Rock Album Survivor - SCD Edition

[Rubber Soul]

Okay, this is my proposed list...

James Brown- Live at the Apollo
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
Prince- 1999
Michael Jackson- Bad
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill


I do like the idea of the sub-genres but then you fall into the trap of getting into too many genres to count. Still, we are missing some important artists such as Parliament/Funkadelic, the Temptations, The O'Jays, well, you get the idea.


Anyway, this is a preliminary list. If you think we can improve on it, let me know.

[Saulaac]

I was familiar with a few of these and listened to about half of the other half (no I'm not talking about the missus).

Here's my eliminated:
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Larry Coryell - Spaces
John McLaughlin - Devotion

[Psy-Fi]

Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Soft Machine - Third
Weather Report - Heavy Weather

[GD]

Our time's up for this round and the result is a whopping five-way tie between Weather Report, John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Soft Machine and Mahavishnu Orchestra. As this is the first round, and there's no way to break the tie, they are all out!

Round 2

1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
9. Larry Coryell - Spaces

Vote 2 off by June 7 [edit].

[Psy-Fi]

Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
Larry Coryell - Spaces

[GD]

Okay, this is my proposed list...

James Brown- Live at the Apollo
Otis Redding- Otis Blue
Aretha Franklin- Lady Soul
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
Curtis Mayfield- Curtis
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
Prince- 1999
Michael Jackson- Bad
Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

That list certainly seems fine, although as far as MJ goes, maybe Thriller is marginally preferable to Bad? Not the biggest deal though, so I will leave it up to you and others' best judgement. I'll make sure to add the battle into the overview before long, at any rate

[GD]

OK, since there's now less than 24 hours to the end of the round and only one person has voted so far, I'll extend the deadline a little bit to give some extra time. The new deadline for this round is June 7.

Hopefully I'll also have sorted out my own rankings by then as well. The massacre that was the first round at least eliminated a few I had yet to hear

[Saulaac]

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Larry Coryell - Spaces

[GD]

Larry Coryell is out.

Round 3

1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2. Return to Forever - Light as a Feather
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Vote 2 off by June 9.

[Psy-Fi]

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Return to Forever - Light as a Feather

[GD]

Return to Forever
Frank Zappa

[Saulaac]

RTF
Frank Zappa

[GD]

Chick Corea and Return to Forever is now out.

Round 4

1. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
3. Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
8. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Vote 1 off by June 11.

[Psy-Fi]

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

[GD]

Frank Zappa