Jim's 10 Favorite Albums
The Clash - London Calling
The best rocknroll album ever made.
Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks
I'd cut off a finger to write one paragraph as
brilliantly as even the worst song on this album.
The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight 1970
Renders Live at Leeds the 2nd best live album ever made.
Tho live albums seem a bit of a cheat, this is needed to
capture the greatness of the Who.
The Meat Puppets - Up on the Sun
The seminal work in the country/punk/acid-trip genre.
The (English) Beat - Special Beat Service
Synthesis of melody and rhythm and everything that
made the 2-Tone scene great.
U2 - Joshua Tree
By a whisker over Achtung Baby, tho they're two completely
different approaches. Eno deserves a lot of the credit
for the aural grandeur.
Led Zeppelin - ?
I can't decide between Physical Graffiti, BBC Sessions,
'69 in Flames, Live at the Fillmore, Listen to This Eddie,
III, Destroyer, Presence, ... Well, I have A LOT of
Zeppelin discs.
The Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Wonderful pastiche of funk, hiphop and AOR sampling.
Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny
The best heavy metal album ever made.
The Modern Lovers
Jonathan Richman was the kid who got the crap beat out
of him in highschool before it was cool. This album
takes his most honest work and surrounds it with
excellent musicians.
REM - Life's Rich Pageant
My personal fave from their catalogue. I don't know why.
Automatic for the People may catch up and pass it tho in time.
Beethoven - Symphonies 5 & 9 as performed by LSO
5 for tightness and economy. 9 for unchecked beauty.
Like the difference between Charlie Watts and Keith Moon.
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