The 10 Greatest Albums Ever Made?

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Andy is a drummer, producer and educator. He has toured the world with rock legend Robert Plant and played on classic prog albums by Frost and IQ.
As a drum clinician he has played with Terry Bozzio, Kenny Aronoff, Thomas Lang, Marco Minneman and Mike Portnoy.
He also teaches drums privately and at Kidderminster College

[@ericarmstrong6540]

"Music critics don't review music, they review themselves." - Robert Fripp. I think Robert has a point.

[@h.m.7218]

Check "The Death of Rock'n Roll" by Todd Rundgren. He says more or less the same thing.

[@manuelgasse]

Wow. 👌🏻

[@drdavid1963]

As you do

[@drdavid1963]

I don't feel the same way about music as Zappa does. Didn't much like him anyway

[@ericarmstrong6540]

@@iancrockert5110 I wonder how Frank Zappa would suggest we communicate about music or anything else if we don't talk or use language to discuss it. I like Zappa, but I disagree with him here. It may be like dancing to architecture but it is still the best way humans have available to themselves to communicate ideas.

[@douglasanderson8636]

Nice to hear someone articulating what many of us think.

[@timparker7784]

Agree, wholeheartedly. Stevie deserves a place on any top 10 list! HIs run of classic '70s albums represents the greatest quality of the rock/pop era.

[@jontaylor5482]

Yep. And, as the Beatles release yet another deluxe box set I have to ask, where is the same respect for Stevie? Where are the deluxe box sets of Talking Book? Innervisions? Music of My Mind? Fulfillingness…? And, of course, Songs… There must be soooo much unreleased music from that period. Where are the box sets?

[@mysticmerman]

Yes! His classic run in the 70s is one of the best in all of popular music! I actually think the 1980 album "The Secret Life of Plants" is extremely underrated, strangely divisive and totally glorious. When the second US single "Outside My Window" peaked at #52, it felt like DJs were betraying him. And his most underrated song from the 80s is "Go Home." Way better than "I Just Called" or "Part-Time Lover." Even "Overjoyed" kills those number one hits!

[@CanAlternateLostTape]

As much as I love jazz and fusion and prog, I realize that advanced musicianship doesn’t really matter much to most people. Song writing, singing, and the personality/identity of the performer are what count, not how great of a solo the bass player can play. It is really no surprise you don’t find fusion and prog on these lists, they will always be marginalized genres. Reminds me of the joke, what’s the difference between a rock guitarist and a jazz guitarist? A rock guitarist plays 3 chords for 3,000 people. A jazz guitarist plays 3,000 chords for 3 people.

[@garyhope2]

The rock guitarist makes $3000 or $30,000 or $300,000 for a couple of hours at a large venue filled with people. The Jazz guitarist makes maybe $300 for an hour or an evening.

[@Niels133]

Every day and every mood I'm in, I have a whole new and different top 10.

[@Haterofthepigs]

Here's My Top 10 For Today (It's Always Changing): 1. Animals, Pink Floyd 2. The Dark Side Of The Moon, Pink Floyd 3. Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin 4. Close To The Edge, Yes 5. Abbey Road, The Beatles 6. Wish You Were Here, Pink Floyd 7. In The Court Of The Crimson King, King Crimson 8. Hot Rats, Frank Zappa 9. Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 10. Deep Purple In Rock, Deep Purple

[@roughtakes7271]

Your use of "It's always changing" - is very smart........;-)

[@EsoxMan-xz6hr]

@@roughtakes7271 1,2,3,5,6,9 are all good choices. Hot Rats is great but top 10 is a push...

[@MichaelLynch1]

Great List . Animals #1 👌

[@MrBillBronx]

Animals: Dreary, repetitive music by rich rock idols celebrating their leftist grievances.

[@paulaidenmusic]

Really enjoyed this video. Brilliant!!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thanks Paul

[@shadhansen739]

Takes one to know one... andy is a freaking genius; plus his musical preferences are immediately in line with my own

[@rigelloar7474]

Stevie Wonder's fusion tune you were trying to remember is "Contusion", with Mike Sembello on guitar, I love that tune. Stevie is truly awesome.

[@richardriley4415]

Good discussion. It took me a bit to see where you were going but was worth it. New subscriber.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thanks for the sub!

[@darrenmaxwell1085]

I have to say I’m a big Dylan fan and Blood on the Tracks has always been my favorite.

[@larryfisher7056]

I'd say Blonde on Blonde, but BotT is remarkable..

[@vdggmouse9512]

The greatest albums ever made are the albums that every single music lover chooses to be their favorite albums. So their really is no answer as to what albums are the greatest. The most sold albums - are they the greatest? We all have our own favorites and just have to accept music for what it is - an enormous pie of flavors that satisfy all of us from some of the time to most of the time.

[@treff9226]

Nicely said....music is subjective. I will say I wish people could borrow my ears - they have amazing taste in music! Hee haw!

[@preservedmoose]

I like the click-bait title and it is a great way to discuss the subject! This was fun!

[@scoop1178]

when click-bait was not click-bait I thought it was great. Picking up the audience with a headline and then working 20 minutes to ensure that there was a question mark at the end of the headline! Didactic masterpiece

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I could have a thumbnail of me cut out looking puzzled holding my chin with the cover of Sgt Pepper in the background but I'm afraid I don't have the staff for that....

[@preservedmoose]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer hahaha 🤣

[@adamgrant7951]

My friend, John told me about this channel, I really enjoy it. Spot on regarding the music critics and Morrissey. Because he's vegetarian they assumed he was archetypal Guardian reader and when they found out he wasn't he's gone from being W B Yeats to persona non grata. Either he is a great lyricist/poet or he isn't. The fact the music press have changed their views on his work because they don't like his views shows how superficial most of them are.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Spot on...Morrissey is an Anglophile and his music, like most prog, is infused with the English aesthetic. He wishes to conserve that aesthetic and a few clunky comments regarding this have not gone down well with that left wing priveleged virtue signalling elite. Of course if any other culture was celebrating their cultural background in the same way this would be celebrated. I support jazz here and celebrate that culture and I celebrate the English aesthetic too. It is possible to love both.

[@adamgrant7951]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer When I listen to Piper's at The Gates of Dawn or Selling England by the Pound ,I feel like I'm reading Wind in the Willows or Alice and Wonderland. With Morrissey's work it's like a cross between Alan Bennett and the Carry On films. Can't think of anyone who does anything similar,now.

[@TheFormerkgbchief]

Not really, as he also wrote The Queen is Dead and Margaret on the Guillotine.

[@adamgrant7951]

@@TheFormerkgbchief not really what?

[@stevesheroan4131]

I like the Smiths and Morrissey’s solo stuff quite a bit, but I absolutely despise Morrissey. I think he’s the benchmark for separating the artist from the art.

[@guillaumechabason3165]

Those music magazines are on the top list of the best hygienic papers ever made

[@MichaelLynch1]

Here's Mine.. 1. AC/DC - Let There Be Rock 2. T Rex - Tanx 3. Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks 4. Pink Floyd - Wish you were here 5. Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti 6. Japan - Adolescent Sex 7. Bob Dylan - Desire 8. Van Halen - Van Halen 1 9. Frank Sinatra - Greatest Hits 10. The Beatles - 1

[@user-qn7qw7dj6m]

The Band. Invented Americana. So influential. Brilliant music from storied musicians,

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I hate Americana...never trust a musician a waistcoat with a beard

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummerChuckie Cheze animatronics

[@michaelrandall9034]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer I agree 100%.

[@woxyroxme]

I have my own top ten list 1. Close To The Edge - Yes 2. Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson 3. Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4. Animals - Pink Floyd 5. Long Distance Voyager - Moody Blues 6. Mirage - Camel 7. Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa 8. Lost Souls - Doves 9. Currents - Tame Impala 10. Within And Without - Washed Out

[@nintzelj]

for me, this is a fantastic list

[@frankottont3769]

Animals is perfect but hardly innovative, I'd rather pick The Piper or Atom Heart Mother instead. Moodies' In Search of the Lost Chord, for the same reason. And I would stick Genesis' Nursery Cryme somewhere there in your great list.

[@AndyGrazianoNYC]

FZ wrapped it up best: "Rock journalism is people who can’t write interviewing people who can’t talk for people who can’t read."

[@MrMaynardWR]

I keep seeing Pet Sounds on these lists and I always give it another listen. Each time I realize that I hate that album and so this time I'm not going to take the bait.

[@davidlaw689]

It's a good album and doesn't even come close to being great. Completely overrated

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I was a teenager when it was released, and I'm fine with it being considered a "top album of all time". Probably not top-10, but it was pretty amazing for the time it was released. The thing is, it hasn't really improved with age. There are now so many other albums which have reached similar heights, so now it seems like "just another album" with some good songs, great production, and great harmonies.

[@anthonyclarke5579]

I bought the (green) box set with of the studio time cds. It doesn't have legs and is of its time. Disappointment.

[@barrymoore4470]

@@davidlaw689 I agree it's been wildly overrated. It's historically important in helping to inspire 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', and is indeed enjoyable in itself, but isn't a great work of art to my ears.

[@KneeAches]

I listen to Pet Sounds every year. Ahh, I sort of get why people see it as this major LP but I just find it annoying. Not that there isn’t a number of good tunes. That organ….sounds like a carnival.

[@Dr.TJ1]

Here’s my top 10: 1. Who’s Next - The Who; Tough choice over Tommy, but a slight nod to this one. 2. Abbey Road - The Beatles; I just think the last 15 minutes is the greatest 15 minutes of music since Beethoven. 3. Innervisions - Stevie Wonder; Definitely better than Songs in the Key of Life. 4. Led Zeppelin IV - enough said, although Houses of the Holy can give it a run due to the incredible variation in songs. 5. Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd; so innovative. 6. Boston - Boston; every song was great enough to get airplay. 7. Rumours - Fleetwood Mac; although the self-titled album from 1975 is almost as good. 8. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen; every track is great with fantastic sax playing. 9. Breakfast in America - Supertramp; this album is often overlooked in greatest of all time lists but it’s great from start to finish. 10. Thriller - Michael Jackson; hard to understand how anybody could leave this off a top ten list. A few notes: I didn’t want to choose an artist more than once to spread out the wealth. I stuck to rock/pop, which left Davis and Coltrane off this list. Tapestry would have been my next choice and was difficult to leave off. I think Pet Sounds is a bit overrated with only a few great songs and some throwaway, but I understand how The Beach Boys changed direction. Same for most Rolling Stones albums, a few great with some throwaway mixed in. I understand the innovation that was Nirvana but I still think their music is massively overrated (same with Velvet Underground) and they only get rated so high because Cobain died young. Obviously, I grew up in the 70s, but I still think that’s where the most creative and listenable rock comes from.

[@Joe-lb8qn]

Who's next is the only vinyl album i ever wore out.(yes I'm that old) It is perfect, in part because every track is not only perfect, but no fillers.

[@palacerevolution2000]

Love your style , man.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I appreciate that!

[@olaf1191]

Love this video! 👍

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Thank you!

[@painless465]

"contusion" is the track on SITKOL that is "fusion" ; My top ten albums; 1.Exile on Main Street-Rolling Stones 2.Highway 61 Revisited-Bob Dylan 3.Marquee Moon-Television 4.Layla..-Derek & the Dominoes 5.Rust Never Sleeps-Neil Young 6.Station to Staion-David Bowie 7.Pink Flag-Wire 8.Court and Spark-Joni Mitchell 9.Close to the Edge-Yes 10.Secret Treaties-Blue Oyster Cult

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I have come up with my 10 greatest albums ever video and it premieres this Friday...we agree on one!!!

[@flame-sky7148]

I would have put Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys, I know its live, but its a classic one of a kind.

[@alanmatthew5713]

My favorite records are "Joe's Garage," "Tales From Topographic Oceans" and "Bitches Brew." I also love "Aja" and "A Wizard, A True Star."

[@h.m.7218]

About AWATS and TFTO : when I fell into the Todd Rundgren blackhole at the beginning of the 80s, I remember reading that he was a Yes fan and was listening to Roundabout every morning ( a Bebe Buell memory ). Only knew Yes by name so I went to listen to TFTO and Close to the Edge. I remember being first very disappointed. So I insisted a little and... OK : this is not for me. I do like Roundagout though.

[@barrybarry9714]

Agree with your approach 100% Have to say paranoid album by sabbs was so important to me, it needs to be there. Not cool I know but what an impact

[@timfry823]

The Who "Who's Next" might be one if the greatest albums ever made. And when is the last time anyone ever cared about any list ever put out by Rolling Stone magazine?

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I would just like to talk about music...but they don't watch unless it's a list...why did you click?

[@timfry823]

List are great and I really enjoy your breakdowns. I agree with you that the Rolling Stone and NME list are just there to satisfy some arrogant, elitist mindset

[@user-qt3dg3qn6x]

Agree, Rolling Stone magazine is full of pretentious journo's who just like to be 'Controversial' and just come across as musical snobs.

[@garethedwards5616]

Thanks Andy. On the money. From Soft Machine, Santana, Wonder, ISB & Gong through to individual tracks by Archive, Röyksopp, Heilung & Unkle & ...... the very idea of 10 (or 100) best Albums is now relevant or defensible. There is just too much years of wonderful, amazingly glorious diversity & richness. Today such lists are simply meaningless clickbait.

[@richardrose2606]

I believe you meant "not relevant or defensible".

[@nintzelj]

thanks Andy! I really enjoyed this video and your perspective. If someone wants to publish a list called The 10 Greatest Albums of All Time, it would be helpful for them to start out by defining the criteria to be met to make said list. Then we'd at least have an inkling as to why each particular album is there. And a little blurb about each of the albums on the list as to how it got there.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Even though it's stupid...I'm doing one...

[@nintzelj]

ahh, it's fun! it will probably change in 2 minutes. Hope we get to see it and hear why you chose each one. I'll be going back and watching all your videos.

[@richardrose2606]

Spot on. If one of the criteria is influence (and I think it should be), then any obscure or semi-obscure album will automatically be excluded. Also, this is why if Dylan must be on such a list then Highway 61 Revisited should be included over Blood on the Tracks, no matter how good the latter is.

[@bassmonk2920]

Thanks for the education...

[@syn707]

I In retrospect, I think I bought Velvet Undgrounds ‘Banana’ because it reminded me of a toy my sister and I played with in the early 60s called Colorform. The music was dreary and immediately ended up in the back of my collection!

[@vladimirmihajlovic2485]

Not sure if anyone mentioned, but the fusion instrumental on Songs In The Key Of Life is called Contusion, if my memory serves me well

[@eximusic]

Rumours is a good choice purely based on artistic merit and recording quality.

[@alexposilkin9683]

That NME list is pretty special. Has this made you want to make up your own Top 10 innovative albums or artists lists? What makes something an innovation in music? Is it using a piece of gear that’s never been used before to create new sounds, a change in form, new approaches to lyricism, etc. For me, I think of artists like Arsenio Rodriguez, Hank Williams, Bill Monroe, Chuck Berry, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Miles & Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Fela Kuti, Can, Kraftwerk, Black Sabbath, Glenn Branca, Einstruzende Neubauten, Steve Coleman, etc etc etc. I’d be interested to see people’s ideas about that… Or we can just listen to Last Night by The Strokes.

[@mysticmerman]

Laurie Anderson should probably on that list too! Total innovator.

[@HoosierRooster]

Rubber Soul is the only Beatles album I've owned it on 8-track cassette LP and CD

[@mikkopenttila7604]

Loved your assessments, particularly of Oasis.

[@ericmckayrq]

Agree with your general take on these lists

[@nicksundby]

First time to hear you...subbed

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Awesome, thank you!

[@juliematthews6961]

brilliant analysis of Lomax et al. In complete agreement.

[@shaykosovac8722]

Bingo! You're spot on.

[@leonmarkrodziewicz279]

The thing is that it's always down to personal opinions, and no two people will come up with exactly the same preferences. My own preference is heavily geared towards the classic rock era and although it would change from time to time, currently it would be something like (in no particular order and limiting to one per artist): Made in Japan - Deep Purple Rubber Soul - Beatles Permanent Waves - Rush Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy Abraxus - Santana Selling England By The Pound - Genesis Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Calling Card - Rory Gallagher Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Thriller - Michael Jackson I'm willing to bet though that no one else comes up with the same list!

[@GravyDaveNewson]

couldn't agree more with your comments, particularly about the attitudes and motivations of critics.

[@Joooools5000]

Looking forward to the Joni Mitchell - my two favourites are Ladies of the Canyon and For the Roses, and I'm a big jazz fan too. Paprika Plains is pretty awesome though.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

If you are a Dylan and Joni fan it might be interesting for you to watch my 10 Greatest Albums video coming out on Friday.

[@Joooools5000]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Will definitely watch, looking forward to it.

[@vdggmouse9512]

My top 10 albums would come from these artists - Miles Davis John Coltrane Frank Sinatra The Beatles The Beach Boys The Rolling Stones The Kinks The Who Bob Dylan Neil Young The Guess Who Pink Floyd King Crimson Yes Genesis Gentle Giant Van der Graaf Generator Peter Hammill Tangerine Dream Klaus Schulze Led Zeppelin Jethro Tull Soft Machine Caravan Camel Fairport Convention Renaissance Jimi Hendrix Cardiacs Marillion Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Le Orme Premiata Forneria Marconi Porcupine Tree Red Hot Chili Peppers Yo La Tengo Stereolab After Crying Cast Can Faust Grobschnitt Emerson Lake and Palmer Goblin Nektar Mike Oldfield Echolyn Isildurs Bane Earl Scruggs John Hartford Kris Kristofferson That should be enough - my top 10 is somewhere in these artists!

[@mister3566]

I know my eyes aren't the best anymore but I can't see Bowie in your list

[@keisi1574]

@@mister3566 Good observation. I didn't see Van Morrison on it...Great list, though.

[@kenneththompson8933]

Where is Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band....c'mon..

[@vdggmouse9512]

@@kenneththompson8933 And on other days my top 10 could come from these artists! Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band Nathan Mahl Henry Cow IQ Kayak Fruup The Moody Blues Area Mona Lisa Atoll Gordon Giltrap Steeleye Span Steely Dan Bert Jansch John Renbourn Cliffhanger Egoband Eternity-X Triumvirat Ars Nova Space Art Vangelis Jean Michel Jarre Ayuo Grateful Dead Cat Stevens Djam Karet Shylock Clearlight Symphony Mushroom Guy Manning Love Perigeo Zappa Jefferson Airplane Amon Duul Neu Spirit Quicksilver Messenger Service Chicago Savoy Brown Canned Heat Wild Turkey Bloodwyn Pig Kitaro The Residents Caetano Veloso Manu Chao Mana Santana Cafe Te Cuba Maneige Kevin Ayres Kubuschnitt Hatfield and the North National Health Be Bop Deluxe Bill Nelson Il Rovescio Della Medaglia Gong The Flower Kings Traffic The Yardbirds OK - hope that does a better job of covering my top 10.

[@vdggmouse9512]

@@keisi1574 Hi Phunkadelic and Mister - sorry for the oversight - I guess Van the Man and Bowie are top 15 instead of top 10!

[@deanlester3967]

Hello, I always love and respect your comments on music, I notice especially among the young, they give there top ten albums , purely on what they are into, if it’s Pop, it’s 10 Pop albums, if it’s Rock it’s 10 Rock albums, I myself love Jazz, Blues, Rock, Country and Pop in that order, and I think that people need to understand all the genres for a really true assessment, best wishes.

[@mysticmerman]

He played with Terry Bozio, one of the best most underrated drummers of all time. If you toured with Zappa, you had to be amazing!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I played with Terry Bozzio once....

[@mysticmerman]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer still epic!

[@FantomWireBrian]

Two of the heaviest played LP s in the early seventies that seems to be at every party., were " Get your Ya Ya's out" and "Who's next"'We used to call them "'Road map albums" because they usually were scratched and worn out from being played so much. 😎

[@HoosierRooster]

Who's next is on my top 10 list ever

[@FantomWireBrian]

@@HoosierRooster I wasn't that into the LP ""Who's next " , but that being played so much you couldn't resist. " Going mobile " was my favorite and way underated. I feel guilty picking that out, because all the songs are top shelf. A total masterpiece LP . 😎

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

My top ten. 1. U2 / Achtung Baby 2. Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 3. The Future Sound of London / Lifeforms. 4. Midlake / Trials of Van Occupanther. 5. The Decemberists / Castaways and Cutouts 6. Beck / Mutations 7. Miles Davis / Get Up With It 8. Speedy J / Ginger 9. Red Snapper / Prince Blimey 10. Shpongle / Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland

[@davidrogers3875]

Dear Andy, thanks for the video. Sadly you have made a common mistake. The greatest albums of all time are nothing to do with music. So here, in no particular order are my idea of the greatest albums of all time and the reasons why they are on the list. Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”. Great because it showed people that it was cool to wear sunglasses indoors. Charles Mingus “Live at Antibes”. "We can go to the south of France, perform to the elite and play it safe (thereby cementing our status) or we can play our hearts out and hope they get it." Watch the live youtube video of “Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting” from this concert. It is one of the most sensational musical performances. Dannie Richmond on drums. Tasty. The Velvet Underground and Nico. This is great because a generation if kids heard it and thought, “that sounds simple, I could do that”. The Sex Pistols “Never Mind the Bollocks”. This album is great because it said “you do not have to re-do what has been done before.” Throbbing Gristle “Heathen Earth”. This is great because it said, “you can do anything you want.” My Bloody Valentine “Loveless”. This is great because it showed that sonics are not just about melody and chord progression. Alternative TV / The Good Missionaries “Scars On Sunday”. Side one, the band breaks up in the middle of this live performance. Side 2, the band reforms under a new name with all of the shackles off. A cacophonous improvisation from non musicians. From about the 10 minute mark on side 2 when Mark Perry shouts, “Restaurants, vibing up the senile man” I regard this as lightening captured in a jar. If the truth exists, it is written on a scrap of paper, floating on some water in the gutter, traveling towards the drain. Planet Gong “Floating Anarchy”. This is great because when I was a teenager this group of anarchists came on their bus, to my home town of Nuneaton, they played a free concert, my head exploded and I have never been the same since. Keep up the good work.

[@haeuptlingaberja4927]

Floating Anarchy is so, so brilliant because it showcases Gong's ability to destroy genres. Who else can do jazz fusion and punk within 5 years, much less all the other genre invasions they've perpetrated?

[@taagenletter220]

Wow. I really liked the subject here. What makes stuff important? Great video.

[@davidsouthall965]

Hi Andy, Can you tell me the two best Jazz albums I should listen to please? I will consider it a gift and thank you.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane and Waltz for Debbie by Bill Evans

[@davidsouthall965]

Just listened to A Love Supreme in the car and was blown away. not going to comment until I run it through the SONOS but it is incredible and thank you. I'm now going to spend the next couple of days working out who the best bands I've seen Live. Different in Australia andI get that, but not number one, but when I saw Duran Duran in Melbourne 1981 it was like going to Beatles concert where the sreaming was so loud I could barely hear the music. In addition to that, they hadn't written all their crap songs just yet, only their good ones so it was quite exiting and being an ex-brummie I liked it.@@AndyEdwardsDrummer

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

@@davidsouthall965 My job done today!

[@kannonmcafee]

You really sorted them out. What you say makes sense. I look to lists like these from music media to try to expand my musical tastes, but so far it hasn't helped. Random exploration of youtube has proved more musically fruitful.

[@comfyft]

Did you ever do that video on " authenticity" in rock and pop culture. If not could I request that you do, please?

[@davidmeraz5263]

One should replace greatest with favorite in these list..with that said these are mine : 1.Astral Weeks : Van Morrison 2 Tapestry : Carol King 3. What's Goin On : Marvin Gaye 4. Pet Sounds : Beach Boys 5. Blonde on Blonde : Bob Dylan 6. Rubber Soul : The Beatles 7. London Calling : The Clash 8. For The Roses : Joni Mitchell 9. Dark Side of The Moon : Pink Floyd 10 Exile on Main Street : Rolling Stones

[@steveneardley7541]

It's a list I can at least relate to. Dark Side of the Moon is also my favorite Pink Floyd album, though my favorite of their songs is See Emily Play. I would replace Pet Sounds with Alice Cooper's Killer. Blonde on Blonde definitely belongs on any list, also Revolver though I also love Rubber Soul. I have a soft spot for Satanic Majesty's Request. Also Joan Baez' Any Day Now, which is all Dylan songs. I OD'ed on the Clash when I was hanging out with an anarchist collective. I never want to hear them again.

[@shadhansen739]

Great list, all that's missing is anything by ZAPPA😮

[@kennethdias9988]

Aja , Boston, Hotel California, Dark Side of the Moon, Bright size Life, Rubber Soul, Sargent Peppers , Kind of Blue , George Benson CookBook, Machine Head. My top Ten. Do a deep into Steely Dan.

[@stellasvartur4547]

Getz/Gilberto is the best Album ever made. It's Jazz, it's Pop, it's Samba, it's timeless. It still sounds utterly wonderful and there is not a single thing I would change apart from having it three times as long. The second best album is probably 'You're living all over me' by Dinosaur Jr. I loved it when it came out and it has grown on me ever since.

[@tripp8833]

You’re a smart guy …good video

[@jpcdoran]

I believe Pet Sounds was inspired by Rubber Soul, not Revolver.

[@victorbloom8286]

Everyone forgets Small Faces Ogden's Nut Gone Flake. This started Psych.

[@haihechina]

Great comment. itchykoo park another. I love the Small Faces, Robert Plant readily admitted to trying to sing like Marriot.

[@victorbloom8286]

@@haihechina only just got a chance to add a English Stereo Press to My Collection. . Still looking for the Mono .

[@richardrose2606]

That's an opinion, not a fact. That is because what is and what is not psychedelic music has never been defined. This is true about most genres or sub-genres but is especially a problem for psychedelic art.

[@victorbloom8286]

@@richardrose2606 True . However I would Include them as I would definitely include Frank Zappa . It's trully open To interpretation according to Your Own Tastes . Keep the Faith .

[@richardrose2606]

@@victorbloom8286 I'm afraid I wasn't clear. I believe that that album by Small Faces is psychedelic. I disagree that it "started Psyche".

[@johnayres2303]

I think a top ten list can only be a very personal thing. My greatest album of all time is: I Sing the Body Electric by Weather Report but I expect not one in a million would agree with me.

[@naderzekrya5238]

'I Sing the Body Electric" ended up becoming my favourite and most listened to WR album. Why? Cause it's less defined, less tangible and less memorable. I'll take it on a desert island in favour of the rest - though I love them all

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

Love Weather Report and that is a solid album. My favourite is Black Market. The musicianship on those albums is off the charts.

[@MrRobby280]

Absolutely right. Bob Dylan early 60s music was a huge influence on the San Francisco and LA music scene of the later 60s into the 70s. The Byrd’s, Hendrix, the singer song writers, massive group of artists.

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

I suspect _"What's Going On"_ gets attention because it was such an abrupt turn for Marvin Gaye. He'd had all kinds of songs about love, sex, and relationships, and then suddenly he's doing an album which comments on the society.

[@patfrat666]

(You) Nailed (most of) it.

[@terryjohnson5275]

Agree with everything you say on this Andy. My term for most of those choices are that they are the 'worthies' about whom we unworthy people need to be educated, the problem being, perhaps more so in the past when there was less access to everything, that the 'worthy' influencers directed people in a cultish way down a path that they want to herd them so that the critic can be lauded and worshipped by their followers. Many years ago when I had a discussion with a work colleague about Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans (not that that's one of the greatest ever, desite being my favourite - although arguably Close to the Edge could occupy a slot in a greatest ever top 10) whereby he said it was overblown rubbish - but have you heard it I asked - 'er no' he replied 'but I've read enough critiques about it to be able to be assured that that's the case.' I have no idea if he ever did listen to it with or without prejudice as I left fairly soon after. It would be interesting to go back and see what was in their lists ten , twenty, thirty years ago, and whether back in the 70's and 80's they had any Beatles in there at all. Look forward to your video on authenticity as I think I may also share your views on that one.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Great comment and I think you hit nail on the head. Topographic is greater than most the albums on that list. It's always beautiful and in places sublime. They can't hear it though.

[@richardsutton01]

Good point about Yes .... but perhaps that also serves to illustrate the problem with such lists. I listened to the first two Yes albums when they were released and thought they were good but were, fundamentally, extensions of what other bands were also doing. And then came The Yes Album. I could hardly believe that it was the same band, and in many ways, it wasn't, but the Yes Album sounded like nothing I had ever heard before. I have all the Yes albums up to Close to the Edge and still listen to them all but, to me, The Yes Album is still the bedrock of so much that followed over the succeeding 50 years that it is still my favourite by Yes and would feature in my top 10 because it was both ground-breaking and great music. Fragile, CTTE, TFTO etc are also a great albums but, to my mind, clearly build on the TYA foundations.

[@justgimmesometruth1136]

With a list like that they should be called Trolling Stone

[@slumdogjay]

Spot on.

[@Catwallager]

The Kick Inside - Kate Bush Tapestry - Carole King Blue - Joni Mitchell Parallel Lines - Blondie.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

You have reminded me of some fantastic albums. Someone borrowed Blue from me more than 30 years ago and never gave it back. I hope it still gets played. Kate Bush, enough said!

[@terryarnett442]

No lumping it from me! You make fantastic and totally valid points! It's all subjective, isn't it? I mean - I consider XTC/Dukes Of Stratosphear as perhaps a Top 10er... without them, Britpop may never have happened (under Dukes at least). 10cc? The Original Soundtrack? Progressive in its approach to recording and engineering... oh, I could go on, but I won't! Kudos to you, Sir!

[@adamp2029]

Hey Terry! (MaxPower, btw)

[@rogerpatton2242]

Hey, I know you two! And you're right, XTC should be on the list.

[@erichodge567]

That was very interesting.

[@anthonysilva5312]

Would love to see you explore the life and catalogue of Joni Mitchell. One of my faves. 🇨🇦

[@johnbrowne2170]

Court and Spark is my favourite Joni album.

[@Ihy744ppp]

Was Cuntusion the fusion number you meant?

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Yes...what did I call it?

[@Ihy744ppp]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer You didn't, but it must be that track.

[@MrBillBronx]

This is one of the best takedowns of top ten album lists I have ever heard. The lists are not about music.

[@davidlee6720]

a lot of us don't quite get jazz either, like you know how to cook but just shove everything into the mix then shake - especially Coltrane - I do like Miles Davis, sorry, probably more to it than that, I know you are not obsessed and like a wide variety of all music - and I do enjoy your show and your funny personality and always join when you upload. Mostly agree with you eclectic choice anyway paradoxically!

[@davestephens6421]

No Miles???? Pet Sounds is the only one I agree with.....masterpiece!!!!

[@marcelpool4377]

"I don't believe in authenticity" - great statement!

[@arnaudb.7669]

The ten greatest albums ever made? Maybe : 1- Wagner : Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Solti) 2- Schonberg : Moses Und Aron (Gielen) 3- Mingus : The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 4- Jarrett : The Survivors Suite 5- Coltrane : A Love Supreme 6- Stravinsky : Petrushka/The Rite of Spring (Boulez Sony) 7- Mahler : Symphony n°2 (Bernstein DG) 8- Corea/Burton : Lyric Suite for Sextet 9- Miles Davis : Kind of Blue 10- Magma : KA

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Heavy choices!!!

[@continentalgin]

I love Classical, so your list is fun. Impossible for me to do a top ten, there are too many greats to divide out just ten.

[@iangelling]

There are two types of listeners. People for whom music is a background accompaniment to life, and people for whom music is an indispensable part of their lives. Writers for NME and Rolling Stone fall into the first category, by and large. There are some exceptions, but it’s the case. They were taught to nod to the man, build bands up and knock them right down again to sell papers.

[@pauldenby878]

I enjoyed that - I can't remember what is was about though! 😉

[@davidhagedorn5009]

I have a lot of disagreements with Rolling Stone's list but I think that's the point. Also I thought the list was the result of the votes of a group of people. The big change this time was in the makeup of the group so there were some big changes to the list though who you choose helps determine the list. Interesting hearing your views nevertheless.

[@richardsutton01]

As others have suggested, it seems to me that such a list must balance two factors, one being whether the artist/album changed the course of music going forwards and whether the album was actually great music to listen to. Any such list which does not include Miles Davis falls at the first hurdle.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

My Criteria: Popularity/Sales. Innovation, Skill level, Cultural Impact, The 'message' and finally my personal taste. Judging them this way it is apparent these lists are neither objective or subjective. They are in the middle and there is a discussion to be had that illuminates how we are all different but the same. That's we people watch them.

[@Joooools5000]

For Blood on the Tracks I'll side with RS. You're right that his mid-60s stuff was more groundbreaking and influential - but they maybe thought that they had to have a Dylan in there as one of the greatest and most important artists of all time, and then chose what they regarded as his best music. I'd go for Blood on the Tracks as his best as well. I've watched how what is currently accepted as the Beatles greatest has progressed over forty years. Seems to have been Sgt Pepper in the 80s, Revolver in the 90s, White Album in the 00s, then Abbey Road and I think we're now back to Revolver!

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I would have great difficulty grading Dylan musically. He is undoubtably the most important musician of the last sixty years and when I listen to Highway 61 it's almost astonishing what he achieves on that album. But musicially? I could not comment on what his best is.

[@jseymourguenther6527]

Made the same point before I saw your comment, Julian, but yeah - second that!

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

Agreed, Blood on the Tracks is his greatest album. His 60s stuff was interesting, but musically his 70s albums are far superior.

[@eubieland]

Based on our musical twin-ness, I'm seeing if you are listening to the same oddball stuff I am, but have not mentioned due to it's obscurity. #1XTC - Skylarking #2 - Jellyfish - Bellybutton #3 BeBop Deluxe -Sunburst Finish #4 Catherine Wheel - Happy Days #5 Magnus Ostrom - Parachute #6 Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel? #6 Morphine - Cure For Pain #7 Adrian Belew - Inner Revolution #8 Dixie Dregs - What If #9 The Nines - Calling Distance Stations #10 Pugwash - The Olympus Sound. Thank you. You rock.

[@h.m.7218]

In relation with Jellyfish ( both their two albums are great indeed ), do you know Falkner's first full fledged solo album "Author unknown" ?

[@johnpace5774]

I would love to see your video on Joni. From folk to fusion…….?

[@sinnamon483]

Two of my all time fave albums are Guns N Roses Appetite and Nas Illmatic

[@RocketKirchner]

Who’s Next Electric Ladyland Don Juan reckless daughter - Joni Slow train coming - Dylan Kind of Blue - miles Nebraska - Springsteen Court of crimson king Inner mounting flame Thursday afternoon - Eno Dancing in dragons jaws - Cockburn Proof through the night - T Bone Burnett Arial Boundries - Micheal Hedges

[@ruffian1868]

I feel John Cale was more important to the VU ? His solo output and production credits shows just how great he is.

[@fmellish71]

Why Rolling Stone picked these albums: 10. Miseducation of Lauren Hill: black woman recognition 9. Blood on the Tracks: it's Dylan's most SELF-confessional album 8. Purple Rain: It's Prince and this is objectively his most influential album as well as his most popular (don't have much of a problem with this) 7. Rumours: Its catchy pop about relationship DRAMA. The backstory may mean more to many than the music 6. Nevermind: 3-chord tortured genius effect that aided in the normalization of punk in the mainstream 4. Songs in the Key of Life: black artist recognition 5. Abbey Road: Its the popular favorite these days and people would rather pick apart Sgt. Pepper than recognize its innovations. 3. Blue: SELF-confessional album effect, but by a woman and that's why she's the only artist who gets away with openly hating Rolling Stone and Jann Wenner (honestly am about the Joni love tho) 2. Pet Sounds: the album that everybody loves to go at the Beatles with. 1. What's Going On: black artist recognition and the juxtaposition between socio-political advocacy and tortured genius effect (why Rolling Stone anointed John Lennon and trashed Paul McCartney after the Beatles breakup).

[@herbertrichard614]

Why Pet Sounds? Brian Wilson's falsetto. Melody, arrangement.

[@mauriziomoretti5392]

Weather Report? Miles Davis? John Coltrane? Keith Jarrett? Herbie Hancock? Frank Zappa? Soft Machine? Steely Dan? and how about all the progressive English rock? In the court of the Crimson King, EL&P, Yes, Genesis, Gentle Giant? Led Zeppelin!! but also Michael Jackson, CSN&Y, Sting, etc. etc.

[@amerikano6302]

Here "my" top 10 albums 10. Mule Variations - Tom Waits The premier American songwriter and jazz singer. He transforms his tortured soul into songs about the lost, whiskey and bars. 9. Exodus - Bob Marley The warrior took a break to enjoy the Natural Mystic. Still militant, but in a mellow lover kind of way. Bob died too early. 8. Kind of Blue - Miles Davis Supremacy bordering on arrogance. But never clinical. A subtitle could've been "Catch Me If You Can". 7. Never Mind - Sex Pistols Uncompromising words, chaotic playing, Rotten defiant vocals, a moment in history .. all conspiring to create a soundtrack for a perfect storm. 6. Remain in Light - Talking Heads The album I played the most, so much so it cost me a relationship. I didn't even notice what happened until later 😅 Byrne & company mixed world music with Afro beats and artsy college lyrics to give birth to infectious crazy songs. 5. Exile on Main St. - Rolling Stones The devil wrote it and a college dropout sang it. The real rhythm & blues at its finest. 4. Hejira - Joni Mitchell Impeccable lyrics. Tarty songs. Styles from folk to jazz to blues. And guitar tunes to match the storytelling. 3. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison Unmatched vocal virtuosity, almost like Van was showing off his vocal gifts. The human voice as a musical instrument. Enjoy the wide-ranging vocals, the weird stories and uncanny lyrics. 2. Left blank coz nothing comes close to number 1. Gotta respect perfection. 1. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison The ultimate fusion album. It effortlessly mixes jazz, blues, Irish folks and English styling to produce strange songs that tells stranger stories and mysterious lyrics (really poems). What's amazing is that it was recorded "live" in a few days .. and when Van was in his early twenties!

[@johnlee5423]

Blood on the Tracks is a masterpiece

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

do I have to listen to it or can I take your word for it?

[@johnlee5423]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer l say do both, old chap.

[@johnlee5423]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer to be honest l don't think any songwriter could write that album even to this day. Many have artists have tried but what can l say

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

Incredible album. Dylan's best.

[@bacarandii]

NME (est. 1952) and Rolling Stone (est. 1967) are really pop magazines, aren't they? They were at their peak of circulation and influence when pop-rock music was most popular (and all but monopolized the sales charts) so I wouldn't expect much authoritative awareness of jazz or funk or fusion or hip-hop or metal or country or prog or even soul (as R&B was known in the '70s) from them. But you're right on the mark about the calculation that goes into the "curating" (hate that word) of these lists. It's performative -- "taste signaling," if you will -- and it's pretty transparent. While I dearly love the Pixies' "Doolittle" (because it meant a lot to me when it came out and "Debaser" is sometimes the greatest song in the world when I'm in the right mood), I don't think I'd put it on a "10 Greatest Albums Ever" list. But I don't think I'd assign myself to write such a list at this "silver" stage of my life (60+). While it's a fun exercise in your formative years (when you're trying to figure out who you are and manipulate how you want other people to perceive you) to make canonical lists that are really little autobiographies, they really are quite silly and narcissistic. But they're also expressions of human nature, so there you go... That said, "Blood on the Tracks" IS Dylan at his most personal and deeply felt (it's his "Blue" in that regard -- as in "Tangled Up In..." -- and it certainly belongs on any list of great break-up albums); "Sign o' the Times" absolutely is Prince's masterpiece; "Is This It" and "Miseducation" are both kind of embarrassing because they were popular and overpraised and now we don't remember why; "Rumours" is the very definition of MOR; and I admit I wouldn't know Pulp (or was it Blur?) if they were sitting on my lap right now because I'm an old American git and that is not within my experience.

[@gforce4063]

Agree about velvets

[@thafunktapus]

I love how you give your opinion usually making a good case for your reasoning, but if somebody disagrees, you don't get all bent. That's the sign of a grown up. Life is too short. Edit: Hadda come back and agree with you on the list makers, their demographics and their motivations. Like 11/10.

[@shadhansen739]

This guy gets it

[@14gilbertst]

The Velvets are important enough to get their story right.

[@Pwecko]

I might be wrong, but I doubt if Rolling Stone got its name from Like A Rolling Stone. The Rolling Stones were formed in 1962, five years before the magazine started and three years before Dylan's song came out. Well before that, in 1955 Muddy Waters' song Mannish Boy featured the line "I'm a rolling stone" and in 1950, he brought out a record called simply Rollin' Stone. It's possible that earlier blues songs used the phrase. It seems more likely to me that all these influences came together to inspire the name of the magazine.

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

Jann Wenner, who created the magazine...'You're probably wondering what we're trying to do. It's hard to say: sort of a magazine and sort of a newspaper. The name of it is Rolling Stone which comes from an old saying, "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Muddy Waters used the name for a song he wrote. The Rolling Stones took their name from Muddy's song. Like a Rolling Stone was the title of Bob Dylan's first rock and roll record. We have begun a new publication reflecting what we see are the changes in rock and roll and the changes related to rock and roll'

[@Pwecko]

@@AndyEdwardsDrummer There you go.

[@danneeson7056]

I read somewhere that there was a group in England named The Rolling Stones in the mid to late 1950s. Skiffle group I think. Toronto band The Ugly Ducklings nicknamed themselves The Strolling Bones when they opened for The Rolling Stones. Nothing to do with the magazine , just thought it was interesting.

[@andrewprentice8857]

I admire the very wide-ranging musical taste that you have. Would have to admit I've probably fallen victim (unwittingly) to my prejudices many times, where music is concerned. Whereas you are able to appreciate many quite disparate albums and artists. Kudos to you.

[@Questmetalband]

My List: #1 - The Beatles - "Revolver" AND "Sgt. Pepper" #2 - Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" AND "Bitches Brew" #3 - John Coltrane - "A Love Supreme" #4 - Ornette Coleman - "The Shape of Jazz to Come" #5 - Jimi Hendrix - "Axis: Bold as Love" (Any Album really) #6 - Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV" #7 - Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon" #8 - Mahavishnu Orchestra - "The Inner Mounting Flame" #9 - Frank Zappa - "Uncle Meat" and/or "Hot Rats" #10 - King Crimson - "In the Court of the Crimson King"

[@MrMaynardWR]

Great list (although I don't like Pink Floyd)

[@AndyEdwardsDrummer]

I could live with only the albums on your list too...

[@Valleyplant]

I was gonna complain but I guess the point is to be a little basic

[@ericarmstrong6540]

Good list. Maybe I put "Freak Out" by the Mothers in place of Uncle Meat and Hot Rats and maybe I put Beefheart's "Trout Mask Replica" in place of Floyd's DSOTM. Otherwise, good job.

[@jimhardiman3836]

I'm not very good at arithmetic, but I think that's more than 10.