Rickenbacker

The Drift and Tilt are insanely fantastic albums; not sure which I like more. They support the idea of beauty found in ugliness moreso even than Joy Division's "Closer," believe it or not. Great stuff.

I found In the Heart of the Moon on my cousin's hard drive a while ago and I was surprised to see it here. I thought it was good, if only for the interesting combination of lead instruments on the album, and not up to par with the best things Ali Farka Toure has done before it. Nevertheless, I approve.

Good stuff, Bulldog. I remember reading this a while ago, but now I'm familiar with more of the albums.

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Rickenbacker

Also, it is absolutely eerie how many albums on your list would appear on my own if I made one. Funny thing is, I didn't get them from you! It's crazy... Nebraska, Mule Variations, Laughing Stock, Red, Sticky Fingers, Closer, Remain in Light... Crazy.

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NumberNineDream

That was the first thread I read when joining MusicBanter. I remember I only had 3 albums of the whole 100, and I had never heard of the others.

It was a really helpful one, I'd root for the 200.

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Uncanny isn't it From what I've seen we do have very similar tastes, especially considering what you think of Tilt and the Drift - two very difficult albums but once (and if) they click, there's just no turning back. Another album you should try if you haven't already is Climate Of Hunter [sic], Walker's first solo effort. I'm pretty sure it's next to impossible to find online, so if you're up for a link drop me a PM eh.

It's a possibility, if I can even be bothered to carry this on at all. It's very tempting to do so as I really enjoyed making this thread, and I do miss being in the process of making it. I guess we'll see what happens. As I say, I've got all sorts of rubbish from uni to keep me busy, not to mention a couple of other threads I'm working on here, so if I do get the ball rolling again it won't be for quite a while.

Schizotypic

Do it! Do it! Do it! I'd follow this thing till' it hit a 1000 if you could dish em out.

Bulldog

Oh yeah, forgot about that old idea

Despite this semester being a week away from ending, unfortunately I'll have a load of assignments to keep me busy 'til about mid-January. I'll relaunch this thing sooner than that though. A top 1000 would get very very boring very very fast for all concerned, so I don't think I'd bother with that many. As I say, we'll see how it all turns out.

Bulldog

Because I'm out of fresh ideas of what to do with that thread, I'm gonna continue this list in my journal. Only for about 20-odd albums though with nice, short reviews in groups of four - wouldn't wanna flog a dead horse too much eh

So, I'll be going through a few of the albums that never made the list but should have, and albums I've got since that would do here. The first batch'll go up when I feel like it...

Kimbahley

Sorry for the completely late reply, I just checked out this whole thread. What an awesome list. I can't believe In The Heart of the Moon was number 1, I've listened to that album probably a billion times, and I've yet to meet anyone else in real life who's even heard of it. I can't wait for the follow up posts.

Bulldog

Thanks, and I know the feeling when it comes to the Heart Of the Moon. Just about everyone I've passed it onto offline has gone on to absolutely love the album too. It's probably the only album I could play however I'm feeling and at whatever time of day and it's one that, to me at least, has a seamless level of consistent quality running through it. Basically, there was only one album that I was gonna top the list off with right from the moment I started thinking about making it.

As for the follow-up posts, I was actually gonna post the first four albums today, but I kinda fell asleep when I was typing them up. Might have them in my journal by tomorrow afternoon(ish). Definitely fairly soon though.

Welcome to the boards as well.

Limetless

All the pages were worth the read. And The Drift became a new favorite album.