Pitchfork Sunday Review Nominations

[notbrianeno]

Every Sunday, Pitchfork posts an essay-length review of a classic album they have yet to review, going into depth behind the albums creation and impact. Today, they are asking for suggestions for future albums to review for this feature--just comment your suggestions on the link to their post below.

https://www.facebook.com/Pitchfork/post ... 2973696000

[Pierre]

Just threw in a semi-joke vote for Alain Bashung's Fantaisie militaire (alongside the probably more manageable Histoire de Melody Nelson)... Who knows? Some dude in their staff might be looking for a challenge. Wishful thinking, I know.

[Live in Phoenix]

I think they gave Histoire a 10.
I wonder what in the AM top 100 albums they haven't rated...

[Pierre]

I think they gave Histoire a 10.
I wonder what in the AM top 100 albums they haven't rated...

Huh? Indeed. I was lured by another dude who voted for Melody Nelson higher in the comments. Thanks for pointing it out. Here's your answer, I think:

Bob Dylan | Blonde on Blonde
Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited
Sex Pistols | Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols
All Jimi Hendrix albums
David Bowie | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon
All The Smiths album
All The Doors album
All Talking Heads album, unless you consider "Talking Heads Brick" the official review for everything
The Rolling Stones | Let It Bleed
R.E.M. | Automatic for the People
All Stevie Wonder albums minus "Songs in the Key of Life"
All The Band albums
All Sly and the Family Stone albums
All Guns N Roses albums minus "Chinese Democracy"
The Clash | The Clash
Basically all Captain Beefheart albums
Portishead | Dummy
David Bowie | Hunky Dory
All John Lennon albums
Carole King | Tapestry
De La Soul | 3 Feet High and Rising
Derek and the Dominos | Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs
Bob Dylan | Bringing It All Back Home
Tom Waits | Rain Dogs
All AC/DC albums

It's a somewhat terrifying list of misses.

[Live in Phoenix]

Thanks, I bet they have significant gaps, though Ziggy has a 10, and the Smiths catalog was reviewed, with at least The Queen Is Dead getting a 10. Typically I would Google "Pitchfork 10," and some guy out there was keeping track.

[Pierre]

Ah, yeah, since Pitchfork does sum up some discographies by reviewing box sets instead of standalone albums, I missed the Smiths and Bowie entries.

[Live in Phoenix]

I brought up the '60s Dylan albums, on Facebook. [And the Sex Pistols, and Trout Mask Replica]

For some reason, they have not pulled the trigger on a '60s albums poll. Though to some extent they've covered this era.

[Jonathon]

They've reviewed Bowie's entire 70s output through reissues/ retrospects/ boxed sets:


Space Oddity- 6.7
The Man Who Sold The World- 8.5
Hunky Dory- 10
Ziggy Stardust- 10
Aladdin Sane- 9
Pin-Ups- 5.9
Diamond Dogs- 9
Young Americans- 8.7
Station to Station- 9.5
Low- 10
Heroes- 10
Lodger- 8.5

Also The Smiths:

The Smiths- 8.8
Hatful of Hollow- 10
Meat is Murder- 8.1
The Queen is Dead- 10
Strangeways, Here We Come- 8.3