Originally Posted by music_phantom13 Next four: [CENTER] 92. Relationship of Command – At the Drive-In Relationship of Command is the perfect post-hardcore album, in my opinion. They take every aspect of the genre and simply do it right. I love the melodramatic, howling singing, the intense, wailing guitars, the electronic aspect they infused into their sound… no other band in the genre can approach these guys. I wasn’t big on Sparta, nor am I a big fan of The Mars Volta, but damn this stuff is good. Iggy Pop even appears singing backup on Rolodex Propaganda! I’m not a big fan of producer Ross Robinson (who produced stuff by Korn and Slipknot…) but even he couldn’t slow the raw, driving, angst of At the Drive-In right before their break up. Also, how many hardcore bands actually leave the stage and insult their fans when they start slam dancing too violently? (They played a concert in Australia and left the stage shortly after starting because the moshing was too violent, and later in the day a girl actually suffocated while Limp Bizkit was playing… can’t remember the name of the concert though) Best Songs: Arcarsenal, Sleepwalk Capsules, Mannequin Republic, Rolodex Propaganda

88. Love Songs For Patriots – American Music Club



Unlike any of AMC’s previous albums, Love Songs… displays the band developing a new sound. To me, it is a slow and quiet yet at the same time intense and powerful album. The intro track, Ladies and Gentlemen, sets up the album perfectly; with heavily distorted, dark guitars and detuned piano under Mark singing out “Ladies and Gentlemen it’s time/ for all the love that’s in you to shine...” Simply put, this album shows right off the bat that Mark Eitzel’s amazing songwriting skills are just as strong as they were nearly ten years ago when their previous album was released, and the beginning of the album seems to focus on the concept of forgiveness, redemption, and a return to grace through honesty. The music underneath the lyrics sounds like an oncoming thunderstorm, often growing more and more chaotic and darkly experimental as the songs progress. It gives off a very gray, not quite depressing but certainly not upbeat sound – like I said, the way the sky starts to turn darker and darker gray before the chaotic lightning and thunder and downpour hit. If you liked other American Music Club, or just albums with good lyrics, definitely check this out.

Best Songs: Ladies and Gentlemen, Another Morning, Only Love Can Set You Free, Myopic Books, America Loves the Minstrel Show


87. Sung Tongs – Animal Collective



The fourth album from Animal Collective (the only two of the actual members of the band are present) shows the band taking a poppier turn. That’s not to say this album lacks any of the psychedelic, transcendental, even spiritual sound of their previous works, but listeners can actually easily make out the melody and lyrics whereas these things took more of a back seat in their other more experimental music. They create a sound that strongly resembles childhood; the innocence and simplicity of being young. For example, Kids on Holiday displays the everyday occurrence of taking a vacation in a perfect description of childhood excitement and adult anxiety, blending two very different attitudes into one simple story. My favorite song, Who Could Win a Rabbit, is filled with nonsensical seemingly random lyrics and quick, speedy music that rushes throughout until the very end of the song.

Best Songs: Who Could Win a Rabbit, Winters Love, Kids on Holiday, Mouth Wooed Her


86. Nevermind – Nirvana



Nirvana’s release of Nevermind launched what had been alternative as in non-mainstream music into the mainstream. I’d say that this was the pivotal point where alternative music became more a specific type of music than simply meaning alternatives to the popular music of the time. I don’t really think there’s too much I need to describe here, so I won’t.

Best Songs: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium, Territorial Pissings


85. Ocean Rain – Echo and the Bunnymen



Echo and the Bunnymen shine on this album. With more of an upbeat feel than some of their contemporaries, Ocean Rain is, simply put, a post punk masterpiece. Since I’m only doing my top ten albums for now, this is way up at 85 but it easily makes it into my top 25. Echo and the Bunnymen use quite a few less than normal instruments in this album, including a harp and quite a lot of strings instruments (would that include the harp?). Also has some entertaining lyrics: “And the yo-yo man/Always up and down/Take me to the end of your tether” cue quick staccato violin! This is a fantastic album that I would say sums up a band that was playing a genre where a lot of bands ended up stuck in the same old sound, and redoing it in their own unique way. They also don’t use a synthesizer, something you don’t find too much in 80’s new wave type bands, but that helps in the band creating themselves. A post punk/new wave must have.

Best Songs: The Yo-Yo Man, Crystal Days, My Kingdom, Angels and Devils

Originally Posted by music_phantom13 A 86. Nevermind – Nirvana Nirvana’s release of Nevermind launched what had been alternative as in non-mainstream music into the mainstream. I’d say that this was the pivotal point where alternative music became more a specific type of music than simply meaning alternatives to the popular music of the time. I don’t really think there’s too much I need to describe here, so I won’t. Best Songs: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium, Territorial Pissings

Originally Posted by Rickenbacker No, this. then this.

Originally Posted by OBEY "Never trust your own eyes, believe what you are told".

Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre I could be cute if I wanted to be, I just choose not to because you wouldn't be able to handle yourself.

Originally Posted by music_phantom13 I honestly don't know anything by Ross Robinson other than that he's produced some stuff by Korn, Slipknot, and this cd. So that's a kind of biased opinion I have of him. What else has he worked on (excluding any other nu metal type stuff)? Maybe I'll check it out. Four more coming up today soon if I can manage! I'm still really busy what with work and all but I'm slowly working my through everything.

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