Both lists extend rather than expand the initial 10. Both hold genuine delights as well as more mundane choices so its really down to the highs in each. B certainly has, in Jackie Wilson and Lovin' Spoonful, my favourites on either list although A has strong Fall and Husker Du. I think it comes down to the feeling that A would be more of an oppressive listen, monochrome to (on the most part) Bs' lighter,brighter eclecticism
"U2 routinely spent a year in the studio...I have a theory: if you put four monkeys in the studio for a year with Lanois and Eno and Lillywhite, they would make a pretty good record, too."
While I like plenty of things on B, I like more on A. And after struggling through Laura Nyro and Karen Dalton for the first time tonight, I'm in need of some innate conservatism!
Wow, A is firing on all cylinders! Sure, it's largely a mix of well-worn classics and collectibles, but you can't deny Television at their most propulsive, Husker Du at their most euphoric, the astonishing sheets-of-sound that is Coltrane's "Giant Steps," Parliament givin' up the funk and Can's groovesome "I'm So Green." Wonderful stuff!
And then I see that B has Jackie Wilson, Shangri-Las, Impressions, Martha Reeves and a Stereolab track I picked last year. Bugger this, I'm having to mull this one over again!
There is something about A. It says a lot in its favour that I'm willing to consider it, despite being the type of list which probably considers Husker Du to be its pop choice. Those are some fine tracks.
But it is too one-note isn't it? After scouting through that I just feel a lift when I see a list that contains the Impressions, Jackie Wilson, Martha Reeves and the Shangri-Las.
Brother Spoon wrote: I would probably enjoy this record more if it came to me in a brown paper bag filled with manure, instead of this richly illustrated disgrace to my eyes.
A hits plenty of heavy stuff but none of it seems to hang together. I mean, I like most of all that stuff, but I'm definitely sticking with B
take5_d_shorterer wrote: If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
Another list greatly helped by its new 5 tracks - although I do hate voting against Jenny Ondioline.
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