ReRushed

Rest in peace.

I got to say Rock in a Hard Place and Done with Mirrors are pretty good albums, better than everything that came after. I should have voted to eliminate Permanent Vacation sooner. And I think I like both albums better than the debut.

Aerosmith - Done with Mirrors [7/10]

Cheap Trick - Next Position Please (The Authorized Version) [8/10]

Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! [9/10]

Off the top of my head:

 

 

The Beatles

Rush

The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin

Black Sabbath

R.E.M.

Pink Floyd

Nirvana

King Crimson

The Police

U2

Van Halen

The Who

Yes

Deep Purple

Steely Dan

AC/DC

Genesis

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Heart

Supertramp

The Doors

Metallica

Queen

ZZ Top

Jethro Tull

Aerosmith

Porcupine Tree

Judas Priest

Iron Maiden

Foo Fighters

Soundgarden

Guns N Roses

Blue Oyster Cult

Thin Lizzy

Alice in Chains

Megadeth

Journey

Styx

Kansas

Boston

UFO

Ghost

Toto

Uriah Heep

Mastodon

Marillion

Dream Theater

Triumph

Def Leppard

I never got Draw the Line. Great song but the rest of the album, no.

Draw the Line and the debut are the weakest 1970s albums, by far.

No matter which albums "wins" I think this ranking is pretty spot on.

I voted for my favorite. Strange Days, baby.

Pump is poop.

The Doors - Morrison Hotel [7/10]

The Doors - L.A. Woman [8/10]

I really like L.A. Woman. The fact that it is the Doors' most blues based album is why it's so consistently good to my ears. It rocks and it's atmospheric. Excellent album. My favorite Doors album is probably Strange Days, but the debut is probably their best despite its 45 minute run time wearing out its welcome.

"Too commercial." Translation: "Real fans," don't like it because it doesn't allow them to show people that they're really into the band and know the more obscure stuff.

 

It's on their greatest hits albums, all 50 of them, because it resonated with people. And since it's well known it is, by definition, "iconic."

The good ol' it's too commercial critique. "Love Her Madly" is a wonderful song.

If The Shit Parade gets voted out the cream of the crop remains. Now we're talking...

Mitski - Be the Cowboy [9/10]

Idles - Crawler [8/10]

Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story [10/10]

Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk [7/10]

It's a ditty. I would rank it in my Rush Top 30.

As a complete album, I'll take Soft Parade over any Beatles record save the White Album, and I like that it stands out as very different musically from the other Doors records. That said, I know it's devisive and I'm pretty sure it'll be the next to go.

 

American Prayer is interesting, but not really a true Doors album. Bye, bye.

The Soft Parade makes me want to rip my ear off. Nothing is as bad as pretentious, poorly arranged lounge music.

Now, now, don't be so hard on McCartney. :P

Did I mention McCartney? I don't think so.

Whoops

As a complete album, I'll take Soft Parade over any Beatles record save the White Album, and I like that it stands out as very different musically from the other Doors records. That said, I know it's devisive and I'm pretty sure it'll be the next to go.

 

American Prayer is interesting, but not really a true Doors album. Bye, bye.

The Soft Parade makes me want to rip my ear off. Nothing is as bad as pretentious, poorly arranged lounge music.

Monsters of Folk - "Magic Marker"

I like that you acknowledged the bottom of the barrel. How they continued without Morrison is a head scratcher. Contractual obligations?

Pearl Jam - No Code [7/10]

1. Bohemian Rhapsody

2. the Prophet's Song

3. Killer Queen

4. Brighton Rock

5. It's Late

6. Let Me Live

7. Death On Two Legs

8. My Melancholy Blues

9. Dragon Attack

10. Nevermore

11. the Show Must Go On

12. You're My Best Friend

13. Hammer to Fall

14. Somebody to Love

15. Rain Must Fall

16. Don't Stop Me Now

17. Innuendo

18. Seaside Rendezvous

19. Now, I'm Here

20. Breakthru

21. Bijou

22. Save Me

23. I Want to Break Free

24. Headlong

25. the Hero

26. Ogre Battle

27. Spread Your Wings

28. Sheer Heart Attack

29. Who Wants to Live Forever?

30. These Are the Days of Our Lives

31. In Only Seven Days

32. Khashoggi's Ship

33. Dead On Time

34. Was It All Worth It?

35. Misfire

36. Liar

37. In the Lap of Gods...Revisited

38. the Miracle

39. the March of the Black Queen

40. A Kind of Magic

41. the Night Comes Down

42. Party

43. Tear It Up

44. Doing All Right

45. Another One Bites the Dust

46. Long Away

47. Action This Day

48. Scandal (Extended version)

49. Fight From the Inside

50. Machines (or 'Back to Humans')

51. I Want It All

52. Drowse

53. the Invisible Man

54. Need Your Loving Tonight

55. Tie Your Mother Down

56. Son and Daughter

57. Father to Son

58. Stone Cold Crazy

59. Tenement Funster

60. Keep Yourself Alive

61. Modern Times Rock 'N' Roll

62. Play the Game

63. Man On the Prowl

64. Love of My Life

65. White Man

66. Seven Seas of Rhye

67. See What A Fool I've Been

68. '39

 

69. Life is Real (Song for Lennon)

 

It's my job to spread the Hot Space love! "Life is Real" is a nice and sincere tribute to an inspiration.

It's true. Everything was different after Eddie Van Halen.

Neil Young - Homegrown [8/10]

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [9/10]

Cheap Trick at Budokon

 

And I agree, definitely Kiss - Alive!

Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You [9/10]

 

This group of songs will one day be considered one of the greatest double albums of all-time. Adrianne Lenker is a brilliant songwriter.