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Board,I should think this is a 'no-brainer' but a consensus on the Asylum seems a never ending impossibility so I guess there will be controversy on this as well. My choices:
1. For Lennon, "Imagine" (critic's standard choice, too, no?)
2. For McCartney, "Band on the Run" (ditto, above)
3. For Harrison, "All Things Must Pass" (ditto, above)
4. For Ringo, "Ringo" (well, that was his best even it's not the best)
Thoughts?
Thanks.
Guy.
* Making No Compromise with the Public Taste *
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i have a fair number of Paul and Wings records. "Back to the Egg" has always been a personal favourite. i'm kind of surprised that even Paul ignores this release a fair bit. it didn't get much representation on Wingspan at all except for "Rockestra" which is just an all-star instrumental. i think "Ram" is also very good. Uncle Albert and Too Many People are fantastic songs!Don't have any Ringo solo albums.
Only have a few George LP's, i guess Cloud 9 being the best that i have.
and for John, i guess i might go for Wall & Bridges.
JR
"spin the black circle!"
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Dean.
Plastic Ono Band of course
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For Lennon it's the Plastic Ono Band - not sure if this is actually post Beatles. If not I'll take Shaved Fish a hit's record. POB IMO is alot like Trout Mask Replica - it only works when I'm in the mood but when I'm in the mood nothings better.For McCartney it's no doubt McCartney. Second choice is Wings Over America.
If I recall Ringo and All Things Must Pass are the only records I've got from Ringo and George so they've got to be my choices as well.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Plastic Ono Band has always sounded better to me than Imagine.All Things Must Pass doesn't deserve to be saddled with the mediocre jam rec, but I think it's Harrison's best work.
The Ringo album is fun, but I think Beaucoups Of Blues is a better record.
Band On The Run? Perhaps, but I second what Marshall said as I prefer both McCartney & Ram. But Wings Over America is not bad considering it's a...triple live album.
Plastic Ono Band is one of the most intense & personal records anyone's ever made, and considering who made it & why, I think it's kind of a shame it's been eclipsed by Imagine. It's a one-of-a-kind record from an all-time great who, I think, peaked with it. But then it was really the first time he put together an album of songs that were all his.
If I could pick one album for a Beatles-hater to listen to, that would be the one.
..agreed. IMHO, never heard much of anything anywhere from anyone with the raw emotion and feelings that has (maybe 'Blood On The Tracks' comes close). Incredible power, rage, love, disdain, delicacy, hatred, struggle, fear, doubt, etc. All in about 40 minutes. A masterpiece. Still gives me goosebumps.Imagine is a close second, and All Things Must Pass maybe third due to the sheer volume of good stuff. Pauls' first two strike me a having moments of greatness, but too much fluff. 'Junk' just doesn't do it for me, but 'Maybe I'm Amazed' and 'Every Night' are wonderful, some of his best work. And his two of his best songs never made it to a normal release (Another Day and Oh Woman Oh Why). So, Ram fourth, McCartney fifth in my book. Put the aforementioned two songs on the first LP, it moves to third.
All IMHO, of course.
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I am going to cheat and say that the best post-Beatles recording is disc #4 in the Lennon Anthology, "The Dakota Years". Ram by McCartney is another all-time favorite.I have tremendous respect for about 1/3 of what was recorded on All Things Must Pass. Beware of Darkness is an excellent example of George's craftsmanship at its peak. Too bad he couldn't maintain that same level throughout that entire album.
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for Paul McCartney. I prefer McCartney or even Ram.
Marshall,For PURE rock and roll - the epitome of the genre - I'll choose "Ram" over anything. Only "Let It Be" comes close and maybe a handful on non-L/M artists.
McCartney's 1st album is truly under-rated but against B.O.T.R., it lacks diversity (however, I can easily see someone making the contrary case: it's more coherent. True, too).
Thanks for your comment.
Guy.
* Making No Compromise with the Public Taste *
I've only heard all of Paul's and George's solo albums so I can't comment too much on John and Ringo.I don't particularly like the Imagine album and haven't heard any of his others all the way thru except Double Fantasy which, without Yoko's songs, I like.
All Things is a bit overblown. The whole 3rd LP is a waste of petroleum. It's probably his best otherwise although I really liked his self titled from '79 and Cloud 9.
I think everything Paul did from '70-'89 was great. Everything since has been poop. BotR is good. I don't know what his best is seeing as they've all been my favorite at one point or another. My favorite is Red Rose Speedway. It seems to be the one I've played most over the past 20 years. Other current favorites are: Wildlife, London Town, and Pipes of Peace (Yes, I'm the only person in the word who thinks PoP is fantastic from start to finish).
As for Ringo, I have a couple but it's not like I play them.
Would agree with all except I found nothing in McCartney's post-Beatle catalog that I would find even mildly interesting, let alone something I could call "best". I'm not too crazy about Harrison, either, although ATMP was pretty damn good. Ringo produced more good music than those two put together, IMHO. Lennon fared the best, again IMHO.
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