1. The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
2. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks
3. Joy Division - Closer
4. Tricky - Maxinquaye
5. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
6. Miles Davis - In A Silent Way
7. Bob Dylan - Bringing It All Back Home
8. Talk Talk - Laughing Stock
9. The Smiths - The Smiths
10. John Coltrane - Live At The Village Vanguard
11. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
12. Mission of Burma - Vs.
13. Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room
14. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
15. Neil Young - Harvest
word to your inclusion of maxinquaye here. one of the more restrained, erotic and re-listenable albums out there.
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Well said. I agree, I think what I particularly like is its restraint and flow.
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Great to see Marvin Gaye's masterpiece there ("Mercy Mercy Me" and the title song are brilliant songs) as it would place very high on my own list. Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and the Smiths are great choices too, as are all of these.
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1. Revolver - The Beatles
2. Who's Next - The Who
3. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
4. What's Goin On? - Marvin Gaye
5. XO - Elliot Smith
6. The White Album - The Beatles
7. Songs in the Key of Life - S. Wonder
8. Something Else - The Kinks
9. American Pie - Don McLean
10.Thick as a Brick - Jethro Tull
11.Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
12.Deju Vu - CSNY
13.Songs of Leonard Cohen - L. Cohen
14.Let It Be - The Beatles
15.Tapestry - Carole King
These would also make the list on another day (maybe tomorrow)!
ReplyDeleteBridge Over Troubled Water - S & G
God Save the Queen - The Smiths
Beggar's Banquet - The Stones
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Sgt. Pepper's - The Beatles
The Velvet Underground and Nico - V.U.
Bookends - S & G
Quadrophenia - The Who
Sam, wonderful picks! I need to check out The Kinks album you mention. But I am also a huge fan of The Beach Boys, The Beatles, V.U., The Who, The Stones, CSNY, and Simon and Garfunkel albums you highlight.
ReplyDeleteGreat addition! Thanks so much, Sam.