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Post by Sneelock on Oct 28, 2020 15:54:38 GMT
I used to read critics more than I do now. I used to just plain READ more than I do now. Some of the critical consensus of the past has sort of stuck in my craw. that's just me, right? ALL these albums are fantastic, right?
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Post by Charlie O. on Oct 28, 2020 16:24:46 GMT
I voted for Rumours and Pretzel Logic, both of which I like even more now than I did at the time.
There are some others there that are good or mostly-good albums that I may never feel the urge to put on again.
The rest, I never liked in the first place and my opinion hasn't changed.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 16:35:54 GMT
Rumors and Remain in Light are great albums, but I haven't heard most of these.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Oct 28, 2020 16:50:22 GMT
Fantastic is a pretty big word for most of these. However, I voted for the following "pretty darned good ones":
Rumors - Mostly about Lindsay, of course, but Stevie Nicks' best songs are probably there too, and "Songbird" is a lovely and quite simple song to have a mega-huge expensive album. It really does have something magic about it.
Lauren Hill - Not sure why that one and not a thousand others, but maybe she was the first to boldly go where no woman had gone before? Refreshing in any case.
Pretzel Logic - I prefer the Royal Scam personally, but that first run is undeniable. It started going south for me on Gaucho.
Around the World in a Day - What's not to love? I love Paisley Prince.
Paul Fucking Simon - Genius or wanker? As I said there, both. A guy who can write "Silent Eyes" either has soul or is a damn good actor. Hey, I'll take either one.
The rest range from pretty good to blah. Almost voted for the Nylon Curtain thinking maybe it is Billy Joel's best album, but then I remembered my favorite Joel song, "Don't Ask Me Why," isn't on it - and is actually on the otherwise pretty yucky Glass Houses. So I guess I don't know quite what to think about Mr. Joel. More wanker than genius, probably, but I can't totally discount him either.
Unquestionably the worst Springsteen and U2 albums, at least up to that point.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 28, 2020 16:52:20 GMT
Rumors and Remain in Light are great albums, but I haven't heard most of these. You're kidding right? Dry humor and all?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 16:54:44 GMT
Rumors and Remain in Light are great albums, but I haven't heard most of these. You're kidding right? Dry humor and all? Why would I be kidding? Do you think I've spent my life listening to Billy Joel albums?
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 28, 2020 16:57:21 GMT
Remain in Light is the only one I actively still listen to, all the others were fine, enjoyable, of their time, once that passed... I can only see Rolling Stone and People being the only ones in the US positively rating all of them at their respective times, otherwise these are all primo targets for critical disdain.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 28, 2020 17:02:24 GMT
You're kidding right? Dry humor and all? Why would I be kidding? Do you think I've spent my life listening to Billy Joel albums? Most of these were part of the scrum and drum of listening of the day, never really needed to even own them, other people played them, restaurants, parties, record stores, radio, the apartment above or below or next to you, etc.,
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 17:20:04 GMT
Remain in Light is the only "Fantastic' album of the bunch..There are "Good" albums scattered throughout..
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Post by fonz on Oct 28, 2020 17:38:59 GMT
Why would I be kidding? Do you think I've spent my life listening to Billy Joel albums? Most of these were part of the scrum and drum of listening of the day, never really needed to even own them, other people played them, restaurants, parties, record stores, radio, the apartment above or below or next to you, etc., Partially true. A variety of tracks from all these are sort-of familiar, but if we’re to consider the whole album , we’ll, it becomes more difficult to judge. I haven’t heard all of these albums in their entirety, or even, enough to really comment.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2020 17:40:01 GMT
Why would I be kidding? Do you think I've spent my life listening to Billy Joel albums? Most of these were part of the scrum and drum of listening of the day, never really needed to even own them, other people played them, restaurants, parties, record stores, radio, the apartment above or below or next to you, etc., Well I owned the Prince album, but he did better elsewhere. I have heard the Springsteen, Oasis and Frankie albums in full, heard bits and pieces from the others. But a good half of the list is stuff I'd go out of the way to avoid or just the kind of inoffensive mainstream stuff that doesn't really interest me.
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 28, 2020 17:50:22 GMT
Most of these were part of the scrum and drum of listening of the day, never really needed to even own them, other people played them, restaurants, parties, record stores, radio, the apartment above or below or next to you, etc., Partially true. A variety of tracks from all these are sort-of familiar, but if we’re to consider the whole album , we’ll, it becomes more difficult to judge. I haven’t heard all of these albums in their entirety, or even, enough to really comment. But you are at least 10-15 years younger than G
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Post by sloopjohnc on Oct 28, 2020 18:05:00 GMT
Among my choices I included True Blue and Hotel California. True Blue is a great pop album and say what you want about the Eagles, it's the pinnacle of its genre. It gets away from what I personally liked best about them, but it's a monster of an album.
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Post by fonz on Oct 28, 2020 18:19:33 GMT
Partially true. A variety of tracks from all these are sort-of familiar, but if we’re to consider the whole album , we’ll, it becomes more difficult to judge. I haven’t heard all of these albums in their entirety, or even, enough to really comment. But you are at least 10-15 years younger than G Chortle chortle. How old is he? Is he, like, Rayge old?
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Post by ~ / % ? * on Oct 28, 2020 18:23:21 GMT
But you are at least 10-15 years younger than G Chortle chortle. How old is he? Is he, like, Rayge old? Rayge was there for the birth of rock and roll, G read about it in the NME in the early 80s' David Sylvain trading cards where various members of Japan acted out its birth starring as Billy Fury, Marty Wilde, all the skopian greats.
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