GNMD Poll: Top Ten Albums of 1969

[Somethingface]

I'm thinking about demoting it to second place now. I've always hated Moonchild anyways, though I do love most of the rest.

I could be tempted to put it behind In a Silent Way...

 

[CiG]

He got a pass there because the only word with more than five letters in the title is in his user name.

Guess he could have went “On the Court in the Crimson King” or something.

The Crimson Court of the King is one of the best albums ever, only plebs disagree.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

The title track on Poseidon is godly.

 

[jimmy101]

I could be tempted to put it behind In a Silent Way...

Side two of this album is one of the greatest pieces of music of the 20th century.

 

[Sirjack]

Red and Discipline are defo tops, but Islands and Lizard come close for me. Still haven't gotten around to hearing Starless & Bible Black though. Poseidon and Construkkktion are the only ones that are actually bad.

Hmm SABB is an essential KC purchase of course, and it's wonderful! Jazzy, proggy, has long sections which is what KC do. It's mostly made up of live preformances. Red and Discipline and Island and the brilliant Lizard are amazing. l like Poseidon just as much as ITCOTKC But my favourite KC has got to be Lark's Tongue in Aspic

i actually like 'stairway to heaven' a lot more than 'in the court of the crimson king', which i'd imagine is blasphemy around here.

Seeing 21stCSM used in some ad(s?) somewhere kinda sucks.

What are your thoughts on Discipline crimsonfloyd? That was their last really good album in my opinion.

Discipline is Discipline. There's nothing quite like it. Nobody was going to challenge Elephant Talk after Elephant Talk
it has fear, paranoia, regret, love, intelligence, warmth, wickedness, words with a d this time

 

[Sirjack]

1. Burt Bacharach - Make It Easy On Yourself
2. Chick Corea - Is
3. John Mclaughlin - Extrapolation
4. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
5. Colosseum - The Grass Is Greener
6. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
7. Johnny Winter - Second Coming
8. Led Zepplin - Led Zepplin
9. The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency
10. Led Zeppelin II

 

[no country for old wainds]

Seeing 21stCSM used in some ad(s?) somewhere kinda sucks.

it was sampled on the most hyped album of the decade, had no chance after that

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

1. Johnny Cash - At San Quentin
2. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
3. Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground
4. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5. Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro
6. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
7. Riz Ortolani - Una sull'altra OST
8. Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat
9. Sun Ra - Atlantis
10. Françoise Hardy - One-Nine-Seven-Zero

 

[no country for old wainds]

yall should check out escalator by sam gopal, with a young lemmy in the lineup.

 

[CiG]

Cool album.

 

[crimsonfloyd]

This year is amazing. Every time I think I've got all the great albums, I remember another one.

1. King Crimson- In the Court of the Crimson King (An Observation by King Crimson)
2. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin I
3. Buffy Sainte Marie- Illuminations
4. Neil Young with Crazy Horse- Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
5. Miles Davis- In a Silent Way
6. Sly & the Family Stone- Stand!
7. Jimmy Cliff- Jimmy Cliff
8. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin II
9. Nick Drake- Five Leaves Left
10. Toots & the Maytals- Sweet and Dandy

Honorable Mentions:
Pink Floyd- Ummagumma (would have made the list if it wasn't for that miserable seven minute Nick Mason drum solo)
The Beatles- Abby Road
Joni Mitchell- Clouds
Bob Dylan- Nashville Skyline
The Kinks- Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)
The Band- The Band
Pink Floyd- More
Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed
The Doors- Soft Parade
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul

 

[challenge_everything]

1. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
2. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
3. High Tide - Sea Shanties
4. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
5. Moondog - Moondog
6. The Kinks - Arthur, Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire
7. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
8. The Grateful Dead - Live/Dead
9. Townes Van Zandt - Our Mother The Mountain
10. The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet

 

[CiG]

Led Zeppelin is going to dominate the results... oof.

 

[jimmy101]

1 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
2 King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
3 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
4 The Doors - The Soft Parade
5 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I
6 John McLaughlin - Extrapolation
7 Taste - Taste
8 Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought
9 Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
10 CCR - Willy and the Poor Boys

 

[no country for old wainds]

oh RYM has jewels of thought as 1970 but apparently 'tis '69. i'll check it out 'cause i like karma.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Ruth White - Flowers of Evil needs more love.

 

[Bloopy]

8 Pharoah Sanders - Jewels of Thought

oh RYM has jewels of thought as 1970 but apparently 'tis '69. i'll check it out 'cause i like karma.

It's listed as a best selling jazz LP in Billboard, Aug 1970, and this catalog says 1970 too. I think RYM got it right.

 

[CiG]

Seems bizarre that the label that put out the record is Californian but the sole pressing claiming to be released in 1969 is a Canadian pressing by the same label. Either it's a mistake and the album is indeed a 1970 album or for some reason the label sent a pile of LPs to Canada to be released earlier than in their own country.

 

[Somethingface]

1. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
2. King Crimson - In The Court of the Crimson King
3. Arzachel - Arzachel
4. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
5. Amon Duul II - Phallus Dei
6. Kevin Ayers - Joy of a Toy
7. The Stooges - The Stooges
8. High Tide - Sea Shanties
9. The Soft Machine - Volume Two
10. Can - Monster Movie

Honorable mentions

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground, Jethro Tull - Stand Up, Pharoah Sanders - Karma, Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

I don't really like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones etc. Also haven't had time at this stage to properly listen to artists like Moondog, Open Mind... which from what I've heard could potentially make my list. Will get around to them some time.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Top Ten

1. Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei
2. High Tide - Sea Shanties
3. Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls
4. Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis - Catherine Ribeiro + 2 Bis
5. C.A. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell
6. The Stooges - The Stooges
7. Ruth White - Flowers of Evil
8. Buffy Sainte-Marie - Illuminations
9. King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King
10. Arzachel - Arzachel

Honourable Mention

• Pentangle - Basket of Light
• Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
• Sam Gopal - Escalator