Albums That Are Still Alive:
AC/DC – Back In Black (1980)
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic (1975)
Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)
The Band – The Band (1969)
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty (1998)
Black Sabbath – Paranoid (1970)
Blind Faith – Blind Faith (1969)
Bob Dylan – Blood on the Tracks (1975)
Bob Dylan & The Band – The Basement Tapes (1975)
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band – Against the Wind (1980)
Boston – Boston (1976)
Brian Eno – Before and after Science (1977)
Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run (1975)
Chicago – The Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
The Clash – London Calling (1979)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969)
Curtis Mayfield – Super Fly Soundtrack (1972)
David Bowie – Hunky Dory (1971)
David Bowie – Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980)
David Bowie – The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars (1972)
Devo – Freedom of Choice (1980)
The Doors – The Doors (1967)
Duran Duran – Rio (1982)
Eagles – Hotel California (1976)
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions – This Year’s Model (1978)
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
fIREHOSE – Flyin’ the Flannel (1991)
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe (‘) (1974)
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats (1969)
Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (1974)
Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970)
Guns N’ Roses – Appetite for Destruction (1987)
Hall & Oates – Private Eyes (1981)
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced? (1967)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland (1968)
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band (1970)
Journey – Escape (1981)
King Crimson – Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (1973)
Kiss – Alive II (1977)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969)
Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Love – Forever Changes (1967)
Metallica – Master Of Puppets (1986)
MGMT – Oracular Spectacular (2007)
Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)
Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes (1982)
Miles Davis – A Tribute To Jack Johnson (1971)
Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime (1984)
The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers (1976)
Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)
Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night (1975)
Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)
Peter Gabriel – So (1986)
Pink Floyd – Meddle (1971)
Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979)
Pixies – Come On Pilgrim (1987)
The Police – Ghost In The Machine (1981)
Pork Tornado – Pork Tornado (2002)
Prince – Purple Rain (1984)
Queen – A Night At The Opera (1975)
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
Rage Against The Machine – Evil Empire (1996)
Ramones – Ramones (1976)
Rolling Stones – Exile On Main Street (1972)
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers (1971)
The Roots – Phrenology (2002)
Rush – Moving Pictures (1981)
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (1974)
T. Rex – Electric Warrior (1971)
Television – Marquee Moon (1977)
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
U2 – The Joshua Tree (1987)
Van Halen – Van Halen (1978)
Van Morrison – Astral Weeks (1968)
Various Artists – Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack (1977)
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes (1983)
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
X – Los Angeles (1980)
Yes – The Yes Album (1971)
ZZ Top – Tres Hombres (1973)
Albums That Have Already Gotten The Axe:
The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach (1972)
The Beatles – Rubber Soul (1965)
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)
Huey Lewis and The News – Sports (1983)
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man (1988)
Manu Chao – Clandestino (1998)
Medeski Martin & Wood – Shack-man (1996)
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese (1991)
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music (1979)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Damn The Torpedoes (1979)
The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)
Ween – White Pepper (2000)
The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)
The Who – Who’s Next (1971)
Here’s a look at past Halloween album covers…
10/31/1994 – Phish Covers The Beatles’ White Album
2: Speak to Me**, Back in the USSR, Dear Prudence, Glass Onion, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Wild Honey Pie, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Martha My Dear, I’m So Tired, Blackbird, Piggies, Rocky Raccoon, Don’t Pass Me By, Why Don’t We Do It in the Road, I Will, Julia, Birthday Jam***, Yer Blues, Mother Nature’s Son, Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey, Sexy Sadie, Helter Skelter, Long Long Long, Revolution 1, Honey Pie, Savoy Truffle, Cry Baby Cry, Revolution 9+, Good Night++
10/31/1995 – Phish Covers The Who’s Quadrophenia
2: I Am the Sea, The Real Me, Quadrophenia, Cut My Hair, The Punk Meets the Godfather, I’m One, The Dirty Jobs, Helpless Dancer, Is It in My Head, I’ve Had Enough, 5:15, Sea and Sand, Drowned, Bell Boy, Doctor Jimmy, The Rock, Love Reign O’er Me
10/31/1996 – Phish Covers Remain In Light by Talking Heads
2: Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On), Crosseyed and Painless, Great Curve, Once in a Lifetime, Houses in Motion, Seen and Not Seen, Listening Wind, Overload (1:02)
10/31/1998 – Phish covers the Velvet Underground’s Loaded
2: Who Loves the Sun, Sweet Jane, Rock and Roll, Cool It Down, New Age, Head Held High, Lonesome Cowboy Bill, I Found a Reason, Train Round the Bend, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’
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Love it! Great idea. Whittle it down to a handful by 10/30 so fans can get familiar- more enjoyable that way. Especially if they do something like Marquee Moon or one of the other less familiar picks. great idea though.
hoping for Pork Tornado
for my money, as sick of an album as thriller is, i’ve heard a lot of acts try and cover it and just fall on their faces hitting the high notes… I think Janes addiction would be a cool common ground of modern/classic rock… although i’m probably wrong on them playing that one too
Pearl Jam – 10
Bob Dylan And The Band – the Basement Tapes
Frank Zappa – Hot Rats
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Declan McManus – This Year’s Model
Minutemen – Double Nickels On The Dime
The Roots – Phronology
X – Los Angeles
CCR – Green River
The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds
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AC/DC – Back In Black
Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic
Tom Petty – Damn The Torpedoes
The Who – Who’s Next
Leonard Cohen – I’m Your Man
Michael Jackson – Thiller
fIREHOSE – flyin’ the flannel
David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie – Hunky Dory
Van Halen – Van Halen
Curtis Mayfield – Soundtrack to Superfly
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Grateful Dead – American Beauty
Neil Young – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Bob Seger – Against The Wind
Pork Tornado – Pork Tornado
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Hall & Oates – Private Eyes
Elton John – goodbye Yellow Brick Road
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
The Doors – The Doors
Tom Waits – Rain Dogs
Springsteen – Born To Run
The Band – The Band (Brown Album)
Ween – White Pepper
Jonathon Richmond and The Modern Lovers – The Modern Lovers
Journey – Escape
The Clash – London Calling
Devo – Freedom of Choice
Violent Femmes – Violent Femmes
Primus – Sailing The Seas Of Cheese
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Chicago – Chicago I
Boston – Boston
Genesis – The Lambs Lie Down On Broadway
Guns & Roses – Appetite For Destruction
Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes
Jane’s Addiction – Ritual de Lo Habitual
The Allman Brothers Band – Eat A Peach
Jimi Hendrix – Are You Experienced?
Black Sabbath – Paranoid
Miles Davis – A Tribute To Jack Johnson
KI$$ – Alive II
Led eppelin – I
Eric Clapton – 461 Ocean Blvd
The Eagles – Hotel California
T.Rex – Electric Warrior
Blind Faith – Blind Faith
Velve Underground And Nico
Led Zeppelin – IV (Zoso)
Rush – Moving Pictures
Rage Agaist The Machine – Evil Empire
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
The Police – Ghost In The Machine
Huey Lewis And The News – Sports
U2 – Joshua Tree
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yes – The Yes Album
The Pixies – Come On Pilgrim
The Ramones – Ramones
Radiohead – Kid A
Rolling Stones – Exile
Peter Gabriel – So
ZZ Top – Tres Hombes
MGMT – Oracle Spectacular
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack
Duran Duran – Rio
LOVE – Forever Changes
Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Dylan – Blood On the Tracks
Nirvana – Nevermind
Manu Chao – Clandestino
Prince – Purple Rain
David Bowie Scary Monsters
Television Marquee Moon
The Beaatie Boys – Hello Nasty
Zappa – Aposrophe
Talking Heads – Fear Of Music
Pink Floyd – Meddle
Neil Young – Tonight’s The Night
Brian Eno – Before And After Science
The White Stripes – Elephant
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Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
Queen – A Night At The Opera
Perhaps they will play “Sports” by Huey and the News!!!
The Yes Album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pretzel Logic would be amazing. Classic album. Meddle would make me poop my pants and Phish doing Tres Hombres would be ridiculous. They already have Jesus Left Chicago and La Grange down and that whole album is stellar.
Huey Lewis Sports & Talking Heads Fear of Music have been knocked off!
To hear Trey ripping Electric Lady Land and putting his spin on it would be incredible. Though to hear Mike play those opening notes of “one of these days” off Floyd’s Meddle would put shivers down my spine. Couldn’t see Neil Young’s Everyone Knows this is Nowhere b/c the Mother Hips Covered it fairly recently. My friend Dan predicted the Talking Heads Fear of Music. Seen a lot of heads lately in the phish/gordon world.
Something tells me it’s going to be either X, Guns-N-Roses, or Hotel California. I think doing something distinctly SoCal would be very fitting and Phishy.
i cant see it! there are too many people hittin up the site! the list is quite impressive, i think that bowie has the best chance with 3 albums. although they haven’t covered a solo artist yet, a four piece seems more their style, zep has to be a favorite, the doors would be appropriate given the setting
Whatever they choose, this is an awesome list of albums. Of the handful of these albums that I don’t know, I am going to introduce myself to and expand my musical horizons. Thanks, Phish.
it said in the phish book that was published that they once considered doing Van Halen (Van Halen) with David Lee Roth on vocals…
I’m leaning towards an album by Bowie, Zappa or the Basement tapes –
I could see them doing the self titled The Doors album. The Doors are a California band and have a similar instrument line up (minus the bass player of course)…..plus I could see Page ripping the intro of “Light My Fire” and Trey going off lyrically on “The End” a la “Icculus”.
Please not Thiller. That album has some real clunkers on Side 1. Everybody remembers the hits, but forgets “Baby Be Mine” “The Girl is Mine” and “The Lady in My Life.”
I’d love to hear “The Basement Tapes” or “Meddle.”
Say what you will, but seeing Forever Changes on that list really makes me think that it is in the running. Its an incredible album, recorded by an LA-based, basically at the time underground band and has some great lines like “Served my time, served it well.”
I like many others on that list, but Forever Changes is my #1.
I’ve been hoping for Ween since the beginning…
Even though it probably isn’t, I can still hope.
Come on White Pepper!!!
However white pepper is an odd choice when the mollusk is a better choice in my opinion.
Seriously guys, could you imagine? Phish covering The Mollusk? That would be epic…
Going to have to say there is some awesome music on there.. if they were to break out ‘Yellow Brick Road’ or ‘Lamb Lies Down on Broadway’ it would be sick…
… but the costume that I would love to see is Kiss Alive II and them coming out in full Kiss gear.
Can’t wait to see… see you all there.
LETS GO THE BAND!…i wanna hear some king harvest and some rocking chair
This is the most thorough and informative information I have found. I really enjoyed it.
Moving Pictures. No brainer. 🙂 Cheers and ski ya there!
I like how many of the covers have been ‘shopped to include phish references. Clues, perhaps, to finalists?