From: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org (seven-seas-digest) To: seven-seas-moderated-digest@smoe.org Subject: seven-seas-digest V1 #143 Reply-To: seven-seas@smoe.org Sender: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-seven-seas@smoe.org Precedence: bulk seven-seas-digest Wednesday, October 9 2002 Volume 01 : Number 143 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 12:26:10 -0500 From: ken Subject: Re: seven-seas-moderated OT : An alternative poll I can't help but notice that all three of Nick Drake's studio albums are in there. That guy was a genious, imo. ken. Barry Whiting wrote: > An alternative slant on these top 100 polls. > > 1999 -- The Guardian newspaper asked 50 musicians & journalists to > pick their 20 favourite albums of all time with two important criteria > (a) they weren't allow to select from a list of albums that normally > make these polls (e.g. Revolver, Ziggy, Pet Sounds, Nevermind / > Bollocks, Definitely Maybe etc etc, you all know the drill) and (b) > they weren't allowed to select any album released in the previous 2 > years. > > The results are interesting, certainly more eclectic -- you could > argue it's more valid than the Q and other polls (incidently NME has > another one on the horizon as part of its 50 year anniversary) : > > 1 Nick Drake – Bryter Later - 1970 > 2 Tom Waits – Rain Dogs - 1985 > 3 The Band – The Band - 1969 > 4 Gene Clarke – No Other – 1974 > 5 Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left – 1969 > 6 The Beatles – A Hard Days Night – 1964 > 7 Curtis Mayfield – Curtis – 1970 > 8 Todd Rundgren – A Wizard And A Star – 1973 > 9 George Harrison – All Things Must Pass – 1970 10 Todd > Rundgren – Something/Anything – 1972 11 Pink Floyd – > Piper At The Gates Of Dawn – 1967 12 Bid Star – Radio City > – 1974 13 The Flying Burrito Brothers – The Guilded Palace > Of Sin – 1969 > 14 Earth Wind & Fire – I Am – 1979 > 15 Jeff Buckley – Grace - 1994 > 16 My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything – 1988 > 17 Scott Walker – Scott 4 – 1969 > 18 Buffalo Springfield – Again – 1967 > 19 Laura Nyro – New York Tendaberry – 1969 > 20 Sly And The Family Stone – Fresh – 1973 > 21 The Beach Boys – Holland > 22 Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Searching For The Young Soul > Rebels – 1980 > 23 Joni Mitchell – Court And Spark – 1974 > 24 The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps – 1993 > 25 Steely Dan – Countdown To Ecstasy – 1973 > 26 Dusty Springfield – Dusty In Memphis – 1969 > 27 John Cale – Music For A New Society – 1982 > 28 Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure – 1973 > 29 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain - 1971 > 30 Blue Nile – Hats – 1989 > 31 Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet – 1990 > 32 Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man - 1988 > 33 Talking Heads – Fear Of Music – 1979 > 34 Chic – Risqui – 1979 > 35 Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells A Story – 1971 > 36 Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns – 1975 > 37 John Coltrane – A Love Supreme – 1965 > 38 Iggy & The Stooges – Raw Power – 1973 > 39 Lou Reed – Berlin – 1973 > 40 Tim Hardin – Tim Hardin 2 – 1967 > 41 The Stooges – Fun House – 1970 > 42 Suicide – Suicide – 1980 > 43 David Bowie – Young Americans – 1975 > 44 Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night – 1975 > 45 Run Dmc – Raising Hell – 1986 > 46 Aretha Franklin – Young Gifted And Black – 1972 > 47 Robert Wyatt – Rock Bottom – 1974 > 48 Captain Beefheart – Clear Spot – 1972 > 49 The Band – Music From Big Pink – 1968 > 50 Tom Waits – The Heart Of Saturday Night – 1974 > 51 Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Don’t Stand Me Down > – 1985 > 52 The Jayhawks – Hollywood Town Hall – 1992 > 53 Public Image Ltd – Metal Box – 1979 > 54 Husker Du – Warehouse: Songs & Stories – 1987 > 55 Grateful Dead – Live Dead – 1970 > 56 Moby Grape – Moby Grape – 1967 > 57 Pavement – Slanted And Enchanted – 1992 > 58 Miles Davis – Sketches Of Spain – 1960 > 59 The Beach Boys – Today – 1965 > 60 Laura Nyro – Eli And The Thirteenth Confession – 1968 > 61 The Slits – Cut – 1979 > 62 Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Too-Rye-Aye – 1982 > 63 Al Green – The Belle Album – 1977 > 64 Roxy Music – Stranded – 1973 > 65 The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground – 1969 > 66 Little Feat – Dixie Chicken – 1973 > 67 Pere Ubu – The Modern Dance – 1977 > 68 Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85- 92 – 1992 > 69 Kraftwerk – Radioactivity – 1975 > 70 The Velvet Underground – Loaded – 1970 > 71 Neil Young – On The Beach – 1974 > 72 The Everly Brothers – Roots – 1968 > 73 Blondie – Eat To The Beat - 1979 > 74 PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love –1995 > 75 Todd Rundgren – Todd – 1974 > 76 Jane Siberry – When I Was A Boy – 1993 > 77 Big Star – Sister Lovers – 1979 > 78 The Zombies – Odessey (Sic) And The Oracle – 1968 > 79 Ar Kane – Sixty Nine – 1988 > 80 Isaac Hayes – Hot Buttered Soul – 1969 > 81 Nick Drake – Pink Moon – 1972 > 82 The Mothers Of Invention – We’re Only In It For The Money > – 1968 > 83 The Beach Boys – Sunflower – 1970 > 84 Neil Young – Arc/Weld – 1991 > 85 Husker Du – Zen Arcade – 1984 > 86 The Rolling Stones – Get Yer Ya Ya’s Out – 1970 > 87 Crowded House – Temple Of Love – 1988 > 88 Tim Buckley – Starsailor – 1970 > 89 The Doors – Strange Days – 1967 > 90 Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey – 1971 > 91 Miles Davis – Bitches Brew – 1969 > 92 The Lilac Time – Paradise Circus – 1989 > 93 Al Green – Al Green Is Love – 1975 > 94 REM – Lifes Rich Pageant – 1986 > 95 Beach Boys – Summer Days (And Summer Nights) – 1965 > 96 Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain – 1994 > 97 The Millennium – Begin – 1968 > 98 Prefab Sprout – Steve McQeen – 1985 > 99 TLC – Crazy Sexy Cool – 1995 > 100 Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders – 1993 > 101 Iggy Pop – The Idiot – 1977 > 102 Dr John – Gris Gris – 1968 > > Note : 'Scott 4' but no 'Scott 3' ???? > > -- Barry > > ______________________________________________________________________ > _ > Freeserve AnyTime, only #13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! > For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call free > on 0800 970 8890 > > ====================================== > Choices! mailto:majordomo@smoe.org > Subscribe/unsubscribe > Seven-seas > Seven-seas-moderated > Both available in digest form. > > ====================================== ====================================== Choices! mailto:majordomo@smoe.org Subscribe/unsubscribe Seven-seas Seven-seas-moderated Both available in digest form. ====================================== ------------------------------ End of seven-seas-digest V1 #143 ********************************