ok Fishes - your top 10 albums of all time - no compilations!
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PsB
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Hesitating between 10 Bach, 10 Monk, 10 Miles Davis, 10 Beethoven, 10 Stravinsky. Or maybe 5 Zappa to go with 5 Prokofiev, or 5 Brahms with 5 Bartók, or 5 Debussy and 5 Bill Evans, or 5 Mahler with a few Ramones. Decisions, decisions. How about:
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Gardiner)
Bach: BWV 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Leonhard/Esswood). This is IMHO the weirdest version of one of Bach's weirdest cantatas.
Beethoven: last 3 piano sonatas, Brendel
Bartók: concertos for piano, Fricsay/Anda. Or Concerto for Orchestra. Or one of the string quartets
Marais: suites de viole, Savall (any of them, but in particularly this, which is a gem and worth the money just for track 14.
Monk: almost anything from the mid 50s to the early-mid 60s
Miles Davis:In a Silent Way is my current favourite
Coltrane: Giant Steps or something of that period
Bill Evans: Village Vanguard sessions
Zappa: tough one, will have to think of that a bit more.
Televison: Marquee Moon
Eels: Beautiful Freak (included here solely to represent the end of the 20th century)
12 already and no Mozart, no Haydn, no Brahms, no Mahler, no Mingus, no blues, no Talking Heads, no flamenco, no Debussy, no African stuff, no Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich. All a bit silly.
Bach: St Matthew Passion (Gardiner)
Bach: BWV 54 Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Leonhard/Esswood). This is IMHO the weirdest version of one of Bach's weirdest cantatas.
Beethoven: last 3 piano sonatas, Brendel
Bartók: concertos for piano, Fricsay/Anda. Or Concerto for Orchestra. Or one of the string quartets
Marais: suites de viole, Savall (any of them, but in particularly this, which is a gem and worth the money just for track 14.
Monk: almost anything from the mid 50s to the early-mid 60s
Miles Davis:In a Silent Way is my current favourite
Coltrane: Giant Steps or something of that period
Bill Evans: Village Vanguard sessions
Zappa: tough one, will have to think of that a bit more.
Televison: Marquee Moon
Eels: Beautiful Freak (included here solely to represent the end of the 20th century)
12 already and no Mozart, no Haydn, no Brahms, no Mahler, no Mingus, no blues, no Talking Heads, no flamenco, no Debussy, no African stuff, no Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich. All a bit silly.
darrenyeats
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I might have to add Forever Young by Alphaville ... what a great album!
Alt-J's An Awesome Wave is achingly good too.
That's 12!
Bill Colledge
pfm Member
Hejira. Joni Mitchell.
Axis Bold as Love. Jimi Hendrix.
Highway 61 Revisited. Bob Dylan.
Whats Going On. Marvin Gaye.
Big Science. Laurie Anderson.
Trout Mask Replica. Captain Beefheart n Magic Band.
Filles de Killimanjaro. Miles Davis.
At Carniegie Hall. Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky
Hymnen. Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Axis Bold as Love. Jimi Hendrix.
Highway 61 Revisited. Bob Dylan.
Whats Going On. Marvin Gaye.
Big Science. Laurie Anderson.
Trout Mask Replica. Captain Beefheart n Magic Band.
Filles de Killimanjaro. Miles Davis.
At Carniegie Hall. Thelonius Monk and John Coltrane
The Rite of Spring. Igor Stravinsky
Hymnen. Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Bill Colledge
pfm Member
And here is a stab at British only 10.
Universal Soldier. Donovan.
Folkjokeopus. Roy Harper.
Songs for a Taylor. Jack Bruce.
Valentines suite. Colusseum
Third. Soft Machine.
Delightful Precipice. Loose Tubes.
Gnu High. Kenny Wheeler. (Is this the best record Keith Jarrett has performed on)
Under Milkwood. Stan Tracy Quartet
Planets Suite. Gustav Holst. (nearly British)
Symphony Antarctica. Vaughan Williams.
Universal Soldier. Donovan.
Folkjokeopus. Roy Harper.
Songs for a Taylor. Jack Bruce.
Valentines suite. Colusseum
Third. Soft Machine.
Delightful Precipice. Loose Tubes.
Gnu High. Kenny Wheeler. (Is this the best record Keith Jarrett has performed on)
Under Milkwood. Stan Tracy Quartet
Planets Suite. Gustav Holst. (nearly British)
Symphony Antarctica. Vaughan Williams.
Dowser
Learning to bodge again..
In no order, and this week only (probably);
Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading
Business as Usual - Men at Work
The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
Graceland - Paul Simon
Infected - The The
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Call of the West - Wall of Voodoo
Richard
Show Some Emotion - Joan Armatrading
Business as Usual - Men at Work
The Flat Earth - Thomas Dolby
Graceland - Paul Simon
Infected - The The
Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
The Wall - Pink Floyd
Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones
Call of the West - Wall of Voodoo
Richard
In no particular order
Revolver-Beatles
Blue-Joni Mitchell
Songs of love and hate-Leonard Cohen
In the right place-Dr.John
Everbody know`s this is nowhere-Neil Young
Highway 61 revisited-Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin 1-Led Zeppelin
Trout Mask Replica-Capt.Beefheart & Magic Band
Paradise and lunch-Ry Cooder
Easter-Patti Smith
Revolver-Beatles
Blue-Joni Mitchell
Songs of love and hate-Leonard Cohen
In the right place-Dr.John
Everbody know`s this is nowhere-Neil Young
Highway 61 revisited-Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin 1-Led Zeppelin
Trout Mask Replica-Capt.Beefheart & Magic Band
Paradise and lunch-Ry Cooder
Easter-Patti Smith
Still Life - Opeth
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Blackwater Park - Opeth
Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Under the Sign of the Black Mark - Bathory
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Blackwater Park - Opeth
Lightbulb Sun - Porcupine Tree
Rust in Peace - Megadeth
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
Under the Sign of the Black Mark - Bathory
Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine