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100 Albums You Would wish for...from a Genie

This thread was inspired by this thread:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/building-a-100-album-vinyl-collection-3-must-have-albums-are

Please add to the above list. Thanks!

 

Okay, here is my premise for this:

I find an very odd, really old record in the $.99 cent bin in the back corner of some old, dusty record store. I pull the LP from the sleeve and a Genie appears. He says I can have any equipment/gear I want. Speakers, amp, preamp, etc. Just name it, (mbl Master Reference System and a custom room for it please.)...

...but, I can only have 100 albums forever to play on it. No "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits". No Box Sets or Compilations. Soundtracks are fine if original score, no Compilations. Double and Triple LP’s count as one album. (This Genie was very detailed in his instructions. He kinda looked like Donald Fagen).

 

What 100 albums would they be?

(I know I fudged on a rule or two, on a few of mine).

 

  1. Allman Brothers-Idlewild South

  2. Amazing Rhythm Aces-Too Stuffed To Jump

  3. April Wine-Harder, Faster

  4. Atlanta Rhythm Section-Red Tape

  5. Bad Company-Straight Shooter

  6. The Band-The Last Waltz

  7. The Beatles-Abbey Road

  8. The Beatles: Rubber Soul

  9. Jeff Beck-Live At Ronnie Scott’s

  10. Blackberry Smoke-The Whippoorwill

  11. Blackfoot-Strikes

  12. Karla Bonoff-Restless Nights

  13. Boston-Boston

  14. Jackson Browne-Late For The Sky

  15. Jimmy Buffett-Songs You Know By Heart

  16. Charlie-Lines

  17. Chicago-Chicago Transit Authority

  18. Eric Clapton-461 Ocean Boulevard

  19. Eric Clapton-Slowhand

  20. Marc Cohn-Marc Cohn

  21. Shawn Colvin-Fat City

  22. Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Sessions

  23. Creedence Clearwater Revival-Cosmo’s Factory

  24. Crosby, Stills & Nash-Daylight Again

  25. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-Deja Vu

  26. Christopher Cross-Christopher Cross

  27. Miles Davis- Bitches Brew

  28. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

  29. Dire Straits-Making Movies

  30. Doobie Brothers-Toulouse Street

  31. Eagles-The Long Run

  32. Electric Light Orchestra-Out Of The Blue

  33. Emerson, Lake & Palmer-Works Volume 1

  34. Melissa Etheridge-Brave And Crazy

  35. Donald Fagen-The New York Rock And Soul Review

  36. Donald Fagen-The Nightfly

  37. Fleetwood Mac-Rumours

  38. Foghat-Foghat

  39. Genesis-Invisible Touch

  40. Hall & Oates-Private Eyes

  41. George Harrison-All Things Must Pass

  42. Head East-Flat As A Pancake

  43. Heart-Dreamboat Annie

  44. John Hiatt-Slow Turning

  45. Hootie And The Blowfish-Cracked Rear View

  46. Bruce Hornsby & The Range-The Way It Is

  47. Indigo Girls-Nomads, Indians & Saints

  48. J. Giles Band-Bloodshot

  49. James Gang-Straight Shooter

  50. Jefferson Airplane-Red Octopus

  51. Billy Joel-The Stranger

  52. Elton John-Goodbye Yellowbrick Road

  53. Rickie Lee Jones-Rickie Lee Jones

  54. Kansas-Leftoverture

  55. Kiss-Dressed To Kill

  56. Mark Knopfler -Shangri La

  57. Alison Krauss-Forget About It

  58. Little River Band-First Under The Wire

  59. The Liz Barnez Band-Inkmarks On Pages

  60. Shelby Lynne-Just A Little Lovin’

  61. Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays-As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls

  62. Steve Miller-Book Of Dreams

  63. Joni Mitchell-Hissing of Summer Lawns

  64. Van Morrison – Moondance

  65. New Riders Of The Purple Sage-The Adventures Of Panama Red

  66. Stevie Nicks-Bella Donna

  67. Tom Petty-Damn The Torpedoes

  68. Poco-Legend

  69. The Police-Zenyatta Mendatta

  70. Queen-The Works

  71. REO Speedwagon-Ridin’ The Storm Out

  72. Robbie Robertson-Robbie Robertson

  73. Linda Ronstadt-Simple Dreams

  74. Roxy Music -Avalon

  75. Rush-2112

  76. Sawmill Creek-Wild Western Windblown Band

  77. Bob Seger-Night Moves

  78. Paul Simon-Still Crazy After All These Years

  79. Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run

  80. Steely Dan-Aja

  81. Steely Dan - Gaucho

  82. Steely Dan-Two Against Nature

  83. Styx-Crystal Ball

  84. Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

  85. Joss Stone-The Soul Sessions

  86. Supertramp- Crime of the Century

  87. Richard and Linda Thompson- Shoot Out The Lights

  88. Toto-Hydra

  89. Traffic-Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys

  90. Trooper-Knock ’Em Dead Kid

  91. Robin Trower-Bridge of Sighs

  92. The Wallflowers-Bringing Down The Horse

  93. Joe Walsh-The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get

  94. Wings-Band On The Run

  95. Wings-Venus And Mars

  96. The Wonderful Sounds of Female Vocals

  97. The Wonderful Sounds of Male Vocals

  98. Yes-Fragile

  99. Warren Zevon-Warren Zevon

  100. ZZ Top-Tres Hombres

 

This is just for fun. I found a ton of albums off the thread, listed at the top, that I had forgot about. Was hoping to find even more. If you want to participate, cool! If not, please don’t.

I’m by no means expecting everyone to add a list of 100 titles. I thought it was a blast, but did take some time.  I've also had a blast going back and relistening to a lot of these.  Man, I sure missed them.

Play if you want...

 

(This is by no means a final, definitive list. Probably hundreds of more albums await...)

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slaw
21,628 posts
 

I'd have to include something by Glen Hansard, as well as his time in The Frames. @mofimadness , you turned me on to The Frames  🥇

stuartk
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@mahgister 

No one go on the same road to the same house... You are right about that...

...And a house may have many entrances ;o)

 

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mofimadness OP
4,992 posts
 

I stayed up until about 2AM last night, listening to stuff from our lists and found a couple more I missed:

Jennifer Warnes-Famous Blue Raincoat

Holly Cole-Temptation

 

 

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simonmoon
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@mahgister 

I reacted to your provocative claim about Bach being boring for YOU....If you were in pop music i would have not reacted...

For sure , the music you call "thorny" is mostly boring for me...

Then we are on the same subjective footing ...

I, as you did , gave my take...

Music is for me always intimately related to a historical tradition... Be it Persian or classicaL OR jazz...

And for me music is related to body rythms and not only to the mind...

Then any composer who go to far and cut too much link with his tradition appear a bit boring to me and not healthy...

But as you said it is subjective and we even may like the same composer with our own different reasons...

But claiming to be "bored" by Bach art of the fugue and the last quartets of Beethoven is astounding for me coming from someone liking music...

It is a gesture ....😊

You like to be provocative , i reacted...

For me Scriabin or Sorabji or Robert Simpson are not less a giant than Carter...They are not "thorny" for sure...

Take my answer as a "gesturing" answer like your post was...😊

No one go on the same road to the same house... You are right about that...

My best to you...

I think the most important thing to consider, is context.

We are both debating about classical music, a genre that is only purchased by a few percent of the music buying public.

So, as much as you think the classical music you love is loaded with so much more emotion than the classical music I love, and I may think the the same about the classical music I love...the vast majority of the music buying public is almost oblivious about classical music entirely. 

I mean, all you have to do is look at the lists on this thread. You and I are the only ones to mention classical music at all. And this is a forum loaded with music lovers that listen to music that is not in the mainstream.

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mahgister
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This is precisely why i reacted to your post the way i did...

Most people will feel Bach art of the fugue and Beethoven last quartets as "boring"...

I perfectly understand that you love Elliott Carter... Or any "thorny " contemporary " atonal or others music...

I did not understood "boring" associated with Monteverdi or Gesualdo or Bach...

 

Most people had never learn about music anyway, they dont listen not only Carter or Bach, but they put commercial pop music at the center...

 

Music is deeply rooted in the human body and soul... What we listen to we become...

One thing i discovered is music is less about our tastes than about the way we learn how to hear and how to listen...

Then when they defend their "tastes" they advocate in fact for their limitations... As i did in a way criticizing your "tastes" and advocating for my tastes... I am not perfect.... 😊 I must learn about Eliott Carter more.... Because doing so i will die with more  in me than my limited tastes...I will acquire new one...😁

 

 

I think the most important thing to consider, is context.

We are both debating about classical music, a genre that is only purchased by a few percent of the music buying public.

So, as much as you think the classical music you love is loaded with so much more emotion than the classical music I love, and I may think the the same about the classical music I love...the vast majority of the music buying public is almost oblivious about classical music entirely.

I mean, all you have to do is look at the lists on this thread. You and I are the only ones to mention classical music at all. And this is a forum loaded with music lovers that listen to music that is not in the mainstream.

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