10 Best Albums of All-Time

[glynparson]

Love this list:

The Wipers : Over The Edge
The Ramones : The Ramones
The Sex Pistols : Nevermind The Bullocks
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers : The Modern Lovers
Talking Heads : Stop Making Sense
Mudhoney : SuperFuzz Bigmuff
The Screaming Trees : Sweet Oblivion
The Sonics : Here Are The Sonics
Pink Floyd : Pipers At The Gates of Dawn
The 13th Floor Elevators : The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th FE's

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by glynparson

Love this list:

The Wipers : Over The Edge
The Ramones : The Ramones
The Sex Pistols : Nevermind The Bullocks
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers : The Modern Lovers
Talking Heads : Stop Making Sense
Mudhoney : SuperFuzz Bigmuff
The Screaming Trees : Sweet Oblivion
The Sonics : Here Are The Sonics
Pink Floyd : Pipers At The Gates of Dawn
The 13th Floor Elevators : The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th FE's

Great list. Myself, I couldn't post one and limit it to ten since I would have to expand the musical scope. For a short while in the early 80s I played drums with The Wipers. Greg (Hi Greg, if you ever read this) is a totally great guy: offstage quite polite, might remind you of Connie Mack w/o the straw hat. Onstage, well, you know...

[barrysloate]

Just finished listening to Johnny Winter's "The Progressive Blues Experiment", in memory of the great blues guitarist who died this past week. RIP

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Just finished listening to Johnny Winter's "The Progressive Blues Experiment", in memory of the great blues guitarist who died this past week. RIP

Ugh, this is the first I've heard of his passing. I still have the vinyl of Live Johnny Winter And and his version of Highway 61 Revisited from Second Winter, which is such a killer slide track. RIP.

[barrysloate]

Second Winter is a three sided album. The fourth side is completely blank. Kind of a cool thing. I saw Johnny at the Boston Tea Party around 1971. He was a true blues virtuoso. Not surprisingly, the thing people often most remember about him and Edgar is that they were both albinos.

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Second Winter is a three sided album. The fourth side is completely blank. Kind of a cool thing. I saw Johnny at the Boston Tea Party around 1971. He was a true blues virtuoso. Not surprisingly, the thing people often most remember about him and Edgar is that they were both albinos.

Hey Barry, I have that on vinyl too. One problem is that when I went to play it (years ago) the second disc was gone. I must have stuck it in the sleeve of one of my other 400+ albums.

True that Johnny and Edgar are likely remembered as albinos. Interesting how they were brothers but their musical tastes were different, at least in their respective recordings.

[Vintagevault13]

Lots of great albums mentioned, but there are two that I must have on my list:

Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run". Not a bad song on the album. Rock/poetry/storytelling all wrapped up in one incredible album.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Pronounced". Ok, I am from the South, but ya gotta show some love for "Freebird". In the mid-70s, NO ONE wanted to follow the band on stage. They absolutely blew people away.

[Bocabirdman]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Second Winter is a three sided album. The fourth side is completely blank. Kind of a cool thing. I saw Johnny at the Boston Tea Party around 1971. He was a true blues virtuoso. Not surprisingly, the thing people often most remember about him and Edgar is that they were both albinos.

It couldn't have been any later, Barry. I believe the Boston Tea Party gave up the ghost in 71. Johnny helped resurrect Muddy Waters career, too. "I'm Ready" and "Hard Again" are two of Muddy's best. Johnny also had a great album on Alligator called Nothin' But the Blues" that contains some of his finest slide work.


Another great album from the Boston area from the Tea Party era is "Blow Your Face Out...Live (recorded loud to be played loud) from J Geils......Woober Goober with the Green Teeth..........

[barrysloate]

1971 sounds about right Mike. I lived in Boston from Sep 69 to Mar 72, so I probably caught the tail end of the Tea Party. Saw some great concerts there, including the Grateful Dead and Taj Mahal, among many others.

[refz]

Alot of albums come to mind in my top ten but Rage Against the Machine's Bombtrack is my favorite. The anger gets me pumped!

[clydepepper]

I feel compelled to add three other artists, but I haven't decided on favorite albums:

Bonny Raitt
ZZ Top
Eva Cassidy