Greatest Album Ever - Group Y Re-done (Vote for your top 2)

[Bjornebye]

 

 

 

 

 

[an tha]

Doolittle and Achtung Baby

[Pidge]

Doolittle joining the obvious choice, Rancid.

[mgw100]

Great choice for the Doolittle track. I Bleed is a fucking monster of a song and rarely played. Doolittle literally changed my music tastes overnight. I heard Monkey Gone to Heaven on that C4 Chart Show programme, bought the album from Woolies about 10 minutes later and never looked back.

[Pidge]

 

 

 

 

 

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Pixies and U2 edged out by Bruce. 

[alles ist gut]

Even Paul likes Doolittle 

[The Midnight Rambler]

My favourite Springsteen album. I first listened to it at a similar age that Bruce was when he wrote. It will always be my go to album. High fidelity sums it up, you feel like Bruce is sat on the sofa next to you, talking you through growing up and getting through everyday life.

 

Doolittle is pure guitar pop perfection. Like I said earlier, pretty much influenced the entire 90s guitar scene. 

[Remmie]

Not a fan of U2 or Springsteen so an easy choice

[Pidge]

One more for one more. As overblown as this bit is, if you've tried a bit of Rancid for the first time through laptop speakers without much lower end you're missing out on one of their best elements, Matt Freeman.

 

 

He's not some mad, ultra-trained prog-God, he's a largely self-taught ska bassist who played along with a load of Motown and Blues as a kid. Beautiful singing voice too.

[Bjornebye]

20 minutes ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

 

Doolittle is pure guitar pop perfection. Like I said earlier, pretty much influenced the entire 90s guitar scene. 

Sorry mate (we have very similar tastes i always thought) but thats absolute bollocks 

[Pidge]

Here comes your man is a perfect song.

[The Midnight Rambler]

1 hour ago, Bjornebye said:

Sorry mate (we have very similar tastes i always thought) but thats absolute bollocks 

Maybe not so much the uk brit pop scene but I can’t think of a band as influential in the last 35 years. 

[cloggypop]

1 minute ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

Maybe not so much the uk brit pop scene but I can’t think of a band as influential in the last 35 years. 

They were heavily influenced by Husker Du themselves of course.

[The Midnight Rambler]

8 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

They were heavily influenced by Husker Du themselves of course.

True. Personally think the Replacements planted the magic beans. 

[Paul]

7 hours ago, alles ist gut said:

Even Paul likes Doolittle 

I used to love The Pixies. Saw them twice back in the day. They remain that rarity for me: a rock band with an understanding of melody, plus a little bit of soul. So much more original than most of the plodding shite out there both back then and pretty much ever since. 

[Paul]

Despite not liking them at all, one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen was U2 at the GMEX for a Greenpeace fundraiser on their Zooropa tour. They were supported by B.A.D., Public Enemy and Kraftwerk which is why I went. All three supports were great, but fuck me, U2 put on a proper show. Lou Reed joined them for Satellite Of Love, too.
 

Amazing night. Definitely proved to me that night that the performance element means you can really enjoy pretty much any gig, even if you wouldn’t go near the band’s recorded output. 

[General Dryness]

6 hours ago, cloggypop said:

They were heavily influenced by Husker Du themselves of course.

Bringing up Husker Du in Pixies discussions is as edgy as fuck.

[Mudface]

16 minutes ago, General Dryness said:

Bringing up Husker Du in Pixies discussions is as edgy as fuck.

Well, they've always said themselves they were influenced by them. The ad that Kim Deal answered was, "Band seeks bassist into Hüsker Dü and Peter, Paul & Mary."

[Mook]

Peter, Paul & Mary were genuinely edgy.

 

Hotel room trashing maniacs. I believe the FBI had a file on them the height of Nelson's Column.

[Mudface]

19 minutes ago, Mook said:

Peter, Paul & Mary were genuinely edgy.

 

Hotel room trashing maniacs. I believe the FBI had a file on them the height of Nelson's Column.

That was mainly down to Midge- total animal.

 

[alles ist gut]

Just now, Mudface said:

That was mainly down to Midge- total animal.

 

They had to blur out all the graffiti in that lift, too

[Mudface]

13 minutes ago, alles ist gut said:

They had to blur out all the graffiti in that lift, too

Even for the '70s BBC, under-age bestiality went a bit far.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Achtung Baby plus one, for me. That album is a genuine masterpiece (no doubt losing votes because Bono is a helmet). The other three are a bit hit and miss; I've gone for Doolitle.

[Raymond Duck]

1 hour ago, AngryofTuebrook said:

Achtung Baby plus one, for me. That album is a genuine masterpiece (no doubt losing votes because Bono is a helmet). The other three are a bit hit and miss; I've gone for Doolitle.