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

Nine (+6)

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Own: 74, 77, 86, 89, 93, 96, 03, 04, 05

Pooh Sticks (= "I've got it on tape"): 76, 78, 81, 82, 87, 88

I've also heard Thriller but none of the others. I tend to avoid canonical alBUMs on the whole.

Hmm, should I list my own fave LPs for these years? Perhaps not.

Re: Nine (+6)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Hmm, should I list my own fave LPs for these years? Perhaps not.'

yes let's!

i can't go before '89 tho:

89 De La Soul - Three Feet High & Rising
90 Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
91 808 State - Ex:El
92 Altern 8 - Full On...Mask Hysteria
93 Pearl Jam - Vs (AIEEEEEEEEE)
94 Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
95 Goldie - Timeless
96 Faithless - Reverence
97 Daft Punk - Homework
98 Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
99 Basement Jaxx - Remedy
00 Laurent Garnier - Unreasonable Behaviour
01 The Avalanches - Since I Left You
02 The Streets - Original Pirate Material
03 Outkast - Speakerboxx/The Love Below
04 Annie - Anniemal
05 Broadcast - Tender Buttons
06 The Knife - Silent Shout

those were what i picked at the time (De La was the first and only album i bought in '89 - never got round to buying Inner City's or Soul II Soul's like i meant to - so that's by default)

Re: Nine (+6)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I have allowed myself a touch of revisionism while still being true to what I liked at the time.

Re: Nine (+6)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

i wonder if you'd like that Laurent Garnier album - have you heard much of him generally?

Re: Nine (+6)

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I haven't but I probably would.

Re: Nine (+6)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

it's a bit more jazz-orientated and not quite as relentless as 'OK Cowboy' but tracks like 'The Sound Of The Big Babou' and 'Dangeous Drive' paved the way for 'La Rock' and 'Poney' i think.

Re: Nine (+6)

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

shout out for "sound of the big babou" right here.

Oh go on then

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Like Steve's list, these are "at the time" picks. But I stand by the grebtness of *most* of these.

1980 Talking Heads – Remain in Light
1981 David Byrne/ Brian Eno – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
1982 Scritti Politti – Songs To Remember
1983 Aztec Camera – High Land Hard Rain
1984 Cocteau Twins – Treasure
1985 Scritti Politti – Cupid & Psyche ‘85
1986 Paul Simon – Graceland
1987 Justified Ancients of Mu Mu – 1987, What the Fuck’s Going On?
1988 Sugarcubes – Life’s Too Good
1989 Neil Young & The Restless – Eldorado
1990 Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet
1991 PM Dawn – Of the Heart, Of the Soul and Of the Cross: The Utopian Experience
1992 Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy – Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury*
1993 Even As We Speak – Feral Pop Frenzy
1994 Portishead – Dummy
1995 Goldie – Timeless
1996 Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
1997 Bentley Rhythm Ace – s/t
1998 Propellerheads – Decksandrumsandrockandroll
1999 Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
2000 PRML SCRM – XTRMNTR
2001 Björk – Vespertine
2002 Ellen Allien – Weiss.mix
2003 kevin blechdom - bitches without britches
2004 William Shatner – Has Been
2005 Kate Bush - Aerial

Re: Oh go on then

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

"Justified Ancients of Mu Mu – 1987, What the Fuck’s Going On?" this is the one thing i am keen on getting digitised from my vinyl copy.

Re: Oh go on then

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

'Xtrmntr' was so nearly my fave of 2000 (may have been 2nd in a list i did but that was a very lean year imo)

so we nearly had same choice for 1990, 1995 AND 2000 there

Re: Oh go on then

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

well, to keep the trend going, "Tender Buttons" was certainly in my '05 Top 10. See ya in 2010, then? ;)

Re: Oh go on then

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

and 'Aerial' scraped my 05 top 10 i think...so yes

Re: Oh go on then

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

Stereolab album titles: classic or punchable?

Re: Oh go on then

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

You should see some of the lyrics on Cobra!

(best pop alBUM ever btw)

Re: Nine (+6)

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

fave album of 96 now = Endtroducing or Second Toughest In The Infants
fave album of 93 now = Orbital's Brown album