Deconstruct the Classics!
 

Many albums are accepted as being classics, mostly rightly so, but there are those that a) are, and a lot of people shake their heads and say no way that's not a classic album or b) are not accepted as such, but some people think they should be.

Here, I'm going to give you a chance to "do a Pluto" on the classics. Anyone can drop one in, one at a time but it should be a recognised classic or one that should fit the criteria (so no Jesus the Carpenter albums please!) :laughing:

All you have to do then is say Yay or Nay, and the votes will be totalled at the end, so we can see does this album actually deserve its classic status or, conversely, should it be one and is not?

You can comment and give any reasons you want, if you like, but you don't have to. Any genre, one at a time as I say. Signup sheet below.

Starting with this one, which I think most of you hate so I can imagine how it's gonna go....

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SIGNUP SHEET

Username in Bold = member picking current album
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This has to be the most boring album ever to be considered a classic.

No-No NO! No No No-No-No-No-No! NO! NO NO! NO! NO NO! N-No-No No-No-NO!

Wait, do people actually listen to the whole album?
I thought it was just something dads had lying around before the age of youtube,
in case they wanted to listen to the eponymous song.

I'd rather hear this, thanks!

I'd rather listen to this than to almost any 'classic rock' album.

Yeah man that's gonna be a colossal hate from me, I'll never understand the appeal of Hotel California (the song OR the album)

Deconstructing some times is better

I honestly believe that Hotel California is one of the best rock songs ever written, if not the best. And I'm not saying that from some sort of objective musical reference point, I mean purely as a pop rock song and in terms of how it succeeds at everything a pop rock song typically tries to accomplish. I totally understand that it's overplayed and that has probably killed it for so many people, but legacy and status aside, as a standalone song it's just unreal. The production is fantastic, the track is consistently evolving and keeps you drawn in, the interplay between every instrument and the way every tone compliments the others is amazing, it flows unbelievably well. Not one member of the band drops the ball on that track, everybody is on point and playing something interesting, and playing it very well. Every note in the outro solo is deliberate and flawlessly played. It's one of the only tracks I can name that I prefer a fade out in. Forgive me for appealing to the epitome of the classic rock stereotype, but throwing Hotel California on while driving down the highway at sunset, sitting behind a V8, arm out the window, it's absolutely magical, there are few greater feelings in the world of Dad Rock.

All of that being said, clearly I love the track, but I honestly don't care at all for the rest of the album, besides Life in the Fast Lane.