"Perfect" Boomer Era Albums from Start to Finish?

[Rolltydr]

This is an interesting list. I do love all of these (although I'm not much into Pink Floyd any more for my own personal reasons) and it's hard to argue that there is a bad song on any of them. Personally, I would have The Beatles White Album instead of Sgt. Peppers but I understand why it's on the list.

Boomer-era albums that are absolutely perfect, start to finish

Boomer-era albums that are absolutely perfect, start to finish For Baby Boomers, the 1960s and 1970s represented far more than an era of memorable hit singles …

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[Ralph Sir Edward]

Perfect is definitional. These albums meet that rank to me, but maybe not to others.

King Crimson - In the Court Of The Crimson King

Montrose - Montrose (1st album)

The Cars - The Cars (1st Album)

AC-DC - Powerage

Styx - Grand Illusion

Yes - Close To The Edge

and a couple of obscurities. . .

Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (but you have re-sequence the track list.)

Garfield - Out There Tonight.

 

[pedro47]

Forty (40) years of some awesome Boomer Era Albums. What happen to the Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston Boomer Albums.

 

[dioxide45]

Forty (40) years of some awesome Boomer Era Albums. What happen to the Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston Boomer Albums.

I would say those are more likely considered Gen X era. Not Boomer.

 

[ScoopKona]

Blue Oyster Cult - Imaginos (but you have re-sequence the track list.)

This is one of my favorite albums, but I wouldn't exactly call it a Boomer album. They brought in a whole lot of younger talent to play the impossible guitar parts. And it was released in 1988.

I'm truly surprised nobody has thought to make a Sci-Fi movie about this story. Done right, it would be "Blade Runner meets Frankenstein meets Somewhere in Time." And, half the soundtrack is already available. And the other half has been written and some of that has been recorded as well.

Here's what I consider the definitive track list -- it requires owning most of BOC's catalog and making it yourself. First reply on this reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOysterCult/comments/f3p1p4/imaginos_alternate_tracklist

 

[SmithOp]

I would drop a few that border on pop rock and replace with:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first album
Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park

I was introduced to BOC by my roommate from Boston, their early album Tyranny and Mutation. He also played the grooves off Jonathan Richman Roadrunner Twice.

 

[jorcus]

I would drop a few that border on pop rock and replace with:

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first album
Springsteen Greetings from Asbury Park

I was introduced to BOC by my roommate from Boston, their early album Tyranny and Mutation. He also played the grooves off Jonathan Richman Roadrunner Twice.

Greetings from Asbury Park is a great album but would never make a list like that. I don't think that many people have listened to it from beginning to end. It would be on my list but I lean to the singer songwriter albums anyway. Even amongst Springsteen albums a list would probably pick out Born to run or Darkness on the edge of town. Both are worthy though.

I guess the thing about the list published, its pretty much full of songs I have heard too many times in my life time.

 

[Rolltydr]

Greetings from Asbury Park is a great album but would never make a list like that. I don't think that many people have listened to it from beginning to end. It would be on my list but I lean to the singer songwriter albums anyway. Even amongst Springsteen albums a list would probably pick out Born to run or Darkness on the edge of town. Both are worthy though.

I guess the thing about the list published, its pretty much full of songs I have heard too many times in my life time.

Darkness on the Edge of Town was my first Springsteen record and I loved it! In fact, I may give it a listen in the next couple days.

 

[easyrider]

I'm a late boomer so most of the music I really liked back then was 70's era. Personally, I like it all but the artists we listen to the most while chilling at home were Pink Floyd , Elton John, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and Rolling Stones. For going to a bar to dance we liked a mix of rock and country and occasionally some disco. The girls really liked disco and I liked my girl, so off to bump or hustle the night away.

If I had to pick a few albums from back in the day it would be Crosby Stills Nash and Young -Deja View, Aerosmith - Toy's in the Attic and Heart- Dream Boat Annie.

Bill

 

[heathpack]

Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here

 

[TolmiePeak]

My favorite is Sinatra Sings Cole Porter

 

[Rolltydr]

If I had to pick a few albums from back in the day it would be Crosby Stills Nash and Young -Deja View, Aerosmith - Toy's in the Attic and Heart- Dream Boat Annie.

I could certainly go along with CSN&Y!

 

[Elan]

A few that immediately pop into my head:

Genesis -- A Trick of the Tail
Supertramp -- Crime of the Century
Steely Dan -- Aja


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[WaikikiFirst]

from start to finish? Boston by Boston. not a second that isn't exactly as it should be.
Perfect? the only problem is that it is too short by a few minutes. Can you run a 10K in the time that album plays? If so, you're elite, maybe elite+. I can't. I tried > 100x, mostly on treadmills. a 10K under 40:00 is great and Boston only lasts 37:37
Being from Boston, I'll second the above vote for The Cars 1st album. While Aerosmith's first 4 albums all deserve consideration, not sure any get near "perfection"
the above mention of Roadrunner by J Richman also brings out a Boston smile, with the radio on

 

[Rolltydr]

A few that immediately pop into my head:

Genesis -- A Trick of the Tail
Supertramp -- Crime of the Century
Steely Dan -- Aja


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I love Steely Dan but don't think I would put them on this list. If so, it would be Gaucho for me.

 

[easyrider]

Roadrunner by J Richman

I thought that was a Joan Jett song. I forgot all about her or the bands Boston and the Cars. I was in the cassette tape phase back then.

My wife told me we aren't boomers. Somewhere between boomer and gen x is Generation Jones. It's subjective but Generation Jones probably had the best music experience. We had it all.

Bill

 

[WaikikiFirst]

I thought that was a Joan Jett song. I forgot all about her or the bands Boston and the Cars.

Holy BLEEP! I didn't know she covered that. Gotta hand it to Joan, she had great taste in her cover songs and she didn't disappoint in the delivery.
Idk where Joan is from. Did she ever drive by a Stop n Shop?

 

[easyrider]

Holy BLEEP! I didn't know she covered that. Gotta hand it to Joan, she had great taste in her cover songs and she didn't disappoint in the delivery.
Idk where Joan is from. Did she ever drive by a Stop n Shop?

I think the first time I heard Joan Jett was in a song called Cherry Bomb when she was with the Runaways. Kind of punk rockish but definitely rock.

Blondie was well liked at the clubs back then. Anytime Heart of Glass played the dance floor was full.

Bill

 

[Big Matt]

I'm not going to argue with the list, but again perfection is tough to define. I think it's real hard not to include the following:

Allman Brothers - Eat a Peach
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
Cream - Disraeli Gears

 

[Ralph Sir Edward]

This is one of my favorite albums, but I wouldn't exactly call it a Boomer album. They brought in a whole lot of younger talent to play the impossible guitar parts. And it was released in 1988.

I'm truly surprised nobody has thought to make a Sci-Fi movie about this story. Done right, it would be "Blade Runner meets Frankenstein meets Somewhere in Time." And, half the soundtrack is already available. And the other half has been written and some of that has been recorded as well.

Here's what I consider the definitive track list -- it requires owning most of BOC's catalog and making it yourself. First reply on this reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueOysterCult/comments/f3p1p4/imaginos_alternate_tracklist

I track the original album (and the original mix, thank you, not the later remix) as the linear story mix.

1. Imaginos ( the overture, if you will)
2. Les Invisibles (The story begins)
3. In The Presence Of Another World (his youth)
4. Astronomy (start of adulthood)
5. Del Rio's Song (his travels)
6. Blue Oyster Cult (death? and resurrection)
7. I Am The One You Warned Me About (The acceptance of his destiny)
8. Magna Of Illusion (The return and seduction of western civilization)
9. The Siege And Investiture Of Baron Von Frankenstein's Castle At Weisseria (the black wave - world without end. . . )

Note: This is a musical telling of a horror story in the Cthulhu Mythos shared universe, created by H.P.Lovecraft in the 1920's. The building and production of this album was a horror story in itself. . .

 

[DAman]

I thought that was a Joan Jett song. I forgot all about her or the bands Boston and the Cars. I was in the cassette tape phase back then.

My wife told me we aren't boomers. Somewhere between boomer and gen x is Generation Jones. It's subjective but Generation Jones probably had the best music experience. We had it all.

Bill

The reason I know the song Roadrunner is because the Greg Kihn Band covered it along with Rendezvous(Bruce Springsteen) on the album With the Naked Eye. For years I thought it was a Greg Kihn song.

I love the album Live Bullet by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band. I thought it was close to perfect.

 

[Elan]

Oops, meant to reply

 

[Elan]

I love Steely Dan but don't think I would put them on this list. If so, it would be Gaucho for me.

I also love Gaucho, but given the "boomer" qualifier, I limited my choices to albums that came out in the 1970's. I'll allow Gaucho as it was released in 1980, but I still think Aja is the better album, first song to last. Home at Last is pure musical genius...

Another early 80's (Feb 1981) release worthy of consideration is Moving Pictures by Rush. Pretty much bangs from start to finish.

And a more esoteric album from 1980 is Drama by Yes. No Anderson or Wakeman, but still a rock masterpiece.


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[ScoopKona]

Note: This is a musical telling of a horror story in the Cthulhu Mythos shared universe, created by H.P.Lovecraft in the 1920's. The building and production of this album was a horror story in itself. . .

Albert wrote a LOT of other songs for the Imaginos project. Some of which made it onto ther BOC albums. ETI and Gil Blanco County are two prime examples. They sound out of place on their releases. They sound perfectly in place on Imaginos. And there's the Imaginos Outtakes, which aren't hard to find. And then there's all the songs that are still rough tracks that were never cleaned up. The band shared a few of those with the understanding, "listen and delete."

If you have most of their discography, try that tracklist out. Pretty sure the person who posted it talked at length with Albert about it.

 

[Cheapseater]

Younger Boomer going with Jimmy Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, Son of a Son of a Sailor, and You Had to Be There which was live from Fox Theatre in Atlanta and I was indeed there!

Next, Jim Croce with his Greatest Hits in 1974.

Finally the very best album remains the great Harry Chaplin with Greatest Stories Live. Privileged to see him many times. Great album.