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I really have no idea what could win this year.

 

I mean, if Pat had heard Bridge Over Troubled Water... Haha

 

1. All Things Must Pass - George Harrison
2. Bitches Brew - Miles Davis
3. Led Zeppelin III

(cont.)
The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Abraxas - Santana
Fun House - The Stooges
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
Live At Leeds - The Who
Band Of Gypsys - Jimi Hendrix
Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Sunflower - The Beach Boys
McCartney - Paul McCartney
Morrison Hotel - The Doors
American Beauty - Grateful Dead

Good songs from other albums:
Layla - Derek & The Dominoes
War - Edwin Starr
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Les Fleurs - Minnie Riperton
American Woman - The Guess Who
Summer ‘68 - Pink Floyd
Lola - The Kinks

 

i can promise it wouldn't have cracked my top 3 haha

as it stands, it is in first

 

1. Black Sabbath: Paranoid
2. The Velvet Underground: Loaded
3. Joni Mitchell: Ladies of the Canyon

Just cut:
Paul McCartney: McCartney
Led Zeppelin III

Other cuts:
The Beatles: Let It Be
George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
The Kinks: Lola vs Powerman
Diana Ross: Diana Ross

1 & 2 were easy choices, but I did struggle who to put at 3. I have a lot of love for McCartney I (maybe more than it deserves lol) but there’s better things to come from Paul’s post Beatles output. And Zeppelin III is also great but not my favorite from them, so I had to go with Joni

 

Black Sabbath S/T
John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band
Bitches Brew


(As always impossible to really say)

 

it is going to be very close haha. might wait to call it until later than usual tomorrow night just to give people a chance.

nine albums by my count that could feasibly win this or force a tie

 

seems safe to call it with no additions today. black sabbath's paranoid takes it (yes!!!!!) with 13 points. bridge over troubled water and bitches brew each had 12, and after the gold rush and let it be each had 10.

 

First one-two that is somewhat similar to my choices. I don't think I mentioned Paranoid, but probably would have been third after Bitches Brew and Curtis.

 

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Can't believe neither Vashti Bunyan's Just Another Diamond Day nor Nico's Desertshore were mentioned. Both masterpieces (both by women.)

 

apologies if bumping these older threads gets annoying and/or confusing, but if not.... I'm currently doing my run through of 1970 music.

New listens for today were The Allman Brothers Band - Idlewild South and Beach Boys - Sunflower. Enjoyed both albums. Felt like in both cases, it's neither band at their absolute peak but plenty of great moments and songs on both albums.

and not a new song to me by any means, but maybe never really took a deep listen to this song, it's really truly fantastic:

 

just listened to Paranoid as well, which last.fm tells me I listened to twice in 2013 but I don't recall now TBH. Either way, it's a pretty damn strong first 4 songs, super consistent. I definitely dug the back half as well, but it wasn't quite immediate. Either way, ya'll are right about the album being a winner.

 

the verses are kinda a bit too held back for my tastes, but holy shit does this chorus GO OFF. Backed by members of the Wrecking Crew

 

Idlewild is them finding themselves so they could take off on the next one, but “Revival” is one of their best songs.

And fuck yeah “Ooh Child” is perfect

 

“Arizona” >

 

I'll hit you up in 1969 for that one, haha. I just heard this one right now for the first time and the chorus is just so huge I had to post about it.

 

I really need to listen to something from his time with the Raiders eventually

 

Allman Brothers Band is a band that I've really found to be pretty damn cool over the last few years. After listening to this today, I've heard Idlewild South, At The Fillmore East and Eat A Peach in full. Are there any full records after that worth getting into? The obvious lineup changes have kinda turned me off looking further into their stuff, and there's so much material too. I'll listen to their debut of course, but anything after Peach?

 

Brothers and Sisters is actually their most complete record, imo. And I actually have a huge soft spot for Win, Lose or Draw, too

 

Verrry interesting, obviously I know Ramblin Man, but otherwise I'm not sure I know much. I'll mark those two down as ones to check out now though, without Duane I was hesitant at them being worthwhile moving forward, nice to hear they could overcome the tragedy

 

thank u

 

There’s no discounting how huge a loss Duane was, but when he passed Dicky Betts stepped into the spotlight and he had a run as an artist vey much worth hearing. His Highway Call album is also really good

 

U guys should listen to the dickey betts live album my label put out its sick

 

Oooh check you out @tomdelonge that's pretty awesome. They seem to shine live so I'll check that out too