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: 1 hour ago).
"The 3rd Cake album was not quite as delicious as the first two slices, but I could still go for several more helpings. Lots of good songs, my favorites are "Satan is My Motor," "Never There," "Sheep Go To Heaven" and "Walk on By.""Reply
"A much more polished effort than their first release. With this record, The Fugs push music forward into a space that few if any could have seen coming. The first nine songs sound like fully flushed-out music with decent vocals, good instrumentation (particularly the electric guitars) and great s...""A much more polished effort than their first release. With this record, The Fugs push music forward into a space that few if any could have seen coming. The first nine songs sound like fully flushed-out music with decent vocals, good instrumentation (particularly the electric guitars) and great songwriting. The songwriting was what set them apart from others on their first album and it does so again on their second. They are unafraid to tackle the most controversial subject matter and they do so with a subtlety that didn't exist on their debut. My favorite among these is "Coming Down". Then there is the closing epic "Virgin Forest". Through eight movements, The Fugs come up with one of the first soundscapes to appear in popular music and create something that can exist on its own as a work of art. This is probably incorrect but to my knowledge, The Fugs are the first band to make something that transcends music. The live version of "I Want To Know" is much better than the album version, I think."[+]Reply
"What do you get if you cross Tool with Drive By Truckers and Defheaven ? Why you’d have All Them Witches and this incredible album A.T. W have somehow managed to pull off something truely unique with a sound that is really difficult to completely pinpoint and that’s what makes this entire album a...""What do you get if you cross Tool with Drive By Truckers and Defheaven ? Why you’d have All Them Witches and this incredible album
A.T. W have somehow managed to pull off something truely unique with a sound that is really difficult to completely pinpoint and that’s what makes this entire album a triumph from top to bottom with power riffs, southern rock roots , black metal atmosphere and gloomy goth lyrics all smooshed into the mix
Can’t believe this album has barely registered a ripple on this site and 2020 is almost over
‘Nothing As The Ideal’ is simply outstanding "[+]Reply
"This is a heavily underrated Tull album. When it was released, the public saw the group as a dinosaur that seemed to make itself even more irrelevant with every new offering. That is a shame, especially because as a musician you are chained to “Locomotive Breathe” while you also like to receive f...""This is a heavily underrated Tull album. When it was released, the public saw the group as a dinosaur that seemed to make itself even more irrelevant with every new offering. That is a shame, especially because as a musician you are chained to “Locomotive Breathe” while you also like to receive feedback about new work. But "Valley" and the beautiful "Beside Myself" are a socially critical songs ("bring back the tablets of stone", child prostitution in India) that stands up to the comparison with the so-called classics. The texts (how could it be otherwise?) are again of a particularly high level. The arrangements are perfect and the production excellent. If you have doubts, give the music a chance. You will not be disappointed. Labels such as Prog rock or Folk rock are no longer able to interpret Tull. As a writer and composer, Ian Anderson is too unique to dismiss him as a thing from the 1970s."[+]Reply
"This is what I would dare call the classic "Schulze". Very repetitive, analog but supportive drums, long drawn-out chords on the synthesizer that unfortunately beg a little too often for variation (playing a different note really causes a kind of relief). The sound of the synthesizer effects is v...""This is what I would dare call the classic "Schulze". Very repetitive, analog but supportive drums, long drawn-out chords on the synthesizer that unfortunately beg a little too often for variation (playing a different note really causes a kind of relief). The sound of the synthesizer effects is very good. Unfortunately, that cannot be said of the sounds with which the solos are played. I'm not sure if it's a Moog, and if it's one, the sound could be a whole lot better. Here and there, the notes played by the sequencer are a bit too repetitive and close to boring. Running them through a variety of moog filters is not really helping. All in all this is a good and “classic” records."[+]Reply
"Stevie's best album from the 60's , the title track, Shoo Be Doo & I Don't Know Why being the stand out tracks. I'd Be A Fool.., You Met Your Match & I'm More Than Happy are also great tracks. The last 4 tracks however drag the album down to 80/100."Reply
""Below the Salt" was Steeleye Span's fourth album, but probably the first where the sound that gave the band their greatest successes is predominant. Producer of the first albums Sandy Robertson has been replaced by Jerry Boys, and the two founder-members Ashley Hutchings, Martin Carthy are repla..."""Below the Salt" was Steeleye Span's fourth album, but probably the first where the sound that gave the band their greatest successes is predominant. Producer of the first albums Sandy Robertson has been replaced by Jerry Boys, and the two founder-members Ashley Hutchings, Martin Carthy are replaced by Rick Kemp and Bob Johnson. Later also the drummer Nigel Pegrum was added to the band and it was this 6 man line-up which with the album and the single "All Around my Hat" achieved the greatest commercial successes..
On "Below the Salt", the group has found eight old songs and given them a new and different life. Most surprising is the fact that the group actually achieved a single hit with the old Roman church-song "Gaudete".
Otherwise it is old English folk songs which in addition to the acoustic instruments mandolin, fiddle and banjo also have been added electric bass and electric guitar.
Vocally it is obviously Maddy Prior who is fronting the band, but all members beautifully take a part in the vocals and a couple of numbers are purely a capella.
It may now be difficult to understand that the group, along with Fairport Convention, actually were the leading force in folk-rock, and that this kind of music was attective to a vast audience. Today, this genre is probably only a niche, and this album may also seem somewhat dated.
Besides the fine "Gaudete", I think still enjoy "Saucy Sailor" very much , the song oozes atmosphere. It not that the rest of the album is uninteresting, quite the contrary, it's probably more about that part of the magic of the folk-rock is gone.
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