Those Best Album Of All Time Lists...

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 03:11 AM

I prefer the Springsteen live album 1975-85.

Howard the Duck · 12-09-2011, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

I prefer the Springsteen live album 1975-85.

i've heard some songs from it - his cover of "Chimes of Freedom" is beyond horrible

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Chives

Well, a lot of people get crazy over Sgt. Pepper. I happen to really enjoy listening to the album but the way some people talk about it like it's some magical, god-like entity (I haven't seen that response on Music Banter). It's a very important, very good album, and I listen to it a ton, but there are some minor things that urk me about the album. Basically, some people I know treat it as a perfect album when in reality it's just a good album.

No point worrying about what other people think, most people just jump on bandwagons to make up for not listening to so much music. These kind of lists are as much for those people as anything, to make them feel they can know the 'important' albums, even if the reality is they are barely skimming the surface of music.

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Il Duce

i've heard some songs from it - his cover of "Chimes of Freedom" is beyond horrible

I'm sure it's not a perfect album but I can just dip into it. His live sound can just sound more alive than in the studio at times.

Engine · 12-09-2011, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

No point worrying about what other people think, most people just jump on bandwagons to make up for not listening to so much music. These kind of lists are as much for those people as anything, to make them feel they can know the 'important' albums, even if the reality is they are barely skimming the surface of music.

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Originally Posted by starrynight

I'm sure it's not a perfect album but I can just dip into it. His live sound can just sound more alive than in the studio at times.

Bruce Springsteen is fucking awful. Yes, I know, Nebraska is blah important blah but he's probably the most cringe-worthy artist on the list.
Anyway, this thread isn't about 'best of' lists or even this specific one. Urban's idea about what to do with it is a good one.
Let's all please stop talking about the frustrating banality of lists like this before I spit up on myself and have to spend more quarters at the laundromat.

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 05:02 AM

His studio stuff can sound awful, though I've always liked Dancing in the Dark.

One album missing from the list here is the Miles Davis album 'Kind of Blue', the album that those who want to make out that they know jazz say is amazing even though it's probably the only jazz album they know and they have nothing to compare it to.

Anyway as far as the idea of when I listen to albums like these the answer is not very often. I like discovering new stuff (whether recent or old) so I spend most of my time doing that than hearing things I already know.

Guybrush · 12-09-2011, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by starrynight

One album missing from the list here is the Miles Davis album 'Kind of Blue', the album that those who want to make out that they know jazz say is amazing even though it's probably the only jazz album they know and they have nothing to compare it to.

It's right there at nr. 12.

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

12. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis

I listened to it a couple of days ago. I largely agree with you and think that any person who considers themselves interested in music (and not just a small fraction of it) needs to get this one because they should listen to something from Miles Davis and they should check out the world's best selling jazz album at some point to see what the fuzz is about. I also think it's a very good album, a natural recommendation and, hopefully, a gateway into (more) jazz for those who check it out.

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 05:18 AM

Obviously I didn't look closely enough.

I think there are a couple of good tracks, the rest sound average. Miles Davis was obviously a very good musician, but there is an awful lot more to jazz than just him or this album as well.

Howard the Duck · 12-09-2011, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by tore

I listened to it a couple of days ago. I largely agree with you and think that any person who considers themselves interested in music (and not just a small fraction of it) needs to get this one because they should listen to something from Miles Davis and they should check out the world's best selling jazz album at some point to see what the fuzz is about. I also think it's a very good album, a natural recommendation and, hopefully, a gateway into (more) jazz for those who check it out.

it's bollocks compared to On the Corner

starrynight · 12-09-2011, 05:34 AM

People always say that A Kind of Blue leads people to listen to other jazz, but I wonder how true that actually is? How many people have it as their only or one of their few jazz albums, and maybe like it a bit but not hugely but will reassure themselves that it's a classic because of passed down 'wisdom' through the years.

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starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	His studio stuff can sound awful, though I've always liked Dancing in the Dark. One album missing from the list here is the Miles Davis album 'Kind of Blue', the album that those who want to make out that they know jazz say is amazing even though it's probably the only jazz album they know and they have nothing to compare it to. Anyway as far as the idea of when I listen to albums like these the answer is not very often. I like discovering new stuff (whether recent or old) so I spend most of my time doing that than hearing things I already know. __________________ non-cliquey member of every music forum I participate on

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starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	Obviously I didn't look closely enough. I think there are a couple of good tracks, the rest sound average. Miles Davis was obviously a very good musician, but there is an awful lot more to jazz than just him or this album as well. __________________ non-cliquey member of every music forum I participate on

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starrynight Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 937	People always say that A Kind of Blue leads people to listen to other jazz, but I wonder how true that actually is? How many people have it as their only or one of their few jazz albums, and maybe like it a bit but not hugely but will reassure themselves that it's a classic because of passed down 'wisdom' through the years. __________________ non-cliquey member of every music forum I participate on