Musicphantom's Top 100... Yes, Another One

crazymenrunningback · 06-18-2009, 11:26 PM

I really liked animal collective, Of coarse I had Nirvana. Ill keep looking into animal collective.

Gone Sugaring · 06-18-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

[CENTER]100. The Great Depression - Defiance Ohio

This is simply a fantastic album. It's acoustic punk at its finest, with a feel to it that makes it sound like punk fused with the great depression of the US. The songs, in lyrical terms, go from historical to political to depressing songs about growing up to songs about childhood. Violin abounds alongside upbeat acoustic guitar and simple drum beats, creating some heavy sounding music. The male and female singers work together perfectly, with both having a somewhat harsh sounding punk voice.

Best Songs: Petty Problems, Calling Old Friends, Lambs at the Slaughter

I love Defiance, Ohio. The first record I ever heard of them was the self-released, "Share What Ya Got" I truly feel they're an underrated band.

+81 · 06-19-2009, 12:12 AM

With all of these threads, would I suck if I made one sometime?

music_phantom13 · 06-19-2009, 10:53 AM

Yeah that's true Rickenbacker. More like, they played a huge part in continuing to bring the music to popularity, even more so with grunge than alt rock in general.

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Originally Posted by dreadnaught

Good choices. I think Chutes Too Narrow is generally underrated by Shins fans, it's good to see it rates highly with someone else.

Who Could Win A Rabbit is probably my favorite AC song, it really stands out from the rest of the album.

Great post! I'm always disappointed when people say Chutes Too Narrow can't approach their others... it's just a rather different sound. Who Could Win a Rabbit is marvellous, I read a review somewhere of Animal Collective that I think described them really well. The author said they sound like they have musical tourette's, where everything and anything just seems to flow out of them, and they learned to harness that a little bit to create their songs. I really liked that; it's a perfect description of a song like this.

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Originally Posted by shiseido red

Yeah he's done a lot of ****ty nu-metal stuff but the Korn and Slipknot albums he have produced are pretty okay (I'm not a huge fan of either band but respect what he's done with those albums). Pretty sure he also did one of the Cure's albums too, not sure which one though.

Anyway, keep the reviews coming!

Well that's cool, I definitely didn't know that and I love the Cure. They'll be coming! No worries.

jackhammer · 06-19-2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by +81

With all of these threads, would I suck if I made one sometime?

You are more than welcome to make a similar thread.

Brent-on-the-Run · 06-19-2009, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

You are more than welcome to make a similar thread.

I personally don't think I could handle it. Although I love music, and listen to a wide range, I can't even come close to articulating or even thinking most of the things y'all write about. I guess I will keep trolling.

music_phantom13 · 06-21-2009, 04:35 PM

Sorry guys; I've been so ****ing busy I haven't had a second to be on here lately. I'm writing up 4 more as we speak. I hope to keep everyone guessing and wrong about what's coming next. That makes it more interesting to read

. Look for 4 more tonight, and a Pixies comp in the very least shall be completed... I know I'm slacking

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music_phantom13 · 06-21-2009, 09:41 PM

84. The Price of Existence - All Shall Perish

This is, simply put, metalcore to make your ears bleed. And damn, is it good. I'm really not a big metal fan at all these days; I was into it a lot back in the middle of high school but only a few bands have been worthy of remaining in my playlist, and this is the death/metalcore that gets to stay. With two vocalists, one that does low, demonic growls and another that does the higher grunts working in unison, they created a vocal sound that couldn't be rivaled by any of their competition in the genre. Their genre simply blows my mind; at times pumping out blast beats faster than I can comprehend and then immediately breaking down to painfully slow, intense rhythms the next second. These guys are truly technically talented, and it shows in their music. There isn't a single moment on the album where a listener has time to get bored; the band is constantly speeding up, changing tempo, and flying into breakdowns that slow down so abruptly it articulates the sound of someone slamming the brakes in their car to avoid an accident. Plus, with the heavily distorted, crunchy down tuned to b guitars, the music is 100% brutal.

Best Songs: Eradication, Wage Slaves, Prisoner of War, Promises

83. Aoxomoxoa - The Grateful Dead

All right, yes, I know a lot of people might consider this a strange choice for a Grateful Dead album, especially over American Beauty. But for me, this is the ideal Grateful Dead; a collection of their greatest hits, and the epitome of their experimental era (in case you haven't notice, I love experimental sounding stuff). This album contains several of their best known hits (St. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower) but also includes some of their songs that I think are vastly overlooked by non Deadheads (casual Dead listeners that have just Skeletons in the Closet or American Beauty), namely the acoustic marvel Mountains of the Moon and Cosmic Charlie's. What's Become of the Baby is, simply put, a song for drugs. If you listen to this song sober, it really kind of sucks. But I'm telling you - take acid or eat some shrooms and it's like you're listening to something completely different. The lyrics are simply grand, and it was just a very misunderstood song (as far as I can tell, most people don't like it). In 1996, this was re-released on cd with three over ten minute jams and a live recording of Cosmic Charlie. This simply put this album over the top for me, as it would have been my favorite before. Though Anthems of the Sun does come in at a very close second.

Best Songs: St. Stephen, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Mountains of the Moon, China Cat Sunflower, All of the jams are great too if you get the bonus songs

82. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - The Unicorns

Yep, it's the Unicorns! Looking at the album artwork for this gives one a pretty good idea of what to expect. It's some quirky, upbeat (usually) experimental electropop perhaps? I'm not so great on my genres but I try. This is simply some great music; it contains electronic sounds that really remind me of something I'd hear from Boards of Canada with the aged sound but more staccato, combined with high pitched, poppy male vocals, drum beats that just get your feet tapping, and great syncopated guitar lines that lead into nice heavy choruses.

Best Songs: Tuff Ghost, Jellybones, I Was Born (A Unicorn)

81. Spooky - Lush

This is one of my favorite shoegaze albums. Lush, working with Robin Guthrie, take the ethereal dream pop sound of the Cocteau Twins and put it behind even more layers of guitar, creating a rather unique sound with Miki's beautiful, lush sounding (haha) voice sounding out over top. Just slightly out of tune, she sounds perfect on Spooky, using her voice more as an additional instrument than for lyrics. At times heavy and distorted; at times minor key and dark; sometimes just fascinating and shimmering; this is the perfect music to listen to on a grand summer day, at night in the dark with your eyes closed, or while with that special someone. It's thehe diversity of the tracks that make it the perfect soundtrack to so many things. This is a gorgeous, lush album, truly living up to the name of the band all the way through.

Best Songs: Nothing Natural, For Love, Untogether, Laura

lucifer_sam · 06-21-2009, 10:02 PM

another Dead fan, awesome. i was beginning to think people around here hated them for an actual reason.

i'm not sure if i agree with your assessment of it, i'd rather appreciate a piece of music sober than fall into an overtly cliched and arguably unintelligent group of Deadheads egging people on "dude you gotta be high to listen to this." partly the reason why i balked at the chance to see the remaining members live last October.

that being said Aoxomoxoa is a great record, especially considering the Dead's humble beginnings as a psychedelic jam band coming out of the Haight/Ashbury scene. it isn't my favorite Dead album (but neither is American Beauty so ha), but it's certainly an awesome annal showcasing their progressive abilities and intensely spiritual grasp of music.

music_phantom13 · 06-21-2009, 10:12 PM

Yeah, I mean I really despise the stereotype of Dead fans as older, hippies, and druggies. I'm 19, and I really appreciate their music sober. They have some of the best lyrics of all time. However, I truly feel that What's Become of the Baby is a bad song if you've never had any sort of psychedelic experience. It's just my opinion; I recognize the spiritual and artistic qualities that they were going for when they recorded it but I personally don't think I would understand it without any sense of what tripping is like. What's your favorite album? I still have to make a comp I think, I was supposed to do it like a week ago but I've been busy and this is pretty much my only relaxing time.

06-18-2009, 11:26 PM	#31 (permalink)
crazymenrunningback Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: S.F Posts: 128	I really liked animal collective, Of coarse I had Nirvana. Ill keep looking into animal collective. __________________ If god didnt want you to have sex till you married, why did he make it feel so good?

06-21-2009, 09:41 PM	#38 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	84. The Price of Existence - All Shall Perish This is, simply put, metalcore to make your ears bleed. And damn, is it good. I'm really not a big metal fan at all these days; I was into it a lot back in the middle of high school but only a few bands have been worthy of remaining in my playlist, and this is the death/metalcore that gets to stay. With two vocalists, one that does low, demonic growls and another that does the higher grunts working in unison, they created a vocal sound that couldn't be rivaled by any of their competition in the genre. Their genre simply blows my mind; at times pumping out blast beats faster than I can comprehend and then immediately breaking down to painfully slow, intense rhythms the next second. These guys are truly technically talented, and it shows in their music. There isn't a single moment on the album where a listener has time to get bored; the band is constantly speeding up, changing tempo, and flying into breakdowns that slow down so abruptly it articulates the sound of someone slamming the brakes in their car to avoid an accident. Plus, with the heavily distorted, crunchy down tuned to b guitars, the music is 100% brutal. Best Songs: Eradication, Wage Slaves, Prisoner of War, Promises 83. Aoxomoxoa - The Grateful Dead All right, yes, I know a lot of people might consider this a strange choice for a Grateful Dead album, especially over American Beauty. But for me, this is the ideal Grateful Dead; a collection of their greatest hits, and the epitome of their experimental era (in case you haven't notice, I love experimental sounding stuff). This album contains several of their best known hits (St. Stephen, China Cat Sunflower) but also includes some of their songs that I think are vastly overlooked by non Deadheads (casual Dead listeners that have just Skeletons in the Closet or American Beauty), namely the acoustic marvel Mountains of the Moon and Cosmic Charlie's. What's Become of the Baby is, simply put, a song for drugs. If you listen to this song sober, it really kind of sucks. But I'm telling you - take acid or eat some shrooms and it's like you're listening to something completely different. The lyrics are simply grand, and it was just a very misunderstood song (as far as I can tell, most people don't like it). In 1996, this was re-released on cd with three over ten minute jams and a live recording of Cosmic Charlie. This simply put this album over the top for me, as it would have been my favorite before. Though Anthems of the Sun does come in at a very close second. Best Songs: St. Stephen, Dupree's Diamond Blues, Mountains of the Moon, China Cat Sunflower, All of the jams are great too if you get the bonus songs 82. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? - The Unicorns Yep, it's the Unicorns! Looking at the album artwork for this gives one a pretty good idea of what to expect. It's some quirky, upbeat (usually) experimental electropop perhaps? I'm not so great on my genres but I try. This is simply some great music; it contains electronic sounds that really remind me of something I'd hear from Boards of Canada with the aged sound but more staccato, combined with high pitched, poppy male vocals, drum beats that just get your feet tapping, and great syncopated guitar lines that lead into nice heavy choruses. Best Songs: Tuff Ghost, Jellybones, I Was Born (A Unicorn) 81. Spooky - Lush This is one of my favorite shoegaze albums. Lush, working with Robin Guthrie, take the ethereal dream pop sound of the Cocteau Twins and put it behind even more layers of guitar, creating a rather unique sound with Miki's beautiful, lush sounding (haha) voice sounding out over top. Just slightly out of tune, she sounds perfect on Spooky, using her voice more as an additional instrument than for lyrics. At times heavy and distorted; at times minor key and dark; sometimes just fascinating and shimmering; this is the perfect music to listen to on a grand summer day, at night in the dark with your eyes closed, or while with that special someone. It's thehe diversity of the tracks that make it the perfect soundtrack to so many things. This is a gorgeous, lush album, truly living up to the name of the band all the way through. Best Songs: Nothing Natural, For Love, Untogether, Laura Last edited by music_phantom13; 07-06-2009 at 10:32 AM.

06-21-2009, 10:02 PM	#39 (permalink)
lucifer_sam Unrepentant Ass-Mod Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 3,921	another Dead fan, awesome. i was beginning to think people around here hated them for an actual reason. i'm not sure if i agree with your assessment of it, i'd rather appreciate a piece of music sober than fall into an overtly cliched and arguably unintelligent group of Deadheads egging people on "dude you gotta be high to listen to this." partly the reason why i balked at the chance to see the remaining members live last October. that being said Aoxomoxoa is a great record, especially considering the Dead's humble beginnings as a psychedelic jam band coming out of the Haight/Ashbury scene. it isn't my favorite Dead album (but neither is American Beauty so ha), but it's certainly an awesome annal showcasing their progressive abilities and intensely spiritual grasp of music. __________________ first.am Last edited by lucifer_sam; 06-21-2009 at 10:13 PM.

06-19-2009, 12:12 AM	#33 (permalink)
+81 Rats off to ya! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: House of the Ju-Ju Queen Posts: 1,609	With all of these threads, would I suck if I made one sometime?

06-21-2009, 04:35 PM	#37 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Sorry guys; I've been so ****ing busy I haven't had a second to be on here lately. I'm writing up 4 more as we speak. I hope to keep everyone guessing and wrong about what's coming next. That makes it more interesting to read . Look for 4 more tonight, and a Pixies comp in the very least shall be completed... I know I'm slacking .

06-21-2009, 10:12 PM	#40 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Yeah, I mean I really despise the stereotype of Dead fans as older, hippies, and druggies. I'm 19, and I really appreciate their music sober. They have some of the best lyrics of all time. However, I truly feel that What's Become of the Baby is a bad song if you've never had any sort of psychedelic experience. It's just my opinion; I recognize the spiritual and artistic qualities that they were going for when they recorded it but I personally don't think I would understand it without any sense of what tripping is like. What's your favorite album? I still have to make a comp I think, I was supposed to do it like a week ago but I've been busy and this is pretty much my only relaxing time.