Rank The Albums!

Sonicpharmacist said:
Steely Dan
1. Aja
2. Countdown To Ecstasy
3. Pretzel Logic
4. Katy Lied
5. The Royal Scam
6. Two Against Nature
7. Gaucho
8. Can’t Buy A Thrill
9. Everything Must Go

Donald Fagen
1. The Nightfly
2. Morph The Cat
3. Sunken Condos
4. Kamakiriad
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Nice to see someone else place Countdown To Ecstasy so high. Sometimes it’s my favorite Steely Dan album, but Aja is definitely their finest moment.
 
Dark Star Boogie said:
Nice to see someone else place Countdown To Ecstasy so high. Sometimes it’s my favorite Steely Dan album, but Aja is definitely their finest moment.
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Yeah, Countdown was the first album from their early period (aka before Aja) that I ever liked, and My Old School is the jam! As I got older, I gradually started to enjoy all of their 70s albums.
 
Gil Scott-Heron

Small Talk at 125th and Lenox
Winter in America
Pieces of a Man
Reflections
From South Africa to South Carolina
Spirits
The First Minute of a New Day
It's Your World
1980
We’re New Again - A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven
Free Will
I’m New Here
Bridges
Nothing New
Real Eyes
Secrets
We’re New Here
Moving Target
 
wokeupnew said:
Yo La Tengo

  1. And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
  2. Painful
  3. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
  4. Fakebook
  5. I’m Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass
  6. Fade
  7. Popular Songs
  8. Elect-O-Pura
  9. Summer Sun
  10. May I Sing With Me
  11. Ride The Tiger
  12. There’s A Riot Going On
  13. President Yo La Tengo
  14. New Wave Hot Dogs
  15. Stuff Like That There
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I somehow idiotically completely missed the boat on this band back in the 90's. Guessing - unheard - I dismissed them as Matador hipsters or something. MORAN.

Last year on a whim picked up a couple of cd singles from around 1997 and was blown away. Then grabbed the "Genius + Love" 2xCD and was amazed at its sprawling greatness. Basically it's Neil Young standard. These all seem to be from 96/97 so I guess I'd love that "I Can Hear The Heart" album you have at #3. Your number's 1 and 2 must be top, top, stuff.
 
Sprague Dawley said:
I somehow idiotically completely missed the boat on this band back in the 90's. Guessing - unheard - I dismissed them as Matador hipsters or something. MORAN.

Last year on a whim picked up a couple of cd singles from around 1997 and was blown away. Then grabbed the "Genius + Love" 2xCD and was amazed at its sprawling greatness. Basically it's Neil Young standard. These all seem to be from 96/97 so I guess I'd love that "I Can Hear The Heart" album you have at #3. Your number's 1 and 2 must be top, top, stuff.
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Absolutely must listens. Painful is a little more shoegazey. I feel like they listened to the first Spiritualized album or some Spacemen 3 before recording that one. And Nothing Turned is very mellow, relaxing, some of their all time greatest songs are on that one plus a couple of songs I could do without. But the highs of that album are amazing.

EDIT: the only bad song off of And Nothing is the first track which I sometimes skip. Everything else is good.
 
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wokeupnew said:
Absolutely must listens. Painful is a little more shoegazey. I feel like they listened to the first Spiritualized album or some Spacemen 3 before recording that one. And Nothing Turned is very mellow, relaxing, some of their all time greatest songs are on that one plus a couple of songs I could do without. But the highs of that album are amazing.

EDIT: the only bad song off of And Nothing is the first track which I sometimes skip. Everything else is good.
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I have gone on record with this before, but I think the album FADE is maaaaaaaaassively underrated. You get it all: tender, loud, twin guitars, acoustic, organ, distortion, bounce... And it's a solid 10-song album. Honestly, it's exactly the kind of album where I can tell you what album to listen to next based on what your favorite song from the album is.
 
MadLucas said:
I have gone on record with this before, but I think the album FADE is maaaaaaaaassively underrated. You get it all: tender, loud, twin guitars, acoustic, organ, distortion, bounce... And it's a solid 10-song album. Honestly, it's exactly the kind of album where I can tell you what album to listen to next based on what your favorite song from the album is.
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One of their bests for sure! Easily the best thing they’ve done maybe since And Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
 
For me, the only Yo La Tengo I need is this 3 cd compilation.

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Yo La Tengo - Prisoners Of Love (A Smattering Of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985-2003)

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It was my first exposure to them back when it came out. I’ve owned Electr-O-Pura, I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Out, I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass, and There’s A Riot Going On, and I just lose interest with each album as it goes on. Actually that’s not true, I do rather enjoy the entirety of ICHTHBAO, but the others not nearly as much.
 
Beach Boys.

1 Pet Sounds 10/10
2 Sunflower 9/10. saccharine and overwrought muzak? Pure songs, harmonies.
3 Surf's Up 8/10. piddles around a bit but an insane grower
4 Smiley Smile. 7/10. too low? outside of the 3 bigs hits I sort of get lost with this one.

If I saw a copy of "Holland" under $10 I'd nab that too.
 
Steely Dan
1. Aja
2. The Royal Scam
3. Can’t Buy A Thrill
4. Pretzel Logic
5. Katy Lied
6. Countdown To Ecstasy
7. Two Against Nature
8. Gaucho
9. Everything Must Go

I think a few of the middle ones swap places at times, but Aja and Royal Scam have been the long time top two for me.
 
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