Yeah, I love a lot of albums on that list. I second (third) that Odessey and Oracle is an underrated/underknown masterpiece. I'd also like to have tossed the Shins, Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, Ride, New Order and a lot of other albums on the list. 1960s pop, 1970s/early '80s punk and 1990s shoegaze/noisepop tend to be right in my wheelhouse. There are things I like in every genre (even country!), but those probably constitute my "base."
When it comes to pop music, I think Seal's second album is genius and So by Peter Gabriel as well.....Living off the Wall by Michael Jackson...Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson..then there's less popular stuff .Tell Mama by Etta James....Stephen Still first album...David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name...Can't Buy a Thrill ...Steely Dan man I could go on all day....Soultrane ...John Coltrane.....Looking for Columbus...Little Feat.....So Much Trouble in the world...Bob Marley and the Wailers..Full House...Wes Montgomery...Come..Prince...Joe Cocker and Maddogs and Englishmen...Chicago Transit Authority.....Fragile...Yes....
Great story. I remember someone describing JAMC as "the Beach Boys fed through Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music." I don't fully agree with that, but I've still always liked the description. It gets at the essential concept (and a great concept it is!) of drenching pure pop hooks in noise and reverb.
Ooh, yeah, that reminds me of another entry for my "back to back classics" set: Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi
Others I'd consider back-to-back great albums: #1 Record/Radio City - Big Star Is This It/Room On Fire - The Strokes Violent Femmes/Hallowed Ground - Violent Femmes Isn't Anything/Loveless - My Bloody Valentine Castaways and Cutouts/Her Majesty - The Decemberists College Dropout/Late Registration - Kanye West Oh, Inverted World/Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
We have pretty similar tasters. You should check out some of my music, I bet you would find some stuff you like if you can get past the less than perfect engineering quality and production.
I would add Electric Warrior and The Slider by T Rex. I can't believe I left The Slider off of my list!
@theprunetang I like yourt CD. I listen to it every once in a while A few songs are beyond my tastes but overall its quality/.
Thanks dude. I'm in song writing mode currently. Should be a lot of new sounds and textures. My mind is in a different place for this round.
LOVE This thread...... OB KNOWS! Stampede-Doobies Captain & Me-Doobies High Point- Stones Who's Next-THE Who Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Café-THE Doors Absolutely Live-THE Doors Any Live Album-SRV Pulse-Pink Floyd Sgt. Pepper-Beatles Twelve Dream Of Dr. Sardonicas-Spirit (A Treasure) I can't do just 10>>> Need TOP, PR & Raiders, Steve Miller, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Dave Valentine Phenomenal Jazz Flutist-RIP), More Doobies, More SRV ,Lynryd Skynrd, Jo Jo Gunn, and more .......... JOE WALSH!!! OB>> Next thread 11-20?
Bro----You Like Pet Sounds!!! That is great Beach Boys, Kinks-Victoria!!! White Album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That may literally be how "Kill Surf City" was made. Although they dropped the feedback after they learned how to play a bit better. Sidenote: Bobby Gillespie did all right for himself after he stopped being their drummer. "Screamadelica" was one of the albums of an era.
Also, I'm pretty sure it's against the law to make a topic like this and not refer to the list as "Desert Island Discs."
Stones- Little Sister, Rock This Joint-Live!!!!! Route 66 LIVE!!! ALL of Shelter ALL of Green Tides which had 19th Nervous Breakdown/Can't Get No Satisfaction and more Fuckin Love the Stones................ Especially when they were before 50 years of age.
It's funny: I can't get my teenager to like any of my "cooler" tastes. All he listens to is The Kinks and David Bowie. However, thanks to him I have discovered two Kinks classics of which I was completely unaware (and that confirm that Ray Davies could crap out songs that other artists would sell their right arms to write):
