Best LPs all time.

[Asmara]

so while we are thinking of 2007 lets give an all time best. The rules are simple.
one LP per artist and no jazz allowed (that would get too hard). I offer mine as of today.

1)Beatles - White LP
2)Prince - Sign O the Times
3)Blur - Parklife
4)Elliott Smith - Either/Or
5)The Smiths - Queen is Dead
6)Joy Division - Closer
7)Led Zep - II
8)Stone Roses - Stone Roses
9)Belle and Sebastian - If your feeling Sinister
10)Wilco - YHF

[Fantasy Paradox]

Am I the only one that thought the white album was weak compared to rubber soul and sgt peppers?

[And_now_we_rise]

Am I the only one that thought the white album was weak compared to rubber soul and sgt peppers?

Weak? No. Less consistent? Perhaps.

[Shadow16nh]

Personal fav 10:

Kid A
Sgt. Pepper's
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Either/Or
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Turn On The Bright Lights
Our Endless Numbered Days
The Times They Are a'Changin
The Last Broadcast
Loveless

[Asmara]

Personal fav 10:

Kid A
Sgt. Pepper's
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Either/Or
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Turn On The Bright Lights
Our Endless Numbered Days
The Times They Are a'Changin
The Last Broadcast
Loveless

Now this is a list I could live with.

[donnyidk]

limiting bands/artists to one choice? ok good. but tough.

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing (underrated :ok:)
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
John Cale - Paris 1919 (yeah it's the obvious choice for him but it is just. so. perfect.)
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Slint - Spiderland
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender

and of course that elliott chap.

there's loadsa names i want to put on the list but they lack The Album, so...:\

[mobygrape]

christopher idylls by gimmer nicholson
# 1 record- big star
dixie fried- jim dickinson
leif and leige -fairport convention
the gilded palace of sin- the flying burrito brothers
something else- the kinks
forever changes - love
chelsea girl -nico
king of the delta blues- robert johnson
having a raveup- the yardbirds
true blue-tina brooks
dictionary of soul- otis redding
soooooooooo many

[Shadow16nh]

Somehow I forgot to include Kidz Bop 7.

[joely]

Iggy and the Stooges - Raw Power
Weakerthans - left and leaving
The Wrens - the meadowlands
Death Cab for Poopie - We have the facts and were voting yes
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind
Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St

[XXX]

soon i will blow your minds with my crazy-eclectic list...
do you not respect j. buffet??
you will soon.

[El Scorcho]

Kurt, I love you.

[El Scorcho]

I'm a little weirded out by how similar Joel's list and mine would be though.

[pootiebigwang]

nas - illmatic
elliott smith - either/or
bob dylan - blood on the tracks
wilco - summerteeth
notorious big - ready to die
beatles - white album
2pac - all eyez on me
radiohead - ok computer
the decemberists - castaways and cutouts
low - secret name

[XXX]

no jazz allowed?
wtf?
that would only make the bank from which to choose LPs more nigh-limitless
i propose we revoke that rule
no blues?
no country?
BOOO.

[Billy The Seagull]

Belle and Sebastian - If your feeling Sinister
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Love-Forever changes
Big star-# 1 record
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The above have been lovingly cutted and pasted in agreement.
+my two penneth
Joanna Newsom-Ys
Pink Floyd-Piper at the gates of dawn.
REM-Murmur
Figure 8
ummmm some others

[some dude]

Am I the only one that thought the white album was weak compared to rubber soul and sgt peppers?

i love everything the beatles did, but I think if any beatles albums get more praise than they deserve it's rubber soul and sgt. pepper's

[some dude]

Beatles - Abbey Road (or Revolver or The White Album)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (minus the jam tracks)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (or s/t or xo)
Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 (along with the Magnolia soundtrack)
Low - Things We Lost In The Fire (or The Great Destroyer or The Curtain Hits the Cast or Secret Name or just about anything they put out)
Radiohead - OK Computer (or The Bends)
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (+ Appendix)
Death Cab For Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes

I kinda cheated with the "one album per artist rule" but anyway, I don't know if these are the "best ever" albums for me but they are one's that have had a long-term impact on me and I don't see myself ever listening to them and not enjoying them immensely.

[ktothebbc]

limiting bands/artists to one choice? ok good. but tough.

Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changing (underrated :ok:)
The Velvet Underground - Sister Ray
John Cale - Paris 1919 (yeah it's the obvious choice for him but it is just. so. perfect.)
The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
Neil Young - After The Goldrush
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Slint - Spiderland
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Vol II
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Joanna Newsom - The Milk-Eyed Mender

and of course that elliott chap.

there's loadsa names i want to put on the list but they lack The Album, so...:\

christopher idylls by gimmer nicholson
# 1 record- big star
dixie fried- jim dickinson
leif and leige -fairport convention
the gilded palace of sin- the flying burrito brothers
something else- the kinks
forever changes - love
chelsea girl -nico
king of the delta blues- robert johnson
having a raveup- the yardbirds
true blue-tina brooks
dictionary of soul- otis redding
soooooooooo many

Belle and Sebastian - If your feeling Sinister
T Rex - Electric Warrior
Love-Forever changes
Big star-# 1 record
Nick Drake - Pink Moon
The above have been lovingly cutted and pasted in agreement.
+my two penneth
Joanna Newsom-Ys
Pink Floyd-Piper at the gates of dawn.
REM-Murmur
Figure 8
ummmm some others

:love:

I don't even know where to start, but I like what youse guys got here. :yes:

[lisa]

so youre asking if we could only have one album from any artist we love what would it be:

elliott smith - roman candle
beck - mutations
beatles - abbey road (yeah yeah i know but cmon)
arcade fire - funeral
BRMC - Howl
Neutral Milk Hotel - In an aeroplane
Bob Dylan - Bringin it all back home/tied with Freewheelin
Bonnie - Superwolf
Brian Jonestown - Take it from the man!
Bright Eyes -Lifted
Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in people
Bruce - Nebraska
Cat power- moon pix or myra lee(it changes daily)
Daniel Johnston - Hi, How are you
Bowie - Hunkie dory
Dave Dondero - South of the south
Flaming lips- transmissions from the satellite heart
fleetwood mac - rumors
george harrison - all things must pass
grandaddy - under the western freeway
iggy - lust for life
interpol - turn on the bright lights
joanna newsom -milk eyed mender
lennon - plastic ono band
kristofferson - s/t
cash - live at folsom
joni mitchell - blue
janis - pearl
hendrix - are you experienced?
cohen - new skin
lou reed - transformer
magnetic fields - 69 love songs
mazzy star - among my swan
neil young - harvest (tied with) everybody knows this is nowhere
nick drake - pink moon
patti smith - radio Ethiopia
pink floyd - wish you were here
pink mountaintops - s/t
pixies - doolittle
radiohead - the bends
regina spektor - begin to hope
rilo kiley - execution of all things
stones - exile
sloan - twice removed
smog - knock knock
trex - slider
tom waits - rain dogs (tied with) real gone
velvet underground - loaded
walkmen - bows and arrows
yeah yeah yeahs - fevers to tell

i guess if you want 10 i could limit it to my top 10 fave artists, but i dont see that in the rules

[runnersdialzero]

I've never heard even one album that I thought was absolutely amazing 100% through.

A few that have some really good songs and some alright songs, but never one album where every single song was really, really good.

[Capt Argo]

10 Albums for me:

Revolver - Beatles
Lost Souls - Doves
Unmasked - Kiss
Comes A Time - Neil Young
Endtroducing - DJ Shadow
Faith Hope & Love - King's X
Frosting on the Beater - The posies
Superunknown - Soundgarden
XO - Elliott
Sound of white noise - Anthrax

[mojo_pin122]

Am I the only one that thought the white album was weak compared to rubber soul and sgt peppers?

i personally think revolver is their best album and second would be sgt. peppers, then the white album...

[Floh]

I've never heard even one album that I thought was absolutely amazing 100% through.

A few that have some really good songs and some alright songs, but never one album where every single song was really, really good.

so you haven't heard 'in the aeroplane over the sea
that one, for me doesn't have one weak or alright song on it, only really really good songs
same maybe for souljacker - eels, blood on the tracks - dylan, not too sure about either or, quite sure about harvest - neil young

but then thats only my opinion ;)

[Asmara]

no jazz allowed?
wtf?
that would only make the bank from which to choose LPs more nigh-limitless
i propose we revoke that rule
no blues?
no country?
BOOO.

I just singled out jazz because that is one another level completely. Kind of Blue, Blue Trane, I mean can you really compare these to say Radiohead? I am not implying that Jazz is better or worse, just that I really don't think Paul McCartney would be able to sit in on say a Thelonious Monk Session and read the charts and have any clue whats going down.

[ajmo.]

http://waxidermy.com/images/praise-r-cise.jpg

[jesterscourt]

Okay, here I go:

At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
The Beatles - Revolver
Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs
The Black Keys - Thickfreakness
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Bob Marley - Legend (Yeah, it's a comp, but dayum!)
Brian Wilson - Smile
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
|Chicago - Chicago II
The Clash - London Calling
Cream - Disreali Gears
The Cure - Disintegration
Daft Punk - Discovery
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
Deftones - White Pony
Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Eisley - Combinations
Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Foo Fighters - Self-Titled
Green Day - Dookie
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
INXS - Kick
Jay Z & Linkin Park - Collision Course
Jeff Buckley - Grace (duh)
Jimmy Hendrix - Are You Experienced?
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Johnny Cash - The Legend of Johnny Cash (again, a comp, but it covers older stuff as well as the American Recordings)
John Coltrane - Blue Train (bite me)
John Legend - Get Lifted
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Justin Timberlake - Futuresex Lovesounds
Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Kylie Minogue - Fever
Led Zeppelin - I
Less than Jake - Losing Streak
The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Minor Threat - Complete Discography
The Murdocks - Surrenderender
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over the Sea
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
Nine Inch Nails - Broken (it's an EP)
Nirvana - In Utero
NOFX - The Decline (it's a one song EP)
Operation Cliff Clavin - When Everything's Been Said
Operation Ivy - Energy
Ours - Distorted Lullabies
OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
The Pixies - Wave of Mutilation (compilation)
Portable Folk Band - Introduces the Royal Postal Bazaar
Presidents of the United States of America - Self-Titled
Prince - Sign O The Times
Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf
Radiohead - The Bends
Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
Sigur Ros - ()
Silver Jet - Pull Me Up...Drag Me Down
Sublime - 40 Oz to Freedom
Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall
Tool - Lateralus
The Who - Who's Next
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

[ktothebbc]

I've never heard even one album that I thought was absolutely amazing 100% through.

A few that have some really good songs and some alright songs, but never one album where every single song was really, really good.

I am very sorry (and mystified) to hear that. There's so much wondeful stuff out there.

[Billy The Seagull]

This Mortal Coil - It'll end in tears,................. anybody??

Siouxie and the Banshees- Ju'Ju

[Shadow16nh]

so you haven't heard 'in the aeroplane over the sea
that one, for me doesn't have one weak or alright song on it, only really really good songs
same maybe for souljacker - eels, blood on the tracks - dylan, not too sure about either or, quite sure about harvest - neil young

but then thats only my opinion ;)

Aeroplane Over The Sea is an absolute diamond.

[pootiebigwang]

OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below


hmmm.

aquemini will always have my heart.

best album those two have ever made.

[thedoublehelix]

John Lennon - Plasitc Ono Band may be one of the greatest.
-nice to see T-Rex getting the credit they deserve.
-as for Beatles, I see White Album as the best, followed by Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper.

-one glaring ommission is "The Hour of Bewilderbeast" - Badly Drawn Boy

[runnersdialzero]

so you haven't heard 'in the aeroplane over the sea

I've been meaning to check them out since forever, so I'll give this album a shot.

[donnyidk]

I've been meaning to check them out since forever, so I'll give this album a shot.

(i wouldn't call it a perfect album, just to warn. don't hype it.)


question for you though runnersdialzero, the albums that others are claiming perfect, why don't you think they are? like what are the flaws you hear in the Beatles' albums, or in say Pink Moon, or...anything mentioned really?

i'm not sceptical, just curious.

[meee-ow!]

This Mortal Coil - It'll end in tears,................. anybody??

while reading the end of page 1 and preparing to click over to page 2 of this thread, i was thinking about how i only have a few minutes but i could submit quite a list to this thread. unfortunately i just don't have the time to do it right.

the one album that immediately popped into mind (even while reading the beginning of this thread and wondering, at first, if "LP" meant we were gonna be discussing vinyl here or if we were just talking "albums") was built to spill's "perfect from now on" -- did my eyes deceive me, or has that album really gone unmentioned in this thread until now?!? :O

and then i kept reading and had to second jason's vote for the posies' "frosting on the beater" -- hard to explain, but i love that album from start to finish and 10 years after its release i can still find new meanings in those old songs that relate to my life in different ways now than they did then, and i can still find it in new ways, and i can still find it fresh and fun :yes:

and then i saw this here post that i quoted and, even though it's been years since i've listened to it (still mourning the years-ago loss of both my vinyl and cd copies... wait, did i have the vinyl or did i just really want that album on vinyl? can't remember... oh well...) i had to agree on this one, too... :yes:

so there's my three-cents' worth and i'm off and on my way :-*

[totalnirvana]

In Utero and The Wall

[E Smith Rock]

Elliott Smith-Either from a basement on a hill or XO.
Neil Young-Harvest
Steely Dan-Can't buy a thrill
Beatles-Sgt. Peppers
Sage Francis-Personal Journals
The Clash-London Calling

[runnersdialzero]

(i wouldn't call it a perfect album, just to warn. don't hype it.)


Eh, haha, I'm not looking for a perfect album by any means, just something new to listen to.

question for you though runnersdialzero, the albums that others are claiming perfect, why don't you think they are? like what are the flaws you hear in the Beatles' albums, or in say Pink Moon, or...anything mentioned really?


It's a matter of personal taste. I'm not into the Beatles or Nick Drake in the same way you are or anyone else here raving about them is.

Blasphemy!!!: I don't really like Nick Drake that much. Not a fan of his voice, which is important to me.

Possible blasphemy: I find the Beatles to be pretty hit and miss. A tiny bit more hit than miss, sure, and their good stuff is really really good, but they have a fair amount of stuff that just doesn't catch my interest, too.

At the same time I respect them for what they did for music and believe they deserve all the praise they get.

I don't regard a lot of "classic" albums to be all they're made out to be. People rave about The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon, but I'd rather listen to Piper at the Gates of Dawn. I liked Syd's songwriting more than any of the later stuff.

Again, it's just personal taste. I've never found an album that I thought was 100% solid from start to finish. Probably not even an album that was 85% solid through and through.

[mobygrape]

well two more i have to add , moby grape by moby grape, surrealistic pillow by jefferson airplane

[pootiebigwang]

the dismemberment plan - change

[some dude]

Aeroplane Over The Sea is an absolute diamond.

i've tried several times to listen to this album... it isn't terrible... but i just don't hear what is so great about it. i find it pretty boring and never find myself wanting to put it on. i've even gone back to revisit it a few times just because people praise it so much and i'd like to hear it that way because it's so great when you find albums like that... but oh well.

[Shadow16nh]

i've tried several times to listen to this album... it isn't terrible... but i just don't hear what is so great about it. i find it pretty boring and never find myself wanting to put it on. i've even gone back to revisit it a few times just because people praise it so much and i'd like to hear it that way because it's so great when you find albums like that... but oh well.

I can try to explain it...Sorry if I get too wordy.
Aesthetics aside (although they are a huge part of what is unique about this album, and I personally love the authenticity of Mangum's voice coupled with the "live" sounding, completely unique production choices of the record) The true beauty of this album for me lies in the absolutely perfect ways Mangum chooses to word universal human experiences and makes them vivid and honest and heartbreaking, like for example,sex:
"Now how I remember you, How I would push my fingers through your mouth to make those muscles move..." and, "...in the dark, we will take off our clothes and there'll be placing fingers thru' the notches in your spine."
-not the obvious ways one would perceive intimacy, but rather sort of intensely observant, completely innocent, like a child. And really, the spirit of this entire album, and what makes it so special, is that view that Mangum was able to have of life that most everyone transitions out of without even being aware of how wondrous every shape of the world was to us at one point. And its also not as if he sets about trying to deliberately spin his imagery this way to consciously try to speak through a different perspective; in my opinion he is simply living in that world, the one that I can't see anymore. That kind of mind should be so precious to us.
Regarding the sound of this album, I admit, years ago I first dismissed it, because it wasn't Elliott Smith, it wasn't intricate guitar plucking, or the heavy textures of Radiohead, with enormous spaces nor tiny garnishments nor traditional hooks or anything I then had a palette for and wanted to hear when I came across it at that time in my life. I even prided myself in my taste at the time, an attitude which continually proves itself to be irrelevant the more experiences I have. You really must thoughtfully consider it from start to finish though, at least once, or there's really no point.
I wouldn't write all of this nonsense trying to convince someone to listen to just a really catchy musical experience. This album to me will always sound like being born, falling in love, and dying. It breaks my heart every time I reach the end, and I most often listen to this album in its entirety. And I'm not saying Mangum manufactured some divine portal into the meaning of existence that is too complex for ignorant men to understand, but it is a portal, for an open mind to see something that exists in honesty, and innocence, and its just there to experience should you want to get back something you might have lost for a while.

[ktothebbc]

When I think of "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea" I think of the introduction to the movie The Big Lebowski (another amazing product of the 90s). Here it is:

Now this here story I'm about to unfold took place in the early '90s - just about the time of our conflict with Sad'm and the I-raqis. I only mention it because sometimes there's a man... I won't say a hero, 'cause, what's a hero? Sometimes, there's a man. And I'm talkin' about the Dude here - the Dude from Los Angeles. Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. And that's the Dude. The Dude, from Los Angeles.

That record is totally the Dude. Right place, right time, love it so much, it gots ta be a crime.

[mobygrape]

call the doctor by sleater -kinney, just about blew me away first time i heard it

[XXX]

moby G-funk,
how do you feel about Billy Nichols?

[tah]

i like the steely dan nod, im glad to see those boys mentioned here.

i cast my vote for countdown to ecstacy though

just a matter of personal tastes, i guess.

'-)

[mobygrape]

moby G-funk,
how do you feel about Billy Nichols?

i like what little ive heard which truthfully isnt that much . some of the immediate label singles and some of the tracks that were the greater part of some of those tracks that were part of those limited maher baba records . i think i would probably like him , the songs i do own are kind of scattered over a few differnt mixed cdr s that people have made for me . i know that since i really really like ronnie lane so much that it would seem natural i would like him , has there been any definative reissues?

[joega1111]

Death Cab For Cutie - We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes



I'm glad someone recognized this masterpiece.

[XXX]

i like what little ive heard which truthfully isnt that much . some of the immediate label singles and some of the tracks that were the greater part of some of those tracks that were part of those limited maher baba records . i think i would probably like him , the songs i do own are kind of scattered over a few differnt mixed cdr s that people have made for me . i know that since i really really like ronnie lane so much that it would seem natural i would like him , has there been any definative reissues?

the only thing i know of is would you believe?
reissued mabye a year or two ago?
and it is awesome.

[ktothebbc]

i like what little ive heard which truthfully isnt that much . some of the immediate label singles and some of the tracks that were the greater part of some of those tracks that were part of those limited maher baba records . i think i would probably like him , the songs i do own are kind of scattered over a few differnt mixed cdr s that people have made for me . i know that since i really really like ronnie lane so much that it would seem natural i would like him , has there been any definative reissues?

the only thing i know of is would you believe?
reissued mabye a year or two ago?
and it is awesome.

I fall further in love with the two of you each day.

Billy Nichols is AWESOME! Would You Believe is a great, great record. He's got a few more too. Love Songs is also briliant, in fact the best songs on that are better than anything on WYB (except the title track, yowsa). Check out Billy's song "White Lightning" - and try to hold on to your fuckin' socks!

As for Ronnie Lane...oh... I love that man. He's one of my favorite people in the universe. I had "Anymore for Anymore" a long time ago, but I recently picked up a double cd collection called "Ain't No One Like (Ronnie Lane)". Holy shittake mushrooms. It's gold, from end to end.

Ronnie and Elliott really remind me of one another so much. I wonder if Elliott dug him? I don't know, but I'd have to bet he would have. Sigh... two geniuses, now gone. :\

[XXX]

i always thought getting moby grapes first album on CD would be a snap
:cry:
could anyone upload?
i have the LP in my basement but i guess my mom listened to it a lot as a child (sounds like poop)
:cry:

[ktothebbc]

I actually always wanted to hear Elliott cover "White Lightning". I think if he did it with his Figure 8 era road crew, they could have torn that shit up proper!!!

It's so silly and awesome at the same time. But it also flirts with darkness at the same time. Right up Elliott's alley.

As for Ronnie... Anymore for Anymore, musically, really reminds me of Coming Up Roses at times. It has about 6,000 chord changes and finger picks in it too, which is right up Elliott's alley as well.

Elliott had a lot of alleys I guess, but they were usually good alleys. :yes:

[ktothebbc]

i always thought getting moby grapes first album on CD would be a snap
:cry:
could anyone upload?
i have the LP in my basement but i guess my mom listened to it a lot as a child (sounds like poop)
:cry:

I found it in a used bin I think!

I'll see what I can do... you don't have Soulseek, right? If so, you could just snatch it from me on there.

[XXX]

...i should probably re-get it
...for a while when i was younger, i would hang out in the sweet addy room
but my shared files were mostly gonzo-pornography...
kind of embarrassing
def. need to register a new name
which vers. of the program do you use? i seem to remember the users not "mixing" between the 2

[ktothebbc]

oh jeez, beats me. i haven't updated it in a million.

[XXX]

the couple of youtubes i checked out suggest that i'll probably end up dropping 28 bucks on it
wish i could resist buying music... ughhh
thanks for the offer though!

[ktothebbc]

don't go yet! i have an isendit file brewing...

oh and my soulseek version is 156c? sounds like a bra size to me.

[XXX]

ah yeah !
thanks dude.

[XXX]

you probably already have it (i feel like maybe i've even talked with you about it on the board?)
but the peter laughner compilation take the guitar player for a ride is something it seems like you would like a whole lot... maybe.
same for moby G

[ktothebbc]

No, I'm not familiar with that one. I love when that happens.

(still loading)

[XXX]

OHHh moby G i have not heard you mention him but somehow i think you already know...
mickey newbury's run of 70s albums are some of the most unique sounding albums ive ever heard (not so much on a song by song basis but as a whole... wow... nothing else ive heard compares)
a crazy fusion of american roots music (mostly from the white tradition but blues creeps in sometimes too) and i dunno, i guess psychedelic music??? some exquisite arrangements and his voICE! wow! sounds pretty different song to song but always incredible....
albums have not received the remaster they sorely need but even in their current condition, they are very worth hearing...

[XXX]

i'm going to stop talking now
wwoooo

[ktothebbc]

Voila!

Moby Grape - Moby Grape (http://download.yousendit.com/86959AF7030736C6)

plus bonus track:

Billy Nicholls - "White Lightning" (http://download.yousendit.com/7F4F93D7665E22A9)

[XXX]

shockingly.. he has a myspace mickeyspace (http://myspace.com/mickeynewbury)
best to hear the albums as a whole but this is pretty good.

[ktothebbc]

I will check it out! But for now, I must bid you adieu, pack a suitcase and pass out. Bonsoir, Worf.

[mobygrape]

OHHh moby G i have not heard you mention him but somehow i think you already know...
mickey newbury's run of 70s albums are some of the most unique sounding albums ive ever heard (not so much on a song by song basis but as a whole... wow... nothing else ive heard compares)
a crazy fusion of american roots music (mostly from the white tradition but blues creeps in sometimes too) and i dunno, i guess psychedelic music??? some exquisite arrangements and his voICE! wow! sounds pretty different song to song but always incredible....
albums have not received the remaster they sorely need but even in their current condition, they are very worth hearing...

yeah i like those early lps of his on electra another is jackknife gypsy by paul siebel

[mobygrape]

ronnie lane , i didnt know him , but i met him a few times , i was around him in the mid 80s fairly frequently , by then he was pretty frail and in a wheel chair , but god i loved him , he was so humerous and real , it was fun hearing him tell some stories and hear him play even in his ms condition, and these were at private parties so it was really special

[totalnirvana]

On the basis of this thread I went and bought 'In the Aeroplane over the sea'... Just given it a listen in th ebackground, think it'll be great listening on earphones...so thanks :D

[Shadow16nh]

On the basis of this thread I went and bought 'In the Aeroplane over the sea'... Just given it a listen in th ebackground, think it'll be great listening on earphones...so thanks :D

That's really cool.

[half asleep]

Alex Lloyd-Black the Sun
Ben Folds Five-Whatever and ever amen
Something For Kate-Beautiful sharks
Elliott Smith-Figure 8
Travis-The Man Who
Fiona Apple-When The Pawn
Carole King-Tapestry
PJ harvey-Stories From city, Stories From The Sea
Eels-Daisies of The Galaxy
Garageland-Do What you Want

[pbfreak617]

quick ? for a vinyl noob -
i'm thinking of getting some if not all of elliot's lps and was wondering how rare are these? i know figure 8 and xo (i think?) r being rereleased so i can just buy those then, but where do you guys suggest i buy the others? what kind of price should i expect? thanks.

[kuta]

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[kuta]

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[lisa]

quick ? for a vinyl noob -
i'm thinking of getting some if not all of elliot's lps and was wondering how rare are these? i know figure 8 and xo (i think?) r being rereleased so i can just buy those then, but where do you guys suggest i buy the others? what kind of price should i expect? thanks.
all the krs stuff is still available widely for around 9-16$ the only thing thats gonna cost in the 100$ range is my favorite album.... Roman Candle :cry: *prays for rerelease*

[ajmo.]

toohard to sayayay

[ajmo.]

:O lisa has 8888888888 posts

[Zach Hillman]

In no particular order. It is particularly unorganized. Unorderized. Plus, whenever I hear someone say favorite LPs, I go more for the quality of the recordings. I mean, obviously it's got to be good music (to the lister), but...while I may like News Of The World (by Queen) in a more musical sense, I put A Night At The Opera because the recording tricks and methods are fucking amazing. So, with my view on it stated (not that mine is right, just offering more clarity, if you wanted more), here are my favorite however many LPs


Queen - A Night At The Opera
Tiger Army - II: Power of Moonlight
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Arlo Guthrie - Running Down The Road
Queens Of The Stone Age - R
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
Ween - Chocolate and Cheese
Paul McCartney - McCartney
Beirut - Gulag Orkestar
Big Black - Songs About Fucking
Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist
The Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
Bob Dylan - Highway 61
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
Quasi - The Sword Of God

[pcianciaruso]

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the go-betweens fucking rock mannnn


did you know:

on their last album, 'the friends of rachel worth', the backing back for them was sleater kinney and sam coomes

[Drunkship]

1. sunny day real estate - how it feels to be something on
2. elliott smith - either/or
3. at the drive-in - relationship of command
4. beatles - sgt pepper
5. okkervil river - black sheep boy
6. led zep - physical graffiti
7. neutral milk hotel - in an aeroplane over the sea
8. tim hardin - 1
9. sigur ros - ()
10. bob dylan - blonde on blonde

its a fucking horrible list, i know.. but i cant make choices, theres too much

[Zach Hillman]

I think my list was too long...

[latin4buttercup]

i dont like lists like this, obviously everyone has different opinions of what the"best" anything is.

my favorite lps are:

from a basement on the hill
in utero by nirvana
live through this by hole
led zeplin 1, 2, & 3
are you experienced
romance is on the rise by genevieve waite
in person at the whiskey a gogo by otis redding
one night stand by sam cooke
plastic letters by blondie
teenager of the year by frank black
boom boom boom by kelley deal 6000
whiskey for the holy ghost by mark lanegan
i am alright by mike johnson
the best of babes in toyland and kat bjelland
garbage 2.0
garbage garbage
beautiful gabage
bleed like me by garbage
lauryn hill's mtv unplugged
the gift by bizzy bone
and believe it or not: mariah carey's greatest hits (i dont care if thats uncool, i dig that shit)

[latin4buttercup]

shit! i forgot creedence clearwater revival....

[placeholder86]

The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
Pink Floyd - Dasrk Side Of The Moon
The Zombies - Odyssey And Oracle
Love - Love
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Coldplay - Parachutes
Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
Sun Ra - Atlantis
Joe Meek - I Hear A New World
Daniel Johnston - Hi, How Are You
Devendra Banhart - Rejoicing In The Hands

So Many More.....

[latin4buttercup]

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Pink Floyd - Dasrk Side Of The Moon
The Zombies - Odyssey And Oracle
Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith
Coldplay - Parachutes

So Many More.....

good choices, my friend