Speaking as a millennial who grew up on Nirvana, Radiohead etc. I just can't see how Sgt. Pepper is one of the best albums ever. I understand that it was ground-breaking for the time, but as a collection of songs, it is not THAT strong, and there are definitely better albums by the band. It really is over-rated. And albums like Nevermind and Ok Computer completely blow it out of the water in terms of the song-writing.
Speaking as a Boomer I agree with you. Rubber Soul was better. A Space in Time (10 Years After) was better. A lot of albums were better unless you view music as a collection of interesting experiments. I don’t.
@@MrDubyadee1 What's interesting to me is that they had Mystery Tour songs written at the same time, right? And if they'd put the best of those two albums into just one album then it truly would be one of the greatest albums of all-time. The fact that they didn't suggests that - at that period of time when the rules were being written - that the band saw music as a 'collection of interesting experiments'. Which is fair enough. The Beatles were on a journey and their albums were documents of that journey. But we can still be honest. I was disappointed by Sgt. Pepper. In fact, I was disappointed by most of their albums, which mostly seem kind of patchy. BUT, they still have the best catalogue of individual songs in popular music history.
I can understand your viewpoint, but the grounbreaking aspect as this guy mentions ( I don't know his name) is the clincher here. It is great because of the moment in time it represents. There was nothing like it before and there really has been nothing like it since. That's really tough to do in rock and roll. The same could be said of Pet Sounds.
I was 19 when Nevermind came out and I bought it and I liked it but it was never my favourite. Now I can't understand why it's so valued for so many people. It changed the musical preferences of many people and it helped others to be more visible like Pixies, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, etc but this kind of impact was even bigger with Nevermind the bollocks (Sex Pistols) wich is a better album to me. And regarding quality, there are many records much better (Pink Floyd, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Kinks, Rolling Stones, etc, etc)
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 It always comes down to personal preference, I guess. I think the additional factor with Nirvana is the emotional connection that certain fans felt with Kurt. If you were a weirdo and an outsider then he just somehow meant so much to you. And there's no way to explain that, and no way to separate that from your enjoyment of the music. Maybe if I didn't have that emotional connection then I'd view them differently. But I do lol. And I wouldn't change that for the world. They did something to me that no other band has. But if you were well-adjusted and had parents that loved you then maybe they are less appealing :D
A very nice selection and analysis. Many would appear in my extended list. Here are my top 10: 1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 2. Beatles - Abbey Road 3. The Who - Who's Next 4. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 5. Yes - Fragile 6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 7. Led Zeppelin - IV 8. Deep Purple - In Rock 9. Rush - Moving Pictures 10. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Great video and list as always, my man! My two pence: 1. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin 2. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath 4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 5. Trespass - Genesis 6. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings 7. Who's Next - The Who 8. On the Threshold of a Dream - The Moody Blues 9. Close to the Edge - Yes 10. Queen (Debut) - Queen
Nice to see someone else has some Moodies on their list. Tho they are not my fave band, at 59 years old I don't think my #1 will ever be replaced and it's the Moodies. Except it is Days of Future Passed. Threshold is a great album too. And we both have Band on the Run on our list at the exact spot I think!
Once again your scholarly, and erudite analysis is a pleasure to watch. I have, and love everything on your list. Rather than submit a list of the greatest, and most historically important albums IMP, I'll list a few that I have consistently played over decades that aren't on your list. 1. Revolver 2. Rubber Soul 3. What's Going On 4.Moondance 5. Tommy 6. Kind of Blue 7 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs 8. Plastic Ono Band 9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 10. Fleetwood Mac ( the eponymous 1975 album) HM: Blood on the Tracks Wish You Were Here Dire Straits Let's Get it On Astral Weeks The Beatles
@@richardrose2606 A fine album. My list consists of albums that I have played constantly ever since they were first released. Listened to everything on my list over a 1000 times throughout the years. Couldn't decide one 1 particular album by the DOORS, Hendrix, Zeppelin, or Skynyrd, or they would be represented on my list too.
I think Tommy's a bit dull. When I listen to it, I listen to a single album's worth edit. For me, the same year's 'Arthur' by The Kinks is a better 'rock opera.
@@mikeking683 I have to be in a certain kind of mood to even listen to Astral Weeks anymore, lest I dissolve into an emotional wreck. Funny how certain albums come to carry such weight over time....
I’m cheating, dragging slider through to see what albums are chosen, but unlike all the other album review posts for which I do this, I’ll start this one over to hear the entire thing because the discussion is so good and carefully conceived.
Love this list: I might add 'A Farewell to Kings' by Rush; definitely either 'Who's Next' or 'Quadrophenia' from The Who ; 'Blood on the Tracks' by Dylan; 'Selling England By the Pound' from Genesis and 'Revolver' by The Beatles. Thank you again for this great video.
10. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street 9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 8. Joy Division - Closer 7. The Who - Who’s Next 6. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 4. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On 3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 1. The Beatles - Revolver HMs- Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left, Genesis’s Selling England by the Pound, and R.E.M.‘s Murmur. The order changes, but these 14 have largely been my consistent faves for the past 20-30 years.
For anyone who cares, the following would be my second tier of faves, not ranked by merit, but by chronology (although by merit within the year in the case of multiples in a year): 1) The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night 2) The Beatles - Rubber Soul 3) The Beach Boys - Today! 4) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited 5) The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man 6) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 7) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 8) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico 9) Love - Forever Changes 10) The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed 11) The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks 12) Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn 13) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love 14) The Beatles - The White Album (The Beatles) 15) The Rolling Stones - Beggars’ Banquet 16) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland 17) The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society 18) The Beatles - Abbey Road 19) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground 20) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 21) The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed 22) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson 23) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin 24) The Moody Blues - To Our Children’s Children’s Children 25) Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry 26) Van Morrison - Moondance 27) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water 28) Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 29) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter 30) Genesis - Nursery Cryme 31) The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 32) The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East 33) Yes - Close to the Edge 34) Nick Drake - Pink Moon 35) Stevie Wonder - Talking Book 36) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 37) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 38) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 39) Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’s First Finale 40) Renaissance - Turn of the Cards 41) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run 42) Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 43) David Bowie - Low 44) Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year’s Model 45) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 46) Bruce Springsteen - The River 47) The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight 48) Talking Heads - Remain in Light 49) Echo & the Bunnymen - Porcupine 50) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love 51) Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega 52) Cocteau Twins - Victorialand 53) The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me 54) Galaxie 500 - On Fire 55) U2 - Achtung Baby 56) Catherine Wheel - Ferment 57) Slowdive - Souvlaki 58) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
@@richardrose2606 It took me several years for Exile to click for me. I couldn’t understand what the big deal was compared to their brilliant earlier run of singles and albums. But about 20 years ago, I realized how much richer it was than even that earlier great material. I love to hear it in a single sitting, and there are zero songs I would omit.
Let’s see, I think mine would be: 1. Exile on Main Street 2. Sticky Fingers 3. Wish You Were Here 4. Abbey Road 5. Innervisions 6. London Calling 7. Songs In the Key of Life 8. OK Computer 9. Station to Station 10. Highway 61 Revisited Without repeating artists then I would add Marquee Moon and Who’s Next.
Great episode and a very diverse list. I don't know if it is possible to pick a top ten as it will likely change tomorrow, but why not. Here is my personal top 10: 10. Rush - Moving Pictures 9. Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday 8. Aerosmith - Rocks 7. Boston - Boston 6. Black Sabbath - Sabotage 5. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 4. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything 3. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy 2. Beatles - Revolver 1. The Who - Who's Next
My Top 10 10. In The Court of the crimson king 9. Ziggy Stardust 8. Tommy 7. Close To The Edge 6. Paranoid 5. Exile On main street 4. Pet Sounds 3. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Dark Side of the moon 1. Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts club band
I was 16 when Dark Side was released. So far ahead of its time, so unique and original even 50 years after its not been surpassed as my fave album to date.
Very interesting list. May I be permitted to give my thoughts and choices? These are not necessarily in order 1- volume 2-Led Zeppelin 2-Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin 3-Fire and Water-Free 4-Electric Ladyland-Jimi Hendrix 5-Made in Japan-Deep Purple 6-Band of Gypsies-Band of Gypsies 7-Kind of Blue-Miles Davis 8-Robin Trower live-Robin Trower 9-Free Live-Free 10-Exile on Main Street-The Stones. Couple of honourable mentions Queen and Boston debut albums Jethro Tull-Songs From the wood Genesis-Selling England by the pound. Yes-Relayer.
Even though my list will look different, I really appreciate the eloquent descriptions…which is what keeps me coming back to this channel. I’ll give it a shot, but certainly not absolute: 1. The Doors- The Doors 2. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd 3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere- Neil Young 4. Who’s Next- The Who 5. Led Zeppelin I- Led Zeppelin 6. The Yes Album- Yes 7. Paranoid- Black Sabbath 8. Benefit- Jethro Tull 9. Kaleidoscope- Siouxsie and The Banshees 10. Fried- Julian Cope
I love your #1, #9 & #10 but the rest, while I don't dislike most of them, are too expected and for my taste, too in line with rockist conformity. I'd replace the other 7 by Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' (1972), The Sex Pistols' 'Bollocks' (1977), Sly Stone's 'Riot' (1971), Os Mutantes' 'Mutantes' (1969), Jacques Brel's 'Ces gens-là' (1966), Kraftwerk's 'Man Machine' (1978) and Pixies' 'Doolittle' (1989). Different strokes for different folks! Kudos to you especially for your #9 & #10... though I _may_ just substitute 'Fried' for the same year's 'World Shut Your Mouth'!
Ok, here goes 10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours 9. Marillion Misplaced Childhood 8. Tubeway Army Replicas 7. David Bowie Hunky Dory 6. Black Sabbath Paranoid 5. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 4. The Beatles Abbey Road 3. Rush Permanent Waves 2. Queen News of the World 1. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Very good list with sublime narration (as per usual) I would personally add: STATION TO STATION (1976) - David Bowie (also heavily considering "Diamond Dogs," "Ziggy Stardust" "Low" and "Aladdin Sane") ABBEY ROAD (1969) - The Beatles AJA (1977) - Steely Dan HIGHWAY TO HELL (1979) - AC/DC "Let There Be Rock" & "Back In Black" strongly considered SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (1973) - Black Sabbath (nod to "Master of Reality") HOUNDS OF LOVE (1985) - Kate Bush ("The Dreaming" as well) ROCKS (1976) - Aerosmith PHYSICAL GRAFFITI (1975) - Led Zeppelin ("IV" + "III" strongly considered) ANIMALS (1977) - Pink Floyd (have to agree with the selection of DSOTM, but this is my very favorite Floyd) MOVING PICTURES (1981) - Rush VAN HALEN (1978) - Van Halen A NEW WORLD RECORD (1976) - Electric Light Orchestra ALIVE! (1975) - KISS MAGGOT BRAIN (1970) - Funkadelic MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER (1971) - Elton John ("GYBR" & "Captain Fantastic") OVERNITE SENSATION (1973) - Frank Zappa ("Hot Rats" & "Sheik Yerbouti") WIRED (1976) - Jeff Beck DEJA VU (1970) - CSNY TOMMY (1969) - The Who A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1975) - Queen ROXY MUSIC (1972) - Roxy Music LOVE (1985) - The Cult AT FILLMORE EAST (1971) - Allman Brothers LIVE AND DANGEROUS (1978) - Thin Lizzy THE HEAD ON THE DOOR (1985) - The Cure ("Pornography" & "17 Seconds") FUNHOUSE (1970) - The Stooges THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (1975) - 10cc KILLERS (1981) - Iron Maiden THE B-52S (1979) - The B-52s LEFTOVERTURE (1976) - Kansas NOTHING'S SHOCKING (1988) - Jane's Addiction THE CARS (1978) - The Cars ("Candy-O" nearly as great) FOXTROT (1972) - Genesis HAIR OF THE DOG (1975) - Nazareth GIVE US A WINK (1976) - Sweet RED (1974) - King Crimson ELECTRIC WARRIOR (1971) - T. Rex *List includes 3 live albums due to their perfection as albums.
A little twist, PERFECT albums: 10. Highway 61 Revisited 9. Graceland 8. Who's Next 7. So 6. Thick as a Brick 5. Close to the Edge 4. Born to Run 3. Pet Sounds 2 Aja 1. Late for the Sky HMs A. CTA B. Chicago II C. Selling England by the Pound D. Rumours E. Nevermind F. The Dark Side of the Moon G. A Passion Play H. Tapestry I. August and Everything After J. Ziggy Stardust and... K. Sgt. Peppers
Excellent choices indeed! Here IMO are the 10 greatest albums: 10. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan 9. Dark Side Of The Moon - P Floyd 8. Risqué - Chic 7. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan 6. Court Of The Crimson King - KC 5. Close To The Edge - Yes 4. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie 3. Quadrophenia- The Who 2. Abbey Road - Beatles band 1. Exile On Main St. - Rolling Stones
Wow, a very tough thing to do. I can't assert what is the 'greatest', but I can list some of my very favorite. 10. Eagles - Desperado 9. The Who - Who's Next 8. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick 7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 6. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy 5. Yes - The Yes Album 4. Jackson Brown - Late for the Sky 3. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album) 2. Genesis - Foxtrot 1. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
OK, I'll play, my top ten for what has been my faves at 67 years old: 1) Dark Side of the Moon 2) Abbey Road 3) Led Zeppelin 4 4) Who's Next 5) Sticky Fingers 6) Paranoid 7) Are You Experienced 8) Lovedrive 9) Queen 1 10) Lights Out Those will keep the party going, Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
I liked Led Zeppelin but they never made my top picks ... until Jimmy Page did the remake and I got a Brennan and Jesus Christ you're right Led Zeppelin IV is incredible. Way better than I thought when it was played non-stop on my FM radio. Our presenter is wearing a Led Zeppelin T for God sake. He seems pretty stuck in the 60s for the most part but with exception of the Velvet Underground which I recently listened to and found wanting, (the solo Lou Reed stands up better)these are great choices.
These lists are really 'my favourite albums'. My personal favourites: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Tarkus My Generation Who’s Next The Unforgettable Fire Different Light I Am Your Servant The 25th Day of December Wild Wood Pictures at an Exhibition
Nice video beautifully descriptive My 10 :- 1. Deep Purple in Rock 2. Yessongs 3. Selling england by the pound 4. Led Zeppelin 4. 5. The hissing of summer lawns 6. On the beach 7. Aja 8. Warrior on the Edge of time 9. Caravanserai 10. Live Dates
My ten: Red - King Crimson OK Computer - Radiohead There Goes Rymin’ Simon - Paul Simon Abbey Road - The Beatles Hats - The Blue Nile Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael (sorry, not sorry!) Hejira - Joni Mitchell Remain in Light - Talking Heads Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - David Bowie Selling England by the Pound - Genesis Tomorrow it’ll be different. Thanks for the video. Great as ever.
So many great albums in music history picking a top ten is mind bendingly difficult. Dark Side Of The Moon is in my opinion the most perfect album ever conceived. Structured beautifuly with lyrics that compliment the music's conceptual expression to a faultless excecution. The album cover captures the concept perfectly. The dark side of contemporary life indeed.
@@JD.78 also . I have a cunning plan , look at your ten , then , carefully reappraise artists best album , eg , many people say it’s Blue , but what if it’s Hissing of Summer Lawns etc.
Eclectic and well-rounded for sure! You asked so here is mine at the current time, which no doubt will be for the rest of my life. OK! 10/Born to Run 9/The SoftParade 8/Band on the Run 7/Madman Across the Water 6/ After the Goldrush 5/ A New World's Record, (ELO) 4/Rubber Soul 3/ Metamorphosis (Stones) 2/ Any Dylan album. But, if I had to pick one it would be Highway 61 or Blood on the Tracks. Or Blonde on Blonde and Street Legal. Or New Morning....1/ Days of Future Passed-The Moody Blues. I listened to that album to fall asleep to every winter in Toronto from ages 8-11. Whenever a music format changed, this was the first I'd buy. But, I know every lyric to every Dylan song to almost every album, but one would need variety on a desert island.
1) Revolver - The Beatles 2) Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 3) Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones 4) Aja - Steely Dan 5) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 6) Velvet Underground and Nico 7) The Band 8) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band 9) London Calling - The Clash 10) Hunky Dory - David Bowie Hons:- Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell Bryter Layter - Nick Drake Innervisions - Stevie Wonder What's Going On - Marvin Gaye Siren - Roxy Music Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs Crime of the Century - Supertramp Everything one needs is here.
“Sticky Fingers” is my favorite. Following in no particular order, Neil Young’s “On the Beach,” 2. Nirvana’s “In Utero,” 3. Big Star’s “Third,” 4. The Beatles’ “White Album,” 5. David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs” 6. King Crimson’s “Red” 7. Joy Division’s “Closer” 8. Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” 9. Tom Waits’s “SwordfishTrombones” 10. “The Velvet Underground and Nico” I set out to compile the list without repeating bands. The Beatles and Stones would’ve each had at least another entry, otherwise. Thanks for the video! I’m always keen on your analysis. You’ve convinced me to give “Blue” another chance. The thing that I haven’t been able to get past is what I consider to be Joni’s over-singing. For me, such vocal gymnastics take the emotional resonance out of a song, although it’s no doubt impressive. Hmmm. Wonder if I’ll take any hits for THAT observation. 😜 P.S. “Visions of Johanna” is my absolute favorite Dylan song, which is saying a LOT.
@@vordman thanks for acknowledging that. Songs like “Scentless Apprentice, “Milk it” and “Very Ape” just shred anything on “Nevermind” for visceral intensity. Same with “School,” “Negative Creep” and “Paper Cuts” on Bleach. There will always be a special place in my heart for Nevermind. That album was a paradigm-shifter for me. But, as one reviewer once said, it’s like a jagged stone encased in Lucite. What I love most about Nirvana is its ragged beauty.
Excellent list. Mine would be similar (although not necessarily my favorite albums by each artist) In no particular order: Dark Side of the Moon Sgt. Pepper Blue Rumours In the Court of the Crimson King Tubular Bells Deja Vu Peter Gabriel 3 The Kick Inside Five Leaves Left
I like your approach of choosing not necessarily your personal favorite albums but those that have had the greatest cultural impact. And l would concur with your choices mostly.
1. Joy Division: Closer 2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead 3. Radiohead: Kid A 4. Sufjan Stevens: Come On Feel The Illinoise 5. Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden 6. Peter Gabriel: So 7. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds 8. Pink Floyd: Wish You We’re Here 9. Love: Forever Changes 10. Paul Simon: Graceland
10.Styx - Crash of the Crown 9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 8. Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure 7. The Police - Synchronicity 6. AC/DC - Powerage 5. Porcupine Tree - In absentia 4. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam 3. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon A pretty diverse range of music if there was one . Kate Bush's The Hounds of Love and Heart's Little Queen are the honorable mentions as far as the females are concerned.
Good God, I don’t know if I could even do this list I love so many albums as hard to put just 10 up as my favorites. So I’m gonna pick 10 favorites. 1. Sgt.. Pepper 2.Aladdin Sane 3.Pet Sounds 4. Goodbye, yellow brick Road. 5.The Band 6.Dark side of the Moon 7. Sticky fingers. 8. Rumors. 9. Blood on the tracks. 10. Life’s Rich pageant. Honorable mention Late for the sky, Jackson Browne
10. Rick Derringer - All American Boy 09. The Faces - A Nod is as Good as a Wink...to a Blind Horse 08. Yes - Close to the Edge 07. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies 06. Elton John - Goodbye a Brick Road 05. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon 04. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard 03. Queen - Queen II 02. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 01. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars.
Great job Barry. I thought your glue might come a little unstuck here but it's a superb list. I'd only knock out Rumours but I'd also need to make room for the Hendrix debut, Zeppelin 2 and Who's Next. H/M to Bridge Over Troubled Water and Hunky Dory. There are some fantastic lists and suggestions in the comments too.
These types of videos are fun and a learning experience, but more can be gained if a defined distinction is made between the greatest and the best, the criteria therein and an argument based on those parameters.
- astral weeks - hejira- revolver - let it bleed - elie and 13 confession - hunky dory - strange days - highway 61 - white light/white heat - white album
I've been struggling to nail down a top 10 for a while. Often when I go back to one that I used to worship, I realize it hasn't stood the test of time for me. Often an album is associated with a special time in my life and it takes a proper distance to hear it with an open objective mind. Here's my best attempt: 1 - Pet Sounds 2 - Magical Mystery Tour 3 - Disintegration by the Cure 4 - The Wall 5 - Achtung Baby 6 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway 7 - Melloncollie and the Infinite Sadness 8 - In Search of the Lost Chord 9 - Physical Graffiti 10 - Black Foliage by Olivia Tremor Control
having other complete notion of what i consider great albums, i can not make a 10 albums list as the best released till today .taking the titles of your list i would not consider a good album , pet sounds desintegration, the wall, mellancollie and the infinite sadness ,.in search of the last cord , phisical graffiti or not knowing the black foliage ,and i own 99% of this albums but not by close my first choice. Don´t take this as a personal atack but only a example of not being possible a top ten of all albums refered on everyone´s list,maybe a 100 albums list ,regards
Great to see the classic Mellon Collie and Black Foliage in your list my friend.....they're 2 personal faves of mine also that don't get enough affection in my own humble opinioness!
Great list…can’t argue against any of your selections…some of my favourites are: Rush Moving Pictures The Clash. London Calling Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited Dire Straits. Making Movies Marillion. Script for a Jesters Tear Grateful Dead. American Beauty Mike Oldfield. Five Miles Out Wings. Band on the Run Manic Street Preachers. Generation Terrorists, I know critics rank other Marillion and MSP albums higher but I picked those 2 because ultimately I listen to them the most.
Great choice with making movies. I've always thought if you combined the first sides of both communique and making movies it would be the perfect album.
My personal top 10 10 - Kind of Blue (Miles Davis) 09 - Buena Vista Social Club (Buena Vista Social Club) 08 - Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin) 07 - Corazón Americano (Mercedes Sosa) 06 - Achtung Baby (U2) 05 - In the Court of Crinsom King (King Crinsom) 04 - Selling England by the Pound (Genesis) 03 - Tropicalia ou Panis et Circenses (Various artists) 02 - Me Against the World (2Pac) 01 - The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
Thank you for the list and commentary. I will try Blue again. I felt it was too depressing the time I tried it but you’ve made me want to give it another go. Blonde on Blonde is surpassed for me by Highway 61 and Blood on the Tracks. The Stones 68-71 were top notch! Thank you for Sergeant Pepper. I was there when the initial impact happened. It seems underrated now by so many. I will NEVER understand the fascination with Pet Sounds….I have tried. Others: Born to Run, London Calling, Eli and the 13Th Confession. Joshua Tree, Every Picture Tells a Story, and three additional Beatle LPs.
Born to Run and Joshua Tree also came to my mind when i saw the video. I could swap them by Achtung Baby and maybe The River. London Calling is definitely the epitome of a perfect album. And Itotally agree with the Stones 68-71 statement...
Loved all yer picks Barry. Impossible to name only 10 but here are a few: Mothers O' Invention-We're Only In It For The Money;Barry Adamson-Oedipus Schmoedipus;Nick Drake-Bryter Layter;Jethro Tull-Benefit;Moody Blues-To Our Children's Children's Children;Simon & Garfunkel-Bookends;Porcupine Tree-Signify;Elvis Presley 1,'It's A Beautiful Day 1;Led Zeppelin 1;13th Floor Elevators-Easter Everywhere;Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?;Pink Floyd-A Saucerful O' Secrets;Beatles-White Album;Joni Mitchell-Ladies O' The Canyon...This coulda stretched out to infinity but thanks for the recommendation to limit the unlimited choices.
First class video! These lists are almost impossible to do. You're quite right to say that these albums are not always your favourites as cultural importance is key to this list. I would have chosen Revolver instead of Sgt. Pepper and Surfs Up instead of Pet Sounds but I can't argue with the rest.I think many people don't appreciate the impact In the court of the crimson king had when it first came out!
It's funny how people mention SURF'S UP before SUNFLOWER. I think the 1970 album has an incredible range of songs, and is one of the best engineered album of the decade. Other than "Tears in the Morning," I feel every song is brilliant, whereas SURF'S UP has a few "slighter" songs. Although I absolutely agree with PET SOUNDS being on this list, if it didn't have "Sloop John B" on it and the two instrumentals had been backing tracks for vocal songs, I think it would be #1 before everything else.
Ha, these are always so well done - very entertaining.... Off the top of my head, I came up with a quick top 5.... 1 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast 2 Metallica - Master of Puppets 3 INXS - Kick 4 Alice in Chains - Dirt 5 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Kudos for putting together this list. I will have to give this a good deal of thought for my list. I will say that the Kinks, Joni Mitchell and Dylan would not be in the running for me but the others would be.
"...sweating like a glass-blower's arse" is superb. Keep that standard going. Putting forward a Top Ten Ever is an impossible task really and it will change from time to time as we all look back on those albums and our involvement with them from a permanently evolving present. It's a complex business. FWIW my top 10 today (after much thought) : 10. Frank Zappa, Hot Rats 9. Led Zeppelin 1 8. David Bowie, Hunky Dory 7. Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica 6. Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Next 5. Led Zeppelin 2 4. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon 3. Genesis, Foxtrot 2. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust 1. King Crimson, ITCOTCK Thanks for your great work on this channel.
There are simply to many great recordings from different genres all across the board to pick just 10. I can easily pick 20 from Jazz, Jazz fusion, Classic Rock, Rock, Country, R&B, Electronica folk and classical. But you do have some great selections here. Not one can be denied as being great.
My faves this week Miles Davis : Sketches of Spain Kinks : Village Green XTC : Nonsuch Genesis : Selling England David Bowie : Blackstar Prince : Sign O The Times Stevie Wonder : Innervisions Talking Heads : Remain in light Joni Mitchell : Hissing of summer lawns Herbie Hancock : River, The Joni letters
I can't believe how many of my favorite albums you have on this list. I'd add Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and Lord Huron's "Strange Trails" on an expanded survey, but no argument about your top 10. Albums important in their own time and still relevant into the future.
Boy extremely tough to choose just ten albums. I don't think I can do 10 to 1 but here are some of my choices Rush-Clockwork Angels Queen-News Of The World Genesis-Foxtrot Styx-Pieces Of Eight Billy Joel-52nd Street Yes-Talk Type O Negative-Dead Again Dio-Holy Diver The Beatles-Revolver Supertramp-Breakfast In America Billy Squier-Don't Say No
Having heard only a fraction of what's out there, a list of favourite albums is as far as I would go. I would definitely include Rumours on my list. ELO - A New World Record, Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Blondie - Parallel Lines, Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman, Crosby, Stills & Nash - CS&N, Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Joni Mitchell - Clouds or Blue, Wings - Band on the Run.
My Top 20: 20: Blonde On Blonde 19: Revolver 18: OK Computer 17: Marquee Moon 16: Nevermind 15: The White Album 14: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 13: Rumours 12: The Dark Side Of The Moon 11: Kid A 10: Pet Sounds 9: Highway 61 Revisited 8: Exile On Main Street 7: Blood On The Tracks 6: Purple Rain 5: Hounds of Love 4: London Calling 3: Abbey Road 2: What's Going On 1: Blue (The Village Green Preservation/The Doors/Odessey and Oracle/Hot Rats/Bitches Brew almost got in the list)
The greatest albums aren't always the ones you listen to the most. If I had to make a list of Top Ten Favorite albums, meaning the ones I've played -- and continue to play -- the most, it might be (in no particular order). Can't reduce the list to only 10 no matter how hard I try... Deep Purple: Machine Head Fever Tree: Fever Tree The Beatles: Revolver The Beach Boys: Sunflower The Moody Blues: Seventh Sojourn Jackson Browne: I'm Alive Badfinger: Wish You Were Here Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago Transit Authority Emerson Lake and Palmer: Trilogy James Gang: Rides Again Kinks: Misfits Led Zeppelin: IV Loggins and Messina: Mother Lode T.Rex: Electric Warrior Wishbone Ash: Argus Zombies: Odessey and Oracle
My list in no particular order: Exile on Main Street-stones Abbie Road- Beatles Pet Sounds- Beach Boys Physical Graffiti - LZ Swordfish Trombones- Tom Waits Songs in the Key of Life- Stevie Wonder Live at the Starking Lounge Hamburg- Jerry Lee Lewis Who's Next- The Who Electric Ladyland- Jimi Hendrix Astral Weeks- Van Morrison Hon. Mentions- On the Corner- Miles Davis Songs From Big Pink- The Band Blood Mountain- Mastodon
You're right, no surprises. However, in defence of the list, I think if one is going to make up list best of ranked type of list, the guiding rule should always be that of Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3 (my edit at ellipsis) Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, Bear't that the opposèd may beware of thee Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment... This above all - to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.
I can't argue with any of your choices. I've owned them all for more than 50 years and play them often. The only tweak I would perhaps make would be replacing King Crimson with a Who LP, say Sell Out, Who's Next or Quadrophenia. Others hovering around the top 10 would be The Band's first album, Neil Young Tonight's the Night, CSNY Deja Vu, Led Zeppelin IV, Simon & Garfunkel Bookends, David Bowie Ziggy Stardust, and The Clash, London Calling. Your comments on each album were excellent and spot on. I was pleased that you quoted my favorite line from Visions of Johanna, a remarkable song of one startling image after another.
Great list, and I appreciate the thought behind it. Does greatest mean the albums with: - The most significant cultural impact (something that uniquely resonates with the listeners)? - The highest reputation (generally considered to be the best)? - The highest artistic achievement? - The biggest impact on other musicians (how many artists immediately want make something that sounds in the same vein)? I think the albums in your list qualify on most, if not all, of these definitions. In my mind, the greatest albums are mountains that really change the landscape, or maybe they change the timeline, as in there’s a clear before and after that album. I’m thinking of Sgt. Pepper, Dark Side of the Moon, Ziggy Stardust, Never Mind the Bollocks, and Nevermind. Anyway, thanks again. Great work.
Like any list of favorite anythings, one should define some criteria employed to create the list. My top ten album list would be based on 1. longevity: how many times I have listened to it and continue to enjoy it. 2. How many tracks are entertaining; All of my top album picks would play well from end to end. Given that and understanding that a million people would yield a million different lists, here is mine: 1. Soundgarden - Superunknown 2. Ten Minute Warning - self titled 3. The Doors - first album 4. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Codes And Tags 5. Failure - Fantastic Planet 6. Esthero - Breath From Another 7. Led Zeppelin - 4th. album (Zoso?) 8. Face To Face - Ignorance Is Bliss 9. Eleventh Dream Day - Lived To Tell 10. New York Dolls - first album. I could no doubt come up with 3 or 4 more "lists of ten" that I would feel comfortable interchanging with this list. What's your criteria?
@Classicalbumreview here are my top ten albums that i’ve heard in my lifetime! (In no particular order or preference) 10.Time by ELO 09.Olympian by Gene 08.The Stone Roses (self titled) 07.The Velvet Underground And Nico 06.True Romance by Golden Silvers 05.Abbey Road The Beatles 04.Script Of The Bridge by The Chameleons 03.Whatever People Say I am, That’s what I’m Not by Arctic Monkeys 02.Hatful Of Hollow The Smiths (Compilation album but a great one and their best!!) 01.Closer Joy Division
My list to consider my top 10 Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust Motley Crue- Too Fast for Love Rolling Stones- Some Girls Rainbow- Rising Tears for Fears- The Hurting Oingo Boingo- Nothing too Fear Beatles- Abby Road The Clash- London Calling Gratefull Dead- American Beauty Johnny Cash- The man comes around Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti Tom Petty- Damn the Torpedos Van Halen- VanHalen The Cars- The Cars Aerosmith- Rocks
My Top 10 : 10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town 09. Sign O' The Times 08. Exile On Main Street 07. Nebraska 06. Let It Bleed 05. Kind Of Blue 04. Revolver 03. Highway 61 Revisited 02. Astral Weeks 01. Born To Run
Not in any particular order:- The Dreaming - Kate Bush Parachute - The Pretty Things In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk Post - Bjork The Marble Index - Nico H P Lovecraft II Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead X In Search Of Space - Hawkwind also:- Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator Tin Drum - Japan Vienna - Ultravox Stormcock - Roy Harper The White Album - The Beatles That'll do for now . . . . . .
My top 10.. 1. Elton John... Goodbye yellow brick road. 2. Beatles...Revolver 3. Led Zeppelin... Physical Graffiti 4. Pink Floyd...Dark side of the moon. 5 Doobie brothers...The Captain and me 6. Yes...The Yes album 7. The Who... Who's Next 8. Alice Cooper...Billion Dollar Babies 9. Uriah Heep...Sweet Freedom 10. Rolling Stones...Exile on Main Street
The Captain and Me is a truly great -- and consistent -- album, but for whatever reason you will never see a Doobie Brothers album come up on many Top Ten lists. Probably goes back to when they wore biker jackets on their first album.
Nice List. Dark Side has to be the #1. Everybody has to have their own list so here is mine. At least this is how I feel today. 1 Dark Side - The Pink Floyd 2 Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues 3 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 4 Revolver - The Beatles 5 The Doors - ST 6 Crosby, Stills and Nash - ST 7 Sgt Peppers - The Beatles 8 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John 9 Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower 10 Animals - The Pink Floyd Honorable Mentions Scott - Scott Walker America - ST The Band - ST Sabotage - Black Sabbath Zozo - Led Zeppelin Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath Older - George Michael After Bathing At Baxters - Jefferson Airplane Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane Tonight's The Night - Neil Young Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby Tales Of Mystery and Imagination - Alan Parsons Project Close The The Edge - Yes Electric Music For The Mind and Body - Country Joe and The Fish Deja Vu - CSNY Odyssey and Oracle - The Zombies Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - ST The Royal Scam - Steely Dan Aja - Steely Dan Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix Inner Visions - Stevie Wonder
You blew this one. This list is not "10 most influential" or "10 most interesting" or "10 important" albums. This is specified to be the "10 GREATEST" albums, so you missed your own mark!! Maybe you should re-title this video and try again.
Interesting that you and a lot of people from a certain vintage pick so many albums from late 60,s through the 70’s when the general consensus was the 70’s was a poor decade. I agree with a lot of your choices and even as somebody who is approaching 60 would give mention to Ten by pearl jam, joshua tree U2, Darkness …. Springsteen, Ziggy for Bowie, purple rain prince we can go on. Brilliantly put together and thought provoking list excellently delivered. Well done sir
1. The Joshua Tree - U2 2. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder 3. Unavailable - The Residents 4. Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno 5. Parallel Lines - Blondie 6. Remain in Light - Talking Heads 7. The Great Race Soundtrack - Mancini 8. Frank’s Wild Years - Tom Waits 9. I’m Your Man - Leonard Coen 10. Trust - Elvis Costello
Yet again Barry, a superb and entertaining video.As stated in a previous comment below, important that you clarified that your choice was made by way of 'historical importance' as opposed to simply 'favourite' musically, hence for example 'Sgt Pepper' over 'Abbey Road ' / 'Let it Bleed' over 'Sticky Fingers' etc.With regards to 'Dark Side of the Moon' and its 'historical importance' , due to its production values I recall at the time of its release some audiophiles purchasing it in order to merely test that their latest Hi-Fi was set up for optimum performance.
Thanks for mentioning Richard and Linda Thompson. Their early album I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is my favorite album, although Astral Weeks might be my greatest album. For some artists, the question is "which album?" For me, the Elvis album is King of America, and the Talking Heads album is Speaking in Tongues. An obscure breakup great album is Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit.
Ok, completely off the cuff but probably about right (for this week at least) : 1. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way 2. Robert Fripp - Exposure 3. The Residents - Eskimo 4. Soft Machine - Third 5. Slint - Spiderland 6. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour 7. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver 8. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo 9. Can - Future Days 10. Nina Simone - Pastel Blues HMs: Joni Mitchell - Hejira Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Grace Jones - Nightclubbing Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
Excellent vlog Barry- for what it’s worth, mine are: 10) Exile on Main Street, 9). The Lamb Lies Down 8). Brain Salad Surgery 7). Moving Pictures 6). Close To The Edge 5). The Wall 4). Brave New World 3). Aqualung 2). Something/Anything 1). Physical Graffiti
I gave myself certain restrictions (One entry per artist, nothing live or posthumous and no collections or regional variants) 10. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions 9. The Who - Sell Out 8. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson 7. T.Rex - The Slider 6. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 4. The Pretenders - The Pretenders 3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model 1. The Beatles - Abbey Road some honorable mentions -- Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow The Clash - London Calling Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Cheers!
My top 10 albums in no particular order: Revolver - The Beatles Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro The Bells - Lou Reed Berlin - Lou Reed
Excellent choices. Some of my hms would include Zeppelin IV & Physical Graffiti; Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel Graceland (Simon) Joshua Tree U2, Selling England by the Pound Genesis A Salty Dog Procol Harum Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars David Bowie...and some others rounding out the list to 50...
I'll give it a go.... 10 Oasis - Definitely Maybe 9 Phil Collins - Face Value 8 Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection 7 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers 6 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 5 The Who - Who's Next 4 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust 3 Pink Floyd - Animals 2 The Beatles - Abbey Road 1 Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail....
Great list Barry!! Fantastic. My list is different but not too much 1 Pink Floyd "The Dark Side Of The Moon" 1973 2- The Rolling Stones "Exile On Main St." 1972 3- The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967 4- King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" 1969 5- The Who "Who's Next" 1971 6- The Kinks "Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire" 1969 7- Velvet Underground "Loaded" 1970 8 -The Doors "The Doors" 1967 9 Bob Dylan "Blonde On Blonde" 1966 10 - The Beatles "Rubber Soul" 1965. 10ths (sorry but it had to be) The Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed" 1969 continues
A very good list to be sure . I'm going to go with my top 10 favourites ( as of today , anyway ) as opposed to those albums which I think are the most important . In order of preference : Jethro Tull : Aqualung ( a perfect mix of acoustic and electric rock ) Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon ( a perfect album ) The Beatles : Rubber Soul. ( the US version that includes I've Just Seen a Face , and It's Only Love ) Yes : Fragile ( the first Yes album I bought in the early 70s , and still my favourite ) Genesis : Selling England by the Pound ( Cinema Show & Firth of Fifth are sensational , as is the rest ) Bob Dylan : Blood on the Tracks ( A Simple Twist of Perfection ) Elton John : Honky Chateau. ( I haven't stopped loving it since I got it in 1972 ) David Bowie : Ziggy Stardust. ( I haven't stopped loving this one since '72 either ) Supertramp : Crime of the Century ( the minute I heard the piano solo in School , thunder out of the speakers , I was hooked ) Jimi Hendrix : Are You Experienced ? ( his other 2 are close behind ) " Tied for 11th place " : The Rolling Stones : Aftermath ( US version with Paint It Black ) The Who : Who's Next Joni Mitchell : Court & Spark Neil Young : Harvest Santana : Abraxas Dire Straits : Making Movies ( which would be even better without Les Boys ) Queen : Bohemian Rhapsody The Doors : Morrison Hotel Stevie Wonder : Innervisions Led Zeppelin : Led Zeppelin II Bruce Springsteen : Darkness on the Edge of Town Elvis Costello : This Year's Model Deep Purple : Machine Head I guess that I had better stop there ....
Any of these albums could be top 3 so here's in no perticular order (I tried to put albums with no fillers; all good songs): Déjà Vu - CSNY ... Band of Gypsies - Jimmy Hendrix ... Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones ... Astral Weeks - Van Morrison ... Band on the run - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ... L'Heptade - Harmonium ... Animals - Pink Floyd ... American Beauty - Greatful Dead ... Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel ... L.A. Woman - The Doors ... (I left any Beatles album (or solo) out of here because they would have got the top 10 spaces and I couldn't choose) Honorable Mentions (a little more ecclectic): Joshua Tree - U2 ... OK Computer - Radiohead ... Ten - Pearl jam ... Cavalcade - The Flatliners ... Pinkerton - Weezer ... Trashed - Lagwagon ... and out come the wolves - Rancid ... Dancinf for Decadance - Saint Catherines ... Little Hell - City and Colours ... The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
Impressive - Frankly, I couldn't get it down to 10....way TOO difficult. The glass blower's ass line was beyond entertaining. You made my week with that one. I like your admittance of stating that although some of these are not your favorite albums...they are in fact some of the greatest albums. I agree with you on several of those too (Peppers, Bleed, Pet Sounds, etc.) as they are not my favorites either........but certainly some of the greatest.
I've got my own favourite list but if I were to do a "Greatest" list it would be a real challenge. Nice that you had 'Village Green' in there, that's well and truly in my top-10 favourites, it is just a special record. Hard to argue with 'Dark Side of the Moon' being top or thereabouts. 'Forever Changes' by Love is one that I couldn't leave out of a top-10 greatest because it just keeps picking up a new audience with every generation despite it being a cult stand alone album in many ways. But the more you think about these things the more records start knocking at the bottom of the top-10. A valiant effort. All the albums on your list are truly great, and your commentary was superb.
I could mention The Dark Side of the Moon, Abbey Road, A Night at the Opera and Crime of the Century. Some lesser known albums are also in my top favorites.
here is mine 10.John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band 9.Spirit-Dr, Sardonicus 8.Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 7.Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup 6.Neil Young-Harvest 5.The Who-Quadrophenia 4.Led Zeppelin-11 3.Jethro Tull-Aqualung 2.Yes-CTTE 1.Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself
1. Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground 2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder 3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 4. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles 5. Purple Rain - Prince 6. OK Computer - Radiohead 7. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan 8. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones 9. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin 10. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
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Speaking as a millennial who grew up on Nirvana, Radiohead etc. I just can't see how Sgt. Pepper is one of the best albums ever. I understand that it was ground-breaking for the time, but as a collection of songs, it is not THAT strong, and there are definitely better albums by the band. It really is over-rated. And albums like Nevermind and Ok Computer completely blow it out of the water in terms of the song-writing.
Speaking as a Boomer I agree with you. Rubber Soul was better. A Space in Time (10 Years After) was better. A lot of albums were better unless you view music as a collection of interesting experiments. I don’t.
@@MrDubyadee1 What's interesting to me is that they had Mystery Tour songs written at the same time, right? And if they'd put the best of those two albums into just one album then it truly would be one of the greatest albums of all-time. The fact that they didn't suggests that - at that period of time when the rules were being written - that the band saw music as a 'collection of interesting experiments'. Which is fair enough. The Beatles were on a journey and their albums were documents of that journey. But we can still be honest. I was disappointed by Sgt. Pepper. In fact, I was disappointed by most of their albums, which mostly seem kind of patchy. BUT, they still have the best catalogue of individual songs in popular music history.
I can understand your viewpoint, but the grounbreaking aspect as this guy mentions ( I don't know his name) is the clincher here. It is great because of the moment in time it represents. There was nothing like it before and there really has been nothing like it since. That's really tough to do in rock and roll. The same could be said of Pet Sounds.
I was 19 when Nevermind came out and I bought it and I liked it but it was never my favourite. Now I can't understand why it's so valued for so many people. It changed the musical preferences of many people and it helped others to be more visible like Pixies, Sonic Youth, Soundgarden, etc but this kind of impact was even bigger with Nevermind the bollocks (Sex Pistols) wich is a better album to me. And regarding quality, there are many records much better (Pink Floyd, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Kinks, Rolling Stones, etc, etc)
@@josemiguelcarrizo7373 It always comes down to personal preference, I guess. I think the additional factor with Nirvana is the emotional connection that certain fans felt with Kurt. If you were a weirdo and an outsider then he just somehow meant so much to you. And there's no way to explain that, and no way to separate that from your enjoyment of the music. Maybe if I didn't have that emotional connection then I'd view them differently. But I do lol. And I wouldn't change that for the world. They did something to me that no other band has. But if you were well-adjusted and had parents that loved you then maybe they are less appealing :D
A very nice selection and analysis. Many would appear in my extended list.
Here are my top 10:
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
2. Beatles - Abbey Road
3. The Who - Who's Next
4. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
5. Yes - Fragile
6. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
7. Led Zeppelin - IV
8. Deep Purple - In Rock
9. Rush - Moving Pictures
10. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Can't go wrong with Moving Pictures
Great taste! I have preferred Sticky Fingers as the Stones representative.
Great video and list as always, my man!
My two pence:
1. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
2. Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
4. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
5. Trespass - Genesis
6. Band on the Run - Paul McCartney and Wings
7. Who's Next - The Who
8. On the Threshold of a Dream - The Moody Blues
9. Close to the Edge - Yes
10. Queen (Debut) - Queen
WOW, Your no 10 Is an interesting choice!
@@lamecasuelas2 Would you put it higher? I almost did haha.
Nice to see someone else has some Moodies on their list. Tho they are not my fave band, at 59 years old I don't think my #1 will ever be replaced and it's the Moodies. Except it is Days of Future Passed. Threshold is a great album too. And we both have Band on the Run on our list at the exact spot I think!
Once again your scholarly, and erudite analysis is a pleasure to watch. I have, and love everything on your list.
Rather than submit a list of the greatest, and most historically important albums IMP, I'll list a few that I have consistently played over decades that aren't on your list.
1. Revolver
2. Rubber Soul
3. What's Going On
4.Moondance
5. Tommy
6. Kind of Blue
7 Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
8. Plastic Ono Band
9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
10. Fleetwood Mac ( the eponymous 1975 album)
HM: Blood on the Tracks
Wish You Were Here
Dire Straits
Let's Get it On
Astral Weeks
The Beatles
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
@@richardrose2606 A fine album.
My list consists of albums that I have played constantly ever since they were first released. Listened to everything on my list over a 1000 times throughout the years. Couldn't decide one 1 particular album by the DOORS, Hendrix, Zeppelin, or Skynyrd, or they would be represented on my list too.
I think Tommy's a bit dull. When I listen to it, I listen to a single album's worth edit. For me, the same year's 'Arthur' by The Kinks is a better 'rock opera.
Several on your list were also on mine. I love the 1975 Fleetwood Mac album. I'd forgotten how much I like Tommy.
Those 2 Marvin albums are genius as is Kind of Blue.
Marvelous albums.
I would have included The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, Astral Weeks, Abbey Road and Who's next
Astral Weeks and Abbey Road would be in my top 10. Quadrophenia would make the list before Who's Next.
Quadrophenia is better than Who's Next in my opinion
Astral Weeks is on another level.
@@mikeking683 I have to be in a certain kind of mood to even listen to Astral Weeks anymore, lest I dissolve into an emotional wreck. Funny how certain albums come to carry such weight over time....
@@awarewolves1712Put on Veedon Fleece after Astral Weeks and your emotional wreckage is complete!
The best orator of all reviewers on the platform. The content is fantastic. Agree with many of your choices.
Agree. This channel in the finest of its realm. 😎
I’m cheating, dragging slider through to see what albums are chosen, but unlike all the other album review posts for which I do this, I’ll start this one over to hear the entire thing because the discussion is so good and carefully conceived.
God bless you for including the Kinks.
Love this list: I might add 'A Farewell to Kings' by Rush; definitely either 'Who's Next' or 'Quadrophenia' from The Who ; 'Blood on the Tracks' by Dylan; 'Selling England By the Pound' from Genesis and 'Revolver' by The Beatles. Thank you again for this great video.
Any Rush album from 2112 to Signals.
10. The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
8. Joy Division - Closer
7. The Who - Who’s Next
6. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
4. Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
3. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
2. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
1. The Beatles - Revolver
HMs- Joni Mitchell’s Blue, Nick Drake’s Five Leaves Left, Genesis’s Selling England by the Pound, and R.E.M.‘s Murmur.
The order changes, but these 14 have largely been my consistent faves for the past 20-30 years.
For anyone who cares, the following would be my second tier of faves, not ranked by merit, but by chronology (although by merit within the year in the case of multiples in a year):
1) The Beatles - A Hard Day’s Night
2) The Beatles - Rubber Soul
3) The Beach Boys - Today!
4) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
5) The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
6) Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
7) The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
8) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico
9) Love - Forever Changes
10) The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
11) The Kinks - Something Else by the Kinks
12) Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
13) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
14) The Beatles - The White Album (The Beatles)
15) The Rolling Stones - Beggars’ Banquet
16) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
17) The Kinks - The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
18) The Beatles - Abbey Road
19) The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
20) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
21) The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
22) King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson
23) Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
24) The Moody Blues - To Our Children’s Children’s Children
25) Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
26) Van Morrison - Moondance
27) Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
28) Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
29) Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
30) Genesis - Nursery Cryme
31) The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
32) The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East
33) Yes - Close to the Edge
34) Nick Drake - Pink Moon
35) Stevie Wonder - Talking Book
36) Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
37) Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
38) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
39) Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’s First Finale
40) Renaissance - Turn of the Cards
41) Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
42) Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
43) David Bowie - Low
44) Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year’s Model
45) Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
46) Bruce Springsteen - The River
47) The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
48) Talking Heads - Remain in Light
49) Echo & the Bunnymen - Porcupine
50) Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
51) Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
52) Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
53) The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
54) Galaxie 500 - On Fire
55) U2 - Achtung Baby
56) Catherine Wheel - Ferment
57) Slowdive - Souvlaki
58) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
Great list. I can't dispute that or tell you "well, you should have this or that.."
Exile as an album is a bloated mess. Vinyl only, one side at a time.
@@richardrose2606 It took me several years for Exile to click for me. I couldn’t understand what the big deal was compared to their brilliant earlier run of singles and albums. But about 20 years ago, I realized how much richer it was than even that earlier great material. I love to hear it in a single sitting, and there are zero songs I would omit.
@@scottanthonyweidner8692 Love a list with The Kinks on it.
Let’s see, I think mine would be:
1. Exile on Main Street
2. Sticky Fingers
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Abbey Road
5. Innervisions
6. London Calling
7. Songs In the Key of Life
8. OK Computer
9. Station to Station
10. Highway 61 Revisited
Without repeating artists then I would add Marquee Moon and Who’s Next.
Good call on Stevie Wonder
No Zeppelin = not a valid list. 😉
No Zeppelin, No Van Halen?
Nice to hear you drop Quadrophenia in there at the end. My favorite Who album. Not just the concept, but the bass and drums just kill on the album.
These lists are really difficult.
Ditto
The Who's finest moment!
@@mattrogers1946 who´s next maybe their best album
@@RUfromthe40s Sorry, Quadrophenia it the Who's triumph de luxe.
Great episode and a very diverse list. I don't know if it is possible to pick a top ten as it will likely change tomorrow, but why not. Here is my personal top 10:
10. Rush - Moving Pictures
9. Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday
8. Aerosmith - Rocks
7. Boston - Boston
6. Black Sabbath - Sabotage
5. Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
4. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything
3. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
2. Beatles - Revolver
1. The Who - Who's Next
My Top 10
10. In The Court of the crimson king
9. Ziggy Stardust
8. Tommy
7. Close To The Edge
6. Paranoid
5. Exile On main street
4. Pet Sounds
3. Led Zeppelin IV
2. Dark Side of the moon
1. Sgt Pepper Lonely Hearts club band
Great list
Still think Pet Sounds is way over rated to be in a top 10 list.
Steely Dan’s Aja - will be fifty years old in a few years’ time, still sounds as fresh and beguiling as the day it was released…
Agree. For me both Aja and Can't buy a thrill could be on top ten.
Good work here. Exceptional list, and not because they are older albums, but because they are incredible visionary artistic statements.
I was 16 when Dark Side was released. So far ahead of its time, so unique and original even 50 years after its not been surpassed as my fave album to date.
Very interesting list. May I be permitted to give my thoughts and choices? These are not necessarily in order
1- volume 2-Led Zeppelin
2-Physical Graffiti-Led Zeppelin
3-Fire and Water-Free
4-Electric Ladyland-Jimi Hendrix
5-Made in Japan-Deep Purple
6-Band of Gypsies-Band of Gypsies
7-Kind of Blue-Miles Davis
8-Robin Trower live-Robin Trower
9-Free Live-Free
10-Exile on Main Street-The Stones.
Couple of honourable mentions
Queen and Boston debut albums
Jethro Tull-Songs From the wood
Genesis-Selling England by the pound.
Yes-Relayer.
Even though my list will look different, I really appreciate the eloquent descriptions…which is what keeps me coming back to this channel. I’ll give it a shot, but certainly not absolute:
1. The Doors- The Doors
2. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd
3. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere- Neil Young
4. Who’s Next- The Who
5. Led Zeppelin I- Led Zeppelin
6. The Yes Album- Yes
7. Paranoid- Black Sabbath
8. Benefit- Jethro Tull
9. Kaleidoscope- Siouxsie and The Banshees
10. Fried- Julian Cope
I love your #1, #9 & #10 but the rest, while I don't dislike most of them, are too expected and for my taste, too in line with rockist conformity. I'd replace the other 7 by Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' (1972), The Sex Pistols' 'Bollocks' (1977), Sly Stone's 'Riot' (1971), Os Mutantes' 'Mutantes' (1969), Jacques Brel's 'Ces gens-là' (1966), Kraftwerk's 'Man Machine' (1978) and Pixies' 'Doolittle' (1989). Different strokes for different folks! Kudos to you especially for your #9 & #10... though I _may_ just substitute 'Fried' for the same year's 'World Shut Your Mouth'!
Ok, here goes
10. Fleetwood Mac Rumours
9. Marillion Misplaced Childhood
8. Tubeway Army Replicas
7. David Bowie Hunky Dory
6. Black Sabbath Paranoid
5. Genesis The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
4. The Beatles Abbey Road
3. Rush Permanent Waves
2. Queen News of the World
1. Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
Permanent Waves is fantastic
Permanent Waves!!!
@@jamiethorstenberg1033 It also has one of the greatest album sleeves ever too!
Paranoid was awesome
Nice to see Gary Numan getting some love!
Very good list with sublime narration (as per usual)
I would personally add:
STATION TO STATION (1976) - David Bowie (also heavily considering "Diamond Dogs," "Ziggy Stardust" "Low" and "Aladdin Sane")
ABBEY ROAD (1969) - The Beatles
AJA (1977) - Steely Dan
HIGHWAY TO HELL (1979) - AC/DC "Let There Be Rock" & "Back In Black" strongly considered
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (1973) - Black Sabbath (nod to "Master of Reality")
HOUNDS OF LOVE (1985) - Kate Bush ("The Dreaming" as well)
ROCKS (1976) - Aerosmith
PHYSICAL GRAFFITI (1975) - Led Zeppelin ("IV" + "III" strongly considered)
ANIMALS (1977) - Pink Floyd (have to agree with the selection of DSOTM, but this is my very favorite Floyd)
MOVING PICTURES (1981) - Rush
VAN HALEN (1978) - Van Halen
A NEW WORLD RECORD (1976) - Electric Light Orchestra
ALIVE! (1975) - KISS
MAGGOT BRAIN (1970) - Funkadelic
MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER (1971) - Elton John ("GYBR" & "Captain Fantastic")
OVERNITE SENSATION (1973) - Frank Zappa ("Hot Rats" & "Sheik Yerbouti")
WIRED (1976) - Jeff Beck
DEJA VU (1970) - CSNY
TOMMY (1969) - The Who
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1975) - Queen
ROXY MUSIC (1972) - Roxy Music
LOVE (1985) - The Cult
AT FILLMORE EAST (1971) - Allman Brothers
LIVE AND DANGEROUS (1978) - Thin Lizzy
THE HEAD ON THE DOOR (1985) - The Cure ("Pornography" & "17 Seconds")
FUNHOUSE (1970) - The Stooges
THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK (1975) - 10cc
KILLERS (1981) - Iron Maiden
THE B-52S (1979) - The B-52s
LEFTOVERTURE (1976) - Kansas
NOTHING'S SHOCKING (1988) - Jane's Addiction
THE CARS (1978) - The Cars ("Candy-O" nearly as great)
FOXTROT (1972) - Genesis
HAIR OF THE DOG (1975) - Nazareth
GIVE US A WINK (1976) - Sweet
RED (1974) - King Crimson
ELECTRIC WARRIOR (1971) - T. Rex
*List includes 3 live albums due to their perfection as albums.
You seem to have miscounted to 10…
Good list mate. Totally forgot about 60% of those.
A little twist, PERFECT albums:
10. Highway 61 Revisited
9. Graceland
8. Who's Next
7. So
6. Thick as a Brick
5. Close to the Edge
4. Born to Run
3. Pet Sounds
2 Aja
1. Late for the Sky
HMs
A. CTA
B. Chicago II
C. Selling England by the Pound
D. Rumours
E. Nevermind
F. The Dark Side of the Moon
G. A Passion Play
H. Tapestry
I. August and Everything After
J. Ziggy Stardust and...
K. Sgt. Peppers
I can't imagine a Top 10 list without Forever Changes
Maybe a top 100.
Excellent choices indeed! Here IMO are the 10 greatest albums:
10. Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
9. Dark Side Of The Moon - P Floyd
8. Risqué - Chic
7. Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
6. Court Of The Crimson King - KC
5. Close To The Edge - Yes
4. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
3. Quadrophenia- The Who
2. Abbey Road - Beatles band
1. Exile On Main St. - Rolling Stones
Wow, a very tough thing to do. I can't assert what is the 'greatest', but I can list some of my very favorite.
10. Eagles - Desperado
9. The Who - Who's Next
8. Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick
7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
6. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
5. Yes - The Yes Album
4. Jackson Brown - Late for the Sky
3. The Beatles - The Beatles (White Album)
2. Genesis - Foxtrot
1. Supertramp - Crime of the Century
OK, I'll play, my top ten for what has been my faves at 67 years old:
1) Dark Side of the Moon
2) Abbey Road
3) Led Zeppelin 4
4) Who's Next
5) Sticky Fingers
6) Paranoid
7) Are You Experienced
8) Lovedrive
9) Queen 1
10) Lights Out
Those will keep the party going, Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎷🎶
Lights Out is fantastic pick !
@@travisbickle3797 I almost went with Obsession but Lights Out has the better known tunes. In my mind they are equally good.
I liked Led Zeppelin but they never made my top picks ... until Jimmy Page did the remake and I got a Brennan and Jesus Christ you're right Led Zeppelin IV is incredible. Way better than I thought when it was played non-stop on my FM radio. Our presenter is wearing a Led Zeppelin T for God sake. He seems pretty stuck in the 60s for the most part but with exception of the Velvet Underground which I recently listened to and found wanting, (the solo Lou Reed stands up better)these are great choices.
These lists are really 'my favourite albums'. My personal favourites:
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Tarkus
My Generation
Who’s Next
The Unforgettable Fire
Different Light
I Am Your Servant
The 25th Day of December
Wild Wood
Pictures at an Exhibition
Nice video beautifully descriptive
My 10 :-
1. Deep Purple in Rock
2. Yessongs
3. Selling england by the pound
4. Led Zeppelin 4.
5. The hissing of summer lawns
6. On the beach
7. Aja
8. Warrior on the Edge of time
9. Caravanserai
10. Live Dates
My ten:
Red - King Crimson
OK Computer - Radiohead
There Goes Rymin’ Simon - Paul Simon
Abbey Road - The Beatles
Hats - The Blue Nile
Listen Without Prejudice - George Michael (sorry, not sorry!)
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Remain in Light - Talking Heads
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - David Bowie
Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
Tomorrow it’ll be different.
Thanks for the video. Great as ever.
Hats is in my Top Ten, too!
@P Mc Cheers. I’ll check it out. :-)
Yes Hejira is Joni's masterpiece!
So many great albums in music history picking a top ten is mind bendingly difficult.
Dark Side Of The Moon is in my opinion the most perfect album ever conceived.
Structured beautifuly with lyrics that compliment the music's conceptual expression to a faultless excecution.
The album cover captures the concept perfectly.
The dark side of contemporary life indeed.
Every list is arguably the best , I have come up with several tens in last ten minutes , impossible task .
@@alanthomson1227
Agreed, to compile a top ten list is brain melting, maybe a top 50 is more feasible.
@@JD.78 haha
Then I would have to draw up ten top 5os
@@JD.78 also . I have a cunning plan , look at your ten , then , carefully reappraise artists best album , eg , many people say it’s Blue , but what if it’s Hissing of Summer Lawns etc.
@@alanthomson1227 Court and Spark is near perfect. Include For the Roses and what a fantastic four album run.
Eclectic and well-rounded for sure! You asked so here is mine at the current time, which no doubt will be for the rest of my life. OK! 10/Born to Run 9/The SoftParade 8/Band on the Run 7/Madman Across the Water 6/ After the Goldrush 5/ A New World's Record, (ELO) 4/Rubber Soul 3/ Metamorphosis (Stones) 2/ Any Dylan album. But, if I had to pick one it would be Highway 61 or Blood on the Tracks. Or Blonde on Blonde and Street Legal. Or New Morning....1/ Days of Future Passed-The Moody Blues. I listened to that album to fall asleep to every winter in Toronto from ages 8-11. Whenever a music format changed, this was the first I'd buy. But, I know every lyric to every Dylan song to almost every album, but one would need variety on a desert island.
1) Revolver - The Beatles
2) Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
3) Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
4) Aja - Steely Dan
5) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
6) Velvet Underground and Nico
7) The Band
8) John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
9) London Calling - The Clash
10) Hunky Dory - David Bowie
Hons:-
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Bryter Layter - Nick Drake
Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Siren - Roxy Music
Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
Silk Degrees - Boz Scaggs
Crime of the Century - Supertramp
Everything one needs is here.
“Sticky Fingers” is my favorite. Following in no particular order,
Neil Young’s “On the Beach,”
2. Nirvana’s “In Utero,”
3. Big Star’s “Third,”
4. The Beatles’ “White Album,”
5. David Bowie’s Diamond Dogs”
6. King Crimson’s “Red”
7. Joy Division’s “Closer”
8. Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”
9. Tom Waits’s “SwordfishTrombones”
10. “The Velvet Underground and Nico”
I set out to compile the list without repeating bands. The Beatles and Stones would’ve each had at least another entry, otherwise.
Thanks for the video! I’m always keen on your analysis. You’ve convinced me to give “Blue” another chance. The thing that I haven’t been able to get past is what I consider to be Joni’s over-singing. For me, such vocal gymnastics take the emotional resonance out of a song, although it’s no doubt impressive. Hmmm. Wonder if I’ll take any hits for THAT observation. 😜
P.S. “Visions of Johanna” is my absolute favorite Dylan song, which is saying a LOT.
In Utero is superb. Often gets overshadowed by the juggernaut which is Nevermind but there are some amazing tracks on it. Same with Bleach.
@@vordman thanks for acknowledging that. Songs like “Scentless Apprentice, “Milk it” and “Very Ape” just shred anything on “Nevermind” for visceral intensity. Same with “School,” “Negative Creep” and “Paper Cuts” on Bleach. There will always be a special place in my heart for Nevermind. That album was a paradigm-shifter for me. But, as one reviewer once said, it’s like a jagged stone encased in Lucite. What I love most about Nirvana is its ragged beauty.
Excellent list. Mine would be similar (although not necessarily my favorite albums by each artist)
In no particular order:
Dark Side of the Moon
Sgt. Pepper
Blue
Rumours
In the Court of the Crimson King
Tubular Bells
Deja Vu
Peter Gabriel 3
The Kick Inside
Five Leaves Left
Good you've got Tubular Bells in your list s well.
I like your approach of choosing not necessarily your personal favorite albums but those that have had the greatest cultural impact. And l would concur with your choices mostly.
1. Joy Division: Closer
2. The Smiths: The Queen Is Dead
3. Radiohead: Kid A
4. Sufjan Stevens: Come On Feel The Illinoise
5. Talk Talk: Spirit Of Eden
6. Peter Gabriel: So
7. Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
8. Pink Floyd: Wish You We’re Here
9. Love: Forever Changes
10. Paul Simon: Graceland
10.Styx - Crash of the Crown
9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
8. Tangerine Dream - Force Majeure
7. The Police - Synchronicity
6. AC/DC - Powerage
5. Porcupine Tree - In absentia
4. Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
3. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
2. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
1. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
A pretty diverse range of music if there was one .
Kate Bush's The Hounds of Love and Heart's Little Queen are the honorable mentions as far as the females are concerned.
Kudos for The Royal Scam. It's my top SD.
What happened to Days of Future Passed?!?
Good God, I don’t know if I could even do this list I love so many albums as hard to put just 10 up as my favorites. So I’m gonna pick 10 favorites.
1. Sgt.. Pepper
2.Aladdin Sane
3.Pet Sounds
4. Goodbye, yellow brick Road.
5.The Band
6.Dark side of the Moon
7. Sticky fingers.
8. Rumors.
9. Blood on the tracks.
10. Life’s Rich pageant.
Honorable mention
Late for the sky, Jackson Browne
Blimey, our tastes are almost identical. Haha, chuck in Who's Next & The Hounds Of Love and we could have been seperated at birth!
10. Rick Derringer - All American Boy
09. The Faces - A Nod is as Good as
a Wink...to a Blind Horse
08. Yes - Close to the Edge
07. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar
Babies
06. Elton John - Goodbye a Brick
Road
05. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the
Moon
04. Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
03. Queen - Queen II
02. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band
01. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall
of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders
From Mars.
Great job Barry. I thought your glue might come a little unstuck here but it's a superb list. I'd only knock out Rumours but I'd also need to make room for the Hendrix debut, Zeppelin 2 and Who's Next. H/M to Bridge Over Troubled Water and Hunky Dory. There are some fantastic lists and suggestions in the comments too.
These types of videos are fun and a learning experience, but more can be gained if a defined distinction is made between the greatest and the best, the criteria therein and an argument based on those parameters.
- astral weeks - hejira- revolver - let it bleed - elie and 13 confession - hunky dory - strange days - highway 61 - white light/white heat - white album
A much better list
Decent list, glad to see The Kinks in there. Gimme Shelter is the greatest rock song of all time.
Honorable mention: In Search of the Lost Chord.
I've been struggling to nail down a top 10 for a while. Often when I go back to one that I used to worship, I realize it hasn't stood the test of time for me. Often an album is associated with a special time in my life and it takes a proper distance to hear it with an open objective mind. Here's my best attempt:
1 - Pet Sounds
2 - Magical Mystery Tour
3 - Disintegration by the Cure
4 - The Wall
5 - Achtung Baby
6 - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
7 - Melloncollie and the Infinite Sadness
8 - In Search of the Lost Chord
9 - Physical Graffiti
10 - Black Foliage by Olivia Tremor Control
having other complete notion of what i consider great albums, i can not make a 10 albums list as the best released till today .taking the titles of your list i would not consider a good album , pet sounds desintegration, the wall, mellancollie and the infinite sadness ,.in search of the last cord , phisical graffiti or not knowing the black foliage ,and i own 99% of this albums but not by close my first choice. Don´t take this as a personal atack but only a example of not being possible a top ten of all albums refered on everyone´s list,maybe a 100 albums list ,regards
Great to see the classic Mellon Collie and Black Foliage in your list my friend.....they're 2 personal faves of mine also that don't get enough affection in my own humble opinioness!
Love "In Search of the Lost Chord".
God bless The Moody blues@@richardrose2606
I think The Who: Who’s Next has to be in my top 10. Every track on that album is a belter.
Great list…can’t argue against any of your selections…some of my favourites are:
Rush Moving Pictures
The Clash. London Calling
Bob Dylan. Highway 61 Revisited
Dire Straits. Making Movies
Marillion. Script for a Jesters Tear
Grateful Dead. American Beauty
Mike Oldfield. Five Miles Out
Wings. Band on the Run
Manic Street Preachers. Generation Terrorists, I know critics rank other Marillion and MSP albums higher but I picked those 2 because ultimately I listen to them the most.
Steve Hajas, my man...five miles is an excellent choice but anything from T B to Guitars is fine with me
Great choice with making movies. I've always thought if you combined the first sides of both communique and making movies it would be the perfect album.
My personal top 10
10 - Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
09 - Buena Vista Social Club (Buena Vista Social Club)
08 - Led Zeppelin IV (Led Zeppelin)
07 - Corazón Americano (Mercedes Sosa)
06 - Achtung Baby (U2)
05 - In the Court of Crinsom King (King Crinsom)
04 - Selling England by the Pound (Genesis)
03 - Tropicalia ou Panis et Circenses (Various artists)
02 - Me Against the World (2Pac)
01 - The Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd)
The best review of JM's 'Blue' I've ever encountered. You've captured its power perfectly.
Thank you for the list and commentary. I will try Blue again. I felt it was too depressing the time I tried it but you’ve made me want to give it another go. Blonde on Blonde is surpassed for me by Highway 61 and Blood on the Tracks. The Stones 68-71 were top notch! Thank you for Sergeant Pepper. I was there when the initial impact happened. It seems underrated now by so many. I will NEVER understand the fascination with Pet Sounds….I have tried.
Others: Born to Run, London Calling, Eli and the 13Th Confession. Joshua Tree, Every Picture Tells a Story, and three additional Beatle LPs.
Born to Run and Joshua Tree also came to my mind when i saw the video. I could swap them by Achtung Baby and maybe The River. London Calling is definitely the epitome of a perfect album. And Itotally agree with the Stones 68-71 statement...
Loved all yer picks Barry. Impossible to name only 10 but here are a few: Mothers O' Invention-We're Only In It For The Money;Barry Adamson-Oedipus Schmoedipus;Nick Drake-Bryter Layter;Jethro Tull-Benefit;Moody Blues-To Our Children's Children's Children;Simon & Garfunkel-Bookends;Porcupine Tree-Signify;Elvis Presley 1,'It's A Beautiful Day 1;Led Zeppelin 1;13th Floor Elevators-Easter Everywhere;Jimi Hendrix-Are You Experienced?;Pink Floyd-A Saucerful O' Secrets;Beatles-White Album;Joni Mitchell-Ladies O' The Canyon...This coulda stretched out to infinity but thanks for the recommendation to limit the unlimited choices.
Barry Adamson 👊 ❤
First class video! These lists are almost impossible to do. You're quite right to say that these albums are not always your favourites as cultural importance is key to this list. I would have chosen Revolver instead of Sgt. Pepper and Surfs Up instead of Pet Sounds but I can't argue with the rest.I think many people don't appreciate the impact In the court of the crimson king had when it first came out!
It's funny how people mention SURF'S UP before SUNFLOWER. I think the 1970 album has an incredible range of songs, and is one of the best engineered album of the decade. Other than "Tears in the Morning," I feel every song is brilliant, whereas SURF'S UP has a few "slighter" songs. Although I absolutely agree with PET SOUNDS being on this list, if it didn't have "Sloop John B" on it and the two instrumentals had been backing tracks for vocal songs, I think it would be #1 before everything else.
I agree with Revolver and Surf’s Up. Have you heard Brian’s Smile? It’s fabulous.
i totally agree with you , and in my opinion pet sounds is not a great album
Ha, these are always so well done - very entertaining....
Off the top of my head, I came up with a quick top 5....
1 Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
2 Metallica - Master of Puppets
3 INXS - Kick
4 Alice in Chains - Dirt
5 Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Kudos for putting together this list. I will have to give this a good deal of thought for my list. I will say that the Kinks, Joni Mitchell and Dylan would not be in the running for me but the others would be.
"...sweating like a glass-blower's arse" is superb. Keep that standard going. Putting forward a Top Ten Ever is an impossible task really and it will change from time to time as we all look back on those albums and our involvement with them from a permanently evolving present. It's a complex business. FWIW my top 10 today (after much thought) : 10. Frank Zappa, Hot Rats 9. Led Zeppelin 1 8. David Bowie, Hunky Dory 7. Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica 6. Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Next 5. Led Zeppelin 2 4. Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon 3. Genesis, Foxtrot 2. David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust 1. King Crimson, ITCOTCK Thanks for your great work on this channel.
The "sweating" line will go in my favorite top 10 of his most hilarious comments.
There are simply to many great recordings from different genres all across the board to pick just 10. I can easily pick 20 from Jazz, Jazz fusion, Classic Rock, Rock, Country, R&B, Electronica folk and classical. But you do have some great selections here. Not one can be denied as being great.
My faves this week
Miles Davis : Sketches of Spain
Kinks : Village Green
XTC : Nonsuch
Genesis : Selling England
David Bowie : Blackstar
Prince : Sign O The Times
Stevie Wonder : Innervisions
Talking Heads : Remain in light
Joni Mitchell : Hissing of summer lawns
Herbie Hancock : River, The Joni letters
Blackstar is an amazing album
I can't believe how many of my favorite albums you have on this list. I'd add Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town" and Lord Huron's "Strange Trails" on an expanded survey, but no argument about your top 10. Albums important in their own time and still relevant into the future.
Boy extremely tough to choose just ten albums. I don't think I can do 10 to 1 but here are some of my choices
Rush-Clockwork Angels
Queen-News Of The World
Genesis-Foxtrot
Styx-Pieces Of Eight
Billy Joel-52nd Street
Yes-Talk
Type O Negative-Dead Again
Dio-Holy Diver
The Beatles-Revolver
Supertramp-Breakfast In America
Billy Squier-Don't Say No
Having heard only a fraction of what's out there, a list of favourite albums is as far as I would go. I would definitely include Rumours on my list. ELO - A New World Record, Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here, Blondie - Parallel Lines, Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman, Crosby, Stills & Nash - CS&N, Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water, Joni Mitchell - Clouds or Blue, Wings - Band on the Run.
Parallel Lines is a true classic
My Top 20:
20: Blonde On Blonde
19: Revolver
18: OK Computer
17: Marquee Moon
16: Nevermind
15: The White Album
14: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
13: Rumours
12: The Dark Side Of The Moon
11: Kid A
10: Pet Sounds
9: Highway 61 Revisited
8: Exile On Main Street
7: Blood On The Tracks
6: Purple Rain
5: Hounds of Love
4: London Calling
3: Abbey Road
2: What's Going On
1: Blue
(The Village Green Preservation/The Doors/Odessey and Oracle/Hot Rats/Bitches Brew almost got in the list)
The greatest albums aren't always the ones you listen to the most. If I had to make a list of Top Ten Favorite albums, meaning the ones I've played -- and continue to play -- the most, it might be (in no particular order). Can't reduce the list to only 10 no matter how hard I try...
Deep Purple: Machine Head
Fever Tree: Fever Tree
The Beatles: Revolver
The Beach Boys: Sunflower
The Moody Blues: Seventh Sojourn
Jackson Browne: I'm Alive
Badfinger: Wish You Were Here
Chicago Transit Authority: Chicago Transit Authority
Emerson Lake and Palmer: Trilogy
James Gang: Rides Again
Kinks: Misfits
Led Zeppelin: IV
Loggins and Messina: Mother Lode
T.Rex: Electric Warrior
Wishbone Ash: Argus
Zombies: Odessey and Oracle
"Sunflower" : what a great choice !
This is a terrific list. The James Gang and also Loggins and Messina are less obvious but great choices.
My fav. album of all I DO listen top once a week.
Love Fever Tree's first album. Have their 1st and 2nd on one CD. Listen to it often.
My list in no particular order:
Exile on Main Street-stones
Abbie Road- Beatles
Pet Sounds- Beach Boys
Physical Graffiti - LZ
Swordfish Trombones- Tom Waits
Songs in the Key of Life- Stevie Wonder
Live at the Starking Lounge Hamburg- Jerry Lee Lewis
Who's Next- The Who
Electric Ladyland- Jimi Hendrix
Astral Weeks- Van Morrison
Hon. Mentions-
On the Corner- Miles Davis
Songs From Big Pink- The Band
Blood Mountain- Mastodon
Astral Weeks is definitely a desert island disc.
Can’t believe they used an out of focus photo for Dylan’s cover. Great video as always!
The photo was taken with a Kodak Inatamatic camera. Remember those?
You're right, no surprises. However, in defence of the list, I think if one is going to make up list best of ranked type of list, the guiding rule should always be that of Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 3 (my edit at ellipsis)
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption tried,
Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel,
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade. Beware
Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in,
Bear't that the opposèd may beware of thee
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.
Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment...
This above all - to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
I don't get it.
Where would DSOTM feature on your list Shane?
@@redtsunami9103 Lit nerd lovefest!
What's your top 10, FQ
That doesn't make damn lick of sense
I can't argue with any of your choices. I've owned them all for more than 50 years and play them often. The only tweak I would perhaps make would be replacing King Crimson with a Who LP, say Sell Out, Who's Next or Quadrophenia. Others hovering around the top 10 would be The Band's first album, Neil Young Tonight's the Night, CSNY Deja Vu, Led Zeppelin IV, Simon & Garfunkel Bookends, David Bowie Ziggy Stardust, and The Clash, London Calling.
Your comments on each album were excellent and spot on. I was pleased that you quoted my favorite line from Visions of Johanna, a remarkable song of one startling image after another.
Great list, and I appreciate the thought behind it. Does greatest mean the albums with:
- The most significant cultural impact (something that uniquely resonates with the listeners)?
- The highest reputation (generally considered to be the best)?
- The highest artistic achievement?
- The biggest impact on other musicians (how many artists immediately want make something that sounds in the same vein)?
I think the albums in your list qualify on most, if not all, of these definitions. In my mind, the greatest albums are mountains that really change the landscape, or maybe they change the timeline, as in there’s a clear before and after that album. I’m thinking of Sgt. Pepper, Dark Side of the Moon, Ziggy Stardust, Never Mind the Bollocks, and Nevermind.
Anyway, thanks again. Great work.
Like any list of favorite anythings, one should define some criteria employed to create the list. My top ten album list would be based on 1. longevity: how many times I have listened to it and continue to enjoy it. 2. How many tracks are entertaining; All of my top album picks would play well from end to end. Given that and understanding that a million people would yield a million different lists, here is mine: 1. Soundgarden - Superunknown 2. Ten Minute Warning - self titled 3. The Doors - first album 4. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Codes And Tags 5. Failure - Fantastic Planet 6. Esthero - Breath From Another 7. Led Zeppelin - 4th. album (Zoso?) 8. Face To Face - Ignorance Is Bliss 9. Eleventh Dream Day - Lived To Tell 10. New York Dolls - first album. I could no doubt come up with 3 or 4 more "lists of ten" that I would feel comfortable interchanging with this list. What's your criteria?
@Classicalbumreview here are my top ten albums that i’ve heard in my lifetime! (In no particular order or preference)
10.Time by ELO
09.Olympian by Gene
08.The Stone Roses (self titled)
07.The Velvet Underground And Nico
06.True Romance by Golden Silvers
05.Abbey Road The Beatles
04.Script Of The Bridge by The Chameleons
03.Whatever People Say I am, That’s what I’m Not by Arctic Monkeys
02.Hatful Of Hollow The Smiths (Compilation album but a great one and their best!!)
01.Closer Joy Division
I respect your courage to put Love Beach in this list!
Love your commentary and can’t argue with your choices…would have to add The Band’s second album and Van Morrison’s Moondance.
1) sabbath bloody sabbath 2) led zeppelin 4 3) animals 4) are you experienced 5) beggars banquet
My list to consider my top 10
Black Sabbath- Heaven and Hell
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Motley Crue- Too Fast for Love
Rolling Stones- Some Girls
Rainbow- Rising
Tears for Fears- The Hurting
Oingo Boingo- Nothing too Fear
Beatles- Abby Road
The Clash- London Calling
Gratefull Dead- American Beauty
Johnny Cash- The man comes around
Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
Tom Petty- Damn the Torpedos
Van Halen- VanHalen
The Cars- The Cars
Aerosmith- Rocks
My Top 10 :
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
09. Sign O' The Times
08. Exile On Main Street
07. Nebraska
06. Let It Bleed
05. Kind Of Blue
04. Revolver
03. Highway 61 Revisited
02. Astral Weeks
01. Born To Run
Thanks!
Thank you for your generosity. I hope you enjoyed the video
Not in any particular order:-
The Dreaming - Kate Bush
Parachute - The Pretty Things
In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk
Post - Bjork
The Marble Index - Nico
H P Lovecraft II
Aoxomoxoa - Grateful Dead
X In Search Of Space - Hawkwind
also:-
Pawn Hearts - Van Der Graaf Generator
Tin Drum - Japan
Vienna - Ultravox
Stormcock - Roy Harper
The White Album - The Beatles
That'll do for now . . . . . .
Parachute is a masterpiece. Well done.
@@MudFlanagan I've had my copy of the LP since it came out. Still play it a lot (not the original LP; that's a little worn by now).
@@tonyhunt768 I had the original but sold it when vinyl was "dead"...but got a new vinyl copy and gold edition of the cd. Brilliant album.
@@MudFlanagan Have you heard the 'new' version by the XPT's (Ex Pretty Things). Worth a listen!
@@tonyhunt768 yes, i bought it years ago when it first came out.
My top 10..
1. Elton John... Goodbye yellow brick road.
2. Beatles...Revolver
3. Led Zeppelin... Physical Graffiti
4. Pink Floyd...Dark side of the moon.
5 Doobie brothers...The Captain and me
6. Yes...The Yes album
7. The Who... Who's Next
8. Alice Cooper...Billion Dollar Babies
9. Uriah Heep...Sweet Freedom
10. Rolling Stones...Exile on Main Street
Nice list !
The Captain and Me is a truly great -- and consistent -- album, but for whatever reason you will never see a Doobie Brothers album come up on many Top Ten lists. Probably goes back to when they wore biker jackets on their first album.
Yes - The Captain and Me. Such a great album from start to finish. Should be on more lists.
Nice List. Dark Side has to be the #1. Everybody has to have their own list so here is mine. At least this is how I feel today.
1 Dark Side - The Pink Floyd
2 Days Of Future Passed - The Moody Blues
3 Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
4 Revolver - The Beatles
5 The Doors - ST
6 Crosby, Stills and Nash - ST
7 Sgt Peppers - The Beatles
8 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
9 Bridge Of Sighs - Robin Trower
10 Animals - The Pink Floyd
Honorable Mentions
Scott - Scott Walker
America - ST
The Band - ST
Sabotage - Black Sabbath
Zozo - Led Zeppelin
Heaven and Hell - Black Sabbath
Older - George Michael
After Bathing At Baxters - Jefferson Airplane
Crown Of Creation - Jefferson Airplane
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
Tales Of Mystery and Imagination - Alan Parsons Project
Close The The Edge - Yes
Electric Music For The Mind and Body - Country Joe and The Fish
Deja Vu - CSNY
Odyssey and Oracle - The Zombies
Crazy World Of Arthur Brown - ST
The Royal Scam - Steely Dan
Aja - Steely Dan
Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix
Inner Visions - Stevie Wonder
You blew this one.
This list is not "10 most influential" or "10 most interesting" or "10 important" albums.
This is specified to be the "10 GREATEST" albums, so you missed your own mark!!
Maybe you should re-title this video and try again.
Interesting that you and a lot of people from a certain vintage pick so many albums from late 60,s through the 70’s when the general consensus was the 70’s was a poor decade. I agree with a lot of your choices and even as somebody who is approaching 60 would give mention to Ten by pearl jam, joshua tree U2, Darkness …. Springsteen, Ziggy for Bowie, purple rain prince we can go on. Brilliantly put together and thought provoking list excellently delivered. Well done sir
1. The Joshua Tree - U2
2. Talking Book - Stevie Wonder
3. Unavailable - The Residents
4. Here Come the Warm Jets - Eno
5. Parallel Lines - Blondie
6. Remain in Light - Talking Heads
7. The Great Race Soundtrack - Mancini
8. Frank’s Wild Years - Tom Waits
9. I’m Your Man - Leonard Coen
10. Trust - Elvis Costello
Nice list, thank you. Ever a Floyd fan, but nice to see Rumours in there, and even Let it Bleed.
Yet again Barry, a superb and entertaining video.As stated in a previous comment below, important that you clarified that your choice was made by way of 'historical importance' as opposed to simply 'favourite' musically, hence for example 'Sgt Pepper' over 'Abbey Road ' / 'Let it Bleed' over 'Sticky Fingers' etc.With regards to 'Dark Side of the Moon' and its 'historical importance' , due to its production values I recall at the time of its release some audiophiles purchasing it in order to merely test that their latest Hi-Fi was set up for optimum performance.
Thanks for mentioning Richard and Linda Thompson. Their early album I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight is my favorite album, although Astral Weeks might be my greatest album.
For some artists, the question is "which album?" For me, the Elvis album is King of America, and the Talking Heads album is Speaking in Tongues.
An obscure breakup great album is Midnight Organ Fight by Frightened Rabbit.
Ok, completely off the cuff but probably about right (for this week at least) :
1. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
2. Robert Fripp - Exposure
3. The Residents - Eskimo
4. Soft Machine - Third
5. Slint - Spiderland
6. The Fall - Hex Enduction Hour
7. Richard & Linda Thompson - Pour Down Like Silver
8. Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
9. Can - Future Days
10. Nina Simone - Pastel Blues
HMs:
Joni Mitchell - Hejira
Albert Ayler - Spiritual Unity
Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
Go-Betweens - Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express
Soft Machine - Third is a really great double album
Excellent vlog Barry- for what it’s worth, mine are:
10) Exile on Main Street,
9). The Lamb Lies Down
8). Brain Salad Surgery
7). Moving Pictures
6). Close To The Edge
5). The Wall
4). Brave New World
3). Aqualung
2). Something/Anything
1). Physical Graffiti
I gave myself certain restrictions (One entry per artist, nothing live or posthumous and no collections or regional variants)
10. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
9. The Who - Sell Out
8. Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson
7. T.Rex - The Slider
6. David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
5. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
4. The Pretenders - The Pretenders
3. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
2. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model
1. The Beatles - Abbey Road
some honorable mentions --
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
The Clash - London Calling
Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley
Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
Cheers!
My top 10 albums in no particular order:
Revolver - The Beatles
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Eli And The Thirteenth Confession - Laura Nyro
John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan
Exile On Main Street - Rolling Stones
Beggar's Banquet - Rolling Stones
Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
New York Tendaberry - Laura Nyro
The Bells - Lou Reed
Berlin - Lou Reed
Excellent choices. Some of my hms would include Zeppelin IV & Physical Graffiti; Bookends, Simon & Garfunkel Graceland (Simon) Joshua Tree U2, Selling England by the Pound Genesis A Salty Dog Procol Harum Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars David Bowie...and some others rounding out the list to 50...
I'll give it a go....
10 Oasis - Definitely Maybe
9 Phil Collins - Face Value
8 Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection
7 The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
6 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
5 The Who - Who's Next
4 David Bowie - The Rise & Fall Of Ziggy Stardust
3 Pink Floyd - Animals
2 The Beatles - Abbey Road
1 Genesis - A Trick Of The Tail....
Great list Barry!! Fantastic. My list is different but not too much 1 Pink Floyd "The Dark Side Of The Moon" 1973 2- The Rolling Stones "Exile On Main St." 1972 3- The Beatles "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" 1967 4- King Crimson "In The Court Of The Crimson King" 1969 5- The Who "Who's Next" 1971 6- The Kinks "Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire" 1969 7- Velvet Underground "Loaded" 1970 8 -The Doors "The Doors" 1967 9 Bob Dylan "Blonde On Blonde" 1966 10 - The Beatles "Rubber Soul" 1965. 10ths (sorry but it had to be) The Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed" 1969 continues
An incredibly difficult exercise but I feel sure Zeppelin’s ‘ Physical Graffiti’ sure have received at least an honourable mention.
II, IV and PG are at least as great and as important as any in the list.
Agree. "Physical Graffiti" is my personal favorite album ever released.
My list. 10. Tapestry-Carole King 9. Smokin'-Humble Pie 8. The Captain And Me-Doobie Brothers 7. Bayou Country-Creedence Clearwater Revival 6. Steppenwolf (their debut album) 5. Night Moves-Bob Seger 4. Abbey Road-Beatles 3. Bridge Over Troubled Water-Simon & Garfunkel 2. ZOSO-Led Zeppelin 1. Exile On Main Street-Rolling Stones. Honorable mention. Machine Head-Deep Purple, Who's Next-The Who, LA Woman-The Doors, Ogden's Nut Gone Flake-Small Faces and Damn The Torpedoes-Tom Petty.
A very good list to be sure .
I'm going to go with my top 10 favourites ( as of today , anyway ) as opposed to those albums which I think are the most important .
In order of preference :
Jethro Tull : Aqualung ( a perfect mix of acoustic and electric rock )
Pink Floyd : Dark Side of the Moon ( a perfect album )
The Beatles : Rubber Soul. ( the US version that includes I've Just Seen a Face , and It's Only Love )
Yes : Fragile ( the first Yes album I bought in the early 70s , and still my favourite )
Genesis : Selling England by the Pound ( Cinema Show & Firth of Fifth are sensational , as is the rest )
Bob Dylan : Blood on the Tracks ( A Simple Twist of Perfection )
Elton John : Honky Chateau. ( I haven't stopped loving it since I got it in 1972 )
David Bowie : Ziggy Stardust. ( I haven't stopped loving this one since '72 either )
Supertramp : Crime of the Century ( the minute I heard the piano solo in School , thunder out of the speakers , I was hooked )
Jimi Hendrix : Are You Experienced ? ( his other 2 are close behind )
" Tied for 11th place " :
The Rolling Stones : Aftermath ( US version with Paint It Black )
The Who : Who's Next
Joni Mitchell : Court & Spark
Neil Young : Harvest
Santana : Abraxas
Dire Straits : Making Movies ( which would be even better without Les Boys )
Queen : Bohemian Rhapsody
The Doors : Morrison Hotel
Stevie Wonder : Innervisions
Led Zeppelin : Led Zeppelin II
Bruce Springsteen : Darkness on the Edge of Town
Elvis Costello : This Year's Model
Deep Purple : Machine Head
I guess that I had better stop there ....
I have no problems with this Top Ten list! IMO, they are all great albums.
as goof as any top ten. There will always be something or someone missing, whatever the selection.
Any of these albums could be top 3 so here's in no perticular order (I tried to put albums with no fillers; all good songs):
Déjà Vu - CSNY ... Band of Gypsies - Jimmy Hendrix ... Exile on Main Street - Rolling Stones ... Astral Weeks - Van Morrison ... Band on the run - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band ... L'Heptade - Harmonium ... Animals - Pink Floyd ... American Beauty - Greatful Dead ... Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme - Simon & Garfunkel ... L.A. Woman - The Doors ... (I left any Beatles album (or solo) out of here because they would have got the top 10 spaces and I couldn't choose)
Honorable Mentions (a little more ecclectic):
Joshua Tree - U2 ... OK Computer - Radiohead ... Ten - Pearl jam ... Cavalcade - The Flatliners ... Pinkerton - Weezer ... Trashed - Lagwagon ... and out come the wolves - Rancid ... Dancinf for Decadance - Saint Catherines ... Little Hell - City and Colours ... The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle & Sebastian
Impressive - Frankly, I couldn't get it down to 10....way TOO difficult. The glass blower's ass line was beyond entertaining. You made my week with that one. I like your admittance of stating that although some of these are not your favorite albums...they are in fact some of the greatest albums. I agree with you on several of those too (Peppers, Bleed, Pet Sounds, etc.) as they are not my favorites either........but certainly some of the greatest.
I've got my own favourite list but if I were to do a "Greatest" list it would be a real challenge. Nice that you had 'Village Green' in there, that's well and truly in my top-10 favourites, it is just a special record. Hard to argue with 'Dark Side of the Moon' being top or thereabouts. 'Forever Changes' by Love is one that I couldn't leave out of a top-10 greatest because it just keeps picking up a new audience with every generation despite it being a cult stand alone album in many ways.
But the more you think about these things the more records start knocking at the bottom of the top-10. A valiant effort. All the albums on your list are truly great, and your commentary was superb.
I could mention The Dark Side of the Moon, Abbey Road, A Night at the Opera and Crime of the Century. Some lesser known albums are also in my top favorites.
Hard to argue with your list. Great video, as always.
Much appreciated!
here is mine
10.John Lennon-Plastic Ono Band
9.Spirit-Dr, Sardonicus
8.Black Sabbath-Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
7.Rolling Stones-Goats Head Soup
6.Neil Young-Harvest
5.The Who-Quadrophenia
4.Led Zeppelin-11
3.Jethro Tull-Aqualung
2.Yes-CTTE
1.Uriah Heep-Look At Yourself
1. Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground
2. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
3. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
4. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles
5. Purple Rain - Prince
6. OK Computer - Radiohead
7. Blonde on Blonde - Bob Dylan
8. Exile on Main Street - The Rolling Stones
9. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
10. The Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails
Great list