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Old 04-23-2009, 03:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Finally, I've got around to it, I've got a completed list, and I'll be posting my top albums.

100. Pinkerton – Weezer



It's strange to me that I'm starting this list off with this band, a band I expected not to like and started to really get into only a couple of weeks ago. Despite all of that, this is truly a moving album and the choice of leaving "Butterfly" last was a good one. It gives the album an emotional resonance that stays in your memory, though it really only delivers on the concluding track. If there were more songs with the emotional delivery of "Butterfly" maybe this would be higher. However, the utter sincerity of this album cannot be overlooked.


99. 1990 – Daniel Johnston




O, the crazy artistic genius is such a romantic role. If you've seen the stunning documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston, you'll see a portrait of a man truly on a different wave length. With an almost childish voice that never seems to be quite on pitch and an obsession with cartoons and the devil, this is his most accessible album, and it's his greatest.


98. The Velvet Underground – The Velvet Underground




It seems like a bad move to oust John Cale, but Lou Reed did it, and wouldn't ya know, The Velvet Underground still sound f*cking fantastic. But it's a different sort of fantastic. A soft, cuddly fantastic, not the frantic, cocaine riddled fantastic of their previous records. A great album from one of the greatest bands.

97. The Queen is Dead – The Smiths




Morrissey is a son of a b*tch, but every once and a while he writes really decent songs. It's a good thing that a lot of them are on one album, and it's this one. To me though, nothing he ever writes will beat the opening song on this album. The second song is really good too, very sarcastic and tongue in cheek. The album sort of blends into one song from here on, at least in my opinion, until the last song, which is once again fantastic.
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96. Low – David Bowie



The first of the Berlin trilogy, David Bowie gets groovy on this album, and I can totally dig it. It's actually hard to type this because I'm gyrating so much thinking about it. Not really. This album is a testament that there's nobody quite like Bowie. And of course, there's nothing quite like the brilliance of Bowie and Eno working together.


95. There’s A Riot Goin’ On – Sly & The Family Stone




Damn, what a drag the collapse of the hippie ideals were. However, the great part is, a lot of great bitter, angry and cynical music was born from it. Nowhere else is this change more evident than with good ol' Sly. In 1968 he's singing "Different strokes, for different folks! And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo and Iiiiiiii, am everyday people!" On 'Riot', however, the music is thin, almost rigged, and frantic, as if he just started a really bad trip. It was originally going to be named "Africa Talks To You", however, was changed to "There's A Riot Goin' On" as a response to the album "What's Goin' On", released five months earlier. To me, that little tidbit perfectly encapsulates the period in which this album was released. It's at once a turn off and beautiful.

94. Zen Arcade – Husker Du




Without bands and albums like this, the eighties would have totally blowed. Husker Du are up there in that 80s indie pantheon, with guys like Sonic Youth. Their music simultaneously broke barriers and broke your face open. Husker Du were definitely a bunch of ballsy guys, taking hardcore punk and adding jazz flavors and piano interludes. For some reason, it was still totally badass.


93. This Nation’s Saving Grace – The Fall




Man, when this album opens, it means business. It's grimy, grungy before grunge was even a thought, catchy and beautiful. The tone of this album suggests swagger, and in the best possible way. I wonder if after they finished this album they went to the pub, got sh*tfaced, and got in a brawl. Somehow, it seems appropriate.
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I like this so far. Could you spare a link for that Husker Du album?
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I like this so far. Could you spare a link for that Husker Du album?
I don't have it on my computer, it's only on my ipod, but there's bound to be a torrent out there, that's how I got mine
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Well, this should certainly be interesting. Good luck with your list!
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Nice list. I still haven't got that Sly & the Family Stone album, so thanks for reminding me to grab that one soonish. I'd personally have gone for Heroes or Scary Monsters regarding Bowie. Doesn't make Low any less a brilliant album though.

Good start to the list. I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

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I wonder if after they finished this album they went to the pub, got sh*tfaced, and got in a brawl. Somehow, it seems appropriate.
If you want to be more accurate, go to the pub , get sh*tfaced , get in a brawl with some flavour of the month NME darlings , lose false teeth.
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92. Hootenanny – The Replacements




My first encounter with this great band was late one night, last year. I was watching the credits of Jackass Number Two, and this song came on. It was rough, painful and from the soul. It screamed, "We're getting nooooo place!" and I was immediately struck. That song was Treatment Bound by The Replacements. It's the highlight of an amazing album. That's the one big thing I owe Jackass, is they introduced me to this band.

91. Surfer Rosa – Pixies




The best part about Fight Club to me was that kickass song at the end. That got me into the Pixies. The surreal sort of punk, the structure of the songs, that was something instantly trademarked by this band, and their influence on the American musical landscape is inescapable.

90. In the Attic of the Universe – The Antlers




I'm proud of myself for even knowing about this album. Usually I don't dig too deep in the obscure pile to find things, because I'm lazy, but one night on the internet I happened to find an indie-folk band not even Pitchfork had heard of, but they sounded great. The melodies are catchy and brilliant, and does more in 27 minutes than some band do in five albums.

89. I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One – Yo La Tengo




The first song on this album, an instrumental reminiscent of the guitar from 'The End' from The Doors, and matches it in it's apocalyptic mood, sets a very high standard that is hard to live up to. However it does, and thank God for that. It's one part folk, one part rock, some part electronic, and experimental. But mostly it's beautiful, sounding numb and drug addled, singing songs about the end of the world.
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