GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1969

[Serjeant Grumbles]

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Obviously make sure to hit up RYM yourself and search your favourite genres.

The deadline is 19th of April 2018.

The rules:
- submit at least 5 releases.
- first place in your rankings gets 10 points, 2nd gets 9, etcetc, 10th gets 1.
- feel free to post more than 10, but only the top 10 will get points.
- feel free to post less than 10, the same scoring will apply.
- feel free not to rank your picks, in which case all ten picks will get 5.5 points.

GNMD = General Non-Metal Discussion, so NO UNAMBIGUOUSLY METAL ALBUMS are to be included in anybody's list.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Probably won't submit a list for this year unless I go on a listening spree for it. Looking forward to seeing the submissions though.

EDIT: Actually, RYM is already convincing me to give this one a shot:



EDIT: Actually I'm stupid, more was released in this year than I thought, enough to have several albums I enjoy at least

PRELIM

King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
Marva Whitney - It's My Thing
Moondog - Moondog
MIJ - Color by the Number
High Tide - Sea Shanties
The Meters - The Meters
Rare Earth - Get Ready
The Doors - The Soft Parade
The Isley Brothers - It's Our Thing

 

[CiG]

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

 

[CiG]

 

[Bloopy]

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[Slammed]

1. The Who – Tommy
2. Janis Joplin - I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!
3. Neil Diamond - Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show
4. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
5. Neil Diamond - Touching You, Touching Me
6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
9. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
10. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin

HM
The Beatles - Abbey Road
David Bowie - David Bowie [Space Oddity]
Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River

 

[Einherjar86]

1. Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
2. King Crimson, In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Pentangle, Basket of Light
4. Fairport Convention, Unhalfbricking
5. Jethro Tull, Stand Up
6. Townes Van Zandt, Our Mother the Mountain
7. Led Zeppelin, II
8. Pink Floyd, Ummagumma
9. Led Zeppelin, I
10. Fairport Convention, What We Do on our Holidays

I'll see if I can come up with two more. There are a lot to choose from and I'd rather think on it. But these definitely make the top ten.

 

[jimmy101]

Great year for music. Looking forward to sifting through the releases from this year.

 

[challenge_everything]

Quite possibly the greatest year for music ever IMHO

 

[challenge_everything]

High Tide - Sea Shanties

 

[zabu of nΩd]

1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (the perfect hard rock album; single-handedly made the rest of the 60s sound anemic)
2. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3. Jethro Tull - Stand Up
4. The Who - Tommy
5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
6. The Moody Blues - To Our Children's Children's Children
7. Spooky Tooth - Spooky Two
8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
9. The Beatles - Abbey Road
10. Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa

 

[CiG]

1. The Stooges - The Stooges
2. High Tide - Sea Shanties
3. The Shaggs - Philosophy of the World
4. MC5 - Kick Out the Jams
5. Deep Purple - Deep Purple
6. Groundhogs - Blues Obituary
7. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
8. Grand Funk Railroad - On Time
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bayou Country
10. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

Honourable mentions:

Spoiler

11. Blind Faith - Blind Faith
12. Morgen - Morgen
13. Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
14. Laura Nyro - New York Tendaberry
15. Grand Funk - Grand Funk
16. Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
17. Nucleus - Nucleus
18. Leigh Stephens - Red Weather
19. Renaissance - Renaissance
20. Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash

 

[challenge_everything]

I never liked Kick Out the Jams (song) much, should I give the album a go nonetheless?

 

[CiG]

I think it's a masterpiece of raw manly energetic rock and roll proto-punk, but if you don't like that song probably not worth the effort. It's a live album by the way.

 

[Bloopy]

13. Deep Purple - The Book of Taliesyn

Just pointing out this is from 1968. RYM has a later issue as primary.

 

[CiG]

Just pointing out this is from 1968. RYM has a later issue as primary.

Cheers!

 

[Einherjar86]

Shit, I forgot that Fairport Convention released three albums in 1969! I misremembered What We Did on our Holidays and Unhalfbricking as coming out in 1968. Liege & Lief is by far the best of the bunch, but Unhalfbricking makes the list.

Holidays probably doesn't unfortunately, which is too bad because it definitely has one of Fairport's best songs, "Fotheringay."

EDIT: fuck it, Holidays makes the cut. Relistened today, forgot how good the rest of the album is.

 

[Krow]

Crazy year...