Reading the news this morning , I stumbled upon a story where Lady Gag-me says she hopes her next release (due in May) will become "album of the decade." Well, we'll have about 9 and a 1/2 years to find out...the decade began less than 6 weeks ago. Good luck with that!
Let's expand on this thought, for a moment, or 15 minutes ( about what most pop music artsists should have for their fame), and think of what album we would vote for ourselves for the following decades ( well, albums weren't the BIG thing until the 60's so we'll start there).
1960's, 1970's , 1980's , 1990's , 2000-2010.
My choices without giving tons of thought:
60's- Cream - Disraeli Gears.
70's- This Year's Model-Elvis Costello
80's- The Smiths - The Smiths
90's-(tie)Ragged Glory-Neil Young/Violator-Depeche Mode
2000-10-American Idiot-Green Day
Album of the Decade.
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Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/10/2011 1:31 PM EST
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Re: Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/10/2011 1:54 PM EST
- polar123
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So many great albums to choose from, but if I were to pick five( or so) that really stood out for me:
60's - Revolver- Beatles
70's- Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
80's (tie)The Smiths- Meat is Murder/ Unforgettable Fire-U2
90's - (Tie)Ten- Pearl Jam/ Jar of Flies -AIC
2000-10 -In Rainbows- Radiohead -
Re: Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/10/2011 1:59 PM EST
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Too hard, but I'll try my best:
60s: Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde
70s: (tie) Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. / Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
80s: Prince - Sign O' The Times
90s: Radiohead - OK Computer
00s: (tie) The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots / My Morning Jacket - Z -
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posted at 2/10/2011 2:47 PM EST
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This is way too difficult as I must try and be objective:
60's - Revolver (Beatles) This was the easiest
70's - Night at the Opera (Queen) This was the hardest
80's - London Calling (Clash)
90's - Dirt (Alice In Chains)
00's - One by One (Foo Fighters)
Honorable mention (I always have to do this)
60's - Are You Experienced (Hendrix), Pet Sounds (Beach Boys); Sgt. Pepper (Beatles)
70's - Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith) Led Zeppelin III (Zep), Harvest (Neil Young)
80's - Pyromania (Def Leppard), Appetite for Destruction (Guns and Roses)
90's - Ten (Pearl Jam); OK Computer (Radiohead) -
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posted at 2/10/2011 3:09 PM EST
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60's - Sgt.Pepper, Beatles
70's - Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen
80's - Josha Tree, U2
90's - Never Mind, Nirvana
00's - American Idiot, Green Day
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posted at 2/10/2011 3:35 PM EST
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60's - Revolver - Beatles
70's - Time Fades Away- Neil Young
80's - Unforgettable Fire - U2
90's - The Bends - Radiohead
00's - Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins
This is how I feel today, if you were to ask tomorrow I'm sure they would not be the same -
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posted at 2/10/2011 3:36 PM EST
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60's Sgt. Pepper
70's Quadrophenia
80's Appetite for Destruction
90's Achtung Baby
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posted at 2/10/2011 4:20 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:60's - Revolver - Beatles 70's - Time Fades Away- Neil Young 80's - Unforgettable Fire - U2 90's - The Bends - Radiohead 00's - Chutes Too Narrow - The Shins This is how I feel today, if you were to ask tomorrow I'm sure they would not be the same
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Interesting choice for the 70's with Neil's massively under-rated gem , 'Time Fades Away' ...I thought , at times, maybe, I was the only one who liked this LP, but sometimes I wonder if I was the only one who ever bought it. Took me years to find it on CD and when I finally did it was homemade CD-R, but I am not complaining , it was copied very well and sounds great. -
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:In Response to Re: Album of the Decade. : Interesting choice for the 70's with Neil's massively under-rated gem , 'Time Fades Away' ...I thought , at times, maybe, I was the only one who liked this LP, but sometimes I wonder if I was the only one who ever bought it. Took me years to find it on CD and when I finally did it was homemade CD-R, but I am not complaining , it was copied very well and sounds great.
Posted by ZILLAGOD
Of all the decades the '70s was the hardest for me to pick(it was a decade of the R&R album). Like I said I was just feeling that LP today, I think I tend to get tired of so many of the great ones from that decade which, though great, are over-played. -
Re: Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/10/2011 4:38 PM EST
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Ok, here's my take:
60's: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Simon and Garfunkel)
70's: Who's Next (The Who) / After the Goldrush (Neil Young)
80's: The Smiths (The Smiths) / 1999 (Prince)
90's: Achtung, Baby (U2) / Grace (Jeff Buckley)
00's: Elephant (White Stripes)
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posted at 2/10/2011 8:49 PM EST
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60s - Beatles/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
70s - Bruce Springsteen/Born To Run
80s - U2/The Joshua Tree
90s - REM/Automatic For The People
00s - Kaiser Chiefs/Employment -
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posted at 2/10/2011 10:58 PM EST
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70s - The Clash - London Calling
80s - Pixies - Doolittle
90s - Radiohead - OK Computer
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
00s - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Source Tags and Codes -
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posted at 2/11/2011 9:16 AM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:In Response to Re: Album of the Decade. : Like the Quadro pick. Definately my favorite Who album, and the the remix is much better than the original (which is on vinly anyway).
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I'd like to hear the remix sometime. The original has a murky sound (perhaps appropriate considering all the water in the settings and the themes). -
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posted at 2/11/2011 10:03 AM EST
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gah, i hate american idiot with a passion. the radio doesn't play good music anymore. for those who included it in the list, i suggest looking into the 00's a little further...there is a LOT of really, really good music that came out. i can assist if anyone would like some guidance.
i was unclear as to whether i needed to post IMO the most influential or the one that I like the best...
60's - Abbey Road - les beatles
70's - zep IV (closely followed by exile on main st. and dark side of the moon)
80's - joshua tree - u2
90's - OK computer - radiohead
00's - Illinois - Sufjan Stevens (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) (toss up with kid A)
shout out to matty for including flaming lips i and stalking butler for including neutral milk hotel -
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posted at 2/11/2011 12:42 PM EST
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60's Kinks by The Kinks
70's The Clash by The Clash
80's Rum Sodomy and the Lash by the Pogues
90's Bossanova The Pixies
2000 - Blood Visions Jay Reatard -
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posted at 2/11/2011 1:10 PM EST
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Interesting, ...we had 'London Calling' by the Clash listed as a 70's LP and also as an 80's LP.
The judge (me) has decided to allow both as he (me) is a huge fan of the Clash and is very ashamed at not listing this LP himself.
"The sheik he drove his Cadillac...he went cruisin' down the ville...the muezzin was a standin'...on the radiator grille!!!...SHARIA DON'T LIKE IT...ROCKIN' THE CASBAH, ROCKIN' THE CASBAH..."( I know , that song wasn't on that album, but I couldn't help it).
phsmith8...I really don't have lots of music from after 2000, I just picked one that I remember...I am getting older and have a fondness for many things of the past, I guess. I am sure that you can be a better judge of that decade than I am....I will make you the judge on anything from 1990-2011, but I gotta keep my authority on music from 70's and 80's...it is, after all my thread."
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Re: Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/11/2011 1:18 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:Interesting, ...we had 'London Calling' by the Clash listed as a 70's LP and also as an 80's LP. The judge (me) has decided to allow both as he (me) is a huge fan of the Clash and is very ashamed at not listing this LP himself. "The sheik he drove his Cadillac...he went cruisin' down the ville...the muezzin was a standin'...on the radiator grille!!!...SHARIA DON'T LIKE IT...ROCKIN' THE CASBAH, ROCKIN' THE CASBAH..."( I know , that song wasn't on that album, but I couldn't help it). phsmith8...I really don't have lots of music from after 2000, I just picked one that I remember...I am getting older and have a fondness for many things of the past, I guess. I am sure that you can be a better judge of that decade than I am....I will make you the judge on anything from 1990-2011, but I gotta keep my authority on music from 70's and 80's...it is, after all my thread."
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thanks big guy...matty sure knows a hell of a lot about the more recent years too.
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posted at 2/11/2011 1:25 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:In Response to Re: Album of the Decade. : thanks big guy...matty sure knows a hell of a lot about the more recent years too. much respect to the zillagod
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Guys like you and Matty are hearby considered "Grand Exhalted Music Geniuses of the Younger Generation."
Me, I am a dinosaur. -
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posted at 2/11/2011 1:37 PM EST
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posted at 2/11/2011 2:22 PM EST
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London Calling was named album of the decade for the 80's by several music rags way back when. It was recorded in "79" and released in England on 12/14/79. It was released here in the states after the New Year. It is considered by most to be an 80's album. -
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posted at 2/11/2011 3:15 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:In Response to Re: Album of the Decade. : Guys like you and Matty are hearby considered "Grand Exhalted Music Geniuses of the Younger Generation." Me, I am a dinosaur.
Posted by ZILLAGOD
All hail to the Rock-a-saurus...!!
I am but a humble messenger with a wicked penchant for name-dropping... but as the song says,
"Round, round, get around / I get around / yeah / get around, round, round / I get around..." -
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posted at 2/11/2011 3:43 PM EST
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All hail to the Rock-a-saurus...!!
I am but a humble messenger with a wicked penchant for name-dropping...
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posted at 2/12/2011 10:26 AM EST
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60s: Abbey Road, Beatles.
70s: Who's Next, Who/Darkness on the Edge of Town, Springsteen.
80s: London Calling, Clash.
90s: Ten, Pearl Jam.
00s: A Rush of Blood to the Head, Coldplay. -
Re: Album of the Decade.
posted at 2/12/2011 11:45 AM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:Ok, here's my take: 60's: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (Simon and Garfunkel) 70's: Who's Next (The Who) / After the Goldrush (Neil Young) 80's: The Smiths (The Smiths) / 1999 (Prince) 90's: Achtung, Baby (U2) / Grace (Jeff Buckley) 00's: Elephant (White Stripes) (have a killer cover to log over in the cover thread from the White Stripes I just remembered)Nice call on who's next
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posted at 2/12/2011 12:27 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Album of the Decade.:In Response to Re: Album of the Decade. : Nice call on who's next
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Who's Next is in many respects a better album than my choice, Quadrophenia. They are both colossal albums. I love Quadrophenia because of how ambitious it is. Who's Next was originally intended to be a concept album itself, called 'Lifehouse' I think, but Pete couldn't finish it off.