Will the Circle be Unbroken
Nitty Gitty Dirt Band.... 1972
Posted on 04/20/2009 3:57:19 PM PDT by pissant
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by Beatles, The The list author says:
"The greatest ever. Period. Sorry revisionists."
2. Forever Changes by Love
"I would vote this right behind Pepper's as the 2nd greatest psychedelic album of the 60s. Listen to what Arthur Lee has to say. Mind blowing and genius."
3. Abbey Road by Beatles, The
"1/2 a concept album. But who cares, it's the Beatles."
4. A Salty Dog by Procol Harum
"Unreal. The apex of Procol Harum, one of the most under appreciated bands of all time. Perfect from beginning to end. Arg me maties."
5. The Notorious Byrd Brothers by Byrds, The
"Not your grandmas' Byrds. A masterpiece."
6. Arthur - Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by Kinks, The
"Again, have you heard this? Think you know the Kinks? Think again. This poor album came out right after Tommy so was dismissed at the time. This album puts Tommy to shame."
7. The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society by Kinks, The
"Out of place and out of time. This Kinks concept album from 1968 could only belong in the head of Ray Davies. Defiant and serene at the same time. Beautiful."
8. Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
"Another lesser known masterpiece. Definitely in the top 10. Magical and gets better every listen. Self-produced with full creative control and no studio musicians. Dig that mellotron."
9. Parachute by Pretty Things, The
"Never heard it? Voted Rolling Stone best album of 1970. Takes Abbey Road to the next level, Pretty Things style."
10. Ogden's Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces, The
"Steve Mariott and Ronnie Lane kicking it up. When this album came out it was in what looked like a tobacco tin for storing other types of...items. Great psychedelic brit-pop mod rock. Rollin Over baby!"
11. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust by Bowie, David
"Ok, this is number 11. I cheated. But how could I leave out Ziggy? Mick Ronson rips it up.
SFAM is one of the most important and beautiful records ever made...not to mention underrated.
How about the ‘Rumble’ album Paragons Meet The Jesters. If you didn’t have this album in the Bronx in 1957 you were no where. Showing my age huh?
1967 Albums that I would put ahead of Sgt. P include: Are You Experienced?; the Velvet Underground and Nico; the Doors (which has aged at least as good as Sgt. P). Prior to ‘67 there was also “Aftermath” and “Hwy 61 Revisited” just to name a couple of albums.
It’s too bad the rest of Enigma’s catalouge is utter garbage.
Gypsy — Gypsy (double album) all-time fave; amazing
Doobie Brothers — Toulouse Street — most underrated ever
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young — Deja Vu
Chicago — Chicago Transit Authority
8. Odessey and Oracle by The Zombies
“Another lesser known masterpiece. Definitely in the top 10. Magical and gets better every listen. Self-produced with full creative control and no studio musicians. Dig that mellotron.”
Absolutely!!!!!
No Moody Blues? For shame!
“Without THE BEATLES there would be no Stones. Not only did they pave the way for the Stones but they wrote their early hits and convinced them to start writing their own stuff.
So no Beatles no Stones.”
Sorry gotta disagree big time. The Stones started as a blues band, playing Elmore James, Muddy Waters (obviously), Howlin’ Wolf, etc. and even if they kept playing blues covers they would have still been a great band (see “12x5”).
The Stones were also better live.
Anyone ever hear of Fidelio? Sgt Pepper was nice, but not really in the same league.
ML/NJ
Eye in the Sky was a good album as well.
Fred Blassie, King of Men
A concept album if there ever was one!
Oh, and Tommy and Quadrophenia from the greatest rock band of them all, The Who
Will the Circle be Unbroken
Nitty Gitty Dirt Band.... 1972
Top Concept albums
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Rush - 2112 + Farewell to Kings>Hemispheres
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood + Clutching at Straws
Pink Floyd - The Wall + DSOTM + Animals + WYWH
Queensryche - Operation:Mindcrime 1&2 + American Soldier
The Who - Tommy
The KinKs - most any of their 70s catalog
Fates Warning - Pleasant Shade of Gray
Frank Zappa - Joes Garage trilogy
Roger Waters - all Solo albums
Starz - Violation
How about a thread be started for best “epic” songs such as Side 1 of 2112 as opposed to the whole album.
For that I will offer “Grendel” by Marillion
Maybe another thread for “loosely constructed concept albums” which I would include Sgt Pepper, Abbey Road by the Beatles, “Shades of a Blue Orphanage” by Thin Lizzy
Perhaps that accounts for why I’ve never had the opportunity to listen to anything else they’ve produced.
Yeah but I am a record collector and that mistake makes that one worth 5 to 10 times more than the original. Why? Because it is rare. Unless of course the did thousands like that.
None of those are concept albums though and that is what we are comparing.
Concept albums.
We are talking concept here not psychedelic.
You know I really wouldn’t mind if you would sit this one out. (flute plays)...
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