Classic albums you haven't listened to.

[Spindles]

It is funny how you mention Bridge over troubled waters. When I was a kid my dad always used to play tapes in the car when we went on journeys and it was only a decade later, when I bought the album myself that I discovered this was the album I'd been hearing...I thought it was a greatest hits compilation because every song was so great.

I've always been unwary about the 'vinyl comeback', which has chugged along at the same pace since CD's became the norm really. We are always told it is making a revival and yet that revival never actually seems to come.

As for 'sides'. Yes please. Many, many great albums benefit from being a work in 2 pieces and it was often the case that each side's running order meant that both sides finished with a bang. It would be interesting to know how many of the greatest songs were the last track on side 1 or 2 (I'm guessing it will be statistically significant). Records with an Up and Down side are probably my favourite, get good and worked up with a rocking 1st side and then bring on the mellow with the second.

[PastCaring]

This just popped into my head, so it may be bs, but I think I'm right in saying that the track order has been reworked on the CD version of some albums? Struggling to think of an example at the moment, through.

[PastCaring]

Well, I finally found the time to listen to Horses by Patti Smith and, yes, it's brilliant, yes, it's a classic - and I'm off to buy it right now!

[Amy Lawn]

I got to page 68 of that Besteveralbums.com linked on the first page of the thread before I found a page that I didn't have any album I own listed on it, so I suppose I'm relatively well listened. I did notice a lot of bona-fide classics pop up that I've never heard, the ones that stick out are U2 albums and Thriller, and I'm completely ok with missing out on those. I might listen to some more Beatles though, I've only heard Revolver and Sgt Pepper, and I don't actually own anything by them whatsoever. It's about time I listen to the Talking Heads too. Some absolute shitters have slipped onto that list, and I don't recall seeing Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, Cheap Thrills or Vauxhall & I anywhere, I could have overlooked them as it was a bloody long list, but it's clearly broken if they aren't there. I also remember both Parallel Lines and Psychocandy were lingering in criminally low positions, and surrounded by some properly heinous records.

[kaosmark2]

It's about time I listen to the Talking Heads too.

[Amy Lawn]

Damn straight.

[kaosmark2]

I did think it was a risky admission on this forum, worried I might be banned until I give each Talking Heads release my full and undivided attention.

[PastCaring]

I got to page 68 of that Besteveralbums.com linked on the first page of the thread before I found a page that I didn't have any album I own listed on it, so I suppose I'm relatively well listened. I did notice a lot of bona-fide classics pop up that I've never heard, the ones that stick out are U2 albums and Thriller, and I'm completely ok with missing out on those. I might listen to some more Beatles though, I've only heard Revolver and Sgt Pepper, and I don't actually own anything by them whatsoever. It's about time I listen to the Talking Heads too. Some absolute shitters have slipped onto that list, and I don't recall seeing Searching For The Young Soul Rebels, Cheap Thrills or Vauxhall & I anywhere, I could have overlooked them as it was a bloody long list, but it's clearly broken if they aren't there. I also remember both Parallel Lines and Psychocandy were lingering in criminally low positions, and surrounded by some properly heinous records.