Best Ever Albums

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Boogn1sh — Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:29:59 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 11/02/2009 21:29

I definitely agree that Zappa and Cpt. Beefheart both fall into this category, cause you know, a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?

To Purple: I agree Locust Abortion Technician is the best Butthole Surfers album, but I've mentioned it a lot on this site and have it on my list so I figured I'd switch it up for the hell of it.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Charicature — Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:22:17 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 11/02/2009 15:22

brohio wrote:

My first thought is Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. Great stuff really.
They Might Be Giants.
Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer
And I always get shit for my LOVE of God Shuffled His Feet. That guy with the low voice, Brad, wrote some great songs there! Many might call it ridiculous, I just can't.
Zappa of course, sublime ridiculousness.
Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache - wild tune!

TAFN

I actually wouldn't put They Might Be Giants or Crash Test Dummies into this category - neither are ridiculous, just different, and somewhat humorous. I also am quite fond of God Shuffled His Feet, incidentally.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

maxperenchio — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:58:38 GMT

Author: maxperenchio

Posted: 10/29/2009 19:58

I miss 8-tracks wrote:

dp39 wrote:

Kiss- Destroyer.

It sucks...but it's amazing as hell. (As long as you don't have GREAT EXPECTATIONS) get it? :D

GREAT ALBUM NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT

WORD. I hate ironic KISS appreciation.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Detroit Rock Citizen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:19:40 GMT

Author: Detroit Rock Citizen

Posted: 10/29/2009 19:19

dp39 wrote:

Kiss- Destroyer.

It sucks...but it's amazing as hell. (As long as you don't have GREAT EXPECTATIONS) get it? :D

GREAT ALBUM NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

brohio — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:44:46 GMT

Author: brohio

Posted: 10/29/2009 18:44

My first thought is Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. Great stuff really.
They Might Be Giants.
Kayak - Royal Bed Bouncer
And I always get shit for my LOVE of God Shuffled His Feet. That guy with the low voice, Brad, wrote some great songs there! Many might call it ridiculous, I just can't.
Zappa of course, sublime ridiculousness.
Roxy Music - In Every Dream Home a Heartache - wild tune!

TAFN

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

maxperenchio — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:57:53 GMT

Author: maxperenchio

Posted: 10/28/2009 01:57

Animalize- KISS.... most 80s KISS in general
Out of the Cellar- Ratt

that shit rules hard though

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

joannajewsom — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:44:23 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/27/2009 19:44

Boogn1sh wrote:

Joanna I had never even heard of Jobriath, thanks for the intro. His story is pretty fascinating and the little bit of the music I've now heard is surprisingly solid.

Yeah, I recently read about him and picked up his debut. Most of it sounds like fairly entertaining David Bowie and Elton John impersonations, but there are a few songs that are really good on there.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Norman Bates — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:38:50 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 10/27/2009 15:38

Adam Ant

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:42:15 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/27/2009 14:42

Butthole Surfers are a damn good choice but I would have to go with their "Locust Abortion Technician" or s/t album.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

RFNAPLES — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:42:34 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/27/2009 01:42

Charicature wrote:

The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies

Good choice, especially these tracks:

Mama's Boy
The Ballad of Chasey Lain
The Bad Touch
A Lap Dance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Mr. Shankly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:55:40 GMT

Author: Mr. Shankly

Posted: 10/27/2009 00:55

I'm gonna pick on a sacred cow for some people: Trout Mask Replica--Captain Beefheart is definitely in this category. I still can't decide if it's brilliant or just pretentious, and arguments could be made either way. Also, a lot of Frank Zappa belongs in this category and a lot of Guided by Voices stuff for its wacky imaginative/nonsensical titles and lo fi lack of professionalism. Early Sebadoh is pretty ridiculous. Beat Happening with Calvin Johnson's ridiculously low voice comes to mind.

Oh, a lot of solo Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers stuff and comes to mind (I'm a Little Airplane, Ice Cream Man, Here Come the Martian Martians), although I personally dig his quirkiness.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Boogn1sh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:01:55 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 10/27/2009 00:01

Good picks everyone. I also had a soft spot for that Bloodhound Gang record when it was released, just abysmal, but fantastic. Good choice with Tom Waits, he has definitely carved out his own niche and makes no attempt to soften his sound to appeal to a wider audience.

Well put 40foot, if your gonna get dirty, you might as well jump in the pool of grime!

Joanna I had never even heard of Jobriath, thanks for the intro. His story is pretty fascinating and the little bit of the music I've now heard is surprisingly solid.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

Charicature — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:40:05 GMT

Author: Charicature

Posted: 10/26/2009 23:40

The Presidents of the United States of America - self titled album.

The Bloodhound Gang - Hooray for Boobies

any Kaiser Chiefs album. Love the non-stop tongue-in-cheek lyrics. 😁

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

dp39 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:13:29 GMT

Author: dp39

Posted: 10/26/2009 23:13

Kiss- Destroyer.

It sucks...but it's amazing as hell. (As long as you don't have GREAT EXPECTATIONS) get it? 😁

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

40footwolf — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Author: 40footwolf

Posted: 10/26/2009 21:00

Motley Crue's Too Fast For Love. It's like, yeah, it's fucking horrible, but it's so relentlessly in-your-face, grimy and classless that it's actually a pretty fun listen.

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

RFNAPLES — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:25:20 GMT

Author: RFNAPLES

Posted: 10/26/2009 20:25

Waits, Tom-Swordfishtrombones

Re: Ridiculous, but great...

joannajewsom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:53:25 GMT

Author: joannajewsom

Posted: 10/26/2009 19:53

Jobriath

And the Shaggs, of course.

Ridiculous, but great...

Boogn1sh — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:34:09 GMT

Author: Boogn1sh

Posted: 10/26/2009 19:34

There’s a thin line between an album being completely ridiculous, and ridiculously great. I’m a huge fan of anyone who’s able to push over the line and create something so audacious, so unlike what anyone else is making, that you can’t help but respect their ignorance to everything else that’s going on. So what are some albums that you recognize may be extremely cheesy, or just plain bad by conventional standards, but you love because the artists dedication and adherence to their vision.

My Picks:

Rick Wakeman- Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Alexander Skip Spence – Oar

The Residents- God In Three Persons, If you’ve never heard this go, now, and get it, NOW…

The Shaggs- Philosophy of the World, Obvious choice, but it really is charming

Butthole Surfers- Hairway To Steven

Guns N’ Roses- Chinese Democracy- The hubris that it took to make this beyond me. Songs like Street of Dreams are so completely corny that you can’t help but love them for their otherwordly, almost robotic sheen.

Bobb Trimble – Harvest of Dreams

Bonzo Dog Band- The Doughnut in Granny’s Greenhouse

Queen- A Night At The Opera- May be the best example of something that’s great because of how ridiculous it is. Random note, the song 39’ is incredible, maybe my fav on the album.

The Byrds- Sweetheart of the Rodeo (fantastic country album that apparently just wasn’t what people wanted from the Byrds)

Gentle Giant- pretty much every album by them….

Ivor Cutler- Velvet Donkey

Anything by Jandek