Tag: Orchestral Pop

Annotated Short List for Album Battle 1967.

I’m gunna do an album battle. 700 words max.

  • The Beatles – Revolver. This one pretty much has to be in.
  • The Nice – The Thoughts of Emerlast Davjack. I need to hear this one a couple more times before I decide whether or not to include it.
  • John Coltrane – Interstellar Space. fabulous free jazz. Do I like this better than A Love Supreme?
  • Cream – Disraeli Gears. Perhaps the epitomy of heavy psych.
  • The Moody Blues – Days of Future Passed. Gorgeous record.
  • Pink Floyd – Piper at the Gates of Dawn. See Revolver.
  • Frank Zappa – Absolutely Free. Don’t have this one, though I’m sure I could rustle up a copy if I really wanted to.
  • Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding. This one is a near-certainty. Very influential to my songwriting.
  • The Beach Boys – Smiley Smile. This album is one of the weirdest, yet most beautiful recordings ever made.
  • The Byrds – Younger than Yesterday. Chris Hillman’s last album with the band.
  • The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo. Gram Parsons. The one that usually gets written about.

I will narrow this list down to 4. That’s my next post.