Hey, I know I said that I'd start with this yesterday, but I never got around to it, and today I realized that the reason was because my heart's really just not in this one. I was talking about it with Mitch in the Soulseek room after his fake-out yesterday and I realized how little I was looking forward to counting down a list where 95% of the albums are either ones that have been talked to death or that I've never even heard of before. So I'm sorry, but I just don't think I can go through with this one. Apologies to those of you who took the time to make lists.
The results are still tabbed, though, so I'll post the full results (with # of votes and points and everything) in a few minutes.
Full Version: The SOMB's Top 300 LPs of '65 - '74
first
what's up with singles
what's up with singles
It's cool, it's too much to ask you to post 300 albums in the normal format for 4 lists and do 5 lots of approaching 400 singles.
Are you going to do it a là the movie thread in chunks of 20 with an increased sense of productions at the top end (ironically the least interesting section no doubt.)
Are you going to do it a là the movie thread in chunks of 20 with an increased sense of productions at the top end (ironically the least interesting section no doubt.)
Blast. I have to go to a meeting now. Nice timing, jerk.
Can't say I'm not a bit disappointed, but I certainly see where you're coming from. Bring on the list and thanks for taking the time to run these things and tab them all out and all that.
Yes Doc...no one will argue with your efforts of past present and future.....
still...I too was more looking forward to the singles countdown as well....
still...I too was more looking forward to the singles countdown as well....
nah, just kidding.
#300.
Cream - Fresh Cream
Year: 1966
US Chart Position: #39
UK Chart Position: #6
Charting Singles: I Feel Free (#26) (UK)
Allmusic.com Says: "All in all, Fresh Cream is a fine first album, but Baker, Bruce, and Clapton would all go on to bigger and better things, both together with Cream and separately with other projects."
Ranked Highest By: Coolrock (#21)
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#300.
Cream - Fresh Cream
Year: 1966
US Chart Position: #39
UK Chart Position: #6
Charting Singles: I Feel Free (#26) (UK)
Allmusic.com Says: "All in all, Fresh Cream is a fine first album, but Baker, Bruce, and Clapton would all go on to bigger and better things, both together with Cream and separately with other projects."
Ranked Highest By: Coolrock (#21)
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QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 5 2006, 08:45 PM) [snapback]57382[/snapback]
nah, just kidding.
Bad Dr Bill
I mean, Fantastic.
oh man...my gullibility shows through agin...shit
bring it on my good Doctor....
bring it on my good Doctor....
#299.
Sparks - Sparks
Year: 1971
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "Within the first track of their debut album -- the crisp, minimal pounder "Wonder Girl," [...] Sparks established themselves so perfectly that arguably the rest of the brothers' long career has been a continual refinement from that basic formula [...] Sparks remains a wonderfully entertaining listen and an honestly unique debut."
Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#25)
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Sparks - Sparks
Year: 1971
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "Within the first track of their debut album -- the crisp, minimal pounder "Wonder Girl," [...] Sparks established themselves so perfectly that arguably the rest of the brothers' long career has been a continual refinement from that basic formula [...] Sparks remains a wonderfully entertaining listen and an honestly unique debut."
Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#25)
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Well damn.
How is Sparks better than Fresh Cream
n/r
Joking aside you nearly completely had me then until the post the whole lot in one go bit, that made me wonder. Still well done again. I guess I deserve it after the Radiohead really.
n/r
Joking aside you nearly completely had me then until the post the whole lot in one go bit, that made me wonder. Still well done again. I guess I deserve it after the Radiohead really.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 5 2006, 07:45 PM) [snapback]57382[/snapback]
nah, just kidding.
#298.
Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
Year: 1972
US Chart Position: #15
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" (#61 US), "Redwood Tree" (#98 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #175 (decade), #491 (all-time)
AMG Says: "While less thematically and sonically cohesive than Van Morrison's prior albums, Saint Dominic's Preview nonetheless hangs together on the strength of its songs, an intriguingly diverse collection which draws together the disparate threads of the singer's recent work into one sterling package."
Ranked Highest By: Abpos (#16)
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Van Morrison - Saint Dominic's Preview
Year: 1972
US Chart Position: #15
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" (#61 US), "Redwood Tree" (#98 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #175 (decade), #491 (all-time)
AMG Says: "While less thematically and sonically cohesive than Van Morrison's prior albums, Saint Dominic's Preview nonetheless hangs together on the strength of its songs, an intriguingly diverse collection which draws together the disparate threads of the singer's recent work into one sterling package."
Ranked Highest By: Abpos (#16)
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Sorry, dude, Mitchell's joke was at least funny. Yours was just a cruel taunt. 
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 08:58 PM) [snapback]57392[/snapback]
Joking aside you nearly completely had me then until the post the whole lot in one go bit, that made me wonder.
yeah, that was sort of a tip-off I guess, even if I really had no desire to do the list I'd probably still give it away ten or twenty at a time.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 5 2006, 08:28 PM) [snapback]57372[/snapback]
I realized how little I was looking forward to counting down a list where 95% of the albums are either ones that have been talked to death or that I've never even heard of before.
does this still apply?
QUOTE(waylon jennings @ Apr 6 2006, 02:11 AM) [snapback]57400[/snapback]
does this still apply?
I'm going with a yes. Did you see some of the lists! they were like a guide map at Jann Wenner's Jurassic Park
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 09:13 PM) [snapback]57401[/snapback]
I'm going with a yes. Did you see some of the lists! they were like a guide map at Jann Wenner's Jurassic Park
Yeah - my top 30 or so is definitely guilty of that.
Most people's were, some more than others though.
perversely, it makes Bill's work even more admirable.
#297.
Scott Walker - 4
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #27 (year), #96 (decade), #458 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Walker dropped out of the British Top Ten with his fourth album, but the result was probably his finest '60s LP. While the tension between the bloated production and his introspective, ambitious lyrics remains, much of the over-the-top bombast of the orchestral arrangements has been reined in, leaving a relatively stripped-down approach that complements his songs rather than smothering them."
Ranked Highest By: The Eyes (#25)
does this still apply?
to some extent (and I was talking about this with Mitch last night), but it's still...well, it's still a list. And there's some cool stuff. Plus, counting down albums lists takes significantly less effort on my part than singles lists--no teasers and no YSIs. And I knew what I was getting into with this poll when I started it, I wouldn't have done it at all if I wasn't ready to follow through.
Scott Walker - 4
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #27 (year), #96 (decade), #458 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Walker dropped out of the British Top Ten with his fourth album, but the result was probably his finest '60s LP. While the tension between the bloated production and his introspective, ambitious lyrics remains, much of the over-the-top bombast of the orchestral arrangements has been reined in, leaving a relatively stripped-down approach that complements his songs rather than smothering them."
Ranked Highest By: The Eyes (#25)
QUOTE(waylon jennings @ Apr 5 2006, 09:11 PM) [snapback]57400[/snapback]
does this still apply?
to some extent (and I was talking about this with Mitch last night), but it's still...well, it's still a list. And there's some cool stuff. Plus, counting down albums lists takes significantly less effort on my part than singles lists--no teasers and no YSIs. And I knew what I was getting into with this poll when I started it, I wouldn't have done it at all if I wasn't ready to follow through.
Well that's too low for a start. I was guessing that would be his highest album.
If a certain album with a cow on it is above that I'll be pissed off.
If a certain album with a cow on it is above that I'll be pissed off.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 6 2006, 01:22 PM) [snapback]57409[/snapback]
Well that's too low for a start. If a certain album with a cow on it is above that I'll be pissed off.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 05:58 PM) [snapback]57392[/snapback]
How is Sparks better than Fresh Cream
It just is.
Cream put out better later in their career and Sparks put out better later in the '70s and early '80s. Hopefully Sparks later stuff does better in the '75-'85 poll.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 08:22 PM) [snapback]57409[/snapback]
Well that's too low for a start. I was guessing that would be his highest album.
If a certain album with a cow on it is above that I'll be pissed off.
You think this is the real list, Mitch? This is like stage 2 of 30 in the most elaborate prank of all time.
"Oohoohoh shit. I got you good, you fucker."
I hope this isn't CHRIS's blood!
#296.
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Year: 1972
US Chart Position: #163
UK Chart Position: UK's got no love for Randy Newman, apparently
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #131 (decade), #361 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Whether he's writing for three pieces or 30, Newman makes superb use of the sounds available to him, and his vocals are the model of making the most of a limited instrument. Overall, Sail Away is one of Newman's finest works, musically adventurous and displaying a lyrical subtlety that would begin to fade in his subsequent works."
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#39)
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Randy Newman - Sail Away
Year: 1972
US Chart Position: #163
UK Chart Position: UK's got no love for Randy Newman, apparently
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #12 (year), #131 (decade), #361 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Whether he's writing for three pieces or 30, Newman makes superb use of the sounds available to him, and his vocals are the model of making the most of a limited instrument. Overall, Sail Away is one of Newman's finest works, musically adventurous and displaying a lyrical subtlety that would begin to fade in his subsequent works."
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#39)
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It just is. rolleyes.gif Cream put out better later in their career and Sparks put out better later in the '70s and early '80s. Hopefully Sparks later stuff does better in the '75-'85 poll.
That was a joke, as in "Come on! #300 is better than #299!!!" I know it's better.
Kimono My House will finish higher then any Sparks album could in the next bracket.
QUOTE(terremoto! @ Apr 5 2006, 09:29 PM) [snapback]57415[/snapback]
You think this is the real list, Mitch? This is like stage 2 of 30 in the most elaborate prank of all time.
#295.
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
AMG Says: OMG LOLZ
Hahahahaha
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 5 2006, 08:30 PM) [snapback]57417[/snapback]
#297.
Randy Newman - Sail Away
haha someone voted for this one?
QUOTE(terremoto! @ Apr 6 2006, 02:29 AM) [snapback]57415[/snapback]
You think this is the real list, Mitch? This is like stage 2 of 30 in the most elaborate prank of all time.
I'd like to think that it's all got some connection with Roswell, JFK, Diana's crash, 9/11 and Pink Floyd being the King's X of this poll.
That's right, I went there.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 08:34 PM) [snapback]57422[/snapback]
I'd like to think that it's all got some connection with Roswell, JFK, Diana's crash, 9/11 and Pink Floyd being the King's X of this poll.
That's right, I went there.
you're already starting with the floyd bashing?
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 6 2006, 02:32 AM) [snapback]57419[/snapback]
#295.
The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
AMG Says: OMG LOLZ
of course the Good Punctuated Dr. could make a return when you least expect it....
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 08:22 PM) [snapback]57409[/snapback]
If a certain album with a cow on it is above that I'll be pissed off.
...or as some people refer to it, " the lost Radiohead demos".
mooooooo, bitch!!!!!!!!
QUOTE(avatar_ackbar @ Apr 6 2006, 02:36 AM) [snapback]57423[/snapback]
you're already starting with the floyd bashing?
Nah, just the cow album.
#295.
Kiss - Kiss
Year: 1974
US Chart Position: #87
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Kissin' Time" (#83 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "Kiss' 1974 self-titled debut is one of hard rock's all-time classic studio recordings. Kiss is chock full of their best and most renowned compositions, containing elements of Rolling Stones/New York Dolls party-hearty rock & roll, Beatles tunefulness, and Sabbath/Zep heavy metal, and wisely recorded primal and raw by producers Richie Wise and Kenny Kerner (of Gladys Knight fame). "
Ranked Highest By: Jmmrsn (#20)
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and before anyone asks, yes, that one is for real
Kiss - Kiss
Year: 1974
US Chart Position: #87
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Kissin' Time" (#83 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "Kiss' 1974 self-titled debut is one of hard rock's all-time classic studio recordings. Kiss is chock full of their best and most renowned compositions, containing elements of Rolling Stones/New York Dolls party-hearty rock & roll, Beatles tunefulness, and Sabbath/Zep heavy metal, and wisely recorded primal and raw by producers Richie Wise and Kenny Kerner (of Gladys Knight fame). "
Ranked Highest By: Jmmrsn (#20)
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and before anyone asks, yes, that one is for real
wow
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 6 2006, 02:41 AM) [snapback]57428[/snapback]
and before anyone asks, yes, that one is for real
I think this could be a reoccuring theme.
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 08:34 PM) [snapback]57422[/snapback]
I'd like to think that it's all got some connection with Roswell, JFK, Diana's crash, 9/11 and Pink Floyd being the King's X of this poll.
That's right, I went there.
Upcoming highlights:
#193: GDB adopts a baby and teaches it the next entry as its first word, then YSIs the entry (but the link is used up by lurkers before anyone finds out what it is).
#150: GDB proves that God doesn't exist with an animated goatse gif and a series of sound clips of this entry from Amazon.com.
#73: GDB crashes the board by posting a 421 gb image of this album.
#32: GDB fakes his own death and travels around the world in obscurity, whispering the name of the next album in the ears of blind old people who strongly believe in angels.
#1: GDB travels into space, then accelerates to near-light speed and slams back into the earth, shattering it completely and leaving only a massive field of space debris that comes to rest forming a giant image of the cover of this album.
I'm just going to take this moment to say that I am surprised and happy that the first Sparks record made this list at all. Yay for Raj. Yay for me.
Carry on.
Carry on.
yo doc when are the cure showing up in this poll
QUOTE(Gareth Keenan Invetigates @ Apr 5 2006, 06:31 PM) [snapback]57418[/snapback]
That was a joke, as in "Come on! #300 is better than #299!!!" I know it's better.
Kimono My House will finish higher then any Sparks album could in the next bracket.
Yeah, it's a great album and a wonderfully bad punning title, hopefully it'll place fairly high. If it doesn't I'll send my nephews to NYU to smack the GD Bill around with wiffle ball bats.
QUOTE(terremoto! @ Apr 5 2006, 06:48 PM) [snapback]57432[/snapback]
Upcoming highlights:
#193: GDB adopts a baby and teaches it the next entry as its first word, then YSIs the entry (but the link is used up by lurkers before anyone finds out what it is).
#150: GDB proves that God doesn't exist with an animated goatse gif and a series of sound clips of this entry from Amazon.com.
#73: GDB crashes the board by posting a 421 gb image of this album.
#32: GDB fakes his own death and travels around the world in obscurity, whispering the name of the next album in the ears of blind old people who strongly believe in angels.
#1: GDB travels into space, then accelerates to near-light speed and slams back into the earth, shattering it completely and leaving only a massive field of space debris that comes to rest forming a giant image of the cover of this album.
Hawkwind's number one?!?
QUOTE(terremoto! @ Apr 6 2006, 02:48 AM) [snapback]57432[/snapback]
Upcoming highlights:
#193: GDB adopts a baby and teaches it the next entry as its first word, then YSIs the entry (but the link is used up by lurkers before anyone finds out what it is).
#150: GDB proves that God doesn't exist with an animated goatse gif and a series of sound clips of this entry from Amazon.com.
#73: GDB crashes the board by posting a 421 gb image of this album.
#32: GDB fakes his own death and travels around the world in obscurity, whispering the name of the next album in the ears of blind old people who strongly believe in angels.
#1: GDB travels into space, then accelerates to near-light speed and slams back into the earth, shattering it completely and leaving only a massive field of space debris that comes to rest forming a giant image of the cover of this album.
whoops, the last one was a little pre-mature. here's the real
#294.
Scott Walker - Scott 2
Year: 1968
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #1
Ranking Singles: Joanna (#22 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #67 (year), #412 (decade), #2464 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Although Walker's second album was his biggest commercial success, actually reaching number one in Britain, it was not his greatest artistic triumph."
Ranked Highest By: MyKineticAndroid (#33)
#294.
Scott Walker - Scott 2
Year: 1968
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #1
Ranking Singles: Joanna (#22 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #67 (year), #412 (decade), #2464 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Although Walker's second album was his biggest commercial success, actually reaching number one in Britain, it was not his greatest artistic triumph."
Ranked Highest By: MyKineticAndroid (#33)
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Apr 6 2006, 03:00 AM) [snapback]57443[/snapback]
AMG Says: "Although Walker's second album was his biggest commercial success, actually reaching number one in Britain, it was not his greatest artistic triumph."
See, that's what I said. 2 is better than Scott and Scott 3 though, so that must be it for him now. Guess I'll go to bed.
#293.
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Year: 1968
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #32 (year), #208 (decade), #1208 (all-time)
AMG Says: "the album is both forward-thinking and backward-minded, a collision of bygone musical styles with the progressive sensibilities of the late '60s; while occasionally overambitious and at times insufferably coy, it's nevertheless a one-of-a-kind record, the product of true inspiration."
Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#5)
Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle
Year: 1968
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #32 (year), #208 (decade), #1208 (all-time)
AMG Says: "the album is both forward-thinking and backward-minded, a collision of bygone musical styles with the progressive sensibilities of the late '60s; while occasionally overambitious and at times insufferably coy, it's nevertheless a one-of-a-kind record, the product of true inspiration."
Ranked Highest By: Terremoto (#5)
crazy
scott 4 is the best scott walker's release
scott 4 is the best scott walker's release
#292.
Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #64 (year), #346 (decade), #2053 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Townes Van Zandt's second album, issued in 1969, is one of the strangest sounding in his catalog [...] Our Mother the Mountain stands out in Van Zandt's oeuvre as his most ornate, but as a result adds a warm, abstract, and hauntingly beautiful dimension to his poetic vision as a singer/songwriter"
Ranked Highest By: Montana (#11)
#291.
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: #27
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Who Do You Love?" (#91, US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #28 (year), #109 (decade), #517 (al-time)
AMG Says: "Without question, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut release is the most accurate in portraying the band on vinyl in the same light as the group's critically and enthusiastically acclaimed live performances."
Ranked Highest By: Nic (#24)
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Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother the Mountain
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #64 (year), #346 (decade), #2053 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Townes Van Zandt's second album, issued in 1969, is one of the strangest sounding in his catalog [...] Our Mother the Mountain stands out in Van Zandt's oeuvre as his most ornate, but as a result adds a warm, abstract, and hauntingly beautiful dimension to his poetic vision as a singer/songwriter"
Ranked Highest By: Montana (#11)
#291.
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails
Year: 1969
US Chart Position: #27
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Who Do You Love?" (#91, US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #28 (year), #109 (decade), #517 (al-time)
AMG Says: "Without question, this follow-up to Quicksilver Messenger Service's self-titled debut release is the most accurate in portraying the band on vinyl in the same light as the group's critically and enthusiastically acclaimed live performances."
Ranked Highest By: Nic (#24)
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