right-track

Good luck coffeeshop.

Like you're taste in music and I'll look forward to this.

Urban Hat€monger ?

*cough*Powerage*cough*

__________________

Mr Sensitive

Ah, NYC is just wonderful.

__________________

coffeeshop

89. Rage Against the Machine- Rage Against the Machine- 1992

In a perfect world rap metal should have just ended after this album. This album out of all the albums in my list probably spawned the largest amount of rubbish imitators which ruled mainstream rock in the late 90s and early 2000s. I won't name them but you probably know the biggest few already.

We have Tom Morello more hard rock and metally charged than Ozzy Osbourne's big toe. Then have Zack de la Rocha who is probably the angriest person in the world rapping and blasting out his politically charged lyrics. Added to that they also have a drummer and a bassist and you can see why they exploded onto the scene in 1992.

I can hardly fault this album at all in any place it does exactly what it was set out to do. Whether it be opening blast of 'Bombtrack', the eternal cries of 'F*ck You I Won't Do What You Tell Me', the Led Zeppelin fueled 'Wake Up' or the all over the place 'Township Rebellion'. Credit to them they already set themselves up for never being able to repeat this record while making it.

Key Songs: Killing in the Name, Take the Power Back, Township Rebellion

__________________
"In this Catholic Club they never had the ****ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that ****.' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith

coffeeshop

88. Jamiroquai- Synkronized- 1999

I have always liked Jamiroquai but I have never properly acted on this until I got this from a charity shop! This is probably my favourite style of Jay Kay more dance influenced with the big single Canned Heat. If anybody has seen Napolean Dynamite will love that song even if they don't like Jamiroquai. He of course still keeps all his best attributes though with Jazz and Funk still strongly present like 'Black Capricorn Day' for instance.

Every album they make is top quality so really just pick the one with your favourite musical direction.

Key Songs: Canned Heat, Deeper Underground, Planet Home




87. Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst Nightmare- 2007

Ok let's all listen to my Arctic Monkeys history. First single comes out 'I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor' and I think this is pretty good might check out this band. Then holy sh*t! NME, British Press and almost everybody hypes this band into the next universe. The climax of this was when NME put their debut into the top 5 best British albums ever.

That was it I had had enough already add to that I thought the songs on the album were very mixed and there was a lack of maturity mixed in there.

But then low and behold they destroy the first barrier of rock and roll, the second album curse. First of all they have got it out when they are still fresh writing whilst touring the first album and secondly it is actually quite a job well done.

The excellent single 'Brianstorm' opens the album with its 'do anything, go anywhere' attitude which is literally all over this album. Every song is good in its own way apart from maybe the bit where they did go a bit far on the annoying slowdown of 'Only Ones Who Know'. They finish the album with '505', which I can't believe they wrote when I first heard it, really good stuff showing a great maturity of music from the past but keeping it very much in the future and that is the ethos of the whole album. They have matured so much in a year in the process losing their bassist but if they can carry this up they have every right to ride the hype.

Key Songs: Brianstorm, Do Me A Favour, 505




86. LCD Soundsystem- LCD Soundsystem- 2005

I only heard them after the latest album which I also love in a different way but when I saw this for £5 in a shop with the bonus disk I lapped it straight up.

James Murphy isn't half a character, I read an interview with him in a music newspaper earlier this year and it was a mixture of depression, humour and happiness. This all comes out on this record but with the added music nerdiness he pocesses. 'Daft is Playing At My House' sounds exactly like it should sound like. Tribulations is a pick with its disco beat and great vocals. He even makes a lost Beatles song with 'Never as Tired as When I'm Waking Up' and Brian Eno with 'Great Release'.

The bonus disc continues on with the brilliance where he parades the nerd within him in 'Losing My Edge' which has trendmendously well worked lyrics, 'I was there at the first Can show in Cologne' and 'I was the first guy playing Daft Punk to the rock kids, I played it at CBGBs'. 'But I was there!' is the recurring line of insecurity. Another pick from the disk is 'Yeah' with its two versions the vocal one which they often play live named fittingly 'Crass Version' and the instrumental one 'Pretenious version'. Sometimes I feel like saying 'Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah' too.

Key Songs: Daft Punk is Playing at My House, Tribulations, Losing My Edge

__________________
"In this Catholic Club they never had the ****ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that ****.' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith

jackhammer

A few albums I have'nt heard and you are half my age! you are putting me to shame! Keep this up. Nice to see BLACK GRAPE in there. A cracking album.

__________________

adidasss

Can anyone guess what the number one album will be?

__________________
“Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle.

Last.fm

Laces Out Dan!

De-Loused or FTM obv.

__________________

sleepy jack

For some reason I wanna say the Coral but I don't know why.

__________________

coffeeshop

85. Howling Bells- Howling Bells- 2006

I went to see them in Manchester earlier this year and I was very impressed with the intimate feel of the gig and Juanita Stein's performance and vocals! They are a lot more Australian than AC/DC that is for sure.

This album is a mixture of pop, country, alternative rock and folk. In Interviews they often cite their influences as a bit of everything and one member even said he had a Boards of Canada song as his ring tone but I would say the only thing which they have influenced them with is atmosphere. The best thing about this album is atmosphere it makes you feel relaxed in a shoegaze kind of way. It simply has lots of great songs and is well worth for repeated listens.

Key Songs: Setting Sun, Blessed Night, Low Happening




84. Bloc Party- Silent Alarm- 2005

I take the point there have already been too many albums from the new millennium in my list but you have to appreciate from the age of 10 onwards the new millennium of music has effected me enormously!

Most of the bands which have influenced them I like so it is no surprise that I like Bloc Party. This debut album is by no means perfect but it is definitely better than the follow up. They look like University rejects and have an obsession with being cool but at least this band has some killer songs to make themselves worth your while.

We open with 'Like Eating Glass' ie 'It's so cold in this house' which gets it all off to a promising start. Then suddenly you'll fly off in a helicopter, feel some positive tension, eat a banquet, be blinded by a blue light, hear some voices, have some modern love, become a pioneer!, fill your car up with gas, find out where you are, look at the moon, make some plans then take the compliments. And that is only if you have my copy of the album.

Key Songs: Helicopter, This Modern Love, So Here We Are




83. Faith No More- Angel Dust- 1992

Mike Patton is one of those mad scientist type characters he will do anything to see what the result will be. He has started/been in more bands and side projects than your brain can count past. I don't think the genius of him comes across any more than on Angel Dust although The Real Thing is possibly an easier listen. Also note the rift between Mike Patton and Anthony Kiedis is the most laughable thing in the history of music read into it if you have time and type Mr Bungle Red Hot Chili Peppers Covers into youtube.

Where do I start with this album? It is really one of those you HAVE to listen to. There are no barriers. Rap, metal, classic rock, alternative rock, funk and electronica are all spinning around in Patton's head and he decided to showcase most of it on this album. This even stretches as far as the funniest cover ever in Lionel Ritchie's 'Easy'. Absolutely essential listen from the 90s one of those must hear before you die albums.

Key Songs: Midlife Crisis, Kindergarten, Be Aggressive

__________________
"In this Catholic Club they never had the ****ing TV on and I was going, 'That Big Brother, it won't catch on. British people won't watch that ****.' And then they went, at nine o' clock, 'Shh!' and turned the telly on! It was, like, people asleep in bed. To me, I can't understand that. The encouraging thing is, 'You were right all along, Smith: people are stupid." - Mark E Smith