Friday, September 10, 2010

Music Box: 15 Albums


I rarely do any of those Facebook "lists," but there was something utterly irresistible about the "15 Albums" one that's been going around this week. Not only can I not resist talking favorite albums, long before the Internet was around, I used to kill time at various jobs writing endless lists of things just for fun -- everything from lists of every tennis racket I'd ever used and every album I own to lists of every book I'd ever read and every apartment I'd ever lived in (I still remember every address and ZIP code dating back to 1967). So this "15 Albums" list was a must-do.

Mind you, these are NOT my 15 favorite albums of all time -- I doubt I'd have forgotten "Beauty and the Beat" (Go-Go's), "Desperate" (Divinyls), "Dusty in Memphis" (Dusty Springfield), "Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful?" (Waitresses) or everything but Rosanne Cash if it had been. Instead, this is a list of "15 albums you've heard that will always stick with you." Here's what I came up with under the gun. Please grab an egg timer and feel free to put your list in the comments section -- I'd love to argue with you about your choices!

THE RULES: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen albums you've heard that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.

1. PRETENDERS (1980) -- The Pretenders

2. PLASTIC LETTERS (1978) -- Blondie

3. IT'S A CONDITION (1981) -- Romeo Void

4. SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS) (1965) -- The Beach Boys

5. THERE GOES RHYMIN' SIMON (1973) -- Paul Simon

6. ALL OVER THE PLACE (1984) -- The Bangles

7. TAPESTRY (1971) -- Carole King

8. TWO SIDES TO EVERY WOMAN (1979) -- Carlene Carter

9. UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN (1982) - X

10. SLOW CHILDREN (1981) -- Slow Children

11. RATTLESNAKES (1984) -- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

12. HIGH LAND, HARD RAIN (1983) -- Aztec Camera

13. BABY, THE STARS SHINE BRIGHT (1986) -- Everything but the Girl

14. SOUND AFFECTS (1980) -- The Jam

15. DESPERATE CHARACTER (1981) -- Kirsty MacColl

Soon to be hits
White Picket Fence Lyrics
Joe Purdy
Never Alone Lyrics
Lady Antebellum
The Hardest Part of Letting Go..Sealed With a Kiss Lyrics
Megadeth
Birthday Suit Lyrics
Sean Paul
No Way Out Lyrics
Kevin Cossom
The Spell Lyrics
Alphabeat
Diez Deditos Lyrics
Jose-Luis Orozco
Talking Chess Lyrics
Josh Groban
The Shot Heard Round The World Lyrics
Boys Like Girls
All Stops Lyrics
Lil Wyte
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11 comments:

  1. 1. Upstairs at Erics -- Yaz
    2. Love Not Money -- EBTG
    3. Under the Big Black Sun -- X
    4. Jesus Christ Superstar (Movie)
    5. Sweet Dreams -- Eurythmics
    6. Freedom 90 -- George Michael
    7. Indigo Girls -- Indigo Girls
    8. Patsy Cline Greatest Hits
    9. Adiago for Strings -- Samuel Barber (not really an album, but wow)
    10. B-52's -- B-52s


    I'll stop there 'cuz I've got to run, but that is a start.

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  2. London Calling9:50 AM

    In no particular order:
    1. OK Computer- Radiohead
    2. Hounds Of Love- Kate Bush
    3. Heaven Up Here- Echo And The Bunnymen
    4.Parallel Lines- Blondie
    5. Arrival- Abba
    6.Hatful of Hollow-The Smiths
    7.Victorialand - The Cocteau Twins
    8. Revolver- The Beatles
    9. In Rainbows- Radiohead
    10.Whats The Story- Oasis
    11. Rush of Blood To The Head- Coldplay
    12. Back To Black- Amy Winehouse
    13. Hunky Dory- David Bowie
    14. Blue Lines- Massive Attack
    15. Like A Prayer- Madonna

    This list took me about 3-4 minutes. Most of the albums were a big part of my teenage/university years.I'm shocked that I've left out
    artists such as The Jam (All Mod Cons), The Clash (London Calling) Prince (Purple Rain) Nirvana(Nevermind) The Pixies (Doolittle) but what the hey...I'm very comfortable with my 'shotgun' 15 albums.

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  3. Taffy1:38 PM

    off the top of my pointy head, and in the order they came to me...
    1. Very - Pet Shop Boys
    2. Blondie - Blondie
    3. London Calling - The Clash
    4. Rocket to Russia - The Ramones
    5. Bona Drag - Morrissey
    6. Dare - Human League
    7. The Lexicon of Love - ABC
    8. Ocean Rain - Echo & the Bunnymen
    9. Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
    10. Vienna - Ultravox
    11. Mirror Moves - Psychedelic Furs
    12. The Man-Machine - Kraftwerk
    13. Parklife - Blur
    14. Best of Bond - Various Artists (comp of Bond themes)
    15. Island Life - Grace Jones

    i see i didn't even include some of my favorite artists, but there you go. i couldn't survive without those albums by my side.

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  4. Anonymous6:31 PM

    In no order
    1.Private Dancer - Tina Turner
    2.12 Deadly Cyns - Cyndi Lauper
    3.Living Under June - Jann Arden
    4.Famous Blue Rain Coat - Jennifer Warnes
    5.Rapture - Anita Baker
    6.Faith - George Michael
    7.Surrealistic Pillow - Jefferson Airplane
    8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
    9. Out Of Time - R.E.M.
    10. Poses - Rufus Wainwright
    11. Pearl - Janice Joplin
    12. TWO Room- Song of Elton John & Bernie Taupin (Variety of artists)
    13. Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf
    14. Greatest Hits - Bob Seeger
    15. Blue - Joanie Mitchell

    I have alot more including some
    of the ones already mentioned by
    others.

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  5. 1. Like a Prayer - Madonna
    2. She's So Unusual - Cyndi Lauper
    3. Out of Time - REM
    4. Colour by Numbers - Culture Club
    5. Cosmic Thing - B-52s
    6. Faith - George Michael
    7. Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran
    8. Inamorata - Pat Benatar
    9. Auto American - Blondie
    10. Once More With Feeling - Buffy Soundtrack
    11. Greatest Hits II - Abba
    12. God Bless - Tiny Tim
    13. So - Peter Gabriel
    14. Xanadu - Soundtrack
    15. Everything - Bangles

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  6. Anonymous9:37 AM

    1. A Private Heaven--Sheena Easton
    2. All the Rage--General Public
    3. Jesus Christ Superstar--Movie
    4. Cornerstone--Styx
    5. Seven Year Ache--Rosanne Cash
    6. Wicked--Original Cast
    7. 19--Adele
    8. North of a Miracle--Nick Heyward
    9. Avenue Q--Original Cast
    10. Son of Sam I am--Too Much Joy
    11. Storms of Life--Randy Travis
    12. Medusa--Annie Lennox
    13. The Music Man--Original Movie Soundtrack
    14. I--Kurt NIlsen
    15. Tracy Chapman--Tracy Chapman

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  7. 1.Kim Wilde's first album
    2.Vanity 6
    3.Linda Ronstadt- Mad Love
    4.Olivia Newton-John - Physical
    5.The Beatles- Abbey Road
    6.Cyndi Lauper's First album
    7.Madonna- Erotica
    8.The Cranberries- No Need to Argue
    9. Kate Bush-The Dreaming
    10.Tori Amos first album
    11.Bruce Springsteen- The River
    12.Diana Ross & the Supremes-30 Greatest Hits
    13.Psychedelic Furs first album
    14.Human League-Dare
    15.New Order-Btotherhood

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  8. Here goes in the order that I thought of them.... I did it as a first thought, first mention...

    1. Electric Youth - Debbie Gibson
    2. The Rumour - Olivia Newton-John
    3. Body, Mind & Soul - Debbie Gibson
    4. Heart in Motion - Amy Grant
    5. Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode
    6. Gaia - ONJ
    7. Time & Tide - Basia
    8. Think with your heart - Deborah Gibson
    9. Runaway Horses - Belinda Carlisle
    10. Totally Hot - ONJ
    11. Madonna - Madonna
    12. FUR - Jane Weidlin
    13. Fumbling towards ecstasy - Sarah McLachlan
    14. Xanadu - ONJ/ELO
    15. M.Y.O.B. - Deborah Gibson
    16. Grease - ONJ
    17. Out of the Blue - Debbie Gibson
    18. Baby one more time - Britney Spears
    19. Britney - Britney Spears
    20. Physical - ONJ
    21. Erotica - Madonna
    22. Like a Prayer - Madonna
    23. Rythym Nation - Janet Jackson


    I know that's more than 15, but I got that far before I realized I was done. There were some I thought of the name of the person or band (Reba, Sherrie Austin, New Order, Cause & Effect, Book of Love, etc..) but couldn't remember the name of the album so I just left them off.

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  9. 1. The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
    2. Astrid Williamson - Boy For You
    3. Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
    4. Tift Merritt - Another Country
    5. This Mortal Coil - Blood
    6. Madonna - Like a Prayer
    7. Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers/Tanya Donelly - Sliding and Diving
    8. The Spinanes - Arches and Aisles
    9. Juliana Hatfield - How to Walk Away
    10.Saint Etienne - Tiger Bay
    11.PJ Harvey - Stories City/Sea
    12.Neko Case - Fox Confessor
    13.Montt Mardie - Skaizerkite
    14.Metric - Fantasies
    15.Maria McKee - Life is Sweet

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  10. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
    Marti Jones - Match Game
    B-52s - B-52s
    Sarah McLachlan - Solace
    Laurie Anderson - Home of the Brave
    Kate Bush - Hounds of Love
    Lone Justice - Lone Justice
    Dire Straits - Making Movies
    Lori Carson - Where it Goes
    the National - High Violet
    Crowded House - Woodface
    New Order - Technique
    Rachel Sweet - Fool Around
    Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
    a-ha - Hunting High & Low

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  11. 1. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

    2. Madonna - Madonna

    3. The Hardline... - Terence Trent D'arby

    4. Faith - George Michael

    5. Mariah Carey - Butterfly

    6. Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol.2

    7. Diana Ross & The Supremes - Anthology

    8. In My Tribe - 10,000 Maniacs

    9. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston

    10. 1999 - Prince

    11. Rumors - Fleetwood Mac

    12. Rapture - Anita Baker

    13. Physical - Olivia Newton-John

    14. Like A Prayer - Madonna

    15. The Bodyguard Soundtrack

    These are not necessarily my top favs, but they come close.
    When I play my iPod, these are the albums I usually go to first.
    Please respond, (I would love to, as you say "argue" the ones we pick...lol)

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