'Classic' albums that no one seems to talk about anymore

[kath]

well, i was gonna talk about spirit in general and a few albums including sardonicus in particular... but i'm not sure spirit has ever really gotten its due.

therefore, i won't even bring them up.

[sloopjohnc]

well, i was gonna talk about spirit in general and a few albums including sardonicus in particular... but i'm not sure spirit has ever really gotten its due.

Balboa would agree.

Warning: If you'd like to discuss this with him, don't do it after a few beers and after a trip to Matt Wilson's car.

Not if you've got other things to do for a couple hours, anyway.

[Lemon Yoghourt]

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I recently got Exile in Guyville from Emusic. I d/loaded it based on excerpts of various tracks I'd heard and have really become quite taken with it. Excellent album.

[kath]

well, i was gonna talk about spirit in general and a few albums including sardonicus in particular... but i'm not sure spirit has ever really gotten its due.

Balboa would agree.

Warning: If you'd like to discuss this with him, don't do it after a few beers and after a trip to Matt Wilson's car.

Not if you've got other things to do for a couple hours, anyway.

oh, but i luvvv to talk all the more after a few beers. the only thing i'm worried about is the trip to matt's car.

[meetthesonics]

The Pretenders debut. Actually, the Pretenders in general. Held in very high regard in the early '80s. Not completely forgotten, but not often thought of now.

[meetthesonics]

Not to mention the Sex Pistol's Never Mind....

[Limpin' Jez McKenzie]

Haven't read all the thread, but presumably someone has mentioned Bothers In Arms, Love Over Gold and Making Movies, all by Dire Straits. Making Movies is a genuine classic album with no duff songs on it (though some would say one duff song), was a huge hit in its time, and yet no-one talks about it or plays tracks from it on the radio anymore.

[sloopjohnc]

well, i was gonna talk about spirit in general and a few albums including sardonicus in particular... but i'm not sure spirit has ever really gotten its due.

Balboa would agree.

Warning: If you'd like to discuss this with him, don't do it after a few beers and after a trip to Matt Wilson's car.

Not if you've got other things to do for a couple hours, anyway.

oh, but i luvvv to talk all the more after a few beers. the only thing i'm worried about is the trip to matt's car.

You should be.

[Limpin' Jez McKenzie]

I have now read all the thread - I note LMG did mention Brothers In Arms.

But what really struck me was how many of the albums mentioned do not fit the thread (ignoring the obviously ironic ones). I'm with Lance Matthew on this one.

[kath]

Making Movies is a genuine classic album with no duff songs on it (though some would say one duff song), was a huge hit in its time, and yet no-one talks about it or plays tracks from it on the radio anymore.

i talked about romeo and juliet the other day. well, a live version.

however, what i talk about and what the rest of humanity talks about rarely line up. in fact, knowing me, i bet this song is probably what ya mean by "duff".

that doesn't make you any less right about the album.

[Limpin' Jez McKenzie]

Making Movies is a genuine classic album with no duff songs on it (though some would say one duff song), was a huge hit in its time, and yet no-one talks about it or plays tracks from it on the radio anymore.

i talked about romeo and juliet the other day. well, a live version.

however, what i talk about and what the rest of humanity talks about rarely line up. in fact, knowing me, i bet this song is probably what ya mean by "duff".

that doesn't make you any less right about the album.

No - I think R&J is a tremendous track. The one some people think is duff on that fantastic album is Solid Rock, though I think it is great.

I have skateaway on my ipod - what a brilliant song that is.

[Moleskin]

Making Movies is a genuine classic album with no duff songs on it (though some would say one duff song), was a huge hit in its time, and yet no-one talks about it or plays tracks from it on the radio anymore.

i talked about romeo and juliet the other day. well, a live version.

however, what i talk about and what the rest of humanity talks about rarely line up. in fact, knowing me, i bet this song is probably what ya mean by "duff".

that doesn't make you any less right about the album.

No - I think R&J is a tremendous track. The one some people think is duff on that fantastic album is Solid Rock, though I think it is great.

I have skateaway on my ipod - what a brilliant song that is.

'Solid Rock'? Surely the duff track on Making Movies is 'Les Boys'? I cringe just typing it.

[Bungo the Mungo]

So this is now 'weirdy little albums that nobody ever really cared for'?

[Insouciant Western People]

Surely the duff track on Making Movies is 'Les Boys'? I cringe just typing it.

It's one of my favourite DS songs.

[Davey the Fat Boy]

I used to have an old dilaidated copy of Rolling Stone's 10th Anniversary edition. This was on every top 10 list:



It still rates up in that vicinity for me.

[Guy E]

The first 100 from ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE'S list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
All the usual suspects are here. Fire away:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
2. Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys
3. Revolver, The Beatles
4. Highway 61 Revisited, Bob Dylan
5. Rubber Soul, The Beatles
6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
7. Exile on Main Street, The Rolling Stones
8. London Calling, The Clash
9. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
10. The Beatles ("The White Album"), The Beatles
11. The Sun Sessions, Elvis Presley
12. Kind of Blue, Miles Davis
13. Velvet Underground and Nico, The Velvet Underground
14. Abbey Road, The Beatles
15. Are You Experienced?, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
16. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan
17. Nevermind, Nirvana
18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
20. Thriller, Michael Jackson
21. The Great Twenty-Eight, Chuck Berry
22. Plastic Ono Band, John Lennon
23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder
24. Live at the Apollo (1963), James Brown
25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree, U2
27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson
28. Who's Next, The Who
29. Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin
30. Blue, Joni Mitchell
31. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
33. Ramones, Ramones
34. Music From Big Pink, The Band
35. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, David Bowie
36. Tapestry, Carole King
37. Hotel California, The Eagles
38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters
39. Please Please Me, The Beatles
40. Forever Changes, Love
41. Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, The Sex Pistols
42. The Doors, The Doors
43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
44. Horses, Patti Smith
45. The Band, The Band
46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers
47. A Love Supreme, John Coltrane
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band
50. Here's Little Richard, Little Richard
51. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
52. Greatest Hits, Al Green
53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959, Ray Charles
54. Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55. Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley
56. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
57. Beggars Banquet, The Rolling Stones
58. Trout Mask Replica, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
59. Meet the Beatles, The Beatles
60. Greatest Hits, Sly and the Family Stone
61. Appetite for Destruction, Guns n' Roses
62. Achtung Baby, U2
63. Sticky Fingers, The Rolling Stones
64. Phil Spector, Back to Mono (1958 - 1969), Various Artists
65. Moondance, Van Morrison
66. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin
67. The Stranger, Billy Joel
68. Off the Wall, Michael Jackson
69. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield
70. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin
71. After the Gold Rush, Neil Young
72. Purple Rain, Prince
73. Back in Black, AC/DC
74. Otis Blue, Otis Redding
75. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
76. Imagine, John Lennon
77. The Clash, The Clash
78. Harvest, Neil Young
79. Star Time, James Brown
80. Odessey and Oracle, The Zombies
81. Graceland, Paul Simon
82. Axis: Bold as Love, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
83. I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Aretha Franklin
84. Lady Soul, Aretha Franklin
85. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
86. Let It Be, The Beatles
87. The Wall, Pink Floyd
88. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
89. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield
90. Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
92. 20 Golden Greats, Buddy Holly
93. Sign 'o' the Times, Prince
94. Bitches Brew, Miles Davis
95. Green River, Creedence Clearwater Revival
96. Tommy, The Who
97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan
98. This Year's Model, Elvis Costello
99. There's a Riot Goin' On, Sly and the Family Stone
100. In the Wee Small Hours, Frank Sinatra

[Bungo the Mungo]

Shite:

17. Nevermind, Nirvana
25. Rumours, Fleetwood Mac
26. The Joshua Tree, U2
27. King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. 1, Robert Johnson
28. Who's Next, The Who
30. Blue, Joni Mitchell
34. Music From Big Pink, The Band
37. Hotel California, The Eagles
43. The Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd
48. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
49. At Fillmore East, The Allman Brothers Band
51. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon and Garfunkel
61. Appetite for Destruction, Guns n' Roses
67. The Stranger, Billy Joel
81. Graceland, Paul Simon
85. Born in the U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen
87. The Wall, Pink Floyd
96. Tommy, The Who
97. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan
99. There's a Riot Goin' On, Sly and the Family Stone

Mediocre:

6. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye
8. London Calling, The Clash
18. Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen
19. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison
20. Thriller, Michael Jackson
23. Innervisions, Stevie Wonder
32. Let It Bleed, The Rolling Stones
36. Tapestry, Carole King
38. The Anthology, 1947 - 1972, Muddy Waters
46. Legend, Bob Marley and the Wailers
52. Greatest Hits, Al Green
53. The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959, Ray Charles
54. Electric Ladyland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience
55. Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley
56. Songs in the Key of Life, Stevie Wonder
65. Moondance, Van Morrison
72. Purple Rain, Prince
73. Back in Black, AC/DC
74. Otis Blue, Otis Redding
75. Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin
76. Imagine, John Lennon
88. At Folsom Prison, Johnny Cash
89. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield
90. Talking Book, Stevie Wonder
91. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John
93. Sign 'o' the Times, Prince

[Davey the Fat Boy]

...and here's the windup....

[Jeff K]

Okay I'll bite.

Robert Johnson is shite??

[Bungo the Mungo]

Okay I'll bite.

Robert Johnson is shite??

It's about the most boring music I think I've ever heard. This isn't a strange point of view, I don't think.