Musical masterpieces that are considered "Untouchable"...

Ewwww.

 

In A Silent Way.

 

Hard to argue.
I wasn't' really thinking about jazz or classical (or any instrumental music).

 

Kylie Minogue style?

 

How could I forget that one?!!

 

A long play album that is untouchable...?...this one fits those parameters for it's time, it's no DSOTM but it works in a different vein to achieve the same cohesive results. An album that delights from beginning to end.

 

Sometimes I think the 'so called' weaker cuts on classic albums give them character and make them more interesting. Except for 'There's a World' on Harvest. Should have went with the Massey Hall cut for that one.

 

I think of John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Van Morrison's Astral Week as pretty damn good, no real flaws (maybe some of the screaming in the Lennon, but you get used to it, and he does have his own National Lampoon Parody, though you could argue that it is more of a parody of the Rolling Stone Interviews Lennon did at the time).

 

Highway 61
Pet Sounds
Sgt Pepper
Are You Experienced
Exile on Main Street
Songs in the key of Life
Dark Side of the Moon
Thriller
Nevermind
Kid A

 

I generally avoid these kinds of threads on these forums because my taste is different than a lot of people's here. But I will offer this.

 

In no particular order some of my non touchable albums:

Beatles Abby Road
Allman Brothers Band At the Filmore East
Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon
Led Zepplin 1
Jethro Tull Benefit
Derek and the Dominoes
Boston 1
Rolling Stones Let It Bleed
Steely Dan Aja

That's about all right now. More later

Rick G

 

Absolutely. I was just listening to this album last night. A masterpiece. Truly sublime and one of the finest melodic/progressive rock albums ever recorded. It would be a real joy to see this album get the King Crimson-style 40th anniversary two-disc deluxe edition treatment, including a Steve Wilson produced 5.1 mix.

 

I prefer this over Pet Sounds. And I don't like this!

 

I happen to agree with their comments entirely. Sloop John B is a horrible song.

 

I've always disliked Sloop John B but Yellow Submarine is one of worst songs ever created by anyone.

 

Exactly. No album, group or artist is "untouchable".

 

Yes, Yellow Submarine is bad but Sloop John B is far worse. From the moment I heard it as a kid and saw it played by Will Robinson round a campfire in Lost In Space I've hated it.

 

Er.....sure....whatever you think.........

 

Taking animal husbandry to a new level!

 

We'll have to agree to disagree on that.

 

Led zeppelin - 1
Black Sabbat - Paranoid
Iron maiden - Somewhere in time
Deep Purple - Machine head
Rainbow - Rising
Pink Floyd - Dark side of the moon
Motörhead - Ace of spades

Boy, am i in trouble now

 

Yes, we will. I accept Pet Sounds has a lofty place in popular music (as does Beethoven's 5th) but it's just not for me. Never has and never will.

 

What was it about Pet Sounds that didn't click with you?

 

Gonna repeat some for sure.

Dsotm
Wish you were here
Kind of Blue
Blue train
Beethoven symphony 9
Mahler symphony 1
Bach Brandenburg
Sgt. peppers. White album. Abbey road revolver
Sticky fingers. Beggars banquet. Exile
Who's next. Quadrophonia
Born to run
Crime of the century
Most steely dans through Aja
Roxy music through siren
Radio head. Kid a.
Flaming lips yoshimi and bulletin
Joni court and spark. And ladies
Csn first and déjà vu
Neil. Harvest and surrounding albums
Dead. Working mans and beauty
Little feat Columbus
Yes. Yes album. Fragile close to the edge
Gentle giant. Most of the middle period
Genesis. Selling England. Lamb. Trick of the tail
Eno. Green world
Tangerine dream. Phaedra

Sure I missed a bunch
Typos courtesy ipad

 

To be serious, I've never been able to put my finger on why I don't like it. It's been in my record collection for 40 years (and CD collection for 20) and I bring it out for a revisit every few years but it just doesn't connect with me.

Funnily enough, a handful of friends are the same. It's one of those albums people get or don't.