

People who think that are the worst of the worst elitist pricks.

 

[hateradio]

This is a great album.

People who think that are the worst of the worst elitist pricks.

Jazzelites.

 

[brianjones]

1980's

1. Strangeways, Here We Come (The Smiths)

dap

not sure why this was considered the worst smiths album.. it's the best i think

 

[Tremas]

dap

not sure why this was considered the worst smiths album.. it's the best i think

Morrissey and Marr both consider it The Smiths' finest work. Meat is Murder was always my favourite, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore and Well I Wonder take me tremble with unbridled joy

 

[Prez]

People who think that are the worst of the worst elitist pricks.

I'm mainly into funk and soul, I listen to a jazz record maybe once a month. Kind Of Blue was the most accessible jazz album to the broad audience and that's why it's still the perfect introduction to jazz. Once you get into jazz you're sure to discover better stuff though.

 

[StuBurns]

I'm mainly into funk and soul, I listen to a jazz record maybe once a month. Kind Of Blue was the most accessible jazz album to the broad audience and that's why it's still the perfect introduction to jazz. Once you get into jazz you're sure to discover better stuff though.

I don't understand that logic, just because something's accessible, doesn't also mean it can't be your preference. I think Pet Sounds is about as accessible a pop record as I can think of, and lots of people have mentioned it here.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Sixties:

Beatles: Revolver
Velvet Underground and Nico

Seventies:

David Bowie: Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Brian Eno: Here Come the Warm Jets
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces

Eighties:

London Calling (in the US anyway! My 70s' runneth over)
Thomas Dolby: The Flat Earth
Peter Gabriel: So

and so, so many more

Nineties:

Loud Family: Plants and Birds and Rocks and Things (I expect *nobody* knows this album, which is a crime)
Frank Black: Teenager of the Year
Ben Folds Five: Whatever and Ever Amen

Oughts:

Andrew Bird And the Mysterious Production of Eggs
Hedwig and the Angry Inch film soundtrack




Count be in for Strangeways as the worst Smiths album. Sounds a lot like Moz's early solo stuff, of which I am also not fond.

 

[Shorty11857]

1960s

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Runner-up: Bob Dylan - Highway 69 Revisited

1970s

Pink Floyd - Animals
Runner-up: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust

1980s

U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Runner-up: The Cure - Disintegration

1990s

U2 - Achtung Baby
Runner-up: Radiohead - OK Computer

2000s

Radiohead - Kid A
Runner-up: Arcade Fire - Funeral

 

[Prez]

I don't understand that logic, just because something's accessible, doesn't also mean it can't be your preference. I think Pet Sounds is about as accessible a pop record as I can think of, and lots of people have mentioned it here.

It's just that Kind Of Blue is a bridge between the audience and jazz. It has been like that to me. It's been the first step into a genre that is difficult to get into for most. After that I've discovered Miles' 2nd quintet that has amazed me even more than Kind Of Blue. Then I got into Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson and Wayne Shorter which have all blown me away. So far these are the only jazz artits I've listened to, so I have a lot left to discover.

But despite the masterpiece that is Kind Of Blue, I believe there are even better masterpieces of Miles himself as well as the artists I mentioned above.

 

[acheron_xl]

Ok. These are my favorites. My pet albums. Some artists are probably going to be overrepresented as a result (or perhaps appropriately represented.)

60s
The Beatles - The Beatles
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

70s
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Model

80s
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
R.E.M. - Murmur

90s
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Stereolab - Dots and Loops

00s
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
The New Pornographers - Electric Version

 

[StuBurns]

It's just that Kind Of Blue is a bridge between the audience and jazz. It has been like that to me. It's been the first step into a genre that is difficult to get into for most. After that I've discovered Miles' 2nd quintet that has amazed me even more than Kind Of Blue. Then I got into Cannonball Adderley, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson and Wayne Shorter which have all blown me away. So far these are the only jazz artits I've listened to, so I have a lot left to discover.

But despite the masterpiece that is Kind Of Blue, I believe there are even better masterpieces of Miles himself as well as the artists I mentioned above.

I think it's partially what you alluded to earlier, people just don't listen to that much music from the fifties and earlier. If people feel compelled to give an answer and they only own about ten albums from that period, there's a good chance it'll be a 'cliche' answer, but so is Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper, it's hardly left field.

Pop music as it existed in the sixties didn't exist in the fifties, and we'd already gone past the Lead Belly's and Robert Johnson's. I have maybe a dozen albums from the fifties, and Miles Davies, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane are amongst them, as I imagine they are for many people. Not many people are willing to buy hundreds of fifties jazz records just to make sure Kind of Blue isn't the best. I think that and Bitches Brew is a pretty common two people have, everything else, less so.

But here you call the album a masterpiece, earlier you basically insulted anyone who would favor it, that seems like a serious shift in position over a couple of hours to me.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Ok. These are my favorites. My pet albums. Some artists are probably going to be overrepresented as a result (or perhaps appropriately represented.)

60s
The Beatles - The Beatles
The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed

70s
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Armed Forces
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - This Year's Model

80s
Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Imperial Bedroom
R.E.M. - Murmur

90s
R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
Stereolab - Dots and Loops

00s
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
The New Pornographers - Electric Version

I like the cut of your jib, sir!

 

[mr. puppy]

neogaf: succesfully disregarding black musicians since 2004.

 

[StuBurns]

neogaf: succesfully disregarding black musicians since 2004.

You know you could post your list full of a black musicians if you cared to educate us.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I have a side question, so I might as well use this thread.

I don't really buy physical discs, it's a waste of time because I never play them, but I just got the little SMiLE box today, and I really like the novelty of having this compact but kind of silly thing, anyone know of any good limited editions of albums? Not huge boxes though, that's no good.

Don't know if this counts as limited, but you can get the magnetic fields' 69 love songs as 3 disc sete with a little booklet. It also happens to be an amazing work of art that is somehow greater than the sum of it's numerous parts.

 

[acheron_xl]

I like the cut of your jib, sir!

*fistbump*

Paring down the 80s was really, really hard.

 

[StuBurns]

Don't know if this counts as limited, but you can get the magnetic fields' 69 love songs as 3 disc sete with a little booklet. It also happens to be an amazing work of art that is somehow greater than the sum of it's numerous parts.

I've never heard of the album, but I'll check it out, see if I like it. If you mean this:

It looks cool, and surprisingly cheap.

It's odd, I really don't know of many triple albums at all, the only one I can think of is Have One On Me.

 

[freenudemacusers]

You're in for a treat.

Edit: i should put this in best of 90s instead of pavement but eh my post was off the cuff.

 

[omgkitty]

It's odd, I really don't know of many triple albums at all, the only one I can think of is Have One On Me.

Seriously man! You talk about Joanna Newsom so much I may finally just have to listen to something of hers!

 

[StuBurns]

Seriously man! You talk about Joanna Newsom so much I may finally just have to listen to something of hers!

Don't do it, it was all a rues to lead you into temptation...

But seriously, I don't know another triple album. I just checked wiki and I do own and love All Things Must Pass, but I don't really count that as it's a double album with 'Apple Jam' which is kind of a separate joke record.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Don't do it, it was all a rues to lead you into temptation...

But seriously, I don't know another triple album. I just checked wiki and I do own and love All Things Must Pass, but I don't really count that as it's a double album with 'Apple Jam' which is kind of a separate joke record.

Sandinista!

 

[StuBurns]

Sandinista!

That's two discs according to Amazon.

EDIT: Listened to a couple of tracks of 69 Love Songs, beautiful stuff, I'll order the box, thanks for the recommendation.

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

That's two discs according to Amazon.

Three on vinyl.

Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side.[1][2] Anticipating the "world music" trend of the 1980s, it features reggae, jazz, mock gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, and rap.[1][2][3]

Edit: 69 Love Songs is great.

 

[Prez]

I think it's partially what you alluded to earlier, people just don't listen to that much music from the fifties and earlier. If people feel compelled to give an answer and they only own about ten albums from that period, there's a good chance it'll be a 'cliche' answer, but so is Pet Sounds and Sgt Pepper, it's hardly left field.

Pop music as it existed in the sixties didn't exist in the fifties, and we'd already gone past the Lead Belly's and Robert Johnson's. I have maybe a dozen albums from the fifties, and Miles Davies, Duke Ellington and John Coltrane are amongst them, as I imagine they are for many people. Not many people are willing to buy hundreds of fifties jazz records just to make sure Kind of Blue isn't the best. I think that and Bitches Brew is a pretty common two people have, everything else, less so.

But here you call the album a masterpiece, earlier you basically insulted anyone who would favor it, that seems like a serious shift in position over a couple of hours to me.

I love Kind Of Blue, but I have the feeling that most people don't know much more jazz albums than that.

Anyway here's my list:

50s
Frank Sinatra - A Swingin' Affair! (1957)
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Moanin' (1958)
Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (1958)
Miles Davis - Milestones (1958)
Billie Holiday - Lady In Satin (1958)

60s
John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman (1963)
Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (1965)
Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests (1965)
Cannonball Adderley - Mercy Mercy Mercy (1966)
Lou Rawls - Soulin' (1966)
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (1967)
Miles Davis - Nefertiti (1967)
Herbie Hancock - Speak Like A Child (1968)
The Meters - The Meters (1969)
Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul (1969)
Jimi Hendrix - can't decide an album

70s
The Meters - Struttin' (1970)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Donny Hathaway Live (1971)
Santana - Abraxas (1971)
JBs - Food for Thought (1972)
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
Bobby Womack - Facts of Life (1973)
Tower of Power - Tower of Power (1973)
Kool & The Gang - Wild & Peaceful (1973)
Average White Band - AWB (1974)
James Brown - The Payback
Herbie Hancock - Manchild (1975)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
Grover Washington Jr. - Feels So Good (1975)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody (1975)
Bootsy's Rubber Band - Stretchin' Out (1976)
Marvin Gaye - I Want You (1976)
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (1976)
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam (1976)
Brothers Johnson - Look Out For #1 (1976)
Brick - Brick (1977)
Earth, Wind & Fire - All 'n All (1977)
Pleasure - Joyous (1977)
Marvin Gaye - Here My Dear (1978)
Toto - Toto (1978)
The Crusaders - Street Life (1979)
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall (1979)
Prince - Prince (1979)
Pink Floyd - can't decide an album
The Isley Brothers - can't decide an album

80s
Dire Straits - Making Movies (1980)
Prince - Dirty Mind (1980)
Roger - The Many Facets of Roger (1981)
Rick James - Street Songs (1981)
Zapp - Zapp II (1981)
Michael Jackson - Thriller (1982)
Sting - Bring On The Night (1986)
U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987)
The Pixies - Doolittle

90s
Michael Jackson - Dangerous (1991)
Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993)
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die (1994)
Jamiroquai - The Return of the Space Cowboy (1995)
The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??! (1995)
The Fugees - The Score (1996)
Herbie Hancock - The New Standard (1996)
Erykah Badu - Baduizm (1997)
Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
2Pac - can't decide an album

00s
D'Angelo - Voodoo (2000)
Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
Jay-Z - MTV Unplugged (2001)
The RH Factor - Hard Groove (2003)
Soulive - Steady Groovin' (2005)
Robert Glasper - Canvas (2005)
John Legend - Once Again (2006)

 

[megashock5]

Kind of silly considering what most critics consider the best rap album came out in 88.

I bought this when it was new. To this day, I consider it the best rap album ever recorded. Utterly fantastic.

 

[StuBurns]

Thanks to macuser1of5's recommendation I listened to 69 Love Songs. An incredible record. It reminds me so much of Syd Barrett, the style of the songs, the subject matter, even his voice. I'm surprised I hadn't heard of the album before, it's seemingly very well known. I'm partially bumping this to say thanks for the recommendation, and maybe it'll spur some more posts.

 

[FStop7]

70s
Dark Side of the Moon

80s
Thriller

90s
Nevermind

00s
Good News for People Who Love Bad News


suck it, haters.

 

[Medalion]

70's Nevermind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols
80's The Joshua Tree by U2
90's What's the Story Morning Glory by Oasis
00's Hot Fuss by The Killers

 

[Daeda]

60s
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - White Album

70s
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Pink Floyd - Wish you where Here

80s
Tears for Fears - Songs from the Big Chair
Joy Division - Substance (I know, all songs are from the 70s, but this is the only album containing some of the biggest Joy Division gems)

90s
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Depeche Mode - Violator

00s
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
LCD Soundsystem - Sound of SIlver