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

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:22 am

Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
Captured - Journey
Threshold of a Dream - Moody Blues

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:41 am

Aqualung-- Jethro Tull
After Bathing At Baxter's-- Jefferson Airplane
Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme-- S&G

Three aren't enough-- I'd need to add the first Crosby Stills and Nash, and quite a few more. These are just ones I didn't see listed already.

JS · Post by JS » Sat May 05, 2007 5:50 am

The Band - Rock of Ages
Marianne Faithfull - Broken English
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Sat May 05, 2007 5:57 am

The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

The Beatles: Revolver

The Beatles: A Hard Days Night

beowulf573 · Post by **beowulf573** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:16 am

The Beatles: Revolver
Led Zepplin: Led Zepplin 4
Rush: Moving Pictures

mukade · Post by **mukade** » Sat May 05, 2007 7:48 am

The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjkMhwNWcbY
The Cult: Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnTO9cWyJC8
Oasis: Definitely Maybe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ZaHehjVPc

Mukade

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:25 am

James Taylor - Sweet Baby Jomes
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones

djm · Post by **djm** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:52 am

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

djm

Brian Lee · Post by **Brian Lee** » Sat May 05, 2007 8:54 am

Pink Floyd - PULSE
Catherine Wheel - Ferment
James Blunt - Back to Bedlam (used to think so anyway, have to listen again)

missy · Post by **missy** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:06 am

Denny wrote: Joni Mitchell - Blue

ohhhhhh - and it has dulcimers!!!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:32 am

Tom Waits - Nighthawks At The Dinner
Ry Cooder - Into The Purple Valley
Van Morrison - Wavelength

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:37 am

These selections are really interesting. It's interesting to see just which artists people gravitate to.

Perhaps even more interesting are selections of favourite artists that involve albums you regard as deeply flawed or a long way from their best. For me, no Beatles album challenges Rubber Soul and Revolver, although I really like all of them. Similarly, I love the Band but only Big Pink and the second album approach perfection. And the Rolling Stones made easily their best music as an R&B cover band in the mid 60s. So I wonder exactly what it is about the albums I don't rate so highly that appeals to others and what they miss in the albums I like best. It's fun and illuminating. At least I agree with the Joni Mitchell favourites. And it's nice to see others vote for Revolver if not for Rubber Soul.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:02 am

missy wrote:
Denny wrote: Joni Mitchell - Blue

ohhhhhh - and it has dulcimers!!!

Carey -- Carey Raditz or "Carrot" Raditz
The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey
But it's really not my home
My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet
And I miss my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Sat May 05, 2007 11:08 am

Revolver and Rubber Soul still share a cassette in the truck

John Mayhall - Turning Point
Savoy Brown - Raw Sienna
Taj Mahal - Natural Blues

JS · Post by JS » Sat May 05, 2007 11:11 am

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 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.