Name 3 perfect pop/rock albums: A Thread by Dale Wisely

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Stevie Wonder--'Innervisions'

Steely Dan --'Aja'

Cat Stevens --'Catch Bull at Four'
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Crap, 'perfect' means there's nothing I'd change and on 'Catch Bull at Four' I absolutely love every song except 'The Boy With the Moon and Stars on his Head' which I'd remove from every copy everywhere if I could.
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JS wrote:Good questions.

As for the Band, I guess I actually agree with you about the first two albums (especially the second), and choosing Rock of Ages was kind of cheating, since it offers the pleasures of a live greatest hits compilation. But the horn section is terrific, and I wouldn't want to give up Garth Hudson's wild Charles-Ives intro to "Chest Fever."
I love that horn section too. But I do think those first two albums are perfectly realised; I wouldn't want to change a note.
JS wrote: I just love the Richards/Mick Taylor sound on Sticky Fingers, and it has a sustained mood and song sequence that makes it the one Stones album I regularly want to go back to (as opposed to single songs). And it came into my life at kind of an interesting time.
Sticky Fingers is the mature Stones sound. For me, It's the culmination of their second strong period, along with Exile on Main Street. It's really the perfect realisation of their own sound. I suppose I think they had great taste in what they chose to cover and good technique in providing listenable rock band versions of soul, blues and rock classics. Their versions almost never match the originals but were good enough to provide an album full of fine songs several times over. Part of what I'm saying is that I don't really think Jagger and Richards were as good as songwriters as their early influences. But once they realised they were a dodgy 'experimental' pop band at best, but a fine little R&B unit, they got back on track. Anybody who complained about Sticky Fingers just isn't a Stones fan, but my favourite is still their first (English) album.
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The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell (Shadows & Light - what more can I say?)
The Speckless Sky - Jane Siberry
Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens

War Child - Jethro Tull
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
Demons & Wizards - Uriah Heap

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djm wrote:Great selections, everyone. I fear i've an unhealthy leaning towards Denny's choices. :o

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...and I am agreein' with both Wombat and you!

the end must be near :twisted:
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Denny wrote:the end must be near :twisted:
Already??? :o I have tons of things to do before the end gets here! Darn it all!!!

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Ack!!! Option Paralysis!!! Too many choices. Can't do it.


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I ditto darned near every one already mentioned, except for a mere paltry few I actually don't have acquaintance with.

Great taste in music, all!

(it's only one 'ditto', so I don't consider it cheating. :D )
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REM, Murmur
Mastodon, Blood Mountain
The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks
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izzarina wrote:
Denny wrote:the end must be near :twisted:
Already??? :o I have tons of things to do before the end gets here! Darn it all!!!

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hope ya can find it in the movin' mess!!!
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djm wrote:
War Child - Jethro Tull
A Trick of the Tail - Genesis
Demons & Wizards - Uriah Heap

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Dude. You love the same CDs I....did. In the 70s. When I was a teenager. :)

But one is simply unable, I'm afraid, to justify selecting War Child over Aqualung.
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Loren wrote:Ack!!! Option Paralysis!!! Too many choices. Can't do it.


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No, no. You're seeing a rule that's not there. Doesn't have to be your only choices. Doesn't even have to be your favorite choices.
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Before we leave that whole unfortunate prog.rock era:

Yes: Fragile
Genesis: Selling England by the Pound
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Flogging Molly: Swagger
Subhumans: The Day the Country Died
Pink Floyd: The Wall

(There's too many to pick from, but I tried to not list any that had already been scribed above.)
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The Allman Brothers - Eat A Peach
Taj Mahal - The Real Thing
Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow
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