Albums that stand the test of time

[NMH]

I just read that an NSCer bought a vinyl copy of Tommy by The WHO, which has to be one of the outstanding LPs of the 60's.

There are loads of 'great' albums, brilliant in their time.....but which ones reach beyond their era, and sound incredible today?

No, not ones released 3 years back please - recordings from decades past.


I'll put forward The Zombies 'Odessey And Oracle' as one. It's all that was great about sixties harmony pop sounds - but it sounds as good now, as it did 40 years ago..

 

[Cian]

New Order - Technique.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

grace-jeff buckley

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

velvet underground- velvet underground & nico

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

or velvet underground- loaded

 

[REDLAND]

 

[Captain Haddock]

Urban Hymns - The Verve
Green - REM

 

[hitony]

The Spice girls greatest hits ..... The Spice Girls

 

[Buzzer]

reading, writing and arithmetic - the sundays

 

[severnside gull]

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

various (soundtrack) - Easy Rider

Simon & Garfunkle - Bridge Over Troubled Water

 

[gjh1971]

The Stone Roses

Pills Thrill and Bellyache - Happy Mondays

 

[The Large One]

<----- This one.

 

[severnside gull]

which is?

 

[dougdeep]

Live at Leeds if we are talking the Who.

 

[Jam The Man]

Abbey Road - The Beatles
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys

 

[The Large One]

So, to re-cap...

Who's Next - The Who
Live at Leeds - The Who
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

 

[dougdeep]

5 leaves left. Nick Drake.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

5 leaves left. Nick Drake.

 

[Frutos]

 

[NMH]

So, to re-cap...

Who's Next - The Who
Live at Leeds - The Who
Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

I'd choose The Beach Boys 'Surf's Up' over PS.
Janis Ian 'Aftertones' is a 35yr-old album I only heard recently, and liked.