The plus side of me taking so long to get to this is that aside from our top two, I've pretty much forgotten what our list consists of, so it'll mostly be a surprise to me too.
Anyway.
Full Version: SOMB Top 250 Albums '75 - '84
#250.
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: #45
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #53 (year), #537 (decade), #2072 (all-time)
ANG Says: "Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane's former band Slim Chance with touches of country, folk and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend's own trademark style [...] Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists' vast bodies of work."
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#2)
Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: #45
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #53 (year), #537 (decade), #2072 (all-time)
ANG Says: "Rough Mix, Pete Townshend's 1977 collaboration with former Small Faces and Faces songwriter and bass player Ronnie Lane, combines the loose, rollicking folk-rock of Lane's former band Slim Chance with touches of country, folk and New Orleans rock & roll, along with Townshend's own trademark style [...] Rough Mix stands as a minor masterpiece and an overlooked gem in both artists' vast bodies of work."
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#2)
great start. wonderful oft-overlooked record, much as the blurb says.
Let the games begin.
#249.
Richard Hell & the Voidods - Blank Generation
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #22 (year), #175 (decade), #525 (all-time)
Charting Singles: n/a
AMG Says: "Brittle and troubling, but brimming with ideas and musical intelligence, Blank Generation was groundbreaking punk rock that followed no one's template, and today it sounds just as fresh -- and nearly as abrasive -- as it did when it first hit the racks."
Ranked Highest By: Freddie Freelance (#31)
#248.
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #17
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Looks That Kill" (#54 US), "Too Young to Fall in Love" (#90 US), "Shout at the Devil" (#30 Mainstream Rock US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
Rank on Our All-Time Albums List: #248
AMG Says: "Shout at the Devil displays Mötley Crüe's sleazy, notorious (yet quite entertaining) metal at its best. When compared to its predecessor, Too Fast for Love, one can see that the band's musical range has certainly widened over the course of these two album [...] While such later albums as Dr. Feelgood would achieve a higher amount of critical acclaim, no Mötley Crüe album surpasses the quality of Shout at the Devil."
Ranked Highest By: Wh1tepony (#3)
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Richard Hell & the Voidods - Blank Generation
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #22 (year), #175 (decade), #525 (all-time)
Charting Singles: n/a
AMG Says: "Brittle and troubling, but brimming with ideas and musical intelligence, Blank Generation was groundbreaking punk rock that followed no one's template, and today it sounds just as fresh -- and nearly as abrasive -- as it did when it first hit the racks."
Ranked Highest By: Freddie Freelance (#31)
#248.
Motley Crue - Shout at the Devil
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #17
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Looks That Kill" (#54 US), "Too Young to Fall in Love" (#90 US), "Shout at the Devil" (#30 Mainstream Rock US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
Rank on Our All-Time Albums List: #248
AMG Says: "Shout at the Devil displays Mötley Crüe's sleazy, notorious (yet quite entertaining) metal at its best. When compared to its predecessor, Too Fast for Love, one can see that the band's musical range has certainly widened over the course of these two album [...] While such later albums as Dr. Feelgood would achieve a higher amount of critical acclaim, no Mötley Crüe album surpasses the quality of Shout at the Devil."
Ranked Highest By: Wh1tepony (#3)
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This almost makes up for "The Glittering Prize" not making it on the singles list. Almost.
#247.
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81 - 82 - 83 - 84)
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: #69
UK Chart Position: #3
Charting Singles: "Promised You a Miracle" (#65 Dance US, #13 UK), "The Glittering Prize" (#16 UK), "Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)" (#36 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #13 (year), #146 (decade), #816 (all-time)
AMG Says: "One of Scotland's finest imports, Simple Minds deliver a strong synth-reared release on New Gold Dream. This album harks the darker side of the band's musicianship, and such material alludes to their forthcoming pop-stadium sound which hurled them into rock mainstream during the latter part of the '80s."
Ranked Highest By: Slackmo (#4)
Amazon Link
#246.
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: #143
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #29 (year), #264 (decade), #832 (all-time)
AMG Says: "After a string of mediocre albums throughout most of the 1970s, Muddy Waters hooked up with Johnny Winter for 1977's Hard Again, a startling comeback and a gritty demonstration of the master's powers. Fronting a band that includes such luminaries as James Cotton and "Pine Top" Perkins, Waters is not only at the top of his game, but is having the time of his life while he's at it. The bits of studio chatter that close "Mannish Boy" and open "Bus Driver" show him to be relaxed and obviously excited about the proceedings. Part of this has to be because the record sounds so good."
Ranked Highest By: Jjh (#6)
Amazon Link
#247.
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81 - 82 - 83 - 84)
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: #69
UK Chart Position: #3
Charting Singles: "Promised You a Miracle" (#65 Dance US, #13 UK), "The Glittering Prize" (#16 UK), "Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)" (#36 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #13 (year), #146 (decade), #816 (all-time)
AMG Says: "One of Scotland's finest imports, Simple Minds deliver a strong synth-reared release on New Gold Dream. This album harks the darker side of the band's musicianship, and such material alludes to their forthcoming pop-stadium sound which hurled them into rock mainstream during the latter part of the '80s."
Ranked Highest By: Slackmo (#4)
Amazon Link
#246.
Muddy Waters - Hard Again
Year: 1977
US Chart Position: #143
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #29 (year), #264 (decade), #832 (all-time)
AMG Says: "After a string of mediocre albums throughout most of the 1970s, Muddy Waters hooked up with Johnny Winter for 1977's Hard Again, a startling comeback and a gritty demonstration of the master's powers. Fronting a band that includes such luminaries as James Cotton and "Pine Top" Perkins, Waters is not only at the top of his game, but is having the time of his life while he's at it. The bits of studio chatter that close "Mannish Boy" and open "Bus Driver" show him to be relaxed and obviously excited about the proceedings. Part of this has to be because the record sounds so good."
Ranked Highest By: Jjh (#6)
Amazon Link
#245.
Madonna - Madonna
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #8
UK Chart Position: #37 / #6 in '85
Charting Singles: "Lucky Star" (#4 US, #14 UK), "Borderline" (#10 US, #2 UK in '86), "Holiday" (#16 US, #6 UK), "Burning Up" (#3 Dance US), "Everybody" (#3 Dance US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #19 (year), #252 (decade), #1249 (all-time)
AMG Says: "And her eponymous debut isn't simply good, it set the standard for dance-pop for the next 20 years. Why did it do so? Because it cleverly incorporated great pop songs with stylish, state-of-the-art beats, and it shrewdly walked a line between being a rush of sound and a showcase for a dynamic lead singer. This is music where all of the elements may not particularly impressive on their own -- the arrangement, synth, and drum programming are fairly rudimentary; Madonna's singing isn't particularly strong; the songs, while hooky and memorable, couldn't necessarily hold up on their own without the production -- but taken together, it's utterly irresistible."
Ranked Highest By: Thresholdofrevlation (#34)
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Madonna - Madonna
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #8
UK Chart Position: #37 / #6 in '85
Charting Singles: "Lucky Star" (#4 US, #14 UK), "Borderline" (#10 US, #2 UK in '86), "Holiday" (#16 US, #6 UK), "Burning Up" (#3 Dance US), "Everybody" (#3 Dance US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #19 (year), #252 (decade), #1249 (all-time)
AMG Says: "And her eponymous debut isn't simply good, it set the standard for dance-pop for the next 20 years. Why did it do so? Because it cleverly incorporated great pop songs with stylish, state-of-the-art beats, and it shrewdly walked a line between being a rush of sound and a showcase for a dynamic lead singer. This is music where all of the elements may not particularly impressive on their own -- the arrangement, synth, and drum programming are fairly rudimentary; Madonna's singing isn't particularly strong; the songs, while hooky and memorable, couldn't necessarily hold up on their own without the production -- but taken together, it's utterly irresistible."
Ranked Highest By: Thresholdofrevlation (#34)
Amazon Link
#244.
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Year: 1979
US Chart Position: #25 / #153 in '83
UK Chart Position: #1
Charting Singles: "Message in a Bottle" (#74 US, #1 UK), "Walking on the Moon" (#1 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #16 (year), #164 (decade), #466 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, Reggatta de Blanc was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint. While vigorous rockers did crop up from time to time [...] the material was overall much more sedate than the debut [...] With Reggatta de Blanc, many picked Sting and Co. to be the superstar band of the '80s, and the Police would prove them correct on the band's next release."
Ranked Highest By: Diesel (#34) (only one of the voters spelled the title right, though)
Amazon Link
#243.
Aerosmith - Rocks
Year: 1976
US Chart Position: #3
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Last Child" (#21 US), "Back in the Saddle" (#38 US), "Home Tonight" (#71 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #6 (year), #119 (decade), #345 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Few albums have been so appropriately named as Aerosmith's 1976 classic Rocks. Despite hard drug use escalating among bandmembers, Aerosmith produced a superb follow-up to their masterwork Toys in the Attic, nearly topping it in the process. Many Aero fans will point to Toys as the band's quintessential album (it contained two radio/concert standards after all, "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion"), but out of all their albums, Rocks did the best job of capturing Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking."
Ranked Highest By: Saskadelphia (#22)
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The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Year: 1979
US Chart Position: #25 / #153 in '83
UK Chart Position: #1
Charting Singles: "Message in a Bottle" (#74 US, #1 UK), "Walking on the Moon" (#1 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #16 (year), #164 (decade), #466 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Whereas their debut got its point across with raw, energetic performances, Reggatta de Blanc was much more polished production-wise and fully developed from a songwriting standpoint. While vigorous rockers did crop up from time to time [...] the material was overall much more sedate than the debut [...] With Reggatta de Blanc, many picked Sting and Co. to be the superstar band of the '80s, and the Police would prove them correct on the band's next release."
Ranked Highest By: Diesel (#34) (only one of the voters spelled the title right, though)
Amazon Link
#243.
Aerosmith - Rocks
Year: 1976
US Chart Position: #3
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Last Child" (#21 US), "Back in the Saddle" (#38 US), "Home Tonight" (#71 US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #6 (year), #119 (decade), #345 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Few albums have been so appropriately named as Aerosmith's 1976 classic Rocks. Despite hard drug use escalating among bandmembers, Aerosmith produced a superb follow-up to their masterwork Toys in the Attic, nearly topping it in the process. Many Aero fans will point to Toys as the band's quintessential album (it contained two radio/concert standards after all, "Walk This Way" and "Sweet Emotion"), but out of all their albums, Rocks did the best job of capturing Aerosmith at their most raw and rocking."
Ranked Highest By: Saskadelphia (#22)
Amazon Link
yeah, I been waiting for this. sweet.
#242.
Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
Year: 1984
US Chart Position: #47
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Will the Wolf Survive?" (#78 / #26 Mainstream Rock US), "Don't Worry Baby" (#28 Mainstream Rock US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #14 (year), #112 (decade), #670 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Their first full-length album for the label, How Will the Wolf Survive?, is the work of a band that had learned how to play something for everyone while still maintaining their own musical personality in the process [...] On ...And a Time to Dance, Los Lobos showed the world that they were a great dance band, but How Will the Wolf Survive? showed they were a great dance band, and a lot more besides."
Ranked Highest By: Jjh (#12)
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Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?
Year: 1984
US Chart Position: #47
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: "Will the Wolf Survive?" (#78 / #26 Mainstream Rock US), "Don't Worry Baby" (#28 Mainstream Rock US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #14 (year), #112 (decade), #670 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Their first full-length album for the label, How Will the Wolf Survive?, is the work of a band that had learned how to play something for everyone while still maintaining their own musical personality in the process [...] On ...And a Time to Dance, Los Lobos showed the world that they were a great dance band, but How Will the Wolf Survive? showed they were a great dance band, and a lot more besides."
Ranked Highest By: Jjh (#12)
Amazon Link
#241.
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: #89
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #45 (year), #450 (decade), #1652 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Street Hassle was Reed's most creatively ambitious album since Berlin, and it sounded revelatory on first release in 1978. Sadly, time has magnified its flaw [...] But the album's best moments are genuinely exciting [...] Raw, wounded, and unapologetically difficult, Street Hassle isn't the masterpiece Reed was shooting for, but it's still among the most powerful and compelling albums he released during the 1970s, and too personal and affecting to ignore."
Ranked Highest By: Pinkerton (#1)
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Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: #89
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #45 (year), #450 (decade), #1652 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Street Hassle was Reed's most creatively ambitious album since Berlin, and it sounded revelatory on first release in 1978. Sadly, time has magnified its flaw [...] But the album's best moments are genuinely exciting [...] Raw, wounded, and unapologetically difficult, Street Hassle isn't the masterpiece Reed was shooting for, but it's still among the most powerful and compelling albums he released during the 1970s, and too personal and affecting to ignore."
Ranked Highest By: Pinkerton (#1)
Amazon Link
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 10:53 PM) [snapback]124983[/snapback]
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
...
Ranked Highest By: Pinkerton (#1)
Woah, #1? I've been curious about this album for a good while, but was always a bit too scared to risk the money. I take it it'd be well worth the purchase
#240.
AC/DC - Powerage
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: #133
UK Chart Position: #26
Charting Singles: "Rock n Roll Damnation" (#24 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: " Although Powerage contains only one true AC/DC classic, the gloriously sleazy anthem "Sin City," the album's lesser-known material is often just as exhilarating. Both "Rock n' Roll Damnation" and "Riff Raff" would be featured in concert on the ensuing tour, while "Down Payment Blues," "Gimme a Bullet," and especially "What's Next to the Moon" remain among AC/DC's most underrated rockers. The album's last few songs are obviously filler, but it doesn't prevent Powerage from being an early AC/DC classic. "
Ranked Highest By: Ted Falconi (#6)
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AC/DC - Powerage
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: #133
UK Chart Position: #26
Charting Singles: "Rock n Roll Damnation" (#24 UK)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: " Although Powerage contains only one true AC/DC classic, the gloriously sleazy anthem "Sin City," the album's lesser-known material is often just as exhilarating. Both "Rock n' Roll Damnation" and "Riff Raff" would be featured in concert on the ensuing tour, while "Down Payment Blues," "Gimme a Bullet," and especially "What's Next to the Moon" remain among AC/DC's most underrated rockers. The album's last few songs are obviously filler, but it doesn't prevent Powerage from being an early AC/DC classic. "
Ranked Highest By: Ted Falconi (#6)
Amazon Link
Yawn so far. 
#239.
Fear - The Record
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "It would have been easy to dismiss Fear as a bunch of lunk-headed hate-mongers if it weren't for the fact the band played with daunting skill and bruising intensity (there were one of the few L.A. punk bands who never got hit with the charge "They can't play"), and the fact that they were often quite funny -- like a well-told ethnic joke, you can't help but laugh as much as you might hate yourself for it (the band also managed to sound pretty convincing when they "meant it"). Does that make it OK? Not really. Does that make the record easier to listen to? Frankly yes. It makes sense that John Belushi was a big fan of Fear, because The Record sounds like the punk equivalent of the movie Animal House -- puerile, offensive, and often reveling in its own ignorance, but pretty entertaining on a non-think level while it lasts."
Ranked Highest By: Diesel (#15)
Fear - The Record
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "It would have been easy to dismiss Fear as a bunch of lunk-headed hate-mongers if it weren't for the fact the band played with daunting skill and bruising intensity (there were one of the few L.A. punk bands who never got hit with the charge "They can't play"), and the fact that they were often quite funny -- like a well-told ethnic joke, you can't help but laugh as much as you might hate yourself for it (the band also managed to sound pretty convincing when they "meant it"). Does that make it OK? Not really. Does that make the record easier to listen to? Frankly yes. It makes sense that John Belushi was a big fan of Fear, because The Record sounds like the punk equivalent of the movie Animal House -- puerile, offensive, and often reveling in its own ignorance, but pretty entertaining on a non-think level while it lasts."
Ranked Highest By: Diesel (#15)
Bit surprising that Simple Minds record wasn't a bit higher. Four absolute killers in Promised You a Miracle, Glittering Prize, Someone Somewhere In Summertime & New Gold Dream.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 05:03 PM) [snapback]124931[/snapback]
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Ranked Highest By: Thresholdofrevlation (#34)
I forgot I voted for this. I mean not for Madonna, but the entire poll in general. Good times.
QUOTE(voodoodaddy @ Jul 5 2006, 06:31 PM) [snapback]125033[/snapback]
Bit surprising that Simple Minds record wasn't a bit higher. Four absolute killers in Promised You a Miracle, Glittering Prize, Someone Somewhere In Summertime & New Gold Dream.
seriously--though I think the album is paced somewhat ridiculously poorly, you just can't fuck with four absolutely amazing singles like that (especially TGP, which is one of the best songs ever).
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 04:53 PM) [snapback]124983[/snapback]
oh well, at least it made the countdown.
one of my favorite albums ever, full of tight rockers and the best 11 minutes of music ever - street fuckin hassle
I haven't heard Street Hassle but the cover is kinda blowing my mind.
The use of "Street Hassle" at the end of Squid and the Whale is darn near perfect.
Why is Powerage so low? No one else voted for it besides Falconi and myself? Fuck that shit.
Madonna is good. The four songs on her debut album that aren't the four completely fantastic singles aren't bad at all, really. "I Know It" is such bouncy, bouncy fun! I love it to pieces.
Madonna is good. The four songs on her debut album that aren't the four completely fantastic singles aren't bad at all, really. "I Know It" is such bouncy, bouncy fun! I love it to pieces.
I'm not being smart or trying to be pulling my part
And I'm not gonna wear my heart on my sleeve
But you know people get emotional
And sometimes they just don't act rational
They think they're just on TV - sha la la la, man
Why don't you just slip her away
...
You know, some people got no choice
And they can never even find a voice
To talk with that they can even call their own
So the first thing, that they see
That allows them the right to be
Why, they follow it
You know, it's called bad luck
Spacemen 3 - Ode to Street Hassle
I've been to some far out places
I've read the writing on the wall
Today I walk with Jesus and together...
Together we walk tall
Yeah, Spacemen 3 rule. Fuckers better vote for them in the '85 - '94 polls.
I've read the writing on the wall
Today I walk with Jesus and together...
Together we walk tall
Yeah, Spacemen 3 rule. Fuckers better vote for them in the '85 - '94 polls.
Bill, if you format the results in a spreadsheet under the column headers of RANK, QUOTE, IMAGE LINK, SONG TITLE, ARTIST, etc. etc., I can write a short perl or php script that will kick out formatted posts ready to be thrown on the board. All you would have to do is enter the y'all send the thing link. And we could probably automate that too. It would take an organized folder structure or naming pattern in your files, a perl script with mechanize and a quick scrape of the address, but it's very doable. In fact, we could probably script the posting too and set it to a timer.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 03:47 PM) [snapback]124891[/snapback]
This almost makes up for "The Glittering Prize" not making it on the singles list. Almost.
#247.
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81 - 82 - 83 - 84)
Ranked Highest By: Slackmo (#4)
One of my proudest list-related moments. Many thanks to whoever else helped me sneak this into the 250. (Happy to y'all send the thing this upon request to anyone who expresses interest.)
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 04:25 PM) [snapback]124953[/snapback]
#244.
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
(only one of the voters spelled the title right, though)
In my defense, that second "g" is bullshit.
QUOTE(Ben @ Jul 5 2006, 07:54 PM) [snapback]125083[/snapback]
Bill, if you format the results in a spreadsheet under the column headers of RANK, QUOTE, IMAGE LINK, SONG TITLE, ARTIST, etc. etc., I can write a short perl or php script that will kick out formatted posts ready to be thrown on the board. All you would have to do is enter the y'all send the thing link. And we could probably automate that too. It would take an organized folder structure or naming pattern in your files, a perl script with mechanize and a quick scrape of the address, but it's very doable. In fact, we could probably script the posting too and set it to a timer.
Where were you when I needed you last winter.
QUOTE(The Good Dr Bill @ Jul 5 2006, 06:10 PM) [snapback]125050[/snapback]
QUOTE(voodoodaddy @ Jul 5 2006, 06:31 PM) [snapback]125033[/snapback]
Bit surprising that Simple Minds record wasn't a bit higher. Four absolute killers in Promised You a Miracle, Glittering Prize, Someone Somewhere In Summertime & New Gold Dream.
seriously--though I think the album is paced somewhat ridiculously poorly, you just can't fuck with four absolutely amazing singles like that (especially TGP, which is one of the best songs ever).
Yeah, the pacing is a bit strange, but the other tracks are ok, making it a top notch album to me.
I had it at 24 on my list, BTW.
Yeah, I'd like a y'all send the thing on the simple minds album.
QUOTE(Ben @ Jul 5 2006, 08:54 PM) [snapback]125083[/snapback]
Bill, if you format the results in a spreadsheet under the column headers of RANK, QUOTE, IMAGE LINK, SONG TITLE, ARTIST, etc. etc., I can write a short perl or php script that will kick out formatted posts ready to be thrown on the board. All you would have to do is enter the y'all send the thing link. And we could probably automate that too. It would take an organized folder structure or naming pattern in your files, a perl script with mechanize and a quick scrape of the address, but it's very doable. In fact, we could probably script the posting too and set it to a timer.
Sure, but where's the heart?
#238.
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Year: 1975
US Chart Position: #9 Jazz
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #207 (decade), #615 (all-time)
AMG Says: "The concert swings with liberation from cynicism or the need to prove anything to anyone ever again. With this album, Jarrett put himself in his own league, and you can feel the inspiration coming off him in waves. This may have been the album every stoner wanted in his collection "because the chicks dug it." Yet it speaks volumes about a musician and a music that opened up the world of jazz to so many who had been excluded, and offered the possibility -- if only briefly -- of a cultural, aesthetic optimism, no matter how brief that interval actually was. This is a true and lasting masterpiece of melodic, spontaneous composition and improvisation that set the standard."
Ranked Highest By: Avatar Ackbar (#3)
Amazon Link
#237.
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: #169
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #25 (year), #253 (decade), #1250 (all-time)
AMG Says: "The Blue Mask was Reed's first album after he overcame a long-standing addiction to alcohol and drugs, and it reveals a renewed focus and dedication to craft -- for the first time in years, Reed had written an entire album's worth of moving, compelling songs, and was performing them with keen skill and genuine emotional commitment [...] Intelligent, passionate, literate, mature, and thoroughly heartfelt, The Blue Mask was everything Reed's fans had been looking for in his work for years, and it's vivid proof that for some rockers, life can begin on the far side of 35."
Amazon Link
Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert
Year: 1975
US Chart Position: #9 Jazz
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #207 (decade), #615 (all-time)
AMG Says: "The concert swings with liberation from cynicism or the need to prove anything to anyone ever again. With this album, Jarrett put himself in his own league, and you can feel the inspiration coming off him in waves. This may have been the album every stoner wanted in his collection "because the chicks dug it." Yet it speaks volumes about a musician and a music that opened up the world of jazz to so many who had been excluded, and offered the possibility -- if only briefly -- of a cultural, aesthetic optimism, no matter how brief that interval actually was. This is a true and lasting masterpiece of melodic, spontaneous composition and improvisation that set the standard."
Ranked Highest By: Avatar Ackbar (#3)
Amazon Link
#237.
Lou Reed - The Blue Mask
Year: 1982
US Chart Position: #169
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #25 (year), #253 (decade), #1250 (all-time)
AMG Says: "The Blue Mask was Reed's first album after he overcame a long-standing addiction to alcohol and drugs, and it reveals a renewed focus and dedication to craft -- for the first time in years, Reed had written an entire album's worth of moving, compelling songs, and was performing them with keen skill and genuine emotional commitment [...] Intelligent, passionate, literate, mature, and thoroughly heartfelt, The Blue Mask was everything Reed's fans had been looking for in his work for years, and it's vivid proof that for some rockers, life can begin on the far side of 35."
Amazon Link
QUOTE(Pavement Ist Rad @ Jul 5 2006, 05:44 PM) [snapback]125061[/snapback]
Why is Powerage so low? No one else voted for it besides Falconi and myself? Fuck that shit.
Too inconsistent. "Sin City" is like an eagle soaring among turkeys.
Rocks, on the other hand, WAY too low. Too many people like the glossy, upbeat Toys in the Attic, but the dark, funky Rocks doesn't get anywhere near the same attention.
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Why is Powerage so low? No one else voted for it besides Falconi and myself? Fuck that shit.
Too inconsistent. "Sin City" is like an eagle soaring among turkeys.
Rocks, on the other hand, WAY too low. Too many people like the glossy, upbeat Toys in the Attic, but the dark, funky Rocks doesn't get anywhere near the same attention.
I like Rocks. I just don't love it
Amazed that Blank Generation is so low - I kinda view it on a level with those early Ramones albums.
I really like the Fear album. Not surprised it's low, though...
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Bill, if you format the results in a spreadsheet under the column headers of RANK, QUOTE, IMAGE LINK, SONG TITLE, ARTIST, etc. etc., I can write a short perl or php script that will kick out formatted posts ready to be thrown on the board. All you would have to do is enter the y'all send the thing link. And we could probably automate that too. It would take an organized folder structure or naming pattern in your files, a perl script with mechanize and a quick scrape of the address, but it's very doable. In fact, we could probably script the posting too and set it to a timer.
Sure, but where's the heart?
oooooooooohhh, awkward burn
anyway, the blue mask sucks
no one cares what sober lou reed has to say
anyway, the blue mask sucks
no one cares what sober lou reed has to say
Just checking in.....comments....hmmmmm.....oh....
....I have a gold vinyl copy of New Gold Dream.....so there!
....I have a gold vinyl copy of New Gold Dream.....so there!
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Why is Powerage so low? No one else voted for it besides Falconi and myself? Fuck that shit.
No, I voted for it too.
38. AC/DC - Powerage
(I had "Highway To Hell" at #29)
#236.
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Super Ape
Year: 1976
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #24 (year), #332 (decade), #1139 (all-time)
AMG Says: " Super Ape offered a series of the producer's finest 1976 rhythms, from Devon Irons' "When Jah Come" and the Blue Bells' "Come Along" to Romeo's "War in a Babylon" and "Chase the Devil." All are bathed in the distinct, murky atmosphere that was becoming a Black Ark trademark, then served up in the form of dub-like de-constructions [...] Super Ape is a dubwise, alternate universe to Perry's Black Ark vocal hits. It awaits anyone willing to heed it's closing call: "This is the ape-man, trodding through creation, are you ready to step with I man?"."
Ranked Highest By: The Eyes (#23)
Amazon Link
Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters - Super Ape
Year: 1976
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #24 (year), #332 (decade), #1139 (all-time)
AMG Says: " Super Ape offered a series of the producer's finest 1976 rhythms, from Devon Irons' "When Jah Come" and the Blue Bells' "Come Along" to Romeo's "War in a Babylon" and "Chase the Devil." All are bathed in the distinct, murky atmosphere that was becoming a Black Ark trademark, then served up in the form of dub-like de-constructions [...] Super Ape is a dubwise, alternate universe to Perry's Black Ark vocal hits. It awaits anyone willing to heed it's closing call: "This is the ape-man, trodding through creation, are you ready to step with I man?"."
Ranked Highest By: The Eyes (#23)
Amazon Link
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I really like the Fear album. Not surprised it's low, though...
Yeah, I'm glad that Fear even made the list. Classic album.
I put "The Record" at #25.
#235.
The Slits - Cut
Year: 1979
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #30
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #188 (decae), #559 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Its amateurish musicianship, less-than-honed singing, and thick, dubwise rhythms might not be for everyone, but there's little denying the crucial nature of the Slits' first record. Along with more recognized post-punk records like Public Image Limited's Metal Box, the Pop Group's Y, and less-recognized fare like Ruts D.C. and Mad Professor's Rhythm Collision Dub, Cut displayed a love affair with the style of reggae that honed in on deep throbs, pulses, and disorienting effects, providing little focus on anything other than that and periodic scrapes from guitarist Viv Albertine. But more importantly, Cut placed the Slits along with the Raincoats and Liliput as major figureheads of unbridled female expression in the post-punk era."
Ranked HIghest By: Burzum (#17)
The Slits - Cut
Year: 1979
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #30
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #17 (year), #188 (decae), #559 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Its amateurish musicianship, less-than-honed singing, and thick, dubwise rhythms might not be for everyone, but there's little denying the crucial nature of the Slits' first record. Along with more recognized post-punk records like Public Image Limited's Metal Box, the Pop Group's Y, and less-recognized fare like Ruts D.C. and Mad Professor's Rhythm Collision Dub, Cut displayed a love affair with the style of reggae that honed in on deep throbs, pulses, and disorienting effects, providing little focus on anything other than that and periodic scrapes from guitarist Viv Albertine. But more importantly, Cut placed the Slits along with the Raincoats and Liliput as major figureheads of unbridled female expression in the post-punk era."
Ranked HIghest By: Burzum (#17)
^^Finally, an album I voted for. Should be much much higher obviously.
#234.
The Cure - Faith
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #14
Charting Singles: "Primary" (#25 Dance US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #42 (year), #461 (decade), #2216 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Certainly not the "darkest" the Cure would eventually get, Faith is, as represented by the cover art, one of the most "gray" records out there. Melancholy and despondent (the feel of funerals and old churches just oozes from this record) without the anger that would over take Pornography, Faith comes off as not just a collection of songs, but as a full piece [...] A depressing record, certainly, but also one of the most underrated and beautiful albums the Cure put together. They would not touch on this sort of lush sadness so well again until 1989's Disintegration."
Ranked Highest By: The Luscious Phil (#8)
Amazon Link
The Cure - Faith
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: #14
Charting Singles: "Primary" (#25 Dance US)
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #42 (year), #461 (decade), #2216 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Certainly not the "darkest" the Cure would eventually get, Faith is, as represented by the cover art, one of the most "gray" records out there. Melancholy and despondent (the feel of funerals and old churches just oozes from this record) without the anger that would over take Pornography, Faith comes off as not just a collection of songs, but as a full piece [...] A depressing record, certainly, but also one of the most underrated and beautiful albums the Cure put together. They would not touch on this sort of lush sadness so well again until 1989's Disintegration."
Ranked Highest By: The Luscious Phil (#8)
Amazon Link
#233.
The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "It was with this album that the Residents perfected, for one brief moment, the dark, mysterious twisted pop song that raised their profile in the experimental music scene and college radio world. The songs contained here (a combination of two EPs of earlier that year, Duck Stab and Buster and Glen) are short, the lyrics obscure but precise, the analog synth sounds masterful."
Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#6)
Amazon Link
The Residents - Duck Stab / Buster & Glen
Year: 1978
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: n/a
AMG Says: "It was with this album that the Residents perfected, for one brief moment, the dark, mysterious twisted pop song that raised their profile in the experimental music scene and college radio world. The songs contained here (a combination of two EPs of earlier that year, Duck Stab and Buster and Glen) are short, the lyrics obscure but precise, the analog synth sounds masterful."
Ranked Highest By: Agrimorfee (#6)
Amazon Link
#232.
Neu - Neu 75
Year: 1975
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimemd Music Ranking: #32 (year), #439 (decade), #1611 (all-time)
AMG Says: "This is music not only for traveling, from one place to the next, but also for disappearance into the ether at a steady pace. This may have been Neu!'s final statement -- at least in the studio; Dinger issued (without Rother's permission) an inferior live '72 album -- but at least they went out on a much higher note than Neu! 2, and in a place where their innovations are still being not only recognized, but utilized."
Ranked Highest By: Simultaed Stereo (#34)
Amazon Link
Neu - Neu 75
Year: 1975
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimemd Music Ranking: #32 (year), #439 (decade), #1611 (all-time)
AMG Says: "This is music not only for traveling, from one place to the next, but also for disappearance into the ether at a steady pace. This may have been Neu!'s final statement -- at least in the studio; Dinger issued (without Rother's permission) an inferior live '72 album -- but at least they went out on a much higher note than Neu! 2, and in a place where their innovations are still being not only recognized, but utilized."
Ranked Highest By: Simultaed Stereo (#34)
Amazon Link
yeah that really should be higher.
It should be. I think I voted for it even, not entirely sure though.
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yeah that really should be higher.
You ranked 33 ahead of it.
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yeah that really should be higher.
You ranked 33 ahead of it.
I don't mean it should be number 1
#231.
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #30 (year), #346 (decade), #1708 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Clint Conley and Roger Miller were already songwriters to be reckoned with, the band sounds passionate and powerful, and if Mission Of Burma were not yet at the peak of their form, most bands blazing as many trails as this one did lost their footing a lot more often that Burma did on these six songs; Signals, Calls and Marches was as accomplished and impressive a debut as any American band would release in the 1980"
Ranked Highest By: Scarymuppet (#16)
Amazon Link
Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #30 (year), #346 (decade), #1708 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Clint Conley and Roger Miller were already songwriters to be reckoned with, the band sounds passionate and powerful, and if Mission Of Burma were not yet at the peak of their form, most bands blazing as many trails as this one did lost their footing a lot more often that Burma did on these six songs; Signals, Calls and Marches was as accomplished and impressive a debut as any American band would release in the 1980"
Ranked Highest By: Scarymuppet (#16)
Amazon Link
#230.
X - More Fun in the New World
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #86
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #30 (year), #369 (decade), #1722 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Another solid set of songs produced, again, by Ray Manzarek. The anthemic album opener "The New World" is still powerful years later, as is the absolutely beautiful ballad "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts," which perfectly captures the paranoid feeling of Reagan's America in the '80s. X achieved new rough and rocking heights with the vicious "Devil Doll," "Painting the Town Blue," and "Make the Music Go Bang," while returning once again to their retro '50s roots with "Poor Girl." "
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#21)
Amazon Link
X - More Fun in the New World
Year: 1983
US Chart Position: #86
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #30 (year), #369 (decade), #1722 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Another solid set of songs produced, again, by Ray Manzarek. The anthemic album opener "The New World" is still powerful years later, as is the absolutely beautiful ballad "I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts," which perfectly captures the paranoid feeling of Reagan's America in the '80s. X achieved new rough and rocking heights with the vicious "Devil Doll," "Painting the Town Blue," and "Make the Music Go Bang," while returning once again to their retro '50s roots with "Poor Girl." "
Ranked Highest By: Citizen (#21)
Amazon Link
#228.
King Crimson - Discipline
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #21 (year), #270 (decade), #1332 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Combining the futuristic guitar of Adrian Belew with the textured guitar of Fripp doesn't sound like it would work on paper, but the pairing of these two originals worked out magically [...] Many Crimson fans consider this album one of their best, right up there with In the Court of the Crimson King. It's easy to understand why after you hear the inspired performances by this hungry new version of the band."
Ranked Highest By: Pavement Ist Rad (#8)
Amazon Link
King Crimson - Discipline
Year: 1981
US Chart Position: n/a
UK Chart Position: n/a
Charting Singles: n/a
Acclaimed Music Ranking: #21 (year), #270 (decade), #1332 (all-time)
AMG Says: "Combining the futuristic guitar of Adrian Belew with the textured guitar of Fripp doesn't sound like it would work on paper, but the pairing of these two originals worked out magically [...] Many Crimson fans consider this album one of their best, right up there with In the Court of the Crimson King. It's easy to understand why after you hear the inspired performances by this hungry new version of the band."
Ranked Highest By: Pavement Ist Rad (#8)
Amazon Link
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