The Music Snob Album meme

[ericcoleman]

Bold the ones you own, italicise the ones you’ve heard.



1) Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
2) Marquee Moon (Television)
3) Shoot Out the Lights (Richard and Linda Thompson)
4) Radio City (Big Star)
5) Loaded (Velvet Underground)
6) Skylarking (XTC)
7) This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello and the Attractions)
8) Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
9) Los Angeles (X)
10) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
11) In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
12) What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
13) Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (self-titled)
14) Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
15) Murmur (REM)
16) Doolittle (The Pixies)
17) The Ramones (self-titled)
18) Rid of Me (P.J. Harvey)
19) The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
20) Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker and the Rumour)
21) Mothership Connection (Parliament)
22) Bryter Layter (Nick Drake)
23) Kick Out the Jams (The MC5)
24) Damaged (Black Flag)
25) The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett)
26) Mott (Mott the Hoople)
27) Siren (Roxy Music)
28) Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement)
29) Tim (The Replacements)
30) Forever Changes (Love)
31) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
32) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
33) GP (Gram Parsons)
34) Kate and Anna McGarrigle (self-titled)
35) Nilsson Schmilsson (Harry Nilsson)
36) Joan Armatrading (self-titled)
37) Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair)
38) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
39) Raindogs (Tom Waits)
40) Bad Brains (self-titled)
41) The Lion and the Cobra (Sinead O’Connor)
42) I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
43) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (Midnight Oil)
44) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)
45) 3-Way Tie for Last (The Minutemen)
46) We’re Only in It For the Money (Mothers of Invention)
47) Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies)
48) London Calling (The Clash)
49) Blue (Joni Mitchell)
50) Amazing Disgrace (The Posies)
51) Chelsea Girl (Nico)
52) Entertainment! (Gang of Four)
53) The Bends (Radiohead)
54) Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds)
55) The New York Dolls (self-titled)
56) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (Devo)
57) Elliott Smith (self-titled)
58) Living in Clip (Ani Difranco)
59) Liege and Lief (Fairport Convention)
60) She Hangs Brightly (Mazzy Star)
61) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
62) Violent Femmes (self-titled)
63) Meat Is Murder (The Smiths)
64) United States (Laurie Anderson)
65) Orange (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
66) Frankenchrist (Dead Kennedys)
67) LIFTED: Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Bright Eyes)
68) The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (The Incredible String Band)
69) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
70) Talking Book (Stevie Wonder)
71) Dirty (Sonic Youth)
72) John Prine (self-titled)
73) Ege Bamyasi (Can)
74) Horses (Patti Smith)
75) The Raincoats (self-titled)
76) Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
77) Rumour and Sigh (Richard Thompson)
78) All Mod Cons (The Jam)
79) Catholic Boy (The Jim Carroll Band)
80) SMiLE (Brian Wilson)
81) Trans Europe Express (Kraftwerk)
82) I Often Dream of Trains (Robyn Hitchcock)
83) More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
84) Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
85) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
86) Dragonfly (The Strawbs)
87) Grace (Jeff Buckley)
88) Time Passages (Al Stewart)
89) Suzanne Vega (self-titled)
90) Independent Worm Saloon (The Butthole Surfers)
91) New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
92) Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (The Pogues)
93) Poses (Rufus Wainwright)
94) The Stooges (self-titled)
95) Closer (Joy Division)
96) Metal Machine Music (Lou Reed)
97) Song Cycle (Van Dyke Parks)
98) Another Green World (Brian Eno)
99) Tigermilk (Belle and Sebastian)
100) Gorilla (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)

Comments

[alymid.livejournal.com]

should we underline all the ones we've downloaded off the internet? *snerk*
ut becomes clear I am not enough of a music snob . . .

[ericcoleman]

a true music snob would say that this list is MUCH too mainstream

[docstrange.livejournal.com]

There are some choices of album by particular performers that I'd not have pegged as the 'snob' album, that's for sure. If this is shooting for music SNOB, some of the snobbiest picks sure would be not the artist's BEST, but most notable. So, Metal Machine Music sure fits on the list, 'cause it was done as a big F.U. to the label and some folks even tried to review it(!)... But to pick just one Waits album, and they not only pick Rain Dogs over, oh, all his 1970s ones, but misspell it, too? Ha. And I'm not even half the music snob of many I know.

Also, where's Olatunji?

[ericcoleman]

I would have picked one of the early Al Stewart LPs rather than the more populist Time Passages.

Rain Dogs is the beginning of his more recent sound, I think it's a pretty good choice, I do prefer the earlier stuff though, but that was when I got into his music.

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

But "I prefer his earlier stuff" is pretty much the prototypical music snob statement. :)

[ericcoleman]

well ... duh ...

it's even happened to me ... someone told me they much preferred my first EP to the full length CD

[ericcoleman]

Seriously though. Al is one of the few folks who remained interesting throughout. Great, smart lyrics with a strong sense of history, nice tunes and I love his voice.

[alymid.livejournal.com]

I dunno I didn't see any Chopin on there . . .

[ericcoleman]

damn pop music

[tlunquist.livejournal.com]

I own one of them and have heard two others. There are numerous artists of whom I own or have heard other albums (or parts of, but not all of) the specific ones listed. And there's one of the two I've heard that I know Erik had when we were married, so I would be an ex-owner-in-law of that one.

But I don't consider myself a music snob at all, even a little, and never have. If I like it, I like it - I'm not too worried about what anybody else thinks.

[freeimprov.livejournal.com]

Eeep. I've actually heard Metal Machine Music. AND the Bonzo Dog Band. So much of this stuff i used to have on cassette, but i'm not counting those. Sigh.

1) Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
2) Marquee Moon (Television)
3) Shoot Out the Lights (Richard and Linda Thompson)
4) Radio City (Big Star)
5) Loaded (Velvet Underground)
6) Skylarking (XTC)
7) This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello and the Attractions)
8) Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
9) Los Angeles (X)
10) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
11) In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
12) What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
13) Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (self-titled)
14) Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
15) Murmur (REM)
16) Doolittle (The Pixies)
17) The Ramones (self-titled)
18) Rid of Me (P.J. Harvey)
19) The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
20) Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker and the Rumour)
21) Mothership Connection (Parliament)
22) Bryter Layter (Nick Drake)
23) Kick Out the Jams (The MC5)
24) Damaged (Black Flag)
25) The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett)
26) Mott (Mott the Hoople)
27) Siren (Roxy Music)
28) Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement)
29) Tim (The Replacements)
30) Forever Changes (Love)
31) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
32) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
33) GP (Gram Parsons)
34) Kate and Anna McGarrigle (self-titled)
35) Nilsson Schmilsson (Harry Nilsson)
36) Joan Armatrading (self-titled)
37) Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair)
38) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
39) Raindogs (Tom Waits)
40) Bad Brains (self-titled)
41) The Lion and the Cobra (Sinead O’Connor)
42) I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
43) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (Midnight Oil)
44) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)
45) 3-Way Tie for Last (The Minutemen)
46) We’re Only in It For the Money (Mothers of Invention)
47) Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies)
48) London Calling (The Clash)
49) Blue (Joni Mitchell)
50) Amazing Disgrace (The Posies)
51) Chelsea Girl (Nico)
52) Entertainment! (Gang of Four)
53) The Bends (Radiohead)
54) Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds)
55) The New York Dolls (self-titled)
56) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (Devo)
57) Elliott Smith (self-titled)
58) Living in Clip (Ani Difranco)
59) Liege and Lief (Fairport Convention)
60) She Hangs Brightly (Mazzy Star)
61) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
62) Violent Femmes (self-titled)
63) Meat Is Murder (The Smiths)
64) United States (Laurie Anderson)
65) Orange (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
66) Frankenchrist (Dead Kennedys)
67) LIFTED: Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Bright Eyes)
68) The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (The Incredible String Band)
69) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
70) Talking Book (Stevie Wonder)
71) Dirty (Sonic Youth)
72) John Prine (self-titled)
73) Ege Bamyasi (Can)
74) Horses (Patti Smith)
75) The Raincoats (self-titled)
76) Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
77) Rumour and Sigh (Richard Thompson)
78) All Mod Cons (The Jam)
79) Catholic Boy (The Jim Carroll Band)
80) SMiLE (Brian Wilson)
81) Trans Europe Express (Kraftwerk)
82) I Often Dream of Trains (Robyn Hitchcock)
83) More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
84) Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
85) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
86) Dragonfly (The Strawbs)
87) Grace (Jeff Buckley)
88) Time Passages (Al Stewart)
89) Suzanne Vega (self-titled)
90) Independent Worm Saloon (The Butthole Surfers)
91) New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
92) Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (The Pogues)
93) Poses (Rufus Wainwright)
94) The Stooges (self-titled)
95) Closer (Joy Division)
96) Metal Machine Music (Lou Reed)
97) Song Cycle (Van Dyke Parks)
98) Another Green World (Brian Eno)
99) Tigermilk (Belle and Sebastian)
100) Gorilla (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)

[ericcoleman]

Now ... if you will just go put this in YOUR LJ ... rather than here

And I counted all formats.

[erik]

1) Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
2) Marquee Moon (Television)
3) Shoot Out the Lights (Richard and Linda Thompson)
4) Radio City (Big Star)
5) Loaded (Velvet Underground)
6) Skylarking (XTC)
7) This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello and the Attractions)
8) Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
9) Los Angeles (X)
10) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
11) In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
12) What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
13) Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (self-titled)
14) Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
15) Murmur (REM)
16) Doolittle (The Pixies)
17) The Ramones (self-titled)
18) Rid of Me (P.J. Harvey)
19) The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
20) Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker and the Rumour)
21) Mothership Connection (Parliament)
22) Bryter Layter (Nick Drake)
23) Kick Out the Jams (The MC5)
24) Damaged (Black Flag)
25) The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett)
26) Mott (Mott the Hoople)
27) Siren (Roxy Music)
28) Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement)
29) Tim (The Replacements)
30) Forever Changes (Love)
31) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
32) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
33) GP (Gram Parsons)
34) Kate and Anna McGarrigle (self-titled) I wish I could find a copy...
35) Nilsson Schmilsson (Harry Nilsson)
36) Joan Armatrading (self-titled)
37) Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair)
38) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
39) Raindogs (Tom Waits)
40) Bad Brains (self-titled)
41) The Lion and the Cobra (Sinead O’Connor)
42) I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
43) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (Midnight Oil)
44) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)
45) 3-Way Tie for Last (The Minutemen)
46) We’re Only in It For the Money (Mothers of Invention)
47) Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies)
48) London Calling (The Clash)
49) Blue (Joni Mitchell)
50) Amazing Disgrace (The Posies)
51) Chelsea Girl (Nico)
52) Entertainment! (Gang of Four)
53) The Bends (Radiohead)
54) Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds)
55) The New York Dolls (self-titled)
56) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (Devo)
57) Elliott Smith (self-titled)
58) Living in Clip (Ani Difranco)
59) Liege and Lief (Fairport Convention)
60) She Hangs Brightly (Mazzy Star)
61) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
62) Violent Femmes (self-titled)
63) Meat Is Murder (The Smiths)
64) United States (Laurie Anderson)
65) Orange (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
66) Frankenchrist (Dead Kennedys)
67) LIFTED: Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Bright Eyes)
68) The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (The Incredible String Band)
69) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
70) Talking Book (Stevie Wonder)
71) Dirty (Sonic Youth)
72) John Prine (self-titled)
73) Ege Bamyasi (Can)
74) Horses (Patti Smith)
75) The Raincoats (self-titled)
76) Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
77) Rumour and Sigh (Richard Thompson)
78) All Mod Cons (The Jam)
79) Catholic Boy (The Jim Carroll Band)
80) SMiLE (Brian Wilson)
81) Trans Europe Express (Kraftwerk)
82) I Often Dream of Trains (Robyn Hitchcock)
83) More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
84) Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
85) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
86) Dragonfly (The Strawbs)
87) Grace (Jeff Buckley)
88) Time Passages (Al Stewart)
89) Suzanne Vega (self-titled)
90) Independent Worm Saloon (The Butthole Surfers)
91) New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
92) Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (The Pogues)
93) Poses (Rufus Wainwright)
94) The Stooges (self-titled)
95) Closer (Joy Division)
96) Metal Machine Music (Lou Reed)
97) Song Cycle (Van Dyke Parks)
98) Another Green World (Brian Eno)
99) Tigermilk (Belle and Sebastian)
100) Gorilla (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)

[ericcoleman]

you obviously need to drive in my car more ...

[barondave.livejournal.com]

This isn't a meme and includes very few of my favorite albums. Count me out.

(No Beatles? No Steeleye Span? No Luke Ski? Sheesh.)

[ericcoleman]

The Beatles aren't a snob thing ... and Steeleye Span are much smoother than the rougher Fairport and more trad Inc String Band

And Luke is still alive ...

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Hey now. Patti Smith (who just won an award in France) and Eno are still alive, among others. If the list has to exclude living people, where is the Harry Partch? Glenn Gould? Timothy Leary? Ernie Kovacs?

And I'm always on the cutting edge at the new wave of avante guarde. I listen to music with my pinky in the air. Any music I listen to is, by definition, a snob thing. Even the Wombles.

[ericcoleman]

Hey now. Patti Smith (who just won an award in France) and Eno are still alive

Eno has been dead for decades ... Patti recently came back from the dead ...

Even the Wombles.

Hey ... Chris Spedding played guitar for the Wombles ... that's good enough for me.

[barondave.livejournal.com]

Well, sort of. Patti Smith came back at the death of her husband and brother. And Eno is still alive and giving BBC interviews.

And much of the Wombles doesn't exist in digital form... except for the cuts I've digitized from the vinyl. Nyah ah ah (he says, twirling his Snidely Whiplash handlebar mustache).

Be that as it may (and it might), this is still not a meme. If I really want to be a music snob, I listen to the 1812 Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.

[ericcoleman]

Eno was this guy who made fart noises with a synth in Roxy Music, this artsy fartsy producer guy is an imposter

[wormquartet.livejournal.com]

You don't own "Pet Sounds" and "Smile?" Pshaw!

It amuses me that two "Kill Rock Stars" albums made the list. That's perfect. :)

Who the hell put the Butthole Surfers on this list?

1) Trout Mask Replica (Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band)
2) Marquee Moon (Television)
3) Shoot Out the Lights (Richard and Linda Thompson)
4) Radio City (Big Star)
5) Loaded (Velvet Underground)
6) Skylarking (XTC)
7) This Year’s Model (Elvis Costello and the Attractions)
8) Plastic Ono Band (John Lennon)
9) Los Angeles (X)
10) A Love Supreme (John Coltrane)
11) In the Court of the Crimson King (King Crimson)
12) What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
13) Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers (self-titled)
14) Pet Sounds (The Beach Boys)
15) Murmur (REM)
16) Doolittle (The Pixies)
17) The Ramones (self-titled)
18) Rid of Me (P.J. Harvey)
19) The Gilded Palace of Sin (The Flying Burrito Brothers)
20) Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker and the Rumour)
21) Mothership Connection (Parliament)
22) Bryter Layter (Nick Drake)
23) Kick Out the Jams (The MC5)
24) Damaged (Black Flag)
25) The Madcap Laughs (Syd Barrett)
26) Mott (Mott the Hoople)
27) Siren (Roxy Music)
28) Slanted and Enchanted (Pavement)
29) Tim (The Replacements)
30) Forever Changes (Love)
31) Superfly (Curtis Mayfield)
32) Astral Weeks (Van Morrison)
33) GP (Gram Parsons)
34) Kate and Anna McGarrigle (self-titled)
35) Nilsson Schmilsson (Harry Nilsson)
36) Joan Armatrading (self-titled)
37) Exile in Guyville (Liz Phair) (unfortunately...gawd I hate Liz Phair...)
38) In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
39) Raindogs (Tom Waits)
40) Bad Brains (self-titled)
41) The Lion and the Cobra (Sinead O’Connor)
42) I’m Your Man (Leonard Cohen)
43) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 (Midnight Oil)
44) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Wilco)
45) 3-Way Tie for Last (The Minutemen)
46) We’re Only in It For the Money (Mothers of Invention)
47) Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies)
48) London Calling (The Clash)
49) Blue (Joni Mitchell)
50) Amazing Disgrace (The Posies)
51) Chelsea Girl (Nico)
52) Entertainment! (Gang of Four)
53) The Bends (Radiohead)
54) Sweetheart of the Rodeo (The Byrds)
55) The New York Dolls (self-titled)
56) Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo (Devo)
57) Elliott Smith (self-titled) <-- I own every Elliott Smith album BUT this one...partial credit? :)
58) Living in Clip (Ani Difranco)
59) Liege and Lief (Fairport Convention)
60) She Hangs Brightly (Mazzy Star)
61) Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Lucinda Williams)
62) Violent Femmes (self-titled)
63) Meat Is Murder (The Smiths)
64) United States (Laurie Anderson)
65) Orange (The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
66) Frankenchrist (Dead Kennedys)
67) LIFTED: Or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (Bright Eyes)
68) The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (The Incredible String Band)
69) Kind of Blue (Miles Davis)
70) Talking Book (Stevie Wonder)
71) Dirty (Sonic Youth)
72) John Prine (self-titled)
73) Ege Bamyasi (Can)
74) Horses (Patti Smith)
75) The Raincoats (self-titled)
76) Hounds of Love (Kate Bush)
77) Rumour and Sigh (Richard Thompson)
78) All Mod Cons (The Jam)
79) Catholic Boy (The Jim Carroll Band)
80) SMiLE (Brian Wilson)
81) Trans Europe Express (Kraftwerk)
82) I Often Dream of Trains (Robyn Hitchcock)
83) More Songs About Buildings and Food (Talking Heads)
84) Village Green Preservation Society (The Kinks)
85) The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Genesis)
86) Dragonfly (The Strawbs)
87) Grace (Jeff Buckley)
88) Time Passages (Al Stewart)
89) Suzanne Vega (self-titled)
90) Independent Worm Saloon (The Butthole Surfers)
91) New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü)
92) Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (The Pogues)
93) Poses (Rufus Wainwright)
94) The Stooges (self-titled)
95) Closer (Joy Division)
96) Metal Machine Music (Lou Reed)
97) Song Cycle (Van Dyke Parks)
98) Another Green World (Brian Eno)
99) Tigermilk (Belle and Sebastian)
100) Gorilla (The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)

-=ShoEboX=-

[ericcoleman]

You don't own "Pet Sounds" and "Smile?" Pshaw!

It's music that I appreciate, but don't especially like. I love the harmonies but the BBs in any of their eras have just never spoken to me ...