Sentinel_NZ
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Posted: July 25 2024, 00:32 |
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Four albums in particular stand out from among the countless 1000s, as possessing something special. They are in order:
1. Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II
2. Pink Floyd - The Wall
3. The Beatles - Abbey Road
4. Fleetwood Mac - Tusk
Normally it would be a "top 5" but there are only four that to me have that impossible to describe quality. If pressed to complete a set of five, then the last place could only be The Dark Side of the Moon, which isn't quite on the same rarified plane of existence as the above mainly because its running time is all too brief (only 42 minutes; Abbey Road is 51 minutes; Tubular Bells II 58 minutes; Tusk 74 minutes; The Wall 81 minutes). What's interesting is that two are double albums from 1979 (Tusk and The Wall; two more double albums from that same year - The Clash, London Calling and Stevie Wonder - Journey through the Secret Life of Plants - also figure among the all time greats, meaning that 1979 really makes a strong case as the ultimate year for popular music).
Of course the "number 1" selection here, Tubular Bells II, is an obvious outlier, being the only one outside of the "classic rock" era (50s-70s) and genre. And yet, for me, it is the most perfectly realized, flawless, complete long player of all time.
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