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[QUOTE=Lunch]Perhaps it would be easier to list a few essential classic rock albums?
Edit: Did anyoen else notice YSI has a new window that keeps track of your uploads? It's pretty convenient.[/QUOTE] We should put together an essential classic rock album list. I remember we tried one before and failed. Anyone else think this would be cool? I'll start- Blind Faith- s/t Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced? Johnny Cash- American IV Jeff Beck- Blow by Blow John Mayell- Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks Bob Marley- Legend Boston- s/t Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run CCR- Chronicles Cream- Disraeli Gears Cream- Wheels of Fire King Crimson- ITCOCK Allmans- Eat a Peach and Live at Filmore East Yes- Fragile and the Yes Album Frank Zappa- Hot Rats Grateful Dead- American Beauty, Live/Dead and Workingman's Dead George Harrison- ATMP Led Zeppelin- I hate them, but they're definitely essential. At least IV has to be on here. Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band and Imagine Miles Davis- Bitches Brew (not really cr, but close enough) VU- VU & Nico The Doors- s/t and LA Woman Pink Floyd- DSOTM, The Wall, WYWH Iggy and the Stooges- RAw Power The Beatles- Rubber Soul - Let it Be The Zombies- Odessey and Oracle Robert Johnson- Complete Recordings (or other compilation) Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus THe Band- Music from Big Pink and s/t The Rolling Stones- Beggar's Banquet- Exile The United States of America- s/t The Who- Tommy, Live At Leeds, Who's Next Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die Traveling Wilburies- Vol. 1 U2- The Joshua Tree Van Morrison- Astral Weeks Neil Young- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, On the Beach Roy Orbison- greatest hits Derek and the Dominoes- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs That's it for now. Feel free to add/ subtract. Probably subtract, this list is pretty long. That took a while to type. I know I'm missing a few people though. |
[QUOTE=The Krabsman]Wow, I've been listening to Freak Out! by Frank Zappa, and it's an AWESOME album.[/QUOTE]
Wicked :D My favorite is Hungry Freaks, Daddy (of course). |
[QUOTE=Obi One Kenodi]Meh, like Queen. They're not really amazing ('cept Mercury of course) but they wrote a lot of good tunes.
Np: That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd. Any Skynyrd fans on here?[/QUOTE] Yup im a big fan. Favourite songs are 'Simple Man' 'Whats Your Name' and 'Swamp Music' among others |
[QUOTE=robo2448]We should put together an essential classic rock album list. I remember we tried one before and failed. Anyone else think this would be cool?
I'll start- Blind Faith- s/t Aerosmith- Toys in the Attic Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced? Johnny Cash- American IV Jeff Beck- Blow by Blow John Mayell- Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton Bob Dylan- Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan- Highway 61 Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks Bob Marley- Legend Boston- s/t Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run CCR- Chronicles Cream- Disraeli Gears Cream- Wheels of Fire King Crimson- ITCOCK Allmans- Eat a Peach and Live at Filmore East Yes- Fragile and the Yes Album Frank Zappa- Hot Rats Grateful Dead- American Beauty, Live/Dead and Workingman's Dead George Harrison- ATMP Led Zeppelin- I hate them, but they're definitely essential. At least IV has to be on here. Jefferson Airplane- Surrealistic Pillow John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band and Imagine Miles Davis- Bitches Brew (not really cr, but close enough) VU- VU & Nico The Doors- s/t and LA Woman Pink Floyd- DSOTM, The Wall, WYWH Iggy and the Stooges- RAw Power The Beatles- Rubber Soul - Let it Be The Zombies- Odessey and Oracle Robert Johnson- Complete Recordings (or other compilation) Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus THe Band- Music from Big Pink and s/t The Rolling Stones- Beggar's Banquet- Exile The United States of America- s/t The Who- Tommy, Live At Leeds, Who's Next Traffic- John Barleycorn Must Die Traveling Wilburies- Vol. 1 U2- The Joshua Tree Van Morrison- Astral Weeks Neil Young- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, On the Beach Roy Orbison- greatest hits Derek and the Dominoes- Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs Wow good taste. Wanna recommend me a few songs from those artists? |
I like,"You're proably wondering why I'm here".
Help I'm a Rock made me laugh when I first heard it. |
[QUOTE=Lunch]Perhaps it would be easier to list a few essential classic rock albums?
Edit: Did anyoen else notice YSI has a new window that keeps track of your uploads? It's pretty convenient.[/QUOTE] Finally, they've needed that FOREVER. Essential CR albums: Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Beatles - Abbey Road Beatles - Revolver Beatles - Rubber Soul Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bob Dylan - The Times They Are-A Changin' Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu Doors - Doors Doors - Strange Days Frank Zappa - Hot Rats George Harrison - All Things Must Pass Grateful Dead - American Beauty Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow Jethro Tull - Benefit Jethro Tull - Stand Up Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys Johnny Cash - Live at the Folsom Prison Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around Kinks - The Village Green Preservation Society Led Zeppelin - II(oshi) Neil Young - After the Goldrush Neil Young - Harvest Neil Young - On The Beach New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage Pink Floyd - Animals Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Quicksilver Messenger Service - Quicksilver Messenger Service Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed Santana - Abraxas Steve Miller Band - Sailor Ten Years After - Ten Years After The Band - Music From Big Pink The Band - The Band The Who - Quadrophenia The Who - Tommy The Who - Who's Next Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico A good introduction to Classic Rock. This is just from my stuff on the computer. |
I am not gonna make a huge list because I'm lazy, so I'll just list the essential albums, from my 4 favorite Classic Rock bands.
Allman Brothers-Eat a Peach, Live at the Fillmore The Grateful Dead-American Beauty, Workingman's Dead, Live/Dead Pink Floyd-Dark Side of the Moon, Animals, Wish You Were Here Led Zeppelin-I, II I think all of those were mentioned, I didn't see Aqualung or Thickasabrick though. |
I was going to add them, but I was trying to even them all out. Otherwise I would've named a lot more Dead albums :P
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Creedance Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Tarkus Yes-Fragile, Close to the Edge Queen-A Night at the Opera The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers Neil Young-Everyone Knows This is Nowhere Rush-Fly by Night? Supertramp-Crime of the Century? I didn't see any of those. |
RNR attempted to compile a list like that. I think he made a pretty good one, too.
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[QUOTE=jpj]Creedance Clearwater Revival-Cosmo's Factory
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Tarkus Yes-Fragile, Close to the Edge Queen-A Night at the Opera The Rolling Stones-Sticky Fingers Neil Young-Everyone Knows This is Nowhere Rush-Fly by Night? Supertramp-Crime of the Century? I didn't see any of those.[/QUOTE] Those are good aditions, although I'd say Brain Salid Surgery (ELP) and 2112 (Rush) really need to be on there. |
[QUOTE=robo2448]Spirit- 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus[/QUOTE]
:cool: One of the most underrated albums of all time. |
[QUOTE]essential[/QUOTE]I don't know why you guys throw out like 30 albums and label them "essential". It's not essential if you just put every above average album up there.
Essential Classic Rock Albums ----------------------------- Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles, The - White Album Beatles, The - Revolver Beck, Jeff - Blow by Blow Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan CCR- Chronicles Doors, The - s/t Grateful Dead - American Beauty Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Led Zeppelin - I Love - Forever Changes Neil Young - Harvest Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico Who, The - Tommy Zappa, Frank - Freak Out! Zombies, The- Odessey and Oracle As you can see I tried to be as diverse and honest as I could and put the truely "essential" Classic Rock albums. |
[QUOTE=Schyma]I don't know why you guys throw out like 30 albums and label them "essential". It's not essential if you just put every above average album up there.
Essential Classic Rock Albums ----------------------------- Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles, The - White Album Beatles, The - Revolver Beck, Jeff - Blow by Blow Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan CCR- Chronicles Doors, The - s/t Grateful Dead - American Beauty Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Led Zeppelin - I Love - Forever Changes Neil Young - Harvest Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico Who, The - Tommy Zappa, Frank - Freak Out! Zombies, The- Odessey and Oracle As you can see I tried to be as diverse and honest as I could and put the truely "essential" Classic Rock albums.[/QUOTE] "Essential" is very subjective. Personally, I think you're missing a lot of great albums on your list. |
The "Essential" list turned into the "Classic Rock Albums You Own List". And Schyma, that's probably the most (/only :P) unbiased thing you've ever posted.
I also see essential as being above great, I think we'd all agree tons are classic rock albums are great but not very many can truly be essential. |
Ahh...thank you? :p
Of course but I tried to get the most important, popular, ground breaking albums. What albums were you thinking of? |
Bob Marley's Legend album = :rolleyes:
Call me a crochety purist bastard, but I don't think greatest hits albums shuld be put on a list of essential albums, you know? Here are some others I didn't see on there that I may as well throw on: The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet The Allman Brothers Band - Beginnings Bob Dylan - Another Side of Bob Dylan Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live at the Roxy (not classic rock per se, but still an essential from that "period") Chuck Berry - The Great Twenty-Eight (whoops, now I'm contradicting myself :-\) David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust David Bowie - Heroes David Bowie - Low Jeff Beck - Truth Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsies The Band - Music From Big Pink The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds |
Mine probably would've looked similar to your list as long as I made it from a subjective viewpoint.
Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's, White Album, Revolver Who - Tommy, Live at Leeds ABB - Live at Fillmore Grateful Dead - American Beauty, Workingman's Dead Pink Floyd - DSotM, WYWH, The Wall Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland, AYE? Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, Blood on the Tracks Led Zeppelin - I, PG Around here is where the lind becomes blurry between the essentials and the great. I think these are the bare beginner's guide to classic rock albums. |
Isn't CCR Chronicles a greatest hits? I'd choose Cosmo's Factory over that for ground breakin'.
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Some of these aren't my favorite by that particular artist but I think it's the most popular and most important.
Essential Classic Rock Albums ----------------------------- Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Beach Boys, The - Pet Sounds Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles, The - White Album Beatles, The - Revolver Beck, Jeff - Blow by Blow Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Bowie, David - Ziggy Stardust Byrds, The - Sweetheart of the Rodeo CCR- Chronicles Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu Doors, The - s/t Grateful Dead - American Beauty Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Led Zeppelin - I Love - Forever Changes Neil Young - Harvest Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico Who, The - Tommy Zappa, Frank - Freak Out! Zombies, The- Odessey and Oracle Forgot a few. :( [QUOTE]Bob Marley & the Wailers - Live at the Roxy (not classic rock per se, but still an essential from that "period")[/QUOTE]OMG I love that album and I lost it. :upset: Chuck Berry Classic Rock? |
[QUOTE=Schyma]I don't know why you guys throw out like 30 albums and label them "essential". It's not essential if you just put every above average album up there.
Essential Classic Rock Albums ----------------------------- Allman Brothers Band - Live at Fillmore East Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Beatles, The - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Beatles, The - White Album Beatles, The - Revolver Beck, Jeff - Blow by Blow Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan CCR- Chronicles Doors, The - s/t Grateful Dead - American Beauty Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland Led Zeppelin - I Love - Forever Changes Neil Young - Harvest Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground and Nico Who, The - Tommy Zappa, Frank - Freak Out! Zombies, The- Odessey and Oracle As you can see I tried to be as diverse and honest as I could and put the truely "essential" Classic Rock albums.[/QUOTE] As Woodstock said, "essential" is subjective...I don't think VU&Nico is a very good album at all, much less an essential one...The Stones and Dylan have put out stronger albums than Sticky Fingers and Freewheelin', respectively, you all know how I feel about the Grateful Dead, I wouldn't recommend Sgt. Pepper's and White Album over Rubber Soul and Abbey Road, and I haven't even listened to the albums by The Zombies or Love |
[QUOTE=JonG]Isn't CCR Chronicles a greatest hits? .[/QUOTE]
Yes it is. And that's why it's the best :p |
Essential isn't necessarily favorite albums, I view it as the most important and usually the most popular classic rock albums, as if someone asking to get into classic rock for the first time asked for a list of ten CR albums.
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Yea, I wouldn't attempt it, I was just trying to give an example as to what I meant.
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[QUOTE=Lunch]Essential isn't necessarily favorite albums, I view it as the most important and usually the most popular classic rock albums, as if someone asking to get into classic rock for the first time asked for a list of ten CR albums.[/QUOTE]
In that case, the "essential" Jimi Hendrix album is usually considered to be Are You Experienced?, the "essential" Who album is usually considered to be Who's Next, the "essential" Stones album is usually considered to be Exile on Main St., and so on. |
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Velvet Underground - Loaded Black Sabbath - Paranoid T. Rex - Electric Warrior Otis Redding - The Dock of the Bay Lou Reed - Transformer New York Dolls - New York Dolls Santana - Santana The Kinks - Something Else By the Kinks MC5 - Kick Out the Jams Those are a few I could think of that I don't think any one has mentioned. Some may not be considered CR by some people but whatever. |
[QUOTE=Lunch]Essential isn't necessarily favorite albums, I view it as the most important and usually the most popular classic rock albums, as if someone asking to get into classic rock for the first time asked for a list of ten CR albums.[/QUOTE]
Eat a Peach Abbey Road Highway 61 Revisited Workingman's Dead Electric Ladyland Harvest Dark Side of the Moon Let It Bleed Hot Rats Who's Next |
[QUOTE]As Woodstock said, "essential" is subjective...I don't think VU&Nico is a very good album at all, much less an essential one...The Stones and Dylan have put out stronger albums than Sticky Fingers and Freewheelin', respectively, you all know how I feel about the Grateful Dead, I wouldn't recommend Sgt. Pepper's and White Album over Rubber Soul and Abbey Road, and I haven't even listened to the albums by The Zombies or Love[/QUOTE]Did you notice I put Led Zeppelin I in there? I [I]hate[/I] Zeppelin but they are very important to Classic Rock and I will honor that. I realize [I]Sticky Fingers[/I] and [I]Freewheelin'[/I] may not necessarily be their best albums but I think they were the most important and popular none the less.
Even though I really do think [I]Freewheelin'[/I] > all. [QUOTE]VU&Nico[/QUOTE]Do you know how important this album is though? I don't really like it either to tell you the truth. "Heroin" is AMAZING though. I forgot Black Sabbath.... :-/ |
[QUOTE=JonG]Eat a Peach
Abbey Road Highway 61 Revisited Workingman's Dead Electric Ladyland Harvest Dark Side of the Moon Let It Bleed Hot Rats Tommy[/QUOTE] Nice. My top 10 would be similar: Abbey Road Exile on Main Street Tommy Highway 61 Revisited (not my favorite, but definitely the most "essential" Dark Side of the Moon (same as above) Wheels of Fire Ah fuc[COLOR="Black"]k[/COLOR] I give up. |
[QUOTE=Lunch]The "Essential" list turned into the "Classic Rock Albums You Own List".[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but how would you know it's essential without owning it :amaze: |
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