Albums that stand the test of time

[Cheeky Monkey]

<---- This one bejesus! If a better album has been made I've yet to hear it.

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Stone Roses - Stone Roses

The Smiths - The Queen is Dead

Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

 

[Captain Haddock]

Exodus - Bob Marley

No fillers - every track a gem.

3rd June 2007 is 30 years to the day since the release of Marley's album EXODUS.

Don't miss the Arena special on Sunday 3rd June @ 10pm on BBC2

Great call and I'll make sure I watch it on Sunday!

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Nice avatar

Have to 'acquire' *cough* Soul Asylum - never heard the album

Why thank you, watch Flash Gordon, then google Ornella Muti, and make sure safe search is off

Also would recommend Sould Asylum, well worth the couple of quid you can pick it up for now

 

[Questions]

Lou Reed - Transformer
Stones - Beggars Banquet or Exile on Main Street
Ry Cooder - Borderline
Bob Dylan - Any one of 12

Abba - Abba`s greatest hits ( mainly for Dancing Queen )

 

[Frutos]

Also would recommend Sould Asylum, well worth the couple of quid you can pick it up for now

Are they the same Soul Asylum who had one big hit with 'Runaway Train'?

 

[dougdeep]

Silk Torpedo- The Pretty Things.

Spooky Two- Spooky Tooth.

 

[Badger]

Most Pink Floyd albums
Michael Jackson - History

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Who in their right mind wants a STURDY album that can take whatever the years can throw at it, like some poxy Ronson wood seal thing? You want something that reminds you of a moment, whether it be a month ago or a quarter of a century ago. Like the first Arctic Monkey's album reminds me of sitting shivering in a fleece in an unheated flat for the best part of a month. Or falling in love with a Spanish girl to the soundtrack of 'With The Beatles'. Both these albums would sound so-so most of the time. But played once in a blue nmoon they hit the SPOT

 

[Frutos]

Who in their right mind wants a STURDY album that can take whatever the years can throw at it, like some poxy Ronson wood seal thing? You want something that reminds you of a moment, whether it be a month ago or a quarter of a century ago. Like the first Arctic Monkey's album reminds me of sitting shivering in a fleece in an unheated flat for the best part of a month. Or falling in love with a Spanish girl to the soundtrack of 'With The Beatles'. Both these albums would sound so-so most of the time. But played once in a blue nmoon they hit the SPOT

Good point, well made.

 

[seagurn]

1, Orbital-Brown album
2, Kraftwerk-Minimum Maximum
3, Kraftwerk-Exeller8
4, The Jam- Setting sons
5, Tom middleton-The sound of the cosmos
6, Chicane-Far from the maddening crowd
7, Eat static- Crash and burn
8 , Soulwax(2many djs)- Nite Versions
9, Paul Oakenfold-Perfecto Fluoro
10, Orbital-Work
11, Chemical Brothers-Come with us
12, Drum club-Live in Iceland
13, The Jam-All Mod Cons
14, Sott Walker-Boy child
15, Steve Lawler-Dark Drums
16, Xavier Rudd-Solace
17, Meatloaf-Bat out of hell
18, Futureshock-Phantom theary
19, The Who-My generation
20, Jeff Mills-At first sight

 

[perseus]

It was 40 years ago tomorrow (or today if you are reading this on the 1st June) ........

 

[Frutos]

17, Meatloaf-Bat out of hell

Totally agree there.

Much as I like Meat Loaf's stuff, he seems to have spent a lot of his career trying to match up to that one awesome peak from 30 years ago, that still sounds as fresh to me today as it did the first time I heard it.

BTW, if you like Meat Loaf, have you ever heard Jim Steinman's solo album?

 

[seagurn]

Totally agree there.

Much as I like Meat Loaf's stuff, he seems to have spent a lot of his career trying to match up to that one awesome peak from 30 years ago, that still sounds as fresh to me today as it did the first time I heard it.

BTW, if you like Meat Loaf, have you ever heard Jim Steinman's solo album?

No i hav'nt is that a recommend?

 

[Frutos]

No i hav'nt is that a recommend?

Definitely.

If you like Meat Loaf, I reckon you'll like it.

A fair few of the songs on there have been sung by Meat at some point in time (Lost Boys And Golden Girls, Rock And Roll Dreams Come Through to name but two), but definitely worth a listen IMO.

As well as being a great writer, Jim's a pretty good vocalist (although his voice isn't as powerful as Meat's obviously) in his own right.

The album is called 'Bad For Good', btw.

 

[seagurn]

Cheers i will look that one out

 

[NMH]

Who in their right mind wants a STURDY album that can take whatever the years can throw at it, like some poxy Ronson wood seal thing? You want something that reminds you of a moment, whether it be a month ago or a quarter of a century ago. Like the first Arctic Monkey's album reminds me of sitting shivering in a fleece in an unheated flat for the best part of a month. Or falling in love with a Spanish girl to the soundtrack of 'With The Beatles'. Both these albums would sound so-so most of the time. But played once in a blue nmoon they hit the SPOT

This thread is not about that, or those albums that remind you of a brief moment in time.
If people are not in their "right mind" to call albums timeless, then - I have to say that this thread is for us.

See you on a *different* thread

 

[NMH]

<---- This one bejesus! If a better album has been made I've yet to hear it.

Is that 'Rum Sodomy and The Lash' ?

hard to tell, it's a tiny pic in an avatar

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

This thread is not about that, or those albums that remind you of a brief moment in time.
If people are not in their "right mind" to call albums timeless, then - I have to say that this thread is for us.

I'd suggest in that case your thread is meaningless. OK whatever that Beach Boys album was that had all the wizzy harmionies and everything probably stands up today as having pretty decent production values (and no doubt WORLD CLASS in their time as Paul Gambiccini would no doubt tell us, were he to be alive today - which he probably is, somewhere on BBC digital Radio 7 or something)

My point is: no such thing as 'timeless' as regards an album. No rgight, and no wrong (tho I YEARN for London Irish to be on here and tell me otherwise )

 

[The Face]

Suede - Dog Man Star
Oasis - Definately Maybe