I stayed up until about 2AM last night, listening to stuff from our lists and found a couple more I missed:
Jennifer Warnes-Famous Blue Raincoat
Holly Cole-Temptation
100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie
This thread was inspired by this thread:
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/building-a-100-album-vinyl-collection-3-must-have-albums-are
Please add to the above list. Thanks!
Okay, here is my premise for this:
I find an very odd, really old record in the $.99 cent bin in the back corner of some old, dusty record store. I pull the LP from the sleeve and a Genie appears. He says I can have any equipment/gear I want. Speakers, amp, preamp, etc. Just name it, (mbl Master Reference System and a custom room for it please.)...
...but, I can only have 100 albums forever to play on it. No "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits". No Box Sets or Compilations. Soundtracks are fine if original score, no Compilations. Double and Triple LP’s count as one album. (This Genie was very detailed in his instructions. He kinda looked like Donald Fagen).
What 100 albums would they be?
(I know I fudged on a rule or two, on a few of mine).
Allman Brothers-Idlewild South
Amazing Rhythm Aces-Too Stuffed To Jump
April Wine-Harder, Faster
Atlanta Rhythm Section-Red Tape
Bad Company-Straight Shooter
The Band-The Last Waltz
The Beatles-Abbey Road
The Beatles: Rubber Soul
Jeff Beck-Live At Ronnie Scott’s
Blackberry Smoke-The Whippoorwill
Blackfoot-Strikes
Karla Bonoff-Restless Nights
Boston-Boston
Jackson Browne-Late For The Sky
Jimmy Buffett-Songs You Know By Heart
Charlie-Lines
Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority
Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard
Eric Clapton-Slowhand
Marc Cohn-Marc Cohn
Shawn Colvin-Fat City
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions
Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo’s Factory
Crosby, Stills & Nash-Daylight Again
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Deja Vu
Christopher Cross-Christopher Cross
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
Dire Straits-Making Movies
Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street
Eagles-The Long Run
Electric Light Orchestra-Out Of The Blue
Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Works Volume 1
Melissa Etheridge-Brave And Crazy
Donald Fagen-The New York Rock And Soul Review
Donald Fagen-The Nightfly
Fleetwood Mac-Rumours
Foghat-Foghat
Genesis-Invisible Touch
Hall & Oates-Private Eyes
George Harrison-All Things Must Pass
Head East-Flat As A Pancake
Heart-Dreamboat Annie
John Hiatt-Slow Turning
Hootie And The Blowfish-Cracked Rear View
Bruce Hornsby & The Range-The Way It Is
Indigo Girls-Nomads, Indians & Saints
J. Giles Band-Bloodshot
James Gang-Straight Shooter
Jefferson Airplane-Red Octopus
Billy Joel-The Stranger
Elton John-Goodbye Yellowbrick Road
Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones
Kansas-Leftoverture
Kiss-Dressed To Kill
Mark Knopfler -Shangri La
Alison Krauss-Forget About It
Little River Band-First Under The Wire
The Liz Barnez Band-Inkmarks On Pages
Shelby Lynne-Just A Little Lovin’
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays-As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Steve Miller-Book Of Dreams
Joni Mitchell-Hissing of Summer Lawns
Van Morrison – Moondance
New Riders Of The Purple Sage-The Adventures Of Panama Red
Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna
Tom Petty-Damn The Torpedoes
Poco-Legend
The Police-Zenyatta Mendatta
Queen-The Works
REO Speedwagon-Ridin’ The Storm Out
Robbie Robertson-Robbie Robertson
Linda Ronstadt-Simple Dreams
Roxy Music -Avalon
Rush-2112
Sawmill Creek-Wild Western Windblown Band
Bob Seger-Night Moves
Paul Simon-Still Crazy After All These Years
Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run
Steely Dan-Aja
Steely Dan - Gaucho
Steely Dan-Two Against Nature
Styx-Crystal Ball
Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman
Joss Stone-The Soul Sessions
Supertramp- Crime of the Century
Richard and Linda Thompson- Shoot Out The Lights
Toto-Hydra
Traffic-Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
Trooper-Knock ’Em Dead Kid
Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs
The Wallflowers-Bringing Down The Horse
Joe Walsh-The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Wings-Band On The Run
Wings-Venus And Mars
The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals
The Wonderful Sounds of Male Vocals
Yes-Fragile
Warren Zevon-Warren Zevon
ZZ Top-Tres Hombres
This is just for fun. I found a ton of albums off the thread, listed at the top, that I had forgot about. Was hoping to find even more. If you want to participate, cool! If not, please don’t.
I’m by no means expecting everyone to add a list of 100 titles. I thought it was a blast, but did take some time. I've also had a blast going back and relistening to a lot of these. Man, I sure missed them.
Play if you want...
(This is by no means a final, definitive list. Probably hundreds of more albums await...)
@stuartk...SWEET list! Several on your list, I forgot about, (that's what I was hoping for!) Thanks!!! It is hard. |
@stuartk...I forgot about Gillian Welch and Patty Griffin. But who do I bump off my list? I think I need to switch to de-caf. 🤕 |
@simonmoon...Nice list dude! You're right on obscurity, I've haven't heard of a lot of them, but will check them out. Thanks! |
@slaw...Elvis Costello is one of my favorite male vocalists, but since I only have 100 albums to choose from forever, I picked mine for the music and for being able to listen to over and over and over. Couldn't choose one. I left a TON of artists off I'm sure, but again, it's much harder than you'd think. I encourage everyone to try and see for yourself... |
@tylermunns...very eloquently said! Agree totally. |
@tylermunns...top notch list dude! Very diverse. Need to look up a few of your artists. |
@tylermunns...I already admitted to that, right above #1 on my list. 🙄 |
@waltersalas...excellent choices sir! Some great titles on there!!! I took out "Best Ofs" & "Box Sets" so we would have to really think about the "album" as a whole. Also, I see a lot of titles from the lists that I love, but remember, these 100 albums are all we have to listen to...forever. I like quite a few of the choices, but once or twice through would be more than enough for me. |