RKJCNE said:

Album of the 20th century for me:

This is a good contender:

JoeTyler said:

RKJCNE said:

Album of the 20th century for me:

Not a fan of Patti?

JoeTyler said:

RKJCNE said:

Album of the 20th century for me:

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RKJCNE said:

JoeTyler said:

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Like a Prayer kills that album lol

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

Not a fan of Patti?

where have U been?!

JoeTyler said:

RKJCNE said:

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Like a Prayer kills that album lol

Even as a Madonna stan I have to disagree with that statement. This album rearranged my mind.

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HermesReborn said:

I'm gonna piss off a lot of people with this one.

But Screw Thriller, Screw Purple Rain, Screw Plastic Ono Band, Screw Nevermind, Screw REVOLVER!

George Harrison's - All Things Must Pass is a great album according to Hermes; I will be checking itout, cuz I love everything I have ever heard from George Harrison. , is the ultimate album.

It's clear to me that by this time he had truly surpassed all the beatles, including John.

I listen to this album,

and I don't know how people do not know about it.

Fucking amazing!

But the work Street Songs is FIRE for me!

JoeTyler said:

Timmy84 said:

Not a fan of Patti?

where have U been?!

RKJCNE said:

JoeTyler said:

Like a Prayer kills that album lol

Even as a Madonna stan I have to disagree with that statement. This album rearranged my mind.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER?!"

JoeTyler said:

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It is an awesome album, risk taking and all...but I still cant listen to it all the way...Dr. Robert, Got To Get You Into My Life, I Want To Tell You (corny), Love You To...meh. Some skippers.

Timmy84 said:

RKJCNE said:

Even as a Madonna stan I have to disagree with that statement. This album rearranged my mind.

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"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER?!"

That being said, my personal preferences aside, there are only a select few albums/collections that could be considered the standard bearers of the century. Of those "few" here are 3 I can think of.

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Music of the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens -- Louis Armstrong

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Kind of Blue -- Miles Davis

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- The Beatles

RKJCNE said:

Album of the 20th century for me:

I bow to this woman and album.

Idk about rating it that high, but it is my favorite george album... in fact the only one from him i really liked begining to end

errant said:

I dunno. It's definitely a great ablum, but it benefits from him only being able to get 2 songs on each Beatles album for the preceding several years and having a huge backlog of top-notch material. One wonders if he'd had a little more creative longevity if he hadn't shot his load so quickly with this album. I find that a lot of the great songs on it get lost amongst themselves.

maybe, though you could say the same about almost anyone's first album--they had a lifetime to work on it. It doesn't take away from the quality of the songs.

But I do have to agree that it's easy to miss how good this album is. It does not grab right away. 20 years after I first bought it I finally heard how good the material was.

And what is up with Isn't It A Pity stealing the Hey Jude ending?

To me, "All Things Must Pass" should be measured up against "Layla" more than a "greatest of all time" debate, plus there's connections between both albums to make it a fair debate.

The jams are pretty much the beginnings of Derek and the Dominoes with George instead of Duane Allman.

"Concert for Bangladesh" is one of the finest live albums ever made, Dylan and George had captured some great live moments on there, not bad for two guys that hadn't been playing live for years by then.

And if you've ever seen "Concert for George", another great live performance of George's work, watching Paul sing "Wah-Wah" is pretty amusing, if you know the history of that song.

The "My Sweet Lord" plagiarism was pretty interesting, because George somehow wound up with the rights to "He's So Fine".

dalsh327 said:

To me, "All Things Must Pass" should be measured up against "Layla" more than a "greatest of all time" debate, plus there's connections between both albums to make it a fair debate.

The jams are pretty much the beginnings of Derek and the Dominoes with George instead of Duane Allman.

"Concert for Bangladesh" is one of the finest live albums ever made, Dylan and George had captured some great live moments on there, not bad for two guys that hadn't been playing live for years by then.

And if you've ever seen "Concert for George", another great live performance of George's work, watching Paul sing "Wah-Wah" is pretty amusing, if you know the history of that song.

The "My Sweet Lord" plagiarism was pretty interesting, because George somehow wound up with the rights to "He's So Fine".

I'm not a huge Clapton fan but Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is one of my very favourite albums by anyone. I've always wondered why Bobby Whitlock was not much more successful than he ended up being. He had a great voice but I guess after this album he had trouble finding great material.

For me in a head to head Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs absolutely destroys All Things Must Pass but I'm much more familiar with the former than I am with the latter. I probably ought to give All Things Must Pass a few spins over the next week.

rialb said:

dalsh327 said:

To me, "All Things Must Pass" should be measured up against "Layla" more than a "greatest of all time" debate, plus there's connections between both albums to make it a fair debate.

The jams are pretty much the beginnings of Derek and the Dominoes with George instead of Duane Allman.

"Concert for Bangladesh" is one of the finest live albums ever made, Dylan and George had captured some great live moments on there, not bad for two guys that hadn't been playing live for years by then.

And if you've ever seen "Concert for George", another great live performance of George's work, watching Paul sing "Wah-Wah" is pretty amusing, if you know the history of that song.

The "My Sweet Lord" plagiarism was pretty interesting, because George somehow wound up with the rights to "He's So Fine".

I'm not a huge Clapton fan but Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs is one of my very favourite albums by anyone. I've always wondered why Bobby Whitlock was not much more successful than he ended up being. He had a great voice but I guess after this album he had trouble finding great material.

For me in a head to head Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs absolutely destroys All Things Must Pass but I'm much more familiar with the former than I am with the latter. I probably ought to give All Things Must Pass a few spins over the next week.

I've had All Things Must Pass, in my collection for a little over 10 years and never really paid much mind to it, except for my favs.

Then recently

I had my Ipod on shuffle And Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp came on...

and I was like what the hell is this...

i use to always skip it.

And then I indepthly listened to it, and was astounded.

I can't find a song I don't like or love.

I just never really gave it a chance

HermesReborn said:

AlexdeParis said:

HermesReborn said:

I've had All Things Must Pass, in my collection for a little over 10 years and never really paid much mind to it, except for my favs.

Then recently

I had my Ipod on shuffle And Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp came on...

and I was like what the hell is this...

i use to always skip it.

And then I indepthly listened to it, and was astounded.

I can't find a song I don't like or love.

I just never really gave it a chance

You've been skipping "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp" for over 10 years?!? That's just ridiculous! It's one of my favorites. Better late than never though. One of my biggest problems listening to ATMP is that after "Wah-Wah" I want to go back and hear it again. I need a 20-minute extra-extended version!

I still need to give the album a few more spins but I could definitely learn to love a twenty minute version of "Wah-Wah."

NDRU said:

This album is really notable because he's the only Beatle to do his best work after they broke up (Something and Here Comes the Sun excepted, perhaps) John & Paul had their moments, but nothing they did really surpassed their stuff with the Beatles. All Things Must Pass is probably the best collection by any ex beatle

I disagree. I think George's best songs were with The Beatles, while I think John's solo career is far superior to his Beatles music. I also prefer Plastic Ono Band over any other Beatles solo album. I would even put Imagine at #2 on that list, then maybe All Things Must Pass at #3.

My pick for album of the century (though I haven't heard them all, of course) would probably be Abbey Road or John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

I honestly have never been able to get into George's solo music, despite many of his Beatles songs being some of my favorite songs ever. I do own a lot of his music, though.. maybe I'll give this album another listen. I do love the title track, "My Sweet Lord" and "Art Of Dying". Problem is I don't have the remaster, and the sound quality on my copy of the album is terrible.

The1592 said:

NDRU said:

This album is really notable because he's the only Beatle to do his best work after they broke up (Something and Here Comes the Sun excepted, perhaps) John & Paul had their moments, but nothing they did really surpassed their stuff with the Beatles. All Things Must Pass is probably the best collection by any ex beatle

I disagree. I think George's best songs were with The Beatles, while I think John's solo career is far superior to his Beatles music. I also prefer Plastic Ono Band over any other Beatles solo album. I would even put Imagine at #2 on that list, then maybe All Things Must Pass at #3.

My pick for album of the century (though I haven't heard them all, of course) would probably be Abbey Road or John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

I honestly have never been able to get into George's solo music, despite many of his Beatles songs being some of my favorite songs ever. I do own a lot of his music, though.. maybe I'll give this album another listen. I do love the title track, "My Sweet Lord" and "Art Of Dying". Problem is I don't have the remaster, and the sound quality on my copy of the album is terrible.

Wow. You honestly believe that Some Time in New York City, Mind Games, Walls and Bridges, Rock 'n' Roll, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey are equal to or superior to the best of his work with The Beatles?

John's solo career started out fantastic with Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, I would put the best of those albums on par with most of his work with The Beatles, but for me the quality of his albums quickly went down hill.

rialb said:

The1592 said:

I disagree. I think George's best songs were with The Beatles, while I think John's solo career is far superior to his Beatles music. I also prefer Plastic Ono Band over any other Beatles solo album. I would even put Imagine at #2 on that list, then maybe All Things Must Pass at #3.

My pick for album of the century (though I haven't heard them all, of course) would probably be Abbey Road or John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band.

I honestly have never been able to get into George's solo music, despite many of his Beatles songs being some of my favorite songs ever. I do own a lot of his music, though.. maybe I'll give this album another listen. I do love the title track, "My Sweet Lord" and "Art Of Dying". Problem is I don't have the remaster, and the sound quality on my copy of the album is terrible.

Wow. You honestly believe that Some Time in New York City, Mind Games, Walls and Bridges, Rock 'n' Roll, Double Fantasy and Milk and Honey are equal to or superior to the best of his work with The Beatles?

John's solo career started out fantastic with Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, I would put the best of those albums on par with most of his work with The Beatles, but for me the quality of his albums quickly went down hill.

John Lennon is my #1 favorite artist, and that's referring to his solo career. No, I'm not especially fond of Sometime In New York City, Rock 'n' Roll or Milk and Honey, but honestly, I'm also not particularly fond of With The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, or Yellow Submarine, or half of their non-album singles. Sure, John's put out a few albums that were only decent, but if you take his other five albums (Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Mind Games, Walls and Bridges and his half of Double Fantasy), I think that's a solid discography, and would be imo on par with any four-and-a-half albums worth of his Beatles songs. I would also put P.O.B. and Imagine above almost every Beatles album.

Honestly, his Beatles music was probably superior, but I prefer his solo music because it's more personal, whereas his Beatles music was more pop-y. I like music with lyrics I feel I can relate to, and I relate to the lyrics in his solo music more than The Beatles music.