Frownland

^I highly recommend 40 Oz. to Freedom if you like Sublime. It's a lot more diverse than their s/t so it may come off as a little unfocused but it's their best imo. Never really got into their second album but it's decent from what I remember.

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Dylstew

Their second album was pretty weird, I never got into it much, but I love the song Boss D.J that's on it. Anyways, Sublime is pretty damn nice, I like them.

Anteater

101. Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun (1987)

I love pretty much everything Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry have done together since their genesis in the early 80's, but Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun is where they fully transitioned from a post-punk group with "exotic" dream pop leanings to a fully-fledged, larger-than-life sonic architecture. Easily one of the best "World" music albums ever and a huge influence on a lot of bands/artists.

There's a certain time and place for the musical equivalent of a religious experience in a Gothic cathedral, but this is one of the best for that sort of hypothetical occasion.

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Isbjørn

^ Nice pick. Just heard it recently, and it sure is an interesting listen.

Oh, and I just PMed Goofle asking if he could sticky the index thread.

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Charlemagne

102. Fucked Up - David Comes To Life (2011)


So I know I put a concept album as my last entry and said that one was my favorite concept album of all time, well this is a close second. It's complex and beautiful and the band is incredibly inventive instrumentally and vocally.

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Josef K

^ Great pick.

Am I really the only person here who can't stand Sublime? Not objecting to it being on the list, because I'm sure there are those who can't stand Spiritualized, but wow I can't stand them.

Boundish

Id say Thriller is a must , an obvious boring choice maybe , but it is one of the greatest in my opinion :-)

Frownland

103. Armand Hammer - Race Music (2013)

This is conscious hip hop at its best imo. Billy Woods and Elucid are the emcees and a host of producers are on this album, many of whom were on Billy Woods' "History Will Absolve Me". The album starts off with a grimy, chaotic beat in "Hatchet Job", then it goes to more jazzy areas on tracks like "Cloisters". The lyricism on this album is fantastic, and it has me returning to it quite often. Billy Woods has a free-association element to his rhymes that drop references upon references, taking them somewhat out of context to mesh with his dark sense of humour at points. Elucid is a bit more abstract in his delivery and a bit harder to get into for me at first, but quite rewarding when I listened more closely. There's a lot of variety on this album and it's a long one at that, clocking in at over 70 minutes. The subject matter on this album is very heavy on some tracks like "Where the Wild Things Are", which strikes some powerful chords. Well worth a listen for anyone remotely into hip hop, but it's not as easy to get into Billy Woods' "Dour Candy" or "History Will Absolve Me".

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Psy-Fi

104. The Electric Prunes - Stockholm '67 (1997)

A top-notch recording of a performance by garage/psych rockers "The Electric Prunes" on December 14, 1967 from the Concert Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, originally taped for broadcast on Swedish radio. The recording was officially released in 1997 by Heartbeat Productions (the version I have and the one shown in the album cover I posted above) and has been re-released twice since then (with different album covers) by Birdman Records in 2002 and by the Sutro Park label in 2012. This is not only my favorite album by The Electric Prunes, but also one of my top 10 favorite live rock albums of all time. The band sounds not just energized but positively explosive in this nearly 44 minute set, playing some high-octane fuzz drenched rock that often sounds more like hard, fast, proto-punk than the garage/psych sounds of their studio albums. The album starts with "You Never Had It Better" followed by what was probably their most well known song "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" and continues with "Try Me On For Size," "I Happen To Love You," "I Got My Mojo Workin'," "Long Day's Flight (Til Tomorrow)," "Smokestack Lightning," and concludes with "Get Me To The World On Time."

This album proves that the band was not only one of the best live 60's rock groups but one of the best live rock groups of any era. Highly recommended if you like loud, powerful, energetic rock music played to perfection!

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Mondo Bungle

Robbin the Hood has always been my favorite Sublime album. I really dig it.

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