1976 Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band1977 Television, Marquee Moon1978 Blondie, Plastic Letters1979 Gang of Four, Entertainment!1980 Feelies, Crazy Rhythms1981 Tom Tom Club1982 Richard and Linda Thompson, Shoot Out the Lights1983 R.E.M., Murmur1984 Prince, Purple Rain (god, this was a tough choice)1985 Talking Heads, Little Creatures1986 Elvis Costello & the Attractions, Blood & Chocolate1987 Smiths, Strangeways, Here We Come1988 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation1989 Jane Siberry, Bound By the Beauty1990 Deee-Lite, World Clique1991 Guns 'n' Roses, Use Your Illusion I1992 Madonna, Erotica1993 Nirvana, In Utero1994 Kristin Hersh, Hips and Makers1995 Luna, Penthouse1996 Sugarplastic, Bang, the Earth is Round1997 Tsunami, A Brilliant Mistake1998 Hole, Celebrity Skin1999 Mike Ness, Cheating at Solitaire2000 Radiohead, Kid A2001 Basement Jaxx, Rooty2002 Sonic Youth, Murray Street
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
Actually I think my real answer is XTC's Drums and Wires.
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
Nick this one is fine - lists for the people who like them, fites for the people who don't.
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:46 (twenty-one years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 3 March 2003 10:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― andy paltridge (andy), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― andy paltridge (andy), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:11 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
rebuttal to Leonard Bernstein's late 80s remark that James Brown had destroyed pop music (he didn't mean it postively)
I would like to find above quote?. Do you know where I can find it, prefer web, if not book
Dear Matos,Ocean of Sound is that the cd that accompanies Toop's book?
Dear Geir,I find your remarks on black music lacking in knowledge
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
Reggae is a product of the union of West African rythms and European melody and harmony.
Jan
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
As for GH...oh dear oh dear oh dear. Matos, Blount, I take it all back - let him have it.
― Marcello Carlin, Monday, 3 March 2003 12:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 3 March 2003 12:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
geir is mentioned...
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 3 March 2003 12:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
More on Geir
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 12:12 (twenty-one years ago) link
here all my second favourite albums from each year then:
1988: Pet Shop Boys 'Introspective'1989: New Order 'Technique'1990: Public Enemy 'Fear Of A Black Planet'1991: U2 'Achtung Baby'1992: Altern 8 'Full On Mask Hysteria'1993: Senser 'Stacked Up'1994: Massive Attack 'Protection'1995: Tricky 'Maxinquaye'1996: Underworld 'Second Toughest In The Infants'1997: Chemical Brothers 'Dig Your Own Hole'1998: Lo Fidelity All Stars 'How To Operate With A Blown Mind'1999: Chemical Brothers 'Surrender'2000: Doves 'Lost Souls'2001: Zero 7 'Simple Things'2002: Cassette Boy 'The Parker Tapes'
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 3 March 2003 12:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 3 March 2003 12:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:18 (twenty-one years ago) link
The Beatles found the perfect formula and future musicans should stick to that one. No need for "innovation".
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
OK, perhaps nog in Geirs case, but personally I enjoy lots of black music, but the love is mostly for singles rather than albums.
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think his views on 'black music' are completely wrongheaded, but I think that they also expose a little the problems with accepting the linkage of music and race in the first place. IIRC from my old clashes with Geir, tangling with him on his own terms led you to advocate either a kind of pop-taste quota system, or to defend a more flattering version of the idea of 'natural rhythm', or both.
― Tom (Groke), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
You mean like Please Please Me?
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
My theory:Albums are needed because it is the only way to promote cult of personality. People buy records because they identify with the artists.
Singles: singles are better at capturing the mood of the moment. This is why I mainly buy compilations.
Albums I do like are by individuals rather than groups. I guess this has to do with my natural aversion towards groups.
In an MP3 world, the loser will be the album. Singles will thrive (just like ringtones).
Geir,What was the first consistent rock album?
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:56 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 13:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
You mean like these:"Everybody Loves a Winner" "You Don't Miss Your Water""Do Right Woman - Do Right Man" "The Dark End of the Street""A Change is Gonna Come" "These Arms of Mine" "I've Been Loving You Too Long" "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)""The Happy Song""I've Got Dreams to Remember""Share Your Love With Me" "When a Man Loves a Woman"
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
I'll spare those for my Top 20s of each year coming up later on. :-)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
Wow, OK. To each his own. I'll just leave you with this: There's a big wide world of music out there, and I think it's sad that you're able to appreciate only this much of it (holds thumb and forefinger a millimeter apart).
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
and Geir: first rock album (consistent)? Which was it?
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
So why not jazz?
― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:21 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jan Geerinck (jahsonic), Monday, 3 March 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link