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    Name the record you have played more than...

    ...any other, and I mean the ENTIRE record, not just a couple songs you like.

    For me, it has to be XTC's Skylarking, although I hadn't really thought about this topic or this record for quite some time. Davey's recent post about a new vinyl release from Apehouse Records gave me renewed interest in this nearly 25 year old record and got me to thinking that it's likely the one I've listened to more than any other in its entirety. Heck, I can't think of another that would come close, although a couple Beatles records from way back, or maybe Pet Sounds?

    I know every lyric, every nuance on this sucker, and there's not one clunker on it, or 14 tracks of whack (15 if you include 'Dear God' that was added later). If you didn't know, it was produced by Todd Rundgren and has a lot of Beatles/Beach Boys influence, although some aren't so obvious.

    Needless to say, it's also my favorite XTC record.

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    In the last ten years it's definitely Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks. Just listened to the whole album again today while washing my car.

    For metal, it's Sepultura - Chaos AD.

    For all time I honestly can't say. I go through too many phases where I don't pull out my favorite albums for years and years at a time.
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    All time? Probably the Beatles' Red and Blue.

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    I must say that honor probably goes to Neil Young's 1990 album Ragged Glory. Almost played it on daily base for entire year untill the CD wore out and start skipping.


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    Without a doubt Tull's "Thick As A Brick". Once you start it, there is no stopping until the end. Other albums, on CD at least, you might skip a weak song. Easy to do when you have that remote in your hand.
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    That remains my favorite Spoon record.

    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    In the last ten years it's definitely Spoon - A Series Of Sneaks. Just listened to the whole album again today while washing my car.
    Not by far, but it's #1 for sure.
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    Kinda hard to be definitive since I go thorough phases, as I'm pretty sure most of us do. And so like Slosh says, sometimes those big obsessions that I couldn't live without for a time ....well, guess I could. But Electr-O-Pura by Yo La Tengo has been a pretty consistent play for almost 15 years, and that's what is spinning right now, so I'll go with it.

    About the same time as Electr-O-Pura came another obsession from Richard Buckner in the form of Devotion + Doubt, but I didn't discover it until later. Now it's like another beer.

    And there's that thing I've got about that second Talking Heads record. And there's After the Gold Rush, but I honestly don't play the whole thing anymore cause some of it is just too familiar. Same with Bowie's Low, but man I've played that a lot through the years, especially the first side. Almost like the Abbey Road suite to me, just about perfect. Electric Warrior by T. Rex could be one. My XTC obsession was ,mostly with English Settlement, but it runs a little warm and cool. I used to listen to a lot of stuff that I still like a lot, but just don't listen to anymore.

    So yea, maybe Electr-O-Pura. One of my favorite album bookends in Decora and Blue Line Swinger, but a near perfect mess all the way. Not even their best record, but still my favorite.

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    Led Zeppelin: Houses Of The Holy

    I'd prolly have to say Skylarking is in the top 10 easily. Oddly enough, it was a disappointment when I first bought it, expecting something that would sound like Drums And Wires (the first XTC album I heard - at a party). But after spending a "coming-down" with this CD, I was in love with it. It was in the player after a night of partying and the opening strains of Summer's Cauldron just mesmerized me. Up to that point, I wasn't at all crazy about it - I had even offered to give it away to one guy.

    The Beatles' Abbey Road is definitely in the top 5. So is Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon. Rush Moving Pictures was a monumental album in my life; up to that point I could take or leave them. Robert Plant Principle Of Moments still gets spins regularly, and even if it didn't its an album I played to death when it came out - I wore out 2 cassettes before I got it on CD. Which leads us to numero uno: Led Zeppelin Houses Of The Holy. LZ4 gets high praise and rightfully so, but HotH is everything that was ever good about LZ rolled into one album. Its LZ's best album ever IMO.
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    A lot of close contenders, but if I had to pick one, probably the debut by the Clash. And, I still pull it out with a decent bit of frequency.



    I have, and prefer, the US version. The additions of (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, I Fought the Law and Jail Guitar Doors beat anything left off the UK version for me, although I still have a bug up my ass that they released two CD versions instead of just getting it over with and releasing a compiled version with all the tracks.

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    It's hard to say for certain, but I think that (by definition) it would have to be a title that I've had for a long time and never really stopped listening to. Off the top of my head, that would have to include "classic" rock albums like...

    Who's Next
    Born to Run
    Dark Side of the Moon
    Fragile
    Untitled fourth album (zoso)
    Let It Bleed
    London Calling

    If I had to put money on it, though, I'd probably say Genesis, Trick of the Tail. And I'd probably be right.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nobody
    This is the first LP (yes, LP) my daughter ever bought.
    Originally Posted by Troy: She has that same kind of cleft-pallet, slightly retarded way of singing that so many other people find endearing.


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    I've been looking through my stuff and really don't know if there's anything I've listened to, all the way through, more than Sonic Youth's Evol. I bought it on cassette tape when it came out in '86...didn't know SY yet but was drawn to the overall aesthetic - the scrawled text, the song titles, the image on the cover, the name of the band...
    It was a weird love at first listen but it definitely was. It's probably the most influential sound for my subsequent musical loves - arty, damaged, noisy-ness anchored by melodic hooks, female/male vocal interplay, squalling guitar atmospherics, etc. That tape is the reason I've continued to have a tape deck in my life for all these years. I resisted ever getting the cd 'cause it didn't seem right or necessary but recently picked up the remastered vinyl (pink even!). Sounds great, not too much tweeking of the orig. sound but a good improvement on my 26 year old tape. I still put it on every month or two for a late night session.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyhambone
    I've been looking through my stuff and really don't know if there's anything I've listened to, all the way through, more than Sonic Youth's Evol. I bought it on cassette tape when it came out in '86...didn't know SY yet but was drawn to the overall aesthetic - the scrawled text, the song titles, the image on the cover, the name of the band...
    It was a weird love at first listen but it definitely was. It's probably the most influential sound for my subsequent musical loves - arty, damaged, noisy-ness anchored by melodic hooks, female/male vocal interplay, squalling guitar atmospherics, etc. That tape is the reason I've continued to have a tape deck in my life for all these years. I resisted ever getting the cd 'cause it didn't seem right or necessary but recently picked up the remastered vinyl (pink even!). Sounds great, not too much tweeking of the orig. sound but a good improvement on my 26 year old tape. I still put it on every month or two for a late night session.
    Nice. I've thought since going through SY's back catalog in the early 90s that Evol and Sister are an awesome one-two punch.

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    I don't really have much to say about this...

    Quote Originally Posted by jonnyhambone
    I've been looking through my stuff and really don't know if there's anything I've listened to, all the way through, more than Sonic Youth's Evol. I bought it on cassette tape when it came out in '86...didn't know SY yet but was drawn to the overall aesthetic - the scrawled text, the song titles, the image on the cover, the name of the band...
    It was a weird love at first listen but it definitely was. It's probably the most influential sound for my subsequent musical loves - arty, damaged, noisy-ness anchored by melodic hooks, female/male vocal interplay, squalling guitar atmospherics, etc. That tape is the reason I've continued to have a tape deck in my life for all these years. I resisted ever getting the cd 'cause it didn't seem right or necessary but recently picked up the remastered vinyl (pink even!). Sounds great, not too much tweeking of the orig. sound but a good improvement on my 26 year old tape. I still put it on every month or two for a late night session.
    ...but my reply will place my thread above Rae's.
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    If I had to put money on it, though, I'd probably say Genesis, Trick of the Tail.
    And I'd probably be right.
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    I love that album..............especially RIPPLES.


    Close runners up............
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    If it's the entire record without skipping songs then that would have to be Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.

    The only album that I've listened to more is Kansas's Leftoverture, but I skip Carry on Wayward Son so it doesn't fully meet the criteria.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MasterCylinder
    I love that album..............especially RIPPLES.
    It's not a "concept" album per se, but it's definitely an album that begs to be played in its entirety, in order, start to finish.

    I put that one on, and I'm 14 years old again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr MidFi
    It's not a "concept" album per se, but it's definitely an album that begs to be played in its entirety, in order, start to finish.
    True...........this was also the big transition period............I try to imagine the risks taken and the rewards realized in the new post-Gabriel Genesis............this album makes it all work and work very well.............good for them

    Collins, Hackett, Banks & Rutherford...........what a great lineup.
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    That would have been my choice at one time.

    Quote Originally Posted by ForeverAutumn
    If it's the entire record without skipping songs then that would have to be Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
    Haven't listened to it in many months though. I don't think I have it on cd either.
    I call my bathroom Jim instead of John so I can tell people that I go to the Jim first thing every morning.

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    Hmmm...

    1. What's Going On? - Marvin Gaye
    2. "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" - Laura Nyro with LaBelle

    That's it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swish
    Haven't listened to it in many months though. I don't think I have it on cd either.
    I have a 16/44 rip of the MFSL LP that sounds great. I have a few other versions, but this is the one I usually play since it is most convenient, and still may be the best mastering. Amazing record, like FA it could've been my pick. May have been my favorite record ever for a time. Now I bounce up and down Bowie's 70s records from one end to the other, love them all, and probably play Low the most. But this is still the most special. I'm not sure who originally ripped and posted it, but this was done on some pretty nice equipment and is really a must have for fans (unless you actually like the sound of the later CD masters, which some do)...

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    On the subject of Genesis A Trick of the Tail, is there any consensus to what version sounds best? I do have a 16/44 rip of the original Japan LP that was also done on a pretty good table, and the not so good sounding early CD, and the vinyl rip kills it. Of course, there are a lot of versions out there, including the later remix/remasters that were pretty loud and compressed, apparently even on the SACD masters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slosh
    This is the first LP (yes, LP) my daughter ever bought.
    Your daughter at least 18?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nobody
    Your daughter at least 18?
    No, I think he was calling you a girl. Just my take, anyway.

    I didn't really jump on the Clash bandwagon until Give em enough rope, so that has always been the one for me. I did play that one a lot. Might've been the best opening I'd ever heard. Total knockout.

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    Naw...I listen to a ton of much girlier music. I actually may well have bought Give 'Em Enough Rope first myself, but the self-titled one has stuck more over the years. Actually, the original version of Black Market Clash would probably be a close second for me as far as which ones I've listened to the most times. Super Black market Clash just annoys me though, propbably because I just had too many years to get too used to the original 10".

    Now I kinda wanna go play Give 'Em Enough Rope. Love Tommy Gun, Julie's Been Working in the Drug Squad and Stay Free among others on there.

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