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Post by neader on Jun 12, 2023 11:29:29 GMT -6
SITKOL would probably be my #1 if I got around to making a list
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 12, 2023 12:04:50 GMT -6
  Judee Sill is such a treasure. That said, I had to pick between these two records, as I feel like her best songs are spread pretty evenly between them, but each also has tracks I kinda zone out for. That said, her 1971 self-titled is gonna get the nod for me over 1974's Heart Food, largely because "Lopin' Along Thru the Cosmos" is one of my favorite songs ever. A singer-songwriter from Los Angeles who came up during the height of the Laurel Canyon boom, Judee was (in)famously the first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum Records. These two records were the only released in her lifetime, before she tragically overdosed in 1979. Her sound is a perfect distillation of the early 70s LA scene while adding just a special touch of the cosmos to make it her own. I've never heard anyone who comes close to emulating her special blend of Cosmic American soundscapes and off-kilter post-Joni songwriting chops. Her best songs are essentially comfort listening to me at this point ("Lopin Along Thru the Cosmos," "The Pearl," "Jesus Was A Crossmaker"). One of these days she's gonna have a major resurgence in popularity, and I can't wait. |
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Post by venom on Jun 12, 2023 12:14:04 GMT -6
Kimono My House is great, but Propaganda also being released in 1974 really makes me appreciate how good sparks was at this point.
other 1974 selections:
Hawkwind - Hall of the Mountain Grill
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 12, 2023 12:49:15 GMT -6
 Another great album that is gonna be left just outside my list. Some of Townes' best songs are on here (Standin, Mr Mudd and Mr Gold, To Live Is To Fly, and the title track), but I can't help but ding it a little just because my "canonical" versions of some of these songs (especially To Live is To Fly - one of the five or so best songs ever) are from Live at the Old Quarter. Not really fair to this album, but it is what it is. Still, this is one of his best studio efforts, probably #3 or #4 in his discography. For a stacked decade tho, it's just outside my Top 150. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 12, 2023 13:18:25 GMT -6
 I had a spot on my list reserved for Bookends before I realized that it actually came out in 1968. Bridge Over Troubled Water, instead, was Simon & Garfunkel's lone 70s offering, releasing during the fourth week of the decade - January 1970. I'm not sure what to do with this one. It's a great record, no doubt. Hard to deny the pull of the title track, The Boxer, Only Living Boy, and - one of my favorite S&G tracks - Song for the Asking. But it also has some of their hits that I feel most lukewarm about (El Condor Pasa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Baby Driver - I was kinder to Paul Simon cheese when I was younger). I'm keeping it for now, but I'd suspect it doesn't make the final list. Not sure if it's a record that rises above the sum of its parts, regardless of how great some of those parts are. |
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Post by Tweet on Jun 12, 2023 13:42:34 GMT -6
A somewhat comprehensive list of albums released in 1977:
Fleetwood Mac- Rumours
Wire- Pink Flag
The Clash- s/t
Television- Marquee Moon
The Congos- Heart of the Congos
Sex Pistols- Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
Ramones- Rocket to Russia
Steely Dan- Aja
Iggy Pop- Lust for Life
Kraftwerk- Trans Europe Express
Iggy Pop- The Idiot
David Bowie- Low
Brian Eno- Before and After Science
Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True
Lynyrd Skynyrd- Street Survivors
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Exodus
Cheap Trick- s/t
Jackson Browne- Running on Empty
The Damned- Damned Damned Damned
David Bowie- Heroes
Dennis Wilson- Pacific Ocean Blue
Giorgi0- From Here to Eternity
Suicide- s/t
Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell
Fela Kuti & Africa 70- No Agreement
Billy Joel- The Stranger
Talking Heads- Talking Heads: 77
Gary Wilson- You Think You Really Know Me
The Bee Gees- Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Pink Floyd- Animals
Chic- s/t
Heart- Little Queen
Bootsy Collins- Ahh... The Name is Bootsy, Baby
AC/DC- Let There Be Rock
Richard Hell & The Voldoids- Blank Generation
Randy Newman- Little Criminals
Queen- News of the World
Alan Parsons Project- I Robot
Rush- A Farewell to Kings
Grateful Dead- Terrapin Station
Teddy Pendergrass- s/t
Electric Light Orchestra- Out of the Blue
Ramones- Leave Home
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Post by Tweet on Jun 12, 2023 13:50:12 GMT -6
A somewhat comprehensive list of albums that came out in 1978:
Big Star- Third
Wire- Chairs Missing
Van Halen- s/t
Nick Lowe- Jesus of Cool
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- This Year's Model
The Rolling Stones- Some Girls
Neil Young- Comes a Time
Willie Nelson- Stardust
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town
Brian Eno- Ambient 1: Music For Airports
X-Ray Spex- Germ Free Adolescents
The Jam- All Mod Cons
The Cars- s/t
Warren Zevon- Excitable boy
Pere Ubu- The Modern Dance
Talking Heads- More Songs About Buildings and Food
Patti Smith Group- Easter
Funkadelic- One Nation Under a Groove
Devo- !: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Stranger in Town
Marvin Gaye- Here, My Dear
Television- Adventure
The Police- Outlandos d'Amour
Dire Straits- s/t
Siouxie and the Banshees- The Scream
Throbbing Gristle- D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle
Billy Joel- 52nd Street
Gloria Gaynor- Love Tracks
Kraftwerk- The Man Machine
Little Feat- Waiting for Columbus
The Clash- Give 'Em Enough Rope
Journey- Infinity
The Who- Who Are You
Sylvester- Step Two
Thin Lizzy- Live and Dangerous
Tom Waits- Blue Valentine
Cheap Trick- Heaven Tonight
Lou Reed- Street Hastle
Village People- Crusin
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Post by Tweet on Jun 12, 2023 13:58:35 GMT -6
A somewhat comprehensive list of albums that came out in 1979:
Michael Jackson- Off the Wall
The Clash- London Calling
Donna Summer- Bad Girls
Pink Floyd- The Wall
Chic- Risque
Sister Sledge- We Are Family
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Fleetwood Mac- Tusk
Earth, Wind, and Fire- I Am
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- Damn the Torpedos
The Police- Regatta de Blanc
Gang of Four- Entertainment
Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps
Diana Ross- The Boss
Pretenders- s/t
Supertramp- Breakfast in America
Talking Heads- Fear of Music
Prince- s/t
Van Halen- Van Halen II
The Specials- s/t
The Cars- Candy-O
The Cure- Three imaginary Boys
Wire- 154
Madness- One Step Beyond
Pat Benatar- In the Heat of the Night
Bob Marley & The Wailers- Survival
Cheap Trick- Dream Police
Public Image Ltd- Metal Box
The Undertones- s/t
Elvis Costello & The Attractions- Armed Forces
Motorhead- Overkill
Sparks- No. 1 in Heaven
This Heat- s/t
The Raincoats- s/t
AC/DC- Highway to Hell
Ricky Lee Jones- s/t
The B52s- s/t
The Slits- Cut
Gary Numan- The Pleasure Principle
Throbbing Gristle- 20 Jazz Funk Greats
Joe Jackson- Look Sharp!
Marianne Faithfull- Broken English
Funkadelic- Uncle Jam Wants You
The Knack- Get The Knack
Jay McShann- The Big Apple Bash
Emmylou Harris- Blue Kentucky Girl
Roxy Music- Manifesto
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 12, 2023 14:20:10 GMT -6
I had a spot on my list reserved for Bookends before I realized that it actually came out in 1968. Bridge Over Troubled Water, instead, was Simon & Garfunkel's lone 70s offering, releasing during the fourth week of the decade - January 1970. I'm not sure what to do with this one. It's a great record, no doubt. Hard to deny the pull of the title track, The Boxer, Only Living Boy, and - one of my favorite S&G tracks - Song for the Asking. But it also has some of their hits that I feel most lukewarm about (El Condor Pasa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Baby Driver - I was kinda to Paul Simon cheese when I was younger). I'm keeping it for now, but I'd suspect it doesn't make the final list. Not sure if it's a record that rises above the sum of its parts, regardless of how great some of those parts are. I've always liked Keep the Customer Satisfied |
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Post by thebosma on Jun 12, 2023 14:26:41 GMT -6
I had a spot on my list reserved for Bookends before I realized that it actually came out in 1968. Bridge Over Troubled Water, instead, was Simon & Garfunkel's lone 70s offering, releasing during the fourth week of the decade - January 1970. I'm not sure what to do with this one. It's a great record, no doubt. Hard to deny the pull of the title track, The Boxer, Only Living Boy, and - one of my favorite S&G tracks - Song for the Asking. But it also has some of their hits that I feel most lukewarm about (El Condor Pasa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Baby Driver - I was kinda to Paul Simon cheese when I was younger). I'm keeping it for now, but I'd suspect it doesn't make the final list. Not sure if it's a record that rises above the sum of its parts, regardless of how great some of those parts are. I've always liked Keep the Customer Satisfied Perfect song. Had my headphones in absolutely blaring it at work once and someone came over behind me to ask me a question and I almost screamed when I turned around to see them standing there |
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Post by nanatod on Jun 12, 2023 15:14:28 GMT -6
I had a spot on my list reserved for Bookends before I realized that it actually came out in 1968. Bridge Over Troubled Water, instead, was Simon & Garfunkel's lone 70s offering, releasing during the fourth week of the decade - January 1970. I'm not sure what to do with this one. It's a great record, no doubt. Hard to deny the pull of the title track, The Boxer, Only Living Boy, and - one of my favorite S&G tracks - Song for the Asking. But it also has some of their hits that I feel most lukewarm about (El Condor Pasa, Frank Lloyd Wright, Baby Driver - I was kinda to Paul Simon cheese when I was younger). I'm keeping it for now, but I'd suspect it doesn't make the final list. Not sure if it's a record that rises above the sum of its parts, regardless of how great some of those parts are. I owned this LP for a long time. I loved this album when I was growing up. These days, except for Baby Driver and the live cover version of Bye Bye Love, I think it's dogshit. |
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Post by nanatod on Jun 12, 2023 15:16:29 GMT -6
released in 1977: Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell this LP makes other dogshit albums look good. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 12, 2023 15:39:56 GMT -6
I've always liked Keep the Customer Satisfied Perfect song. Had my headphones in absolutely blaring it at work once and someone came over behind me to ask me a question and I almost screamed when I turned around to see them standing there Yea that’s honestly one of the great pillars of the “Rock stardom isn’t all it’s cracked up to be” canon. Not quite on the level of Running on Empty but up there with The Entertainer. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 12, 2023 15:40:39 GMT -6
released in 1977: Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell this LP makes other dogshit albums look good. Oh FUCK I forgot to add this to my list - Thx for the reminder, an easy lock for the top 150 |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 12, 2023 18:43:04 GMT -6
released in 1977: Meat Loaf- Bat Out of Hell this LP makes other dogshit albums look good. thats it, lets fight |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 8:15:04 GMT -6
  I probably need to choose between these two albums, but I'm having the hardest time. I have a pretty basic taste in Tom Waits - still haven't (despite numerous tries) really connected with his 80s-90s stuff, but his more straightforward husky, gin-soaked piano singer albums are awesome. Of those, it's hard to top Closing Time. Amongst the genre of sad-sack piano singers, there are few songs better than "Old 55" or "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You." But also, like, it feels like a cop out to pick that as my favorite, even though it probably is and I probably will. Enter Small Change. To a relative Waits neophyte, this album feels like a transitional point. Listening to Old 55 and then Tom Traubert's Blues is jarring. Wtf happened to his voice in these 3 years?! Chances are this uber-gravelly sheen was always there, he just needed to make his early stuff more traditionally palatable. But this album is also extremely carnivalesque in the way I often see him described/stereotyped. I mean, "Step Right Up" is basically the foundation of that reputation. But the songs here kill too - "The Piano Has Been Drinking," "Bad Livers and Broken Hearts." It's so, so good. That all said, I still have like 20 albums to cut and idk if I love Tom enough to justify two records on my list. Anyone else here have a take on early Tom Waits? Will he be featuring on any other lists? |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 8:39:21 GMT -6
 Oh yea and I listened to this one at the gym today. Just a perfect, concise, all-killer hard rock record. Gonna be hard to choose between this and High Voltage ahhhh |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 9:16:47 GMT -6
 Yeah idk I think this one might top it though. It's like the most skeletal rock possible done in the most bad-ass way possible. Absolutely obsessed with how swaggering all of the rhythm parts while not doing anything technically crazy (at least to my untrained ear). In a sense, it reminds me of how CCR builds their swampy, driving rhythms out of perfectly arranged spare pieces. TNT and Long Way To The Top are easy top 5-ish ACDC tracks and the rest of the songs are so fuckin' fun. Like, it's just so silly that it endears to you so quickly. Thinking here of She's Got Balls, The Jack, and when Bon Scott says "I hear it paaays well" on Rock n Roll Singer. This might have to be the one. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 13, 2023 9:17:37 GMT -6
High Voltage is an exceptional debut but I think the songs are so much stronger on Highway to Hell its not even really close for me. If You Want Blood is probably the best AC/DC song.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 13, 2023 9:18:51 GMT -6
I'm doing a whole bunch of 70s listening today, another slow day at the office.
Spending time with some albums this morning, but could be down to spin the tables later if anyone wants to join the room. I'll post the link later.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 9:25:14 GMT -6
High Voltage is an exceptional debut but I think the songs are so much stronger on Highway to Hell its not even really close for me. If You Want Blood is probably the best AC/DC song.  Absolutely GOATed AC/DC sequence right here - def one of their all-time best tracks |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 9:32:56 GMT -6
High Voltage is an exceptional debut but I think the songs are so much stronger on Highway to Hell its not even really close for me. If You Want Blood is probably the best AC/DC song. Yeah okay. I, a prisoner of the moment, am relistening to the back-half of H2H again and idk how the fuck I'm gonna pick between these. |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 9:37:49 GMT -6
 Playing a little catch-up from albums I listened to yesterday. I remember liking this a lot more back when I first got into them 5-6 years ago. The first four songs all go exceptionally hard, and I've listened to them all / put them on roadtrip playlists consistently over the years, but then the back-half doesn't really do anything for me. Could've just been the mood I was in yesterday, I may try it again starting on Track 5 and see how I feel. But I originally thought they were a lock for my list, and now I'm leaning towards cutting them. Phenomenal singles band tho, of course. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 13, 2023 9:51:48 GMT -6
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 13, 2023 10:09:42 GMT -6
High Voltage is an exceptional debut but I think the songs are so much stronger on Highway to Hell its not even really close for me. If You Want Blood is probably the best AC/DC song. Yeah okay. I, a prisoner of the moment, am relistening to the back-half of H2H again and idk how the fuck I'm gonna pick between these. I honestly think Powerage is better than High Voltage (still not as good as Highway) |
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 10:10:51 GMT -6
 Another one from yesterday - Linda Perhac's psych-folk diamond, Parallelograms. She put this out back in 1970 and it was all but ignored by the critical / general public. Linda went on to work as a dental hygienist for the next several decades. Meanwhile, her sole LP gradually developed a cult following. It was repressed as a bootleg in 1998, then officially with Linda's own master tapes in 2001. Since then it has rightfully become a classic of the American folk movement, and Linda has put out two follow-ups, signing to Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty label. The music is tremendous. The more straightforward tracks (Call of the River, Sandy Toes) recall the best of the movement's more pastorally inclined members (I hear some Sandy Denny, a little Grace Slick, some Fred Neil - especially b/c she named a track after dolphins lmao). And then there are some tracks here that go in WILD directions. The breakdown in the title track is particularly wild. She's basically presaging the freak-folk movement here by like, what, 35 years? Chimacum Rain is another one that feels well before its time. I feel like soooo many modern folk artists take cues from Linda Perhacs, off the top of my head: Bedouine, Angelo de Augustine, Sung Tons-era AnCo, Jessica Pratt. Sometimes her affection even reminds me of Lana del Rey, but that's absolutely a reach. Anyways, check this one out! It's a really cool listen. |
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Post by venom on Jun 13, 2023 10:47:01 GMT -6
i just ran through my collection and tossed out soundtracks, live albums, and no-brainer "no way this'd be in my top 100" selections. that got me down to 200. that seems like a good starting point.
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 11:25:02 GMT -6
i just ran through my collection and tossed out soundtracks, live albums, and no-brainer "no way this'd be in my top 100" selections. that got me down to 200. that seems like a good starting point. Yeah the more into the weeds I'm getting on here, the more I'm finding it harder to justify having certain live albums on my list. Chvrch might prevail after all. I even just eliminated Europe 72 because it didn't feel right. These are the only ones I have left, and the only ones I know for sure I'm gonna keep are Aretha, Nina, and Keith. Waiting for Columbus will be my hardest omission, since Little Feat don't have a studio album I like nearly enough to place in the top 100-150, but that record is an absolute essential to me. * Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East * Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace * Bob Marley - Live * Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys * Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert * Little Feat - Waiting for Columbus * Nina Simone - Emergency Ward |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 13, 2023 11:47:37 GMT -6
today's listens:
The O'Jays - Ship Ahoy: awesome record, highly recommended, it even has the apprentice theme song on it
Tuff Darts - Tuff Darts: just okay, won't make my list, i swore i was familiar with this but i didnt recognize it at all
The Doors - Morrison Hotel: favorite doors record, i think
AC/DC - Highway to Hell: only listened to the last few tracks while monastery had me thinking about it earlier
The Boys - The Boys: thank you to the boys for making an album i can listen to in like 8 minutes
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Post by monasterymonochrome on Jun 13, 2023 12:08:03 GMT -6
 Anyone who doesn't put this on their list is a weenie |
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