The Spiritualized forum - 120 greatest albums of all time

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Hi,

been pondering this for a while; moreso my own 50 favourite albums but thought it might be interesting to extend it to include everyones.
I'm happy to keep a log (excel spreadsheet) that i'll update periodically.

Rules:

I was thinking one album per group/artist/person and that these had to be studio albums (so no live, collections of singles, demo's etc).

Comments and is anyone interested?

Best,

Stuart

[James T]

That is a great idea, I will post my 50 and hopefully a good few others will too. Shall I post in here or pm?

[Stuart X.Hunter]

I'd say post here as it may ignite a few sparks with people who have subsequently forgotten a corker

Best,

Stuart

[angelsighs]

I think this is a great idea, was thinking someone may do this thread soon seeing as we've had all the other usual suspects (best opener, best closer, etc) recently.

only thing is this board isn't the busiest in the world so i hope some lurkers come out of the woodwork to get the numbers up.

will it literally be how many votes each album gets, or some sort of points system? albums higher up in a persons list should get more points i think. means some wildcards might sneak in.

[James T]

In order might be hard, I'll work on it.

[angelsighs]

i reckon best thing would be to have them in blocks of ten- so every album in your 'top 10' gets 5 points, next ten each get 4 points, etc.

that way there is some sort of ranking but you don't have to think too ridiculously about precise order.

[Stuart X.Hunter]

I was thinking that these should not be any ranking whatsoever as...well how can you really compare them.

Just your 50 faves in any order (alphabetical would be best)

I was just thinking "one point" for everytime an album is mentioned. The thought of assigning different scoring mechanisms would be pretty hard for me to keep track of.

I'm about 25 or so in with mine...

Best

Stuart

[Prince Bishop]

i reckon best thing would be to have them in blocks of ten- so every album in your 'top 10' gets 5 points, next ten each get 4 points, etc.

that way there is some sort of ranking but you don't have to think too ridiculously about precise order.

This would work well I reckon

I love making lists

[scratch]

Rules:

I was thinking one album per group/artist/person and that these had to be studio albums (so no live, collections of singles, demo's etc).

what about collections of ep:s that are more famous as part of an album than their original releases?

examples:
"magical mystery tour" is a singles collection+soundtrack (UK version a collection of singles+double-EP)
The beatless never wanted to release it as an album.

"your funeral.. my trial" was originally a double-EP but everyone considers it a NickCave album.

[solarflarez]

just to clarify... how do you want this list? alphabetical order, or blocks of ten , favourites first?

[angelsighs]

the rules are making me realise how my tastes are clustered around a relatively small group of artists.. if there wasn't the one album per artist rule my list would be really boring... this is forcing me to think, its fun.

Does 'Kick Out The Jams' count as a live album?

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Hmm, I think we just list our top 50 albums then, remove the one per artist rule and if people recognise a collection of singles or ep's as albums well lets have it...

We're bound to get a lot of one-voters so perhaps it would make sense to shorten the top 50 to a top 25 or something but still submit a top 50 to get us there.

Any order is good for me 'flarez

Bets,

Stuart

[Shinesalight]

Fuck me this is proving tough. Not sure on the one album per artist rule or not though. Its quite hard picking 50 albums by 50 different artisits but I think you'll probably end up with a more varied eclectic mix of stuff. Can't get over the fact how much old school indie I'm going for, but I guess those albums were the first ones that I listened to when I started to get seriously into music.

[James T]

I think 2 per band is a more reaslitic limit. Picking 50 by different acts might end up with albums being included just to make up numbers. I can easily think of 50 amazing albums by different artists, but they wouldn't be my favourites.

[Shinesalight]

I think 2 per band is a more reaslitic limit. Picking 50 by different acts might end up with albums being included just to make up numbers.

Actually, thats not a bad comprimise. I must admit, for me, picking just one Neil Young album is proving a tad tricky.

[niamhm]

I think 2 per band is a more reaslitic limit. Picking 50 by different acts might end up with albums being included just to make up numbers.

Actually, thats not a bad comprimise. I must admit, for me, picking just one Neil Young album is proving a tad tricky.

Agree with that ,been thinkin on this and felt that one album per artist would have me leaving out albums that were better than some off the stuff I was putting in.

[Shaun]

SPOILER: This is NOT my definitive Greatest/Top 50 albums of all time list but more of a work in progress approach to it. I couldn't nail down 50 albums to a top 50 list. I just couldn't and I don't think I'd want to. But for the following list if someone were to say to me "here's the next 50 albums you are going to listen to", then I'd be extremely happy to do so. And they are more or less towards the front of the collection.

Here goes (in alphabetical order I hope)...

AC/DC ~ Back In Black.
Blondie ~ Parallel Lines.
Bob Marley & The Wailers ~ Exodus.
Dennis Wilson ~ Pacific Ocean Blue.
Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours.
Funkadelic ~ Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow.
Gene Clark ~ No Other.
Global Communication ~ 76:14.
Guns N' Roses ~ Appetite For Destruction.
Howe Gelb ~ 'Sno Angel Like You.
Jah Wobble's Invaders Of The Heart ~ Rising Above Bedlam.
Jim Dickinson ~ Dixie Fried.
Jimi Hendrix ~ Electric Ladyland.
KLF ~ Chill Out.
Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin.
Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin IV.
Leftfield ~ Leftism.
Love ~ Forever Changes.
Marvin Gaye ~ What's Going On.
Massive Attack ~ Blue Lines.
Massive Attack ~ Mezzanine.
Max Richter ~ The Blue Notebooks.
Michael Jackson ~ Thiller.
Nina Simone ~ And Piano.
Nirvana ~ Nevermind.
One Giant Leap ~ S/T.
Paul Weller ~ Heavy Soul.
Pink Floyd ~ Dark Side Of The Moon.
Pink Floyd ~ Wish You Were Here.
Portishead ~ Dummy.
Public Image Ltd ~ Metal Box.
Radiohead ~ OK Computer.
Radiohead ~ The Bends.
Sly & The Family Stone ~ Stand!
Spacemen 3 ~ Perfect Prescription.
Spectrum Meets Captain Memphis ~ Indian Giver.
Spiritualized ~ Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space.
Talk Talk ~ Spirit Of Eden.
The Beatles ~ Abbey Road.
The Beatles ~ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The Heads ~ Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere.
The Rolling Stones ~ Let It Bleed.
The Rolling Stones ~ Sticky Fingers.
The The ~ Infected.
The The ~ Mind Bomb.
The The ~ Soul Mining.
Tricky ~ Pre-Millennium Tension.
U2 ~ Achtung Baby.
U2 ~ Joshua Tree.
U2 ~ Rattle And Hum.


Mostly all the usual suspects but as I said, I'd be happy if they were the next 50 albums I listened to.

I won't be changing that list Stuart, so it's ok to go if you are keeping records or a points style system. Talking of which; I'm sure Led Zep 1, Perfect Prescription and Sticky Fingers will figure prominently if you are going to do that.

[scratch]

Funkadelic ~ Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow.
Jimi Hendrix ~ Electric Ladyland.
Led Zeppelin ~ Led Zeppelin.
Love ~ Forever Changes.
The Rolling Stones ~ Let It Bleed.
Spacemen 3 ~ Perfect Prescription..

those six are on my list as well.. but that was using the one album per band rule..

[spzretent]

Here goes with the caveat 11-50 could change at a moments notice:

1. Exile On Main Street- Rolling Stones
2. Lazer Guided Melodies- Spiritualized
3. Music From Big Pink- The Band
4. Everybody Knows This In Nowhere- Neil Young
5. A Storm In Heaven- Verve
6. Velvet Underground W/Nico
7. Country Life- Roxy Music
8. London Calling- The Clash
9. Funhouse- The Stooges
10. Scary Monsters- David Bowie
11. Perfect Prescription- Spacemen 3
12. Darklands- Jesus & Mary Chain
13. Boces- Mercury Rev
14. Loveless- My Bloody Valentine
15. Led Zeppelin ll
16. Painful- Yo La Tengo
17. In A Priest Driven Ambulance- Flaming Lips
18. Beggars Banquet- Rolling Stones
19. Tago Mago- Can
20. Bewitched- Luna
21. Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call- Simple Minds
22. Aliens- Luna
23. Whiskey From The Holy Ghost- Mark Lanegan
24. Lola Vs The Powerman- The Kinks
25. The Greatest- Cat Power
26. Pure Phase- Spiritualized
27. Taking Tiger Mountain- Eno
28. I'm Stranded- The Saints
29. Buzz Factory- Screaming Trees
30. Mr. Tambourine Man- Byrds
31. #1 Record- Big Star
32. Lost Horizons- Lemon Jelly
33. Zuma- Neil Young
34. Screamadelica- Primal Scream
35. Abbey Road- The Beatles
36. A Northern Soul- Verve
37. Discreet Music- Eno
38. ...Break My Heart- Wilco
39. Psychedelic Sounds Of- 13th Floor Elevators
40. The Longer Now- Bloemfontein
41. Siren- Roxy Music
42. Behind The Music- The Soundtrack Of Our Lives
43. Underwater Moonlight- Soft Boys
44. Fried- Julian Cope
45. These Were the The Earlies
46. Among My Swan- Mazzy Star
47. Foxheads Stalk This Land- Close Lobsters
48. Quality Street- World Of Twist
49. Porcupine- Echo & The Bunnymenn
50. Playing With Fire- Spacemen 3

[mc]

Here's my list, arranged in no particular order. I've stuck to the one album per band rule on the whole, and many of my teenage musical revelations (which don't necessarily get played often now) feature.

R.E.M. – Murmur
R.E.M. – Lifes Rich Pageant
R.E.M. – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
Spiritualized – Pure Phase
Spiritualized – Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Eels – Beautiful Freak
Eels – Electro-Shock Blues
Spacemen 3 – Playing With Fire
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run
Belle and Sebastian – Tigermilk
Mogwai – Young Team
Ballboy – A Guide for the Daylight Hours
Julian Cope – Jehovahkill
Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjun
Joy Zipper – American Whip
Galaxie 500 – On Fire
Earth 2 – Special Low Frequency Version
Sunn 0))) – Monoliths & Dimensions
The Velvet Underground – White Light/White Heat
Lou Reed – Ecstasy
Radiohead – OK Computer
Spectrum – Soul Kiss (Glide Divine)
Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Bright Eyes – Lifted, or the Story is in the Soil, Put Your Ear to the Ground
Flaming Lips – Hit to Death in the Future Head
Mercury Rev – See You on the Other Side
Fripp & Eno – (No Pussyfooting)
King Crimson – Red
Brian Eno – Discreet Music
Miles Davis – In A Silent Way
Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Lyre of Orpheus
Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Can – Future Days
The Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
Pink Floyd – Animals
David Bowie – “Heroes”
Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
Tindersticks – 1st
Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
Blur – Blur
Pulp – Different Class
Orbital – In Sides
The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
The Doors – The Doors
Frank Zappa - Joe’s Garage Acts I, II and III
The Verve – A Northern Soul
Primal Scream – Screamadelica
The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses

[Multi]

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[spzretent]

Multi:
Nothing will ever surpass Exile on my list. Beggars is certainly the second most listened Stones record for me(Goats Head Soup coming in third). Have you ever heard those alternate Beggars bootlegs RSVP or Beggars Breakfast. They are incredible.
I think after #10 none of it is really in any order. It was done off the top of my head.
The older we get, the more music we hear, the harder these lists become.
Good thing I had Big Star in there eh?

[Multi]

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[spzretent]

Big Star box set is worth its weight in gold.
pm me your address. i'll send those out.

[bunnyben]

off the top of my head with no real thought and in no order.

..............

woody Guthrie- dustbowl ballads
hank Williams- alone with his guitar
the ronettes- back in mono
Leonard cohen- various positions
Leonard cohen- songs of
bob Dylan- highway 61 revisited
bob Dylan- blood on the tracks
echo and the bunnymen- ocean rain
Richard Hawley- low edges
Richard Hawley- cole’s corner
lou reed- berlin
lou reed- new york
nico- Chelsea girl
black rebel motorcycle club- brmc
black rebel motorcycle club- howl
oasis- (what’s the story) morning glory
oasis- definitely maybe
neil young- harvest moon
Jacques brel- live Olympia 61
scott walker- scott 1
scott walker- scott 3
saint sans- carnival of the animals
gorecki- 3rd symphony (sorrowful songs)
Johnny cash- bitter tears
francois hardy- Ma jeunesse fout le camp
spiritualized- ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
ian mcculloch- candleland
ash- free all angels
u2- actung baby
dj shadow- the outsider
death in Vegas- Scorpio rising
velvet underground- vu and nico
velvet underground- vu
sister rosetta tharpe- up above my head
Mississippi john hurt- The Best of Mississippi John Hurt (it contains tracks not on albums)
jesus and marychain- psychocandy
anjani Thomas- blue alert
edvard grieg- Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55
the smiths- the queen is dead
tom russel- hotwalker
willy mason- where the humans eat
Andrew Lloyd Webber- the phantom of the opera
staple singers- soul folk in action!
tom waits- the heart of Saturday night
john coltrane- interstellar space
public enemy- fear of a black planet
kraftwerk- trans-europe express
Johnny cash- live at san Quentin
bright eyes- I’m wide awake it’s morning
joy division- closer

[mc]

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Lyre of Orpheus

I recognize that this is a thread of people's opinions, but i absolutely 100% disagree with this choice. Abattoir Blues and The Lyre of Orpheus are a perfect example of a double album needing to be edited down into a single album. The last four tracks of Abattoir (Nature Boy can stay if you feel the album needs a "single") can go and the first four tracks of Lyre can go and then you have a 100% solid Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album. Fucking b-sides passed off as album tracks, for shame!

Well, each to their own and all. I'm very fond of all the tracks on The Lyre Of Orpheus (in contrast with Abbatoir Blues, which I rarely listen to), and it's the NC&BS album I find myself spinning the most. If the list was a little less restrictive about how multiple albums by the same artist, it probably wouldn't have made the top 50 (like many others I've included).

As far as Be Here Now goes, I only remember reading positive reviews in the press at the time, like everyone was competing to see how much praise they could lavish on it. I recall the backlash taking a while to kick in.

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Bollocks,

looks like i've got homework...be patient

Thanks all

Best,

Stuart

[Multi]

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[niamhm]

ha,ha ...its good to see Be Here Now getting bigged up ,for all its faults ,its an album thats close to my heart,but no it won`t be making my top 50.

Been thinking on it for a few days now and this evening I sat down with a beer and started to draw up my list arrived at around 60 ,have to look at it again and say goodbye to some old friends ,hopefully post tomorrow.

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Aphex Twin SAWII
Basic Channel BC1
Bjork Human Behaviour
Black Devil Disco Club Black Devil In Dub
Bloc Party A Weekend In The City
Burial Untrue
Cabaret Voltaire Crackdown
David Bowie Low
David Bowie Station To Station
Deacon Blue Raintown
Doves The Last Broadcast
Elbow The Seldom Seen Kid
Farben Textstar
GAS GAS
Gravenhurst Fires In Distant Buildings
I.A Bericochea Sueno
Iggy Pop The Idiot
Joel Tammik Hetked
La Dusseldorf La Dusseldorf
Luomo Vocal City
Massive Attack Blue Lines
Matthew Dear Asa Breed
Mogwai Mogwai Young Team
Oasis Whats The Story...
Paolo Nutini These Streets
Paris Angels Sundew
Plastikman Consumed
Portishead Third
Ray LaMontagne Till The Sun Turns Black
Rolling Stones Exile On Main St.
Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Sian Alice Group 59:59
Slowdive Pygmalion
Spiritualized Songs in A&E
Suede Dogmanstar
Suicide Suicide
Swans Soundtracks for the Blind
Tape Rideau
Telstar Ponies In The Space Of A Few Minutes
The Blue Nile Walk Across The Rooftops
The Blue Nile Hats
The Field From Here We Go Sublime
The Happy Mondays Pills, Thrills & Bellyaches
The Pastels Mobile Safari
The Telescopes S/T
The Velvet U'ground Loaded
The Verve Urban Hymns
Unkle War Stories
Vampire Weekend S/T
Vladislav Delay Anima (Reissue)

Best,

Stuart

[Shinesalight]

4. Everybody Knows This In Nowhere- Neil Young
33. Zuma- Neil Young

Blimey, I think I whittled it down to these 2 Young albums for my list too. Though if we're not sticking to the "only 2 albums by a single artist" rule I think I'd have to include On the Beach and maybe Ragged Glory too.

[cantona]

1. Velvet Underground –The Velvet Underground & Nico
2. Siouxsie And The Banshees – Ju Ju
3. Spiritualized – Lazer Guided Melodies
4. Joy Division – Closer
5. Cocteau Twins – Treasure
6. Brian Eno – Apollo
7. Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
8. David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
9. Nick Cave – Tender Prey
10. The Clash - London Calling
11. Kraftwerk – Trans-Europe Express
12. Leonard Cohen – Songs Of Love And Hate
13. Durutti Column - Lc
14. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
15. Love – Forever Changes
16. Pixies – Surfer Rosa
17. Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
18. Can – Tago Mago
19. Stooges – Raw Power
20. Suicide – Suicide
21. Talking Heads – Remain In light
22. Jesus And Mary Chain – Psychocandy
23. Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
24. Brian Eno / David Byrne – My Life in Bush Of Ghots
25. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic sounds of
26. Associates – Sulk
27. Ramones – Ramones
28. Neu – 75
29. Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
30. Stone Roses – Stone Roses
31. Neil Young – On The Beach
32. Echo And The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here
33. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
34. Tricky – Maxinquaye
35. Sigur Rós -Ágætis Byrjun
36. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
37. Radiohead – OK Computer
38. Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground
39. Pink Floyd – Piper At The Gates of Dawn
40. The Smiths – The Queen is dead
41. Rolling Stones – Beggars Banquet
42. Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation
43. Jimi Hendrix – Are Yoo Experienced
44. Lou Reed - Berlin
45. The Wire - Chairs Missing
46. Mercury Rev - Yerself is Steam
47. Doors – Doors
48. Tim Buckley - Goodbye And Hello
49. Marvin Gaye – What´s Going On
50. The Cure - Disintregration

[solarflarez]

1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Beatles - Revolver
3. Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
4. Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
5. Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
6. Jimi Hendrix - Are you Experienced?
7. Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
8. Syd Barrett - Barrett
9. Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn
10. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
11. Love - Forever Changes
12. Neil Young - Harvest
13. Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks....
14. Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
15. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
16. Led Zeppelin - III
17. Led Zeppelin - IIII
18. Happy Mondays - Bummed
19. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
20. Radiohead - The Bends
21. Radiohead - OK Computer
22. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
23. Spiritualized - LAGWAFIS
24. Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
25. Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin On
26. Portishead - Dummy
27. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
28. The Velvet Underground and Nico
29. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
30. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
31. Johnny Cash - American Recordings IIII
32. Cream - Disraeli Gears
33. Oasis - Whats the Story.....
34. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
35. The Doors - The Doors
36. The Doors - LA Woman
37. White Stripes - Elephant
38. Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
39. 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds of.....
40. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
41. Ian Dury - New Boots and Panties
42. Cypress Hill - Black Sunday
43. Tricky - Maxinquaye
44. Gil Scott Heron - Winter in America
45. Kraftwerk - Autobahn
46. Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
47. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On.....
48. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
49. The Clash - The Clash
50. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic

[TheWarmth]

Nice to see Fuzzy Logic on your list, SolarFlarez. I really can't imagine picking my top 50 favorite albums. I'll put these out there as obvious choices, though:

Rolling Stones ~ Sticky Fingers
Beatles ~ Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Beatles ~ Revolver
Neil Young ~ On The Beach
T. Rex ~ The Slider and/or Electric Warrior
The Verve ~ A Northern Soul
Spiritualized ~ Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space & Pure Phase
Swervedriver ~ Mezcal Head
Big Star ~ Radio City (I kinda like this one more than #1 Record)
David Bowie ~ Aladdin Sane (this album is fucking perfect)
Beach Boys ~ Pet Sounds
Curtis Mayfield ~ Curtis
Radiohead ~ Kid A
Super Furry Animals ~ Guerrilla
Velvet Underground ~ Self-Titled
Stooges ~ Fun House

[Laz69]

LOT harder than i thought... based primarily on frequency of plays, sentimentality and oomph factor... and in no particular order:

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
Julian Cope - Jehovakill
Boo Radleys - Everythings Alright Forever
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
Telstar Ponies - Voices Of The New Music
Spectrum - Soul Kiss
The Heads - Everyone Knows We Got Nowhere
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff
Asteroid #4 - Introducing...
Bardo Pond - Crystal Tickets
Big Star - #1 Record
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Dead Meadow - Feathers
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
The Verve - A Storm In Heaven
Spain - Blue Moods Of Spain
Earthless - Live At Roadburn
Rory Gallgher - Irish Tour
Ride - Going Blank Again
Lift To Experience - Texas Jerusalem Crossroads
The Heads - Live At Tilburg
Frank Zappa - We're Only In It For The Money
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Godspeed You Black Emperor - F# A# (Infinity)
Fuxa - Fuxa 2000
The Telescopes - The Telescopes
Swervedriver - Raise
Jesus & Mary Chain - Honeys Dead
Jessamine - Jessamine
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Mercury Rev - Boces
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beat As One
Neil Halstead - Sleeping On Roads
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Pink Floyd - Meddle
Pink Floyd - The Wall
Portishead - Roseland, NYC Live
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3 - Recurring
Spacemen 3 - Sound Of Confusion
Spectrum - Highs, Lows and Heavenly Blows
Spiritualized - Laser Guided Melodies
Spiritualized - Pure Phase
Telstar Ponies - In The Space Of A Few Minutes
The 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground
The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
The Verve - Northern Soul

Loads that i could easily swap out, but have tried to avoid thinking about it too much to have me tearing my hair out!

[Shinesalight]

I've changed this list so many times and I'm still not 100% happy with it, but I'd be pretty happy with these 50 albums if I was left on a desert island (obviously along with the means to play them!). I've also stuck to the maximum of 2 albums per artist rule. They are just in alphabetical order, not in order of any preference.

Adem - Homesongs
The Band - Music From Big Pink
Beatles - Abbey Road
Beatles - Revolver
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B.R.M.C.
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
Bon Iver - For Emma Forever Ago
Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
The Charlatans - The Charlatans
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Granddaddy - Sophtware Slump
Happy Mondays - Bummed
Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Joy Division - Closer
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Love - Forever Changes
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Midlake - The Trials of Van Occupanther
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Neil Young - Zuma
New Order - Movement
New Order - Lowlife
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Pixies - Dolittle
Portishead - Dummy
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
Radiohead - The Bends
Ride - Nowhere
Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed
Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription
Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
Spiritualized - Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Spiritualized - Lazer Guided Melodies
The Sundays - Reading, Writing & Arithmetic
Super Furry Animals - Phantom Power
The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses - Second Coming
Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
The Verve - A Storm In Heaven
The Verve - A Northern Soul
The Wedding Present - Bizarro
Wooden Shjips - Wooden Shjips

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an impossible task of course.. I´ve removed everything instrumental (about one quarter of what I listen to) and metal too.
cannot believe I ended up with only one bowie but at least it´s his best.. anyway here´s my progressive pop list in alphabetical order..
nice to see others voting for on the beach, let it bleed and disraeli gears. edit: ah fuck forgot zeppelin.. oh well I hardly listen to them these days anyway.

1. the birthday party - mutiny/the bad seed
2. david bowie - low
3. jack bruce - harmony row
4. jack bruce - songs for a tailor
5. kate bush - hounds of love
6. jj cale - naturally
7. nick cave & the bad seeds - your funeral... my trial
8. leonard cohen - songs of leonard cohen
9. cream - disraeli gears
10. the cure - pornography

11. the cure - disintegration
12. bob dylan - blonde on blonde
13. bryan ferry - boys & girls
14. funkadelic - free your mind and your ass will follow
15. genesis - foxtrot
16. genesis - nursery chryme
17. peter hammill - nadir´s big chance
18. hawkwind - hall of the mountain grill
19. jimi hendrix - electric ladyland
20. jane´s addiction - ritual de lo habitual

21. king crimson - in the court of the crimson king
22. kraftwerk - trans europa express
23. lou reed - berlin
24. ride - going blank again
25. rolling stones - let it bleed
26. roxy music - for your pleasure
27. sisters of mercy - first and last and always
28. sly & the family stone - there´s a riot goin´ on
29. the soft machine - the soft machine
30. sonic youth - sister

31. spacemen 3 - perfect prescription
32. spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space
33. spiritualized - lazer guided melodies
34. the stone roses - the stone roses
35. the stooges - the stooges
36. the stooges - funhouse
37. david sylvian - secrets of the beehive
38. talk talk - laughing stock
39. talk talk - spirit of eden
40. talking heads - remain in light

41. the upsetters - super ape
42. van der graaf generator - pawn hearts
43. van der graaf generator - the least we can do is wave to each other
44. velvet underground - loaded
45. verve - a storm in heaven
46. the wailers - catch a fire
47. tom waits - swordfishtrombones
48. tom waits - bone machine
49. scott walker - scott 4
50. neil young - on the beach

[mn_spi]

long time was spent. count me in.

The Auteurs/Now I'm A Cowboy
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club/Take Them On, On Your Own
Boards Of Canada/Music Has The Right To Children
Brian Eno/Before And After Science
The Brian Jonestown Massacre/Methodrone
Cat Power/Moon Pix
Chapterhouse/Whirlpool
The Charlatans/Between th and th
The Cure/Wish
David Bowie/Hunky Dory

Death In Vegas/Scorpio Rising
The Doors/Strange Days
Elliott Smith/Figure
Four Tet/Rounds
Funkstörung/Viceversa
Gene/To See The Lights
The House of Love/A Spy in the House of Love
Idlewild/The Remote Part
Jellyfish/Spilt Milk
Jobriath/S/T

Joy Division/Unknown Pleasures
Klaus Nomi/S/T
Lo-Fidelity Allstars/Don't Be Afraid Of Love
Longpigs/The Sun Is Often Out
Lou Reed/Transformer
Manic Street Preachers/The Hply Bible
Mazzy Star/Among My Swan
Mercury Rev/Deserter's Songs
Mogwai/Young Team
Morrissey/Bona Drag

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus
Nine Inch Nails/The Fragile
PJ Harvey/Is This Desire?
Porno For Pyros/S/T
Portishead/Dummy
Primal Scream/Sonic Flower Groove
REM/Automatic For The People
Radiohead/OK Computer
The Small Faces/From The Beginning
The Smashing Pumpkins/Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smiths/The Queen Is Dead
Spacemen /The Perfect Prescription
Sparklehorse/Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot
Spectrum/Soul Kiss (Glide Divine)
Spiritualized/Live at Royal Albert Hall
Squarepusher/Ultravisitor
Suede/Dog Man Star
Super Furry Animals/Fuzzy Logic
Tricky/Pre-Millennium Tension
The Verve/A Northern Soul

[MODLAB]

Quick question? How about classical music? Kinda difficult. A couple of symphonies mean so
much to me.


M

[mn_spi]

Quick question? How about classical music? Kinda difficult. A couple of symphonies mean so
much to me.
M

i agree. i imitated a precedent and removed music of Guillaume Dufay from my list.
but i can't give it order/number. there is it at the halfpace left edge of the CD rack in my heart.(and the right side end is Spacemen3.)

[bunnyben]

Quick question? How about classical music? Kinda difficult. A couple of symphonies mean so
much to me.


M

i think there is 3 in my list...

[Stuart X.Hunter]

All,

Can these please come in as follows;

Artist/Album

and in alphabetical order.

It's proving an eyesore trying to transfer to a speadsheet and doing the above will be most helpful.

Those that have submitted already, thank you and no need to re-submit...but from now on...PLEASE submit in format requested.

The spreadsheet will be as follows;

albums/artists on the left, individual users votes to the right of that and totals to the right again. It may prove a useful tool when complete to print and stick in your pocket for little music buying days.

Usual suspects are ahead at present but look out for Eno as a dark horse.

We may need to have a vote-off at the end to complete a top 50 fairly and I was thinking the plug should be pulled on this thread by Friday 13th November...by which time il,be needing laser corrective surgery.

Best,

Stuart

[angelsighs]

So how many albums per artist? some people have done one, some two.

[ekewebb]

Not happy with this - too white, too old, too rock. But off the top of my head...

(EDIT - Oops, a couple of live albums in there. Sorry, but I'm going to leave them. Feel free to remove if you want.)

Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté – In The Heart Of The Moon
Associates – Sulk
Bhundu Boys – Shabini
Bjork – Homogenic
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Catch A Fire
Can – Tago Mago
Captain Beefheart – Clear Spot
Chemical Brothers – Surrender
The Congos – Heart Of The Congos
David Bowie – Low
De La Soul – 3 Feet High And Rising
Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
Ennio Morricone – Giù La Testa
Funkadelic – One Nation Under A Groove
The Go-Betweens – The Friends Of Rachel Worth
Grace Jones – Warm Leatherette
The Gun Club – Fire Of Love
Hawkwind – Space Ritual
Human League – Dare
James Brown – Live At The Apollo
The Jesus & Mary Chain – Psychocandy
Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures
Kraftwerk – The Man Machine
Leftfield - Leftism
Lemon Jelly – lemonjelly.ky
Magazine – The Correct Use Of Soap
Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – The Good Son
Pet Shop Boys – Behaviour
PiL – Metal Box
Prince - Sign ‘O’ The Times
Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
Radiohead – Kid A
Ramones - Ramones
Roxy Music – Roxy Music
Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
Scott Walker – 3
The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead
Soft Cell – Non Stop Erotic Cabaret
Spiritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Suicide - First
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Television – Marquee Moon
Tom Waits – Swordfishtrombones
The Triffids – Born Sandy Devotional
Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground & Nico
Wayne County & The Electric Chairs – Things Your Mother Never Told You
Wire - 154

[solarflarez]

Stuart, apologies for forgetting the alphabetical thing, didnt have a great deal of time to do the list, but its as near as I can get to my faves, well i thought so at the time! Reading other peoples lists reminds me of my ommisions though! Stupidly I left out the Stooges and De la Soul! (among others) also lots of old blues, soul, dub, hip hop and many more, ah well, maybe in a couple of years they'll be a top 100 and i'll get it right!

[angelsighs]

Really interesting reading these lists. Some choices I totally agree with, some i'm like 'what', which is the whole point of these lists I guess.

God my list is so white and rock... but there you go..

1. Acetone- Cindy
2. And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead…- Sources Tags & Codes
3. Black Angels- Passover
4. Bob Dylan- Desire
5. Bob Dylan- Time Out Of Mind
6. Can- Tago Mago
7. Comets On Fire- Blue Cathedral
8. Dirty Three- Whatever You Love, You Are
9. Doves- Lost Souls
10. Durutti Column- LC
11. Elbow- Asleep In The Back
12. Electrelane- Rock It To The Moon
13. Elliott Smith- XO
14. Explosions In The Sky- The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place
15. Faust- Faust IV
16. Godspeed You Black Emperor- Lft Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennae to Heaven
17. Jimi Hendrix Experience- Electric Ladyland
18. John Martyn- Inside Out
19. Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
20. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti
21. Leonard Cohen- Songs Of Love And Hate
22. Maps- We Can Create
23. Mars Volta- Deloused in the Comatorium
24. MC5- Kick Out The Jams
25. Mogwai- Come On Die Young
26. Morrissey- Vauxhall & I
27. Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps
28. PJ Harvey- Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
29. R.E.M.- Up
30. Ride- Nowhere
31. Ryan Adams- Love Is Hell
32. Scott Walker- Scott 4
33. Secret Machines- Now Here Is Nowhere
34. Slowdive- Souvlaki
35. Smiths, The- The Queen Is Dead
36. Spacemen 3- The Perfect Prescription
37. Spiritualized- Ladies & Gentlemen we are floating in space
38. Spiritualized- Lazer Guided Melodies
39. Stone Roses- s/t
40. Talk Talk- Spirit Of Eden
41. Television- Marquee Moon
42. The Beatles- Abbey Road
43. The Clash- Sandinista!
44. Twilight Sad- Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters
45. Velvet Underground & Nico
46. Verve, The- A Northern Soul
47. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
48. Witness- Before The Calm
49. Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
50. Yo La Tengo- Electr-O-Pura

[scratch]

Stupidly I left out the Stooges

I had a hard time deciding which two pink floyd albums I should choose.. and decided to think about it a day or two..
suddenly I posted a list with none!!

[niamhm]

1.Air-Moon Safari.
2.Beastie Boys-Check Your Head.
3.the Beatles-Abbey Road.
4.the Beatles-White Album.
5.Blue Nile-Hats.
6.Boards Of Canada-The Campfire Headphase.
7.the Clash-London Calling.
8.Chef Raekwon-Only BuiltFor Cuban Lynx.
9.the Cramps-Smell Of Female.
10the Damned-Damned,Damned,Damned.

11.the Damned-The Black Album.
12.Bob.Dylan-Blonde On Blonde.
13.Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin.
14.Flying Burrito Brothers-Palace Of Gilded Sin.
15.Fugazi-In On The Kill Taker.
16.Gza-Liquid Swords.
17.Happy Mondays-Bummed.
18.Hawkwind- Doremi Fasol Latido.
19.Jimi Hendrix-Electric Ladyland.
20.Janes Addiction-Nothings Shocking.

21.Jesus And Mary Chain-Psychocandy.
22.Joy Division-Unknown Pleasures.
23.Kraftwerk-Trans Europe Express.
24.the La`s-the La`s.
25.Lambchop-Nixon.
26.Led Zepplin-4.
27.Leftfield-Leftism.
28.Mercury Rev-Deserter`s Songs.
29.My Bloody Valentine-Loveless.
30.the Orb-UForb.

31.Orbital-Orbital 2(the Brown one).
32.Primal Scream-Screamadelica.
33.Public Enemy-A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
34.Public Image Ltd- Metal Box.
35.Queens Of The Stoneage-Songs For The Deaf.
36.the Ramones-The Ramones.
37.Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet.
38.Screaming Trees-Dust.
39.Sex Pistols-NMTB.
40.Spacemen 3-Perfect Prescription.

41.Spiritualized-LAGWAFIS.
42.Spiritualized-LGM.
43.the Stooges-Funhouse.
44.Underworld-DubNoBassWithMyHeadMan.
45.U2-Achtung Baby.
46.Velvet Underground-Loaded.
47.the Verve-A Northern Soul.
48.Van Morrison-Astral Weeks.
49.White Stripes-Elephant.
50.The Who- Quadraphenia.

not perfect and not entirely happy with it as somethings are definetly missing but I can live with this.
50

[Stuart X.Hunter]

All,

here is an update of the voting (up too and including mn_spi on Nov 2nd @ 02:56AM ECT)

The reason it is only a top 40 is due to the vast amount of albums that have 2 votes.

Position/ Artist / Album / No. Votes
1 Spacemen 3 Perfect Prescription 7
2 Spiritualized LAGWAFIS 7
3 Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies 7
4 The Verve A Northern Soul 6
5 Massive Attack Blue Lines 5
6 Primal Scream Screamadelica 5
7 Radiohead OK Computer 5
8 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 5
9 Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland 4
10 Love Forever Changes 4
11 Portishead Dummy 4
12 The Beatles Abbey Road 4
13 The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 4
14 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 4
15 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 4
16 Velvet Underground W/Nico S/T 4
17 Velvet Underground VU 4
18 Verve A Storm In Heaven 4
19 13th Floor Elevators Psychedlic Sounds Of 3
20 Beach Boys Pet Sounds 3
21 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 3
22 Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy 3
23 Joy Division Closer 3
24 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 3
25 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express 3
26 Leonard Cohen Songs Of 3
27 Lou Reed Berlin 3
28 Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On 3
29 Mogwai Mogwai Young Team 3
30 My Bloody Valentine Loveless 3
31 NeilYoung On The Beach 3
32 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 3
33 Radiohead The Bends 3
34 Spacemen 3 Playing With Fire 3
35 Spectrum Soul Kiss (Glide Devine) 3
36 Spiritualized Electric Mainleine Pure Phase 3
37 The Beatles Revolver 3
38 The Doors The Doors 3
39 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 3
40 The Stooges Funhouse 3

If anyone desires to see the list in full; over 400 different albums, please pm me and i'll email it on to you.

Best,

Stuart

[Stuart X.Hunter]

So how many albums per artist? some people have done one, some two.

I think the rules have fallen by the wayside.

I struggled with the 1 album per artist rule and eventually had to duplicate but i kept live albums and ep's/best-ofs/etc off.
'sup to you's.

Best,

Stuart

[James T]

Right, here I go...

1.Low - Trust
2.Low - Long Division
3.Spiritualized - Pure Phase
4.Spiritualized - LAGWAFIS
5.Spacemen 3 - Sound Of Confusion
6.Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire
7.Neil Young - On The Beach
8. Neil Young - Ragged Glory
9. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen
10. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Love & Hate

11.Blur - 13
12. Blur - Parklife
13.Super Furry Animals - Radiator
14.M83 - Before The Dawn Heals Us
15. Luna - Penthouse
16. Galaxie 500 - This Is Our Music
17. Spectrum - Soul Kiss
18. Jesus and Mary Chain - Darklands
19. Jesus and Mary Chain - Automatic
20. Godspeed You Black Emperor - ...Skinny Fists...

21.Pink Floyd - The Wall
22. Pink Floyd - Animals
23.Kraftwerk-Trans Europe Express.
24. Love - Forever Changes
25.Radiohead - In Rainbows
26.Radiohead - Kid A
27. Retribution Gospel Choir - 2
28.Arab Strap - Philophobia
29.My Bloody Valentine-Loveless.
30. Loop - Fade Out

31.Velvet Underground - White Light/White heat
32.Lou Reed - Berlin
33.Sigur Ros - ( )
34.Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun
35.Jimmy Eat World - Clarity (it's good, honest)
36.The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
37.Yes - Fragile
38.Genesis - Foxtrot
39.Neurosis - Sun That Never Sets
40.Burzum - Det Som Engang Var

41.Cave In - Jupiter
42.Slowdive - Pygmalion
43. Pulp - Different Class
44. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
45. Slint - Spiderland
46. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
47. Weezer - Pinkerton
48. Jackson C Frank - Blues Run The Game
49. Arcade Fire - Funeral
50. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible


Sorry it's not alphabetical, it would take ages on this little reply box to scroll around and try to order them now I thought them up. Some obvious choices and some you might find quite strange. The Holy Bible just came to me at the end, can't quite decide on the manics. They might be shit but I like that. Anyway...

[Laz69]

Arab Strap - Philophobia

Another one that i really had to think about...

[mn_spi]

very interesting!!
thanks so much, Stuart.

43. Pulp - Different Class

ah, it was mine....

[redcloud]

Still working on this. I find it hard to commit myself to a published list. I think somebody hit the nail on the head when they said "the older I get the harder these lists become".

Also, to whoever asked: "Does 'Kick out the Jams' count as a live record"? I would say, most definitely YES! It may have been their first LP but it was still a live, raw album.

[toomilk]

Regarding Kick Out The Jams, I think that although it is a live album, it is much different than any other live album. Namely, it was their first full-length release, and has become known properly as "their first album." Also, nothing on that record appeared in a studio version until much later (that is if you can count Thunder Express as a studio album...."live in the studio"). I would argue that it should be included in this list because it represents how the MC5 wanted their songs to be presented and the only way to get their anti-refinement ideas across was to record it live and in the raw.


PS: I'm still working on my top 50 and Kick Out the Jams one of the albums I have so far. haha.

[redcloud]

it represents how the MC5 wanted their songs to be presented and the only way to get their anti-refinement ideas across was to record it live and in the raw.

That's debatable...was it how THEY wanted their songs to be presented or was it how John Sinclair wanted their songs to be presented?

PS: I'm still working on my top 50 and Kick Out the Jams one of the albums I have so far. haha.

Personally, my favorite MC5 LP is 'High Time'. It's the perfect marriage of 'KOTJ's' raw edge and the kick ass rock and roll of 'Back in the USA' rolled into one perfect MC5 power punch.

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Ah,

I see a problem here

Can all those who have voted for Leonard Cohen with "Songs Of" send me a pm to define of it's Songs Of Leonard Cohen or Songs Of Love & Hate...wouldn't want anything left up to my interpretation.

Best,

Stuart

[Stuart X.Hunter]

All,

updated too James T top 50 @ 13:14 03rd Nov 2009

Position/Artist/Album/Votes
1 Spiritualized LAGWAFIS 10
2 Spacemen 3 Perfect Prescription 9
3 Spiritualized Lazer Guided Melodies 9
4 The Verve A Northern Soul 8
5 Jimi Hendrix Electric Ladyland 6
6 Primal Scream Screamadelica 6
7 The Beatles Abbey Road 6
8 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses 6
9 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures 5
10 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express 5
11 Leonard Cohen Songs Of Love & Hate 5
12 Love Forever Changes 5
13 Massive Attack Blue Lines 5
14 My Bloody Valentine Loveless 5
15 Radiohead OK Computer 5
16 The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet 5
17 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead 5
18 Velvet Underground W/Nico S/T 5
19 Jesus And Mary Chain Psychocandy 4
20 Lou Reed Berlin 4
21 Neil Young On The Beach 4
22 Portishead Dummy 4
23 Spacemen 3 Playing With Fire 4
24 Spectrum Soul Kiss (Glide Devine) 4
25 Spiritualized Electric Mainline Pure Phase 4
26 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers 4
27 The Stooges Funhouse 4
28 Velvet Underground VU 4
29 Verve A Storm In Heaven 4
30 13th Floor Elevators Psychedlic Sounds Of 3
31 Beach Boys Pet Sounds 3
32 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited 3
33 Can Tago Mago 3
34 Godspeed You Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists… 3
35 Joy Division Closer 3
36 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV 3
37 Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible 3
38 Marvin Gaye What's Goin' On 3
39 Mogwai Mogwai Young Team 3
40 Oasis (What's The Story) Morning Glory 3
41 Radiohead The Bends 3
42 Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun 3
43 Talk Talk Spirit Of Eden 3
44 The Beatles Revolver 3
45 The Clash London Calling 3
46 The Doors The Doors 3
47 The Happy Mondays Bummed 3
48 The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 3
49 U2 Achtung Baby 3
50 Velvet Underground Loaded 3
51 Yo La Tengo I Can Hear The Heart Beat As One 3

It's a top 50 but some of the Leonard Cohen votes may need to go to a different album of his (please see earlier post).

I'm really keen to get a hold of Godspeed and Yo La Tengo as a result of this.

There have now been nr 500 albums voted for...

Best

Stuart

[angelsighs]

well, i did make an executive decision on Kick Out The Jams and included it in my list in the end, because i think it stands alone as a distinctive album and none of the songs appear elsewhere.

[Stuart X.Hunter]

This is just something for fun...because spreadsheets are FUN!

Here are the Top 50 artists based on voting up too James T

Position/ Artists/ Tot Votes
1 Spiritualized 25
2 Spacemen 3 16
3 The Rolling Stones 14
4 Velvet Underground 14
5 The Beatles 13
6 (The) Verve 13
7 Neil Young 12
8 Radiohead 11
9 Bob Dylan 10
10 Pink Floyd 10
11 Led Zeppelin 9
12 David Bowie 8
13 Jesus And Mary Chain 8
14 Jimi Hendrix 8
15 Joy Division 8
16 Primal Scream 8
17 Kraftwerk 7
18 Leonard Cohen 7
19 Lou Reed 7
20 The Stone Roses 7
21 Brian Eno 6
22 Massive Attack 6
23 Mercury Rev 6
24 Portishead 6
25 Spectrum 6
26 The Stooges 6
27 BRMC 5
28 Love 5
29 My Bloody Valentine 5
30 R.E.M 5
31 Super Furry Animals 5
32 The Clash 5
33 The Doors 5
34 The Smiths 5
35 U2 5
36 Yo La Tengo 5
37 13th Floor Elevators 4
38 Can 4
39 Flaming Lips 4
40 Godspeed You Black Emperor 4
41 Mogwai 4
42 Nick Cave 4
43 Oasis 4
44 Roxy Music 4
45 Scott Walker 4
46 Sigur Ros 4
47 Talk Talk 4
48 The Cure 4
49 The Happy Mondays 4
50 Tom Waits 4

Interesting as we've had 15 voters (that i've input so far)...so who are the voters that didn't use there two album per artist allowance on Spiritualized!!! You should be ashamed.
Neil Young' best album seems to be splitting opinion; along with Radiohead, The Stones, The Beatles & The Zep.

Best,

Stuart

[cantona]

Sorry but i thought it was one album per group/artist when i posted my list

[Stuart X.Hunter]

The issue of one artist was put about but then votes started coming in with 2 albums from the same artist...

If you'd like to resubmit any...pm me with the inclusions/removals and i'll amend

Best,

Stuart

[Laz69]

Guessing the Telstars are only on two (possibly 3) votes based on us then Stuart?

[Stuart X.Hunter]

Yip, unfortuantely they are languishing somewhat...as are The Pastels!

One glaring omission I've made is Future Pilot A.K.A - "tiny waves,mighty sea", doh! Nevermind

Bit of a let-down for us Scots with just the Mary Chain and Mogwai in the Top 50 (currently) artists voted on.
The Fannies, Telstar Ponies & The Blue Nile (get in niamhm!) are just behind.

Best,

Stuart

[mkb]

Yip, unfortuantely they are languishing somewhat...as are The Pastels!

One glaring omission I've made is Future Pilot A.K.A - "tiny waves,mighty sea", doh! Nevermind

Bit of a let-down for us Scots with just the Mary Chain and Mogwai in the Top 50 (currently) artists voted on.
The Fannies, Telstar Ponies & The Blue Nile (get in niamhm!) are just behind.

Best,

Stuart

The Scream as well (if they count as Scottish).

[scratch]

Bit of a let-down for us Scots with just the Mary Chain and Mogwai in the Top 50 (currently) artists voted on.
The Fannies, Telstar Ponies & The Blue Nile (get in niamhm!) are just behind.
t

The Scream as well (if they count as Scottish).

The two Jack Bruce votes from me+ two votes on Cream´s "Disraeli gears" record (mostly written by jack) kind of give that crazy Scotsman four votes (although three of them are from me....)

cmon people.. the patriarch of electric lead bass!

the only reason I didn´t vote for jamc darklands is that my current copy is so scratched I cant listen to it and I always forget to buy a new (3rd) copy.