Bleecker And MacDougal (studio album) by Fred Neil

Bleecker And MacDougal by Fred Neil
Year: 1965
Overall rank: 13,405th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 42 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1965 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (963rd)
Award Best albums of all time (13,405th)
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Fred Neil bestography

Bleecker And MacDougal is ranked 2nd best out of 5 albums by Fred Neil on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fred Neil is Fred Neil which is ranked number 3463 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 425.

Fred Neil album bestography « Higher ranked (3,463rd) This album (13,405th) Lower ranked (36,799th) »
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Right from the jump on this album its clear this is a different, a completely unique take, on the folk singer/songwriter movement which was flourishing in '65. Neil had a strangely beautiful, deep, sonorous voice, which he never uses (here) to overtly emote. He always sounds detached, mildly amused even by the most deeply blues-soaked, depressed songs lyrically.

On songs like the absolutely superb "Blues On The Ceiling" every single aspect of the song just sounds sublime, cool, and yet very off-puttingly dark. The audio indicates the message in the most subtle and gorgeous way, but the lyrics really get to the root and the real existential insanity of deep deep blues. (reminds me a lot of another classic from '65 by Jackson C. Frank...the difference is that musically Frank's "Blues Run The Game" is all on a vector to express the depression just as much as the lyrical content. Its the strange dichotomy of this song which makes it better in my opinion....anyway, way way overlong parenthetical aside ends..... now).

The album is consistently beautiful and nuanced and varied and unique. Songs like "Candy Man", "Other Side to This Life", the title track, etc, are rightfully now regarded as classics of the genre.

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2. Rubber Soul by The Beatles
3. A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
4. Bringing It All Back Home by Bob Dylan
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16. Jackson C. Frank by Jackson C. Frank
17. Live At The Regal by B.B. King
18. I Put A Spell On You by Nina Simone
19. Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds
20. Bert Jansch by Bert Jansch
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