BEST OF ALBUM 50: 40-36
ALBUM 50 (9.0) – 35-31
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 7.0 (3)
Ver la luna brillando a través de los árboles, y escucha la música procedente de los salones. Dicen que debería ir a Marrakech, pero no quiero hacer tu trabajo sucio no más. Trato de encontrar un compromiso, pero a pesar de toda mi rabia, sigo siendo sólo una rata en una jaula.
Ver personas corriendo entre ellos, cazando regalos. ¿Quién está en un bunker? Mujeres y niños primero, y si es un bus de dos pisos choca contra nosotros, entonces podemos estrechar la mano de un antiguo presidente.
Los que son dulces recibirán golosinas y podrán ir a España, los que son traviesos recibirán el látigo y tiene que ir a Marrakech. Oooh, no quiero ir…¡si solo pudiera escuchar mis discos favoritos en casa!… A veces extraño el whisky y extraño los buenos tiempos. Debe ser porque tuve gripe esta Navidad, y no me siento a la par… y, sin embargo, quieren que vaya a Marrakech…
Yo iré entonces, y elijo rapido unos discos para el camino.
| GF | ||||
| # | Artist | Album | Year | 2017 |
| 30 | Bob Dylan | Time Out of Mind | 1997 | 29 |
| 29 | Steely Dan | Can’t Buy A Thrill | 1972 | * |
| 28 | Paul McCartney & Wings | Band on the Run | 1973 | 14 |
| 27 | Radiohead | OK Computer | 1997 | 40 |
| 26 | The Smiths | The Queen Is Dead | 1986 | 38 |
| GvZ | ||||
| # | Artist | Album | Year | 2017 |
| 30 | David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust | 1972 | 19 |
| 29 | 13th Floor Elevators | Easter Everywhere | 1967 | 23 |
| 28 | Radiohead | Kid A | 2000 | 26 |
| 27 | Kraftwerk | Trans Europe Express | 1977 | 25 |
| 26 | Crosby Stills Nash & Young | Déjà Vu | 1970 | 34 |
| RKH | ||||
| # | Artist | Album | Year | 2016 |
| 30 | Modest Mouse | The Lonesome Crowded West | 1997 | * |
| 29 | DJ Shadow | Entroducing | 1996 | 7 |
| 28 | Lee Hazlewood | Cowboy in Sweden | 1970 | 41 |
| 27 | Smashing Pumpkins | Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness | 1995 | * |
| 26 | Paul Simon | Graceland | 1986 | 28 |
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 4.0
Citizens of hope and glory, we can already see the end of another year looming in the distance. The streets are empty, there’s darkness on the edge of town, and music professors flee into their shabby sheds to debate the most vital question of their lives: “Which is the best rock album of all time?”. We’re heading into the fourth edition since 2012, looking for successors of Selling England by the Pound, Kid A, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Band on the Run and Blood on the Tracks.
Well, tell me how your head feels under something like that, cause it’s no one less than Donald ‘Ramblin’ Oude Kamphuis rejoining the armed forces this year. With last year’s senior student Guus Fog officially graduated now and the long lasting experience of RKH and yours truly, 2015 is about to have a promising musical end game. We wanna get loaded, and we wanna have a good time, so let’s go to the results of the first autumn contemplations (previous year’s ranking between brackets):
DOK:
50. (*) Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend (2008)
49. (47) Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
48. (50) Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane over the Sea (1998)
47. (25) George Harrison – All Things Must Pass (1970)
46. (32) Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
“When the 90’s gave birth to the millennium.”
GvZ:
50. (37) The Band – Music from Big Pink (1968)
49. (42) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969)
48. (*) Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
47. (49) Simon & Garfunkel – Parsley, Sage, Rosemary & Thyme (1966)
46. (34) 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere (1967)
“Can’t catch your soul while sitting on your arms, man.”
RKH:
50. (*) Talk Talk – Laughing Stock (1991)
49. (30) Neil Young – After the Gold Rush (1970)
48. (50) Radiohead – The King of Limbs (2011)
47. (49) Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
46. (*) Frazey Ford – Indian Ocean (2014)
“Al Green + Canadian fertility symbol = Soul²”
GF:
50. (*) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – No More Shall We Part (2001)
49. (*) Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene (2005)
48. (*) Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)
47. (19) The Zombies – Odessey and Oracle (1968)
46. (39) Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild (2007)
“En nu met de nachtbus naar fucking Londen.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 3.0 (2)
Today, #40-31:
GVZ:
40. (30) Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
“Best album ever about people wanting everything and getting nowhere by doing so, by a band that’s not searching to find something but just searches because of the searching, that way going somewhere nobody else went before.”
39. (*) Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)
“Moore and Gordon bearing the nineties after a pigfuck.”
38. (43) Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
“Favorite box of chocolates.”
37. (33) The Band – Music from Big Pink (1968)
“Ticket to Big Pink, duration: 43 minutes, free of charge. Get on that cannonball.”
36. (29) Crosby Stills Nash & Young – Déjà Vu (1970)
“When four stuck-up musicians are trying to outclass each other, great things can happen.”
35. (26) Talking Heads – Remain in Light (1980)
“The Unstoppable One.”
34. (37) 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere (1967)
“Take the elevator, leave your body behind.”
33. (22) Electric Light Orchestra – Out of the Blue (1977)
“Jeff Lynne kidnapping Brian Wilson, Lennon & McCartney and Ray Davies to party in space.”
32. (*) The Smiths – Strangeways Here We Come (1987)
“Awesome pass from Marr, and accurately finished by Morrisey: The Smiths’ winning goal.”
31. (41) Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees (1972)
“The album you always have with you, as it can be played at any place at any time of the day.”
RKH:
40. (19) Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
“Arguably the strongest collection of individual songs on this list. The sum isn’t .”
39. (*) Bob Dylan -Blonde on Blonde (1966)
“Dylan’s White Album. Where perfection meets misdirection.”
38. (*) Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982)
“Carefully crafted soundtrack for driving around at night. Sunglasses allowed.”
37. (25) The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
“The first glimpse of godhood.”
36. (37) Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
“Cat, tell me another of your bittersweet stories about how you’ve clearly lost your way. Also, lighten the f*ck up.”
35. (35) Pixies – Doolittle (1989)
“You’ll sit down and listen while Black Francis forcefully implants his seed into you.”
34. (24) Guided By Voices – Bee Thousand (1994)
“The Black-Francis-seed in full fruition. Two minute songs are lame anyway.”
33. (32) Santana – Abraxas (1970)
“A free trip to a Caribbean island. Involuntary headbobs and hipshakes included.”
32. (22) Radiohead – OK Computer (1997)
” ‘And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ “
31. (21) Jefferson Airplane – Surrealistic Pillow (1967)
“No fear of gazing too long here. Relax and let the summer of love wash over you.”
GF:
40. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar (2006)
“Het nummer Nantes is beter dan Nantes.”
39. Eddie Vedder – Into the Wild (2007)
“Het rustgevende en ingetogene van de natuur.”
38. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969)
“Bij het uitkomen enkel gesmaakt door de fijnproever, nu op het menu van iedereen die begaan is met muziek.”
37. John Cale – The Island Years (1996)
“Je blijft nog wat wegdromen terwijl de eerste cd na ‘Rollaroll’ geluidloos blijft ronddraaien en dan moet op cd 2 ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ en ‘Guts’ nog komen.”
36. Emmylou Harris – Wrecking Ball (1995)
“Er staat maar één vrouw in deze lijst, zodat ze met haar warm-omarmende- stem helemaal alleen kan schitteren tussen de doorrookte en ruwe mannenstemmen. “
35. Sigur Rós – Takk… (2005)
“Iets anders, iets dat je bij elke luisterbeurt naar een andere wereld meevoert. ”
34. Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby (1976)
“‘I’m just a gift to the women of this world’ … of hoe je met zelfvertrouwen alles kan doen, maken en zeggen wat je wilt.”
33. Talking Heads – Remain in Light (1980)
“Als je met de fiets ergens heel vlug moet zijn, deze cd op en je trappers kunnen je benen niet volgen.”
32. Paul Simon – Graceland (1986)
“Vakantie, het broodnodige de kofferbak in, de autodeur dicht, Graceland op en weg.”
31. The Beatles – Revolver (1966)
“Teruggetrokken in hun studio, weg van het publiek, enkel maar gemaakt om de muziek.”
50 Albums you must hear before you buy a house 2.0 (3): 40-36
Entering the top 40 in our lists this week, with another number of albums that can enlighten a dark winter evening. Here we go, with two recurring albums this time: Merriweather Post Pavillion and In the Aeroplane Over the Sea:
DOK:
36. The Doors – The Doors (1967)
37. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)
38. Traveling Wilburys – Vol.1 (1988)
39. The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
40. Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (2008)
GvZ:
36. (*) Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
37. (*) 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere (1967)
38. (33) Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969)
39. (*) The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground (1969)
40. (25) Cream – Disraeli Gears (1967)
RKH:
36. (28) Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
37. (25) Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
38. (41) Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
39. (*) JJ Cale – Naturally (1972)
40. (*) The Kingsbury Manx – The Kingsbury Manx (2000)
DOK keeps digging in the 2000’s, with another three albums from that decade. This brings his personal rate at 8/15, making it also the most popular decade overall so far (15/45). The sixties are following in second place (12/45), mainly due to GvZ’s choices (9/15), who adds another five gems to that collection this week. Have a nice weekend.