Best Ever Albums

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Sonoffatboy — Thu, 5 Aug 2021 12:03:40 GMT

Author: Sonoffatboy

Posted: 08/05/2021 16:03

Controversial choice but Rolling Stones for me. Even there classic albums have a track or two I find insufferable, with the exception of Exile, I love the variance of that one.

Yes are a band I respect more then I like but I can't really say there's anything there I would call great to my ears.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Skinny — Sat, 7 Nov 2020 20:19:47 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 11/08/2020 01:19

Julian Cope.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

BozoTyrannus — Tue, 3 Nov 2020 12:47:17 GMT

Author: BozoTyrannus

Posted: 11/03/2020 17:47

Obligatory Weird Al Yankovic reference. No albums that can be hailed as a truly great one (no dig to him, he's just clearly not an album artist), but then again no dud albums either (unless you're counting some of the compilations, which I don't)

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Nov 2020 12:10:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/02/2020 17:10

Gowi wrote:

where do you draw the line between good/great/classic

I go:
3/5 = good
4/5 =very good;
5/5=great

Some but not all the 5/5s I'd call classics so in theory I could subdivide into 4.5 = great and 5= classic (though I usually don't bother).

A good album is enjoyable but belongs to the time when it's released.

A very good album has more enduring appeal and is well worth revisits.

I tend to think of great albums as having a distinctive influence on other artists as well as having enduring appeal from start to finish.

A classic I would say probably has significant influence on other artists for many years. It would probably influence multiple genres in some way.

Actually, that is the first time I thought this out in any detail!!

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

mickilennial — Mon, 2 Nov 2020 11:15:18 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/02/2020 16:15

where do you draw the line between good/great/classic

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Nov 2020 11:07:04 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/02/2020 16:07

Gowi wrote:

Quote:

Super Furry Animals

No bona fide great albums though.

Radiator, Rings Around the World, and Guerrilla are all great (4.0/5.0 records IMO)...

Yeah, I can't fault them and would go with 4/5 as well (easily). For me, great means a 5/5 classic or near classic (4.5/5 I guess).

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

mickilennial — Mon, 2 Nov 2020 08:24:35 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 11/02/2020 13:24

Quote:

Super Furry Animals

No bona fide great albums though.

Radiator, Rings Around the World, and Guerrilla are all great (4.0/5.0 records IMO)...

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Anonymous — Mon, 2 Nov 2020 07:24:27 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 11/02/2020 12:24

My 10 cents worth...

Giant Sand
Super Furry Animals
Beach House
Camera Obscura
Supergrass
Ron Sexsmith
The Charlatans
The Divine Comedy
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
The Lemonheads
Fountains of Wayne

All the above are very consistent and I listen to them a lot. No bona fide great albums though.

To La Tengo and Felt are the cut off point. I'd say they each have three or four borderline great albums.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

CharlieBarley — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:09:13 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/30/2020 20:09

Spyglass wrote:

Stover75 wrote:

Sorry if I came across opinionated. Not my intention.
I suppose naming artists you don't rate could cause controversy. Especially when they are popular.

I think I will just stick to talking about artists I like from now on.

There's nothing wrong with talking about artists you don't like. If you mention them then others can explain their views on why they are so great.

Ok dude

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Spyglass — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:03:31 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/30/2020 20:03

Stover75 wrote:

There's nothing wrong with talking about artists you don't like. If you mention them then others can explain their views on why they are so great.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

CharlieBarley — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 15:48:32 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/30/2020 19:48

Gowi wrote:

i want to say a lot of things about those opinions but im gonna be nice instead

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

mickilennial — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:33:56 GMT

Author: mickilennial

Posted: 10/30/2020 16:33

i want to say a lot of things about those opinions but im gonna be nice instead

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 07:38:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/30/2020 11:38

Stover75 wrote:

With the Beach Boys there are some amazing moments on Pet Sounds - God Only Knows is sublime - but Pet Sounds never really gelled as an album for me.

I protest strongly! The tracklist is very album-album in my opinion. See track 2 (You Still Believe in Me): slower, not like a single. Same with Don't Talk. And the beautiful instrumentals nicely placed in the tracklist.
In that sense, the last 3 tracks are very album constructed: the emotional I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, then the instrumental title track, and then the closer Caroline No.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 21:54:23 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/30/2020 01:54

I made one in a poll a few weeks ago but I think I'll just focus on making a very accurate list. I need to think about it so I don't end up contradicting myself. But Led Zeppelin is going straight to number 1 and Kate Bush and Pink Floyd are going to be pretty high too.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

CharlieBarley — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:57:41 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/30/2020 00:57

Spyglass wrote:

How about making a ranked artists list?

Ok here are my favourite artists.
The ones I consider to be great:

The Beatles
Pink Floyd
The Cure
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley/Wailers
David Bowie
The Smiths
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix/Jimi Hendrix Experience
Stevie Wonder
U2
Kate Bush
Radiohead
Blondie
Alison Krauss
Led Zeppelin
Ramones
Tori Amos
Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne
Rolling Stones
Velvet Underground
Lou Reed
Stone Roses
The Doors
Travis (indie band)
Neil Young
Iggy Pop
The Stooges
James Brown
Sam Cooke
Elton John
Carole King
Marvin Gaye
Sex Pistols
Some Clash
Buzzcocks
Some Siouxsie & Banshees
Etta James
Ella Fitzgerald
Miles Davis
Pixies
Duran Duran
T. Rex
King Crimson
New York Dolls
Mazzy Star
Depeche Mode
ABBA
The Kinks
Some Who
David Crosby
The Byrds
Donovan
Nirvana
Madness
Jay-Z
Some Snoop Dogg
RHCP
Al Green
Julee Cruise
Some Oasis
Blur
Pulp
Elastica
Some Suede
Fleetwood Mac
k d lang
Nina Simone
Sinead O'Connor
Kings Of Leon
Elvis Presley
The Pogues
Prince
Neil Diamond
Alice Cooper
Smashing Pumpkins
George Michael
Captain Beefheart
Frank Zappa
Mothers Of Invention
Daft Punk
Slint
a-ha
Boney M (seriously - love 'em)
Aphex Twin
Parliament
Funkadelic
Sly & Family Stone
P!nk
Spiritualized
Some Grateful Dead
Manic Street Preachers
Low
They Might Be Giants
Some Queen
FKA Twigs
Jeff Buckley
Wu-Tang Clan
Amy Winehouse
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Swans
Moby
Some Eminem
Angelo Badalamenti
Eagles
John Denver
Enya
Todd Rundgren
Some The Orb
Orbital
The Proclaimers
Deacon Blue
Big Country
Some Kanye (quite a lot)
The Prodigy
Mamas And The Papas
Portishead
Rod Stewart
Tom Waits
Some Billy Joel
Bauhaus
The The
Bad Manners
Specials
Toots & The Maytals
Jimmy Cliff
Some Lady Gaga
Brian Eno
The Carpenters
Can
Kraftwerk
Plus lots of classical music

( takes a deep breath...)

Now go to town......!!!

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:19:54 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/30/2020 00:19

How about making a ranked artists list?

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

CharlieBarley — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:12:05 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/30/2020 00:12

Spyglass wrote:

Maybe try giving some of those albums another chance. When I started getting inyo prog I hated King Crimson. Now I love them.

I think I will give some of them another chance.
I used to hate The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway but now I like it. Same goes for quite a few albums by a lot of my mentioned artists.

I found 'Court of Crimson King 'just ok when I first heard it now it's in my top 100 and I've seen them play live.
It's a mystery to me why I like the prog bands Pink Floyd, King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator and am not so keen on other prog bands. And I really like Krautrock and Brian Eno.

By the way I hope I don't have it in for indie bands. I like a lot of indie bands, just not over-keen on the ones mentioned although they may have great individual songs. I think Float On by MM is a winner.

Maybe I should make a list of all the artists I like, or think are great, and then you could disagree with some of them.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:06:06 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/30/2020 00:06

Maybe try giving some of those albums another chance. When I started getting inyo prog I hated King Crimson. Now I love them.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

CharlieBarley — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:02:58 GMT

Author: CharlieBarley

Posted: 10/30/2020 00:02

Spyglass wrote:

I'm writing my comments in Stover's quote.

Stover75 wrote:

Arcade Fire - The first three albums are all perfect and Funeral is in my top 10.
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds is my number 2 and the Smile Sessions is in my top 100.
Talking Heads - Remain in Light - top 100
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois - Top 100, amd Carrie & Lowell is incredible.
The Strokes - Is This It is pretty awesome.
Arctic Monkeys - Another great garagey debut.
Metallica - Greatest metal band ever.
Genesis - Maybe they aren't Yes but they are wonderful.
Nick Drake - Umm...
The National - Boxer and High Violet are phenomenal.
Sonic Youth - Sister and Daydream Nation are two of my favorite early alternative albums.
Tame Impala - Innerspeaker is gorgeous.
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi is in my top 100 and it's one of the best examples of modern psychedelia.
Modest Mouse. Do you have it out for indie rock? 😜 You just named several of the best indie bands.
Yes - I repeat, stop right there.
Bon Iver - I'm not terribly into Bon Iver but I don't deny the talent.
Animal Collective - Incredible band.
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing at MY HOUSE.
Rush - Moving Pictures is perfect.
Vampire Weekend - OK, I never gave a Vampire Weekend a five-star rating, but their last two albums were a lot of fun.
Beach House - I fucking love Beach House.
Charles Mingus - RED ALERT!
Talk Talk - I really wish they didn't break up. Laughing Stock was GREAT.
Fleet Foxes - I love their first two albums.
Frank Ocean - Arguably one of the more creative R&B artists of the millennium.
Interpol - This is true for most of their discography but TOTBL is a 9.5.
Belle And Sebastian - Beautiful stuff. Easily a great band with great albums.
Beck - It's been a while since I've heard any of his best albums so I'll get back to you.
Pavement - Crooked Rain is flawless.

Nice take

I did say I might upset some people...

Honestly I have listened to SO many Yes and Genesis albums and they just never clicked for me, maybe with the exception of The Lamb and Foxtrot for Genesis, which I feel are good, and Fragile, Relayer and some parts of Close To The Edge by Yes. And The Yes Album. All pretty good. But for me - not great. Rush have made some good music but no particular album stands out as great to me. And I have heard quite a few of their albums.
Sorry if this is sacrilege to you!

Sorry man!!!!!

Here are the artists I consider to be great, from my list:

Beach Boys
Talking Heads

Just for me, neither has made a great album.

And artists I consider as very good:

Metallica
Arcade Fire
certain songs by The Strokes
Flaming Lips have had their moments and Wayne Coyne is v talented.
The National
Bon Iver
LCD Soundsystem (they are really growing on me).
Talk Talk
Belle And Sebastian

There is no shortage of talent with quite a few artists on my not great albums list but they haven't moved me the way my favourite artists have.

Re: Most Good Albums Without A Great One

Spyglass — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:46:30 GMT

Author: Spyglass

Posted: 10/29/2020 23:46

I'm writing my comments in Stover's quote.

Stover75 wrote: