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01 Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding

02 Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief

03 Randy Newman - Sail Away

04 Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla

05 The Band - The Band

06 The Beach Boys - Holland

07 The Kinks - Are The Village Green etc.

08 Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale

09 John Cale - Paris 1919

10 The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

11 Judee Sill - Heart Food

12 The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies

13 Sly And Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On

14 Scott Walker - Scott 4

15 Joanna Newson - Ys

16 Bob Dylan - Love & Theft

17 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

18 Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

19 The Tindersticks - Simple Pleasures

20 Neil Young - Tonight's The Night

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Filler, in my eyes is any song that isn't as good as the rest of the songs on the album. I don't really know about the artists intent, as there are songs like "Her Majesty" that were obviously intended as throwaways but which are still essential to the album. I suppose when I say filler I just mean songs that I could take or leave. They just serve as buffers between the other better songs.

 

ok. i always took it to mean what i said, that's what confused me.

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01 bob dylan bringing it all back home

02 nick drake bryter layter

03 miles davis in a silent way

04 the beatles revolver

05 the rolling stones sticky fingers

06 bob dylan blonde on blonde

07 the byrds sweetheart of the rodeo

08 john coltrane giant steps

09 neil young on the beach

10 son volt trace

11 bob dylan blood on the tracks

12 leonard cohen best of

13 xtc black sea

14 guided by voices bee thousand

15 the genius of bud powell

16 george harrison all things must pass

17 joni mitchell blue

18 elton john dont shoot me Im only the piano player

19 the beach boys pet sounds

20 frank sinatra sinatra & the swingin brass

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Combined this would definitely make my list, but I don't know it is after all two records.

 

I bought it as a single disc

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Just when I thought I might accomplish something at work today - along comes this ...

Well, here is my gut reaction (because I really need to get to work):

 

1. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

2. Van Morrison - Moondance

3. Paul Simon - There Goes Rhymin' Simon

4. Neil Young - On The Beach

5. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

6. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding

7. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

8. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

9. R.E.M. - Automatic For The People

9. The Band - The Band

10. Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

11. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

12. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

13. Radiohead - The Bends

14. The Beatles - Abbey Road

15. Michael Jackson - Thriller

16. Nick Drake - Pink Moon

17. Paul Simon - Graceland

18. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

19. U2 - The Joshua Tree

20. The Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack

 

Just Missing the Cut (in alphabetical order)

Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

Cat Stevens - Teaser And The Firecats

Elliott Smith - Either/Or

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James

Jeff Buckley - Grace

Michael Jackson - Bad

Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

R.E.M. - Out Of Time

Radiohead - OK Computer

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Son Volt - Trace

U2 - Achtung Baby

Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac

Wilco - Summerteeth

 

A few that are too new to be considered, but have been in heavy rotation since I got them:

Josh Ritter - The Animal Years

The National - Boxer

Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

 

Finally, I didn't include concerts ... otherwise Bob's Bootleg Series would dominate the list.

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Not taking any jazz into account, and excluding box sets as an option ...

 

1. Zappa/Mothers - One Size Fits All

2. Beatles - Sgt. Pepper

3. Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series: Live 1966

4. Grateful Dead - Europe '72

5. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

6. Bruce Cockburn - In The Falling Dark

7. Phil Ochs - There and Now: Live in Vancouver

8. Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet

9. Joni Mitchell - Court And Spark

10. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

11. Jimi Hendrix - Axis: Bold As Love

12. Zappa/Mothers - Over-Nite Sensation

13. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

14. Beatles - Revolver

15. Joni Mitchell - Blue

16. Grateful Dead - American Beauty

17. Bruce Cockburn - Dancing In The Dragon's Jaws

18. Beatles - Abbey Road

19. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

20. Muddy Waters - Hard Again

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1.) The Beatles: Revolver

2.) Nick Drake: Bryter Layter

3.) Velvet Underground and Nico: self-titled

4.) Wilco: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

5.) Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

6.) John Coltrane: A Love Supreme

7.) Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

8.) Miles Davis: Miles Smiles

9.) The Talking Heads: Fear of Music

10.) Smog: Red Apple Falls

11.) Eels: Electro Shock Blues

12.) Neil Young: On The Beach

13.) The Beach Boys/Brian Wilson: Smile

14.) Os Mutantes: self-titled

15.) The Beatles: Rubber Soul

16.) Love: Forever Changes

17.) Califone: Quicksand/Cradlesnakes

18.) The Olivia Tremor Control: Dusk At Cubist Castle

19.) Fairport Convention: What We Did On Our Holidays

20.) Sparklehorse: It's a Wonderful Life

 

--Mike

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Among several others on the list, I never understood the love for Pet Sounds.
I have tried listening to Pet Sounds several times and I cannot get into it.
Uh oh..here we go again...

 

I guess we never get tired of this top 10, 20 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. 90, 100 stuff do we??

 

LouieB

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If it makes you feel any better, there's a very good chance Paul's Boutique probably makes the top 20 that I'm never going to make.

I have a horrible confession to make... I've never listened to Paul's Boutique. Maybe I've heard some of the tracks and didn't realize what album they were off of, but sitting down to listen? No.

 

I feel better now.

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I have a horrible confession to make... I've never listened to Paul's Boutique. Maybe I've heard some of the tracks and didn't realize what album they were off of, but sitting down to listen? No.

 

I feel better now.

 

Jeez, what are you doing with your life?

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Uh oh..here we go again...

 

I guess we never get tired of this top 10, 20 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80. 90, 100 stuff do we??

 

LouieB

I know! Why can't we all just agree that HWY 61 is the best studio and Happy Trails is the best live? :stunned

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I know! Why can't we all just agree that HWY 61 is the best studio and Happy Trails is the best live? :stunned

 

 

well, i can only speak for myself, but once i start one of these lists, i just end up going crazy, but in no particular order, here are a few albums I will love forever

 

rubber sould

sgt pep

....and justice for all

assembly of dust/honest hour

abbey road

zep 2

the who/live at leeds

dave matthews, tim reynolds/live at radio city

being there

damien rice/0

layla

govt mule/little help from my friends

blonde on blonde

hw61

bringing it all back home

nirvana/acoustic

neil young/live rust

pearl jam/ten

the bends

the dead/any dicks picks really

talking heads/stop making sense

kind of blue

coltrane/blue train

Dbrub/take 5

rhcp/live hyde park

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govt mule/little help from my friends

I wanted to single this one out jmac just for the fun, wonderful live record I think it is. Everyone should have a copy of this in their home.

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I wanted to single this one out jmac just for the fun, wonderful live record I think it is. Everyone should have a copy of this in their home.

 

100% agree, it is pure bad ass overdriven govt mule blues rock mayem, but I just got the Govt Mule: The Deepest End which includes 13 guest bassist on a 2cd 1dvd set, over 5 hours of music total, wooten claypool bela fleck ddbrass band, great stuff, equal to ALHFOF

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I have a horrible confession to make... I've never listened to Paul's Boutique. Maybe I've heard some of the tracks and didn't realize what album they were off of, but sitting down to listen? No.

 

I feel better now.

 

 

Jeez, what are you doing with your life?

 

I wonder if anyone has ever made a version of that album without them rapping over all the samples? I'd like to hear that, if they have . . . . And . . . I wonder if there will ever be a boy born that can swim faster than a shark?

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It changes in places every now and then, but these are the albums I return to most often:

 

1 Boards of Canada - Geogaddi

2 David Bowie - Low

3 Brian Eno - Another Green World

4 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

5 The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers

6 Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children

7 Brian Eno - Music For Airports

8 Faust - Faust IV

9 Led Zeppelin - II

10 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

11 Spiritualized - Pure Phase

12 My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

13 Mum - Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK

14 Neu! - Neu 75

15 Panda Bear - Person Pitch

16 Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

17 Kraftwerk - Autobahn

18 Fairport Convention - What We Did on Our Holidays

19 Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power

20 Radiohead - Kid A

 

Quite, er, Germanic when looking back at it.

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Not in order- my list

Highway 61 Revisited

Srgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

Blonde On Blonde

On the Beach

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Pet Sounds(filler?)

Revolver

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

A Ghost is Born

Kid A

Blood On The Tracks

In The Aeroplane Over The Sea

New Skin For The Old Ceremony(l.cohen)

Summerteeth

Loaded

The Blueprint(JAY-Z)

Daydream Nation

Loveless

Blue (Joni mitchell)

Ok Computer

 

Im such a cliche - I left out all the weird stuff

 

Ill just throw myself in with the Higway 61 Revisited notion. what else could we need.

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1. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd

2. Hollywood Town Hall - The Jayhawks

3. Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt

4. Abbey Road - The Beatles

5. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

6. Ys - Joanna Newsom

7. The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

8. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan

9. Meddle - Pink Floyd

10. House of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

11. Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts - M83

12. The Sophtware Slump - Grandaddy

13. The Dirty South - The Drive By Truckers

14. Days of Future Passed - The Moody Blues

15. If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle and Sebastian

16. In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

17. American Beauty - The Grateful Dead

18. Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones

19. It's a Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse

20. The Mollusk - Ween

 

 

That's what it is right now. Tomorrow I could have Trace, Piper among others in there.

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3. Our Mother the Mountain - Townes Van Zandt

 

I've been listening to this one a lot lately. I had a couple of Townes songs for awhile "Pancho and Lefty" and the cover of "Dead Flowers" on the Big Lebowski soundtrack, but hadn't really sought him out until earlier this year. Our Mother reminds a bit of Astral Weeks, it's a great album.

 

--Mike

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The top 20? Ever?

 

Not Forever...just for now..

 

 

Bob Dylan --- Highway 61 Revisited

The Beatles --- Revolver

Bob Dylan --- Blood on the Tracks

Neil Young --- On the Beach

Wilco --- Being There

Bruce Springsteen --- Born to Run

Big Star --- #1 Record

Elvis Costello --- This Year's Model

U2 --- The Joshua Tree

The Clash --- London Calling

Jimi Hendrix --- Axis: Bold as Love

Radiohead --- OK Computer

The Beatles --- Abbey Road

The Rolling Stones --- Beggar's Banquet

Son Volt --- Trace

Rod Stewart --- Every Picture Tells a Story

Pearl Jam --- 10

Led Zeppelin --- IV Zoso

Van Morrison --- Astral Weeks

The Band --- The Band

Prince --- Purple Rain

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That's a damn fine list there Crow. :thumbup The only thing missing is the absence of any prog (imho, of course).

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