Miles Davis - Top Five Albums
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Topic: Miles Davis - Top Five Albums
Posted By: enteredwinter
Subject: Miles Davis - Top Five Albums
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 20:29
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Sorry if something similar to this thread has been done before, I attempted to search for it but found nothing like what I intended to ask. As is pretty obvious from my avatar, I'm a fan of Miles Davis. However, I'm actually not much of an expert on his material, and have only heard maybe 1/4 of the vast amount of music he's released. I bet there are a lot of other Davis fans on the archives, so my question is this: what are your top 5 Davis albums? If you only know less than 5 but you like them a lot, feel free to mention that instead. Mine, at the moment, would be: 1) Kind of Blue 2) Bitches Brew 3) In a Silent Way 4) Porgy and Bess 5) Sketches of Spain |
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 20:48
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My picks:
Birth of the Cool In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Kind of Blue Miles Ahead |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 21:40
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1) Kind of Blue 2) In a Silent Way 3) Bitches Brew 4) Birth of the Cool 5) Milestones -------------  
RIP in bossa nova heaven. |
Posted By: Zoot Allures
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 21:51
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In no specific order.
Bitches Brew
Milestones
Sketches of Spain
Amandla
Kind of Blue
------------- The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson |
Posted By: gong
Date Posted: January 23 2007 at 22:37
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On The Corner Star People Bitches Brew Kind Of Blue In A Silent Way
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Posted By: enteredwinter
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 00:37
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Interesting, thanks for the posts. I'm compiling a list of Davis albums I should get next, and these will be very helpful. Keep 'em coming!  My father just read the Davis autobiography (simply titled "Miles") and said it was a good read. |
Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 00:41
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1. Bitches Brew
2. In a Silent Way
3. Kind of Blue
4. On The Corner
5. Agharta ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: superprog
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 00:49
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mine are: Big Fun Bitches Brew In A Silent Way On The Corner Tribute To Jack Johnson what? no Kind of Blue? Birth of the Cool? Sketches of Spain? herheee i'm so electric my brother would call this heresy!!!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 03:32
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In no particular order (but placed more or less chronologically
Kind Of Blue
Sketches Of Spain
In A Slient Way
Bitches Brew
Tribute To Jack Johnson
On the Corner
Agartha
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 09:39
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Kind Of Blue
We Want Miles
Live At Fillmore
Live Evil
Bitches Brew
(and in some sort of order)
There are so many box sets issued, I would also include CBS Years. BTW a second hand copy of the multi-CD set, Miles Davis Live At Montreux is available for 60 quid locally ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Alucard
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 10:13
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Kind Of Blue
Miles Davis Quintet (1965-68)
Silent Way Sessions
Bitches Brew Sessions
Jack Johnson sessions
Agartha/Pangea ------------- Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club! Explain the meaning of this song and share it" |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: January 24 2007 at 13:53
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This list might change, and I only own about 15 (and heard ca 25) of his albums: 1 Big Fun 2 Bitches Brew 3 Dark Magus 4 In A Silent Way 5 Live Evil The In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew Sessions are pretty unbeatable, but I didn't include them. Since they both include music from other well known albums (such as Filles de Kilimanjaro and Big Fun). No love for Dark Magus here? This is the first few lines from a review I fully agree with, found on Amazon (Frank Bock): This album by the Prince of Darkness is most likely, the thickest, darkest piece of music that I own. It sounds more like Miles recorded it in Hell than Carnagie Hall, as everything is dark and dense and almost possessing an evil quality. And the band rocks pretty hard. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: enteredwinter
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 00:53
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Based on the responses, I've compiled a list of Davis albums that I don't own but want to get soon: 1. On the Corner 2. Agharta 3. Live Evil 4. Dark Magus 5. Tribute to Jack Johnson Last call, before this thread ends up fading into oblivion ... anyone else out there a Davis fan who wants to share their favorites with us? |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 05:07
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Kind of Blue
Round About Midnight
Sketches of Spain
My Funny Valentine
Someday My Prince Will Come
...I like the electric Miles, but I love his earlier work more.
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 05:15
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In a Silent Way
Kind of Blue Round About Midnight Bitches Brew Sketches of Spain Tough call, but these are the ones that I listen to most frequently. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 07:54
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No votes for 'Do Bop', then...
Personally (in no real order) The complete 'In A Silent Way' sessions Amandla Porgy & Bess Kind Of Blue Bitches Brew ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 11:03
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1. Agharta
2. Tribute to jack johnson 3. Bitches brew 4. Live Evil 5. Live at fillmore east ------------- 
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 11:16
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From the ones I know: 1. Agharta 2. Pangaea 3. Aura 4. Tribute to Jack Johnson 5. Big Fun  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: January 25 2007 at 11:27
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No order:
In a Silent Way + Silent Way Sessions Kind of Blue Seven steps to heaven Bitches Brew |
Posted By: gong
Date Posted: January 26 2007 at 02:15
maybe we just forget (including myself!) to mentioned Decoy - studio album, 1983; awesome cd, IMO, especially for electric Miles fans  .
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