August Anniversary Record Club - Poll
Jul 24, 2016 16:45:52 GMT -5
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Everyone gets three selections and the poll closes midnight, August 1.
Aaron Carter – Oh Aaron (August 7, 2001)
Third album, created in conjunction with a doll of the singer by Play Along Toys (well, can any other artist on this list outside The Beatles claim that?)
The Beatles – Revolver (August 5, 1966)
Seventh album, featuring (jesus, where to start?) “Eleanor Rigby,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Good Day Sunshine,” “Tomorrow Never Knows,” and “Taxman”
Bob Dylan – Modern Times (August 29, 2006)
Album thirty-two, featuring some lyrics adapted from 19th-Century American poet Henry Timrod
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (August 18, 1986)
The New Jersey rockers’ third album, featuring “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and “You Give Love a Bad Name”
The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (August 1966)
Second album from the blues-harpist led troupe
Camper Van Beethoven – Camper Van Beethoven (August 1986)
The California sextet’s third album, featuring contributions from noted psychedelic musician Eugene Chadbourne and a cover of Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive”
Comets on Fire – Avatar (August 8, 2006)
Fourth and, to date, final album of the California noise rockers also associated with Six Organs of Admittance
Donovan – Sunshine Superman (August 26, 1966)
The Glasgow singer-songwriter’s third album, incorporating a full rock band sound and psychedelic instrumentation
Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (August 19, 1986)
The Ohio singer-songwriter’s debut, featuring a hit single cover of Johnny Horton’s “Honky Tonk Man”
Massive Attack – Blue Lines (August 8, 1991)
The Bristol DJ/hip-hop/soul collective’s debut
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (August 1976)
Debut of the Massachusetts garage rockers, composed of material recorded in the early 1970s
Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle (August 13, 1991)
Debut of the genre-schizophrenic California act
Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth (August 1961)
Sixth album from the jazz saxophonist playing with a quintet and his only album to also feature noted pianist Bill Evans
Olivia Tremor Control – Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle (August 6, 1996)
Debut from the Louisiana-based, Elephant 6-associated psychedelic rock group
OutKast – ATLiens (August 27, 1996)
The Atlanta hip-hop duo’s second album, their first to feature their own produced tracks
Ozma – Rock and Roll Part Three (August 21, 2001)
Debut from the Pasadena power-pop quintet
Paul Simon – Graceland (August 25, 1986)
Seventh album, the singer-songwriter’s first to explore international musical styles including South African mbaqanga and zydeco
Pearl Jam – Ten (August 27, 1991)
The Seattle five-piece’s debut, featuring “Jeremy,” “Alive,” and “Even Flow”
Reel Big Fish – Turn the Radio Off (August 13, 1996)
Album two from the L.A. ska troupe, with half of the songs rerecorded from their debut full-length
Slipknot – Iowa (August 28, 2001)
Home state-titled sophomore album from the nine-member metal act
Sparklehorse – It’s a Wonderful Life (August 8, 2001)
Third album from Mark Linkous’ indie rock project, co-produced by noted producer Dave Fridmann
The Strokes – Is This It (August 27, 2001)
Debut full-length from the NYC rock quintet
The Who – Who’s Next (August 14, 1971)
Fifth album, collecting songs from the aborted Lifehouse project and featuring Pete Townsend’s experiments with synthesizers and ARP
Aaron Carter – Oh Aaron (August 7, 2001)
Third album, created in conjunction with a doll of the singer by Play Along Toys (well, can any other artist on this list outside The Beatles claim that?)
The Beatles – Revolver (August 5, 1966)
Seventh album, featuring (jesus, where to start?) “Eleanor Rigby,” “Yellow Submarine,” “Good Day Sunshine,” “Tomorrow Never Knows,” and “Taxman”
Bob Dylan – Modern Times (August 29, 2006)
Album thirty-two, featuring some lyrics adapted from 19th-Century American poet Henry Timrod
Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet (August 18, 1986)
The New Jersey rockers’ third album, featuring “Livin’ on a Prayer,” “Wanted Dead or Alive,” and “You Give Love a Bad Name”
The Butterfield Blues Band – East-West (August 1966)
Second album from the blues-harpist led troupe
Camper Van Beethoven – Camper Van Beethoven (August 1986)
The California sextet’s third album, featuring contributions from noted psychedelic musician Eugene Chadbourne and a cover of Floyd’s “Interstellar Overdrive”
Comets on Fire – Avatar (August 8, 2006)
Fourth and, to date, final album of the California noise rockers also associated with Six Organs of Admittance
Donovan – Sunshine Superman (August 26, 1966)
The Glasgow singer-songwriter’s third album, incorporating a full rock band sound and psychedelic instrumentation
Dwight Yoakam – Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (August 19, 1986)
The Ohio singer-songwriter’s debut, featuring a hit single cover of Johnny Horton’s “Honky Tonk Man”
Massive Attack – Blue Lines (August 8, 1991)
The Bristol DJ/hip-hop/soul collective’s debut
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (August 1976)
Debut of the Massachusetts garage rockers, composed of material recorded in the early 1970s
Mr. Bungle – Mr. Bungle (August 13, 1991)
Debut of the genre-schizophrenic California act
Oliver Nelson – The Blues and the Abstract Truth (August 1961)
Sixth album from the jazz saxophonist playing with a quintet and his only album to also feature noted pianist Bill Evans
Olivia Tremor Control – Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle (August 6, 1996)
Debut from the Louisiana-based, Elephant 6-associated psychedelic rock group
OutKast – ATLiens (August 27, 1996)
The Atlanta hip-hop duo’s second album, their first to feature their own produced tracks
Ozma – Rock and Roll Part Three (August 21, 2001)
Debut from the Pasadena power-pop quintet
Paul Simon – Graceland (August 25, 1986)
Seventh album, the singer-songwriter’s first to explore international musical styles including South African mbaqanga and zydeco
Pearl Jam – Ten (August 27, 1991)
The Seattle five-piece’s debut, featuring “Jeremy,” “Alive,” and “Even Flow”
Reel Big Fish – Turn the Radio Off (August 13, 1996)
Album two from the L.A. ska troupe, with half of the songs rerecorded from their debut full-length
Slipknot – Iowa (August 28, 2001)
Home state-titled sophomore album from the nine-member metal act
Sparklehorse – It’s a Wonderful Life (August 8, 2001)
Third album from Mark Linkous’ indie rock project, co-produced by noted producer Dave Fridmann
The Strokes – Is This It (August 27, 2001)
Debut full-length from the NYC rock quintet
The Who – Who’s Next (August 14, 1971)
Fifth album, collecting songs from the aborted Lifehouse project and featuring Pete Townsend’s experiments with synthesizers and ARP