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« on: January 29, 2006, 10:37:19 PM »

1. The Stone Roses 'The Stone Roses'
2. The Smiths 'The Queen Is Dead'
3. Oasis 'Definitely Maybe'
4. Sex Pistols 'Never Mind The Bollocks'
5. Arctic Monkeys 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not'
6. Blur 'Modern Life Is Rubbish'
7. Pulp 'Different Class'
8. The Clash 'London Calling'
9. The Beatles 'Revolver'
10. The Libertines 'Up The Bracket'

(Results of a readers poll published in the current issue.)
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2006, 10:41:33 PM »

I can see what their reading demographic is...

Still, comendable for not being 60's nuts... I only know a few, but that's a nice enough list Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2006, 11:03:53 PM »

Same reaction here, my first impulse was to be condescending, then I thought, eh, leave 'em alone, it's a refreshingly different perspective.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2006, 11:19:52 PM »

Wow.
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2006, 11:43:48 PM »

 I am gonna hafta go with

Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating in space: Spiritulized

Boy in Da Cona : Dizzie Rascal

A Grand Dont Come For Free: The Streets

Never Mind The Bollocks:Sex Pistols

Revolver: Beatles

Beta Band: Beta Band

The Queen Is Dead: The Smiths

London Calling: The Clash

The Stone Roeses: The Stone Roses
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2006, 12:13:17 AM »

Beatles - Revolver
Beatles - White Album
Beatles - Rubber Soul
Zombies - Odessey And Oracle
Spacemen 3 - The Perfect Prescription
The Who - Sell Out
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet
The Rolling Stones - Aftermath
The Kinks - Kink Kronikles
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2006, 12:18:51 AM »

Arctic Monkeys have blue balls! That was my first thought on seeing the name. Hearing  a little of them, they're not bad but remind me too much of some stuff heard before, chiefly Thin Lizzy

That's also my aging perspective on some others of the current (already classic) faves like Stone Roses, which  is as it should be, I guess. Had I been  a middleaged Willie Dixon fan in 1965, Rolling Stones would probably have computed as seen this, done that too, which would have been to the point and truly irrelevant at once.

Fancy way of saying I don't trust the durability of some choices, but who am I to say?

 I will say that I totally agree with the Pulp affirmation as regards the title track referenced, love it in their version and Captain Kirk's alike.

Who are The Libertines (first list), Dizzy Rascal, Beta Band, Spiritualized (second)? I want to know more.
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2006, 12:33:23 AM »

Spiritualised are incredible, and that album would be in my Top 20 list.
They are the band Jason Pierce formed after Spacemen 3 broke up, and that album chronicles the dissolution of his relationship with his girlfriend in painful and riveting detail on a wave of supersonic-hypnotic sound, equal parts Stooges, free jazz and orchestral pop.
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2006, 12:46:25 AM »

Thanks! I'll give them a listen
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2006, 01:48:40 AM »

Surprised Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Is not there.
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2006, 02:04:54 AM »

Surprised Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon Is not there.

Indeed, and no Radiohead?HuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuhHuh?
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2006, 03:13:06 AM »

You can see the full 100 in the 'under-rated albums' thread. You can all go and get even more upset!
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2006, 03:19:59 AM »

The Beatles - Revolver
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
The Smiths - Strangeways Here We Come
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
The Clash - The Clash
The Who - Who's Next
The Jam - All Mod Cons
Pink Floyd - Piper at The Gates of Dawn

For some reason, I always like to limit these things to one album per band/artist.
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2006, 07:39:53 AM »

You can see the full 100 in the 'under-rated albums' thread. You can all go ang get even more upset!

I wont I see that Q Mgazine's poll of the best 100 albums ever (not British only) has 3 Radiohead in its top 10

1 - OK Computer
2 - The Bends
10 - Kid A

So seee I'm not crying anymore  Tongue
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2006, 08:53:02 AM »

The Stone Roses have to be one of the most overrated bands in history.
The first album is pretty good, but the second one is shite. AND it took 5 years to get them to make it!

I really don't get how they are so fawned over in this country (UK).  Maybe, it's a 'right time, right place' kind of thing, same with Oasis and the new darlings Arctic Monkeys.  we really do like to over-hype our bands in Britain!
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2006, 09:14:19 AM »

I'm surprised that Queen isn't anywhere on the 100 list, but that's just me. Maybe they don't count since Freddie was born in Zanzibar.
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2006, 09:19:04 AM »

Or maybe it's the same myopia that affects the younger generation in everything.

I happen to also like football, both college and pro (American, I mean).  When people are asked about the great quarterbacks of all time, Montana is mentioned (obviously) and Marino and such.  But some people want to add current players like Brady and Manning.  Funny, though, no one talks about Unitas or Graham, or Starr, or anyone who played before 1975.  Why?  They didn't watch those games.  Out of sight, out of mind.

How could ANYONE who performed before 1990 be any good?  Beatles?  Overrated wusses.  Stones?  Old farts. 

 Huh Roll Eyes

As someone who is a history buff of all sorts, culture, music, movies, politics, etc., I see this myopia constantly.  Only the latest is the greatest.  No one seems to have a sense of history anymore.

Well, except all of you. That's why I am here, natch.
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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2006, 09:37:04 AM »

That's why history repeats itself.
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« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2006, 11:49:42 AM »

I'm sure I'm guilty of the reverse though in that I can't think of an album released in the last 20 years I'd put in my top 10, which I shall make up now risking forgetting several of my faves....OK
1) Who's Next - The Who
2) Revolver - The Beatles
3) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
4) Liege And Lief - Fairport Convention
5) The Who Sell Out - The Who
6) Station To Station - David Bowie
7) For Your Pleasure -Roxy Music
Cool Hats - The Blue Nile
9) Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
10)All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes - Pete Townshend.

OK I could do that tomorrow and change half of that and add My Generation, Rumour and Sigh, The Clash. Power Corruption and Lies, Layla AOALS, Hunky Dory, Tales from the City etc, but thats what it is now.

I do hear a lot of the new stuff - a lot I like but as usual the NME goes overboard on certain bands who are not going to stand the test of time. Arctic Monkeys? Hmmmm, admire the attitude but they aren't god's gift to UK music.
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« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2006, 11:52:30 AM »

Good list, buddy!
BTW, thanks for saluting The Rising on your list on the other board, I kind of wrote it off upon release, but due to your listing, I dug it out, and now it's getting constant rotation on my stereo. Thanks, buddy.
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« Reply #20 on: January 30, 2006, 12:05:22 PM »

The Rising also sounds much better after you've heard the live versions of most of the tracks which all add to the recorded versions. Even Waiting On A sunny Day, my least favourite track, has been given a new lease of life since the acoustic version on the Storytellers DVD.

The Rising has a lot of very strong songs and he is not afraid of expressing his views in ways that are not popular - Worlds Apart is a very brave song for an american to sing.

Bruce is the sort of American that inspires me to have faith in the USA, and a man I would love to go for a drink with!
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« Reply #21 on: January 30, 2006, 12:11:27 PM »

Right on.
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« Reply #22 on: January 30, 2006, 12:22:48 PM »

Unfortunately, when it comes to lists, it's easy to go with the "old classics" but then people get bored and expect it. This means finding lost classics or putting newer, untested albums on the lists. Maybe 20 years from now, people will rank the Libertines stuff next to the Who stuff without hesitation (barring trends). It's all about perspective.
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« Reply #23 on: January 30, 2006, 01:18:34 PM »

... Pulp?  There wasn't one song on that album I cared all that much about listening to twice.  Apparently these albums are judged on a 25% quality/75% pure British-ness standard because otherwise this list makes very little sense. 

"Sgt. Pepper?  Too much universal appeal for the top 10!  Revolver?  That's the one with 'Taxman' and 'Eleanor Rigby,' right?  VERY British songs there, good job chaps pip pip spot of tea eh wot."
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« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2006, 01:20:17 PM »

That Pulp is a masterpiece.
But This Is Hardcore was even better.
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