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It wasn't actually, most of that album was recorded in the studio, only parts of the second side was from a live show. The Coventry Cathedral music was released many years later. The BBC show was heavily edited and Ricochet was used instead. The audience noise was added to make it sound live. They did the same with Encore, only side four of that album was live, the rest was put together from studio tapes. They advertised both albums as live but they were not. All this information is in the book in the Hades box set released just a few years ago.

@@stuartraybould6433 I was at the Coventry Catherdral gig bored out of my mind ...no wonder I went on to embrace the energy of Pun

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Absolutely agree with your inclusion of Deep Purple's In Rock on the list. It was groundbreaking, especially in the development of various sub-genres of Metal.

Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple was the bridge between Hendrix and Van Halen.

EVH not fit to shine JH’s shoes…

Pet Sounds is unbelievably overrated. A few good tracks doesn’t make a great lp. Brian Wilson wrote great singles but the Beach Boys really don’t have any great albums. Including that over say Never Mind the Bollocks or any Buddy Holly or Chuck Berry or Little Richard lps makes me think you work for the R n R Hall of Shame. I did like you included Horses however. Although I don’t play it much these days it really was the beginning of my move away from just classic rock back in the day. Along with Elvis Costello’s This Years Model and The Jams This is the Modern World. All of which are far more important than Pet Sounds. Yes even that lesser Jam lp!

Yes it did

A feckin' pop band........

@@efilrekib4446 Ok, how would you like me to respond to such a childish comment? Am I supposed to lash out at you? What are you hoping for?

I agree Scott. I think the single criteria should be how many kids did this record make want to pick up a guitar (or what have you) and form a band of their own? For example, Horses. The important and influential Patti Smith albums are the next two, Radio Ethiopia and Wave. I doubt kids were forming bands to do covers of Birdland, but Ask The Angels or Rock and Roll N*gg*r were an altogether different story. Unfortunately, for the higher critics, that would make Taylor Swift's first two albums, which caused guitar sales to girls to go through the roof, to be critically important records. Thats how you keep people interested in making music.. Similarly, none of the first 3 Ramones albums are there. With The Beatles or A Hard Days night might better serve there instead of Sgt Pepper for the same reason. I have an issue with Are You Experienced/ Electric Ladyland simply because developmentally, they weren't influential - the only person who could have surpassed those albums on their own terms was Hendrix. I am mystified as to the inclusion of Pet Sounds, a commercial flop and another developmental dead end which Wilson was, frustratingly, perhaps possible to surpass had his demons not consumed him. It's not even the best Beach Boys Album, anyway 😄 I'm not sure how Robert Johnson was so terribly influential - he lay ignored for 21 years until that album came out. The blues had gone electric and was reaching for the first time, to a white audience by the time he was exhumed. If you want to nominate blues album, the first two Rolling Stones albums were the important ones that reached a mass audience and put it in touch with the authentic sources. No idea, even with an eloquent explanation, why Ziggy and Raw Power were there but the second Led Zeppelin album isn't. Elvis, sure but in the long term Chuck Berry's first two albums probably sewed more enduring seeds - although, in terms of the economy of the music business, Elvis and Elvis clones were enormously important. I think the problem is sometimes in all or nothing list making, people tend to look at the records that shape their listening experience as the most important.

@@Foul_Quince … Elvis may have been The King but Chuck Berry write the book on RnR… Some great comments… ‘best lists’ are always going to be a source of disagreement… but the conversations are always interesting! Ziggy and Iggy deserve to be somewhere on the list… for me Ziggy Stardust was influential but not his best imho… believe the Berlin era was his best work.

@@scottdavis4689 The question is, in the case of Ziggy, "what" did it influence?

@@Foul_Quince you can find the answer in Bowie’s later music (with some exceptions) where he was ripping off people that had ripped him off. The ultimate compliment??? Glam rock itself had shallow roots in any case and was quickly moved on from but the lasting influence was more than just the music…

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PET SOUNDS AND SURF'S UP .....👌😎😯😯😯👌

One of the greatest sounding albums ever for sure👍👍👍

both always exceptionally polite, down to earth and friendly. and always very welcome.

Van Halen II is extremely impressive

Here in the UK, we saved ourselves from Disco! and not too soon after that we saved ourselves from god awful hair metal and I've never heard a British musician state any impact from Van Halen, thats a very U.S thing, us in the UK gave short thrift to all those bands and their poodle haircuts, we went down a more 'miserable' route lol (we were in Thatchers Britain) starting with Unkown Pleasures from Joy Division then The Cure, The Smiths (Johnny Marr is a much more lauded guitarist in the UK than any of the late 70s and 80s American ones) Then we 'cheered up a bit' and got into Acid-House in the late 80s, this took us to 'Madchester' in the early 90s then onto Brit-Pop in the mid 90s. There are 4 albums that influenced Brits after the Sex Pistols arrived and theses 4 albums IMO made the split in taste between the UK and the US who up until then had been on the same path.. Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division. The Smiths by The Smiths. Stone Roses by The Stone Roses. OK Computer by Radiohead. Those are the 4 most influential albums (in the UK) since 1979, not a single American album in there. The general taste in Music between the US and UK has never been the same since then.

​@rohnnyjotten3985 you didn't invent Rock in the first place the Americans did all you did was steal from the American artists especially the blues Artists..and most of your music was stolen zeppelin very guilty of that..and many corney bands also

​@@rohnnyjotten3985so you despise American music. Funny, your countries artists draw alot from Muddy Waters, Little Richard, Fats Waller, HowlinWolf, Willie Dixon, the Stooges, Nirvana, The Ramones, Buddy Holly, Velvet Underground, Patti Smith, Captain Beef heart, The Kingsmen, The Doors, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, shall I go on, love?

@@adamfindlay7091 all of those artists you mention were before 1979 (Nirvana, the exception) , did you read what i wrote, love? After 1979 the UK and the US parted ways, The US went nuts for hair metal (I do despise that with a passion) The UK went down another road, we have not really been on the same page since then, love.

Black Sabbath weren't Metal ... FFS.

Except punk has generally shallow roots.. so the influence wasn’t as far reaching, but brilliant and important nonetheless

You might want to learn how to count. The list is 10, not 12.

Influencing

Hmmmm...Black Sabbath???

Get lost the Cream LPs launch a thousand ships bands and musician's tell the truth

@@cu6454 Cream yes had a blueprint that many would follow, Rush being just one of them.

I agree Eric, and I had every one of your 10 picks at one time or another, even if I grew tired of them. I'll never grow tired of Europe '72. There's a great story on the making of that album on one of the Dead's documentaries.

@Pete Shallcross Ooooh! Which Dead documentary?!?

@@Eric31477 I believe it is Long Strange Trip. The recording producer tells how Jerry was hoping he'd put Morning Dew from a particular show on that album and he did. Jerry was a very humble person, just put too high on a pedestal. The drugs took a toll on him also, causing him to lose the love of his life after reuniting 20yrs later. Phil Lesh seems to be the most level headed of the band and still is to this day, Imo. Over the years, I've known people that could never really get into their music. But there is no denying there was never and will never be again a more influential movement in music than what The Grateful Dead gave us.

@@peteshallcross787 Agreed. Yes, I saw Long Strange Trip". I was great! I'm sure you are aware that Martin Scorsese is working on a grateful Dead biopic with the role of Jerry Garcia being played by Jonah Hill

@@Eric31477 Yes I am. I hope it's accurate. Jerry lived a complicated life .Scorcese's project The Last Waltz was great, but the performers did the job for him...Btw, is that your house on the ridgetop with the 2 dogs in front? Where is that? We live about 30 min west of Milwaukee in a track home in a nice town , close to small music venues that attract some talented mostly local musicians. I've been many places in the Pacific northwest and southwestern states.

Thank you so much 😀

As wonderful as the Stevie wonder is, he wouldn't be the first name i reach for in terms of 'important rock albums' as i state at the start of the video. My choices of Hendrix and Robert Johnson I think are much more influential. Joni should have been on the list, but just got overlooked. In my defense I did include Patti Smith for her influence on many 90s artists

I agree, with ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’…. has to be in there somewhere. It gave music in general a huge kick up the arse and proved once and for all that anybody can start a band..

I know but it is only al ist of ten, so it needs some serious wittling.

The other problem is that you limit yourself to rock music, which limits your ability to consider what from outside the genre influences the music and moves it forward. That becomes far more pronounced as the insular 60's and 70's recede.

As you wrote, the artists of the 1950’s and 1960’s laid the foundation, therefore, those artists are most influential. An album can be released today that is brilliant, and could influence others, but it can’t be as influential as works that are 50-70 years old. Those earlier works are what led to the newer material.

DSOTM.. my favourite album

The Cars first album is incredible, whether for its time or even know. Consistently good across every track, inventive, and on my phone to play in the car on every trip this year so far...

@@classicalbum and a hugely influential album, one that continues to have relevance both musically and to individuals (especially men) to this day. I have to say I am quite dismayed by not only its exclusion from the top 10, but not even as an honourable mention? I’m usually pretty good with your lists and viewpoints even if I don’t like a particular artist, but this omission seems quite shocking to me.

I think Hank was responsible for more guitar sales than anyone else.

yes

Love to hear your top ten or have you done this already I'm new to your channel.

Most influential was Elvis Presley.

I listen to that album at the gym

@@classicalbum That's awesome. Tried Under the Blade? It's harsher, more garagy. I can imagine it fits the gym, too. Oh, and Widowmaker's Stand By For Pain. Sorry, but it's so unknown that I pish it on everybody who talks about music.

Glad you think so!

@@classicalbum I can't argue with your choices, either, although I personally think Sgt Pepper is indirectly responsible for a lot of overblown production in the late 60s.

It's not even the best Beatles album.

I don't believe our host is staking the claim these are the ten best albums of all-time, but, rather, measuring the impact and influence the albums had on generations of listeners and future musicians. That said, ask a crowd of people to name the ten most important albums of all-time and the only consensus that will be reached is that everyone will make a different list. PEPPER is a great album, but I believe REVOVER did much of the heavy lifting and is responsible for most of the innovations attributed to its concept cousin. REVOLVER is the stronger album, but PEPPER also set a new standard for album art and packaging. It also ushered in the Summer of Love, and remains the most symbolic document of its era. And while some may deem my favourite Beatles album (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT) to be merely a pleasant collection of songs, I would argue for its inclusion on a Most Important/Influential Album list for one very monumental reason: it was the first pop album on which all the songs were written by the group performing them! Following A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, more and more artists took it upon themselves to write their own hits, and that was a major shift for the industry.

Exaggerate much?

It’s good, even great, but not the best me thinks..

I give you Zen Arcade by Husker Du.

@Dan Pearce i have not heard any husker du actually, ill give it a listen

@@danpearce4547 or Candy Apple Grey, even.

@@Foul_Quince It's all good!

Indeed.

Every album on this list is legitimate - but naturally it will be a bit subjective based on the tastes and interests of the compiler - there are definitely highly influential albums that came after the mid 70s (yeah, Joy Division, early Pixies, etc.) but given this channel is focused on classic rock, the list leans in that direction (with the exceptions perhaps of Kraftwerk and Patti Smith). Interestingly, it doesn't have an origins of metal contributor given how resilient that genre has been.

LOL and they weren't even terribly pioneering. Just overhyped as a result of the tragedy. There were other bands that were either as influential out of that scene or should have been but were overshadowed. Wire, Killing Joke and Gang of Four are of particular interest. Besides, people need to drop the whole JD thing. It's been beaten into the ground and depression is no longer interesting when you've risen out of it. If I want to hear a funeral dirge, I'll put on Dead Can Dance - the aesthetics are much more pleasing.

@@snowflakedevelopers While I appreciate that you know the music we're talking about, I think you're nitpicking what I'm saying (and not reflecting the bigger picture of it). Though Joy Division clearly reach a lot of people (and New Order sadly more), I don't consider it as constructive or groundbreaking as say the Beatles, Kraftwerk or the Velvet Underground had been. You could even call them the Bob Marley or Tupac of goth because of the iconography. There's a lot of merch with that Unknown Pleasures album image. Like a 4-20 ball cap. And as far as Wire, they were possibly the MOST trailblazing of the three bands I mentioned and not just because they're the oldest. In just their first three albums, they had grown exponentially and run the gamut - where Gang of Four had pretty much one sound and Joy Division a couple. Check out the solo work of Colin Newman or Dome, these guys were out in left field in the 80's while New Order were simply streamlining their sound. I'm not even saying these guys are better per se - but there's no debate they were covering more ground. Also, a more interesting direction with the JD sound, IMO, is what Psychic TV did with one tiny sample from She's Lost Control. Using a single sample as a springboard, they made a tribute to Ian Curtis (called I. C. Water) that is uplifting and shows Ian more love than New Order ever did.

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You don't like the Velvet Underground??? Good Lord Sir, that there is fighting talk. ...

@@classicalbum I’ve tried. Everything else I like suggests I should. I just can’t get them. I think it’s Lou Reed 😂. Don’t rate him at all. 🙄

I do appreciate 'The Velvet Underground & Nico', which can be seen as the great-granddaddy of alternative rock (released in 1967, the year of the "Summer of Love"!), but I'm not particularly fond of Lou Reed myself. I wonder if you've explored any of Nico's solo catalog--I'm familiar with 'Desertshore' from 1970, which contains several of her classic efforts minus the Velvet Underground. You get some of the brooding, artful flavor associated with the Velvet Underground and Lou Reed, without Lou Reed!

Better than that Beach Boys Barber Shop rubbish

I remember cultural critic and provocateuse Camille Paglia (who has been oddly silent for the past six years or so) once cited Patti Smith as a key voice of her era, pivotal even, though I don't recall her singling out any particular Smith album as more important than another.

Prog kinda got snubbed on this one.

I know... my therapist says I should try and ween myself off it....

I would also add Deep Purple's In Rock re the blueprint for metal.

Blue... good choice

@@classicalbum Your list definitely overlaps with my own. John Lennon’s first solo album also broke ground. There are also some rap albums that changed things. Miles Davis and John Coltrane also had works that changed things.

@@GaryBook Miles Davis, for sure--'Kind of Blue' from 1959 is one of the absolutely foundational jazz albums.

You make good points. I agree with some of your choices as well, particularly Miles Davis.....hugely influential in the development of jazz-rock fusion starting with B's Brew, Jack Johnson, On the Corner, etc.

It's a list of ten not twenty and without the Robert Johnson album, which I list, should come before the Stones and Led Zep. TAAB as great an album as it is, should not be on here. The River and Goodby Yellow Brick Rd?.. now you must be joking.. And 'Tommy' is a great record, but in terms of influence and importance surely 'SF Sorrow' should come before that.

Coming from neither UK or US gives more clarity in choosing a balanced list

Hi hard day's night is an incredible pop album, strangely a 'forgotten' album as it's a film track !

Nation of Millions was a great album (their first 4 were good) but unfortuinately I reckon , for better or worse Straight Outta Compton was more 'influential' (even though a lot of what was influenced by it was crap). I'm not sure I hear a lot of Puiblic Enemy in music (still hear NWA and the 'gangsta' influence) these days, however Public Enemy's version of Bring The Noise with Anthrax was very influential. On a different note Public Enemy's last album released in 2020, What Are You Going To Do When The Grid Goes Down was pretty good, a bit of a return to their earlier albums.

@@jasonjames6383 My personal favourite was fear of a black planet. This list was "rock" based and I think public enemy did influence rock quite a bit - Rage against the machine for example and all the rap metal bands. Even the manic street preachers were big fans and used to mimic their army gear look. Yes the anthrax collab was good (run DMC did that stuff first) but public enemy broke away from hip hop in some ways with a harder, more punk sound (fight the power, welcome to the terrordome, PE no.1). NWA influenced hip hop a lot yes. I would argue that Ice T was doing the gangsta stuff long before NWA and is arguably more influential than them. NWA were a good band but I dont think they influenced rock bands very much

​@@Captain_Rhodes I think Run DMC and Beastie Boys may have been as influential musically as Public Enemy on rock. Although PE may have influenced a political group like Manic Street Preachers and RATM lyrically, I'm not sure the music was heavily influenced, or in the case of RATM there were more rap/rock influences like Run DMC, Beasties and Faith No More. PE seems to have been more influenced by rock rather than the other way around (and that's why many 'rock' fans like us listen/ed to them). Ice T's gangsta rap predated NWA by a couple of years as did Schooly D and BDP's first album (and I'm sure there are others) but I see NWA as something like the Sex Pistols of gangsta rap. Sure it existed beforehand but was never in the mainstream.

@@jasonjames6383 I consider the sex pistols to be a ground zero of sorts myself. I think they were original because of Lydon and were copied by most of the UK bands. I think theres always influence on everything but where you draw the lines is endlessly debatable. For example I remember Ice T and PE long before NWA came out because of the controversy of the images and popularity of the T shirts in the PE case (I was a kid) so for me it will always be those two. I dont think something has to be mainstream to be very influential (velvet underground for example). We could debate this for hours haha. I mean who was before Ice T and Schooly D? we could say it was Rick James or even Curtis Mayfield and blaxploitation OSTs. I guess its just how we feel and for me public enemy were quite a big deal to hip hop and rock. Probably because of my age and where I was at the time

@@Captain_Rhodes I think the Ramones might like to have a word with you about ground zero but as you said we could discuss 'influence' endlessly :). I was a teenager when Ice T, NWA & PE started and I only remember about 12 months' difference in them having an impact (but being in Australia we might've been a bit slow compared to where you are). When I heard Colors as a 15-year-old for the first time I have to say I'd never heard anything like it before.