A perfect Christmas album?
It doesn't need to be December to recognize just how good track 2 is.
Henry mentioned "they're all really smart" & that made me think about Queen (Who japf mentioned) & if you haven't seen the movie Bohemian Rhapsody I suggest you watch it. It's excellent.
Back to "being smart".....
Brian May of Queen is an astrophysicist -- Yup earned PhD in astrophysics in 2007 plus can play damn good guitar.
A bit surprised nobody has yet mentioned a quintessential album of the 70's...
"Frampton Comes Alive".
@Timmy! posted:A bit surprised nobody has yet mentioned a quintessential album of the 70's...
"Frampton Comes Alive".
True very true. As well albums from the Eagles
A few that have been with me for many years, and still in my rotation,
Blonde on Blonde
Blood on the Tracks
The Butterfield Blues Band
The Electric B B King
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison
The Essential Doc Watson
Me and Mr Johnson, Eric Clapton
West of the West......Dave AlviN
John Babacome Lee....Fairport Convention. The first arty rock opera about a guy who would not die, they attempted to hang him 3 times, never worked. He did die of natural causes in of all places Milwaukee in 1945.
Been listening recently to mostly new Dylan, old Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Coltrane, Roseanne Cash and Iris Dement.
Thank God for music!
@Henry posted:Good music is timeless. Great list.
I love Boston. They were like Journey where it was fashionable to look down on them. I'd always tell whatever Rush junkie (I love Rush) who was bashing them at the time to go sing like Brad Delp. That guy was fucking amazing.
It's up to old farts to tell the youngin's about amazing music they hadn't heard yet. There's some kid pulling out Grandpa's album stash right now and firing up ZZ Top for the first time.
If you haven't seen it yet, look up Tom Scholz: One In A Million in the u-tube.
Then there is this...
first, I don't agree with the premise. but today these are my thoughts, tomorrow would well bring different ones
the perfect christmas album is Dean Martin's "Making Spirits Bright", have a cocktail and start winking at someone. this I will stand by, it's in the CD player every year
Blonde on Blonde was my go to this spring to get through the early stages of separating from cheating wife. listened to it every day for several weeks. thank you Bob Dylan
Willie Nelson "Stardust" comes to mind, so many
Grateful Dead "American Beauty"
John Hartford, so many, but "All in the Name of Love"
Tedeschi Trucks Band "Revelator"
Allman Bros "Brothers & Sisters"
Salamander Crossing "Bottleneck Dreams"
Robert Gordon "The Humbler"
Gurf Morlix "Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream"
JJ Cale, so many, "Naturally"
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks "Beatin' the Heat"
Guy Clark, so many, "Old Friends"
Los Lobos "Kiko"
Bob Marley and the Wailers, so many, "Live!"
Bela Fleck "Drive"
Miles Davis "We Want Miles"
Bruce Cockburn "Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws"
Sam Bush "King of My World"
The Band "The Band"
we are so lucky to be living in a time with SO MUCH incredible music and I haven't even begun, I give up...
@Timpranillo posted:We all have albums we stupidly bought because of 1 song (coughcough Jesus Jones coughcough). We have the albums we maybe only listen to maybe 3-4 songs from.
The rarest album though are those albums where you can listen to every song. Never press skip. Every song on the album slaps as the kids these days say. To me, only a few albums live in this rarified space.
The good thing today is that we can just buy "Right Here, Right Now" and not be stuck with the rest of that shitty Jesus Jones album.
The bad part is that if we'd just download "Narc" by Interpol, we might not ever hear "C'mere"...
Maybe the concept of album is outdated let alone a perfect album, but anyway, here's my 3 perfect albums.
U2 - The Joshua Tree 1987
I know it's fashionable to bash U2. Don't care. I think they've consistently put out great stuff almost every time. But Joshua Tree is perfect. Every song is killer. From the well known ones like With or Without You to the ones that get no love like Exit. Holds up today. Just perfect. And, if I'm being honest, Achtung Baby might have higher highs, but I think the low points are ever so slightly lower than Joshua Tree
Yes on Joshua Tree. Even more remarkable is considering the hair band synth driven pop/rock that dominated the days when it came out.
Didn't know you were an Interpol guy. Used to hang out with them when they were living in NYC. Have a pic somewhere.
I forgot about Godsmack.
Their first album aptly titled Godsmack
Whatever you A-Holes 😉
I started college in 1969 which may well be the greatest single year for great music. To Wit:
Crosby, Stills & Nash. Their debut album was timeless.
Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed. Starts with Gimme Shelter and ends with You Can’t Always Get what You Want.
Led Zeppelin. Debut album.
Santana. Debut album.
King Crimson. In The Court of the Crimson King. One of the greatest progressive rock albums ever and it was their first. Greg Lake went on to Emerson, Lake and Palmer and the lineup changed quickly. They still made some great music, but it’s hard to beat this album.
Beach Boys. 20/20.
And that was just 1969! Other great albums:
Moody Blues, To Our Children’s Children’s Children, On the Threshold of a Dream, A Question off Balance.
Dylan. Blood on the Tracks. God what a great album! Also, Love and Theft.
Beatles. Sgt. Peppers. Solid throughout. But when I read that “Penny Lane” and “Strawberry Fields” were intended to be on the album, I couldn’t help but be disappointed that they weren’t included. How great would that have been? I also think Rubber Soul was near perfect.
Disraeli Gears by Cream/Clapton.
Alanis. Bitter Little Pill.
Stones. Beggar’s Banquet. Sticky Fingers.
Grateful Dead. American Beauty Rose. Workingman’s Dead.
Jefferson Starship, Blows Against The Empire.
Jimi Hendrix. Are You Experienced.
Jackson Browne. Late for the Sky.
Linda Ronstadt. Heart Like a Wheel. Mad Love.