I own (and listen to occasionally and more) all the albums you mention except Physical Grafitti and Dark Side Of The Moon. Can't be doing with Zep or Floyd.

Actually I listen to Revolver quite often, although I can't bring myself to listen to Sgt Pepper. In fact I think I've only ever listened to that in it's entirety about three times.

Never bothered to listen to
'Five Leaves Left' or 'Pink Moon' by Nick Drake
'Grace' by Jeff Buckley
'Joshua Tree'
'Automatic For The People'
'Bridge Over Troubled Water'
'Horses'
'Hotel California'
'After The Goldruish' or 'Harvest'

And you know what? I have no desire to correct this.

in this thread, about not just albums but in many cases entire artists' oeuvres that have somehow passed us by, so I fear doing it again would just be humiliation overkill. I, for example, have been known ever since as That Bloke Who Went Seventeen Years Without Ever Knowingly Hearing "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

I downloaded it yesterday after years of hearing how it's the 'Greatest Jazz Album Ever' and thinking that I really should hear it I was inspired to do so after reading the article in Word with Chris Rea in which he talks so passionately about the record that I had to check it out. I have to say that I was expecting it to be difficult & hard to like but it is actually a pleasure from start to finish. Really beautiful stuff and easy, but in a good way.
As far as your list goes only 'Exile..' & 'Forever Changes' have not reached my ears so far. The rest of them I can recommend and as you now know, Astral Weeks is great, a stunning album that improves with every play.
There are of course hundreds of 'classics' that I've yet to hear, but that's the joy though isn't it? Knowing that there is still great music waiting for you to find it.
Now, back to Miles....

Haven't played most of them in years, but I'd never sell my copies or give them away.

Except Kind of Blue that is. Never heard it, probably never will. My loss entirely I'm sure. I don't like virtuosity so the idea of listening to Miles Davis does not appeal.

My confession would be to say (and this is only a "confession" in present company) until recently I had never seen so much as a promo for The Wire. A week or so back I switched over the TV and heard the words "Coming up next The Wire." and I thought "Ooh, they are always yapping about this on The Word. This I gotta see!"

I watched five minutes of it, some kid stole a car and had his fingers broken by a cop. I thought "I'm not watching this shit" and went to bed. It seems life is tough on the mean streets. Who would have guessed? I'm sure it's a great show but it's not for me.

The point I am trying to make is you shouldn't travel through life like the American tourist I saw once on a bus in Paris merrily ticking off landmarks as she went. I heard her say to her no doubt long suffering husband, "We've seen the Eiffel Tower, where is this Arch of Triumph?"

If it's important to you you'll find it.

read the classics and watch the classics. Short of invoking another playlist of also rans from LOUD (kidding, they're, um,lovely and, er, interesting), what are they?
One mans new classic is anothers Classix nouveau, innit?

(P.S."I don't like virtuosity?" What the?)

Isn't that what men lose as they get past a certain age?

Thanks

I We7'd Kraftwerk's 22 year old Electric Cafe for the first time this morning while writing about commercial dishwashers - its fantastic (the album, not writing about commerical dishwashers) especially Telephone Call.

I find it totally perverse, bizarre and inexplicable that anyone with more than a passing interest in music - most of the Massive - wouldn't investigate why some artists and albums are regarded as great. It doesn't mean you have to agree, but at least you might have an idea of what interests, moves and excites others.

All you have to do is pony up 79p to download a song, or click on YouTube to take a look. It's great to have your preconceptions changed. Mind you, it can be nice to have them confirmed too...

I can almost forgive your youthful love of Oasis when you encapsulate such winning ennui there. Yes, yes, Rufus, of course you're right, but we ain't mere-passing-interest-in-musics here, we are habits, passions and vices, and the responsibility, the responsibility. Sometimes we just have to rely on our noses rather than our ears. Sometimes the Pope can't face Mass and takes a sickie. Think of Chimney in the same way. I will from now onward.

I just bought "The Stooges" and "Fun House" and was truly left freezing cold. What's wrong with me??

The Stooges!?!?!?

Actually you're right, but that's what makes them so bloody good!

...I`m afraid, so Horses, Hotel California, Astral Weeks, Pet Sounds, Revolver, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Never Mind the Bollocks (I can`t even remember punk happening!), Frank Zappa, The Grateful Dead, The Stones, Iggy Pop and loads of other stuff mentioned in `The Greatest Magazine Ever` have yet to be consumed. `There is no such thing as new music, only music you`ve never heard before` neatly sums it up. I`ll get there in the end, I`ve no doubt about that.

Key albums I haven't listened to is any of My Bloody Valentine's backcatalogue, mostly because I'm still waiting for their long overdue reissues to come out, and anything by The Pixies.

I also haven't got The White Album, whenever I find it in shops or on the net it's over 20 quid, so I leave it.

... I have never heard "Larks Tongue in Aspic", but with all the prog love-ins recently on this site, I am be tempted to give it a try.
I did try listening to Trout Mask Replica but gave up. Life´s too short.

Oh God no !!!!
"Trout Mask Replica" has very unfortunate connotations for me. My hi fi had gone wrong in about 1979 and I had taken it to Laskys in Tottenham Court Road to be repaired. Picked it up on the Saturday and put it into the car parked nearby.and strolled on down to Virgin to have a nose round and bought "Trout Mask Replica". Got back to the car to find the doors swinging open and my hi fi gone. Not surprisingly this sort of coloured my perception of that album. I listened to two tracks and gave it away - couldn't bear it. I do however like ummm "Bluejeans and Moonbeams" so I expect you all hate me now.
"Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis is one I can't get my head round - I too bought "Kind of Blue" because people went on about it a few years ago and it's "OK". I do like most of the Gil Evans/Miles Davis stuff though - especially "Sketches of Spain". Having listened to these I went back to "Bitches Brew" and . . . I still hated it !!
Bought the box set of Radiohead because I thought I may be missing out and hated that too.
Apart from the odd track on a compilation I have never heard Nick Drake and don't really feel I need to do so
Coldplay have left me well . . . cold
Am I missing out on things - well no I don't think so.
I discover or re-discover new types of music, listen to them, distill the wheat from the chaff and move on. Some stick some don't.Over the past couple of years I have been listening to Goa Trance, surf music, country, southern soul, southern rock, folk, electronica, Goth and I find good and bad in all.

...confirmed that Led Zep, Ramones and most of Sonic Youth's stuff is cack.

Never got into Van Morrison or Dylan either. I mean, I've heard it now, repeatedly. Not sure what else to do with this stuff apart from delete.

Pet Sounds is just weak as well, to these ears, apart from three tracks. In no way a classic *album*.

had long been on my list of "heard of but never listened to and not inspired to either" acts. Then a) they cropped up on a Word cd and were jolly good; and b) I heard a couple of snippets whilst browsing a Factory retrospective on iTunes. Now, I'm a convert and own several of their cd's: bloody excellent and actually a classic case of dropping the prejudice and listening to the music.

I know I'm rather late to this thread, but reading made me think about the many unfair prejudices I have about various artists. I wonder whether part of it is, if the particular band/artist's fanbase seem to be on the prattish side, then you inevitably (in the absence of any other information) assume the band must be prattish too.

Look at the Disciples photos in a recent issue of Word, where a photographer showed a line up of each band's concert attendees: be honest, if you'd never heard the Cure before, would be intrigued what they sound like given what their fans look like? Or would you conclude they're hopelessly affected clothes horses, all pose and no substance or imagination? (Actually, that latter description is not too far from my opinion of the band).