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Return of Popular Album Poll  0:)

Me - Beatles  ;)

Toughest one yet.  I could have just as happily chosen Mingus or Jimi, but ended up with Blonde on Blonde.

A thought: London Calling is sort of the white album for punks.

Quote from: mn dave on April 29, 2014, 12:48:29 PM
A thought: London Calling is sort of the white album for punks.

yes, hard choice between it and Hendrix.  Went with Hendrix because my favorite Clash album, as a non-punk is the compilation Story of the Clash vol 1

Though I like parts of Blonde on Blonde and London Calling, I like everything on The Beatles except "number nine, number nine, number nine..." There are times when it's my favorite Beatles album.

The Beatles' White Album. I don't listen to The Beatles very often, but I acknowledge this as one of their best and easily outclasses every album here IMHO.

Quote from: James on April 29, 2014, 04:29:26 PM
Where is the none of the above option? I could live easily without the ones listed here.

Yeah, we know. ::) One has to wonder why you even continue to come to these threads in the first place? Nobody here can't help that you lack taste and have such a narrow range of musical interests. My suggestion: get a hobby!

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 29, 2014, 05:14:16 PM
Yeah, we know. ::) One has to wonder why you even continue to come to these threads in the first place? Nobody here can't help that you lack taste and have such a narrow range of musical interests. My suggest: get a hobby!

:)

The Beatles White album, just because it was widely listened to by our gang when I was sixteen (1982), whilst smoking pot and drinking in the wild moorlands near to our hometown at weekends...  Favorite track is Rocky Raccoon.  Those were the days... 8)

Quote from: James on April 29, 2014, 05:39:16 PM
You guys are all enamored with the surface sound .. the bones of this stuff isn't that vast. Eventually one says "there has to be more" ..

Said the musical ignoramus.

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 29, 2014, 05:59:30 PM
Said the musical ignoramus.

He won't stop. I think he's a robot set on "numb".

Quote from: Mirror Image on April 29, 2014, 05:09:09 PM
The Beatles' White Album. I don't listen to The Beatles very often, but I acknowledge this as one of their best and easily outclasses every album here IMHO.

I much prefer "Abbey Road". But that's just me.  :)

For me, the White Album was a bit of a disappointment after what came before but I soon got used to it and learned to love it.

Quote from: mn dave on April 29, 2014, 06:14:15 PM
He won't stop. I think he's a robot set on "numb".

:P

I like the White Album too; and there are some songs on it that just completely knock me out.  "Everybody's Got Something to Hide except Me and My Monkey", e.g.

Quote from: sanantonio on April 29, 2014, 06:40:15 PM
I like the White Album too; and there are some songs on it that just completely knock me out.  "Everybody's Got Something to Hide except Me and My Monkey", e.g.

Yep, and "Sexy Sadie". :)

Quote from: mn dave on April 29, 2014, 06:20:51 PM
For me, the White Album was a bit of a disappointment after what came before but I soon got used to it and learned to love it.

You liked Magical Mystery Tour more than The Beatles? Or do you mean everything that came before?

White Album

Quote from: Jay F on April 29, 2014, 07:31:14 PM
You liked Magical Mystery Tour more than The Beatles? Or do you mean everything that came before?

Everything, including MMT.

Quote from: James on April 29, 2014, 04:29:26 PM
Where is the none of the above option? I could live easily without the ones listed here.

I live without them. I don't even know what I am missing. I live in a different dimension where other albums and artists are relevant.

White album

London....Blonde...Experienced... I'll have to flip a three-sided coin.

Sarge

Quote from: Tom 1960 on April 29, 2014, 06:19:24 PM
I much prefer "Abbey Road". But that's just me.  :)

No, the case can be readily made.  For instance, I waver interminably between "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" and "Yer Blues."

Quote from: mn dave on April 29, 2014, 06:20:51 PM
For me, the White Album was a bit of a disappointment after what came before but I soon got used to it and learned to love it.

I think I recall that, once I heard The Beatles, directly I liked it better even than that ol' Hearts Club Band.

Thread Duty:

Really tough poll!  Had to go with The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady at the last, though.

Quote from: 71 dB on April 29, 2014, 08:53:18 PM
I live without them. I don't even know what I am missing. I live in a different dimension where other albums and artists are relevant.

Well, you're not obliged, of course.

Mind you, it's no particular virtue, disregarding an artistic item simply because it is popular.

For me, it was between London Calling and The Queen Is Dead. I feel London Calling is the better album, but (by far) The Queen Is Dead has more deeply affected my life. I see now, I am alone in my choice.

If the Beatles album had been Revolver and the Drake had been Bryter Layter, it would have been an even tougher choice.

Quote from: karlhenning on April 30, 2014, 05:09:47 AM
Well, you're not obliged, of course.

Mind you, it's no particular virtue, disregarding an artistic item simply because it is popular.

Yes. Some of my favorite albums are popular, but most of them aren't. On the contrary!  0:)

Nothing wrong with that, either.  Nor is it at all uncommon.

 

Quote from: karlhenning on April 30, 2014, 05:08:36 AM
Thread Duty:

Really tough poll!  Had to go with The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady at the last, though.

Gee, I read the options a bit carelessly as I missed this one ... change vote (The Beatles - The Beatles) for this one, then.