I’d have to fit King for a Day in mine somewhere. Not sure how I left it out. Probably coz I had Bungle in there and wanted free up a space.
Streetcleaner! I remember when I first heard that it was like - what planet is this from? Christbait Rising would be in my top 20 songs easily.
Brutal album. One of my all time favorite bands.
Meantime and P.E. also huge ticks. Think I rather Nation of Millions, though love both, just as I love Meantime and Betty.
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That was 2018. Today I’ll update it to -
10 albums that I’ve liked for ages that I might still listen to today.
In no particular order -
Gorillaz, Gorillaz
Beck, Odelay
The Beatles, Revolver
Junior Murvin, Police and Thieves
Wire, 154
The Go-Betweens, 16 Lovers Lane
Miles Davis, In a Silent Way
Massive Attack, Protection
Tom Waits - Swordfish Trombones
Lou Reed, Transformer
But really streaming has changed things and these days I listen to songs on playlists, not albums.
So the list is def a bit retro.
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And just to be a nitpicking ■■■, Magical Mystery Tour was an EP, which they later padded out with singles and made an ‘album’ version to fulfill a contract quota… all good though. Just my Beatles OCD kicking in. It was a huge shame Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane weren’t on Sgt. Pepper in place of When I’m 64 etc. At least they ended up on a ‘sort of’ album. Reckon your choice of Revolver is much better anyway.
It was an EP in UK and LP in US. So ■■■■ your Beatles OCD! 
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Totally agree with this. Their policy of excluding singles from albums is a shame. Imagine Revolver with Paperback Writer & Rain on it in place of a couple of lesser songs.
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Streaming has changed things, but the artistic intent in a great album is still a thing. I tend to sample stuff through streaming services, but if I really enjoy an artist’s work I go to their Bandcamp and buy it there, either as the streaming/download, or if I’m really committed as both a download and whatever hardcopy version they’re offering. (Or even go into a local independent record store on occasions!)
It just feels more real to me to hear the full vision of the artist, and to give context to the tracks. (And my understanding is that the artist gets actual money of I buy from Bandcamp, so I see that as a good thing)
Yep, the stunning stuff they had around 66/67, I think about this too. That “side 2” of MMT really is magical.
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The grunge sound from Seattle went mainstream in 92 following singles from Nevermind. That’s when PJ’s Ten gained some momentum along with Soundgarden,
I think you will find Ten peaked on charts around the world then rather than 91.
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Think about double A side singles like We Can Work it out/ Day Tripper - A.Paperback/B.Rain - Strawberry Feilds/Penny Lane, Hey Jude/Revolution - imagine bands these days releasing singles as separate products to albums. Mind boggling what they did. Hence my OCD, since I was 12 in the 80 and 90’s. I was teased for listening to the Beatles FFS!
Rain must be one of the best B-sides in history. The Bass… first song ever with backmasking…Sorry I’ll stop now.
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There’s mainstream and there’s mainstream.
Nirvana wasn’t being played on commercial radio, even when it was selling heaps of albums.
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Straight Outta Compton really should have gone in mine.
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it’s not in the top 50 from 1992 either
the highest selling albums in 1991 and 1992 in australia came from the likes of daryl braithwaite, rod stewart, johnny diesel, and the cast recording of jesus christ superstar
even go back to 1984, and the top ten includes culture club, lionel ritchie and rodney rude
commercial success doesn’t really correlate with cultural longevity
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Nah your right. It’s rock not pop.
Ten needed to be handed down from older brother to younger and across school yards etc.
It’s prob my fav album of the 90s. Not even endless hammerings of it on commercial radio for the past 25 plus years can dampen it for me!
I prob first got into it late though…1995ish. More to do with my age and discovering the music.
Grunge rock came to me from Silverchair.
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I bought, Louder Than Love, and had never heard of Nirvana at the time. I’d heard of TAD though, but I couldn’t get hold of one of their albums.
Rage was a huge driver of the “alternative” chart in Australia - which no longer exists (it’s all nostalgia or homogenized crap.) Popular charts back then meant the music your mum and dad were buying, that’s the ■■■■ that got played on 3WM. @wimmera1
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- Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
- Animals - Pink Floyd
- Caravanserai - Santana
- Feats Don’t Fail Me Now - Little Feat
- Aja - Steely Dan
- Music From Big Pink - The Band
- Exile On Main Street -The Rolling Stones
- Houses Of The Holy - Led Zeppelin
- Rumours - Fleetwood Mac
- Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
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My fave Beatles track recently has been Taxman, the bass and guitar change ups through each verse are so damn fun.
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God I love “Hamburger Midnight”.
Completely agree. That was Harrisons’ first really good song. Fun Beatle fact - the solo in Taxman was used backwards in Tomorrow Never Knows…
Just had a fresh listen - spot on w. Those change ups. Listened to it differently for the first time in ages. Thanks.
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I didn’t know that!
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