Your album of the decade

Engine · 12-19-2009, 05:03 PM

This album touches my soul, is listenable at any given moment in my life and proves to me that punk is not dead in the 00s:
Hot Snakes: Audit in Progress 2004

storymilo · 12-19-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

But it's mainstream pop!!!!111one!#!

But more seriously, Story, it's hardly fair for you to slate the whole britpop movement like you do when your favorite Radiohead album is indeed the quintessential britpop album. Granted, perhaps it is more "advanced" or "creative" than something like "Morning Glory" and its ilk, but their roots lie in the same places.

For the record, my favorite Radiohead album is Amnesiac.

Do I slate the whole britpop movement? I don't really listen to much britpop, but I like Blur. I know I said I hated Oasis but that was mostly just to annoy you anyways

Plus it's not like I think The Bends is super amazing or anything, it's just clicked a bit more for me than their other albums. OK Computer isn't far behind and I still have yet to listen to Amnesiac.

**Janszoon** · 12-19-2009, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Rickenbacker

Orphans... is clearly the best Tom Waits album this side of Mule Variations.

It's a decent collection of songs but by virtue of being an odds and sods collection it doesn't really work as an album particularly well.

lucifer_sam · 12-19-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Engine

This album touches my soul, is listenable at any given moment in my life and proves to me that punk is not dead in the 00s:
Hot Snakes: Audit in Progress 2004

fantastic album and wonderful, underrated band but even so i must say i prefer both of Drive By Jehu's LPs to anything Hot Snakes have done.

gunnels · 12-19-2009, 08:05 PM

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Antonio · 12-19-2009, 08:14 PM

jackhammer · 12-19-2009, 08:22 PM

I posted a Kayo Dot album as 'Here's one for starters' to give me some time to deliberate and after careful thought regarding an overall package it has to be this for me:

No one was expecting an album like this after such a long hiatus. Ridiculously non conformist and highly original considering what was expected and that's the beauty of it. It's not a late attempt at Trip hop or an album begging to be loved to rely on past glories. Machine Gun is still the best song released in this decade just because it refuses to adhere to basic songwriting principles yet everyone remembers it.

You really don't know what you are going to get with this album and pigeon holing it into basic Electronic music is a huge disservice. Nothing has come close to being so utterly perplexing for years.

dac · 12-20-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I posted a Kayo Dot album as 'Here's one for starters' to give me some time to deliberate and after careful thought regarding an overall package it has to be this for me:

No one was expecting an album like this after such a long hiatus. Ridiculously non conformist and highly original considering what was expected and that's the beauty of it. It's not a late attempt at Trip hop or an album begging to be loved to rely on past glories. Machine Gun is still the best song released in this decade just because it refuses to adhere to basic songwriting principles yet everyone remembers it.

You really don't know what you are going to get with this album and pigeon holing it into basic Electronic music is a huge disservice. Nothing has come close to being so utterly perplexing for years.

And the best part is that another album is in the works and they just released a new track

music_phantom13 · 12-20-2009, 12:21 PM

It's too hard to pick just one. Here's a couple possibilities:

Probably the first, I can listen to every song on that album 100 times in a row and never get bored. Half Asleep is my favorite song, of all time.

The Bullet · 12-20-2009, 05:01 PM

Hey, I know I said Izzy Stradlin's On Down The Road earlier and that is a truely amazing album, but now that I really think about it...

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I posted a Kayo Dot album as 'Here's one for starters' to give me some time to deliberate and after careful thought regarding an overall package it has to be this for me: No one was expecting an album like this after such a long hiatus. Ridiculously non conformist and highly original considering what was expected and that's the beauty of it. It's not a late attempt at Trip hop or an album begging to be loved to rely on past glories. Machine Gun is still the best song released in this decade just because it refuses to adhere to basic songwriting principles yet everyone remembers it. You really don't know what you are going to get with this album and pigeon holing it into basic Electronic music is a huge disservice. Nothing has come close to being so utterly perplexing for years. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

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Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	This album touches my soul, is listenable at any given moment in my life and proves to me that punk is not dead in the 00s: Hot Snakes: Audit in Progress 2004

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music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	It's too hard to pick just one. Here's a couple possibilities: Probably the first, I can listen to every song on that album 100 times in a row and never get bored. Half Asleep is my favorite song, of all time.

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The Bullet Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 454	Hey, I know I said Izzy Stradlin's On Down The Road earlier and that is a truely amazing album, but now that I really think about it...