Released in the early ninties
Either 1979 or 1980.
Written in the mid-sixites, but I get your point.

8. Kraftwerk: Autobahn

Holy crap, I can't believe you picked this. It was my #9 choice and I thought it would stay undrafted as I've had it on my list since day one. I'll trade you the Sex Pistols for it

I'm actually surprised it was still available. It came to mind and I thought, "Oh, someone already has this..." I looked through the lists, and amazingly, noone had it.

The blueprint for almost all rock and blues albums... and I forgot about it until the 8th round. Shame on me!

Weirdly, I had the Sex Pistols as my #9, only because i forgot about that one, too. You're creeping me out, dude!

Well I noticed early on that nobody was picking blues albums, particularly ones recorded in the 30s. Normally, I would have expected it to go much earlier... but I kept moving it down when it didn't look like the choices would go that way. This contest made me listen to it again and I was amazed at how good it is. +5 cool points for you.

Two of my picks came out recently:

a-ha: Minor Earth|Major Sky
Sparks: Lil' Beethoven

three, if you count my Echo & The Bunnymen box set.


I guess it doesn't bode well for me that you didn't know that.

I have to admit, I'm completely unfamiliar with probably about 10% of the picks thus far and resorted to Amazon to check dates on a couple, hence the mistakes on X and Pharcyde. I knew the history of SMiLe, but am assuming everyone still considers it a 2004 release. Regardless, I was still surprised how many albums since 2000 have been picked.

I feel like a dork for correcting you, but that's what teh intarweb is for, I guess.

Also, if you haven't heard the X or Pharcyde albums, definitely acquire them in short order. Also, get X's live album from 1988 "Live at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go", it's my second favorite live album.

I wasn't counting box sets or reissues. Also, for some reason I thought Minor Earth|Major Sky came out while I was in college (late 90s), but guess I was wrong. Sparks, I have to admit I know nothing about.

Anyway, even if someone knew nothing on your list, I doubt it's much cause for concern. If you look at everyone's tastes combined, it's pretty expansive and pretty diverse. I'd imagine all of our lists will resonate with at least some voters.

In my wallet, I keep a list of artists I hear about, so I remember to check them out when I make it in to my favorite local record store. Pharcyde & X have both been added, along with several other draft picks that piqued my interest. Who's the dork now?

Rd 8: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

A GREAT record!

Round 8: Tift Merritt - Bramble Rose

Saint Etienne - the Misadventures Of Saint Etienne

8. David Bowie - Scary Monsters

Please do this before the voting starts. Especially the X cd.

You need to do yourself a favor and pick up the works of T-Bone Walker. He was the man who inspired and influenced B.B. King and his music is awesome. There's two sets I'd recommend, one of all his work for Capitol, the other for all his work for Imperial. Both are amazing.

If you haven't heard Son House, check him out too. Amazing amazing Delta blues.

Also, if the demographics here were a bit different, I would've picked Sounds of the South as my box set pick. It's basically a collection of field recordings by Alan Lomax from the early 60s. The sound quality is impeccable.



The release of that material made many men national stars where previously they were local musicians or farmers. Incredible.

Great pick. You should pick up Tambourine if you haven't already done so.

Yeah, I'm familiar with Walker and House although I don't own anything by either unfortunately. I do prefer the Delta Blues over the Chicago style. Of course my tastes (and own playing I suppose) is most influenced by white rock bands drawing influence from the original black bluesmen.

I actually haven't heard Sounds of the South, but I knew that Lomax did stuff like that. I ought to check it out.

The picks are really getting interesting now. Can't wait to see what people pull out for the last two rounds.

auto:

BTW, could you fix the spelling of my screen name in the draft post from "illenium" to "illennium"? Thanks.

Crap. There goes my next pick.

Round 8 - The Travelling Wilburys: Vol. 1

i was seriously amazed it didn't get picked already!

Round 8: Travis - The Man Who