sabbath? nah, i thought of them, but sabbath 4 has too much cocaine and not enough supernaut
forgot i ranked cheap trick's too-much-big-star second so much higher than their way superior first in stairway. guess i was listening to clock strikes ten over and over again that day or something.
prince's self-titled second album is better than anything he did after purple rain (hell, i'll probably take it *over* purple rain).
and nick cave??? i have no words.
(i do like the fall nomination, though.)
john cougar (and my name is john. i reside in chicago) wins, though, i think.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
that's CRAZY!
you're missing out all the good stuff!
― knife (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah but...you're...you know...chuck eddy!
― knife (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― carly (carly), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
?
though it must be:rubber soulrevolversgt. pepperwhite album(magical... excluded. a 2x7" EP on inital release)
BUT nothing ever tops the velvets...
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Pavement's actually not such a bad choice, though Wowee Zowee is the weak link in the Slanted & Enchanted -> Brighten the Corners chain.
Bossa Nova spoils this for the Pixies.
You could make a case for Sonic Youth for Sister -> Dirty.
Beefheart I don't think works because either you pick up Spotlight Kid or Strictly Personal or Mirror Man, any one of which are deal breakers.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
The Wonderful and Frightening World of...This Nation's Saving GraceBend SinisterThe Frenz Experiment
is one hell of a quartet.
― Curt Wastor (Curt Soda), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― sovietpanda (sovietpanda), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― TRG (TRG), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
any fall run would HAVE to include either live at the witch trials or hex enduction hour by definition (if not both, but that's impossible, right? i don't have my calculator handy); avoiding all the mediocrities they made after this nation's savings grace would also be a priority.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:45 (eighteen years ago) link
you're missing out all the good stuff!"
I assume you're referring to Tom waits and Swordfishtombones / Raindogs / Franks Wild Years? Great albums, but unfortunately they're sandwiched between One From The Heart (pointless, disposable drivel) and either Big Time (superfluous and less than inspiring live album) or (if you're discounting live albums and only counting studio ones) Night On Earth (boring and tedious).
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
Without Confusion is Sex, I don't think this list stands up.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Zack Richardson (teenagequiet), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― for and on behalf of Alex In NYC (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Killing Joke makes more sense if you count Ha! instead of Fire Dances.
― xhuxk, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link
But there are some others...
Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, Siren
Yo La Tengo: Painful, Electro-Pura, Heart Beating As One, And Then Nothing...
White Stripes: De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me...
Husker Du: Zen Arcade, New Day Rising, Flip Your Wig, Candy Apple Grey
Drive-By Truckers: Pizza Deliverance, Soutern Rock Opera, Decoration Day, Dirty South
Radiohead: OK Computer----Hail To The Thief (add The Bends for 5)
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Time Fades Away, On The Beach, Tonight's The Night, Zuma
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:54 (eighteen years ago) link
This is pretty tough to beat.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
You've forgotten Hissing of Summer Lawns (between C&S and Hejira), but that's not a problem as it just makes a great five-record run.
― Paul in Santa Cruz (Paul in Santa Cruz), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:00 (eighteen years ago) link
I think "arguably" is a good word if used sparingly; e.g., when making an argument that's nonintuitive or even counterintuitive, yet which stands up to scrutiny:
Good: Annie Lennox, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80sBad: Stevie Wonder, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '70sWorse: Limahl, arguably one of the best r&b singers of the '80s
xpost - Paul, thanks; I knew I was forgetting one ...
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:04 (eighteen years ago) link
Face To Face > Something Else By The Kinks > The Village Green Preservation Society > Arthur (Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire) > Lola vs. The Powerman & The Money-Go-Round (that’s five)
Astral Weeks > Moondance > His Band & The Street Choir > Tupelo Honey > St. Dominic’s Preview (another five)
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:07 (eighteen years ago) link
Jefferson Airplane: ...Takes off, Surrealistic Pillow, After Bathing at Baxter's, and Crown of Creation
This is obviously not the winner but it is a darn good run of four records.
― QuantumNoise (Justin Farrar), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
De StijlWhite Blood CellsElephantGet Behind Me Satan
...is pretty damn fine too.
― Eppy (Eppy), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:08 (eighteen years ago) link
Oh! --
Propeller - Vampire on Titus - Bee Thousand - Alien Lanes
― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Hail to the Thief is a mess, a failed compromise between OK and Kid. Amnesiac is NOT a good album
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
Or; if you don't count Come On Pilgrim as a proper album; Surfer Rosa > Doolitttle > Bossa Nova > Trompe Le Monde isn't that much less convincing.
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link
*A Series Of Sneaks is really good, but somewhat lacking compared to what follows, in my opinion.
― Matthew C Perpetua (inca), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
These are both pretty great. Hardly spoilers.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― werner t., Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:13 (eighteen years ago) link
Why not play Marquee Moon and Adventure twice?
― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Crocodiles (1980)Heaven Up Here (1981)Porcupine (1983)Ocean rain (1984)
― Lisa Lipstick, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
Pardon my French, but Zuma is the greatest hard-rock (in Youngian terms, of course) album that NY ever made. Including Rust, TTN, blahblahblah.
and to substitute Harvest? ya gotta be kidding.
― lastdance, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Sell Out / Tommy / Who's Next / Quadrophenia (with Live at Leeds in the midst)
― JC-L (JC-L), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:21 (eighteen years ago) link
eh? Funkadelic's classic run goes: Funkadelic, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Maggot Brain, America Eats Its Young.
CCR run I referred to earlier is: Bayou Country, Green River, Willy and The Poorboys, and Cosmo's Factory.
(I find some of these nominations laughable - also, Stevie Wonder is not rock n roll, sorry).
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:22 (eighteen years ago) link
The first four Pouges albums are also brilliant
ps. I am not a nerd (cough)
― AET, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link