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Fleetwood MacNot to everyone's taste but for my money the most interesting album from this era of FM.
Not to everyone's taste but for my money the most interesting album from this era of FM.
Now look. This album is OK. But it's not essential. Nothing by Supertaramp is essential. Unless you're puzzled by all the fuss about "Breakfast In America" and I doubt if you are. Once every three or four years, when I go through my iPod alphabetically, I'll listen to Crime Of The Century. It's OK. It's not a waste of time. That's as far as I'm going.
Wonderful album. Not immediately catchy, sometimes not even melodic. But the lyrics are wonderful, TW's voice is perfect for them, and you want to listen to it again tomorrow.
Of its type this is more or less peerless.
"Essential" is pushing it. It's good though.
Some good basic (southern US) rock but really it's all about the vocal emergence of Janis Joplin. Essential listening.
It's not perfect. Like many double albums Tommy would have made a killer single album. Put Christmas at the end of side one. Then side two is The Acid Queen, Pinball Wizard, I'm Free and See Me Feel Me/Listening To You, finishing with Underture. Shame to leave out Cousin Kevin but there we go. It's still a great album though and I love it.
One of my least favourite Floyd albums - I'd rather listen to pretty much anything else from Atom Heart Mother to The Final Cut. Other people love it.
A bit full on for me, but it's not a waste of time.
Unhalfbricking (and WWDOOH) will always be in the shadow of Liege & Lief for me, but it's still an excellent album. It showcases Sandy Denny beautiful lead vocals and Richard Thompson's emerging talents. Great sleeve photo.
A true classic of its type.
A beautiful album. Steve Winwood's vocals are perfect as usual.
Laura Nyro is very much an acquired taste. The first LN album that I heard was Christmas & The Beads Of Sweat. I still listen to her music every year.
A far, far better album than it has any right to be. Impeccable songs and performances help a lot of course but a band they weren't.
The chat and stuff could get a bit intrusive for some, but it's an excellent album.
Lovely album. I don't know his recent stuff but every 70s album is worth a listen, there are some beautiful songs here.
yeah well
One of the finest written, and finest performed, albums of all time. Which is better, The Band or Music From Big Pink? Tough one, I don't care. Both albums are brilliant.
Overrated but with some nice moments. Listening to it is not the overwhelming experience that it's been cracked up to be, but it's not a waste of time either. Good cover.
I loved it back in the 80s but for me it hasn't improved with time. I never listen to it now, although I still believe the songs are perfect. Strange.
Odd to find on this list, but interesting in parts.
Not the band's favourite I believe. I really like it, and it has happy memories.
Beautiful album, the first of many.
Many will find this difficult. I like it, give it a try. A few tries.
Hmmmm. Yes. No longer my thing. If you like prog it will be yours.
It doesn't get me like I'm told it should, but good album. Great cover though.
It's good, but it's still Genesis.
I don't know anyone who thinks this is NY's best but it's still very good. An essential step towards who he was going to be.
Of all the albums that were considered seminal/essential/stone cold classics back in the 60s I've been most disappointed with this one. It's a good album but it ain't Revolver, Beggars Banquet or The Doors. Whenever I listen to it I remember how dodgy the sound quality is too.
A very interesting album. I listen to it. But not as often as I listen to TVU&N or WLWH. I guess they'll come up, if they don't that's weird.
This will never be my favourite Santana album - that's been Caravanserai for over 40 years - but it is very good. It's more poppy than Santana 3 or Caravanserai, I don't mind pop but I don't think it really suits Santana.
Lots of fun. You can criticise it - the best tracks tend to come early on, the style has been improved upon - but (Elvis excepted) it's difficult to name an album more important in the birth of popular music. The cover though. "OK guys I want each of you to have one hand on a guitar" "But I'm a drummer" "Just hold the guitar"
Not to everyone's taste but for my money the most interesting album from this era of FM.
I don't think they ever released a bad album. However two or three albums really stand out, Aja is a great record. Worth owning on vinyl just for this beautiful cover,
Almost a perfect album.
There's not much more to say about this one. A nailed-on classic, always the highest jazz album on any all-time greats list.
If you don't know Tom Waits' stuff you should give this and/or Rain Dogs a go. You might hate them, but you'll probably think they're brilliant.
It sounds a bit dated now but in its day it acted as my gateway drug to whole vistas of American country music. I still love this album.
Yes. OK maybe not the production but everything else about this album is perfect - Sandy Denny's singing, the playing of each of her five bandmates, and the compositions. Crazy Man Michael and Farewell Farewell are two of the finest songs ever created, and never performed better than here.
it's OK. Emmylou sings on a lot of better albums.
I love everything he ever did. This is a beautiful album.
I don't get Springsteen as a fan - I think he's made a lot of four star albums but none I'd give five stars to. I find him strangely emotionless, despite all the snarling and balls-to-the-wall stuff. However this is a little bit of an exception, and definitely my favourite of his alongside Nebraska.
Essential
I don't think it's aged particularly well but definitely a classic of it's time and a milestone in the evolution of popular music.
Not my favourite Stones album, or even in my top five, but it's still very good.
What a voice.