Via Chicago's Top 100 Albums of All Time: Summer 2008 edition

[radiokills]

Roughish draft?

 

1. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2. Radiohead - Ok Computer

3. The Beatles - Revolver

4. Nick Drake - Pink Moon

5. Bob Dylan - John Wesley Harding

6. The Band - The Band

7. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

8. Neil Young - On The Beach

9. The Beatles - White Album

10. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

11. Radiohead - Kid A

12. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

13. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead

14. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

15. Ron Sexsmith - Retriever

16. The Arcade Fire - Funeral

17. R.E.M. record of some sort

18. The National - Boxer

19. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run

20. Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

 

whoo boxer!

[Gobias Industries]

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

4. The Beatles - Revolver

5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

6. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

7. The Clash - London Calling

8. The Band - The Band

9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Beatles - The Beatles

11. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea

12. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

13. The Beatles - Abbey Road

14. The Band - Music from Big Pink

15. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

16. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

17. The Beatles - Let It Be

18. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

19. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks

20. The Beatles - With the Beatles

 

This is my final list, I think. I'll send it in the morning.

[bobbob1313]

Here's my list. Considering the fact that I whipped it up really quickly, I'm pretty satisfied with it

 

1. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

2. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

3. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

5. Joni Mitchell - Blue

6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

7. Bob Dylan - Bootleg Series Vol. IV: "The Royal Albert Hall Concert" 1966

8. Radiohead - Kid A

9. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

10. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions

11. Bob Dylan - Bringing it All Back Home

12. Led Zeppelin - III

13. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

14. Neil Young - On the Beach

15. Bill Evans - Waltz for Debby

16. Weezer - Pinkerton

17. Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle

18. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy

19. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Bryjurn

20. Wilco - Summerteeth

 

This is very close to mine. I'd say a good 7 or 8 will be the same.

[radiokills]

17. Shrimp Boat - Cavale

 

i will proceed to check out shrimp boat

[PopTodd]

i will proceed to check out shrimp boat

 

If you like The Sea and Cake (especially the first couple of albums), you will love Cavale. But start there, and work your way backwards, as the albums get more challenging, as you go earlier into their catalog. Just sloppier and sloppier. But still charming as hell and wonderful, wonderful.

 

Let me know what you think.

[Twisted Acres]

Can't bear tweaking my list anymore, so I've sent it on in... I'm sure it'll be completely different come September:

 

Mart's Top 20 LPs, Summer 2008

 

1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

2. Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke

3. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

4. Curtis Mayfield's Chicago Soul - Various

5. Revolver - The Beatles

6. Night Beat - Sam Cooke

7. Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul: Complete & Unbelievable - Otis Redding

8. Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid - Klark Kent

9. Let the Good Times Roll - The Anthology 1938-1953 - Louis Jordan

10. Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

 

11. The Genius Hits The Road - Ray Charles

12. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

13. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

14. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren

15. In Rainbows - Radiohead

16. Ella & Louis - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong

17. Regatta de Blanc - The Police

18. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

19. Being There - Wilco

20. The White Album - The Beatles

[thecanuck]

Here's my rough list so far:

1. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

2. The Beatles - The White Album

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

5. The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

7. Television - Marquee Moon

8. The Clash - London Calling

9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

11. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

12. The Band - The Band

13. The Who - Who

[Synthesizer Patel]

5. The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 2

 

is there a part 2 or did you just type it wrong?

[Moe_Syzlak]

Well, as I suspected I am struggling mightily with this. I first compiled a list of what felt like a list of favorite albums from throughout the years which included The Beatles, Hendrix, Dylan, the Stones, Miles, Coltrane ... But the more I thought about it, the more I felt like that was a little disingenuous. These are albums that have certainly influenced me, have made my musical tastes what they are today and even been my favorite albums of the moment at one time or another. BUT I found myself thinking "are these STILL my favorite albums? How often do I really listen to these anymore?". So I took at look at my recent iTunes listening habits and came up with a list of 20 that are probably my most "go to" albums RIGHT NOW. Given that musical tastes evolve and change constantly, I felt this was the only way to arrive at this list. It is still not in any particular order, but as you can see, I have already invested way too much thought in this. So the final list will have to wait for another day.

 

Again, in no particular order (actually it's alphabetically):

 

Andrew Bird & The Mysterious Production Of Eggs - Andrew Bird

The Bends - Radiohead

Born Again In The USA - Loose Fur

Come On Feel The Illinoise! - Sufjan Stevens

Demon Days - Gorillaz

Feel Good Ghosts - Cloud Cult

Friend And Foe - Menomena

Fuzzy Logic - Super Furry Animals

A Ghost Is Born - Wilco

Kid A - Radiohead

Live In Chicago - Ween

The Mollusk - Ween

OK Computer - Radiohead

Phantom Power - Super Furry Animals

Rings Around The World - Super Furry Animals

The Soft Bulletin - The Flaming Lips

Trey Anastasio - Trey Anastasio

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips

You In Reverse - Built To Spill

[Preferred B]

Can't bear tweaking my list anymore, so I've sent it on in... I'm sure it'll be completely different come September:

 

Mart's Top 20 LPs, Summer 2008

 

1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

2. Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 - Sam Cooke

3. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

4. Curtis Mayfield's Chicago Soul - Various

5. Revolver - The Beatles

6. Night Beat - Sam Cooke

7. Otis Redding Dictionary Of Soul: Complete & Unbelievable - Otis Redding

8. Music Madness from the Kinetic Kid - Klark Kent

9. Let the Good Times Roll - The Anthology 1938-1953 - Louis Jordan

10. Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

 

11. The Genius Hits The Road - Ray Charles

12. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys

13. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

14. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren

15. In Rainbows - Radiohead

16. Ella & Louis - Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong

17. Regatta de Blanc - The Police

18. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

19. Being There - Wilco

20. The White Album - The Beatles

 

I think I have the most in common with your list than any I've seen so far.

[thecanuck]

is there a part 2 or did you just type it wrong?

 

Yep, typo....

[GtrPlyr]

I've got it narrowed down to just under 50. Getting it down to 20 will be the hard part...

 

Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

The Replacements - Let It Be

Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On

The Millennium - Begin

Prince - Purple Rain

Television - Marquee Moon

Bob Marley - Legend

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis

The Band - The Band

The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St.

Harry Nilsson - Son of Schmilsson

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

Warren Zevon - Warren Zevon

The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Terry Callier - Occasional Rain/What Color Is Love

The Beatles - 1967-1970

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

The Only Ones - The Only Ones

The Beatles - The White Album

T.Rex - The Slider

Love - Forever Changes

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love

Miles Davis - Birth of the Cool

Funkadelic - Maggot Brain

Neil Young - On the Beach

Radiohead - OK Computer

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

Joni Mitchell - Blue

Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk

Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Townes Van Zandt - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas

The Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society

Leonard Cohen - The Songs of Leonard Cohen

The Who - Who's Next

The Wrens - The Meadowlands

Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life

Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town

Lindisfarne - Nicely Out of Tune

Relatively Clean Waters - Relatively Clean Waters

Scott Walker - Scott 4

Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville

Alejandro Escovedo - Gravity

Wilco - YHF

Big Star - Third

James Brown - Star Time

x - Los Angeles

John Cale - Paris 1919

[Mr. Kinsley]

1. Wilco

[Winston Legthigh]

1. Beatles - White Album

2. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

3. The Clash - London Calling

4. The Pogues - If I Should Fall From Grace With God

5. Frank Zappa & Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money

6. The Dukes of Stratosphear - Chips from the Chocolate Fireball

7. Los Lobos - How Will the Wolf Survive?

8. Specials - Specials

9. Gorillaz vs Spacemonkeyz - Laika Come Home

10. X - Los Angeles

11. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head

12. Pixies - Trompe Le Monde

13. The Black Keys - Rubber Factory

14. English Beat - I Just Can't Stop It

15. Pretenders - Pretenders

16. The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

17. Beatles - Abbey Road

18. The Clash - The Clash

19. Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & The Lash

20. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf

[uncool2pillow]

1. Workbook

[idigworms]

1. Workbook

[uncool2pillow]

No "Revolver", no "Pet Sounds", no "Blonde on Blonde"...

 

...what a rock snob!

 

(Kidding, of course!)

I own and love them all, and many other obvious omissions, but I was hoping to get some underdogs on the final list.

[idigworms]

I own and love them all, and many other obvious omissions, but I was hoping to get some underdogs on the final list.

 

And I commend you for that. But if everyone did that, then we might end up with "Willenium" in the top ten...

 

...which would drive me jiggy.

[Littlebear]

I was actually thinking about this the other day and noticed most of my favorite bands names began with the letter B (Beatles, Band, Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Beach Boys)

 

You forgot Bilco.

[tongue-tied]

A very rough draft, vaguely ordered:

 

1. Wilco / A Ghost Is Born

2. Deerhoof / The Runners Four

3. Nick Drake / Pink Moon

4. John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band

5. The Clash / The Clash

6. Bob Dylan / Bringing It All Back Home

7. Pavement / Slanted And Enchanted

8. The Kinks / Lola Vs. Powerman And The Moneygoround

9. Grandaddy / Sumday

10. John Cale / Paris 1919

11. The Beatles / With The Beatles

12. Cat Stevens / Teaser And The Firecat

13. Leonard Cohen / Songs Of Leonard Cohen

14. Jim O'Rourke / Bad Timing

15. The Velvet Underground / The Velvet Underground

16. The Clash / London Calling

17. The Flaming Lips / Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

18. Elliott Smith / Either/Or

19. Deerhoof / Apple O'

20. Big Star / Radio City

[gogo]

we might end up with "Willenium" in the top ten...

Well, I wasn't going to give any hints on what was winning...

 

 

There are over 300 titles on the list so far! And it's still anybody's ballgame, so keep those votes coming in.

 

For anyone who hasn't voted yet, or has posted a list in this thread but hasn't e-mailed it, please go back and read the first post. Thanks to all for playing!

[Guest Hollinger.]

I will change my mind in 5 minutes, but...

 

1. The Band - Music From Big Pink

2. The Kinks - Lola Vs Powerman & The Moneygoround

3. Big Star - #1 Record

4. Husker Du - Zen Arcade

5. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks

6. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

7. Elton John - Madman Across The Water

8. The Who - Quadrophenia

9. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True

10. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street

11. Radiohead - The Bends

12. Elliott Smith - XO

13. David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust

14. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico

15. Fugazi - 13 Songs

16. Uncle Tupelo - No Depression

17. REM - Document

18. Tom Waits - Small Change

19. Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue

20. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall

[Littlebear]

I must have hundreds of records I love equally as much as others, and it changes at every listen!

 

But here are 50 picks - in chronological order.

 

 

1. The Boswell Sisters

[Gobias Industries]

I finally sent mine in, but it changed quite a bit right before I sent it in. I had forgot some of them jazz records...

 

Top 20:

 

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

3. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

4. The Beatles - Revolver

5. The Beatles - Rubber Soul

6. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home

7. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne

8. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

9. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

10. The Band - The Band

11. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

12. The Beatles - The Beatles

13. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea

14. The Beatles - Abbey Road

15. The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

16. The Band - Music from Big Pink

17. Bob Dylan - Blood On the Tracks

18. Sigur R

[uncool2pillow]

I TOTALLY forgot jazz! Agghh...

 

Miles Davis Quintet - Workin', Relaxin', Steamin', Cookin'

Charles Mingus - Ah Um, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus

Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music, Brilliant Corners

Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus