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Sunny Day Real Estate-Diary

I had listened to a little bit of Sunny Day but picked up a used copy. Lets just say i don't know why it was a used copy.

Damn, I forgot about this thread. Nice. Glad to see it bumped.

I know it's already been said, but definitely "Daydream Nation".

I have experienced varying states of "blown away" during first listens, but these are probably the best of those.

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Neon Bible and.

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Illmatic by Nas was the only album that ever really blew me away. At the time I'd never even listened to rap aside from current radio and popular stuff that I didn't like. First time I heard Illmatic it just opened my eyes to a whole other style of rap I'd never heard before.

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i love all the songs but lime tree took some getting used to

Silversun Pickups - Carnavas.

His voice was just so.. potent. I genuinely thought the singer was a woman at first, I went in listening without knowing a single thing about the band, and there are so, so many catchy hooks in each of the tracks. Absolutely marvellous, instantly fell in love with this band after this fifty minute-ish album.

Others:

Elliott Smith - Either/Or
Isbells - Isbells
Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
The Thermals - Fuckin' A
Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
Best Coast - Crazy For You
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life
Eddie Vedder - Into The Wild
The Cure - Disintegration
Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Shellac - Excellent Italian Greyhound
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

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^ Both of these get right into your head from the word go and pretty much never leave. Not in the nasty tapeworm kinda way though :p:

Faust IV hit me like a ton of bricks the first time I heard it. "Krautrock" was immovable.

Same, that's why it's my favourite album of all time. It stopped me in my tracks.