Top 10 Favorite Albums
Submitted by drainage on Sun, 02/17/2008 - 10:50
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- 1. Aja - Steely Dan
- Favorite song: Deacon Blues...Although you can't go wrong with any of the songs on the album, Deacon Blues is very personal to me.
- 2. All 'N' All - Earth Wind and Fire
- Favorite song: Love's Holiday....Very underrated Earth Wind and Fire song in my opinion
- 3. A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
- Favorite song: Pursuance...sort of hard to call any track a "song," still Pursuance is my favorite because of the great drum solo
- 4. What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
- Favorite song: What's Going On?...Classic title track; James Jamerson played the bass line when he was drunk!
- 5. Heavy Weather - Weather Report
- Favorite song: Birdland...one of the catchiest songs I've ever heard
- 6. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band- The Beatles
- Favorite song: She's Leaving Home...very sentimental and enjoyable
- 7. Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek and the Dominos
- Favorite song: Bell Bottom Blues...Great chorus with great guitar licks
- 8. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
- Favorite song: Living for the City...epic, just epic
- 9. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
- Favorite song: So What...this song begins the triumphant album with a bang, when I hear that opening bass riff, it's hard to stop listening
- 10. The Nightfly - Donald Fagen
- Favorite song: I.G.Y.... My favorite song on this album changes frequently, but I.G.Y is the one I will always go back to first.
Author Comments:
I think this list has some variation but is also representative of the stlyes and eras I like. My favorite genres are Jazz, Rock, Pop and Funk. My favorite era is the 1970s.
I did not want to include any one artist twice. My favorite artist is Steely Dan, and I would have probably put at least 4 of their albums in my actual top 10. However, I did get around it by choosing Fagen's The Nightfly as number 10.
I have liked Steely Dan for a while, but only recently (last couple of years) did I get around to listening to Fagen's The Nightfly, and I loved it! It's one of those few concept albums where the concept stays in the background (can even be ignored) and doesn't get in the way of the songs. Even the cover art is classic...
Johnny Waco