spark10036

why?
really...I like it.
what for?

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It's just absurdly weak, if you ask me. I only really like 'Im Free' and 'Christmas', but I DESPISE overture, underture, all those stupid filler storyline tracks, and especially Pinball Wizard. I know I didn't mention 'Terror Twilight' because I like one song, but the reason I wont salvage Tommy for the same reason is that 'Twilight' is just kind of boring, while I actively dislike much of 'Tommy'.

'Who Sell Out' is far superior, as well as everything before it. I like 'Who's Next', Baba O'Reilly is the best song they ever wrote, and I dont like Quadrophenia. Everything afterwords ranges from 'not bad' to 'meh'.

And that's my thoughts on The Who.

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WaspStar

Personally, I love Tommy, and it might even be my favorite Who album (assuming Meaty, Beaty, Big & Bouncy doesn't count as a proper album), but I can see why people hate it. I'm not big on the interlude tracks either, and I think Pinball Wizard is one of the Who's weakest tracks (the BBC version smokes the album version), but the best songs (We're Not Gonna Take It, Underture, Sally Simpson, Cousin Kevin, Christmas) are a match for just about any other band's work.

The concept is crap, the lyrics can be overbearing, but the music is wonderful. It's a great zoning out album.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

Some Girls is one of their best 70s albums.

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WaspStar

Apart from Before They Make Me Run (which is one of the Stones' all time best tracks), I don't see what the fuss is over that album.

Personally, I'll extend Brad's 1976 cutoff for the Stones to 1972. Exile was their last stand for me.

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Brad Stengel

Echh, I didn't think so. Sounded like 3rd rate ELO, and I dont even like ELO in the first place. To tell you the truth, everthing after the first three albums Im not wacky about.

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debaserr

mogwai - the hawk is howling

pavement - terror twilight

pixies - bossanova


and the doors album without morrison...dunno if it should even be considered the doors.

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I would have put Terror Twilight, but I really like 'Major Leagues'. Pavement lost everything that made them original with that album, they just became this boring pop band.

And Bossanova is only viewed so harsh because it followed 'Rosa' and 'Doolittle'. Its not their strongest, but at least they sounded much different on it, I really like the sound on 'Bossanova'.

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debaserr

i dont think bossanova is anywhere near as good as surfer rosa, come on pilgrim, or doolittle

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Me either, but that's because the standard set by those albums is impossibly high.

I think if you take any decent album, and make believe it came out after those three, it pales in comparison. If you can seperate it from those three, Bossanovas pretty good, just not as immediate.

I'm not some fanboy either, its my least favorite Pixies record, but it's still a very good album.

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