BBC Ranks Most Overrated Albums Ever

[Blaise (imported)]

I have trouble taking the BBC as any kind of authority on rock music. Rolling Stone ranks the ten best rock albums thusly:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595610), The Beatles

2. Pet Sounds (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6553833), The Beach Boys

3. Revolver (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595634), The Beatles

4. Highway 61 Revisited (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595641), Bob Dylan

5. Rubber Soul (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595644), The Beatles

6. What's Going On (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595646), Marvin Gaye

7. Exile on Main Street (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595650), The Rolling Stones

8. London Calling (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595657), The Clash

9. Blonde on Blonde (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595658), Bob Dylan

10. The Beatles ("The White Album") (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6595664), The Beatles

11. The Sun Sessions (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6597634)

I really think someone just wanted to be provocative without shedding any light on the topic.

[Blaise (imported)]

First - live albums are not "silly" some SUCK but the good ones are great because they are live. And second, some groups ARE into a less multitracked wall of sound sort of thing. Look up the making of the White Stripes Records. One of which was done in a day on a reel to reel and was one of the best records of the year.

I think that Without a Net by the Grateful Dead is one the greatest rock albums. It is a live album.

[Blaise (imported)]

The Rolling Stone second ten interests me.

11. The Sun Sessions (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6597634),

Elvis Presley

12. Kind of Blu

e (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/659763

5), Miles Davis

13. Velvet Underground and Nico

(http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/65976

40), The Velvet Underground

14. Abbey Roa

d (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/65976

47), The Beatles

15. Are You Experienced?

(http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/65976

56), The Jimi Hendrix Experience

16. Blood on the Track

s (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/65976

61), Bob Dylan

17. Nevermi

nd (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/65976

62), Nirvana

18. Born to Ru

n (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6597

746), Bruce Springsteen

19. Astral Week

s (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/659

8003), Van Morrison

20. Thrill

er (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/659

8091), Michael Jackson

I don't have an opinion about Elvis Presley except to say I love hearing his recordings. Kind of Blue intrigues me. Someone remixed it a few years ago and realized that the first mix had a major flaw that apparently no one caught. I understand the significance of Jimi Hendrix without my necessarily enjoying his work. I knew The Velvet Underrground at the time it was active and appreciated to some degree what they were doing.

The importnace of Van Morrison's work was immediately evident. And Bob Dylan was and is a central figure in the lives of many people in my generation.

I was slow to appreciate Nirvana but I think what they did was important.

I have not listened to rock much during the past few years and I feel that I have somewhat lost contact with the music, but I did listen carefully at one time.

The BBC piece is junk. It is just nonsense.

[jane_says (imported)]

I was relieved to find no Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin on the list, although if I never hear Stairway to Heaven again I'll be appreciative. It looks like the choices on the list were voted on by the public, but I'd be interested to know if they were given a bunch to choose from or if they had to come up with the names themselves.

[Blaise (imported)]

I was relieved to find no Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin on the list, although if I never hear Stairway to Heaven again I'll be appreciative. It looks like the choices on the list were voted on by the public, but I'd be interested to know if they were given a bunch to choose from or if they had to come up with the names themselves.

Whoever did it, did a lousy job.

[mrt (imported)]

I think your correct. They say wild things to stir up people probably nuff said on that.

Its also possible that they (These BBC people) can't appreciate things that happened so long ago. I remember the kind of music my parents listened to and how shocked they were when the Beatles came to America. There were comedians making fun of them and kids (like me) being taken to task for having "Beatle Haircuts" meaning I didn't have a buzz cut.

Songs about anything but syrupy sap were considered dangerous! And imagine bands where you knew the names of anyone other then the "face" with the microphone. Or letting the Drummer sing? Yeah Ringo!

Elvis was pretty wild when he started but I think all his post Army stuff and Movies were a mountain of crap.

[Dave (imported)]

First - live albums are not "silly" some SUCK but the good ones are great because they are live. And second, some groups ARE into a less multitracked wall of sound sort of thing. Look up the making of the White Stripes Records. One of which was done in a day on a reel to reel and was one of the best records of the year.

Well, that was overstating the case. I prefer studio recordings to live recordings. That's mostly because there's too much extraneous audience noise in lots of "live" recordings. Microphones are better than that nowadays. But this is just a personal opinion.

[Blaise (imported)]

I think your correct. They say wild things to stir up people probably nuff said on that.

Its also possible that they (These BBC people) can't appreciate things that happened so long ago. I remember the kind of music my parents listened to and how shocked they were when the Beatles came to America. There were comedians making fun of them and kids (like me) being taken to task for having "Beatle Haircuts" meaning I didn't have a buzz cut.

Songs about anything but syrupy sap were considered dangerous! And imagine bands where you knew the names of anyone other then the "face" with the microphone. Or letting the Drummer sing? Yeah Ringo!

Elvis was pretty wild when he started but I think all his post Army stuff and Movies were a mountain of crap.

I was just looking at the list those awarded the Noble Prize for Literature who wrote primarily in English. I am not a good judge of writers from England, but I think only one of the American winners was as superior writers. That was William Faulkner and he wrote some awful novel along with his masterwork Absalom, Absalom.

For my money, Henry Miller was better than the of lof American winnders, except for Faulkner. But I don't read a lot and I am not one to judge, I guess. However, Robert did not win the Noble Prize, but Pearl Buck did.

[Blaise (imported)]

Well, that was overstating the case. I prefer studio recordings to live recordings. That's mostly because there's too much extraneous audience noise in lots of "live" recordings. Microphones are better than that nowadays. But this is just a personal opinion.

I pretty much share your opinion. I did, however, love the Errol Gardner (spelling uncertain) Concert by the Sea album.

[Dave (imported)]

I pretty much share your opinion. I did, however, love the Errol Gardner (spelling uncertain) Concert by the Sea album.

Errol Gardner was one of my idols. I played electric organ from 8 years old until college. And everyone here has heard a hammond electric organ.

I joke that when I grow up (I'm 58 BTW) I want to be Harry Connick ...

I mean what could be better? Young, good looking, a great singing voice, plays jazz, grew up in New Orleans - what more would you want in life?

And my favorite channel to drive to is Sirius 75 (get ready for this) It's not the Metropolitan Opera Channel, it the 24 hour Sinatra channel. Now mostly I love classical music but while driving - Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, Como, Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, and all those old, smooth singers. But only while driving.