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It's only May, and by all accounts, I'm nowhere near finishing this 29 in 2009 series. Despite that, I'm fulfilling a promise I made to you guys back in February that I would let you decide what the final albums on the list would be. That process starts today:
Step 1: Take a look at the list of albums that have already been selected to be a part of this series.
- Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
- The Who: Tommy
- Nick Drake: Pink Moon
- Bob Dylan: Highway 61 Revisited
- Robert Johnson: King of the Delta Blues Singers
- Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
- Buddy Holly: Buddy Holly
- Jethro Tull: Aqualung
- The Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground and Nico
- The Doors: The Doors
- The Clash: London Calling
- The Allman Brothers: Eat a Peach
- Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
- The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- The Smiths: The Queen is Dead
- R.E.M.: Murmur
- Joni Mitchell: Blue
- Serge Gainsbourg: Histoire de Melody Nelson
- Led Zepplin: House of the Holy
Step 2: Take a look at the following list of albums that have already been nominated by readers like yourself.
- Pink Floyd: Wish You Were here
- Rush: Hemispheres
- George Harrison: All Things Must Pass
- Bob Marley: Legend
- Cream: Fresh Cream
- Beach Boys: Pet Sounds
- Pink Floyd: Piper at the Gates of Dawn
- Frank Zappa: Apostrophe
- Frank Zappa: Over-Nite Sensation
- The Doors: Self-Titled
- David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust
- Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
- Elvis Costello: This Year's Model
- Television: Marquee Moon
- Tom Waits: Rain Dogs
- Janis Joplin: Pearl
- Iggy Pop: Lust for Life
- Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon
Step 3: If there is an album that you'd like to see be a part of the 29 in 2009 series but do not see on either list, nominate it by leaving a comment. Note: No nominations will be accepted by artists who have already been selected (i.e. No Quadrophenia, sorry Who fans).
Step 4: Wait and watch. After a sufficient number of albums have been nominated, I'll post them all to the site in a poll format to allow all readers to have a say on the final 9 albums.
Thanks for participating, and as always, for reading.
--Cale
6 comments:
Personally, I find it strange that Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here is suggested, and Dark Side of the Moon is not. As far as I know, that album had a significantly larger impact.
I agree, Dark Side of the Moon should be up there, or at least The Wall rather than Piper or Wish You Were Here.
Ask and receive.
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I'd say Dark Side AND Piper should be reviewed (ideally, of course). Piper is the only Pink Floyd album featuring Syd Barret as the main songwriter, and is thus representative of an entirely different Floyd, which is psychedelic rather than progressive. It was also an extremely influential album.
Dark Side though, is probably the best representative of the post-Syd Barret Pink Floyd. And was extremely influential in itself. And the two albums are so different they could just as well have been produced by two different artists.
(And yes, I am kind of a music history nerd :P)
I nominate an album by XTC. Either Skylarking or English Settlement.
Definitely Talking Heads - Remain In Light
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