tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post7333967385861087192..comments2008-05-13T14:10:37.733-05:00bigrockcandymountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774223242173267278jukejoint@gmail.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-67007804367376549742008-05-13T14:10:00.000-05:002008-05-13T14:10:00.000-05:00I am devouring your blog...Chomp Chomp...I love this record...I just started my little blog and put up a Ten All time essential album list from a previous site that I got alot of comments on...Check it out for my ten....Ole5anddimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05906127421542680610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-23042122249372284352008-03-08T19:46:00.000-06:002008-03-08T19:46:00.000-06:00My perfect album? Dr' John's Gumbo.Scurvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05581506763821479702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-41464800124024013442008-03-05T18:48:00.000-06:002008-03-05T18:48:00.000-06:00Uncool, perhaps, but "Bustin' Out" is indeed a very good record. <BR/><BR/>And how could I have forgotten "Girlfriend"?!! A true masterpiece.<BR/><BR/>Anyone here remember The Saints' "All Fools Day"? My dark horse.Mark Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02342947842228140734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-42964353642800479522008-03-04T12:47:00.000-06:002008-03-04T12:47:00.000-06:00Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.fusion45.com" REL="nofollow">Fusion 45</A>Fusion 45http://www.blogger.com/profile/08299509719317547486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-45250799769348845022008-03-03T21:06:00.000-06:002008-03-03T21:06:00.000-06:00I agee with Frank's "Wee Small", I would add Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town", Clash's "London Calling" and my I am sure my uncool pick, Pure Prairie League's "Bustin' Out"E.E. Lawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954942067865740016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-39910296769548281112008-02-25T22:29:00.000-06:002008-02-25T22:29:00.000-06:00Perfect? Hawkwind's "Hall of the Mountain Grill" just might command the moment. Put it your pipe and smoke it. A little louder than perfect? DOA's "13 Flavours of Doom" is not much subtler than the rain of bodies from the World Trade Centre a few years back. That's Murder Squad entertainment.Mr. Beer N. Hockeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184518909716677938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-47099866206163873232008-02-24T00:30:00.000-06:002008-02-24T00:30:00.000-06:00Trinity is indeed a perfect album; I've hand-made my entire hi-fi system from the caps & resistors on up to play Trinity above all others.<BR/><BR/>A point of interest: Trinity is "A Digital R-Dat Recording, using only a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundfield_microphone" REL="nofollow">Calrec Ambisonic Microphone"</A> which is a single mic with 4 capsules in a pyramid. Thanks to some very clever engineering, that "one" mic is uniquely able to capture the atmospheric nuance of the space it is recording. As sublime as the CJ's performance was, it was the mic that made Trinity what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-43741497169091074352008-02-23T20:52:00.000-06:002008-02-23T20:52:00.000-06:00One review at the time said Trinity Sessions was perfect "3 o'clock in the morning music". I was a college sophmore when it came out, and it was my perfect post-party/crash-time album.<BR/><BR/>My "perfect album" for the day - Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend". <BR/>(I'd add the accompaning accoustic "Goodfriend" as a bookend, except for his wrenching version of "Cortez the Killer".)Thugolinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338369259974283985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-70972583099873092862008-02-22T14:40:00.000-06:002008-02-22T14:40:00.000-06:00Perfect country record = "Honky Tonk Heroes" by Waylon Jennings.Paulhttp://www.settingthewoodsonfire.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-73901223306093078822008-02-18T20:58:00.000-06:002008-02-18T20:58:00.000-06:00Yeah, country is more of a singles medium. However, I would nominate "Red Headed Stranger" for the list. And say what you will, but you could do worse on a desert island list than "I Am What I Am" by George Jones.<BR/><BR/>Lots of good ones mentioned above. I would add: <BR/>"Tonight's The Night" Neil Young<BR/>"This Year's Model" Elvis Costello<BR/>"Electric Warrior" T.Rex<BR/>"Labour Of Lust" Nick LoweMark Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02342947842228140734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-29091893983835492872008-02-18T16:57:00.000-06:002008-02-18T16:57:00.000-06:00Testify, good point on funk, soul, country, etc. being "not...well served by album". I've got these clutches of "greatest hits" and box sets that don't count as proper albums...the problem being that the concept of the "album" as a singular thing is relatively new in the broad scope of things. Hank Williams and Robert Johnson never, of course, recorded a proper album, as we know it. Music was such a "singles" driven medium for so long. Sort of skews things, don't it? Thanks for bringing up that point. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and The Stone Roses' first album...yeah, you could make a real good argument for that being a perfect record. One would have to work really, really hard to disprove or find a flaw in that record. 'Course that second album they did (what, a hundred years later?) was so terrible as to cock up their reputation, and possibly even taint the brilliance of their first. <BR/><BR/>cheers!<BR/><BR/>p.s. New post on Wednesday. Really. Swear to Hank.bigrockcandymountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774223242173267278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-61553931126946403832008-02-18T14:19:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:19:00.000-06:00No Other Gene Clark<BR/><BR/>Screamadelica Primal Scream (although I haven't listened to it in a long time so might have changed my mind on that one)<BR/><BR/>The Stone Roses eponymous first album<BR/><BR/>Polnareffs Michel Polnareff<BR/><BR/>Genuine Imitation Life Gazette by The Four Seasons has been on pretty much constantly since I got it at Xmas.<BR/><BR/>Got to admit though much of the music I really love: funk, soul,country & rockabilly is not particularly well served by album.Testifyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480267948633348141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-88152804453624326952008-02-18T08:52:00.000-06:002008-02-18T08:52:00.000-06:00Interesting choices, y'all. I must confess a few I haven't even heard, which means back to the record store...cuz I'm not there enough as it is, ahem.<BR/><BR/>I'm mixed on "Exile on Main Street". It's one of my favorite records, hell I've probably played it more than any other record...but something keeps preventing me from elevating it...maybe it's "Turd On The Run", which for some reason aggravates me. I dunno.<BR/><BR/>"Marquee Moon", on the other hand. Yep, perfect album.<BR/><BR/>Ryan, those were some pretty good times, weren't they? Now I'm all nostalgic..bigrockcandymountainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03774223242173267278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-36316541530805734052008-02-16T13:34:00.000-06:002008-02-16T13:34:00.000-06:00My choices today....Indians Cowboys Horses and Dogs by Tom Russell, Old Corrals and Sagebrush by Ian Tyson, Blood on the Tracks by Weird Bob, Texas Tornados by Texas Tornados, Dare to Dream by Don Walser.mister anchovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14047409406840291723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-32653907677978427022008-02-15T07:49:00.000-06:002008-02-15T07:49:00.000-06:00Hem's <I>Rabbit Songs</I> might just qualify.<BR/><BR/><I>Exile on Main Street</I>, <I>Harvest</I>, of course.<BR/><BR/>How about Muddy Waters' <I> Folksinger</I>?<BR/><BR/>And I gotta ask, how many of us here went to Kenyon?Will Dividehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17877416158115540051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-62609898923917820192008-02-14T21:10:00.000-06:002008-02-14T21:10:00.000-06:00I totally agree with this choice. What a great album...and it still holds up so well. Timeless, indeed. It makes me think of back roads in Mt Vernon, late nights in the living room on High St, and my girl.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, man!ryannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-27696192969616766912008-02-14T17:15:00.000-06:002008-02-14T17:15:00.000-06:00This is a fine album. As a Canadian, I loved this album when it first came out. Then, I hated it, but felt obliged to hang on to it. I described it as "music to slash your wrists by" for many years. I've since rediscovered it. You're absolutely correct. It's timeless. By the way, Margo Timmins has never been too hard to look at, either.dannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-10327251978035873052008-02-13T22:37:00.000-06:002008-02-13T22:37:00.000-06:00I'm sure you're aware of <I>Trinity Revisited.</I> I downloaded "200 More Miles" because I remember how much I'd enjoyed the song, and now Ryan Adams was a guest vocalist. I like Adams a lot, but it just made me want to hear the original.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-56364972890750381622008-02-13T15:52:00.000-06:002008-02-13T15:52:00.000-06:00Marquee Moon, Blood On The Tracks, Horses, Exile On Main St., Kind Of Blue & Astral Weeks immediately come to mind.Ramone666http://www.blogger.com/profile/08399648428256486747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-79983109088216995542008-02-13T15:23:00.000-06:002008-02-13T15:23:00.000-06:00buzz sez --<BR/> <BR/>I agree there's only a tiny number of truly perfect albums. Cast my votes for Miles Davis' SKETCHES OF SPAIN, Bruce Springsteen's BORN TO RUN, The Beatles' RUBBER SOUL and REVOLVER, and Webb Wilder's HYBRID VIGOR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-81100755093233691682008-02-13T10:15:00.000-06:002008-02-13T10:15:00.000-06:00A '72 Nova huh? I drove around in a 1970 Nova back in high school. That thing was like an iron tank with a lawn mower engine under the hood. I once got 11 people in it with two in the trunk.<BR/><BR/>As for perfect album, mine is Joe Walsh's "So What". Came out around 1974. His 3 year old daughter had just been killed by being run over by a car. He was grieving, but the record company forced him to honor his contract and make an album, hence the title "So What". It's a record brimming with pain and loss, wit and wisdom. When I'm feeling down, it's a great record to crank up and let it all go.<BR/><BR/>Tom ComptonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672539.post-47550461573585614152008-02-13T10:00:00.000-06:002008-02-13T10:00:00.000-06:00My perfect album? I agree with you about Wee Small Hours. That one is perfect. London Calling is a perfect double album. Bringing It All Back Home is a perfect Dylan album. Kind of Blue is a perfect jazz album. For me, The Band by The Band is a perfect rock album. Fun subject.<BR/><BR/>Also, I like The Trinity Sessions, but something keeps me from calling it perfect. I'm not wild about the Hank or the Patsy covers.Paulhttp://www.settingthewoodsonfire.com/noreply@blogger.com