Channel 4 100 Greatest Albums

[A loyal supporter]

I watched up until about 11.00 (well done the NoTW for priniting the f**kin list before the programme had even aired

) so there were no surprises for me.

I was paricularly impressed with :-

Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley
Patti Smith
Love

Being in the top 100. Apart from that it was fairly obvious.

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (A loyal supporter @ April 18 2005,13:41)]I watched up until about 11.00 (well done the NoTW for priniting the f**kin list before the programme had even aired  

) so there were no surprises for me.

Surely if you intended to watch it you could have not just read the offending article? I read it and was so apathetic about tuning in I watched the Baftas and theres something about mary instead

 

[Hong Kong Blue]

Quote[/b] (Matt the Shrimp @ April 18 2005,12:44)]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,11:09)]Likewise Matt - no New Order or Manic St. Preachers...............

Ridiculous not to have any of the three bands you and I mention - three of the best British bands of the last 25 years - but to have Dido there. I'm still gobsmacked.

OK, time to start a list of albums we'd rather see in the top 100 instead of bloody Dido.  I'll open the bidding with any of the following:

The Cure - Head on the Door
Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
Faithless - Reverence
U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
Sting - The Soul Cages
The Levellers - Levelling the Land
Portishead - Dummy
Everything But The Girl - Walking Wounded
AC/DC - Back in Black

Yours, still in complete disbelief that Dido made the Top 100 whilst none of the above albums did,

Matt

Personally I'd say Sting (as a solo artist) and Everything but the Girl are as bad as Dido.

Good call on Roni Size though, New Forms is a top album and Brown Paper Bag is an all time tune.

In fact there seems to be a distinct rock/pop bias with a lot of genres not being properly recognised. There's very little proper dance music and no drum 'n' bass whatsoever and I'd definitely have Goldie's materpiece 'Timeless' in a top 10 let alone a top 100. Jazz is more or less ignored apart from Coltrane's Love Supreme - surely Miles Davis' Kind of Blue should be included. Soul and blues are also under represented - where's the likes of James Brown's Live at the Apollo or Otis Redding's Otis Blue? There's just a single rap record, down at 93 - where's 'Straight outta Compton'?

And then what is Madonna doing at 8, when Pet Sounds is languishing down at 33 or London Calling at 44?

ps Definitely Achtung Baby ahead of Unforgettable Fire

 

[Leeboy]

Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
New Order - Technique
Manics - Holy Bible


and a quick count reveals I have 30 of the 100.....................

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 18 2005,13:52)]Jazz is more or less ignored apart from Coltrane's Love Supreme - surely Miles Davis' Kind of Blue should be included. Soul and blues are also under represented - where's the likes of James Brown's Live at the Apollo or Otis Redding's Otis Blue? There's just a single rap record, down at 93 - where's 'Straight outta Compton'?

Efil4zaggin was better than straight outta compton any. Other good rap albums include EPMD- Unfinished Business; Ice Cube Amerikkka's Most wanted, Quest's A Low End Theory.

jazz- I agree Miles should be there, and possibly Herbie Hancock...as for soul- Otis, James Brown, Curtis Mayfield...

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 18 2005,13:52)]Personally I'd say Sting (as a solo artist) and Everything but the Girl are as bad as Dido.

Bang out of order that, but then it's coming from you so what should I expect. At least Soul Cages is an album about something, rather than pop-rock by numbers a la Dido.

As for Jazz, I'd have Brubeck's Time Further Out.  

Hmm, a low-ish 23 out of 100.  A few too many "greatest hits" in my collection, perhaps...

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Just counted that I own 21 & need to buy 3. I'd have thought I'd have owned more than that but then again I guess it summarises how specific my musical taste is. The missus probably has another 5 or 6 in her grubby paws on that list too (Dido included I'm afraid) but she's only allowed to listen to them when I'm not around.

For what it's worth, my selection to throw into the ring for consideration :-

The Man Who - Travis
InSides -Orbital
Agateis Byrjun - Sigur Ros
Marquee Moon - Television
Violator - Depeche Mode
Turn On The Bright Lights - Interpol

 

[A loyal supporter]

Quote[/b] (Napster @ April 18 2005,13:48)]

Quote[/b] (A loyal supporter @ April 18 2005,13:41)]I watched up until about 11.00 (well done the NoTW for priniting the f**kin list before the programme had even aired  

) so there were no surprises for me.

Surely if you intended to watch it you could have not just read the offending article? I read it and was so apathetic about tuning in I watched the Baftas and theres something about mary instead

Good point well made, the sequence of events was as follows though:-

Very hungover on Sunday morning I get to the list and have a quick scan of it noting the top ten in particular. My eye catches something else and I read that before turning the page.

Later on Channel four I see an advert for the program (I didn't know it was on prior to seeing the advert) and realise that the list I had previously seen related to it.

My point is, I was caught out and probably many others were to. Was it completely necessary of the NoTW to print the list prior to airing the program.

 

[Mad Cyril]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 18 2005,13:52)]Personally I'd say Sting (as a solo artist) and Everything but the Girl are as bad as Dido.

If Dido is musicall wallpaper (and she is) then Sting is musical matt emulsion.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Quote[/b] (Mad Cyril @ April 18 2005,14:46)]

Quote[/b] (Hong Kong Blue @ April 18 2005,13:52)]Personally I'd say Sting (as a solo artist) and Everything but the Girl are as bad as Dido.

If Dido is musicall wallpaper (and it is) then Sting is musical matt emulsion.

Nah, he's musical watercolours... occasionally brilliant and fresh, but can fade with time.

 

[BoyWonder2]

I've got 9 out of the list which I'm quite surprised with.

Good shout about Travis - The Man Who.

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Oh & Doves, where the feck was any of the 3 Doves albums?

 

[Shrimper James]

No Pearl Jam? What a joke.

 

[A loyal supporter]

Quote[/b] (Shrimper James @ April 25 2005,16:58)]No Pearl Jam? What a joke.

its because they never made a good album.

even rearviewmirror is a crock of sh*te!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,10:19)]U2 - The Joshua Tree
NIRVANA - Nevermind
MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
OASIS - Definitely Maybe
R.E.M. -Automatic for the People
COLDPLAY - Parachutes
OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
THE SPECIALS - Specials
THE CLASH - London Calling
THE JAM - All Mod Cons
THE POLICE - Synchronicity
MADNESS - One Step Beyond...
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - I've Been Expecting You
BLONDIE - Parallel Lines
THE EAGLES - Hotel California
JAMES BROWN - Sex Machine
THE STREETS - A Grand Don't Come for Free
The HUMAN LEAGUE - Dare!

Opinions?

Yeah.

I've done quite well, considering my taste in music!

WS

 

[Shrimper James]

Quote[/b] (A loyal supporter @ April 25 2005,20:35)]its because they never made a good album.

even rearviewmirror is a crock of sh*te!

Yeah, Rearviewmirror is- cos Sony wanted to fill it with all their singles. It's not a studio album.
Vitalogy and Ten should both be in there.

 

[The Flying Scotsman]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,09:19)]RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
NIRVANA - Nevermind
OASIS - Definitely Maybe
THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
COLDPLAY - Parachutes
OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
ALANIS MORISSETTE - Jagged Little Pill
THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
JOHN LENNON - Imagine
RADIOHEAD - The Bends
BLUR - Parklife
FRANK SINATRA - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
THE PRODIGY - The Fat of the Land
DIDO - No Angel
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
PULP - Different Class
BECK - Odelay
ROBBIE WILLIAMS - I've Been Expecting You

Got a few.

 

[W4 Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,09:19)]RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
U2 - The Joshua Tree
NIRVANA - Nevermind
MICHAEL JACKSON - Thriller
PINK FLOYD - Dark Side of the Moon
OASIS - Definitely Maybe
THE BEATLES - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
GUNS N' ROSES - Appetite For Destruction
R.E.M. -Automatic for the People
COLDPLAY - Parachutes
OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
ALANIS MORISSETTE - Jagged Little Pill
THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
THE SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
RADIOHEAD - The Bends
BJORK - Debut
SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the b******s Here's the Sex Pistols
DAVID BOWIE -The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
THE BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
THE ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed
BLUR - Parklife
THE WHITE STRIPES - Elephant
THE SPECIALS - Specials
PIXIES - Doolittle
THE LIBERTINES - The Libertines
AIR - Moon Safari
THE JAM - All Mod Cons
MOBY - Play
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
PULP - Different Class
MASSIVE ATTACK - Blue Lines
BECK - Odelay
STEVIE WONDER - Songs in the Key of Life
THE STROKES - Is this It
PUBLIC ENEMY - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
BLONDIE - Parallel Lines

Just counted again - with Saturday's purchase of 'Thriller' (Shamow!) I'm actually on 35. Still plenty of gaps to fill though, starting with 'Whats Going On' I reckon....

 

[Napster]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,09:19)]U2 - The Joshua Tree
JIMI HENDRIX - Are you Experienced
RADIOHEAD - The Bends
BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS - Exodus
MICHAEL JACKSON - Off the Wall
THE BEACH BOYS - Pet Sounds
THE ROLLING STONES - Let It Bleed
BILLIE HOLIDAY - Lady Sings the Blues
THE ROLLING STONES - Exile on Main Street
FRANK SINATRA - Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
LOU REED - Transformer
CURTIS MAYFIELD - Superfly
OUTKAST - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
STEVIE WONDER - Songs in the Key of Life
EMINEM - The Marshall Mathers LP
MARVIN GAYE - What's Going On
JOHN COLTRANE - A Love Supreme
DE LA SOUL - 3 Feet High and Rising
THE STROKES - Is this It
MADNESS - One Step Beyond...
THE EAGLES - Hotel California
JAMES BROWN - Sex Machine
THE STREETS - A Grand Don't Come for Free

I've got more than I thought...

 

[Song of the South Upper]

Quote[/b] (Leeboy @ April 18 2005,08:19)]RADIOHEAD - OK Computer
NIRVANA - Nevermind
OASIS - Definitely Maybe
R.E.M. -Automatic for the People
COLDPLAY - Parachutes
OASIS - (What's the Story) Morning Glory
THE VERVE - Urban Hymns
THE SMITHS - The Queen Is Dead
RADIOHEAD - The Bends
THE STONE ROSES -The Stone Roses
BJORK - Debut
THE DOORS -The Doors
DAVID BOWIE -The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
JOY DIVISION - Closer
BLUR - Parklife
THE WHITE STRIPES - Elephant
THE CLASH - London Calling
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - The Velvet Underground and Nico
PIXIES - Doolittle
THE LIBERTINES - The Libertines
LOU REED - Transformer
AIR - Moon Safari
JEFF BUCKLEY - Grace
MOBY - Play
PULP - Different Class
KRAFTWERK - Trans-Europe Express
PRIMAL SCREAM - Screamadelica
LOVE - Forever Changes
NICK DRAKE -Five Leaves Left
THE STROKES - Is this It
THE STREETS - A Grand Don't Come for Free

Around what I was expecting...


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