The Telegraph (UK) - 50 amazing albums you've probably never heard (2017)

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Liz Phair | Exile in Guyville | 1993
The Replacements | Let It Be | 1984
Culture | Two Sevens Clash | 1977
The Monks | Black Monk Time | 1966
Eric B. & Rakim | Paid in Full | 1987
Paul Seibel | Woodsmoke & Oranges | 1970
The Postal Service | Give Up | 2003
Joanna Newsom | Divers | 2015
The 13th Floor Elevators | The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators | 1966
NOFX | Punk in Drublic | 1994
The The | Soul Mining | 1983
Lucinda Williams | Car Wheels on a Gravel Road | 1998
Madvillain | Madvillainy | 2004
Bettye Swann | Make Me Yours | 1967
Can | Ege Bamyasi | 1972
Alex G | Rocket | 2017
King Sunny Ade | Juju Music | 1982
Laurie Anderson | Strange Angels | 1989
The Magnetic Fields | 69 Love Songs | 1999
Love | Forever Changes | 1967
Janelle Monae | The ArchAndroid | 2010
Wire | Pink Flag | 1977
Anne Briggs | Anne Briggs | 1971
Burial | Untrue | 2007
Serge Gainsbourg | Histoire de Melody Nelson | 1971
The Descendents | Milo Goes to College | 1982
Os Mutantes | Os Mutantes | 1968
Terry Callier | What Color is Love? | 1972
Mobb Deep | The Infamous | 1995
Brian Eno | Another Green World | 1975
Laura Nyro | Eli and the Thirteenth Confession | 1968
Galaxie 500 | On Fire | 1989
The Modern Lovers | The Modern Lovers | 1976
Nanci Griffith | The Last of the True Believers | 1986
Neutral Milk Hotel | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | 1998
Susanne Sundfør | The Silicone Veil | 2012
Townes van Zandt | Live at the Old Corner, Houston, Texas | 1977
The Necessaries | Event Horizon | 1982
Noname | Telefone | 2016
Big Star | Third | 1978
RX Bandits | The Resignation | 2003
Judee Sill | Heart Food | 1973
Tony! Toni! Tone! | House of Music | 1996
Glen Campbell | Sings the Best of Jimmy Webb | 2006 [compilation]
Fela Kuti | The Best Best of Fela Kuti | 1999 [compilation]
The Mekons | Fear & Whiskey | 1985
The Slits | Cut | 1979
A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory | 1991
Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra | Theater is Evil | 2012
Boards of Canada | Music Has a Right to Children | 1998
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I've like heard of a lot of these albums.
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bootsy wrote:I've like heard of a lot of these albums.
Same here. That's 50 amazing albums you've never heard if you're only listening to the music on mainstream radio, I guess. Oh well, that'll be more votes for Serge Gainsbourg, Laura Nyro, Mobb Deep and A Tribe Called Quest (among others), which I'm totally OK with.
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I raised my eyebrows too at some of these choices, but it's a daily newspaper so after a little thought I think they make sense. Yes the readers probably mostly listen to mainstream music. This is a good start to check out other music.
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Henrik wrote:I raised my eyebrows too at some of these choices, but it's a daily newspaper so after a little thought I think they make sense. Yes the readers probably mostly listen to mainstream music. This is a good start to check out other music.
You've also got to remember they're British, and the Replacements are a pretty American band (it'd be like recommending the Fall to an American).
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I had the same reaction as everyone else when I first saw the list. But ignoring the fact that most of us know most of these albums quite well, there really are a lot of "amazing albums" here!
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jamieW wrote:I had the same reaction as everyone else when I first saw the list. But ignoring the fact that most of us know most of these albums quite well, there really are a lot of "amazing albums" here!
Henrik wrote:I raised my eyebrows too at some of these choices, but it's a daily newspaper so after a little thought I think they make sense. Yes the readers probably mostly listen to mainstream music. This is a good start to check out other music.
Yep you guys are right. These are albums we know but the mainstream probably isn't aware of a lot of these albums so I have to take that into consideration.
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Nice shoutout to Noname's Telefone.
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Madvilliany and Untrue are GOAT
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