edna Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 I think "Revolver" is a totally new concept. I prefer "Rubber Soul" or The White Album (not Sgt Peppers) but the sound and the effects in Revolver, compared to the amazing pop in Rubber Soul announced something new... I remember I was a bit disgusted with it... I was 11 but I expected some sweet rock... then, when Sgt Peppers was released, I found it so poppy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 I don't know a lot of the albums nominated, so I will probably vote on the ones I know, even if I don't like them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted October 23, 2008 Report Share Posted October 23, 2008 I try to be objective in my decision making process... picturing if I was the producer for the Smithsonion music releases that are passed on from one generation to the next. What albums are really, truly groundbreaking . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted October 24, 2008 Report Share Posted October 24, 2008 I'm probably going to vote based on the nominator's conviction-ability. Even if I've never heard (of) the album, if the review can prove its groundbreakingness, it's got a good chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 (edited) Now that we know how we're voting, I say we should acutally do it. We've decided to begin voting late on Sunday, so if you've been procrastinating on a nomination, it's time to get a move on! Edited October 25, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Trans-Europe Express ~ Kraftwerk (1977) Side one 1. "Europe Endless" (Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider) – 9:35 2. "The Hall of Mirrors" (Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider, Emil Schult) – 7:50 3. "Showroom Dummies" (Ralf Hütter) – 6:10 Side two 1. "Trans-Europe Express" (Ralf Hütter, Emil Schult)1 – 6:40 2. "Metal on Metal" (Ralf Hütter) – 6:52 3. "Franz Schubert" (Ralf Hütter) – 4:25 4. "Endless Endless" (Ralf Hütter, Florian Schneider) – 0:55 It's not their first album, it wasn't even their most commercially succesful one, but I think it's Kraftwerk's most important album. While their precursors "Autobahn" and "Radio-activity" were a bit more experimental, this here is a round, fully electronical listening experience, influenced by classical music, catchy repeated melodic themes and vocoded vocals make for a hypnotic (in a good sense) experience. The title track is, similarly to 'Autobahn', made to let you feel like you're on a train ride. From station to station / back to Dusseldorf City / Meet Iggy Pop and David Bowie (who both lived in Berlin at that time and were good friends of the band). But besides these two the record has had a tremendous influence in the following decade's music. Without it there would be no electronic music as we know today, from synth-pop to house and techno. fun fact: this is one of only 2 (!) albums by non english speaking artists in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" (the other being "Buena Vista Social Club") and at the end we'll listen to some hip-hop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 Kraftwerk I was thinking about them earlier too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 If it's not too late to change my vote, I'm going to drop ZoSo as one of my nominations and replace it with ... The "Chirping" Crickets ~ Buddy Holly & the Crickets (1957) Track Listing (Composers) 1 Oh, Boy! (Petty, Tilghman, West) 2 Not Fade Away (Holly, Petty) 3 You've Got Love (Orbison, Petty, Wilson) 4 Maybe Baby (Holly, Petty) 5 It's Too Late (Willis) 6 Tell Me How (Allison, Hardin, Petty) 7 That'll Be the Day (Allison, Holly, Petty) 8 I'm Looking for Someone to Love (Holly, Petty) 9 An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date) (Orbison, Petty) 10 Send Me Some Lovin' (Marascalco, Price) 11 Last Night (Mauldin, Petty) 12 Rock Me My Baby (Heather, Long) "The debut album by the Crickets and the only one featuring Buddy Holly released during his lifetime, The "Chirping" Crickets contains the group's number one single "That'll Be the Day" and its Top Ten hit "Oh, Boy!." Other Crickets classics include "Not Fade Away," "Maybe Baby," and "I'm Looking for Someone to Love." The rest of the 12 tracks are not up to the standard set by those five, but those five are among the best rock & roll songs of the 1950s or ever, making this one of the most significant album debuts in rock & roll history, ranking with Elvis Presley and Meet the Beatles.", (All Music Guide) After the death of Buddy he would leave a trail of followers from Bob Dylan, to Elvis Costello, Paul Simon, and The Beatles. Also, one of The Rolling Stones early hits was a cover of "Not Fade Away". (Wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 25, 2008 Report Share Posted October 25, 2008 If it's not too late to change my vote, I'm going to drop ZoSo as one of my nominations and replace it with ... it's not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levis Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 [color:navy]Blue Lines - Massive Attack (1991) A fusion of electronic music, hip hop and dub music, the album established Massive Attack as one of the innovative British bands of the 1990s and the founder of trip hop's Bristol Sound. The city of Bristol, consisting of a large working class, became the epicenter of the trip hop movement. The album incorporated sounds of hip-hop, 70s soul music and reggae. Massive Attack approached the American-born hip hop movement from an underground British perspective. It was customary to have a two turntables and a microphone, but this album incorporated live instruments and vocals over haunting melodies. Everyone should know Unfinished Sympathy. Then there's Safe From Harm and a cover of William DeVaughn's Be Thankful For What You Got Blue Lines was the world's first trip-hop album. It came out before the word trip-hop existed. So Massive Attack got the ball rolling and now we have Portishead, Tricky (ex-Massive Attacker), UNKLE, Thievery Corporation, Morcheeba, Ruby, Bjoerk and so on. We also have the genre 'trip-hop'. That's pretty cool. And groundbreaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Viaene Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 good call Martin and Radhi! very groundbreaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 How many votes do we have? I´d votre for Kraftwerk, though I don´t like them but I must admit that album showed a "before" and and "after"... I don´ t even know who massive attack are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 How many votes do we have? our usual Ten and as Radhi already wrote, Massive Attack are an English band, who started the at that time called "Bristol Sound", or 'trip hop' as it's called today ... it's a bit hard to explain what exactly that is, just listen to "Unfinished Sympathy" to get the idea... btw, is that song in the regular TT already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viaene Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 I think it's been nominated, but not yet voted into the TT. In fact, Massive Attack has no songs in the regular TT...yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted October 26, 2008 Report Share Posted October 26, 2008 a shame that is, we'll have to do something about that in the future btw, if anyone still wants to nominate you better do that now! :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 Time's up. Good Lord, I'm proud of you all, we have thirty-nine nominations. Great job! Now the fun part ... Let's Vote! After School Session - Chuck Berry Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience Back in Black - AC/DC Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go’s Blue Lines - Massive Attack Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers Complete Recordings, The - Robert Johnson "Chirping" Crickets, The - Buddy Holly & the Crickets Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley F♯A♯∞ - Godspeed You Black Emperor! Five Live Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson On Tour with Eric Clapton - Delaney, Bonnie & Friends Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. Revolver - The Beatles Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack Shadows, The - The Shadows Silver Apples - Silver Apples Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth Stone Roses, The - The Stone Roses Superfuzz Bigmuff - Mudhoney Surfer Rosa - Pixies Sweetheart of the Rodeo - The Byrds Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever - Explosions in the Sky Thriller - Micheal Jackson Tommy - The Who Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk Transformer - Lou Reed Woman in Me, The - Shania Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1.Revolver - The Beatles 2.In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson 3.After School Session - Chuck Berry 4.Sonic Youth - Sonic Youth 5.Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 6.Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull 7.Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 8.Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 9.Trans-Europe Express – Kraftwerk 10.Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – Pavement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1. "Revolver" - The Beatles 2. "Pet Sounds" - The Beach Boys 3. "After School Session" - Chuck Berry 4. "Bringing It All Back Home" - Bob Dylan 5. "Raising Hell" - Run-DMC 6. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson 7. "Tommy" - The Who 8. "Surfer Rosa" - Pixies 9. "Superfuzz Bigmuff" - Mudhoney 10. "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" - The Byrds Ranked in order of influentialness, NOT how much I like them. Although I do really like all 10 albums on my list, plus most of the albums on the big list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 (edited) 1.Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 2.Revolver - The Beatles 3.Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers 4.Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 5.(pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 6.Tommy - The Who 7.Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix 8.The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 9.The Complete Recordings - Robert Johnson 10.Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack Some of these I really don't care for but I really tried to be open minded and vote the topic. Edited October 27, 2008 by Guest sp ck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1. Revolver - The Beatles 2. Tommy - The Who 3. (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) - Lynyrd Skynyrd 4. Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & The Wailers 5. On Tour with Eric Clapton - Delaney, Bonnie & Friends 6. Back in Black - AC/DC 7. Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 8. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 9. After School Session - Chuck Berry 10 "Chirping" Crickets, The - Buddy Holly & the Crickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberjudge Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 2. Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical 3. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 4. Revolver - The Beatles 5. Thriller - Michael Jackson 6. "Chirping" Crickets, The - Buddy Holly & the Crickets 7. Beauty and the Beat - Go-Go’s 8. Tommy - The Who 9. Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack 10. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1- Revolver - The Beatles 2- In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson 3- Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley - who can deny this? 4- Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys 5- Hair - The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical - a real revolution... 6- Tommy - The Who 7- Transformer - Lou Reed - the first "Adult Orientated Rock-glam" album 8- Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan 9- Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk 10- Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 11- Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Soundtrack 12- Thriller - Michael Jackson 13- Surfer Rosa - Pixies 14- Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd - had it been "Atom Heart Mother" or "Meddle"... I would have voted for it... Of course, I love DSOTM... but... I didn´t vote for my fave albums but rather for the most "groundbreaking". Of course, I should have listed Dylan and Hendrix higher... and "Saturday Night Fever" deserves to be in that list just as Thriller or Surfer Rosa. But, again, you know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 I think this list deserves a countdown: 10. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 9. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd 8. Blue Lines - Massive Attack 7. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 6. Silver Apples - Silver Apples 5. F♯A♯∞ - Godspeed You Black Emperor! 4. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull 3. In The Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson 2. Tommy - The Who 1. Revolver - The Beatles I really struggle to find words to explain how incredibly groundbreaking and influential Revolver was. Tommy isn’t too far behind, but Fin already mentioned the reason I can’t put it at #1 – S.F. Sorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 1. After School Session - Chuck Berry 2. Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley 3. Revolver - The Beatles 4. Shadows, The - The Shadows 5. Complete Recordings, The - Robert Johnson 6. Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 7. "Chirping" Crickets, The - Buddy Holly & the Crickets 8. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience 9. Bringing It All Back Home - Bob Dylan 10. Five Live Yardbirds - The Yardbirds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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