Urban75 Album of the Year 1967

[belboid]

"Getting Better"
"Fixing a Hole"
"She's Leaving Home"
"Within You Without You"
"Lovely Rita"
"Good Morning Good Morning"
all very meh

"When I'm Sixty-Four" and Mr Kite are a bit well okay then too

naah, it's Kite, Good Morning & Within You that are good. The rest are all very well produced, but just not as good. Too much Paul.

 

[danny la rouge]

. Too much Paul

In terms of songwriting that might be arguable (though I think some of his songs are very well-crafted), for example his section of A Day in the Life is a bit tweet and adds nothing. But in terms of production, his bass lines lift Lennon's songs onto another level.

 

[belboid]

In terms of songwriting that might be arguable (though I think some of his songs are very well-crafted), for example his section of A Day in the Life is a bit tweet and adds nothing. But in terms of production, his bass lines lift Lennon's songs onto another level.

Another case for Shut Up N Play Yer (Bass) Guitar

 

[strummerville]

In terms of songwriting that might be arguable (though I think some of his songs are very well-crafted), for example his section of A Day in the Life is a bit tweet and adds nothing. But in terms of production, his bass lines lift Lennon's songs onto another level.

I always think it sounds like classic Ray Davies (that section).

 

[strummerville]

Ringos drumming and Macca's bass playing on Pepper are exceptional. The new reissue really showed how good they both were. Harrison contributed very little to album except for WYWO. Its not the best Beatles album but in 67 it sounded like nothing else which is why it was so rated.

 

[danny la rouge]

I always think it sounds like classic Ray Davies (that section).

I see what you mean. (And I actually like the kitchen sink lyrics better than John's bits). It's just a bit too "Paul", sonically speaking, for me.

 

[danny la rouge]

Harrison contributed very little to album except for WYWO

Except for his usual guitar parts, which are more texturally interesting than in earlier albums. I love the interweaving guitars on several tracks.

 

[strummerville]

Yes but a lot of that's Paul and John I think. He was absent for a lot of the recording.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

Hmm, 57 could be interesting. There's a probable winner, I think. Tho mostly cos Miles, Coltrane, Ella & Duke all released at least two albums that split the vote a bit.

I'm not sure how many votes we'd get tho, I was thinking 77 more likely, but I'm open to the idea.

Maybe do 77 next for the numbers and then ride into 57 off the back of that before plunging into the mania of 87?

 

[redsquirrel]

only rarely

Rubbish. You're a Tyke right? What about the Yorkshire abbey's - Fountains, Bolton, Rievaulx - amazing places.

Maybe do 77 next for the numbers and then ride into 57 off the back of that before plunging into the mania of 87?

Seconded

 

[Orang Utan]

Rubbish. You're a Tyke right? What about the Yorkshire abbey's - Fountains, Bolton, Rievaulx - amazing places.
Seconded

Lovely places. Bad analogy.
Maybe I should have used the junglist term, 'rinsed' instead.

 

[belboid]

Maybe do 77 next for the numbers and then ride into 57 off the back of that before plunging into the mania of 87?

So be it

Urban75 Album of the Year - 1977

 

[Indeliblelink]

I think I could just about manage a 1947 top 10.

 

[belboid]

I think I could just about manage a 1947 top 10.

impressive considering the LP was only introduced in 1948

 

[Indeliblelink]

Well yeah I think they're more compilations or just packs of 78s but some still class them as albums
Top Albums of 1947 - Rate Your Music

 

[danny la rouge]

impressive considering the LP was only introduced in 1948

LPs were, but the word "album" comes from the practice of collecting (and/or selling as collections) groups of 78s in gatefold and leafed binders.

 

[Fozzie Bear]

LPs were, but the word "album" comes from the practice of collecting (and/or selling as collections) groups of 78s in gatefold and leafed binders.

I did not know this

 

[Lurdan]

Never completed my top 10. Whittled it down to about twenty but then made the mistake of listening to them - in some cases for the first time in years - and realising that some of them weren't so great.

Particularly the case with some of the soul albums. In 1967 soul labels still saw albums as a secondary market and generally packaged two or three hits with a lot of filler. Albums by the Marvelettes (one of the first I'd shortlisted) and Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell ('United' - not their best) fell at this stage. Later on The Four Tops and Jackie Wilson lost out because I still had too many choices. Not a great year for Jazz for me. Albert Ayler's 'Love Cry' hung on for a long time but didn't make it. Same with Burt Bacharach's soundtrack to 'Casino Royale'. And Captain Beefheart.

FWIW I think my final list might have been Albert King - ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’, Aretha Franklin - ‘I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You’, Dionne Warwick – ‘The Windows Of The World’, Gladys Knight & the Pips - Everybody Needs Love, James Brown - ‘Live at the Garden’, Dusty Springfield - ‘Where Am I Going?’, Julie Driscoll Brian Auger and the Trinity - ‘Open’, Pink Floyd - ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’, The Beatles - ‘Magical Mystery Tour (US LP)’ and The Who - ‘Sell Out’.

Interesting official top 10 list. The absence of 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' is striking but I guess Floyd love is mainly for the various post-Syd periods. The Who's 'Sell Out' not being there is also interesting - for me it 'says' 1967 as much as any album released that year - but I guess it's overshadowed by their later work. (I also suspect perceptions of the Who have been affected by the sheer quantity of repackaging that's been done over the years).

 

[Dr. Furface]

The Who's 'Sell Out' not being there is also interesting - for me it 'says' 1967 as much as any album released that year - but I guess it's overshadowed by their later work. (I also suspect perceptions of the Who have been affected by the sheer quantity of repackaging that's been done over the years).

I had it in my list, but looking at the other lists, I might have been the only one that did! Mine were...

1. The Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Laura Nyro - More Than a New Discovery
3. Sly & The Family Stone - A Whole New Thing
4. The Doors
5. The Doors - Strange Days
6. The Who - Sell Out
7. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
8. The Monkees - Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones
9. 13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere
10. Scott Walker - Scott

 

[ska invita]

I know it's traditional to wait for the end of the year for polls, but I think we are on fairly safe ground with this one.

Usual rules apply*, except I can only be arsed to read your Top 10's, so don't bother with more than that.

It's a bumper year for albums, as bands finally worked out how to make the most of the relatively new format, allowing for an explosion of creativity. The acid may have helped too.

Elvis, Miles, Jimi, Aretha, the Monkee's, some scousers...the list is long. Make your choices.




* PM me a list of your top ten, in order, and I'll add them all up. NO COMPILATIONS. Live albums fine.

will you be doing the 2018 centenary sweep b?

 

[belboid]

will you be doing the 2018 centenary sweep b?

I was thinking about it only last night, and, yes, I will. Probably after all that round ball nonsense, so I have a bit of time.

 

[ska invita]

I was thinking about it only last night, and, yes, I will. Probably after all that round ball nonsense, so I have a bit of time.

Looking forward to digging into 1968 especially.
One decade a month up to Xmas? That might help fill the exestential void

 

[belboid]

Looking forward to digging into 1968 especially.
One decade a month up to Xmas? That might help fill the exestential void

Sounds reasonable.

We could actually do 1948, as that was the year albums were invented. Although I think there were only 133 classical pieces (all probably recorded way earlier) and a Bing Crosby album, so it might not be that exciting.

 

[butchersapron]

And a shit elbow one on bbc6.

 

[Indeliblelink]

I was thinking about it only last night, and, yes, I will. Probably after all that round ball nonsense, so I have a bit of time.

I think it's safe to say the World Cup has been over for a while, are you still planning on doing the 19X8 charts?

 

[belboid]

I think it's safe to say the World Cup has been over for a while, are you still planning on doing the 19X8 charts?

This is a good point.

As soon as I'm back from me hols, it'll be here!

 

[Indeliblelink]

Great, I'll look forward to it.

 

[belboid]

Actually, sod it, let's make a start - Urban75 Album of the Year 1958