My top 10 best and favorite albums of all time
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- My top 10 best and favorite albums of all time
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10-Bill WIthers-Still Bill
9- Filter-Title of Record
8--Marvin Gay-Whats Going On
7--Crosby, Stills and Nash-first album
6-Pink Floyd -Dark Side of the Moon
5-Black Sabbath-Paranoid
4-Neil Young and Crazy Horse-Live Rust
3-The Beatles-Revolver
4-Led Zeppelin- IV
3-Vince Gurardi Trio-Peanuts Christmas
2-Steely Dan-The Royal Scam
1-Steely Dan-Asia
Awesome top 10 👏 👌 🎶
Amazing list! Absolutely love that you included Vince. Brilliant pianist.
Born and raised east bay California. 1986~forever.
Top 10 albums
1. The doors, the doors
2. Third eye blind, third eye blind
3. Eat a peach, allman brothers
4. The temptations sing Smokey, the temptations
5. Bumpin, wes Montgomery
6. Willy and the poor boys, ccr
7. Black magic, magic Sam
8. Wild flowers, tom petty
9. Inversions, stevie wonder
10. Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen
Spectacular top 10 👏 👍 💯...thank you very much for taking the time to show your list.
I'm age 67/8. I started college in 1973. Can you imagine, Freshman year Dark Side of the Moon, Led Zepplin, Carol King, Stevie Wonder, Mott the Hoople, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, T-Rex. and on and on and on... I thought rock-n-roll can never die. (and we are, Rock-n-Roll, DOA)
What a great time it was😊✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews EVERY SINGLE PERSON that I've met who was born around that time and era says that exact same thing. I remember classical orchestras on TV on Sunday nights. We heard and appreciated, Andy Williams, Nat King Cole, Singing Nuns, Mama and the Papas, the Beatles, Patsy Cline, Jimmy Hendrix as well as (in my case, jazz and folk) I live in a college town where kids dance and sing to music from 50+ years ago because the music industry totally destroyed everything that was organic and replaced it with sub-mediocre, synthetic, inconsequential, inconsiderable trifling noise.
I love that you weren't afraid to put 2 albums by the same artist.
1) Hum - Downward is Heavenward
2) Yes - Close to the Edge
3) Steely Dan - The Royal Scam
4) Gentle Giant - Interview
5) Aloha - Sugar
6) Phish - A Live One
7) Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
8) Soundgarden - Superunknown
9) Paul Simon - Graceland
10) Nas - Illmatic
Thank you very much for listening your top 10 and your comments ✌️
Very nice albums, Kenny!
Great taste...
Here is my list (at this moment):
1. The Wall - Pink Floyd
2. Avalon - Roxy Music
3. The Colour of Spring - Talk Talk
4. The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
5. Sometin'Else - Cannonball Adderly
6. Blue Train - John Coltrane
7. Songs in the Key of Life - Stevie Wonder
8. Exodus - Bob Marley
9. Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
10. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
You also have great taste as your top 10 is stellar 👌
Yes, the Bob Marley is a great one I had not listened to for a while! Thanks for sharing. God bless.
By the way, Three Little Birds is my favorite song from Marley. It always cheers me up when I am down.
@@BrianVallotton Yes, indeed!
At this moment I listen a lot to Bob. Marley records; also the live recordings are a treat to the ears and to the soul....
I think he should be higher in the rankings...
Great list I’d have to put The Wall as number one as well. Masterpiece
I agree with the album you presented.
I agree with your sensibility. 😃
Great jazz and rock
Thank you very much ✌️
Your list is great!
Thank you very much ✌️
Awesome List !! Love some of these records, I don't agree with a few of the picks (most specifically the beatles picks, not big on them unfortunately) but it is your list and not mine so that is insignificant. I'm going to share my top ten with you too, not sure if you've heard many of these but they are all worth listening to (ill include release year and genre too!) :)
1. Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963 (Released in 1985) (Southern Soul)
2. Freddie King - Burglar (1974) (Electric Texas Blues)
3. John Coltrane - Giant Steps (1960) (Hard Bop)
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! (2000) (Post Rock)
5. Jim O'Rourke - Live at Japan 2002.9.16 (2002) (Drone/Chamber Folk)
6. Larry Levan - Live at the Paradise Garage (2000) (Disco)
7. J Dilla - Donuts (2006) (Instrumental Hip Hop)
8. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way (1969) (Jazz Fusion)
9. Gang Starr - Moment of Truth (1998) (Boom Bap)
10. Nujabes - Modal Soul (2005) (Jazz Rap/Instrumental Hip Hop)
Most of your picks I'm not familiar with, I will definitely have to check some of them out. Thank you very much for taking the time to post's your list, I really appreciate it 😊
My Top 10:
1.-Gratitude Earth Wind and Fire
2.-Space Traveler: Jim Vincent
3.-Songs in the Key of Life: Stevie Wonder
4.- Another Passanger: Carly Simon
5.-Touchdown: Bob James
6.- Heads: Bob James
7.- Taking it to the Streets: Dobbie Brothers
8.- Call me by Name: Lesley Gore
9.- Breezing: George Benson
10.- Nightshift: Gregg Karukas
Very nice top 10...I like that you included Bob James, Earth, Wind and Fire, and Lesley Gore 👏
Whoa some deep cuts on here
Great job, Kenny. Identifying one's top 10 albums of all time is a very, very hard task. I can't do it yet. But I have collected 560 albums that I really love into an iTunes playlist. Jazz, rock, soul, blues, world-as old as the 50s and as new as yesterday. Playing music like a radio station of all your favorite stuff is very satisfying. You are inspiring me. By the way, you have great taste! Thanks for your channel, fun to see someone else as nuts about music as I am.
Thank you very much for your awesome comments I really appreciate it 😊 ✌️
I agree, I decided to pick one genre per spot to make it a little easier 😅
Beautiful shelves Kenny. A collection such as yours is a wonderful source of pride and joy.
Thank you very much 😊🎶 ✌️
Nice reviews. I subscribed to your channel, frankly because you have a very nice pleasant aura about you. It is way cool you giving a shout out to your son. Looking forward to more.
Thank you kindly for the nice words and viewing my video 😄
I felt the same way about him. God bless you Bobby.
This is a very nice albums list. I would probably find the place among 10 favorite albums for DSOTM and The Doors 1st.
Good show, liked and subscribed
Thank you very much 😊
Loved your picks and I just subscribed! favorites that would be on my list :
The chambers Brothers, The Time Has Come.
Pink Floyd, Dark side of the moon.
Bruce Springsteen, Born to run.
Gary wright, Dream Weaver
Art Blakey and theJM, Moanin’
Cannonball Adderley, somethin’ Else.
Cat Steven’s, Tea for the Tillerman.
Charles Mingus, Blues and Roots.
Dave Brubeck, Time Out
Miles Davis, KOB; In a Silent way
Eric Clapton,Slow Hand
Etc
Etc
Etc!
That's a fantastic list that you have there....
Kenny, that was a pretty prolific list. I could easily see how each of your entries could appear on anyone’s Top 10. And thanks so much for the Eivets Rednow recommendation. I sampled some snippets and it’s now on my “want list.”
Nice one Kenny, so glad you have Astral Weeks on there!
Astral Weeks is an outstanding album 👌
I love these top 10 lists. Really appreciate. Thanks for sharing. There´s always a few albums I don't know and there´s nothing more rewarding than to find new great things like great albums.
I agree...I love watching other youtubers top 10 lists as well, I find others points of view very interesting.
What's going on is the best album of all it's beautifully written.
Amen ✌️
A Nice Collection,The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Album Is My All Time Favorite Album Of Theirs, Classic
That Moody Blues album is number 1 on my list as the best of all time. That album came out in 1965. The Moody Blues did something different and innovative. Rock was young then and they took a chance by introducing the London Symphony Orchestra into their suite of music. I don't need to say anymore because it was stellar and, in my opinion still is. Thanks for giving it a thumbs up. Enjoyed your top 10 list.
Thank you very much for your comments and your appreciation for the Moody Blues 😊
They kinda lose me with the whole, 'Cold-hearted Orb, who rules the night...' prattle. I much prefer "In Search of the Lost Chord.
I relate to your coming late to Van Morrison. For me it was Stevie Wonder. I didn't really get what he was about until I saw him on SNL next to Eddie Murphy and then I listened to Sir Duke.
Thank you very much for your comments ✌️
Hi Kenny my favorite records are
Chicago II
Abbey Road Beatles
The Dark side of the moon Pink Floid
Abraxas Santana
Made in japan Deep Purple
Focus at the Rainbow Focus
Friens Chick Corea
Travels Pat Metheny
crossfire live Michael Franks
A Physical Presence Level 42
A greeting from Barcelona
Your top ten is great 👍 👏 🎶...thank you very much for viewing my video from Barcelona 😊
1. Ojays ship ahoy
2. Stevie wonder Talking Book
3. Earth wind and fire Live
4. Isaac Hayes live lake Tahoe
5.Sly family and Stone greatest hits
6. Santana greatest hits
7. Kenny G live
8. Kirk whalen life-drowing in sea love/patches
9. Q-joint Quincy jones
10. Thriller Michael Jackson.
Honorable mention
Harold melvin blue notes greatest hits
Songs in the key of life Stevie wonder
Great top 10 ...thank you very much for watching my video
Thank you for this upload 🙏🇸🇪
10) Jason Isbell - Southeastern
9) Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow
8) Genesis - Trick of the Tail
7) Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill
6) Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments
5) The Beatles - Revolver
4) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
3) Tom Petty - Wildflowers
2) Pink Floyd - Animals
1) Chris Whitley - Living With The Law
Cool top 10 👍 👏 🎶...especially tha Beck, Beatles and Steely Dan choices 👌
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews thanks for the tip about Eivets Rednow!!
No problem 😊 😁 ✌️
Hey Kenny! Love the video. Just picked up Songs In the Key of Life at my local record store. I love this album! Good to see it getting some recognition in 2022.
Ty for sharing your favorites
Some very interesting albums in there
You have great taste in music. I’m in my early 50’s and this list takes me back to my 70’s childhood days listening to vinyl during family gatherings. music was everything!
Thank you very much and thank you for watching my video ✌️
Lot of " my top ten albums" you tubes out there... growing up in the sixties and seventies there was a constant flow of new music that had a lot of different musical overtones or influences. There was something for everyone. And there was always that "hey man check this out" thing going on with your peers. What a great time to grow up. With the resurgence of vinyl it's great to have these "top ten albums" videos especially when they remind us of music that we either forgot about or dismissed at the time . Doesn't matter what genre or what we actually listened to at the time it seems like it's all woven into the fabric of who we are musically. From AM top 40 to the jukebox at the burger joint down the street to FM underground radio and the records that we played over and over again sitting on the floor in our bedroom reading the album covers and liner notes. What a great time and place to grow up and come of age musically. Thanks for turning us on to your Top Ten. "Hey check this out dude"
Exceptionally well said 👏 👍...I sincerely appreciate your awesome/great comments and thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
Stevie Wonder is my second favourite male vocalist of all time right after Nat King Cole. Great shout out to an album most people haven’t heard. Much deserved. I have it and love it as I do all Stevie’s albums.
Great list Kenny! I love that you mix genres. Stevie, Miles, Marvin and Coltrane on the same list is perfection☺️
Cheers from Canada! 🇨🇦
Kenny you have awesome taste I have at least five out of your top 10 albums love seeing people that love music and enjoy collecting it keep on posting I can't wait to see what you will post next in your collection
Thank you very much and thanks for viewing 😀
Hey man 🙌 It's hard but ... my top 10 is...
1 • Highway To Hell/AC/DC
2 • Led Zeppelin IV
3 • Songs In The Key Of Life/Stevie Wonder
4 • All N' All/Earth, Wind & Fire
5 • Master Of Reality/Black Sabbath
6 • What's Going On/Marvin Gaye
7 • Sgt. Peppers/The Beatles
8 • A Love Supreme/John Coltrane
9 • United/Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
10 • Crimes Of Passion/Pat Benatar
Honorable Mension: Secret Treaties/Blue Öyster Cult
Cool list 😎...very solid 👌 ...actually it's excellent
My all-time #1 album is Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs by Derek & The Dominos. I do see your point about double LPs but I'm so glad they decided to include every song on this one. Listening to all 4 sides takes me on a musical journey filled with emotions, ups and downs that no other album has done for me. Thanks for sharing your list. I enjoyed your video!!!
Great album 👌...I appreciate your comments add thanks for viewing my video 😊
It's eerie how much our musical tastes overlap. Best wishes on the success on your channel.
Thank you very much 😊
I like your list and I agree with most of your ranking. There are many I would be considering and some I would replace. Great copies and issues
Thank you very much ✌️ 😊
Damn, Kenny, that’s a record collection!
😊😁
10. Barry White, "Can't Get Enough"
9. Love Unlimited, "Under the Influence of Love"
8. Maynard Ferguson, "Conquistador"
7. MFSB, "Universal Love"
6. Curtis Mayfield, "Super Fly"
5. Stevie Wonder, "Hotter Than July"
4. Willie Hutch, "The Mack"
3. Henry Mancini, "Symphonic Soul"
2. Marvin Gaye, "I want you"
1. The Stylistics, "The Stylistics"
Fantastic list...its cool that you included a lot of soul/R&B artist on your list. I especially like the Stylistics and Willie Hutch choices do not get the attention that they deserve.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Agreed!
Damn, another killer list! Massive respect for "Forever Changes" and "Astral Weeks". They're such singular works and such perfect storms helped create them, with Love nearly breaking up and Van Morrison not really tell the musicians what to play but rather trusting them as jazz musicians to know how to flesh out and compliment his songs, which of course they did phenomenally.
Thank you very much 😊 😁 👍 👏 🎶
Great video and list i also have astal weeks , forever changes and tapestry in my list and a couple same artist but different album stevue wonder talkinv book and my favourite artist marvin gaye i would go for i want you others would be
Billy paul war of the gods
Jimi hendric electric ladyland
Minnie ripperton come into my garden
Pink floyd dark side of the moon
Roy ayers you send me
Honourable mentions james taylor , george benson and 2 british funk bands jamiroquai emergencg on planet earth and the brand new heavies brother sister. Thanks for your video again. respect from london England
I really like your picks, thank you very much for posting them. Thank you very much for watching my video from England ✌️
10. Fleetwood Mac - Rumors 9. Jack White - Lazaretto 8. Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love 7. Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow 6. The Doors - L.A. Woman 5. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Déjà Vu 4. Prince - Purple Rain 3. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 2. The White Stripes - Elephant 1. The Beatles - Revolver
This is just off the top of my head and thumbing through my main record box. Your Beatles pick made my list and your Stevie Wonder pick Innervisions almost made the list
You have a marvelous top 10...I like that jefferson airplane is on your list
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews oh, and thanks! Where are my manners? That's the first thing I should have said.
Great commentary
My man! I was born in '53 so we have very similar tastes. I love your honorable mentions. Out of the 14 albums you showed I have all of them... and quite a few are on my top 10. It's so hard to pick my Top 10 but I would include a few albums by Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones and Santana. Thanks!
Pink floyd, Rolling stones and Santana are great picks 👍.Thanks you for viewing 😀
Hey Kenny, I’ve watched several of your videos and finally pushed the subscribe button . You have quite a collection in the background. Appreciate your opinions/recommendations and love your down to earth style. Continue making your videos and God bless.
Hey Buddy, thank you very much for viewing my videos and subscribing, I appreciate the support and kind inspiration ✌️
Great list
Thank you very much ✌️
Love the list and thanks for sharing
Thanks for viewing 😀
EXCELLENT.....Period. Right on no doubt. Thanks for sharing. Music is the key yo life!!
Well, I came here because of RUclips recommending your video. No regrets here. Top 10 is a nearly impossible mission for sure but yours was quite interesting. Granted, Stevie Wonder doesn't get as much recognition he deserves.
Thank you for pointing this Eivets Rendow album I wasn't aware of, I'd be sure to check it out.
So, let's give it a shot of a top 10 that is sure to surprise, in no particular order so I won't number them:
- The Charlatans - Some Friendly
- My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
- Underworld - The Second Toughest of the Infants (nearly impossible to get on vinyl, a repress is sorely needed)
- The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
- Steve Miller Band - Fly like an Eagle
- Dead Can Dance - Into the Labyrinth
- Joe Walsh - But seriously folks (or any other Joe Walsh album for that matter)
- Radiohead - OK Computer (or Kid A hard to choose between the 2)
- Seefeel - Quique (again nearly impossible to get on vinyl. really need a repress)
- Noir Desir - Du Ciment sous les plaines (great 90's rock from France, Og press is hard to find but it's been repressed recently if I'm not mistaken but I have the original, bought on the day of release 30 years ago..boy, just saying that, doesn't make me feel any younger lol)
Some brit pop/rock, some electro, some classics, some unclassifiable, and a French rock band to finish
I deliberately leave out the big names (Beatles, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Beach Boys, AC/DC, Dire Straits, Genesis, John Lee Hooker, ZZ Top, Samshing Pumpkins, and so on...) to present a list people might not know of and might be interested to find out.
Some honorable mentions:
- Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements (maybe not the best album to discover this band works but probably one of their best.)
- Orbital - In Sides (seems that there is hope for a reissue, don't bother getting an original it's way to expensive)
- Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
I must admit even a Top 100 I would probably struggle to put all my favorites in there hehe.
Thank you very much for viewing and taking the time and detail to think out of the box and provide different choices. I love the Moody Blues to our childrens childrens childrens album as the song "Watching and Waiting" is one of my favorite songs...although days of future past is my favorite album of the Moody Blues. I really appreciate your comments
Thanks for sharing. Always interested in knowing what someone is listening too. Stevie Wonders, recent songs key of life tour was phenomenal! Saw him in the Motor City!
I've never have been to a Stevie wonder concert but he is definitely on my must see list in the near future. Thank you very much for viewing my video 😄
10:52 Good father....however great choices, I didn't know the 1st album you mentioned by Stevie Wonder with the letters changed. Gonna check this out...keep goin' man, greetings from Switzerland - Reto
Thank you very much and thank you for watching from Switzerland 😊
Thanks!
Thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
My personal list would be: 1. Bitches brew (Miles) 2. La leyenda del tiempo (Camarón) 3. Head hunters (Herbie Hancock) 4. Siembra (Willie Colón) 5. Gipsy rock ( las Grecas) 6. Beethoven's 5th (Markolino Dimond) 7. Madvilliainy (Madvilliain) 8. Baby Huey Story - The Living Legend 9. Irakere (Irakere 1978) 10. Superimposition (Eddie Plmieri)
Your top 10 is great, especially with the addition of Irakere 👏 👍
Excellent.
I would throw in
- Herbie Hancock "Headhunters"
- Wishbone Ash "Argus"
- Mahavishnu Orchestra "Birds of Fire"
But, hey, that's just me...
Peace on earth.
I like the Herbie Hancock choice ✌️...thank you very much for viewing my video and your comments 😊
I agree, records sales do not equal an album to be considered a masterpiece. Your selections are awesome!
Thank you very much ✌️ 😊
Some great picks my friend. Love seeing your A Love Supreme in there. My favorite Jazz album of all time. All very , very solid.
A love supreme is a masterpiece for sure. Thank you for the comments and viewing my video 😄
Beautiful "in the pocket" list. Instant subscription for your wisdom and demeanor also! I have always had an intuition that if I listened to more of Marvin Gaye than just the popular songs I would be gone. For you to put his album equal to or above Stevie Wonder means I am going to put it on for the ride home. My two favorite sleeper songs by Mr. Wonder are If It's Magic and Something Out Of The Blue but As was my first love. I have three recommendations if you don't mind the implication that you may not be familiar with them.❤ Skylarking by XTC may be the most Beatlesque album ever made and Andy Partridge may be just the sort of outlier you appreciate. My favorite album with, as you said, "no fatigue factor", is Twelve Dreams Of Doctor Dardonicus by Spirit and I am almost certain you would love Randy California if you got to know him, although Jay Ferguson brings some A+ songs to this album as well. Finally my all-time dark horse pop album is Innocence Mission by Innocence Mission. The lush arrangements and heart-wrenching lyrics and vocals of Karen Peris may be just the prescription you need! Love you and will peruse your channel thoroughly after hearing Mr. Gaye.
Thank you very much for your very kind comments and your recommendations I really appreciate it 😊 ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I made it through what's going on. I was not blown away to be honest but I know that I need to go online and see the lyrics to all of the songs.The one that blew me away was save the children. And I came away believing that he was a voice crying in the wilderness.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to the album. I agree with you Save The Children is awesome.
I guess I am an outlier. My favorite albums, in no particular order.
Johnny Mathis "Live It Up!" with Nelson Riddle and His Orchestra. 1962.
"More Johnny's Greatest Hits." 1959.
Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra Tchaikovsky's Symphony #5.
1960.
"A Johann Strauss Festival." 1960.
Ella Fitzgerald "Sings Sweet Songs for Swingers" with Frank DuVol and His
Orchestra. 1959.
Steely Dan "Aja." 1977.
"Countdown to Ecstasy." 1973.
Barbra Streisand "People." 1964.
Otto Klemperer with the Philharmonia Orchestra. Tchaikovsky Symphony #6 (Pathetique). 1962.
Peggy Lee. "So Blue." 1966.
The great thing about it is, it's YOUR favorite 10...and that makes it special...
I had to think about this very carefully. No Sarah Vaughan, Judy Garland, Julie London, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington. No Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Chopin. No Steven Sondheim, Rodgers and Hammerstein. No Andre Kostelanetz, Percy Faith, Michel Legrand...
Thanks for this. I just stumbled upon your page and I see you've got quite a few other videos for me to digest! Looking forward to them. We're both about the same age, so it's not surprising that I wouldn't quibble with any of your choices. (Scanning what I can make out of your record collection, I'd love to know more about your background. Are you a musician?) A few personal alternatives off the top of my head, suggested by your list:
Miles Davis: I'm passionate about most of his catalog, but maybe I'd go with "Filles de Kilimanjaro" today. I guess I could do a top 40 of just Miles Davis titles.
Stevie Wonder -- Any of the albums you mentioned between "Music of My Mind" and "Hotter Than July," but I think "Innervisions" is also my favorite. So, I immediately broke my first rule there. (Also, you forgot to mention that "Songs in the Key of Life" has two LPs AND the bonus 7-inch -- so it's even more than a double album!) Favorite single ever: "Signed, Sealed, Delivered"
Joni Mitchell -- Impossible to choose between "Blue," "Court & Spark," "Hissing of Summer Lawns" and "Hejira," but today I feel like the latter.
Horace Silver -- "Song for My Father"
The Beatles -- "White Album" (or "Revolver" or "Rubber Soul")
Rolling Stones -- "Exile on Main Street" (or "Beggar's Banquet" or "Let It Bleed" or "Sticky Fingers"
Bob Dylan -- "Blonde on Blonde" (or "Blood on the Tracks" or "Highway 61")
Aretha Franklin -- "Young, Gifted & Black" (or "I Never Loved a Man...") Favorite single: "Until You Come Back to Me," written for her by Stevie Wonder.
Bill Evans -- "Village Vanguard Sessions" ("Waltz for Debby" and "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" -- though "At Shelley's Manne-Hole" is another essential)
Elvis Costello -- "Armed Forces" (or, possibly, "This Year's Model" or "King of America" -- but his album with Burt Bacharach is also magnificent)
RUNNERS UP:
Allen Toussaint -- "American Tunes," his final record. HIS "Waltz for Debby" gives me goosebumps, too.
Graham Parker -- "Squeezing Out Sparks"
Staple Singers -- "Be Altitude: Respect Yourself"
Prince -- "Sign o' the Times"
Talking Heads -- "More Songs About Buildings and Food"
Nirvana -- "In Utero"
Cannonball Adderley -- "Somethin' Else"
John Hiatt -- "Bring the Family"
David Bowie -- "Hunky Dory"
Ry Cooder -- "Paradise & Lunch"
Sorry I went on for so long!
I love the passion and detail in your selections...I really appreciate that, thank you very much. You asked about my background...I'm not a musician and I do not know how to play any instruments. I love to watch sports more than I like listening to music but I love music tremendously and I really enjoy the audiophile aspect of listening to music also.
Thank you very much for viewing my video and your comments ✌️
Great list!
Thank you ✌️
Was waiting for a video like this! Coming from you, I appreciate all kind of recommendation about music I wouldn't normally listen to. Cheers
Great list mate 👌🏻
Thank you very much 😊
Thanks for sharing - a lot of my favourites there as well..
Love - Forever Changes
The Doors - S/T
Led Zeppelin - I
Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love
Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Fantastic top 10 😁
Lovely list, Kenny! A lot of your favorite albums are favorite albums of mine as well. I love Forever Changes, Innervisions, Songs In The Key of Life, Pet Sounds, What's Going On. I understand your love for Astral Weeks and I let some of my friends also have a listen to A Love Supreme, which I bought a few years ago. I love John Coltrane (and McCoy Tyner) especially for My Favorite Things. I discovered Kind Of Blue last year, but I need to give Bitches Brew another listen. Tapestry I still have to check out, never listened to it. For The Beatles my favorite album would be "Abbey Road". Thanks for suggesting a Stevie Wonder album that I didn't know of! I never checked out any of his 1960's albums.
Thank you very much for watching my video and your comments 😊 Bitches Brew is a great album but it may take a few times listening to it to be able to totally enjoy it✌️
I’m gonna go with:
1. Sgt Peppers by the Beatles
2. Vespertine by Björk
3. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
4. The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest
5. Highway 61 by Bob Dylan
6. Madvillain by MF Doom
7. Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
8. Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys
9. In Rainbows by Radiohead
10. Blonde by Frank Ocean
👏 👍 🎶...awesome list. Thank you very much for taking the time to post your list and thank you very much for watching my video 😊
I would say this:
My top ten would require a lot more thought than I'm prepared to offer for a comment, but these are 5 of my absolute favorites though (no particular order):
1. Richard Wright - Wet Dream
2. Procol Harum - Grand Hotel
3. Moody Blues - Days of Future Past
4. Hawkwind - space ritual
5. Bread - On the Waters
And just to mention something more recent that you may not know, Iamthemorning - The Bell. Just love that album!
The one album on your list that I love tremendously is the Moody Blues Day's of Future Past album...I thank the songs are great and it sounds fantastic. Thank you very much for your comments I really appreciate it 😊
Just Subbed loved your content. I have to agree with your Songs in the Key of life assessment. That is the same reason why it's my number 2 but my number 1 is Music of my mind. Forgive me if you have already done this but I would love to see your rank on all Stevie and why!! Cheers!
Thank you very much for watching my videos and subscribing, I really appreciate it. Music of My Mind is a great album 👌 👍 🎶
Love your list, we have the same tastes. I agree with you on Songs in the Key of Life, what an extraordinary album. All of Marvin's 1970s album were amazing, to think he and Stevie were putting out that music at the same time, it really was a golden era.
It was a unique and golden era for sure 👏 👍 🎶 ...thank you very much for your comments ✌️
You have hit the nail with the hammer, Stevie Wonder is Mozart to my ears, Marvin, well, I love his music and the fact that he saw the future, ecology, etc...
Exceptionally well said 👏 👌 👍 🎶
As for Marvin Gaye, another absolute masterpiece is the album called Here, My Dear. An album he wrote about his troubles and divorce with Anna Gordy Gaye. One of my top albums of all time. Thanks for the videos.
Thank you very much for that Marvin Gaye album recommendation ✌️
Can’t argue with any. My list is..1) Swordfishtrombones by Tom waits 2) abbey Road, 3 Purple Rain 4 Charlie Parker on dial 5) the hissing of the summer lawns j Mitchell 6 I am by earth wind and fire 7 the jaws soundtrack 8 talking book by s wonder 9 what’s going on m Gaye 10 jelly roll Morton Lomax recordings
I love the strong musical genre diversity of your list 🎶 👍 👏
Beautiful honest selections. Gaye tops my personal list as well and I’ve made sure to provide a copy to each of my children. He simply perfected all that had come before (classical, jazz, Sinatra, funk, Beatles) and molded it into something that still sounds ahead of what’s on the radio. And then to have it be recorded as a song cycle is simply staggering. My personal list varies only slightly from yours so little to quibble about. Great selections and keep up the good work.
Thanks you very much for the kind comments and viewing my video 😄
Man you have such a diverse wide range of tastes...great great picks my man!
Great list. It’s cool that you have albums that everybody knows about and ones nobody talks about. Also points out the quality of the 70’s music scene-Stevie, Carole, Steely Dan, etc
My list might go:
10) Beatles Abbey Road
9) Steely Dan Aja
8) Sinatra The Concert Sinatra
7) Maynard Ferguson MF Horn
6) Count Basie I Told You So
5) Sinatra She Shot Me Down
4) Don Ellis Live at Fillmore
3) Maynard Ferguson Maynard ‘61
2) Beatles Sgt Pepper’s
1) Maynard Ferguson A Message from Newport
That’s not necessarily the best Count Basie album of all time, but that and MF Horn got me into jazz as a teenager, circa 1975.
I love your list, great balance and variety. Thank you very much for expressing your vast knowledge of music and watching my video, I really appreciate it 😊
#1 Abbey Road
#2 Forever Changes
#3 Revolver
#4 Pet Sounds
#5 Sgt. Pepper
I think I'd have a great time listening to records with you!
Great top 5 😁
Top 10 but I can only pick one genre for each spot
1. Terry Callier - The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier (Folk)
2. Ashra - New Age of Earth (Electronic)
3. Sade - Love Deluxe (Downtempo / Pop)
4. Steve Roach - Structures from Silence (Ambient)
5. Santana - Caravanserai (Fusion)
6. Herbie Hancock - Man-Child (Funk)
7. Steely Dan - Aja (Jazz Rock)
8. Pink Floyd - WYWH (Prog Rock)
9. Earth, Wind, & Fire - Last Days and Time (Soul)
10. Dexter Gordon - One Flight Up (Modal Jazz)
Honorable Mention: ATCQ - The Low End Theory (Hip-Hop)
Impossible for me to make that kind of list. It would change all the time. But Stevie is certainly on my list. But I would put Talking Book slightly ahead Songs in the Key Of Life. And Santana 3 would be up there as well as any number of Wayne Shorter albums. And Kiko by Los Lobos. I could go on and on.
You are correct, a top ten list could change over time ....good point. Although my top 5 probably would not changed.
Brother, when you said Marvin Gaye I couldn’t agree more ! That’s my favorite male singer ! Then Mary Wells for top female ! One of my favorite albums is (War Live ) I’m sure you’ve heard it it . If not you will be very pleased ! Thank you brother for the video ! ✌🏽
Mary Wells is a great singer for sure 👏. My favorite female singer is Aritha Franklin. I appreciate your comments and thanks for watching my video ✌️
Great List, My Top Ten Would Have To Be:
1) Miles Davis - Pangaea (1975)
2) Prism - Self Titled (1977) [Japanese Jazz Fusion Band]
3) Miles Davis - Agharta (1975)
4) Cold Chisel - East (1980)
5) Earth, Wind, & Fire - All N All (1977)
6) Weather Report - Black Market (1976)
7) Herbie Hancock - Flood (1975)
8) Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)
9) David Sancious & Tone - Dance Of The Age Of Enlightenment (1977)
10) Chicago - XIV (1980)
Thank you very much for sharing your top 10 list....the albums that I am familiar with on your list are great 👍 👌 🎶
Kenny - love your list. I too am a big Motown fan (I am from Detroit) - and just before you named your number 1 album I was saying to myself, “where the hell is Marvin” - but you got it right. I just recently bought the “Detroit mix” of “What’s Going On” - I recommend it.
By the way you can never tell your kids enough how much you love them.
Thank you very much your comments..I'm going to have to check out that Detroit mix.
I agree 💯 about telling your kids how much you love them ✌️
That "Detroit Mix" is fantastic! Wasn't it an earlier mix done at Motown? I forget the story, but it somehow seems both grittier AND cleaner.
Just wanted to pay my respects, sir, for your open musical mind and comprehensive love of quality music. I appreciate your genuineness and honesty as a music lover.
I sincerely appreciate that, thank you very much ✌️ 😊
Great list 👍🏻
Thank you 😁
Excellent ..!
Thank you very much 😊
I would like leave you with a last recommendation to checkout. The artist is Billy Bang album (Big Bang Theory) It came out in the early 2000's. It's a must have. Enjoy. 👍
Thank you very much ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews No problem. My goal is to expose albums & artist that play or played an essential role in the entertainment world without saying they did so or do so. Enjoy 👍
A great list you made Kenny, here’s my top 10 list.
1. Parliament Mothership Connection
2. Marvin Gaye What’s Going On?
3. Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever
4. Stevie Wonder Songs In The Key Of Life
5. Kiss Destroyer
6. L.T.D Togetherness
7. Whodini Back In Black
8. Miles Davis Round About Midnight
9. Deodato Night Cruiser
10. John Coltrane A Love Supreme
Brother Slaughter, that is an amazing list, first rate 👌 👏 I like that you have Parliament number one on your list, that is an amazing album, although my favorite Parliament album is "The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein"....but your list is fantastic ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thank you sir that means a. The criteria for me is I list albums that I listen to without skipping a song. Parliament The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein is actually my 3rd favorite album my 2nd favorite is Funkentelechy Vs Placebo Syndrome from 1977. Thank you for mentioning the Stevie Wonder album with his name spelled backwards, that’s an amazing album and I have that album but never listened to it before watching your video last night. Keep up the great work Brother Kenny 👍🏾I’m almost done with my top 10 Jazz albums list.
Kenny, it is so very hard to pick ten albums that I consider my favorites over a lifetime of listening.
For example, your #1 pick, WHAT'S GOING ON by Marvin Gaye is one of my all-time favorites. I bought it when it came out. Side one is one of the most beautiful compositions and arrangements ever. I could say side 1 is the best single side of any album I know.
But there are whole albums I love more. Bob Dylan's albums from 1963-1967 are the pinnacle of his career and the albums I have played the most in my lifetime.
I could say my all-time favorite double album is a tie between BLONDE ON BLONDE by Bob Dylan and AT FILLMORE EAST by the Allman Brothers.
Like you I love The Beatles and Van Morrison, but I never could pick an absolute favorite
But what about women artists? I have hundreds of albums by women singers and/or singer-songwriters. Here's a few that I play the entire album over and over:
- THE SECRET LIFE OF J. EDDY FINK by Janis Ian
- YOUNG IN ALL THE WRONG WAYS - Sara Watkins
- OUR VERSION OF EVENTS by Emeli Sandé
And I love all the jazz albums you review. Many of them could easily be my 1-10.
But what about soundtracks? Two I play over and over are:
- GATTACA by Michael Nyman
- THE MUSIC FROM PETER GUNN by Henry Mancini
This still leaves dozens of albums I've played hundreds of times.
You are very correct that it is extremely difficult to take the music of your entire life and attempt to pick the best 10.....although I love the Henri Mancini Peter Gun and the Bob dylan mentions. The Peter Gun album, although it was music from the TV series, it is a very underrated jazz album
Funny I found "Songs in the key of life" for $1 and its probably my most played record. My wife loves it!
Outstanding recording as is his inner Visions LP
ok, i'll play. in no particular order (it'd be to hard otherwise):
Van Moorison's "Astral Weeks,", Bob Marley's "Survivor," Radiohead's "Kid A," James's "Wah Wah," R. Carlos Nakai and Peter Kater's "Natives" (New Age, but a great one for improv-lovers), Nick Drake's "Pink Moon," Dylan's "Highway 61 Revisited," Counting Crows' "August and Everything After," The Flaming Lips' "The Soft Bulletin" and my newest favorite I discovered this past year: Cotton Jones's "Paranoid Cocoon." And some honorable mentions ( incl. a couple you highlighted: Marvin Gaye's "What's Goin On" and Coltrane's "A Love Supreme."
😊😁Thank you very much, I like the thinking out of the box effort of your list 👏 👍 🎶 ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thanks for the reply, Kenny. I'm new to your channel. The photo-still of you holding up the Koln Concert for your Jazz pics is what first caught my eye and made me curious. I've grown to really love that album, esp. the first and second movements. I can listen to them over and over. Given the variety of your musical interests, I wonder what you'd think of 'Paranoid Cocoon' (mentioned above and available on RUclips, of course).
I'm not familiar with that music...I'm going to have to check it out.
Man Kenny, Its truly hard to pick a top 10 in any genre of music. But of all time? Difficult. I like many of your selections and cannot deny any of them. For me its..Marvin Gaye-Whats goin on, The Allman Bros band live at the Fillmore East, Jimi Hendrix (hell, you pick one), But mine was his Band Of Gypsies LP, The Postal Service-Give Up, George Duke-Feel, Santana-Moonflower, Aretha Franklin-Live at the Filmore West, The Zawinul Syndicate-World Tour, Pat Metheny Group-OFFRAMP. (and most of his early works), and lastly, The Mahavishnu Orchestra-Between Nothingness and Eternity. I could list 10 more which are right on par with or maybe even better than these. So many. LONG LIVE GREAT MUSIC! I'd have to start my 2nd 10 with Miles Davis-Jack Johnson and.................Issac Hayes-Hot Butterd Soul and...and......OK I'm stopping.
Love your selections...first rate 👏..thank you very much for taking the time to mention some of your favorites and thank you very much for viewing my video 😁
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Yes sir-ree. I am a music lover until I die. Invested in a great sound system when I was stationed in Japan yrs ago. Take care.
I really enjoyed your picks and your presentation. I pulled out my Apple Music app and made sure I put them all into my collection. Van Morrision and Stevie Wonder are still going strong and what an amazing trail they have blazed musically. I was born in 1961. I think we are about the same age. I seen Van Morrison live in San Francisco about 12 years ago. I am subscribed. God bless you and I am so happy to hear that your son is doing well. I am in the Modesto/Stockton area... and was born in Stockton. I look forward to hearing more from you.
Thank you sincerely for the kind words and viewing my channel and I hope that you are blessed and continue to enjoy the fantastic music of your life 😊
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I receive that blessing! Thank you my new friend.
1. Song in Key of Life. 2.Abbey Road 3.Tapastry 4.Dark Side if Moon 5. Aqualung 6.Close to the Edge 7.Midnight Blue 8.Led Zep II 9.Turnstyles 10. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Kenny, to get the best sound you have to be in the sweet spot to hear the surround sound. If you google it you will find the artist who recorded in Qsound. The late 80s and early 90s were when they recorded in Qsound. The reason it didn't go over is you didn't have to buy any new equipment to hear the improvement in sound. The manufactures didn't make any money from this advancement in sound reproduction, but the consumer did. Take care and God Bless,
Jeff Woods
Thank you very much for the input on Qsound...it is definitely something that I am going to research and look into...thank you very much.
1. Abbey Road 2. Dark Side of the moon 3. What’s going on 4. Hotel California 5. Close to the edge 6. L.A. Woman 7. Moondance 8. Midnight Blue 9. Led Zep 4 10. Tea for the Tillerman
Solid top 10👌
Feliciano! Caravanserai. Sketches of Spain. The Atomic Mr Basie. Miles Ahead. Ptah The El Daoud. The Progressive Blues Experiment. Blood on The Tracks. Exit Strategy of The Soul. Electric Ladyland.
Nice! 🎶
Caravanserai in My Top 10 as well
Kenny just discovered your channel recently and i love your love and passion for the music and the way you talks. Notice that you love Folk music, it is a genre that I never was into it i might need some coaching on that 😂. Anyway, love your videos, amazing work!! Thanks!!
Thank you very much for the kind words and viewing my videos 😊
I HAVE SO MANY WANT TO HAVE ALBUMS, OR HAVE ALBUMS THAT I DON'T HAVE A FAVORITE. NO TOP 5,10, 3 OR ANYTHING....I JUST LOVE MUSIC OF ALL GENRES.
can't pick a top 10 favorite albums but my 3 favorite musicians are Thelonious Monk, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix
Can't go wrong with those artists...that's a great top 3 for sure 👌 👍
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Don't know if punk interests you, but I have published on an audiophile site my top punk records. Simply google The Top 15 Punk Albums and you can read it. There are songs embedded in the article as examples of the bands' best. Thanks!
Miles Davis Bitches Brew, John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Eddie Harris Swiss movement. Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon. G.Benson White Rabbit. It's so many.
The George Benson White Rabbit is one of my favorite George Benson albums.
I agree on that Stevie Wonder album.... almost perfect.... take 3 songs off and its perfect
When I think back to my childhood I remember the first time I ever seen the album Pearl, by Janis Joplin. I think it was her best one ever and hearing it as a young boy was a thrill. Mercedes Benz is a song you just can't forget! Cosmo's Factory by Creedence is coming to mind too.
That’s a very good top 10 list right there. I enjoy all of those albums.
When you’re talking about Stevie wonder and how songs in the key of life kind of missed the mark by being a double album, is immediately brought to mind Elton John’s Blue Moves. I think it would’ve been one of his best albums ever had it not been a double LP - there’s just so much useless music on that album, fillers as they say. the album has some absolutely powerful songs on it .. they could’ve easily made it a single LP, and maybe have not been considered one of his worst. It would’ve probably been one of his best.
I agree, a lot of artists get over ambitious with some of those 2 album sets. It may work with jazz or classical music to some degree but not as well for other genres.