Best album ever

Originally posted by generalissimo
I don't think the beatles are overrated, they had many number ones, and also some great albums, with songs that covered almost all genres.

I think it would be hard to find bands that would make albums similar to the likes of Revolver, Sgt.pepper, or the beatles.

the problems with the beetles was their lack of musical virtuosity, Lennon himself even remarked upon this, although i do not think it in any way detracts from nor diminishes their importance (their music is incredibly enjoyable), for he himself states that he is first and foremost an Artist, give him a tuba and he could create something, and latterly Lennon was especially concerned with producing something with substance, is this not what he was concerned about in describing McCartney's music as 'granny music', thus Dylan and Hendrix became hugely influential, the former for his lyrical mastery, the latter for his musical.

Originally posted by darvlay
nevermind

It's ok, but certainly not one of the best.

Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio", 1983

All things must pass, is also another one, unfortunately it is very underrated.

Originally posted by generalissimo
All things must pass, is also another one, unfortunately it is very underrated.

That album could have bee a true classic but Harrison allowed anybody who showed up to play. Net result - great songs that are muddled due to multi bass and drummers playing at the same time.

Highway To Hell

Never Mind The Bollucks, Here's The Sex Pistols

Smash

I think we have to admit that it was well ahead of its time, the innovation, and the experimentation makes this album stand out, without mentioning that songs like A day in the life, Lovely rita, and Lucy in the sky with diamonds, were masterpieces.[/b]

Sgt. Pepper is good I would rate it third after the white album but the best album ever would have to be Imagine, nothing comes close to it.

Iggy Pop, "Lust for Life" ...

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Mainstream

either electric ladyland or axis bold as love - Jimi

So many albums are the best album ever.

The Pogues, "Rum, Sodomy & The Lash"
Coil, "Love's Secret Domain"
Serge Gainsbourg, "Melody Nelson"
Bob Marley & The Wailers, "Catch A Fire"
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, "Your Funeral ... My Trial"

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
So many albums are the best album ever....

I suppose it does keep changing.

12 years old... Stackridge - The Man In The Bowler Hat
13 years old... Robert Wyatt - Ruthe Is Stranger Than Richard
14 years old... David Bowie - "Heroes"; Brian Eno - Before & After Science
15 years old... Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
16 years old... Talking Heads - Fear Of Music; Reluctant Stereotypes - The Label
17 years old... Magazine - The Correct Use Of Soap; The Police - Ghost In The Machine
18 years old... Joni Mitchell - Wild Things Run Fast; Frank Zappa - Tinseltown Rebellion
19 years old... Grateful Dead - Live Dead; also Grateful Dead - Reckoning

Originally posted by thadeusman
Sgt. Pepper is good I would rate it third after the white album but the best album ever would have to be Imagine, nothing comes close to it.

Imagine did have some good tracks, but some of them were too simple, like ''oh,yoko", and "crippled inside", but there were also some great ones like "Imagine" and "gimme some truth".

Originally posted by generalissimo
Imagine did have some good tracks, but some of them were too simple, like ''oh,yoko", and "crippled inside", but there were also some great ones like "Imagine" and "gimme some truth".

Just because they were simple doesn't mean they were bad songs.

Originally posted by generalissimo
Sgt.pepper's lonely hearts club band, Who's next, and Are you experienced?

I have a hunch that ten to twenty years from now, if the world economy doesn't reboot first (or perhaps even if it does), Iron & Wine's album The Shepherd's Dog will be considered one of the best albums ever. Personally, I already think it is.

So.... I cast my vote for Iron & Wine's The Shepherd's Dog.