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10. - OK Computer - Radiohead

9. - London Calling - The Clash 

8. - Never Mind - Nirvana 

7. - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan 

6. - Pet Sounds - Beach Boys 

5. - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 

4. - Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix 

3. - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin  

2. - DSOM - Pink Floyd 

1. - Sgt Peppers... - Beatles 

 

Do you agree with the list? (list thanks to Mustang Guy)

 

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Here is the list if you don't want to watch the whole video. 

 

No. - Album - Artist

10. - OK Computer - Radiohead :huh:

9. - London Calling - The Clash  :blink:

8. - Never Mind - Nirvana  :emotion-21:

7. - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan  :ph34r:

6. - Pet Sounds - Beach Boys  :emotion-21:

5. - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath  <_<

4. - Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix  :mellow:

3. - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin  :wub:  

2. - DSOM - Pink Floyd  :emotion-21:

1. - Sgt Peppers... - Beatles  :wacko:

 

I didn't see Hotel California. I think that was a ground breaking album from the Eagles.

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Mustang Guy, why is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping most important, or influential?

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I'm thinking something like Framptom Comes alive which was considered a breakthrough live album in its time.

 

I also wonder about Beatles  Meet the Beatles.  At the time it seemed like every album had one hit song and 9 fillers, but with this album there were a bunch of hit singles.

 

I have others.  I'm sure you do too.  B)

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Mustang Guy, why is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping most important, or influential?

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I'm thinking something like Framptom Comes alive which was considered a breakthrough live album in its time.

 

I also wonder about Beatles  Meet the Beatles.  At the time it seemed like every album had one hit song and 9 fillers, but with this album there were a bunch of hit singles.

 

I have others.  I'm sure you do too.  B)

It was Sweet Home Alabama which was, in my opinion, the true birth of the Southern Rock. SHA was on that album.

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NO, It seems like the list is aimed towards the MTV crowd

 

Mark

Perhaps... It could also be that they want more hits and were being provocative to get them.

 

Never mind.... It was (partially) a popularity contest of subscribers at watchmojo.com

 

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It was Sweet Home Alabama which was, in my opinion, the true birth of the Southern Rock. SHA was on that album.

 

Ah, thanks.  I did not know that.

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What about albums like Emerson, Lake and Palmer Brain Salad Surgery?  It was the FIRST quadrophonic album and got everybody OUT of thinking in terms of stereo albums.  Now that we have 5.1 it makes ELP look waaay ahead of their time.

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Mustang Guy, why is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping most important, or influential?

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I'm thinking something like Framptom Comes alive which was considered a breakthrough live album in its time.

 

I also wonder about Beatles  Meet the Beatles.  At the time it seemed like every album had one hit song and 9 fillers, but with this album there were a bunch of hit singles.

 

I have others.  I'm sure you do too.  B)

It was Sweet Home Alabama which was, in my opinion, the true birth of the Southern Rock. SHA was on that album.

 

 

 

This is what makes this thread interesting as I believe that it was the Allman Brothers album “Idlewild South” that gave  birth to the Southern rock sound and opened the door for bands such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, black Crowes, Kid Rock, Derek and the Dominos “Layla” among others.   

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I actually typed Allman Brothers and replaced it with Skynyrd. I wasn't sure, but I do think Allman Brothers were first with the southern rock sound.  

 

Lets not forget 38 Special, ZZ Top, Charlie Daniels Band, Doobie Brothers, Alabama, Marshall Tucker, and Molly Hatchet.

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Ok, ten minutes of video, I would list them out to get more response, anyone younger than 40 has a 3 minute attention span or what you can fit in 140 characters.

EDIT 2: Thank you Mustang Guy

I have Mojos first book that rates rock lps from 50s up to when it was published which I think was about 2000. They are a British publication focusing on classic rock but I found some real gems in their pages, both American abd British bands.

Whenever a video segment begins by making apologies for not including Buddy Holly you know it is downhill from there. He does in fact have two very solid albums, one as a Cricket, one solo. The list fails right there, especially since one of it's main premises is being influential." However, that being said I do agree with about half of them.

I won't get into the order, you could debate the ranking forever and get nowhere.

I agree with DSOM, Pet Sounds, London Calling, that a Dylan in there, not sure it should be Hwy 61 but they set up criteria so I can live wiyh that, same for Nirvana, and Velvet Underground.

EDIT 3. VU isn't even on the list, I must have hallucinated that banna cover, so much for my list.

Zeppelin 4 is a no brainer, Sgt. Pepper's I can live with but would not be my first choice. Exile would be in top 10, it is a sin that it is an "honorable mention."

That is 8 out of 10 so I agree with a majority of what they say. The other 2 are top 100 lps, as are the other honorable mentions.

Pretty good list, an even better topic and thread.

Travis

Edit: Forgit Hendrix which I completely agree with, so now I am at 9 out of 11 I think, now I have to cut one.

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Here is the list if you don't want to watch the whole video. 

 

No. - Album - Artist

10. - OK Computer - Radiohead :huh:

9. - London Calling - The Clash  :blink:  If I had to choose a Clash album it would be "Combat Rock"

8. - Never Mind - Nirvana  :emotion-21:

7. - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan  :ph34r: I might go with Blonde on Blonde here as it was the first double album that started a trend

6. - Pet Sounds - Beach Boys  :emotion-21:

5. - Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath  <_<

4. - Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix  :mellow:

3. - Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin  :wub:  I would probably go with "Houses of the Holy" here.

2. - DSOM - Pink Floyd  :emotion-21:

1. - Sgt Peppers... - Beatles  :wacko:

 

I didn't see Hotel California. I think that was a ground breaking album from the Eagles.

 

 

It seems that any of the below could be inserted somewhere in the list above.....

 

Deep Purple – Machine Head was one of those albums that were instrumental in laying the foundation for heavy metal.

Pearl Jam – Ten was the original grunge album before it caught on and has spawned classics still getting radio time today.

Michael Jackson - Thriller as it must have spawned something?

The Ramones - The Ramones had to be the fathers of punk rock.

The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street that paired the great Keith Richards on his five-string rhythm guitar and the blues sound of Mick Taylor.

Dave Brubeck - Take Five is probably what brought Jazz into the mainstream.

Grateful Dead - Live-Dead showed us how music could be created on stage rather than in the studio.

The Doors - The Doors debut album sure was a hypnotic experience with front man Jim Morrison.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Velvet Underground.

EDIT 3. VU isn't even on the list, I must have hallucinated that banna cover, so much for my list.

 

 

 

Funny, you’re not the only one.  After reading Mustang guy's list I had to go back to the video myself and while they flashed the album cover with the Andy Warhol banana, I can’t believe they didn’t include the Velvet Underground & Nico.

 

In thinking about the six degrees of separation theory, if there was ever an album that could be considered one of the foundational blocks in rock history merging rock “lyrics” seldom heard in a song before with art, it has to be the Velvet Underground & Nico. 

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I'm not an "Elvis" guy, but shouldn't the King of Rock n' Roll have an album somewhere that influenced the generation of rock which was to come?

 

 

I don’t know, maybe the "B" movie industry as I seem to think of Elvis more in the context of Viva Las Vegas; Blue Hawaii; Girls! Girls! Girls!; Paradise Hawaiian Style; The Trouble with Girls; G.I. Blues; among many other movies …….

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I didn't see Hotel California. I think that was a ground breaking album from the Eagles.

Thanks again for the list, I am not sure what their exact criteria is, I did hear "most influential" but not sure about much more than that so if there are factos I missed it could change things a bit.

I grew up in California, that lp came out while I was in High School, and we would see them live 2 or 3x a year. Very influential for me. But their music derives from Country Rock and the influence and origin of that is the Byrds. It influenced the Eagles and the Doobies, and you add in the influence that Linda had on the Eagles, I don't see it is influential as some of the others. A great lp, I think Hotel was the resuted if the rift in the band whether they were going to continue more countey, like Desparado, or go more rock which had been stewing since on the Border when they fired Glyn Johns. Leadon was out and Walsh was in on Guitar.

It was groundbreaking for them, only one J.D. Souther song, but I don't know who was influenced by that particular lp.

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Mustang Guy, why is Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping most important, or influential?

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I'm thinking something like

which was considered a breakthrough live album in its time.

I also wonder about Beatles Meet the Beatles. At the time it seemed like every album had one hit song and 9 fillers, but with this album there were a bunch of hit singles.

I have others. I'm sure you do too. B)

Frampton Comes Alive was a very influential lp for me, I was at the concert in 75 at Winterland where was of the material is from.

No doubt a major breakthrough for Frampton after leaving Humble Pie and having first 2 or 3 lps do nothing really and then chart for 2 years and be, to that sate, biggest selling live album. I don't see his influence on others, and other big lives albums had already come out, just not near the sames of that thing. BB King Live at the Regal, Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison with documentary movie. Monterey Pop Sound track, Woodstock ST, Newport Folk ST, etc.

In my top 50 for sure.

I have another Beatles lp I would prefer, but if can't all agree I can live with SPLHCB as a compromise.

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NO, It seems like the list is aimed towards the MTV crowd

Mark

MTV started in 80 or 81, i think about maybe 10 percent of homes had it, but they woukd actually play music back then. I dont think they started to have influence until mid 80s, so all but 2 predate MTV crowd.

However when one of the key criteria is "influence" the older lps have a much better chance of doing that.

You notice Mojo doesn't really try to bring Rap and Hip Hop into the mix, they are primarily a classic rock type of publicatoob for the British market.

N I t sure when video was dated, lets say a year old, I woukd be interested to see what the rock lps of the 80s, 90s and 2000 were influential, and I know there are many many.

Any suggestions?

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