Best Ever Albums

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Skinny — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:26:14 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/29/2015 16:26

Skinny wrote:

Anyway, when this match is wrapped up and I've inevitably been announced the loser, I'll post the semi-final team I had ready to go (in the very unlikely event that I would've won this match and Goodsir hadn't returned in time).

Here it is:

1969: The Pig-in-Shit Edition

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For Goodsir.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 00:49:03 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/29/2015 04:49

The only time a 69 doesn't come up strong

72 wins 12-8

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Hayden — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:53:38 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/28/2015 14:53

Skinny wrote:

Glad to hear that some people enjoyed my selections.

I got a chance to listen to the first track on the Ali Akbar Khan album, but ran out of time for the rest. Hoping to finish it later today, I found it quite nice 😄 Certainly an epic piece of work.

But yeah, great match Skinny.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Skinny — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:50:44 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/28/2015 11:50

Glad to hear that some people enjoyed my selections. Always gonna be difficult against some of the giants that Hayden picked. Sorry for letting you down, Goodsir.

Anyway, when this match is wrapped up and I've inevitably been announced the loser, I'll post the semi-final team I had ready to go (in the very unlikely event that I would've won this match and Goodsir hadn't returned in time).

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 03:57:10 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/28/2015 07:57

Yeah, 1972 is very good, if suffering a bit from standard-bearer choices, but the albums and singles are still very strong. I got a chance to listen to a lot of the 69 stuff and just really terrific, diverse stuff, and those singles just get progressively more divine with each selection, a true 69-er of glory. Gets the vote here.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 01:03:25 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/24/2015 05:03

Norman Bates wrote:

Wow, er...

yeah, great job , guys. both teams are exceptional. going to go with '68 since I'm a freak for Dalton. Seriously, that's the album you guys need to listen to. Skinny has it all wrong as usual.

I kid, of course, Listening to that raga album next. super psyched.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Hayden — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 10:30:59 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/23/2015 14:30

Skinny wrote:

p.s. Please listen to that Ali Akbar Khan album.

Found a copy of it last night 😄 Looking forward to listening to it today.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

SquishypuffDave — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:16:00 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 10/23/2015 13:16

This is why I love this tourney. Still working through everything I haven't heard, but I'm loving both of these teams.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Skinny — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:01:17 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 10/21/2015 16:01

Went for a mixture of all-time and recent favourites. The Young Mods' Forgotten Story is up there with This Is My Country as the best all-round Impressions LP, and stands up next to any of Curtis' solo records. That Moondog record is great fun, a really unpretentious take on classical music, taking a type of music often thought of as exclusive and definitely bringing a "street" feel to it. Live/Dead might be the essential Grateful Dead release, and is certainly as good an introduction to the band as any. This particular Morricone soundtrack may not be quite as iconic (or as distinctive) as his spaghetti western stuff, but it's a kind-of creepy take on easy listening music that is still littered with earworms. Karen Dalton's debut is, quite simply, one of the greatest folk albums ever made, a selection of spare, loving versions of old blues songs that are taken to higher plane by Dalton's gorgeous voice, modest yet sturdy, occasionally quivering but always cutting. Lastly, Ali Akbar Khan's 80 Minute Raga is just a wonderful piece of Hindustani classical music, a droning, gliding, spidery journey that genuinely feels as though it has come from somewhere altogether more spiritual, with Khan and his sarod merely the vessel for a piece that could quite rightly be described as heavenly (and this coming from somebody who views religion with extreme cynicism) - it's been a recurring bedtime listen for months now, and was the first album that sprang to mind when I offered to put forward a 1969 team in Goodsir's absence. If there are numerous albums in this matchup that you're unfamiliar with and only have time to listen to one, I implore you to pick this one. It's just incredible.

Singles-wise, I just went with lots of old, oft-overlooked favourites. Smith turn Bacharach's 'Baby, It's You' into a sexy, soul-rock stomper, and it's easily my favourite version of one of my very favourite pop songs. 'Return of Django' is a wonderful slice of summery, instrumental ska, with an unforgettable lead riff that never fails to bring a smile to my face. Baez' take on 'Love is Just a Four-Letter Word' is arguably my favourite Dylan cover ever, including anything by The Byrds, Hendrix, or The Band - it's definitely an of-its-time piece, replete with questionable faux-sitar licks, but vocally she just puts so much meaning into this, showing off both her trademark falsetto as well as her sorely underappreciated, surprisingly muscular lower register to really bring the most out of one of Dylan's most underrated lyrics. That Carmen Maki song is a haunting piece of Japanese folk-pop, with more than a passing nod to the aforementioned Morricone, albeit in his more recognisable western period. 'Something in the Air' is just one of those really great pop-rock songs that brightens my day, one that I'm very prone to sticking on any jukebox that I find it on. And then there's The Delfonics 'Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)', a lolling, ornate, gorgeous soul ballad that I never, ever tire of, quite simply one of the greatest singles ever released.

I toyed with the idea of including some of Goodsir's previous picks, but there was just so much that I wanted to see represented from 1969, and hopefully I've done his previous teams justice. Got a lot of love for large parts of that 1972 team as well, so this is a great match to be a part of, especially as it's almost certainly my last of the tournament. Glad to see it back underway.

p.s. Please listen to that Ali Akbar Khan album.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Hayden — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:14:11 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/21/2015 15:14

CubaZed wrote:

Skinny was! Er where's the sixth 1972 album?

Ah. Interesting. I didn't read the team as something he would pick out.

As for the 6th album... um... well... it's not there because I can't read apparently 😨 If I had known at the time it was 6 entries, I would have included What Color Is Love. Doing my best with 5 for this round 😁

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:05:12 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/21/2015 15:05

Hayden wrote:

Mercury wrote:

Battle of the subs!

Voted for '72. Both very good teams.

Thanks Mercury 😄

Who was in charge of the 69 team?

Skinny was! Er where's the sixth 1972 album?

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

meccalecca — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:58:41 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 10/21/2015 14:58

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Metti, Una Sera A Cena by Ennio Morricone

The inclusion of this album makes me believe that someone's pandering for my vote, since I'm the one that added it to the database and seemingly the only one to chart it. I like it. Wish more people treated me like the god I am.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Hayden — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 10:41:03 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 10/21/2015 14:41

Mercury wrote:

Battle of the subs!

Voted for '72. Both very good teams.

Thanks Mercury 😄

Who was in charge of the 69 team?

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Mercury — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:42:03 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 10/21/2015 13:42

Battle of the subs!

Voted for '72. Both very good teams.

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Norman Bates — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:21:41 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 10/21/2015 11:21

Wow, er...

Re: Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 05:08:01 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/21/2015 09:08

1969: The Last Minute Edition

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For Goodsir.

Best Year Tournament 2.0- 1969 v 1972

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 05:06:34 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/21/2015 09:06

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