So, I came across a book yesterday. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. First out in 2005. Updated to include music between 1955 and 2013. One group, or artist tops the list in the book with 8 albums. There are three with seven albums. No cheating. No googling or amazoning. Name 'em.
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Miles Davis?
Bee Gee's?
My first thought was the Beatles or Led Zeppelin. I'm probably wrong though.
Beatles was my first WAG.
Does this include online sales?
hmm ... SWAG (Stupid Wild Ass Guesses) ... Dean Martin, Beach Boys
So this is critical analysis, not sales? Bob Dylan has to be in this picture.
GB54;842644068 said:
So this is critical analysis, not sales? Bob Dylan has to be in this picture.
Hippie
When will the answers be posted?
Slick Rick.
going4roses;842644076 said:
When will the answers be posted?
You have to be an Insider. Screw off
Too $hort.
Jacques Brel
GB54;842644078 said:
You have to be an Insider. Screw off
Aggressive elitist hippie.
Trying me
Ryuichi Sakamoto?
NYCGOBEARS;842644074 said:
Hippie
"Lights flicker in the opposite loft, in this room the heat pipes just cough. The country music station plays soft...
Visions of Johanna. Could always get you laid in the old days
The Beatles and Dylan named before are the usual suspects. Others would be The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk: all very good groups that had a pretty long run and an extensive album list. Coltrane and Miles Davis for jazz.
NYCGOBEARS;842644082 said:
Aggressive elitist hippie.
That's a macro aggression.
NYCGOBEARS;842644079 said:
Too $hort.
Love
The band that did Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love in My Tummy? Get Kind of Blue and you don't need any more jazz albums. I defy anyone to listen to the song Blue Sky by the Allman Brothers, particularly the slide guitar solo by Duane, followed by the dueling guitars of Duane and Dickie Betts, and then tell me you didn't feel you were in the presence of greatness.
Another fine Jazz album (Bossa Nova beat):
Another fine Jazz album (Bossa Nova beat):
Vandalus;842644097 said:
That's a macro aggression.
You bet yer ass, counselor.
muddlehead1;842644044 said:
So, I came across a book yesterday. 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. First out in 2005. Updated to include music between 1955 and 2013. One group, or artist tops the list in the book with 8 albums. There are three with seven albums. No cheating. No googling or amazoning. Name 'em.
To total your counts, are you including individuals who have albums on the list as both a solo artist and as part of a group? E.g. Michael Jackson as part of Jackson 5 and as a solo artist.
david bowie
Oakbear;842644129 said:
david bowie
Until Bowie passed I had no idea how many albums he made. That's a lot of songs nobody has any interest in hearing. He has a hit rate something like a 2-star college recruit.
My theory being not all popular songs are any good, but most really good songs do achieve some level of popularity.
Flame away. . .
dajo9;842644133 said:
Until Bowie passed I had no idea how many albums he made. That's a lot of songs nobody has any interest in hearing. He has a hit rate something like a 2-star college recruit.
My theory being not all popular songs are any good, but most really good songs do achieve some level of popularity.
Flame away. . .
Bowie continued to blaze ahead and take a lot of risks his whole career so it's not surprising. I commend him for it. Paul Weller is much the same.
sort of funny story, in the early 80's my boss went to London .. he came back and asked the staff is anyone knew who david bowie was .. most didn't .. the next day he told us his kids damn near killed him for not getting an autograph, etc .. the place he had breakfast was full, so he asked if he could sit down with this guy, they got to talking and exchanged names and what they did ... he had no clue who bowie and bowie might have liked it that way ..
I'm wondering of Frank Sinatra's early (50's vintage) records pulls him up into the upper class.
As mentioned before Michael Jackson might be in there.
As mentioned before Michael Jackson might be in there.
NVGolfingBear;842644142 said:
I'm wondering of Frank Sinatra's early (50's vintage) records pulls him up into the upper class.
As mentioned before Michael Jackson might be in there.
When Francis Albert died, Entertainment Weekly dedicated a very large article to his music. The experts picked the album below as his best. I have owned it for years and I can't say I disagree with those experts:
NYCGOBEARS;842644140 said:
Bowie continued to blaze ahead and take a lot of risks his whole career so it's not surprising. I commend him for it. Paul Weller is much the same.
Nothing too remarkable or risky after Scary Monsters though. Stuff like Little China Girl and Let's Dance paid the mortgage on his Mustique retreat. Still a really long time putting quality records from the late 60s to the late 70s.
bearister;842644157 said:
When Francis Albert died, Entertainment Weekly dedicated a very large article to his music. The experts picked the album below as his best. I have owned it for years and I can't say I disagree with those experts:
After Sinatra died I was listening to Vin Scully who said, if you're young and not as familiar with Frank Sinatra, I recommend you get Songs for Swingin' Lovers and give it a try. And I did. Vin Scully never fails.
Well, its either the Beatles, the Stones, Sinatra, or Michael Jackson. The Bee Gees were pretty sick with their disco balls in the 70's. I missed the 90's. There is a whole bunch of great jazz that probably won't scratch the charts.
NYCGOBEARS;842644140 said:
Bowie continued to blaze ahead and take a lot of risks his whole career so it's not surprising. I commend him for it. Paul Weller is much the same.
I'd make my same comment about the Stones. I wanted to deepen my knowledge of the Stones beyond just what is played on classic rock stations so 6 months ago I bought Exile on Main Street. What a lousy album. The only song worth listening to is Tumbling Dice.
Oakbear;842644129 said:
david bowie
I never regretted buying it:
..and on an unrelated note, this is my latest purchase:
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