Best Ever Albums

Re: British Album tournament

Elston — Wed, 28 May 2008 17:03:11 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 05/28/2008 21:03

bc1991 wrote:

Here you go, this are the ones that are worth of checking out, I tried to list them in order based on their influence.

Moondance - Van Morrison
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Achtung Baby - U2
II- Led Zeppelin
A Night at the Opera - Queen
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
The Clash - The Clash

I have heard the first 4 of that bunch.
Moondance - Van Morrison 8/10
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones 9/10
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison 8/10
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks 8/10
My favourite being Beggar's Banquet. I am going to listen to the rest of your recommendations

Re: British Album tournament

bc1991 — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:26:41 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 05/28/2008 18:26

Elston wrote:

Thanks a lot for posting those standings 111th Beatle.
Of those 60 or so albums I've only heard 21 of them, but the average rating of those is 8.4/10, a great rating.
The top 8 albums are a darn good collection.
There were some wonderful albums that didn't make it far, most notably: London Calling, Sgt Pepper, Wish You Were Here, and Led Zeppelin IV. Are there any albums that didn't make it past the 2nd round that you or anyone would recommend?

Since you've already mentioned The Clash and The Beatles, I'm gonna avoid those choices.
Here you go, this are the ones that are worth of checking out, I tried to list them in order based on their influence.

Moondance - Van Morrison
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Achtung Baby - U2
II- Led Zeppelin
A Night at the Opera - Queen
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
The Clash - The Clash

Re: British Album tournament

Elston — Tue, 27 May 2008 21:36:31 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 05/28/2008 01:36

Thanks a lot for posting those standings 111th Beatle.
Of those 60 or so albums I've only heard 21 of them, but the average rating of those is 8.4/10, a great rating.
The top 8 albums are a darn good collection.
There were some wonderful albums that didn't make it far, most notably: London Calling, Sgt Pepper, Wish You Were Here, and Led Zeppelin IV. Are there any albums that didn't make it past the 2nd round that you or anyone would recommend?

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:04:22 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 05/26/2008 13:04

Ok here's it is.

Winner
OK Computer - Radiohead

Runner-up
Revolver - The Beatles

Semi Finals
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Kid A - Radiohead

1/4 Finals
The Queen is Dead - The Smiths
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison
Low - David Bowie
Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones

3rd round
The White Album - The Beatles
Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses
Never Mind the Bollocks ... Heres the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols
Screamadelia - Primal Scream
Closer - Joy Division
Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

2nd round
Hounds of Love - Kate Bush
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Strangeways Here We Come - The Smiths
Who's Next - The Who
IV - Led Zeppelin
Origin of Symmetry - Muse
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Physical Graffitti - Led Zeppelin
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Joshua Tree - U2
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
The Bends - Radiohead
A Northern Soul - The Verve
Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

1st round
Rubber Soul - The Beatles
Sgt. Peppers - The Beatles
Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
II- Led Zeppelin
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Parklife - Blur
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
The Clash - The Clash
London Calling - The Clash
Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
Moondance - Van Morrison
All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay
Imagine - John Lennon
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
All Mod Cons - The Jam
A Night at the Opera - Queen
Parachutes - Coldplay
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Synchronicity - The Police
Technique - New Order
Achtung Baby - U2
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
So - Peter Gabriel
Wheels of Fire - Cream
Fresh Cream - Cream
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
If I Should Fall From the Grace of God - The Pogues

The selection for the tournament was obviously limited and a lot of great albums missed out but there it is for what its worth.

Re: British Album tournament

Elston — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:32:17 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 05/23/2008 13:32

Yeah that's what I was trying to say. Thank you! : >

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:21:06 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 05/23/2008 11:21

Elston wrote:

Hey 111th, I was wondering if you still had the results and could post the standings of every album that participated in the British Album Tournament - would be a good way to find good music. If not, can you do it for the current NA album tourny?

Standings as in where they finished in the tournament? I'd be happy to and I'll have it done by tomorrow.

Re: British Album tournament

Elston — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:06:03 GMT

Author: Elston

Posted: 05/22/2008 14:06

Hey 111th, I was wondering if you still had the results and could post the standings of every album that participated in the British Album Tournament - would be a good way to find good music. If not, can you do it for the current NA album tourny?

Re: British Album tournament

bc1991 — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:19:40 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 10/02/2007 21:19

Yeah very nice tournament. Thanks 111th Beatle for it

Re: British Album tournament

Mr.Music — Tue, 2 Oct 2007 10:36:51 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 10/02/2007 14:36

Nice tournament indeed! Astral Weeks was my nr.1 but Ok Computer sounds fine too. Ok Computer has gone deep in alot of peoples mind!
American tournament sounds fine too but i hope i see more indie and experimental bands like Captain Beefheart, Pere Ubu, The Feelies maybe?

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 18:06:52 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 10/01/2007 22:06

Thanks everyone.

Quote:

Thanks 111th. That was fun. I totally want to do an American one, but I have one concern: How many genres do we include? for example, do we include jazz and if so how many albums? We should definitely do it though.

Well I was gonna make a point of putting some jazz from Coltrane, Miles Davis and Charles Mingus in but Im not sure how many more. Ill get started on the entries now and all of you can advice me on i before we start the tournament.

Re: British Album tournament

albummaster — Mon, 1 Oct 2007 10:24:37 GMT

Author: albummaster

Posted: 10/01/2007 14:24

Thank you 111th_Beatle - great thread. Hope there's more!

Re: British Album tournament

Mr. Shankly — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 18:34:55 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 09/30/2007 22:34

Thanks 111th. That was fun. I totally want to do an American one, but I have one concern: How many genres do we include? for example, do we include jazz and if so how many albums? We should definitely do it though. 😁

Re: British Album tournament

YellowBook — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:15:21 GMT

Author: YellowBook

Posted: 09/30/2007 17:15

Well done 111th - good fun! Another tournament sounds good... 😄

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:01:01 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 09/30/2007 16:01

Can I have the vote of support for a N. American tournament?

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:58:02 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 09/30/2007 15:58

OK Computer wins 4-2 and wins the tournament.

OK Computer's path to victory:
1st round
Moondance - Van Morrison 3-1

2nd round
IV - Led Zeppelin 4-1

3rd round
Stone Roses - The Stone Roses 3-2

1/4 final
Low - David Bowie 4-0

Semi final
Abbey Road - The Beatles 3-1

Final
Revolver - The Beatles 4-2

That was a lot of fun and I'd like to thank all of you for contributing particularly Yellowbook for doing the drawing when I couldn't.
Thanks everyone.

PS somebody send Radiohead a letter of congratulations 😉

Re: British Album tournament

Mr.Music — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 01:55:12 GMT

Author: Mr.Music

Posted: 09/30/2007 05:55

My vote goes to Ok Computer

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:59:03 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 09/28/2007 20:59

Ill wait a day to see if bontham and Mr. Music can take it to 7. If both of them do then I wont count albumaster's vote as he said but if not it looks OK Computer as the required 4 votes.

Re: British Album tournament

bc1991 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 18:34:05 GMT

Author: bc1991

Posted: 09/27/2007 22:34

I'll go with Ok Computer here. I'll hope I can justify why that choice a little later.

Re: British Album tournament

The_111th_Beatle — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:12:58 GMT

Author: The_111th_Beatle

Posted: 09/27/2007 21:12

Revolver takes it for me but only just. Despite having 14 memorable tracks that would be the highlight of lesser bands careers it still has a seemless feel that any good album should. It just grabs me more than OK Computer.

Quote:

If you need my vote to make up the numbers then count it in, otherwise don't worry...

I'll see if anyone else votes to make it up to 7 and we'll count yours then.

Re: British Album tournament

YellowBook — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:34:31 GMT

Author: YellowBook

Posted: 09/27/2007 12:34

OK Computer for me as well but a surprisingly tough call.