classic and modern vol. 2

Tim O (1968, USA)

1 Van Morrison Veedon Fleece
2 Bob Dylan Blood on the tracks
3 Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the edge of town
4 The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street
5 The Byrds Mr Tamborine Man
6 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
7 Gene Clark No Other
8 Love Forever Changes
9 Velvet Underground & Nico Velvet Underground & Nico
10 Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells a Story
11 Joni Mitchell Court and Spark
12 Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow
13 Jimi Hendrix Are you experienced
14 Van Morrison Astral Weeks
15 The Clash London Calling
16 John Coltrane A Love Supreme
17 Neil Young After the Goldrush
18 Sex pistols Never Mind the Bullocks
19 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
20 Bob Dylan Bringing it all Back Home
21 Van Morrison Moondance
22 Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot out the lights
23 Nirvana Nevermind
24 The Who Who's Next
25 The Beatles Rubber Soul
26 Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited
27 The Rolling Stones Let it Bleed
28 Alexander Spence Oar
29 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
30 Pearl Jam Ten
31 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damm the Torpedos
32 Otis Redding The Immortal Otis Redding
33 Derek and the Dominos Layla and other assorted long songs
34 The Doors The Doors
35 REM Murmur
36 Stevie Wonder Innervisions
37 Bob Dylan Blond on Blonde
38 Neil Young Everyone know this nowhere
39 The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
40 Terry Callier What Color is Love
41 Steely Dan Can't buy a Thrill
42 Robert Cray Strong Persuader
43 Seal Seal
44 Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees
45 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
46 U2 Boy
47 Pete Townsend and Ronnie Lane Rough Mix
48 Graham Parker Squeezing out Sparks
49 The Rolling Stones Beggar's Banquet
50 The Pretenders The Pretenders
51 Metallica (The Black Album) Metallica
52 The Beatles Abbey Road
53 The Four Topps Reach Out
54 The Byrds Turn, Turn, Turn
55 Judy Henske and Jerry Yester Farewell Aldebaran
56 The Strokes Room on Fire
57 Iggy & The Stooges Raw Power
58 Beck Sea Change
59 Love Da Capo
60 Bruce Springsteen The Wild, the innocent, the e
61 The Rolling Stones Aftermath
62 The Beatles Revolver
63 REM Reckoning
64 Dire Straits Making Movies
65 Moby Grape Moby Grape
66 Creedence Clearwater Revival Cosmo's Factory
67 U2 How to Dismantle and Atomic Bomb
68 Van Morrison Its too late to stop now
69 H.P. Lovecraft H
70 Neil Young On the Beach
71 Dino Valenti Dino Valente
72 Elvis Costello Armed Forces
73 Velvet Underground Velvet Underground
74 Bob Dylan Desire
75 David Ackles/Road to Cairo David Ackles
76 Soundtrack The Harder they Come
77 Lou Reed Steet Hassle
78 Paul Simon There goes Rhymin' Simon
79 Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971
80 REM Document
81 Led Zeppelin Physical Graffiti
82 The Who Quadrophenia
83 Savage Rose Savage Rose
84 The Rolling Stones Get yer ya ya's out
85 Al Green Call Me
86 The Rasberries Fresh
87 Prince Purple Rain
88 Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
89 David Bowie Hunky Dory
90 Peter Gabriel So
91 Red Hot Chili Peppers Californication
92 Nick Drake Bryter Layter
93 Marshall Crenshaw Marshall Crenshaw
94 Tom Rush The Circle Game
95 Randy Newman 12 Songs
96 Green Day American Idiot
97 Matthew Sweet Girlfriend
98 Pete Townsend Empty Glass
99 Gary Higgins Red Hash
100 Firetown The Good Life
101 New York Dolls New York Dolls
102 Oasis Whats the Story, Morning Glory
103 U2 War
104 Dylan Live 1966
105 John Stewart California Bloodlines
106 Bruce Springsteen Tunnel of Love
107 Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Blvd
108 Pink Floyd The Wall
109 AC Back in Black
110 The Band The Band
111 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Hard Promises
112 Jethro Tull War Child
113 REM Life's Rich Pageant
114 The Strokes Is this it
115 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II
116 Creedance Clearwater Revival Willie and the Poor Boys
117 Steely Dan Aja
118 Michael Jackson Off the Wall
119 Mott the Hoople Mott
120 The Kinks Face to Face
121 T.Rex Electric Warrier
122 Cream Disreali Gears
123 Graham Bond Organization Sound of 65
124 Van Morrison No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
125 Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors
126 The Stooges The Stooges
127 Smashing Pumpkins Melon Collie and the infinite sadness
128 Prince 1999
129 Planxty Planxty
130 Stevie Wonder Talking Book
131 Nirvana In Utero
132 David Ackles American Gothic
133 Tom T. Hall In Search of a Song
134 Elton John Tumbleweed Connection
135 The Cars The Cars
136 Craig David Born to do it
137 Hall & Oates Voices
138 Depeche Mode Violator
139 Simon & Garfunkel Parsley Sage Rosemary & Thyme
140 Interpol Antics
141 Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman
142 Keith Richards Talk is Cheap
143 Lou Reed New Sensations
144 Elvis Costello King of America
145 The Cars The Cars
146 Joe Jackson I'm the Man
147 Men at Work Business as usual
148 Billy Squier Don't Say No
149 The Smithereens Especially for You
150 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Hallway Symphony


Jacek (1980, Poland)

1 Talk Talk Laughing Stock
2 Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
3 Radiohead OK Computer
4 Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
5 David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
6 The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin
7 Pixies Bossanova
8 The Stone Roses The Stone Roses
9 Massive Attack Mezzanine
10 Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps
11 Radiohead Kid A
12 Talk Talk Spirit of Eden
13 Joy Division Closer
14 Television Marquee Moon
15 Sigur Ros Aegetis Byrjun
16 Portishead Dummy
17 Pixies Surfer Rosa
18 The Smiths The Queen Is Dead
19 My Bloody Valentine Loveless
20 Pixies Doolittle
21 Spiritualized Ladies and Gentlemen...
22 The Beatles Revolver
23 Tricky Maxinquaye
24 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man
25 David Bowie Low
26 U2 Achtung Baby
27 Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
28 The Beatles Abbey Road
29 Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis
30 Sonic Youth Sister
31 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
32 Massive Attack Blue Lines
33 Marvin Gaye What's Going On?
34 King Crimson In the Court of the Crimon King
35 Frank Black Teenager of the Year
36 The Beach Boys Pet Sounds
37 Brian Eno Another Green World
38 The Arcade Fire Funeral
39 Vangelis Bladerunner
40 Yes Close to the Edge
41 Talking Heads Remain in Light
42 The Clash London Calling
43 The Go! Team Thunder Lightning Strike
44 The Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
45 David Bowie Heroes
46 Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
47 Big Star Third/Sister Lovers
48 Bjork Homogenic
49 Talk Talk Colour of Spring
50 Genesis Selling England by the Pound

thanks Beans and that guy who wrote the Bible (can't remember his name) for the Noah's ark metaphor. Love it.

Time to seek out Veedon Fleece. Excellent idea this, nicolas. Thanks.

Jacek, nice placements for Spiritualized, Yes, and King Crimson. I really need to listen to Maxinquaye and relisten to the two Talk Talk albums.

Surprised not to see Into the Music on Tim O's list with so much Van Morrison.

What I tend to do with these lists is look for the two or three highest rated albums I haven't heard and add them to my 'look into' list. For instance, I'll be looking into Van Dyke Parks and United States Of America.

In this case I've heard a large amount of both lists, except I haven't heard Veedon Fleece. I'm a bit iffy on Van Morrison stuff since, other than Astral Weeks and Moondance I've found all of his stuff I've heard a little samish. I'm talking mostly about His Band And Street Choir, Tupelo Honey, and St Dominic's Preview. Is Veedon Fleece something really special like Astral Weeks and Moondance, or will I not like it if I didn't like those other three?

Veedon Fleece is more like Astral Weeks than any other Van Morrison album. Its sort of a cousin to Astral Weeks. In theme, Veedon Fleece is like Dylan's Blood on the Tracks. Its sort of a coming into mid-life crisis album. The past and future are uncertain and there is a running away from the present. There is a celtic, stream of consciousness quality to Veedon Fleece that makes it stick to your bones after repeated listenings. Its really not an album I would have appreciated in my early twenties but in my late thirties where the adult problems really hit and you really begin to question yourself, and your surroundings, it becamee a perfect soundtrack.

There is really no justification for me leaving this album off my list and including No Guru, No Method, No Teacher. However, if I am being honest about it, I personally prefer No Guru, even though Into the mystic is an historically more significant album. I'm also sick of hearing bright side of the Road in concert!

I'm a huge Van Morrison fan (number 1 artist for me) and I would suggest Into the Music as the third album to get after the big two. Of course, not to take anything away from Tim O's number one. Into the Music is in my top 20. Im a little surprised that "And the Healing has Begun" doesn't get more attention as a song than it gets.