Just another video of chin scratching trollop.......🤔

Nice list! Of course we could all come up with an additional 100 albums, but definitely some game changers here.

I enjoy your voice and writing. Your idioms are well chosen. Ten best is a tough choice, but you picked solid LPs.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@LuisValentino-zt6lg

6 ай бұрын

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Completely agree with you over some of these albums! My top 10 would be… 1. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? 2. Deep Purple - In Rock 3. Patti Smith - Horses 4. David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars 5. The Beatles - Revolver 6 - The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street 7. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti 8. Nirvana - Nevermind 9. The Moody Blues - Days Of Future Past 10. Jeff Beck - Truth

@garyh.238

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree with your inclusion of Deep Purple's In Rock on the list. It was groundbreaking, especially in the development of various sub-genres of Metal.

Hunky Dory is still my favorite Bowie LP and the first 4 Roxy Music albums never grow old.

I’m glad that Tangerine Dream got a kind of mention. Ricochet was performed at Coventry Cathedral and was not only an amazing and unique sound but a breathtaking visual experience too for the time (late 1975). It certainly influenced a great deal of synth based bands over the following decade.

@stuartraybould6433

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't actually, most of that album was recorded in the studio, only parts of the second side was from a live show. The Coventry Cathedral music was released many years later. The BBC show was heavily edited and Ricochet was used instead. The audience noise was added to make it sound live. They did the same with Encore, only side four of that album was live, the rest was put together from studio tapes. They advertised both albums as live but they were not. All this information is in the book in the Hades box set released just a few years ago.

@southsheff

Жыл бұрын

@@stuartraybould6433 I was at the Coventry Catherdral gig bored out of my mind ...no wonder I went on to embrace the energy of Pun

@michaelmonastra775

5 ай бұрын

I. Would. Have. Liked. To. See. Please,please. Beatles. On. List🎉 as. Well. As. Cream. Disraeli. Gears, piper. At. Gates. Of. Dawn. This. List could. Go. On. And on. Love. Your. Reviews,and. Humor. Keep. On. 🚛🚒 trucking

Great choices. Some important albums for me would be, in no particular order. Marquee Moon - Television Graceland - Pail Simon Solid Air - John Martyn Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Remain in Light - Talking Heads Hotel California - Eagles Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell Live Rust - Neil Young Going For The One - YES Its interesting, musical taste is so diverse. I once read an article, ill never forget. It was about a survey somebody did that concluded, if you like a certain artist, it would be likely that you would like certain other artists from different genres. For instance if you like Neil Young, you would likely also like ABBA, if you like Stevie Wonder, you'll probably like AC/DC etc.Almost every example I agreed with, and made me feel more comfortable about being open to everything and to not be 'afraid' of admitting to all your preferences. Love it!

I would have chosen Highway 61 Revisited as Dylan's most influential album. Changed radio. Like a Rolling Stone may be the most influential single song ever.

Yes...I agree with those that have mentioned Van Halen's debut album... For the exact same reasons you gave Jimi's debut album love. EVH changed rock music, and guitar playing on that album.

@garyh.238

Жыл бұрын

Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple was the bridge between Hendrix and Van Halen.

@scottdavis4689

5 ай бұрын

EVH not fit to shine JH’s shoes…

So glad you included Pet Sounds. God Only Knows is one of the most beautiful songs ever. Ziggy Stardust HAD to be on this list.

@Stonecutter334

2 ай бұрын

Pet Sounds is unbelievably overrated. A few good tracks doesn’t make a great lp. Brian Wilson wrote great singles but the Beach Boys really don’t have any great albums. Including that over say Never Mind the Bollocks or any Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry or Little Richard lps makes me think you work for the R n R Hall of Shame. I did like you included Horses however. Although I don’t play it much these days it really was the beginning of my move away from just classic rock back in the day. Along with Elvis Costello’s This Years Model and The Jams This is the Modern World. All of which are far more important than Pet Sounds. Yes even that lesser Jam lp!

Here is my list: Elvis Presley - Elvis Presley Chuck Berry - After School Special Everly Brothers - Everly Brothers Beatles - Revolver Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Beach Boys - Pet Sounds Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced Who - Live at Leeds Joni Mitchell - Blue Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street

Upon reading the theme of this video I knew I’d disagree with many of your selections, but that’s perfectly OK because this is totally subjective. Great video.

Many guitarists have stated the huge impact of the debut album from Van Halen. In many ways EVH saved the world from disco.

@magicsinglez

Жыл бұрын

Van Halen II is extremely impressive

@rohnnyjotten3985

Жыл бұрын

Here in the UK, we saved ourselves from Disco! and not too soon after that we saved ourselves from god awful hair metal and I've never heard a British musician state any impact from Van Halen, thats a very U.S thing, us in the UK gave short thrift to all those bands and their poodle haircuts, we went down a more 'miserable' route lol (we were in Thatchers Britain) starting with Unkown Pleasures from Joy Division then The Cure, The Smiths (Johnny Marr is a much more lauded guitarist in the UK than any of the late 70s and 80s American ones) Then we 'cheered up a bit' and got into Acid-House in the late 80s, this took us to 'Madchester' in the early 90s then onto Brit-Pop in the mid 90s. There are 4 albums that influenced Brits after the Sex Pistols arrived and theses 4 albums IMO made the split in taste between the UK and the US who up until then had been on the same path.. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. The Smiths by The Smiths. Stone Roses by The Stone Roses. OK Computer by Radiohead. Those are the 4 most influential albums (in the UK) since 1979, not a single American album in there. The general taste in Music between the US and UK has never been the same since then.

@BlueberryStinkFinger62

Жыл бұрын

​@rohnnyjotten3985 you didn't invent Rock in the first place the Americans did all you did was steal from the American artists especially the blues Artists..and most of your music was stolen zeppelin very guilty of that..and many corney bands also

@adamfindlay7091

10 ай бұрын

​@@rohnnyjotten3985so you despise American music. Funny, your countries artists draw alot from Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Fats Waller, HowlinWolf, Willie Dixon, the Stooges, Nirvana, The Ramones, Buddy Holly, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Captain Beef heart, The Kingsmen, The Doors, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, shall I go on, love?

@rohnnyjotten3985

10 ай бұрын

@@adamfindlay7091 all of those artists you mention were before 1979 (Nirvana, the exception) , did you read what i wrote, love? After 1979 the UK and the US parted ways, The US went nuts for hair metal (I do despise that with a passion) The UK went down another road, we have not really been on the same page since then, love.

Behind all the glitz and the phony glam, it's all show biz. Most of the albums you mentioned suffered from low quality production and music, outside of Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper. Let's be honest rock is one of the biggest scams ever, so just tap your toe and drink a beer. The rent is due by the first.

Great list and kuddos for the Horses inclusion. I remember watching a video where the narrator was going over all of Rolling Stone's Top 500 albums and when he got to Smith's Horses he said he'd never heard it. Talk about a total loss of credibility.

Important v your favs…. Important to get the context right. What impact did these albums have on rock music when released or years on, uniqueness (their sound could never be confused with anybody else), are we still talking about these albums…. are some of the things we should consider…

@Foul_Quince

Жыл бұрын

I agree Scott. I think the single criteria should be how many kids did this record make want to pick up a guitar (or what have you) and form a band of their own? For example, Horses. The important and influential Patti Smith albums are the next two, Radio Ethiopia and Wave. I doubt kids were forming bands to do covers of Birdland, but Ask The Angels or Rock and Roll N*gg*r were an altogether different story. Unfortunately, for the higher critics, that would make Taylor Swift's first two albums, which caused guitar sales to girls to go through the roof, to be critically important records. Thats how you keep people interested in making music.. Similarly, none of the first 3 Ramones albums are there. With The Beatles or A Hard Days night might better serve there instead of Sgt Pepper for the same reason. I have an issue with Are You Experienced/ Electric Ladyland simply because developmentally, they weren't influential - the only person who could have surpassed those albums on their own terms was Hendrix. I am mystified as to the inclusion of Pet Sounds, a commercial flop and another developmental dead end which Wilson was, frustratingly, perhaps possible to surpass had his demons not consumed him. It's not even the best Beach Boys Album, anyway 😄 I'm not sure how Robert Johnson was so terribly influential - he lay ignored for 21 years until that album came out. The blues had gone electric and was reaching for the first time, to a white audience by the time he was exhumed. If you want to nominate blues album, the first two Rolling Stones albums were the important ones that reached a mass audience and put it in touch with the authentic sources. No idea, even with an eloquent explanation, why Ziggy and Raw Power were there but the second Led Zeppelin album isn't. Elvis, sure but in the long term Chuck Berry's first two albums probably sewed more enduring seeds - although, in terms of the economy of the music business, Elvis and Elvis clones were enormously important. I think the problem is sometimes in all or nothing list making, people tend to look at the records that shape their listening experience as the most important.

@scottdavis4689

Жыл бұрын

@@Foul_Quince … Elvis may have been The King but Chuck Berry write the book on RnR… Some great comments… ‘best lists’ are always going to be a source of disagreement… but the conversations are always interesting! Ziggy and Iggy deserve to be somewhere on the list… for me Ziggy Stardust was influential but not his best imho… believe the Berlin era was his best work.

@Foul_Quince

Жыл бұрын

@@scottdavis4689 The question is, in the case of Ziggy, "what" did it influence?

@scottdavis4689

Жыл бұрын

@@Foul_Quince you can find the answer in Bowie’s later music (with some exceptions) where he was ripping off people that had ripped him off. The ultimate compliment??? Glam rock itself had shallow roots in any case and was quickly moved on from but the lasting influence was more than just the music…

That, my friend, is one banger of a list. Erudite in a Lester Bangs non-didactic or pretentious manner. Spoken with a hushed emotional resonance. So happy to have found ya.

Big Star was hugely influential, so I'd suggest Number One Record as meriting at least an honorable mention.

Like Black Sabbath's first album defining metal, The Ramones first album defined punk rock and was massively influential.

@scottdavis4689

5 ай бұрын

Except punk has generally shallow roots.. so the influence wasn’t as far reaching, but brilliant and important nonetheless

OMG!!! You're the first person...well 2nd person....that I've ever heard of that has cited Patti Smith's "Horses" as one of the most influential albums of their time. "Wave" is another of my favorites but Horses definitely broke barriers. WTG Barry!

Sargent Pepper Beatles, Hendrix Are You Experience, Van Halen Debut album, King Crimson In The Court, Pink Floyd DSOTM, Deep Purple In Rock, Yes Close To The Edge The Who Tommy, Metallica the black album, Genesis Foxtrot, Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 2.

@MrCherryJuice

Жыл бұрын

You might want to learn how to count. The list is 10, not 12.

@craighendrickson7938

Жыл бұрын

Influencing

@danzemacabre8899

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm...Black Sabbath???

@cu6454

Жыл бұрын

Get lost the Cream LPs launch a thousand ships bands and musician's tell the truth

@clivesilver463

Жыл бұрын

@@cu6454 Cream yes had a blueprint that many would follow, Rush being just one of them.

Wow! I thought you were going to end with Dark Side Of The Moon. Very interesting list. I love your videos and especially your wordsmith deliveries, not to mention your puns. Here's my list: 1. Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon 2. Crosby stills and Nash - Deja Vu 3. The Grateful Dead - Europe '72 4. Eric Clapton - Slowhand 5. The Doors - The Doors 6. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? 7. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds 8. Led Zeppelin I 9. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 10. Yes - Close To The Edge

@peteshallcross787

Жыл бұрын

I agree Eric, and I had every one of your 10 picks at one time or another, even if I grew tired of them. I'll never grow tired of Europe '72. There's a great story on the making of that album on one of the Dead's documentaries.

@Eric31477

Жыл бұрын

@Pete Shallcross Ooooh! Which Dead documentary?!?

@peteshallcross787

Жыл бұрын

@@Eric31477 I believe it is Long Strange Trip. The recording producer tells how Jerry was hoping he'd put Morning Dew from a particular show on that album and he did. Jerry was a very humble person, just put too high on a pedestal. The drugs took a toll on him also, causing him to lose the love of his life after reuniting 20yrs later. Phil Lesh seems to be the most level headed of the band and still is to this day, Imo. Over the years, I've known people that could never really get into their music. But there is no denying there was never and will never be again a more influential movement in music than what The Grateful Dead gave us.

@Eric31477

Жыл бұрын

@@peteshallcross787 Agreed. Yes, I saw Long Strange Trip". I was great! I'm sure you are aware that Martin Scorsese is working on a grateful Dead biopic with the role of Jerry Garcia being played by Jonah Hill

@peteshallcross787

Жыл бұрын

@@Eric31477 Yes I am. I hope it's accurate. Jerry lived a complicated life .Scorcese's project The Last Waltz was great, but the performers did the job for him...Btw, is that your house on the ridgetop with the 2 dogs in front? Where is that? We live about 30 min west of Milwaukee in a track home in a nice town , close to small music venues that attract some talented mostly local musicians. I've been many places in the Pacific northwest and southwestern states.

I absolutely LOVE The Beach Boys' version of "Sloop John B."

@tomrudolsen6235

Жыл бұрын

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PET SOUNDS AND SURF'S UP .....👌😎😯😯😯👌

@paulschisler5594

Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest sounding albums ever for sure👍👍👍

Fun topic to argue all day about!!!!! I’ll add “peter gabriel”-the 3rd one-as both experimental & influential enough for at least an honorable mention.

Like all lists, it isn't perfect in the eyes of all. Which is what makes it excellent. Well researched and argued. More to the point, it gets us listening and talking (hopefully in that order). Bravo.

I've never understood why Pet Sounds is so highly regarded. It's ok, but I think it is very overrated. I wasn’t around in the 60’s so I have no first hand experience of the impact it had, I guess “you had to be there”. So I am not saying it does not belong on this list, just that I personally struggle to see its importance.

@robertcapek2425

Жыл бұрын

Me neither but taken in the context of the time it came out it was an atom bomb. In 1966, the production and sound was out of this world.

@AG-6969

Жыл бұрын

Agree. I thought it sounded like all the other Beach Boys albums, and I've listened to it a bunch try to get the hype, like California beach music, it is weak at its core.

@tendraftsdeep

Жыл бұрын

Massively overrated. That album became stylish to appreciate due to Rolling Stone's top albums mainly due to the magazine owner liking it and pushing it high on the list. It's been said the band didn't play instruments on it. Somehow people think it's credible to like it, just because, and only god knows why indeed.

@barrymoore4470

Жыл бұрын

I agree with everyone on this thread that it is an overrated work. But it's still historically important, which is our host's emphasis in this particular upload. One of the Beatles themselves (I think John Lennon?) said that without 'Pet Sounds', there would have been no 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

@Rickengeezer

Жыл бұрын

With the possible exception of the Elvis and the Robert Johnson albums, I'd consider this a strong list of the most overrated albums.

Twisted Sister, Stay Hungry. Nah, 'm just messin' 'round.

@classicalbum

6 ай бұрын

I listen to that album at the gym

@needfoolthings

6 ай бұрын

@@classicalbum That's awesome. Tried Under the Blade? It's harsher, more garagy. I can imagine it fits the gym, too. Oh, and Widowmaker's Stand By For Pain. Sorry, but it's so unknown that I pish it on everybody who talks about music.

"Revolver" is the best record ever recorded in the recorded history of record-recording.

@dj71162

Жыл бұрын

It's not even the best Beatles album.

@lpquagmire3621

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe our host is staking the claim these are the ten best albums of all-time, but, rather, measuring the impact and influence the albums had on generations of listeners and future musicians. That said, ask a crowd of people to name the ten most important albums of all-time and the only consensus that will be reached is that everyone will make a different list. PEPPER is a great album, but I believe REVOVER did much of the heavy lifting and is responsible for most of the innovations attributed to its concept cousin. REVOLVER is the stronger album, but PEPPER also set a new standard for album art and packaging. It also ushered in the Summer of Love, and remains the most symbolic document of its era. And while some may deem my favourite Beatles album (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT) to be merely a pleasant collection of songs, I would argue for its inclusion on a Most Important/Influential Album list for one very monumental reason: it was the first pop album on which all the songs were written by the group performing them! Following A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, more and more artists took it upon themselves to write their own hits, and that was a major shift for the industry.

@SeptemberChild1835

6 ай бұрын

Exaggerate much?

@scottdavis4689

4 ай бұрын

It’s good, even great, but not the best me thinks..

Van Halen’s first album 1978. That album changed guitar as we know it.

@E.V.hMcFadden

Жыл бұрын

Yes it did

@MullyShaves

6 ай бұрын

@@efilrekib4446 Ok, how would you like me to respond to such a childish comment? Am I supposed to lash out at you? What are you hoping for?

Detroit native here who saw the original Stooges a couple times loved Raw Power and many people thought I was nuts. I agree with the Doors and don't forget Freak Out

My favorite Iggy Pop moment was when he was on the Dinah Shore show and she asked him why he cut himself on stage... She looked so dismayed, and it was like she wanted to give him a big ol' mommy hug.

Great video I agree with your album ranking I love all this on your list and they are on my list of classic albums of all time as well so happy you mentioned Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk these bands are part prog music

An enjoyable if doomed exercise. The list felt very 'blokey NME' lacking some key artists such as Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

As wonderful as the Stevie wonder is, he wouldn't be the first name i reach for in terms of 'important rock albums' as i state at the start of the video. My choices of Hendrix and Robert Johnson I think are much more influential. Joni should have been on the list, but just got overlooked. In my defense I did include Patti Smith for her influence on many 90s artists

I’ve never understood the regard so many hold Sgt Pepper’s. I still think they peaked with Rubber Soul. I preferred the Kinks, Who and Stones of the day.

WTF no zeppelin?They changed the music!

This is a brilliant selection! Difficult to disagree with any of these choices!

Love your choices here ...I take from this they are not your personal favourites but what you see as influential.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

yes

@brianmurray6287

Жыл бұрын

Love to hear your top ten or have you done this already I'm new to your channel.

Brazilian greetings my friend. I love your channel and I’ve been learning a lot with you. I listen pretty much everything you recommend. I’d love to see a video with your favourite jazz albums (if you like jazz). Thank you.

My list (rock): fats domino swings, Elvis Presley, cliff Richard and the drifters, please please me, John Wesley harding, let it bleed, the who live at Leeds, we are six by steeleye span, in the court of the crimson king, thick as a brick, tales from topographic oceans, Elton John, and black Sabbath. (Rearranged in order of release). I would like to do 20 but I might miss my bus!!

Excellent list. You don't have to like any of these, because that isn't the point. It's their influence...which is hard to deny.

Robert Johnson, not only highly influential from a musical standpoint, but also in terms of mythology, plus he was the unwitting founder of the 27 Club

I always take the time to listen/watch these GOATs lists with great interest, and I almost always notice the same pattern: exceptionalism (for lack of a better word) always ends in the 70s... It amazes me how people that surely know a lot about Rock appear so dismissive (or a bit at least) of whatever came afterwards. I know that the foundations were laid in those decades (50s 60s and 70s) but if you really go bare knuckles you have to admit that there are albums that are superior in quality and came in the 80s or 90s. What I always receive as an answer is that the INFLUENCE these early albums have is unmatched. You surely have a point there but the overall Quality and impact of an album regarding the age ahould also be noteworthy. Albums like Brothers in Arms, The Game, Invisible Touch, The Joshua Tree, 1984, Apetite for Destruction, Thriller, Achtung Baby, Ten, Nevermind, the Black Album, Automátic for the People, 1.Outside, Ok Computer, The Downward Spiral..., just to name some, all of them are worthy of appearing in any such list

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

I know but it is only al ist of ten, so it needs some serious wittling.

@Foul_Quince

Жыл бұрын

The other problem is that you limit yourself to rock music, which limits your ability to consider what from outside the genre influences the music and moves it forward. That becomes far more pronounced as the insular 60's and 70's recede.

@SeptemberChild1835

6 ай бұрын

As you wrote, the artists of the 1950’s and 1960’s laid the foundation, therefore, those artists are most influential. An album can be released today that is brilliant, and could influence others, but it can’t be as influential as works that are 50-70 years old. Those earlier works are what led to the newer material.

My selection would include The Sex Pistols Nevermind the Bollocks which influenced Joy Division, The Smiths, The Fall, The Pogues, Guns N Roses, Oasis etc and is quite possibly the UK version in influence of the Velvets first album

@scottdavis4689

5 ай бұрын

I agree, with ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’…. has to be in there somewhere. It gave music in general a huge kick up the arse and proved once and for all that anybody can start a band..

Very interesting list presented here today. We all hear these things differently. I cannot deny the influence of the artists in your list, however most of them, as well as those they influenced, are not among the groups I prefer to listen to. (That in itself could be a topic worthy of discussion....how does one arrive at one's own musical preferences?.....through the radio airwaves of the day, a friend's big brother's record collection, media presentations, other influences?) I do totally agree with your citations of Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles - they were absolutely groundbreaking and highly influential.

@SeptemberChild1835

6 ай бұрын

Most influential was Elvis Presley.

Three come to mind... Dark Side Of The Moon (Pink Floyd), Bitches Brew (Miles Davis) and Daydream Nation (Sonic Youth). That's spur of the moment, off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's others.

In lists such as this, the question is often what to leave out. While the list is citing the ten most important albums, it remains a highly subjective exercise. I do not disagree with most of the choices and whole-heartedly endorse the choice of the Velvets being at No. 1, I was surprised to see Dark Side of the Moon omitted. There is a reason why it spent 736 weeks on the Billboard top 200 and it is not because people liked the cover. While sales point solely to popularity, it was also massively influential

Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures has influenced as many bands and generations as any album ever made. There's bands performing right now that probably don't even realize they were influenced by it because the bands they were influenced by were influenced by bands that were influenced by it.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

Indeed.

@seancassidy674

Жыл бұрын

Every album on this list is legitimate - but naturally it will be a bit subjective based on the tastes and interests of the compiler - there are definitely highly influential albums that came after the mid 70s (yeah, Joy Division, early Pixies, etc.) but given this channel is focused on classic rock, the list leans in that direction (with the exceptions perhaps of Kraftwerk and Patti Smith). Interestingly, it doesn't have an origins of metal contributor given how resilient that genre has been.

@sex6cult9revolution

Жыл бұрын

LOL and they weren't even terribly pioneering. Just overhyped as a result of the tragedy. There were other bands that were either as influential out of that scene or should have been but were overshadowed. Wire, Killing Joke and Gang of Four are of particular interest. Besides, people need to drop the whole JD thing. It's been beaten into the ground and depression is no longer interesting when you've risen out of it. If I want to hear a funeral dirge, I'll put on Dead Can Dance - the aesthetics are much more pleasing.

@sex6cult9revolution

Жыл бұрын

@@snowflakedevelopers While I appreciate that you know the music we're talking about, I think you're nitpicking what I'm saying (and not reflecting the bigger picture of it). Though Joy Division clearly reach a lot of people (and New Order sadly more), I don't consider it as constructive or groundbreaking as say the Beatles, Kraftwerk or the Velvet Underground had been. You could even call them the Bob Marley or Tupac of goth because of the iconography. There's a lot of merch with that Unknown Pleasures album image. Like a 4-20 ball cap. And as far as Wire, they were possibly the MOST trailblazing of the three bands I mentioned and not just because they're the oldest. In just their first three albums, they had grown exponentially and run the gamut - where Gang of Four had pretty much one sound and Joy Division a couple. Check out the solo work of Colin Newman or Dome, these guys were out in left field in the 80's while New Order were simply streamlining their sound. I'm not even saying these guys are better per se - but there's no debate they were covering more ground. Also, a more interesting direction with the JD sound, IMO, is what Psychic TV did with one tiny sample from She's Lost Control. Using a single sample as a springboard, they made a tribute to Ian Curtis (called I. C. Water) that is uplifting and shows Ian more love than New Order ever did.

it was a familiar sight to see Michael Stipe and PattI Smith at many of the numerous Ann Arbor art shows in the mid 90's.

@herchelleonwood7463

Жыл бұрын

both always exceptionally polite, down to earth and friendly. and always very welcome.

Can't argue with this list, but I want to give a shout to The Shadows their early 60's albums. Hank Marvin's guitar sound hugely influental!

@johnchristophertonks2528

6 ай бұрын

I think Hank was responsible for more guitar sales than anyone else.

Hard to believe DSOTM was not on your list as one of most ground breaking, influential albums of all time and still going strong! PF took prog rock to whole new level!

@jasonjames6383

Жыл бұрын

King Crimson's debut may be more 'influential'. I'm not sure DTOSM, as great as it was, is the most 'influential' prog album of all time. I think it was more like the peak of prog.

@JohnnyArtPavlou

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonjames6383 If it’s prog at all….😵‍💫😳

@jasonjames6383

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyArtPavlou I wasn't going to go there 😯

@JohnnyArtPavlou

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonjames6383 i’m kind of messing around… Cause I’m a big Pink Floyd fan. I’m only saying that because someone said that the other day… Maybe in a KZread video or in an article. They said that they didn’t think that’s Lloyd was really a progressive rock band… That they’re more of a kind of outgrowth of a psychedelic art rock band. I say, any colour you like. 🌈😉

@jasonjames6383

Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyArtPavlou I've heard people say they're not prog as well :). Psychedelic? Art Rock? Prog? Does it really matter? and all these musical styles are all pretty closely aligned with each other anyway.

Another excellent and riveting presentation. Thank you!

That is one hell of a list. Would not argue a single title or order for that matter. And yeah...listen to 5 on the first day and the remaining 5 on the next day and that is one hell of a weekend.

So glad you left the Stones off this list, and everyone I know rates BIABH over 61 or BOB. I could go on, but there are some decent choices.

Like “The Velvet Underground & Nico”, music pivoted on “Here Come the Warm Jets”, as well... oft forgotten...

Never Mind the Bollocks. An absolute game changer album for all the genres.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

Sure.. but I list Raw Power by The Stooges which influenced that band and album. Egg before the chicken

@3du76

Жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum Never the less, I don't think that "Raw Power" had got the massive impact or influence that "Never Mind rhe Bollocks" had on their own and next generation.

@Foul_Quince

Жыл бұрын

​@@classicalbum Yeah, but the Stooges were just copping the MC5 (plus you can draw a line from the MC5 to Patti Smith. Musically and matrimonially). How far back do you want to roll this thing?

@deepzepp4176

11 ай бұрын

What did it change? It led to, New wave. Great!

@scottdavis4689

5 ай бұрын

@@3du76the Stooges were ignored upon the releases and had no impact on the music around them at the time….. the fact that they are being spoken about with such reverence in following decades, is enough evidence for me. Their influence is still relevant today…

Have others in mind but can't fault your choices. Good work. Thank you

a couple i would include -daydream nation by sonic youth, hugely influential noise rock album and one that influenced some of the greats - ok computer by radiohead, quite possibly the greatest alternative rock album and became a major inspiration for many rock and non-rock musicians -spiderland by slint, almost a breakthrough within post-rock and post-hardcore and inspiring many amazing bands -in the court of the crimson king by king crimson, while not my favorite kc album, the influence it had on rock and almost single handedly popularizing progressive rock. -dark side of the moon by pink floyd, helping popularize prog even further and inspiring many bands to venture into the world of psychedelia -loveless by my bloody valentine, almost single-handedly (along with cocteau twins) creating shoegaze and popularizing dream pop -the downward spiral by nine inch nails, bringing industrial rock to the mainstream and popularizing the style of electronic mixed with rock. theres definitely more but these are ones off the top of my head

@danpearce4547

Жыл бұрын

I give you Zen Arcade by Husker Du.

@elongatedborzoi1160

Жыл бұрын

@Dan Pearce i have not heard any husker du actually, ill give it a listen

@Foul_Quince

Жыл бұрын

@@danpearce4547 or Candy Apple Grey, even.

@danpearce4547

Жыл бұрын

@@Foul_Quince It's all good!

Great List! Any of those albums could be first no matter how you look at Rock N Roll music

It’s such a shame that Pet Sounds has possibly the worst album cover in the history of popular music. To be so creative musically and then allow that cover to represent it is unbelievable.

@erniericardo8140

Жыл бұрын

Very ⏹️ and the most uncool album cover .

Black Sabbath - Vol 4 Sleep - Holy Mountain Tangerine Dream - Phaedra King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King Albums that started genres

Great list, personally I think pepper is first but hey😊. I think there is a strong case for Revolver being in the top 10 as well, certainly a good 'substitute' waiting to come on , cheers

"Cultural sphincter scale" -- brilliant!

@tdunph4250

Жыл бұрын

👍👍

That is a most excellent list. It is impossible to limit it to 10 and you've done a very credible job. The only inclusion I would quarrel with is the first Elvis album. There's no denying Elvis' huge impact and influence. However, listeners of the 50s and 60s were exposed to the singles. Albums became a mass market phenomena in pop music the mid 60s. In terms of exclusions, no band had more influencing in shaping contemporary rock music and creating the blues rock template than the Rolling Stones. There are several albums to choose from. I would go with Sticky Fingers. In a similar vein, I would throw in Led Zeppelin 1 and Who's Next. The Clash's London Calling was also an immensely influential album. Others than come to mind are Neil Young's After the Goldrush, Carole King Tapestry, Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and many others. Thank you!

All good choices, but missing ... "Rubber Soul" by the Beatles ... "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd ... "live at Leeds" by the Who ... and "Never mind the Bollocks" by the Sex Pistols ... according to Brian Wilson ... "Pet Sounds" was influenced by Rubber Soul ...

Excellent

@classicalbum

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

So glad you left out Dark Side Of The Moon.

Here’s my top 10 ,Astral Weeks Van Morrison,9 The hangman’s beautiful daughter Incredible string band,8 Hard days night The Beatles,7White light white heat The velvet underground,6 Raw power Iggy and the Stooges,5 Never mind the bollocks The Sex Pistols,4 Metal box PIL 3 Bringing it all back home Bob Dylan,2 Nursery Cryme Genesis,1 Rubber Soul The Beatles ❤️

@thatwilldonicely1314

Жыл бұрын

Hi hard day's night is an incredible pop album, strangely a 'forgotten' album as it's a film track !

Agree with VU being first, but I remember being disappointed with Sergeant Pepper first time I heard it as I didn't like many of the songs and it was too jaunty for my taste; it hasn't improved with subsequent listening. In my personal top ten would be Safe as Milk by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band.

All down to personal taste, personally I wouldn't have any of these anywhere near my top.

Thanks for your opinion on the ten most important albums. While I agree with some of your choices like The Beachboys- Pet Sounds, The Beatles-Sgt. Pepper, Robert Johnson- Delta Blues, Hendrix- Are You Experienced, Bowie -ZiggyStardust, and Dylan- Bringing it All Back Home, I believe the others have no place on a top ten list(maybe a top 30). And what about albums by Muddy Waters(Electric Mud), Carole King(Tapestry), Paul Simon(GraceLand) and numerous albums by other artists like Marvin Gaye, Milton Nascimento, Gal Costa, Stevie Wonder, and also the Beatles- Revolver. And you didn't even touch on Miles Davis(Kind Of Blue) and many others. Your top ten was good but very limited.

@garyh.238

Жыл бұрын

You make good points. I agree with some of your choices as well, particularly Miles Davis.....hugely influential in the development of jazz-rock fusion starting with B's Brew, Jack Johnson, On the Corner, etc.

a list of influential rock albums with only one black artist mentioned, despite that the bands mentioned all would have been nowhere without black music

It’s tough to pick a top ten and see your point on all ten, but really: Mr. Fantasy, Quadrophenia, Sweet Heart of the Rodeo? This list is very inside baseball- influence on the listeners and what they buy is not the point of this list as opposed to influence on musical genres, which seems to be the focus here.

Very good list. I can't complain because I never have the same 10 albums in my list from one day to another. Shout out Revolver.

What a great idea for a video. 👍

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@FatNorthernBigot

Жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum I can't argue with your choices, either, although I personally think Sgt Pepper is indirectly responsible for a lot of overblown production in the late 60s.

No Tommy, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The River, Sticky Fingers, Thick as a Brick ?

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

It's a list of ten not twenty and without the Robert Johnson album, which I list, should come before the Stones and Led Zep. TAAB as great an album as it is, should not be on here. The River and Goodby Yellow Brick Rd?.. now you must be joking.. And 'Tommy' is a great record, but in terms of influence and importance surely 'SF Sorrow' should come before that.

I agree so much with your list. If your list was 20, then I would include 'Harry Smith's Anthology of America Music' released in 1952. Three records, 84 recordings of American folk, blues and country music recorded between 1926 and 1933. Back in the early 1950's, this collection was issued, and mostly available to listen at college library's. The collection "could well be the most influential document of the '50's folk revival". Everybody that became the '50's -60's Folk scene, including Dylan, Seeger, Fahey, Biaz, was listening to this LP. Your videos rock!!!

Haven't considered Horses to be THAT important before. It's one of my favorites, sure, but it doesn't seem as iconic as a Marquee Moon. You make a good point though, and I'd bet that Patti Smith inspired a slough of female artist, if not also Television and post-punk in its entirety.

@barrymoore4470

Жыл бұрын

I remember cultural critic and provocateuse Camille Paglia (who has been oddly silent for the past six years or so) once cited Patti Smith as a key voice of her era, pivotal even, though I don't recall her singling out any particular Smith album as more important than another.

I actually prefer their 1975 album Radioactivity; But I'm so glad that Trans Europe Express got an honourable mention. LOVE KRAFTWERK!!! 😊

I sat here and tried to guess what number one was.And I thought is he going to just turn around and say revolver?Or possibly Zeppelin 1 or Black Sabbath's first album? No, those are a little too narrow, and then I'm happy to confess I nailed it -the velvet underground.

Good and interesting list, Barry! I agree with you about the cultural significance of these albums. Personally, though, the only artists I listen to regularly from that list are the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Doors, and Hendrix. Also, from my viewpoint, a most important albums list would also include Brain Salad Surgery, for pioneering the extensive use of synthesizers, and Led Zeppelin II, as it established a blueprint for heavy metal.

@garyh.238

Жыл бұрын

I would also add Deep Purple's In Rock re the blueprint for metal.

Great selections, I would have The Strokes deut album .Is This It. from 2001, very influential and Gang of four 'Entertainment!' (1979).

Sergeant Peppers, Revolver, Velvet Underground first album, Dylan would have a record on the list, Joni Mitchell’s Blue.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

Blue... good choice

@GaryBook

Жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum Your list definitely overlaps with my own. John Lennon’s first solo album also broke ground. There are also some rap albums that changed things. Miles Davis and John Coltrane also had works that changed things.

@barrymoore4470

Жыл бұрын

@@GaryBook Miles Davis, for sure--'Kind of Blue' from 1959 is one of the absolutely foundational jazz albums.

Not just prog-rock. Good for you.

Very good attempt to list just 10! I would add Chuck Berry's After School Session, Freewheelin', Albert King's Born Under A Bad Sign, What's Going On, Ramones, My Aim Is True, and It Takes A Nation Of Millions.

In no particular order: The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Bob Dylan: Bringing It All Back Home Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Led Zeppelin: IV Michael Jackson: Thriller The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers The Doors: The Doors Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road David Bowie: Station to Station Honorable mentions: Deep Purple: Made in Japan King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King Steely Dan: Aja Patti Smith: Horses Stevie Wonder: Innervisions Supertramp: Crime of the Century Cat Stevens: Tea for the Tillerman Joni Mitchell: Blue Depeche Mode: Violator Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation Yes: Fragile Black Sabbath: Paranoid Prince: Purple Rain Jethro Tull: Aqualung The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Are You Experienced Talking Heads: Remain in Light Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill Nirvana: Nevermind Fleetwood Mac: Rumours Bob Marley and the Wailers: Natty Dread Dr. Dre: The Chronic Alice Cooper: Killer Genesis: Selling England by the Pound The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds Elvis Costello: This Year's Model Kate Bush: Hounds of Love Radiohead: OK Computer U2: Achtung Baby

I never thought Patti Smith was punk at all

Great list and honorable mentions. However,I could never narrow a list down to just ten.

Iggy Pop and Velvet Underground. Emperors New Clothes to me. Love the channel and it’s all about opinions.

@classicalbum

Жыл бұрын

You don't like the Velvet Underground??? Good Lord Sir, that there is fighting talk. ...

@Alaskanbrawl

Жыл бұрын

@@classicalbum I’ve tried. Everything else I like suggests I should. I just can’t get them. I think it’s Lou Reed 😂. Don’t rate him at all. 🙄

@barrymoore4470

Жыл бұрын

I do appreciate 'The Velvet Underground & Nico', which can be seen as the great-granddaddy of alternative rock (released in 1967, the year of the "Summer of Love"!), but I'm not particularly fond of Lou Reed myself. I wonder if you've explored any of Nico's solo catalog--I'm familiar with 'Desertshore' from 1970, which contains several of her classic efforts minus the Velvet Underground. You get some of the brooding, artful flavor associated with the Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, without Lou Reed!

@marktrickett5081

Жыл бұрын

Better than that Beach Boys Barber Shop rubbish

Any Led Zep from 1 thru Physical Griffetti. You can't go wrong with that!

I enjoy finely crafted pop and can see that Brian Wilson is a genius of creating a sound and feel but I don't find Pet Sounds all that amazing. It's very good but it's still a bunch of teenage love songs. I'll take what the Beatles were doing any day. Yes, they influenced each other but the Beatles matured and took the music much further. Maybe Wilson would have too if he hadn't been taken out by mental health issues. To me, the Beatles have an edge the Beach Boys lack. And I'm not from California and don't surf.

@erniericardo8140

Жыл бұрын

Ive tried to really like Pet Sounds, and I understand the whole concept of Brian Wilson using the studio as an instrument and Good Vibrations is a Great song but Pet Sounds upon hearing it always leaves me saying "Meh" - Also I cant stand Sloop John B. (And dont get me started on the Album Cover)

Your deep gravely voice adds to your insite. All your album choices were highly influential. No friction from me with your choices

I'm not any of those albums were pure Rock

Van Halen's first album should be in here. Eddie heavily influenced guitar playing moving forward into the 80's.

Great list. I was Waiting for Velvet Underground and you didn't disappoint. Not sure #1 is the right place for it, but certainly top 5 in terms of its long-term influence.

@rickyaz8640

4 ай бұрын

Aged better than a lot of the’67 albums. Something for everyone on it

Surely Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden deserves a mention somewhere!

we both go with "bringing it all back home" as our dylan album. hard to choose just one though!

In 2007 Elton John said that " Laura Nyro probably influenced more successful songwriters than anyone ". Nyro's revolutionary 1968 album Eli and the Thirteenth Confession " blew everybody's mind " Todd Rungren. In November 1969, three Nyro songs were at 1,2 and 10 on Billboard. The recent mega hit Drivers Licence by Olivia Rodrigo is based on Nyro's You Don't Love Me When I (1969). Patti Smith was influenced by Nyro as was Elton John,Rundgren, Alice Cooper, Narada Michael Walden ,Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell Kate Bush, and scores of others up to current arts like Rodrigo and indie pop band Tennis whose hit from a few years ago, Runner, name checks 4 Nyro songs, including Beads of Sweat (1970) with Duanne Allman on guitar.

@jedikiah1541

Жыл бұрын

Laura really was incredible.

@jedikiah1541

Жыл бұрын

Laura has been overlooked again. Not by musical artists, though, like you say.

@lupcokotevski2907

Жыл бұрын

@@jedikiah1541 Indeed. I sometimes wonder about the bias and knowledge level of music youtubers. And obscure artists don't get the $views.

@jedikiah1541

Жыл бұрын

@@lupcokotevski2907 I do as well. Maybe KZreadr music critics just aren't that aware of Laura, or perhaps she won't pull in the necessary viewers (money). Given that this video is simply a compilation, her mention shouldn't have made a difference, though. There is the odd reviews of individual songs, but it is often reviewers who are listening to her for the first time, who have probably been asked to.

@lupcokotevski2907

Жыл бұрын

@@jedikiah1541 Yep agree 100%. However, I watch youtubers who know Laura, but they tend to talk about the much better known Joni Mitchell perhaps because she is more accessible musically and would attract Joni fans as subscribers. I would expect that ambitious youtubers wanting to make money would have strategies to increase subscribers.

Dylan’s ‘Highway 61 Revisited’ was the prototype for RnR performance and writing in the early 60s and was his ticket to immortality

I would put Revolver way ahead of St. Pepper as the best Beatles album and most influential and was their best recorded album also by far.

Pistols covered "No Fun!" as b-side to "Pretty Vacant" not on NMTB!😉