Name one favorite totally off the wall pop/rock album

JS · Post by JS » Sat May 05, 2007 5:53 am

So, what's your favorite totally off the wall, nobody else owns it or listens to it or ever heard of it pop/rock album?

The Insect Trust - Hoboken Saturday Night

edited to add: http://www.furious.com/perfect/insecttrust.html

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:54 am

Elvis Costello and the Attractions: My Aim Is True.

JS · Post by JS » Sat May 05, 2007 5:58 am

That's a favorite of mine as well.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:59 am

JS wrote:That's a favorite of mine as well.

It is very difficult to chose which Elvis Costello LP I like the best, there are so many good ones (like, all of them). I think Spike would be #2.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat May 05, 2007 6:29 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:Elvis Costello and the Attractions: My Aim Is True.

I think you'll find that a lot of us own that one.

Comus — First Utterance

Probably the weirdest great rock album ever made.

Honourable mentions:

The Fugs — First
Captain Beefheart's Magic Band — Trout Mask Replica
Pink Floyd — The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Ted Hawkins — Watch Your Step
Nick Drake— Pink Moon
Robert Wyatt — Rock Bottom
Can — Tago Mago
Girls Together Outrageously — Self Titled (?)

Sundry Roy Harper and Holy Modal Rounders releases.

All of the honourable mentions except Hawkins, Wyatt and perhaps Drake lose points for trying too hard. Hawkins and Wyatt just aren't weird enough to compete with Comus. Girls Together Outrageously lose points both for trying too hard and for not being weird enough.

Post by **Dale** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:25 am

My Bloody Valentine: Loveless

Here's my amazon.com review

Loveless
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Strange and gorgeous aural mystery, April 23, 2007

I'm an unlikely admirer of this record. 51 years old. Taking Lipitor. Bifocals. But, I've spent the last two years or so listening to this CD at least once a week. It's also an unlikely CD to admire. Perfectly reasonable people with refined tastes can be bewildered, even frightened by it. It breaks most of the rules that are supposed to apply to rock music. Brian Eno famously referred to the "vagueness" of the music and that's dead right. But, all I can say is that it magically finds some system in my brain that I have in common with lizards and plays it like a cheap guitar. It's wonderful.

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:09 am

Black Label Society: Pride & Glory

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:28 am

Harry Nilsson - The Point

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:33 am

Dale wrote:
I'm an unlikely admirer of this record. 51 years old. Taking Lipitor. Bifocals. But, I've spent the last two years or so listening to this CD at least once a week. It's also an unlikely CD to admire. Perfectly reasonable people with refined tastes can be bewildered, even frightened by it. It breaks most of the rules that are supposed to apply to rock music. Brian Eno famously referred to the "vagueness" of the music and that's dead right. But, all I can say is that it magically finds some system in my brain that I have in common with lizards and plays it like a cheap guitar. It's wonderful.

You can review my wierd, off the wall albums anytime!

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:38 am

Denny wrote:Harry Nilsson - The Point

me too. i've been thinking about that album all week.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:08 am

Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes - Marriage on the Rocks.
It's actually a very good album.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:35 am

Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:41 am

Denny wrote:Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

That's not very weird, except for a few goofy segues. Very fine album though. I love 'Song for a Baker.'

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:52 am

Wombat wrote:
Denny wrote:Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
That's not very weird, except for a few goofy segues. Very fine album though. I love 'Song for a Baker.'

seemed odd at the time

raindog1970 · Post by **raindog1970** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:01 am

Stump - A Fierce Pancake