Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 37 minutes ago).
"The Swedish version of The Bends by Radiohead in a way. Just remember to listen to the swedish version of this album even though you don't understand Swedish. Trust me, it sounds so much better."Reply
"Colin Newman's production (and you can definitely tell it's him) can't overcome Gavin Friday's all-over-the-place vocals, but... there are "moments." RIYL The Fall, The Misfits, Alien Sex Fiend, bands of that nature."Reply
"The level of energy contained in this album is astounding! This is pure, raw, in your face, I like it! Jeremy Taggart's talent on drums is particularly on display in this album (he was around 18 when they recorded this!). Great album, amazing songs."Reply
"Not a bad album by any means, and actually has some of Depeche's post-Alan Wilder songs, but the main problem here is quality control. If we widdled the 17 tracks down to 11 or 12, I think this would be a solid album and it wouldn't have as much of a "going through the motions" feel do it. Too ma...""Not a bad album by any means, and actually has some of Depeche's post-Alan Wilder songs, but the main problem here is quality control. If we widdled the 17 tracks down to 11 or 12, I think this would be a solid album and it wouldn't have as much of a "going through the motions" feel do it. Too many people are harsh on later Depeche because they haven't released anything on the level of Violator or Music For The Masses in eons, but to be honest a few guys in their early 50s who are now seen as legends who know they're going to go on another round of sellout concerts every 4 years aren't expected to have the same drive and hunger as a much younger band in their creative and commercial prime. If you listen to it as the followup to Sounds Of The Universe and not try to compare it to their 1984-1993 material when they were in their glory, its better than you think it is. As a whole they continue on their bluesy/rock path from the last two albums, but there are more traces here of old-school Mode than in anything else they've done in the past ten years."[+]Reply
"I haven't listened to it for years, and by my fanatism of the innovation of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral came again in the last time, I was expecting that this record hadn't past the stood of time as many of the records I've heard. Suprisingly I was wrong. In this record Richard Patrick p...""I haven't listened to it for years, and by my fanatism of the innovation of Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral came again in the last time, I was expecting that this record hadn't past the stood of time as many of the records I've heard. Suprisingly I was wrong.
In this record Richard Patrick proofs that his band is not a shadow of their ex-band, Nine Inch Nails, but is criminally underrated. The tags of Post-Grunge, and even Industrial Rock is a little bit away from this band. It's just a standard Hard Rock with very heavy riffs showed in tracks like "Welcome To The Fold" and "It's Gonna Kill Me", catching-as-hell melodies (Richard Patrick is being a suprising singer here), amazing chord progressions in tracks like "Cancer", and amazing singles like "The Best Things" and the memorable "Take A Picture".
A record totally unappreciated, you should check out."[+]Reply
"The Expectations were surpassed, believe the hype kids, Sufjan allows Carrie & Lowell to bloom in various possible ways, a tree that has dozens different types of flowers from roses to violets."Reply
"The album should be credited to "Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation" - a group Plant performed with in 2005 and with which he recorded this album. It is with this ensemble that Plant has put together his most Zeppelinesque post break-up release. Released on Sanctuary Records/Es Paranza Record...""The album should be credited to "Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation" - a group Plant performed with in 2005 and with which he recorded this album. It is with this ensemble that Plant has put together his most Zeppelinesque post break-up release. Released on Sanctuary Records/Es Paranza Records (Cat#: 06076-84747-2) this album crackles with intensity and delicacy, not heard on a Plant album in many years. Exceptional!"[+]Reply
"Comments on the 2010 reissue. It was really positive news that Apple decided to reissue their four Badfinger albums and give them a remastering. The first CD release of "No Dice" dates back to 1992, and although the sound on the old release wasn't bad, this is a clear improvement. The number of b...""Comments on the 2010 reissue.
It was really positive news that Apple decided to reissue their four Badfinger albums and give them a remastering. The first CD release of "No Dice" dates back to 1992, and although the sound on the old release wasn't bad, this is a clear improvement.
The number of binus tracks is the same, but it must be noted tht they are all different. Three of the original five bonus tracks have now been added to the re-mastered version of Badfinger's next album "Straight Up", which makes good sense since they all originally were recorded for the follow-up album to "No Dice". One song, the band composition "Get Down" is now only available in download, which is really a shame. Moreover the download version is different from the 1992 version. The song from the 1992 release "Friends are Hard to Find" is now called "Photograph" - it the same song, but this new version is more than a minute longer.
The "new" bonus-tracks are alternate versions of songs from the album. Three of them are early studio-demos produced by Mal Evans. They all sound nice and are really nice additions, but none them surpasses the original versions. You get the feeling that Joey Molland is still not comfortable in the group. His solo on "Without You" seems somewhat uncertain and hesitant. Pete Ham's rocker "I Can't Take it" is also found in an extended version, where Tom Evans and Pete vocally blow themselves out.
There are fine and informative liner notes written by Andy Davis. A highly recommended release.
No Dice was Badfinger's first masterpiece ( and my first Badfinger album!). Paul McCartney's positive influence on the bands sound on Magic Christian Music has been developed further on this album. The inspiration from The Beatles can be heard on most of these songs, but this album shows that they're much more than just a Beatles rip off. Some changes had been made since the recording of Magic Christian Music. Geoff Emerick (known from his work with The Beatles) produced most of the album; the rest of it was produced by Mal Evans who also produced some of Magic Christian Music. Ron Griffiths had already left before the release of the previous album so Tom Evans had now taken over the bass. Joey Molland ,who had played with Gary Walker, was chosen for a new guitarist.
The material (the songs) on this album is very strong. Without You written by Tom and Pete has become an alltime classic - heres the original version - superior to any version I've heard so far. Enjoy Pete's organ line at the end of the song - sounds like something Matthew Fisher of Procol Harum could have done. No Matter What, Midnight Caller and We're For The Dark all show what a brilliant songwriter with an unique sense of melody Pete Ham had already become.
The album is a perfect blend of ballads, rockers and a bit of country (Blodwyn), generally performed with more rocking feeling than their earlier recordings. Though the album is obviously dominated by Pete Ham's songs all other members contribute to it.
The bonus-tracks are all very good - 4 of them hail from the never-released follow-up album to No Dice recorded early 1971. The strongest of them is the group-composition "I'll Be The One" (on first CD version of the album - now on "Straight Up"), which at a certain point was considered as a single - I believe it had "Mean, Mean Jemima" rerecorded for his "After The Pearl" album; this version is much better.
Apart from "I Can't Take it" the new bonus-tracks are from Mal Evans sessions.
My favourites: Midnight Caller, Without You, No Matter What, We're For The Dark and I'll Be The One "[+]Reply