I can only assume some artists will have multiple entries Zeppelin and Stones for sure Agree with Billie Eilish you were spot on there about dynamics Daft Punk ; Lower but keep
@thekivster7 сағат бұрын
I have never heard of anyone say that Led Zeppelin 2 was the best Led Zeppelin album. It’s an interesting choice.
@theopinionatedhippie4706 сағат бұрын
Right? I tried to make a case for why it would be picked but….yeah. Head scratcher considering the rest of their catalog….
@CoasterMagicX29 сағат бұрын
I love Daft Punk's Discovery, I wouldn't put it as high as they put it here, but it's some of the best electronic ever done. "Face to Face" is maybe the greatest use of sampling ever. Proof to anyone who says sampling is only "just copying" and not innovating. I do like "one more time" as an opener, it's repetitive lyrically but the kind of glitched out horn section in the back is such a unique texture and its really dancable. "Digital Love" too is fantastic, verdis quo is beautiful. "Harder better faster stronger" is maybe the most famous dance track of all time, for good reason. "Something about us" is another fantastic track. I think im going to just start listing every song on the album. Every song on Discovery is so well produced in that there's so many unique interesting sounds in every part of the album, just listening to the album with headphones again and again I always catch new details. Also balancing that with hooks and great songwriting that you could play in a club and start a party too, I think it's such a triumph. I do think 30 is a little high though, there's a part in the middle where all the songs are just good and not great and that bumps it down. Let's just say, "Daft Punk is playing in my house".
@DeanJonasson22 сағат бұрын
Big Tull fan from a long-ago Xmas when I was gifted the AQUALUNG lp. Sadly, after a long relationship, I bailed after the double-live BURSTING OUT. Last year, a friend talked me into A and I was glad he did. A surprisingly strong album though it's a pity that Anderson couldn't have started his solo career here. Recently, I picked up the expanded CD of BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST and was, again, happily surprised. Although not every song is a banger (I would drop "Seal Driver" for one of the better bonus tracks). In both cases, the embrace of electronics to compliment the guitar/flute Tull sound is refreshing. Anderson is still in good voice and is still writing some perceptive songs. Enjoying this ranking very much, Shaggy!
@jessem47023 сағат бұрын
Broadsword and the Beast I agree number 1 Does Jeffrey Hammond Hammond have Captain Beefhearts TMR hat ?
@waltgzerod556523 сағат бұрын
Ike Willis' "Role" In THINGFISH Emulates & Imitates a Character from Amos & Andy, "Kingfish"!! Kingfish was a typical Local "Know it All" who tries to sound Sophisticated &/or Important by using two Dollar versions of $20.00 Wurds!! If you acquire mah Driff"!! Willis EXECUTES the Illusion!! Eleven Stars!! What are you?? A Theatrical Criticizer?? I Guess we should feel SORRY for you!! Allow me to conclude with "Chuck YOO FARLY" !! Zappa's ART Ain't for Everybody!! That's why it's ART!! I don't care for Disco. But there are a few exceptions!! Most of the exceptions can be Found, Heard & Enjoyed on THINGFISH!!
@waltgzerod5565Күн бұрын
Joe's Garage was a MASTERPIECE But THINGFISH was an Absolute Stroke of Genius MASTERPIECE!! We played THINGFISH so many times, we can recite it!! A "Favorite" Zappa Album?? IMPOSSIBLE!! WHY?? Because THINGFISH holds NOTHING Sacred!! It encapsulates America!!
@murdockreviewsКүн бұрын
Interesting approach to go thrpugh this by decade. I personally prefer Under Wraps over Rock Island and Crest of a Knave, but great presentation overall.
@patrickhogue8790Күн бұрын
Broadsword and the Beast (my overall 10 or 11) Crest of a Knave - 14 Roots to Branches -15 A -16 RokFlote - 17 A Christmas Album -19 The Zealot Gene -20 Rock Island -21 Catfish Rising -22 J-Tull Dot Com - 23 Under Wraps -24 I included not only A Christmas Album but also Living in the Past since it served as an album of mostly new music at the time of release.
@calummcgregor3662Күн бұрын
Thanks for your video series like these ... always interesting perspectives ... re Under Wraps .... needs to be re-mixed with proper drums to bring out the quality of the tracks ... Ian has said that he did not think there would be a return for the cost to do this ... maybe if he did a crowd-funding of this he would be surprised to find that the Tull fan base would "Stand Up" 'cause of their love of the band .... a set with a re-mix with the new drums added, re-master of the original plus a full set of the concert(s) done at the time touring the album (there were great shows at the time and the Under Wraps material works great live) would definitely sell ... I'd be up for that to add to the ever growing collection .... the rest of '80's Tull works for me - especially Broadsword (love it ... and so many superb outakes that did not make the album), "A" and Crest of a Knave (sure it's Dire Straits-y but that works for me) .... Cool video once again, CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland (p.s. saw Tull in Aberdeen 3 months back ... really great night, good set list, current band in great form - lots of energy and Ian's vocals were perfectly fine .... no issues from my perspective ... would buy a live release of tour if one materialises in due course)
@calummcgregor3662Күн бұрын
P.S. meant to say that while the 90's + were not necessarilly stellar years for Tull, Rocks On The Road is a top Tull track for me .... and the flute playing on Rokflote is really very very good.
@theopinionatedhippie470Күн бұрын
I messed up on the Asia timeline (see comment below). I could have sworn that their debut album came out when I was 10 or 11. Regardless, the Asia vibe must have been in the air because I do hear Asia vibes on BATB. Anyway…oops.
@michaelpdawsonКүн бұрын
Under Wraps was alarming when it came out because it was such a non-Jethro Tull sound. But over the years I have come around to the opinion that it is Tull's BEST album of the '80s. Certainly their most daring and experimental. Great songs, and a cool vibe in the lyrical themes of international tension and intrigue. (I could really do without all the songs about the older Ian leching after young girls that we started getting on the subsequent albums.) And Ian's vocal approach on Under Wraps is so bizarre and wonderful, all those weird yips and grunts...I have no idea why he chose to do that, but I love it. Your timeline is off regarding Asia--their first album actually came out at exactly the same time as Broadsword and the Beast, so it couldn't have been an influence. I just listened to Crest of a Knave a week or two ago for the first time in ages and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. (Always loved "Budapest" despite what I just said about songs about Ian lusting after sweet young things.) Rock Island is just awful, down at the bottom of the barrel along with Catfish Rising. Only "Whaler's Dues" and "Strange Avenues" save that one.
@Z-ebКүн бұрын
Nice to hear nice words about "A" - so many ditches this album with "Under Wraps" - which is totally unfair. Its probably their last masterpiece for me (Broadsword is almost a masterpiece, but TOO many outtakes around from that period)
@jameschristiansson3137Күн бұрын
Wish Ian Anderson hadn't ruined his voice. Early Tull is delicious.
@patrickhogue87902 күн бұрын
Thanks for tackling the mighty Tull. IMO, Ian Anderson stands with Zappa as one of the few true geniuses late 20th century music. None of these albums rank any higher than 15 on my overall list but the first 3 on the list I revisit from time to time. The last 3, not so much. Roots to Branches RokFlote A Christmas Album The Zealot Gene Catfish Rising J-Tull Dot Com
@trashandcheese36362 күн бұрын
What's with those beeps that start at the 16 minute mark?
@theopinionatedhippie4702 күн бұрын
Not sure…..not sure I hear them.
@michaelpdawson2 күн бұрын
Completely agree with your ranking. Even Roots to Branches gets a bit weak at the end. Speaking of Ian’s talk-singing, “Wounded, Old and Treacherous” is very Zappa in delivery. You can just hear him saying “Don’t make a fuss, just get on the bus!”
@Z-eb2 күн бұрын
Nailed it !
@jessem4702 күн бұрын
There is also that weird request Frank made to speak to Ian Anderson while he was terminally ill , Ian never made the call Very rarely would I listen to Tull outside their classic period
@knotwilg35962 күн бұрын
I have been a Beefheart fan for 35 years now, I own all his records and many bootlegs, have read all there is to read about the man, watched all movies and youtube videos ... I remain bewildered at the equivocal enthusiasm about Trout Mask Replica. I understand why it sparks people's interest. It's one of the weirdest albums by an established artist ever. I give it a yearly turn on the table, so I have listened to it 30 times or more. But to this date I can't convince myself it's actually a *good* album, let alone a great one. It's one of my least favorite albums by my favorite artist. It's not that it's inaccessible and takes time to appreciate. I did that with "Lick my decals ..." or "Ice cream ..." or other hard to get ones. Sure there are some interesting polyrhythms and Moonlight on Vermont is a great song - not coincidentally it dates from the Strictly Personal era. No, it's simply awful by design, or rather, by neglect. If you read John French's biography, much of the myth about this album is busted. French did an amazing job transcribing Beefheart's visions into music, but later on Beefheart ruined most of what the band had conceived with his tenor sax improvisations and overly loud singing or talking across the tracks. Almost the same happened on "Lick my decals ..." where Harkleroad was the transcriber at his service, but here Beefheart was more restrained in his "post production". Still, if you listen to the bootleg of "Lick my decals ..." before Beefheart did his thing, you get the real congeniality. Beefheart is an "idiot savant" rather than a genius. Throughout his career he has always needed real musicians to bring out the best in him. Whenever he allows true producers to take the lead, like Ry Cooder on his debut album, Ted Templeman on Clear Spot, or later on Gary Lucas, the strengths of his originality and their musicianship combine. When he assumes full control, like on TMR, the result is an unlistenable mess. Now that's my take at it. If people really truly like it, I envy them because I can't.
@theopinionatedhippie4702 күн бұрын
Awesome comment. Thanks.
@axxellein2 күн бұрын
1=:Paint it, Black,2= Ruby Tuea 3=Wild Horses 4=Gimme Shelter 5=2000 light from home 6=No Excation 7 = As tears by go 9= stray cat blur10=Sister Morph
@tomf.oolery69262 күн бұрын
Gonna review their peel sessions album? That’s a pretty essential release to my ears, even if it gets overlooked a bit
@theopinionatedhippie4702 күн бұрын
Yes. Thanks.
@CoasterMagicX23 күн бұрын
Thanks for defending Carole Kings Tapestry. That's one of the "controversial picks" on this list that I think deserves to be on here. Minor spoilers but some of the albums on the list so far you're like "why was this one on here not that one" the one you're talking about is higher up.
@jessem4703 күн бұрын
Great post and top ten Shaggy ; although i think there will be many versions of Top 10 , a testament to their canon Zappa Connection : Ernie Watts : The Grand Wazoo himself !! ( first time i saw Stones was 81 and Ernie made that band better ) Here are my favorites Out of Time Sympathy for the Devil Dead Flowers Angie Little Red Rooster Street Fighting Man Ruby Tuesday Respectable Its only rock and roll ( And I Like It ) These are all tied at No 2 No 1 Salt of the Earth
@greggcoppolo84303 күн бұрын
Strictly Personal was and is my fav.
@gavinreid27413 күн бұрын
I bought the one disc cd version from a charity shop for 50p. Excellent album.
@CoasterMagicX23 күн бұрын
A few months late to this (still trying to get though all the bootleg series stuff myself... and there's a lot), but "another self portrait" also had a remaster of the self portrait with the bootleg series. Though it was only in the deluxe version.
@danbuchman74974 күн бұрын
Your reviews are like others that I’ve viewed, but appreciate you’re (re)rating and replacement as good additions. I have given this and other lists way to much thinking, and “of course” sharing… because I’m 67 and quickly becoming an old man. Observations. 1: I don’t believe it’s possible to create a top 100, as it’s totally subjective. For instance a very good case could be made for Judy at Carnegie Hall. 2: People and music are of it’s time. Abby Road & and the White album are both great records, likely (or maybe not), no Soft Machine without Revolution 9. Also, I’ll never listen to Beyonce as often than I did Sticky Fingers (mostly technology since to listen to certain music you had to buy the album instead of streaming. 3: Who says a list should limit to only one or 2 of an artist. For an example, I love Kind of Blue, but it’s almost easy listening compare to Bitches Brew which should be added just to puss off Marsalis (poser)… So my proposal is to list what are in your opinion the most important albums ever. No numbering (i like chaos). The good thing that happened here, is the Apple 100 shows how much things have changed, and old white mens opinions (me) don’t carry more weight than others. Again its just an impossible task. Hope you add When the Pawn & Hot Rats. Keep up the good work!
@ijeff20054 күн бұрын
Wow! I didn't think I'd ever see a discussion of Flo & Eddie albums. I have all 5 of them and my ranking wouldn't be much different than the Hippie's. "Rock Steady" is an obvious #5. Totally unnecessary. The other 4 albums are all pretty close in quality in my opinion. I'd probably put "Illegal" at #4 just because its more of a comedy album and at times, a very good one. But, for repeated plays I'm looking more for the melodic rock that the Turtles were so good at. With Flo & Eddie you get a lot of good melodic rock on the top 3 albums, but with more of an edge than most of the Turtles songs. As good as the first two albums were (especially the first) I still find myself listening more to "Moving Targets" which I've always had a soft spot for. It does include what I consider their greatest song in "Keep It Warm" and all the other songs are very listenable. I always thought the line in "Keep It Warm" referring to shooting kids from a tower was more a reference to the Kent State shooting incident in 1970. I think all the other songs are very good. My second favorite song is "Moving Targets" which interestingly wasn't one that impressed the Hippie much. It's one of the harder rocking songs in the Flo & Eddie discography and it has a really cool segue during the second half where the melody shifts keys into an entirely different direction. My only negative is I think the guitar is too low in the mix during that section. I'd be curious what anyone exploring Flo & Eddie for the first time thinks about this song and the album as a whole.
@jessem4704 күн бұрын
Very strange that all so many Rap / Hip Hop hits this 10 Im going to be super cynical and say High enough to say this genre is legit but not high enough to say Classics Biggie , Nas and Public Enemy i have no doubt are better the 3 entries higher ( I haven’t read ahead )
@zappafanprole14 күн бұрын
I'm really enjoying your takes on the chart. The quality you have that others don't is that you have an open mind There are others out there that are literally 'I've never heard of them - next' or 'What is this rap album/female singer/ doing on the list' The attitude of 'If it ain't a guy and a guitar it's crap' disgusts me. Keep flying the flag for being open to new things - Loving all your work Shaggy
@KidSans774 күн бұрын
Personally, God Ween Satan is much lower on my list at 9 (10 would be La Cucaracha) but The Pod and Pure Guava grew on me so maybe GWS will too! Flutes Of Chi was originally on The Mollusk (which is my favorite Ween album) and having that mythical charm on White Pepper makes me like it even more!
@SpenceCurry4 күн бұрын
Best 79s stonesbwere little feat sailin shoes. Flamin groovies teenage head. Ron wood ive got my own album to do
@paulayers11115 күн бұрын
This album was my introduction to the band. A beautiful great continuously flowing album. As much as I love this album I love a lot of their other albums much more 17. Eyes Like the Sky 16. 12 Bar Bruise 15. Butterfly 3000 14. Fishing For Fishies 13. Infest The Rats Nest 12. Float Along - Fill Your Lungs 11. Gumboot Soup 10. Oddments 9. Flying Microtonal Banana 8. Sketches of Brunswick East 7. I’m In Your Mind Fuzz 6. Paper Mache Dream Balloon 5. Quarters! 4. Nonagon Infinity 3. Polygondwanaland 2. Murder Of The Universe 1. KG/LW
@murdockreviews5 күн бұрын
Very enjoyable, summery album. Constant flow.
@gregoryg32565 күн бұрын
ALRIGHT SHAGGSTER !!!
@gregoryg32565 күн бұрын
OH I THINK the Roxy bass player past the other day ..aah the one that has bother. ..not breecker..the other set of brothers can't think of the name sorry
@gregoryg32565 күн бұрын
oh I just read the note below me there ya go ..same note he remembered the name
@harryzlotzlottos57155 күн бұрын
The closest bootlegs I have to this excellent show is (two shows) in Central Park…3.8.68 ….Well done on all three reviews by the way..
@HakanTunaMuzik6 күн бұрын
Absolutely loved this release, just when I think they can't knock another one out off the park they prove me wrong.
@DoncampbellUSMC10416 күн бұрын
R.I.P. TOM FOWLER 🙏
@zachwalentiny6 күн бұрын
Joe Travers and the ZFT have been absolutely killing it the last couple years with these great releases. Can't wait to see what comes next!
@billkeon8806 күн бұрын
Always wanted to get a recording of the original Garrick Theatre run, so anything else that is close is essential. Great audio sound too
@CoasterMagicX26 күн бұрын
I believe this is the earliest release-able live recording in the vault. I saw that somewhere. Hope I am wrong, would love a Garrick theatre show, would love a Copenhagen 1967 release (with "Ian Underwood whips it out")
@edmundhobe22816 күн бұрын
Yeah, lots of jamming PLUS the only known North American performance of "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (every known subsequent performance of it took place in UK and Europe) and the only known 60s performance in listenable sound quality (as the other two 60s versions are on poor sounding tapes). And, given that Ray Collins is there to do the vocal heavy-lifting, FZ actually contributes guitar to a slightly larger extent as opposed to that instrument being almost completely absent from the remaining two 60s versions or the 1973 Road Tapes 2 arrangement (not counting the TTR version, as by that time FZ had pretty much outsourced a lot of his guitar duties to others, like Warren on the 1979 tour). And I guess "Brown Shoes Shuffle" means this was the only time "BSDMI" led to some actual improv after the fact. Maybe not a proper monster song, but cool to hear nonetheless. It does sound like Don Preston is playing clavinet at the start of "The Whip". Apparently he generally used Fender Rhodes for the 1968 US/Canada gigs and also some kind of an organ (and clavinet on the Whisky gig) but switched over to RMI Electra-Piano as a substitute for both organ and electric piano for the '68 European tour, FZ' liner notes for AOTT suggest that this was done for practical/portability reasons. As for "chouflee", no idea what that means, maybe that was just a pseudo-French perversion on "shuffle"? It certainly looks like the list of releases after FZ passed away is now slightly longer than the list of official albums FZ managed to get out in his lifetime. I certainly think it's a very interesting 60s MOI show, but who knows why FZ released just barely two minutes of it in his lifetime. But then, FZ' priorities as to what live recordings (and what bands) counted as releasable shifted constantly as time went on. Like as recently as early 80s he was still mixing the Petit Wazoo stuff, but NONE of it ended on the YCDTOSA series. I'm certainly glad that all sorts of gaps have been filled nowadays, but others think that "Oh, there's a reason why FZ released little to nothing from this band or this gig" just because FZ curated all too carefully what counts as releasable and therefore it causes some FZ fans to cling to a narrative that any live gig or live band showcased on posthumous releases must be worthless or only a historical curio. But something like this Whisky performance is just way too interesting to be written off as wholly unreleasable.
@jessem4706 күн бұрын
Wasn’t John Mayall living in Laurel Canyon at that time? And he wrote 2401 about Frank and probably a whole bunch of the people in that audience
@Naniamania36 күн бұрын
Apparently Tom Fowler just passed away. An absolute legend in the Zappa universe. R.I.P. Tom.
@SPKdesign16 күн бұрын
The Alice set is oot there at the Whiskey A Go Go but mislabeled as 69
@baerenonkel7 күн бұрын
RIP Tom Fowler.
@Z-eb7 күн бұрын
Such a shame they decided only to release set one (of two) - Lets hope next concert (also from 77) will be released as the full concert !!!!!
@theopinionatedhippie4707 күн бұрын
I assumed they had only the first set….
@Z-eb7 күн бұрын
@@theopinionatedhippie470 No, i sent them both sets ;(((((
@theopinionatedhippie4707 күн бұрын
@@Z-eb Well thanks for that! Any chance you have that second set as a shareable online file? I can send you an email address if so....
@Z-eb7 күн бұрын
@@theopinionatedhippie470 or i can post a link in here, if that is possible.....i ll upload it now, and share link, lets see if it works !
@Z-eb7 күн бұрын
@@theopinionatedhippie470 ok,im following you on insta now, ill share the link in there in a minute or two !
@henrycrinkle8218 күн бұрын
I wonder if you've heard the '74 show with the new Mars Hotel release. It's sloppy but great. I also love the 2 Jai Alai shows from '74.
@theopinionatedhippie4708 күн бұрын
I have. Plan on reviewing it soon. ‘74 is my fave live Dead year….
@ProggaWoggga8 күн бұрын
I have nearly all the albums here. For me, "Inner Space" is the clear winner. It sometimes goes by Can by Can. It has a wrench head with the Can logo inside. Very different than their early 2 track stuff, but Safe, Sunday Jam, All Gates Open, most of the rest of it - just excellent. And sure, I like all the early jammy stuff, but that's the one that does it for me.
@LeeTomboulian-uj5zv8 күн бұрын
Thé Frank solo with the many bass notes is him playing through an Octivider, which allowed him to add another layer, down one octave.
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I can only assume some artists will have multiple entries Zeppelin and Stones for sure Agree with Billie Eilish you were spot on there about dynamics Daft Punk ; Lower but keep
I have never heard of anyone say that Led Zeppelin 2 was the best Led Zeppelin album. It’s an interesting choice.
Right? I tried to make a case for why it would be picked but….yeah. Head scratcher considering the rest of their catalog….
I love Daft Punk's Discovery, I wouldn't put it as high as they put it here, but it's some of the best electronic ever done. "Face to Face" is maybe the greatest use of sampling ever. Proof to anyone who says sampling is only "just copying" and not innovating. I do like "one more time" as an opener, it's repetitive lyrically but the kind of glitched out horn section in the back is such a unique texture and its really dancable. "Digital Love" too is fantastic, verdis quo is beautiful. "Harder better faster stronger" is maybe the most famous dance track of all time, for good reason. "Something about us" is another fantastic track. I think im going to just start listing every song on the album. Every song on Discovery is so well produced in that there's so many unique interesting sounds in every part of the album, just listening to the album with headphones again and again I always catch new details. Also balancing that with hooks and great songwriting that you could play in a club and start a party too, I think it's such a triumph. I do think 30 is a little high though, there's a part in the middle where all the songs are just good and not great and that bumps it down. Let's just say, "Daft Punk is playing in my house".
Big Tull fan from a long-ago Xmas when I was gifted the AQUALUNG lp. Sadly, after a long relationship, I bailed after the double-live BURSTING OUT. Last year, a friend talked me into A and I was glad he did. A surprisingly strong album though it's a pity that Anderson couldn't have started his solo career here. Recently, I picked up the expanded CD of BROADSWORD AND THE BEAST and was, again, happily surprised. Although not every song is a banger (I would drop "Seal Driver" for one of the better bonus tracks). In both cases, the embrace of electronics to compliment the guitar/flute Tull sound is refreshing. Anderson is still in good voice and is still writing some perceptive songs. Enjoying this ranking very much, Shaggy!
Broadsword and the Beast I agree number 1 Does Jeffrey Hammond Hammond have Captain Beefhearts TMR hat ?
Ike Willis' "Role" In THINGFISH Emulates & Imitates a Character from Amos & Andy, "Kingfish"!! Kingfish was a typical Local "Know it All" who tries to sound Sophisticated &/or Important by using two Dollar versions of $20.00 Wurds!! If you acquire mah Driff"!! Willis EXECUTES the Illusion!! Eleven Stars!! What are you?? A Theatrical Criticizer?? I Guess we should feel SORRY for you!! Allow me to conclude with "Chuck YOO FARLY" !! Zappa's ART Ain't for Everybody!! That's why it's ART!! I don't care for Disco. But there are a few exceptions!! Most of the exceptions can be Found, Heard & Enjoyed on THINGFISH!!
Joe's Garage was a MASTERPIECE But THINGFISH was an Absolute Stroke of Genius MASTERPIECE!! We played THINGFISH so many times, we can recite it!! A "Favorite" Zappa Album?? IMPOSSIBLE!! WHY?? Because THINGFISH holds NOTHING Sacred!! It encapsulates America!!
Interesting approach to go thrpugh this by decade. I personally prefer Under Wraps over Rock Island and Crest of a Knave, but great presentation overall.
Broadsword and the Beast (my overall 10 or 11) Crest of a Knave - 14 Roots to Branches -15 A -16 RokFlote - 17 A Christmas Album -19 The Zealot Gene -20 Rock Island -21 Catfish Rising -22 J-Tull Dot Com - 23 Under Wraps -24 I included not only A Christmas Album but also Living in the Past since it served as an album of mostly new music at the time of release.
Thanks for your video series like these ... always interesting perspectives ... re Under Wraps .... needs to be re-mixed with proper drums to bring out the quality of the tracks ... Ian has said that he did not think there would be a return for the cost to do this ... maybe if he did a crowd-funding of this he would be surprised to find that the Tull fan base would "Stand Up" 'cause of their love of the band .... a set with a re-mix with the new drums added, re-master of the original plus a full set of the concert(s) done at the time touring the album (there were great shows at the time and the Under Wraps material works great live) would definitely sell ... I'd be up for that to add to the ever growing collection .... the rest of '80's Tull works for me - especially Broadsword (love it ... and so many superb outakes that did not make the album), "A" and Crest of a Knave (sure it's Dire Straits-y but that works for me) .... Cool video once again, CMcG, Aberdeen, Scotland (p.s. saw Tull in Aberdeen 3 months back ... really great night, good set list, current band in great form - lots of energy and Ian's vocals were perfectly fine .... no issues from my perspective ... would buy a live release of tour if one materialises in due course)
P.S. meant to say that while the 90's + were not necessarilly stellar years for Tull, Rocks On The Road is a top Tull track for me .... and the flute playing on Rokflote is really very very good.
I messed up on the Asia timeline (see comment below). I could have sworn that their debut album came out when I was 10 or 11. Regardless, the Asia vibe must have been in the air because I do hear Asia vibes on BATB. Anyway…oops.
Under Wraps was alarming when it came out because it was such a non-Jethro Tull sound. But over the years I have come around to the opinion that it is Tull's BEST album of the '80s. Certainly their most daring and experimental. Great songs, and a cool vibe in the lyrical themes of international tension and intrigue. (I could really do without all the songs about the older Ian leching after young girls that we started getting on the subsequent albums.) And Ian's vocal approach on Under Wraps is so bizarre and wonderful, all those weird yips and grunts...I have no idea why he chose to do that, but I love it. Your timeline is off regarding Asia--their first album actually came out at exactly the same time as Broadsword and the Beast, so it couldn't have been an influence. I just listened to Crest of a Knave a week or two ago for the first time in ages and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. (Always loved "Budapest" despite what I just said about songs about Ian lusting after sweet young things.) Rock Island is just awful, down at the bottom of the barrel along with Catfish Rising. Only "Whaler's Dues" and "Strange Avenues" save that one.
Nice to hear nice words about "A" - so many ditches this album with "Under Wraps" - which is totally unfair. Its probably their last masterpiece for me (Broadsword is almost a masterpiece, but TOO many outtakes around from that period)
Wish Ian Anderson hadn't ruined his voice. Early Tull is delicious.
Thanks for tackling the mighty Tull. IMO, Ian Anderson stands with Zappa as one of the few true geniuses late 20th century music. None of these albums rank any higher than 15 on my overall list but the first 3 on the list I revisit from time to time. The last 3, not so much. Roots to Branches RokFlote A Christmas Album The Zealot Gene Catfish Rising J-Tull Dot Com
What's with those beeps that start at the 16 minute mark?
Not sure…..not sure I hear them.
Completely agree with your ranking. Even Roots to Branches gets a bit weak at the end. Speaking of Ian’s talk-singing, “Wounded, Old and Treacherous” is very Zappa in delivery. You can just hear him saying “Don’t make a fuss, just get on the bus!”
Nailed it !
There is also that weird request Frank made to speak to Ian Anderson while he was terminally ill , Ian never made the call Very rarely would I listen to Tull outside their classic period
I have been a Beefheart fan for 35 years now, I own all his records and many bootlegs, have read all there is to read about the man, watched all movies and youtube videos ... I remain bewildered at the equivocal enthusiasm about Trout Mask Replica. I understand why it sparks people's interest. It's one of the weirdest albums by an established artist ever. I give it a yearly turn on the table, so I have listened to it 30 times or more. But to this date I can't convince myself it's actually a *good* album, let alone a great one. It's one of my least favorite albums by my favorite artist. It's not that it's inaccessible and takes time to appreciate. I did that with "Lick my decals ..." or "Ice cream ..." or other hard to get ones. Sure there are some interesting polyrhythms and Moonlight on Vermont is a great song - not coincidentally it dates from the Strictly Personal era. No, it's simply awful by design, or rather, by neglect. If you read John French's biography, much of the myth about this album is busted. French did an amazing job transcribing Beefheart's visions into music, but later on Beefheart ruined most of what the band had conceived with his tenor sax improvisations and overly loud singing or talking across the tracks. Almost the same happened on "Lick my decals ..." where Harkleroad was the transcriber at his service, but here Beefheart was more restrained in his "post production". Still, if you listen to the bootleg of "Lick my decals ..." before Beefheart did his thing, you get the real congeniality. Beefheart is an "idiot savant" rather than a genius. Throughout his career he has always needed real musicians to bring out the best in him. Whenever he allows true producers to take the lead, like Ry Cooder on his debut album, Ted Templeman on Clear Spot, or later on Gary Lucas, the strengths of his originality and their musicianship combine. When he assumes full control, like on TMR, the result is an unlistenable mess. Now that's my take at it. If people really truly like it, I envy them because I can't.
Awesome comment. Thanks.
1=:Paint it, Black,2= Ruby Tuea 3=Wild Horses 4=Gimme Shelter 5=2000 light from home 6=No Excation 7 = As tears by go 9= stray cat blur10=Sister Morph
Gonna review their peel sessions album? That’s a pretty essential release to my ears, even if it gets overlooked a bit
Yes. Thanks.
Thanks for defending Carole Kings Tapestry. That's one of the "controversial picks" on this list that I think deserves to be on here. Minor spoilers but some of the albums on the list so far you're like "why was this one on here not that one" the one you're talking about is higher up.
Great post and top ten Shaggy ; although i think there will be many versions of Top 10 , a testament to their canon Zappa Connection : Ernie Watts : The Grand Wazoo himself !! ( first time i saw Stones was 81 and Ernie made that band better ) Here are my favorites Out of Time Sympathy for the Devil Dead Flowers Angie Little Red Rooster Street Fighting Man Ruby Tuesday Respectable Its only rock and roll ( And I Like It ) These are all tied at No 2 No 1 Salt of the Earth
Strictly Personal was and is my fav.
I bought the one disc cd version from a charity shop for 50p. Excellent album.
A few months late to this (still trying to get though all the bootleg series stuff myself... and there's a lot), but "another self portrait" also had a remaster of the self portrait with the bootleg series. Though it was only in the deluxe version.
Your reviews are like others that I’ve viewed, but appreciate you’re (re)rating and replacement as good additions. I have given this and other lists way to much thinking, and “of course” sharing… because I’m 67 and quickly becoming an old man. Observations. 1: I don’t believe it’s possible to create a top 100, as it’s totally subjective. For instance a very good case could be made for Judy at Carnegie Hall. 2: People and music are of it’s time. Abby Road & and the White album are both great records, likely (or maybe not), no Soft Machine without Revolution 9. Also, I’ll never listen to Beyonce as often than I did Sticky Fingers (mostly technology since to listen to certain music you had to buy the album instead of streaming. 3: Who says a list should limit to only one or 2 of an artist. For an example, I love Kind of Blue, but it’s almost easy listening compare to Bitches Brew which should be added just to puss off Marsalis (poser)… So my proposal is to list what are in your opinion the most important albums ever. No numbering (i like chaos). The good thing that happened here, is the Apple 100 shows how much things have changed, and old white mens opinions (me) don’t carry more weight than others. Again its just an impossible task. Hope you add When the Pawn & Hot Rats. Keep up the good work!
Wow! I didn't think I'd ever see a discussion of Flo & Eddie albums. I have all 5 of them and my ranking wouldn't be much different than the Hippie's. "Rock Steady" is an obvious #5. Totally unnecessary. The other 4 albums are all pretty close in quality in my opinion. I'd probably put "Illegal" at #4 just because its more of a comedy album and at times, a very good one. But, for repeated plays I'm looking more for the melodic rock that the Turtles were so good at. With Flo & Eddie you get a lot of good melodic rock on the top 3 albums, but with more of an edge than most of the Turtles songs. As good as the first two albums were (especially the first) I still find myself listening more to "Moving Targets" which I've always had a soft spot for. It does include what I consider their greatest song in "Keep It Warm" and all the other songs are very listenable. I always thought the line in "Keep It Warm" referring to shooting kids from a tower was more a reference to the Kent State shooting incident in 1970. I think all the other songs are very good. My second favorite song is "Moving Targets" which interestingly wasn't one that impressed the Hippie much. It's one of the harder rocking songs in the Flo & Eddie discography and it has a really cool segue during the second half where the melody shifts keys into an entirely different direction. My only negative is I think the guitar is too low in the mix during that section. I'd be curious what anyone exploring Flo & Eddie for the first time thinks about this song and the album as a whole.
Very strange that all so many Rap / Hip Hop hits this 10 Im going to be super cynical and say High enough to say this genre is legit but not high enough to say Classics Biggie , Nas and Public Enemy i have no doubt are better the 3 entries higher ( I haven’t read ahead )
I'm really enjoying your takes on the chart. The quality you have that others don't is that you have an open mind There are others out there that are literally 'I've never heard of them - next' or 'What is this rap album/female singer/ doing on the list' The attitude of 'If it ain't a guy and a guitar it's crap' disgusts me. Keep flying the flag for being open to new things - Loving all your work Shaggy
Personally, God Ween Satan is much lower on my list at 9 (10 would be La Cucaracha) but The Pod and Pure Guava grew on me so maybe GWS will too! Flutes Of Chi was originally on The Mollusk (which is my favorite Ween album) and having that mythical charm on White Pepper makes me like it even more!
Best 79s stonesbwere little feat sailin shoes. Flamin groovies teenage head. Ron wood ive got my own album to do
This album was my introduction to the band. A beautiful great continuously flowing album. As much as I love this album I love a lot of their other albums much more 17. Eyes Like the Sky 16. 12 Bar Bruise 15. Butterfly 3000 14. Fishing For Fishies 13. Infest The Rats Nest 12. Float Along - Fill Your Lungs 11. Gumboot Soup 10. Oddments 9. Flying Microtonal Banana 8. Sketches of Brunswick East 7. I’m In Your Mind Fuzz 6. Paper Mache Dream Balloon 5. Quarters! 4. Nonagon Infinity 3. Polygondwanaland 2. Murder Of The Universe 1. KG/LW
Very enjoyable, summery album. Constant flow.
ALRIGHT SHAGGSTER !!!
OH I THINK the Roxy bass player past the other day ..aah the one that has bother. ..not breecker..the other set of brothers can't think of the name sorry
oh I just read the note below me there ya go ..same note he remembered the name
The closest bootlegs I have to this excellent show is (two shows) in Central Park…3.8.68 ….Well done on all three reviews by the way..
Absolutely loved this release, just when I think they can't knock another one out off the park they prove me wrong.
R.I.P. TOM FOWLER 🙏
Joe Travers and the ZFT have been absolutely killing it the last couple years with these great releases. Can't wait to see what comes next!
Always wanted to get a recording of the original Garrick Theatre run, so anything else that is close is essential. Great audio sound too
I believe this is the earliest release-able live recording in the vault. I saw that somewhere. Hope I am wrong, would love a Garrick theatre show, would love a Copenhagen 1967 release (with "Ian Underwood whips it out")
Yeah, lots of jamming PLUS the only known North American performance of "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" (every known subsequent performance of it took place in UK and Europe) and the only known 60s performance in listenable sound quality (as the other two 60s versions are on poor sounding tapes). And, given that Ray Collins is there to do the vocal heavy-lifting, FZ actually contributes guitar to a slightly larger extent as opposed to that instrument being almost completely absent from the remaining two 60s versions or the 1973 Road Tapes 2 arrangement (not counting the TTR version, as by that time FZ had pretty much outsourced a lot of his guitar duties to others, like Warren on the 1979 tour). And I guess "Brown Shoes Shuffle" means this was the only time "BSDMI" led to some actual improv after the fact. Maybe not a proper monster song, but cool to hear nonetheless. It does sound like Don Preston is playing clavinet at the start of "The Whip". Apparently he generally used Fender Rhodes for the 1968 US/Canada gigs and also some kind of an organ (and clavinet on the Whisky gig) but switched over to RMI Electra-Piano as a substitute for both organ and electric piano for the '68 European tour, FZ' liner notes for AOTT suggest that this was done for practical/portability reasons. As for "chouflee", no idea what that means, maybe that was just a pseudo-French perversion on "shuffle"? It certainly looks like the list of releases after FZ passed away is now slightly longer than the list of official albums FZ managed to get out in his lifetime. I certainly think it's a very interesting 60s MOI show, but who knows why FZ released just barely two minutes of it in his lifetime. But then, FZ' priorities as to what live recordings (and what bands) counted as releasable shifted constantly as time went on. Like as recently as early 80s he was still mixing the Petit Wazoo stuff, but NONE of it ended on the YCDTOSA series. I'm certainly glad that all sorts of gaps have been filled nowadays, but others think that "Oh, there's a reason why FZ released little to nothing from this band or this gig" just because FZ curated all too carefully what counts as releasable and therefore it causes some FZ fans to cling to a narrative that any live gig or live band showcased on posthumous releases must be worthless or only a historical curio. But something like this Whisky performance is just way too interesting to be written off as wholly unreleasable.
Wasn’t John Mayall living in Laurel Canyon at that time? And he wrote 2401 about Frank and probably a whole bunch of the people in that audience
Apparently Tom Fowler just passed away. An absolute legend in the Zappa universe. R.I.P. Tom.
The Alice set is oot there at the Whiskey A Go Go but mislabeled as 69
RIP Tom Fowler.
Such a shame they decided only to release set one (of two) - Lets hope next concert (also from 77) will be released as the full concert !!!!!
I assumed they had only the first set….
@@theopinionatedhippie470 No, i sent them both sets ;(((((
@@Z-eb Well thanks for that! Any chance you have that second set as a shareable online file? I can send you an email address if so....
@@theopinionatedhippie470 or i can post a link in here, if that is possible.....i ll upload it now, and share link, lets see if it works !
@@theopinionatedhippie470 ok,im following you on insta now, ill share the link in there in a minute or two !
I wonder if you've heard the '74 show with the new Mars Hotel release. It's sloppy but great. I also love the 2 Jai Alai shows from '74.
I have. Plan on reviewing it soon. ‘74 is my fave live Dead year….
I have nearly all the albums here. For me, "Inner Space" is the clear winner. It sometimes goes by Can by Can. It has a wrench head with the Can logo inside. Very different than their early 2 track stuff, but Safe, Sunday Jam, All Gates Open, most of the rest of it - just excellent. And sure, I like all the early jammy stuff, but that's the one that does it for me.
Thé Frank solo with the many bass notes is him playing through an Octivider, which allowed him to add another layer, down one octave.
Thank you.