Greatest Album of 1968

[Matt Wilson]

All right, so Sgt Pepper's was the BCB choice as top LP of '67 (so far). Will The White Album be our pick for '68?

Choose ten.

[WG Kaspar]

Are you sure Procol Harum was 1968?

[Matt Wilson]

Are you sure Procol Harum was 1968?

You are correct, sir. Fixed. Which, of course, means it should've made my '67 poll...

EDIT: Oops, guess I didn't fix it. Oh well, to change it now would mean everyone who voted thus far loses their votes...

[toomanyhatz]

I actually voted for 9, since I couldn't decide between my runners-up. The 9 are:

White Album
Ladyland
Astral
Village Green
O&O
WLWH
Fairport (oh crap! I voted for that by mistake confusing it with "What We Did On Our Holidays." Oh well.)
Procol
Gris Gris

...once again limiting it to contenders for favorite albums ever.

Runners-up are Banquet, WoiiftM (my favorite Zappa by a gazillion miles), Cheap Thrills, Nilsson, Anthem, Sailor and Head. Not quite as good as '67, but still a pretty amazing year.

Faves not on the list (beating Coan to the punch) - God Bless the Red Crayola and United States of America.

[Darkness_Fish]

Of those, Phil Ochs' Tape from California is a gulf ahead of the rest. Which are Simon & Garfunkel, The Pentangle, VU, and Miles.

[Darkness_Fish]

The actual best albums that year were fucking immense though (I include Ochs there, btw):
The Silver Apples - The Silver Apples and Contact
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter and Wee Tam and the Big Huge
Nico - The Marble Index.

[naughty boy]

Faves not on the list (beating Coan to the punch) - God Bless the Red Crayola and United States of America.

Yep - especially the latter, which still sounds amazing (and I dare say would have got more votes than Phil Ochs and the Electric Flag). The Silver Apples' debut is similarly strange and wonderful and came out in '68 too.

And then there's Soft Machine's 1st, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, Nancy and Lee and The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark...


I went for:

Beatles
Kinks
Mothers
Move
Velvets
Head
Pretties
Family
Small Faces
Dr. John (the only thing by him I like, really)

The Fabs and the Pretties albums are both all-time top ten LPs for me, half of the others would make a top 30. Wonderful year.

[Matt Wilson]

Jesus, you guys are some whining bitches... No matter which 50 albums I choose there's always someone who's gonna piss and moan about not including his favorite. They only allow you 50 choices, you know...

[Matt Wilson]

The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard and Clark

AAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[Darkness_Fish]

Jesus, you guys are some whining bitches... No matter which 50 albums I choose there's always someone who's gonna piss and moan about not including his favorite. They only allow you 50 choices, you know...

If you'd just asked me first, rather than trying to guess which were the best 50 albums, you wouldn't come out of this looking so bad...

[Walk In My Shadow]

't was a good year even if I was only 13 then.

Fairport and Pentangle were bought by my father. The Stones definitely was mine.

[WG Kaspar]

Jesus, you guys are some whining bitches... No matter which 50 albums I choose there's always someone who's gonna piss and moan about not including his favorite. They only allow you 50 choices, you know...

If you'd just asked me first, rather than trying to guess which were the best 50 albums, you wouldn't come out of this looking so bad...

Maybe we could discuss it a bit further and decide what should be there.

[WG Kaspar]

I find the lack of love for Aretha disgusting.

[toomanyhatz]

Wow, forgot about the Softs! That would've been pick #10 for sure...

[Matt Wilson]

Jesus, you guys are some whining bitches... No matter which 50 albums I choose there's always someone who's gonna piss and moan about not including his favorite. They only allow you 50 choices, you know...

If you'd just asked me first, rather than trying to guess which were the best 50 albums, you wouldn't come out of this looking so bad...

All your choices are such shit though...

[pcqgod]

From the list I picked Beatles, Stones, Byrds, Kinks, Pretties, Pink Floyd, VU, Blue Cheer, Monkees, Small Faces.

Others that I highly regard from '68:

Os Mutantes – s/t
The United States of America – s/t
Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle
The Outsiders – CQ
Tomorrow – s/t
Gary Walker and the Rain – Album #1
Nazz – s/t
Grapefruit -- Around
Margo Guryan – Take a picture
The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -- A Child's Guide to Good and Evil
The Kaleidoscope (US) – Beacon from Mars
Billy Nicholls – Would you Believe
Miles Davis – Kilimanjaro
Lothar and the Hand People – Presenting
The Electric Prunes – Mass in F Minor
The Left Banke – The Left Banke Too
Various Artists – 2001: A Space Odyssey (soundtrack)
Genesis – In the Beginning
The Litter -- $100 Fine
Graham Gouldman – Thing
The Smoke – s/t
Chad & Jeremy – The Ark
SRC – s/t
The Savage Resurrection – s/t
C.A. Quintet – Trip Thru Hell
Amboy Dukes – Migration
Nico -- The Marble Index
Creedence Clearwater Revival -- s/t
Blue Cheer – Outsideinside
Plastic Cloud – s/t
Mort Garson – The Wozard of Iz: An Electronic Odyssey

[Dayodead]

Of the options given:
VU- White Light/White Heat
Beatles- White Album
Jimi Henrix- Electric Ladyland
Kinks- Village green preservation society
Rolling Sontes- Beggars Banquet
Blue Cheer- Vincebus Eruptum

The Doors- Waiting for the Sun
Zombies- Odessey and Oracle
Simon and Garfunkel- Bookends
Aretha Frankiln- Lady Soul

My actual Top 15:
1. The Velvet Underground- White light/ White heat
2. Silver Apples- Silver Apples *
3. The Beatles- White album
4. The Red Krayola- God bless the Red Krayola and all who sail with it *
5. Wilson Pickett- Midnight Mover *
6. Sly and the family stone- Dance to the music *
7. The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society
8. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
9. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
10. Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland
11. Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown *
12. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood - Nancy & Lee *
13. Dusty Springfield - Dusty... Definitely *
14. Nico- The Marble Index *
15. The Doors- Waiting for the sun

* Not list options

[toomanyhatz]

I will never, ever understand the appeal of Silver Apples. I just don't get it on any level.

[Jimbo]

Electric Ladyland is the greatest album ever.

[naughty boy]

Beggars Banquet my arse