Black Francis

They've made alot of albums but ive heard among fans of the band Runners four is one of the best ones.
This album was my introduction to them and ive only heard 3 albums from them this one, Friend opportunity and Deerhoof Vs evil.

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Be decent if once these 1000 albums are done, MB members go through the list and post their opinions on the ones they've not heard.

It will take me a fair bit of time as I think I've only heard about three of the ones mentioned so far.

duga

I'll try to contain myself to just one. I didn't notice this on the list, and it most definitely needs to be there. Love or hate it, you can't deny everyone needs to hear it at least once:



My Bloody Valentine - Loveless

Along with Slowdive's Souvlaki, this is one of the few "must listen" shoegaze albums out there. It will make or break your opinion on that very niche style of music, and for that reason it needs to be on this list.

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Yeah that's what im planning on doing. heard about half of the nominated ones so far.



36. Ultima Thulee by Blut aus Nord (1995)

Well Burzum broke the black metal barrier for this list, so why not add another. And ohh boy is it a gooder.

And just like In den Garten Pharoas, this album also has a profound affect on me. But in almost the polar opposite way. It's probably pretty cliché at this point, but this album really is like getting lost in a blizzard. It's a harsh and peaceful way to die. Ultima Thulee the slow descent from hope to acceptance of death.
The first half of the album is like someone desperately trying to stay alive. The first 3 songs all have moments of glistening keyboards or beautiful vocals. There's light in the darkness. "The Prayer" is like a temporary safehaven. But it's a place to realize the inevitable. The next 2 songs are not about saving yourself, but accepting what was going to happen all along: death. It's like the emotional weight of that realization that these are your last moments. Rigsthula, the last moment; the final breath. It lasts an eternity, but all of that pain and weight disappears. Bliss. Feels like it could last forever.. The Last Journey of Righorn, the perfect end to this album, is death. The tone of the song changes as it moves on, as life drifts into the unknown. And everything finally fades away..

duga

This sounds like a mind**** of an album. I need to hear this.

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37 - Westbound Train - Transitions [2006]
A modern ska album with a more traditional sound instead of a Third Wave one, kinda like the Slackers. It's Ska, Reggae, Rocksteady, and it has some soul influences going on.
The vocals perfectly fit the music, I really like this album.

YorkeDaddy

I really like how we're getting such a wide variety of music now. We just went from black metal in one post to ska in the next.

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38. Beastie boys - ill communication(1994)

I think we all know who the beastie boys are and this cd is one of the main reason we know them because this cd has 'Sabotage' in it which is just a superb track.

but this cd is not just Sabotage it has alot of other great tracks including 'Tough guy' where the beastie boys turn into a punk band, it also has my fav track 'Get it together' featuring Q-tip from a tribe called quest and alot more great and varied tracks and all of them with the Beastie boys signature sound.

im not sure if everybody that knows the beastie boys knows just how talented they are or know they have a punk background and that they know how to be a rock band even though they focused mainly on rap.

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39. Jimmy Smith - The Cat (1964)

I'm not a big jazz fan but this album oozes of cool. This is how the organ should sound. This album is big band meets jazz with some obscure organ playing thrown in.

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Dylstew

Haha, I felt like it needed some Ska.
Then again, that's how my listening went yesterday.
First I was listening to The Moon Invaders, some modern traditional ska band, and then after I listened to Dillinger Escape Plan, a very chaotic Mathcore band. It's quite the contrast xD. Right now I'm listening to Faith No More.
I'm liking the variety of the thread, definitely going to listen to some of these albums when I need new music to listen to. At the moment I have other priorities.

But uuhm, after telling about my favourite modern traditional ska album, I also want to post my favourite third wave ska album here:


40. Streetlight Manifesto - The Hands That Thieve.
My favourite Ska pop Punk/Third Wave album of..well, All time, turns out to..Not really be a Ska Album at all. It does sound like a Streetlight Manifesto Album, but there's rarely any ska offbeats to be found on the entire thing. It's weird how it's so different yet so Streetlight Manifesto at the same time. I've heard european folk music was one of his influences on this one. There has been plenty of moments where tomas kalnoky sang off key on the studio album in the past, but now here his singing is a bit better, but that's probably the production. I like how they used more instruments than they usually do. The songs all sound different/distinct enough, And this album has a unique sound to it, at least I think so. I do kinda miss the really happy, fast ska punk songs sometimes. But you know, this is an example of good change, of natural progression. Oh, and I think the lyrics have improved a lot over the other albums.

I didn't like the album the first time I listened to it(I just forgot what I listened to) but it really grew on me.
I don't know, it might not appeal to everyone, but just give it a try. it might not be special to others, but this album holds emotional value to me. It has helped me a lot whenever I felt sad, along with the pop/pop punk album ''The Greatest Generation'' By the Wonder Years.


Are there any rules on how many albums I'm allowed to post total? xP