With my first pick in this really awesome music draft, I select in the category of Album - Folk / Blues / World (Country, Western, Bluegrass, Reggae, Afro, Flamenco, what ever), Willie Nelson's 1975 masterpiece,Red Headed Stranger.
Yeah, this is a little off the board, but I haven't had any research time and I think that I really require that for most categories. There are two, however, that are no brainers for me and this is one of them. Of the two, I thought this one had the better chance of being snagged first and here we are!.
This is such a great album. Concept albums are rare in country music but Red Headed Stranger is one. The record is a jumbled 'mess' for lack of a better term, but it flat out works. It's so Willie Nelson. With his awkward timing and lyrics that feel like stories, he pulls off making an album that is a metaphor for his performing in terms of its pace and tone. It's quite an accomplishment even if it wasn't intentional (which I don't know to be the case).
Red Headed Stranger ranked #184 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of all time.
Time of the Preacher (:55-1:07 is pure awesomeness)
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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I'd write a whole fluff piece about this album, but all you have to do is listen to "Lake Of Fire", and "Something In The Way", and you will understand why I picked this album first.
I never considered Kurt Cobain to be a great singer, but the emotion, the pain, the grit he brought to every song made it easy to overlook. His voice told the story, regardless if you could make out the words.
The concept of this album was different than most MTV Unplugged discs, as only "Come As You Are" and argueably "All Apologies", were commercial hits for Nirvana, while most other bands took the Unplugged experience to just play their hits by way of acoustic. "About A Girl" hit the charts after the CD's release, a slowed down, mythodical version of it's former self.
This was also the first album to be released after Cobain's death. (Recorded: November '93, Aired: December '93, Cobain's Death: April '94, CD Released: November '94)
Haunting, yet one of the most perfect albums I've ever listend to.
I never considered Kurt Cobain to be a great singer, but the emotion, the pain, the grit he brought to every song made it easy to overlook. His voice told the story, regardless if you could make out the words.
Haunting, yet one of the most perfect albums I've ever listend to.
Good pick, and I think you nailed it with the above statement. Completely agree.
Good pick, and I think you nailed it with the above statement. Completely agree.
I concur.
Nirvana is about my 5th favorite Seattle band, but that doesn't mean I don't love their stuff. Kurt was special, for sure and Dave Grohl has made it pretty clear how talented he is over the last 14 years since Nirvana ended.
Great pick.
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
that was on my live album list. One of the books I read about the recording of that had Cobain leaving the stage disgusted with the show. He had no idea it had been received so well. Great description, Proto.
that was on my live album list. One of the books I read about the recording of that had Cobain leaving the stage disgusted with the show. He had no idea it had been received so well. Great description, Proto.
According to the DVD, and Wikipedia, the band rehearsed for two days prior, cause of their grungy, harder sound. They had no idea what the songs would turn out to be.
Through the 3 days, Cobain was said to have been in quite the sour mood, but the guy was an emotional wreck well before that, with the fame and pressure he would give into just a few months later.
If my son ever wants to know about Nirvana, Unplugged, the CD and the DVD are perfect references.
Sorry, took a while to make a preliminary list of picks. I'm having some trouble fitting a handful of "Must Have" albums from the 70's here.
For our first round pick, team Twist/Shout picks Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges (1973) in the Punk category. (This is a bit of a stretch since "punk music" as a concept didn't exist in '73, but since it's one of the cornerstones of the whole genre, I don't see a problem.)
Sporting one of the greatest rock covers of all time, it's one of the more unlikely stories of rock'n'roll greatness.
The Stooges had broken up after two unsuccesful albums two years before, and after meeting producer Tony DeFries and David Bowie in New York (where much partying had ensued, ending in Bowie doing an intervention that propably stopped Pop from killing himself with heroin), Iggy Pop had been signed in Britain for Columbia records to make a solo album.
He had insisted on bringing along his old guitarist Alex Williamson, the original plan being that they'd find a rhythm section from overseas. However after some consideration they also brought in Ron and Scott Asheton for bass and drums, and so the Stooges was reborn in England. The band was pretty much left to it's own devices in the studio, resulting in something that Tony DeFries flat out refused to release, and Iggy was shuffled to LA while they figured out what to do.
In comes David Bowie, who was also signed by DeFries, to do a new mix of the album. Of course the budget was tight, so Bowie had all of one day to do it in an inexpensive LA studio. Initially this didn't seem to do much good, as the album was another commercial failure, and the band broke up again soon after.
However, the reputation of Raw Power grew tremendously in subsequent years, and the album's volume and ferocity became benchmarks against which later albums were measured. In 2003, the album was ranked number 125 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
The first three songs from the beginning of the album, in order:
Search & Destroy
Gimme Danger
Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (originally titled "Hard to Beat")
Please Kill Me brings the sound of the punk generation to life. Iggy Pop, Danny Fields, Dee Dee and Joey Ramone, Nico, Patti Smith, and scores of other famous and infamous punk figures lend their voices to this definitive account of that outrageous, explosive era. From its origins in the twilight years of Andy Warhol's New York reign to its last gasps as eighties corporate rock, the phenomenon that was known as punk is scrutinized, eulogized, and idealized by the people who were there and who made it happen.
I agree, great choice with Raw Power. I have no problem calling that a punk release. I'm more of a believer that attitude defines the style more than the riffs etc.
I'll have my choice up when I go home for lunch in about an hour.
Team Goätwar Galore is pleased to choose with their first round pick… from the category of Album 1997-1999…The Afghan Whigs – 1965. Released in 1998, this gem was to be the last studio record of a beautiful 14+ year and 6 record run. Despite critical acclaim through the early to mid 90’s the Whigs never really caught on in big way. 1965 was my introduction to the band and has been my #1 desert island album since then. The perfect blend of pop/rock/soul, this album is dripping with cool and righteous hooks. Damn I love this album!
Track listing
"Something Hot"
"Crazy"
"Uptown Again"
"Sweet Son of a Bitch"
"66"
"Citi Soleil"
"John the Baptist"
"The Slide Song"
"Neglekted"
"Omertà"
"The Vampire Lanois"
Somethin' Hot
Uptown Again
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