ext_288892 ([identity profile] baron-steffan.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jducoeur 2008-09-06 01:46 am (UTC)

[D]o you have a favorite? I mean, the One Best Album Ever?

Well. With the proviso that "my favorite music" is possibly the only thing in the universe that violates the Planck Interval, I have to mention a couple of albums that frequently show up in that slot.

* Crest of a Knave by Jethro Tull (Yes, really, one of those that everyone else ignores: Budapest is maybe the best thing they've ever done).

* After Bathing at Baxter's by Jefferson Airplane (My definition of "seminal". I remember hearing this for the first time and realizing that this was something totally unlike anything I'd ever heard before).

* Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (Do I even have to explain?)

* Anything Led Zeppelin ever did. All of it. Any of it. But especially "Achilles' Last Stand".

* Liege and Lief, by Fairport Convention

* Tonight's the Night (Live), by Steeleye Span

* And a few Celtic albums by bands no one has ever heard of: "The Wizard and the Elven King" by Crwydryn (whom [profile] auntie_elspeth managed back in the day), "Murphy's Law" featuring Pol Mulvaney (s/k/a Dungael of Galway) and Mance Grady, and "How to Change a Flat Tire" a CT band from the 80's (?) that just kicked ass...and yes, that was their name.

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