'Best debut album of all time' according to Uncut Magazine.
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[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Talking Heads `77
They can also go top of the Underated artists poll.
A very good album (and a very underrated one at that) 
I have the American version of the Clash's debut, not the original British release, so I was hesitant to add it to the list for that reason. But going by the American version, you have to stick it on there (White Riot, Bored with the USA, Police and Thieves...
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68Pontiac wrote: It say's it narrowly beat out Television's Marquee Moon.
I bought the Television album sometime back, because it is on all these "best albums ever!" lists. Never really thought that much of it. Is there something I'm missing?JHC
The song ,marquee moon, is in my top 5. 
Each song is stunning.
hibster wrote:
good call on the mogwai - though was v disappointed when i saw them live this year.
Please explain. Even a bad Mogwai gig is stellar by any other bands' standards.
jonathan wrote:
68Pontiac wrote: It say's it narrowly beat out Television's Marquee Moon.
I bought the Television album sometime back, because it is on all these "best albums ever!" lists. Never really thought that much of it. Is there something I'm missing?JHC
It's been awhile since I last listened to it. I'll give it another go, especially the title track that you mentioned. Sometimes I have to be in the right mood to understand an album, might be the case with Television. . .anything in particular that is so facinating about it? For instance, NO-the bass guitar and Bernard's innocent lyrics; The Clash-the beats and clever lyrics; etc.
JHC
dave soligo wrote:
hibster wrote:
good call on the mogwai - though was v disappointed when i saw them live this year.
Please explain. Even a bad Mogwai gig is stellar by any other bands' standards.
i found it genuinly dull was expecting to be blown away, love the albums, but they just didn't do it for me.
dinosaur jr later in the year were as bad but saved it with just like heaven & freakscene
68Pontiac wrote: It say's it narrowly beat out Television's Marquee Moon.
I bought the Television album sometime back, because it is on all these "best albums ever!" lists. Never really thought that much of it. Is there something I'm missing?JHC
Depends what sort of angle you come at it from, I suppose... I bought the album because of plenty of mentions of Television in connection with the criminally-underrated Felt, who I used to absolutely adore and still do - hearing the guitar work and ambitious structures on say Marquee Moon made complete sense to me having done the same a few years earlier at a lot of Felt's work... Don't play the album too much any more, and if I do it's ussually just for MM... Suppose for it's time it was a pretty important album and as an influence on other bands can still be pretty essential, but coming at it 30-odd years later just out of interest I can see why some may be underwhelmed...
SHEDi xxx
[orange]steve[/orange][black]one[/black] wrote: Talking Heads `77
They can also go top of the Underated artists poll.
Where are the Talking Heads underated?
SHEDimon wrote:
68Pontiac wrote: It say's it narrowly beat out Television's Marquee Moon.
I bought the Television album sometime back, because it is on all these "best albums ever!" lists. Never really thought that much of it. Is there something I'm missing?JHC
Depends what sort of angle you come at it from, I suppose... I bought the album because of plenty of mentions of Television in connection with the criminally-underrated Felt, who I used to absolutely adore and still do - hearing the guitar work and ambitious structures on say Marquee Moon made complete sense to me having done the same a few years earlier at a lot of Felt's work... Don't play the album too much any more, and if I do it's ussually just for MM... Suppose for it's time it was a pretty important album and as an influence on other bands can still be pretty essential, but coming at it 30-odd years later just out of interest I can see why some may be underwhelmed...
SHEDi xxx
How exactly did they influence other bands? Would like to know so I can appreciate the music better. Thanks for the write.
JHC
68Pontiac wrote:
How exactly did they influence other bands? Would like to know so I can appreciate the music better. Thanks for the write.
JHC
Well, I meant that a few bands who I like have cited them as an influence, so it's interesting to see how that might manifest itself in their music - and by extension bands influenced by bands influenced by Television - e.g Belle & Sebastian, The Clientele - you can try to hear little bits of all this modern stuff in something nearly 30 years-old and trace these ideas through differents bands work... A lot of B&S tracks are clearly influenced by Felt, and a lot of Felt stuff is clearly influenced by Television... With those reference points it makes the whole exercise more interesting and exciting... Try listening to If You're Feeling Sinister by B&S, followed by The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories by Felt, and then finally the Television album...
SHEDi xxx
SHEDimon wrote:
68Pontiac wrote:
How exactly did they influence other bands? Would like to know so I can appreciate the music better. Thanks for the write.
JHC
Well, I meant that a few bands who I like have cited them as an influence, so it's interesting to see how that might manifest itself in their music - and by extension bands influenced by bands influenced by Television - e.g Belle & Sebastian, The Clientele - you can try to hear little bits of all this modern stuff in something nearly 30 years-old and trace these ideas through differents bands work... A lot of B&S tracks are clearly influenced by Felt, and a lot of Felt stuff is clearly influenced by Television... With those reference points it makes the whole exercise more interesting and exciting... Try listening to If You're Feeling Sinister by B&S, followed by The Strange Idols Pattern And Other Short Stories by Felt, and then finally the Television album...
SHEDi xxx
Thanks! I'll do that!
JHC
