Rocktimism (Again)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

No P&J poll today because I am too busy. BUT a reminder that it's POPTIMISM tomorrow!

Meanwhile you can talk about the strange and fearsome world of Pazz And Jop Album Winners if you like.


1971 - The Who - Who's Next
1974 - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
1975 - Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes
1976 - Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
1977 - Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
1978 - Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
1979 - Graham Parker - Squeezing Out Sparks
1980 - The Clash - London Calling
1981 - The Clash - Sandinista!
1982 - Elvis Costello - Imperial Bedroom
1983 - Michael Jackson - Thriller
1984 - Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
1985 - Talking Heads - Little Creatures
1986 - Paul Simon - Graceland
1987 - Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
1988 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1989 - De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
1990 - Neil Young - Ragged Glory
1991 - Nirvana - Nevermind
1992 - Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of...
1993 - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
1994 - Hole - Live Through This
1995 - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
1996 - Beck - Odelay
1997 - Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
1998 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
1999 - Moby - Play
2000 - OutKast - Stankonia
2001 - Bob Dylan - Love and Theft
2002 - Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003 - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2004 - Kanye West - The College Dropout
2005 - Kanye West - Late Registration


How many of them have you owned? (My answer: unlucky 13)

Comments

"have you owned" vs "do you own" TRAP

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

1974 - Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (I have lost this! I would like it back!)
1977 - Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols (owned for TWO DAYS before I took the HORRID NOISE back to the shop)
1980 - The Clash - London Calling
1987 - Prince - Sign 'O' the Times
1988 - Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1993 - Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
1994 - (I have never owned Live Through This, shurely shome mishtake, I need to rectify this)
1995 - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love (this is the BEST EVAH p&j album winner)
1998 - Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (ooh this reminds me I must dig this out at some point soon, haven't heard it in an AGE)
2000 - OutKast - Stankonia
2003 - OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (good but GO AWAY ALREADY))
2004 - Kanye West - The College Dropout (this is the SECOND BEST EVAH p&j album winner)
2005 - Kanye West - Late Registration

14! the one i owned but hated is balanced out by the one i never owned but love.

Re: "have you owned" vs "do you own" TRAP

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

PJ also the only time my OWN album-of-year coincided with p&j winner. for reference:

1994 - Portishead - Dummy
1995 - PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
1996 - Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
1997 - Björk - Homogenic
1998 - Tori Amos - From The Choirgirl Hotel
1999 - Missy Elliott - Da Real World
2000 - Kelis - Kaleidoscope
2001 - Aaliyah - Aaliyah
2002 - Trina - Diamond Princess
2003 - Dizzee Rascal - Boy In Da Corner
2004 - Girls Aloud - What Will The Neighbours Say?
2005 - Vitalic - OK Cowboy
2006 - Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra Of Bubbles (pending, Paris Hilton and The Knife are very close to it)

Re: "have you owned" vs "do you own" TRAP

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Lex what is the story re you buying 'Never Mind The Bollocks', and 'London Calling' (which i notice you remain silent on)

Re: "have you owned" vs "do you own" TRAP

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

when I got to university I had a six-month period of wanting to catch up on The Canon (esp those helpfully half price in HMV sales) because I wanted to Write About Music. this ended because 90% of The Canon was total crap.

I still own London Calling, it's nothing special but not bad enough to get rid of. Yet.