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nicolas
 Jul 10, 07 - 9:04 AM |
French list : Newspaper Liberation Best Albums 1968-88
Hi Here is Newspaper Liberation Best Albums 1968-88. It was made by 20 french critics for the paper's 20th birthday. It was the first list I ever knew, and as I said before, it just shaped my musical tastes and choices for the following years; and I think it's a good one, despite the fact that the time range is rather short (no pre-68 albums, so no Pet Sounds, no Blonde on Blonde, no Sgt Pepper's, no Doors, etc.; and no post-68, so no Nirvana, etc.) You'll find the usual classics and a few oddities (like French singer Christophe : I'm still wondering who voted for that s....) All right, no more suspense, here it is (I found it on a blog, so it's not my writing, so I'm not responsible for the inverted names) 1 BEATLES (the) Abbey Road 1969 2 BEATLES (the) The Beatles 1968 3 HENDRIX, Jimi Electric Ladyland 1968 4 ROLLING STONES (the) Let It Bleed 1969 5 LENNON, John Imagine 1971 6 ROLLING STONES (the) Beggars Banquet 1968 7 WONDER, Stevie Songs In The Key Of Life 1976 8 DOORS (the) L.A. Woman 1971 9 GAYE, Marvin What's Going On 1971 10 WHO (the) Tommy 1969 11 JACKSON, Michael Thriller 1982 12 BOWIE, David Ziggy Stardust 1972 13 ROLLING STONES (the) Sticky Fingers 1971 14 CLASH (the) London Calling 1979 15 SEX PISTOLS (the) Never Mind The Bollocks 1977 16 ROLLING STONES (the) Exile On Main Street 1972 17 VAN MORRISON Astral Weeks 1969 18 SIMON, Paul Graceland 1986 19 DYLAN, Bob Blood On The Tracks 1976 20 PRINCE Purple Rain 1984 21 REED, Lou Transformer 1972 22 PRINCE 1999 1982 23 PRINCE Sign O' The Time 1987 24 EAGLES Hotel California 1976 25 LENNON, John Plastic Ono Band 1970 26 DYLAN, Bob Nashville Skyline 1969 27 JOHN, Elton Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 1973 28 BIG BROTHER AND THE HOLDING COMPANY Cheap Thrills 1968 29 LED ZEPPELIN II 1972 30 WHO (the) Who's Next 1972 31 LED ZEPPELIN IV 1971 32 POLICE (the) Outlandous d'Amour 1978 33 VELVET UNDERGROUND Velvet Underground 1969 34 SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce Born To Run 1975 35 CREEDANCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL Willy And The Poor Boys 1969 36 DAVIS, Miles Bitches Brew 1970 37 YOUNG, Neil Harvest 1972 38 POLICE (the) Regatta De Blanc 1979 39 WONDER, Stevie Talking Book 1972 40 COSTELLO, Elvis This Year's Model 1978 41 PRESLEY, Elvis From Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, Tennessee 1969 42 DEREK AND THE DOMINOS Layla 1970 43 SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE There's A Riot Goin' On 1971 44 PRETENDERS Pretenders 1980 45 FAITHFULL, Marianne Broken English 1979 46 U2 The Joshua Tree 1987 47 PINK FLOYD The Dark Side Of The Moon 1973 48 BUCKLEY, Tim Greetings From L.A. 1974 49 CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG Deja Vu 1970 50 JEFF BECK GROUP (the) Beck-Ola 1969 51 CREAM Wheels Of Fire 1968 52 RITA MITSOUKO (les) The No Comprendo 1986 53 ROXY MUSIC For Your Pleasure… 1973 54 WYATT, Robert Rock Bottom 1974 55 VAN MORRISON Moondance 1970 56 TALKING HEADS Remain In Light 1980 57 HARRISON, George All Things Must Pass 1970 58 MAYFIELD, Curtis Super Fly 1972 59 DEVO Q: Are We Not Men ? A : We Are Devo ! 1978 60 COHEN, LEONARD Songs From A Room 1969 61 BASHUNG, Alain Pizza 1981 62 PINK FLOYD The Wall 1979 63 KINKS Lola 1970 64 GAINSBOURG, Serge L'Homme A La Tête De Chou 1976 65 BAND (the) The Band 1969 66 DAN, Steely Gaucho 1980 67 SPRINGSTEEN, Bruce Born In The USA 1984 68 BROWN, James Sex Machine 1970 69 YOUNG, Neil After The Goldrush 1970 70 GABRIEL, Peter So 1986 71 SUPERTRAMP Breakfast In America 1979 72 J.J. CALE Really 1972 73 SMITH, Patti Horses 1975 74 JOY DIVISION Closer 1980 75 SANTANA Abraxas 1970 76 SUICIDE Suicide 1977 77 REDDING, Otis The Dock Of The Bay 1968 78 IGGY AND THE STOOGES Raw Power 1973 79 DIRE STRAITS Dire Straits 1978 80 STEPPENWOLF Steppenwolf Live 1970 81 FRANKLIN, Aretha Lady Soul 1968 82 MANSET, Gérard Manset 1975 83 KRISTOFFERSON, Kris Me And Bobby Mc Gee 1973 84 MC CARTNEY, Paul Mc Cartney 1970 85 FLEETWOOD MAC Rumours 1977 86 NEWMAN, Randy Sail Away 1972 87 WAILERS (the) Burnin' 1973 88 VEGA, Alan Alan Vega 1980 89 CHRISTOPHE Le Beau Bizarre 1978 90 CALE, John Paris 1919 1973 91 DEVILLE, Mink Cabretta 1977 92 MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA Birds Of Fire 1973 93 CURE (the) Seventeen Seconds 1980 94 KING SUNNY ADE AND HIS AFRICAN BEATS Juju Music 1982 95 DR. FEELGOOD Down By The Jetty 1975 96 WHITE, Tony Joe Homemade Ice Cream 1973 97 JEFFERSON AIRPLANE Bark 1971 98 HALLYDAY, Johnny Flagrand Délit 1971 99 HAYES, Isaac Shaft 1971 100 BEATLES (the) Let It Be 1970 More lists will follow Bye everybody Nicolas  
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Midaso
Jul 10th, 2007 - 1:28 PM |
Re: French list : Newspaper Liberation Best Albums 1968-88
Some interesting things in there Don't know if I agree with the Beatles holding down the top 2 spots - even the throwaway 'Let it Be' comes in at #100 You'd think they could have had the superior Replacements album of the same name... There's strange stuff there - Gaucho from Steely Dan,some obscure Jefferson Airplane album No 'Queen Is Dead' 
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nicolas
Jul 10th, 2007 - 3:16 PM |
Re: French list : Newspaper Liberation Best Albums 1968-88
It's the result of a vote The more the voters are, the more the records on top are consensual. That's probably why the Beatles hold the 2 first places. As for the Smiths, don't forget that list was made in 1988. Maybe the voters didn't realize at that time the influence that an album like "Queen is dead" would on 90s music. And more, this list was made by people chosen Libération, a newspaper created in 1968 during the big students' protests. These guys belong to a certain generation that we call in France the sixty-eighters : people who were more or less 20 at that time,often hippie, radical guys who wanted a revolution (like in the Beatles' song)but instead ended up at the head of various newspapers, tv channels, communication firms, etc... They are in general very nostalgic of the 60's and 70's and don't always understand indie rock or pre-indie stuff like the Smiths, REM, the Replacements, etc.. That's what's funny with lists : a list in itself has its own distinctive features which depend on who made it , where, when and what for... It's a living proof that collective musical tastes are never written in stone. That's what makes them so interesting. 
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