Battle of the Album – The Decades

Hello, and welcome to the battle of the albums, the decade edition where albums will battle it out to be crowded the coldplayer’s favourite album of the 60s, the 70s, the 80s & the 90s before going up each other, plus the winner of the 2000s poll, to be crowded the 2010 coldplayer’s favourite album of all time

 

The format:

Each decade will have its own contest, so one for the 1960s, one for the 1970s, one for the 1980s and the final contest for the 1990s; you will be invited to submit ranked lists of up to 20 albums of your favourite albums from those decades, the higher the album is on your list the more points it will get, simples.

 

Points:

1 - 50

2 - 40

3 - 38

4 - 36

5 - 34

6 - 32

7 - 30

8 - 28

9 - 26

10 - 24

11 - 22

12 - 20

13 - 18

14 - 16

15 - 14

16 - 12

17 - 10

18 - 8

19 - 6

20 - 4

 

First up will the 1960s contest, so get your thinking hats on for your favourite albums of the decades, this thread will be locked on the 19th June, so you have 4 weeks to get your lists in :D

 

Any questions?

Awesome Davey.

1. rubber soul - the beatles

2. the velvet underground and nico - the velvet underground

3. the songs of leonard cohen - leonard cohen

4. revolver - the beatles

5. the velvet underground - the velvet underground

6. five leaves left - nick drake

7. magical mystery tour - the beatles

8. are you experienced - the jimi hendrix experience

9. songs from a room - leonard cohen

10. sgt peppers lonely heart clubs band - the beatles

11. the beatles (the white album) - the beatles

12. let it bleed - the rolling stones

13. electric ladyland - the jimi hendrix experience

14. beggars banquet - the rolling stones

15. strange days - the doors

16. abbey road - the beatles

17. the stooges - the stooges

18. trout mask replica - captain beefheart and his magic band

Yay, this is going to be fun! :awesome:

This would be fun if I wan't only familiar with music from the 2000s... :disappointed:

nice!

 

i'll be posting my list tomorrow!

 

Abbey Road better win or the 60's!

man only 20 albums per decade????

gonna be hard

i really havent heard enough music from the 60s to make a decent list. it really stops for me after the beatles, the stones, the who, hendrix, dylan, cream and the doors.

1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

2. Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

3. David Bowie - Space Oddity

4. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

5. CCR - Green River

6. CCR - Bayou Country

7. Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line

alright then...

 

1.The Beatles - Revolver

2.The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico

3.The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4.The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

5.Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

6.The Kinks - The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society

7.The Beatles - Abbey Road

8.Van Morrison - Astral Weeks

9.Love - Forever Changes

10.The Beatles - The White Album

11.The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed

12.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II

13.The Who - The Who Sell Out

14.The Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet

15.The Beatles - Rubber Soul

16.The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle

17.The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat

18.Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money

19.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

20.Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

 

all of these are at least 9.5/10 albums to me

 

very honorable mentions (cuz i fuckin love these albums)

21.The Byrds - Sweetheart Of The Rodeo

22.The Band - Music From Big Pink

23.Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde

24.The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

25.The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour

26.Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica

27.The Kinks - Arthur Or The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire

28.Cream - Disraeli Gears

29.Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left

30.Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I

31.John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

32.Can - Monster Movie

33.The Who - Tommy

34.The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground

35.Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline

36.Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

37.The Beatles - Please Please Me

1. Abbey Road-The Beatles

2. The White Album-The Beatles

3. Rubber Soul-The Beatles

4. Magical Mystery Tour-The Beatles

5. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band-The Beatles

6. The Doors-The Doors

7. Revolver-The Beatles

8. Led Zeppelin I-Led Zeppelin

9. A Saucerful of Secrets-Pink Floyd

10. Help!-The Beatles

11. In the Court of the Crimson King-King Crimson

12. A Charlie Brown Christmas-Vince Guaraldi

13. Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones-The Monkees

14. Please Please Me-The Beatles

15. Led Zeppelin II-Led Zeppelin

16. Strange Days-The Doors

17. A Hard Days Night-The Beatles

18. With the Beatles-The Beatles

19. Beatles for Sale-The Beatles

20. Let It Bleed-Rolling Stones

 

you'd never think I was a Beatles fan :P

i really havent heard enough music from the 60s to make a decent list. it really stops for me after the beatles, the stones, the who, hendrix, dylan, cream and the doors.

 

Yeah same here :(. But for what I do listen to from the 60s, I would definitely make the Beach Boys win (or The Beatles...).

I think I'm just gonna ignore The Beatles for my list. They already get way too much credit anyway. :tongue:

I think I'm just gonna ignore The Beatles for my list. They already get way too much credit anyway. :tongue:

 

BLASPHEMY!!!

 

 

 

...I've lost a lot of respect

Blasphemy is a victimless crime. :P

They do get far too much credit. They're overrated, really.

But don't get me wrong! I love them!

I'm very meh about them.

gah...

 

I can't be friends with you guys anymore then :(

we're not talking about the beatles here are we..........:stunned:

 

how can people not like at least something about them! like soft rock listen to rubber soul. like guitar rock listen to revolver. like weird as experimental shit listen to sgt peppers. want genuinely brilliant songwriting that makes chris martin sound like an illiterate fool listen to the white album. like a bit of avant garde interspersed with sensible pop listen to abbey road.

 

they're not my favourite band but there is no doubting they made music what it is today.

 

could people do me a favour? when you're listing your faves from the 60s could you please put next to it the year in which it was released. i have a weird fascination with the period of music between 1965 and 1970 and i want to hear more music from it.

This would be fun if I wan't only familiar with music from the 2000s... :disappointed:

 

Me too. The only albums I know from pre-2000's are the Beatles, Styx, U2, and. . . yeah that's about it :sad:

have the beatles won yet?

how can people not like at least something about them! like soft rock listen to rubber soul. like guitar rock listen to revolver. like weird as experimental shit listen to sgt peppers. want genuinely brilliant songwriting that makes chris martin sound like an illiterate fool listen to the white album. like a bit of avant garde interspersed with sensible pop listen to abbey road.

I like some songs and I can see that their influence on pop music was major. But still, I think they are overrated, but that doesn't mean they are no good. I prefer the later weirdish stuff, but there are at least 60s 5-6 bands/artists I like better.

 

I have 22 Johnny Cash albums from the 60s in my library. I could make a Cash-only list. :wacky:

 

 

have the beatles won yet?

There is still hope. :P

Only 20 :angry:

 

1. The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper (my first record I bought with my own money EVER!)

2. Led Zeppelin- I

3. The Yardbirds- Having a Rave Up

4. The Rollings Stones- Beggars Banquet

5. Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced

6. The Beatles- The Beatles aka TheWhite Album

7. Led Zeppelin- II

8. Cream - Disraeli Gears

9. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton

10. The Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

11. The Beatles- Abbey Road

12. The Who- Tommy

13. Steppenwolf- Steppenwolf

14. The Yardbirds- For Your Love

15. The Buffalo Springfield- Retrospective

16. Bob Dylan-Bringing It All Back Home

17. The Who- My Generation

18. The Rolling Stones- Out Of Our Heads

19. Jimi Hendrix- Electric Ladyland

20. The Doors- The Doors

is there a way we can extend it to like 50 albums or something?

 

 

like the 70's is going to be really difficult to only pick 20, there's so many great albums (the best decade for music IMO)

70s is going to be killer.

Although i don't actually have that many full albums, I'm more familiar with some singles from the 70s and 60s.