ABC's "My Favourite Album" show

[Matt79]

Is on next week I believe.

Have people voted, and if so for what? For non-Aussies, what would you nominate as your favourite album of all time.

I voted for Revolver by the Fab Four. Just a great album with no weak songs, and a fantastic balance of different styles and moods that shouldn't all work together, but does so magnificently.

[Slow Love™]

What can you vote for? Is it an open choice, or is there a limited selection? I haven't paid a lot of attention to this.

So hard to come down to one though. I'd probably say Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Mounting Flame, though Ornette Coleman's Science Fiction is very close behind.

[Matt79]

completely open. Go to the ABC website. It will only allow one vote per IP address.

[James90]

I went for Queen Is Dead by The Smiths.

[BoyBrumby]

So hard to come down to one though. I'd probably say Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Mounting Flame, though Ornette Coleman's Science Fiction is very close behind.

Hmm. Think I'll go out on a limb here & say neither will trouble the scorers unduly.

My favourite album is Astral Weeks by Van Morrison. Not a startlingly original choice, but it is a startlingly original album. Nothing Van's done since has come close, but neither has anything anyone else has done either particularly. It seems to capture everything about the 60s, the youthful searching for identity, the hope, the longing & ultimately the loss. It also shows an astonishing breadth of musical ambition, talking in pop, soul, folk, jazz & pastoral psychedelia without ever sounding like a (shudder) fusion album.

[Slow Love™]

Hmm. Think I'll go out on a limb here & say neither will trouble the scorers unduly.

Yeah, I know. If you're gonna vote in one of these things you have to pick something more generally appreciated, or it's pretty much a waste of time. They are genuinely my two most fave albums at this time, though.

If I was to choose something more mainstream I'd probably go for something like Ziggy Stardust or Sign O' The Times.

[steds]

For non-Aussies, what would you nominate as your favourite album of all time.

The Clash - The Clash

[pasag]

Pretty crap tbh. The panel was dire as was the presenter. Happy with the results though, especially Dark Side at number one and two Beatles albums in the top ten.

[Matt79]

The top ten, and top 100.

1. Pink Floyd — Dark Side Of The Moon
2. Jeff Buckley — Grace
3. Radiohead — Ok Computer
4. The Beatles — Abbey Road
5. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Nirvana — Nevermind
7. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 4
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Blood Sugar Sex Magik
9. Meat Loaf — Bat Out Of Hell
10. U2 — The Joshua Tree


11. Pink Floyd — Wish You Were Here
12. The Beatles — The Beatles - White Album
13. The Beatles — Revolver
14. Pink Floyd — The Wall
15. Radiohead — The Bends
16. Neil Diamond — Hot August Night
17. Neil Young — Harvest
18. Carole King — Tapestry
19. Pearl Jam — Ten
20. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours
21. Tool — Aenima
22. Bob Dylan — Blood On The Tracks
23. Midnight Oil — 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
24. Silverchair — Diorama
25. AC/DC — Back In Black
26. The Clash — London Calling
27. The Whitlams — Eternal Nightcap
28. Queen — A night at the Opera
29. The Pixies — Doolittle
30. Missy Higgins — The Sound Of White
31. Paul Simon — Graceland
32. Anthony Callea — Anthony Callea
33. U2 — Achtung Baby
34. David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars
35. Radiohead — Kid A
36. The Beatles — Rubber Soul
37. The Stone Roses — Stone Roses
38. Wolfmother — Wolfmother
39. Oasis — What's The Story Morning Glory
40. Tool — Lateralus
41. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
42. Bob Dylan — Highway 61
43. Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks
44. Van Morrison — Astral Weeks
45. The Living End — The Living End
46. The Strokes — Is this It?
47. Silverchair — Neon Ballroom
48. The Eagles — Hotel California
49. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead
50. You Am I — Hourly Daily
51. The Cure — Disintegration
52. Bob Dylan — Blonde On Blonde
53. Lou Reed — Transformer
54. Bruce Springsteen — Born To Run
55. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication
56. Metallica — Master of Puppets
57. Cat Stevens — Tea for the Tillerman
58. R.E.M — Automatic For The People
59. Muse — Absolution
60. Joni Mitchell — Blue
61. Prince — Purple Rain
62. ABBA — Arrival
63. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
64. Dire Straits — Brothers In Arms
65. Miles Davis — Kind of Blue
66. Cold Chisel — East
67. The Smashing Pumpkins — Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
68. The Who — Who's Next
69. Yes — Close To The Edge
70. Deep Purple — Machine Head
71. Rage Against The Machine — Rage Against The Machine
72. Green Day — American Idiot
73. Guns N Roses — Appetite For Destruction
74. INXS — Kick
75. David Bowie — Hunky Dory
76. The Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
77. Def Leppard — Hysteria
78. Foo Fighters — The Colour and The Shape
79. U2 — Rattle and Hum
80. Delta Goodrem — Innocent Eyes
81. John Farnham — Whispering Jack
82. You Am I — Hi Fi Way
83. Darren Hayes — The Tension & The Spark
84. Crowded House — Woodface
85. Live — Throwing Copper
86. Nine Inch Nails — The Downward Spiral
87. Massive Attack — Blue Lines
88. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 2
89. Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells
90. Radio Birdman — Radios Appear
91. Ben Folds Five — Whatever and Ever Amen
92. Crowded House — Crowded House
93. Powderfinger — Vulture Street
94. The Killers — Hot Fuss
95. The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
96. Silverchair — Frogstomp
97. Queens Of The Stone Age — Songs For The Deaf
98. Portishead — Dummy
99. Soundgarden — Superunknown
100. The Velvet Underground & Nico — The Velvet Underground & Nico

[Slow Love™]

Didn't watch it, but the promo page on the ABC website promised we'd be told what John Howard played on high rotation.

Something by The Seekers?

[pasag]

32. Anthony Callea — Anthony Callea

Eek.

[Burpey]

Just out of interest, my household owns:

1. Pink Floyd — Dark Side Of The Moon
3. Radiohead — Ok Computer
4. The Beatles — Abbey Road
5. The Beatles — Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
6. Nirvana — Nevermind
7. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 4
8. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Blood Sugar Sex Magik

12. The Beatles — The Beatles - White Album
13. The Beatles — Revolver
14. Pink Floyd — The Wall
15. Radiohead — The Bends
20. Fleetwood Mac — Rumours
24. Silverchair — Diorama
26. The Clash — London Calling
28. Queen — A night at the Opera
31. Paul Simon — Graceland
34. David Bowie — Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars
35. Radiohead — Kid A
36. The Beatles — Rubber Soul
38. Wolfmother — Wolfmother
39. Oasis — What's The Story Morning Glory
41. Coldplay — A Rush of Blood to the Head
43. Sex Pistols — Never Mind the Bollocks
45. The Living End — The Living End
46. The Strokes — Is this It?
47. Silverchair — Neon Ballroom
48. The Eagles — Hotel California
49. The Smiths — The Queen Is Dead
54. Bruce Springsteen — Born To Run
55. Red Hot Chili Peppers — Californication
57. Cat Stevens — Tea for the Tillerman
59. Muse — Absolution
63. Elton John — Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
64. Dire Straits — Brothers In Arms
71. Rage Against The Machine — Rage Against The Machine
74. INXS — Kick
78. Foo Fighters — The Colour and The Shape
80. Delta Goodrem — Innocent Eyes
84. Crowded House — Woodface
88. Led Zeppelin — Led Zeppelin 2
92. Crowded House — Crowded House
93. Powderfinger — Vulture Street
94. The Killers — Hot Fuss
95. The Rolling Stones — Sticky Fingers
96. Silverchair — Frogstomp

[Matt79]

Pretty happy with most of the top 10 - 8 are albums that I have and really rate. Radiohead and Jeff Buckley surprised me, but I can see that others might like them.

Disappointed Revolver didn't get in but with two Beatles albums can't be too upset, Abbey Road and Sgt Pepper's are the more obvious picks for fans.

As pointed out on the show, no black musicians in the top 10, and as NOT pointed out, no female performers in the top 10 either, and no Australian artists either.

Personally I was disappointed that Dylan didn't crack the top 10, and that the Doors didn't get a guernsey in the 100 at all, missing out to Anthony Callea, Delta Goodrem and Darren Hayes. Seriously WTF?

Happy with Dark Side as No.1, I hate to say it but I'm with Dicko, at least with regards to that album. Was a bee's wozit from voting for it myself.

[andyc]

Pretty crap tbh. The panel was dire as was the presenter. Happy with the results though, especially Dark Side at number one and two Beatles albums in the top ten.

I thought Myf was pretty good, and the panel was good for a laugh. Was a decent show for mine.

[Matteh]

Rumours should have been in the top 10.