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1980
Very solid year this time around, tough to put in order with favorite albums from several of these bands. I was a little unsure about #10 and must admit there are a handful of albums that could have taken its place, such as Yes' Drama, Dead Kennedys' Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, maybe The Sound's Jeopardy (though I prefer their follow-up), etc. There are also close to 30 albums from this year that I would like to hear eventually, but I wouldn't have had enough time to familiarize myself with any of them in time to kick anything off my top 10. 1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light 2. The Cure - Seventeen Seconds 3. Rush - Permanent Waves 4. The Police - Zenyattà Mondatta 5. Killing Joke - Killing Joke 6. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Kaleidoscope 7. Fad Gadget - Fireside Favourites 8. Pylon - Gyrate 9. Bauhaus - In the Flat Field 10. Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bed037d5d2b...38/1553048.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1c9c7d2e35e...3f/2277830.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/474056858a4...98/2798285.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0b54c4a6496...6d/1221292.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/85924501bcd...5c/2978324.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fc819fcb275...0a/1504913.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fda544d9432...4f/2713207.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/47814a8f0f8...89/2087421.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0295f5875d5...1b/2897819.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2d233e28798...04/2218408.jpg |
1981
This list could look different in a few years when I get caught up on my queue - as can be said for several other years too. But for now, here it is! Glad to have finally checked out that Eno/Byrne album, definitely a winner. I finally got around to listening to New Order's Movement and Bauhaus' Mask also, but haven't listened to either one enough yet to love them. I think my to-do list for this year is longer than the list of albums I have. 1. The Cure - Faith 2. Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts 3. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Juju 4. The Sound - From the Lions Mouth 5. This Heat - Deceit 6. Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell 7. Killing Joke - What’s THIS For…! 8. Black Flag - Damaged 9. The Police - Ghost in the Machine 10. Rush - Moving Pictures http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/94027ddc384...ec/1689852.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/eb15a59e224...42/1955101.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2477197390f...b6/2626357.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ae36a4d7070...de/3438941.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1597a9b2418...28/2790198.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2b45d8db3c6...f8/1297846.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/db96393ed6f...14/2977931.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/071ae799971...a0/2465133.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4e06657bd2b...01/1565876.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/152132e2aa0...d4/2799730.jpg |
1982
Michael Jackson could probably be higher, but he's there more because it's undeniably a pop masterpiece that I enjoyed when I was much younger, and I still enjoy the hits, but I don't see myself listening to the album like the others. It booted Minutemen off the list. Also, I'm a sucker for some good 80s synth pop like early Depeche Mode and Duran Duran. Hey, I'm old. It's cool. 1. Misfits - Walk Among Us 2. Mission of Burma - Vs. 3. Descendents - Milo Goes to College 4. The Cure - Pornography 5. Duran Duran - Rio 6. Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame 7. The Dream Syndicate - The Days of Wine and Roses 8. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel (Security) 9. Bauhaus - The Sky’s Gone Out 10. Michael Jackson - Thriller http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6a8fca907d6...b/3971845.jpeg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/53b04cb9e8b...d6/3447667.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4d275176bfb...8f/1233182.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6f7caf5d01c...07/3014863.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/3ee2dfb7067...9a/4907139.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/676043be605...51/1690857.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f508ebdcba7...94/1229250.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0ff5fc3c4a0...55/2338546.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c1b1def45d2...b1/2700098.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/26350f6de58...b7/2694187.jpg |
1983
When I compiled this in May of this year, I was having a hard time with my #10 album - not because there are too many choices, but because the rest beyond 9 were weak-ish. There were some in my queue I hadn't heard yet, so I checked out some of the top ones like New Order. But in the end, I revisited some of the things I barely knew, and I Chamelions won out. I hadn't listened to it in some time so I wasn't sure, but a revisit made it clear that it's better than other options on the table. It is a bit overlong if I had one complaint, but it's quality. New Order could have slipped in too, if only I had more time to listen. 1. R.E.M. - Murmur 2. The The - Soul Mining 3. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues 4. Misfits - Earth A.D. 5. Suicidal Tendencies - Suicidal Tendencies 6. Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again 7. Metallica - Kill ‘Em All 8. Pylon - Chomp 9. Minutemen - What Makes a Man Start Fires? 10. The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/23371683cf8...ae/1721101.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/56539531197...11/1212962.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fa008ed74c3...b8/1526197.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a36ceae6934...1a/2616461.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/481518f0bfb...93/2299330.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bf67fcba7c1...d4/2149990.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/db85bc525bc...a8/2700478.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b54cb996312...2f/4988165.png http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d84c82799e7...a5/1248668.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4decca1a986...7f/1346917.jpg |
1984
I made an exception and included an EP this year because fucking Skinny Puppy. This was their first official release after their demo, and it's fucking great. Metallica is one I don't find myself in the mood for very often, if at all, but it's a classic I can't ignore. At times, during my metal youth, I liked it more than Master of Puppets. I don't think I need to explain most of the others, maybe The Long Ryders. If you're not familiar with them and you like The Byrds' country rock, check it out. I'll also add that there are 27 albums on my to-do list for this year, including Black Flag, Alien Sex Fiend, Run-D.M.C., Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Stranglers, The Church, The Fall, Subhumans, Naked Raygun, The Ex, Talk Talk, The Gun Club, New Model Army, Flipper, Die Kreuzen, Television Personalities, Laughing Clowns, and a few others. Any strong feelings for any of those, let me know! I feel like as I go through these years and make these to-do lists on the side, I'm never gonna have time to listen to them all! 1. The Smiths - The Smiths 2. Meat Puppets - Meat Puppets II 3. Metallica - Ride the Lighting 4. Skinny Puppy - Remission 5. Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward 6. R.E.M. - Reckoning 7. Tones on Tail - Pop 8. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade 9. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime 10. The Long Ryders - Native Sons http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/095a7357248...19/2313530.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/771d9151e54...a8/3836146.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/172862907c3...bd/3693902.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b18085ebad7...6a/1213201.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d73a502f2e5...33/1355506.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/09951bcaf15...d7/3838863.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/699c6bf0a50...19/2137234.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bd60faf48ef...b1/2172378.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/36f8a773af0...53/2500933.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fcc79a5d288...27/1546985.jpg |
1985
Hmm what to say about this year, other than saying I'm not as much into Hüsker Dü as a lot of people who like similar music. Misfits and Descendents were my two first punk loves. I like S.O.D.'s Live at Budokan better than the studio album, but contextually this belongs on the 85 list. Lots of other good stuff this year like Volcano Suns, The Cure, Sonic Youth, Dead Kennedys, Megadeth, Anthrax, and even more things on my to-do list: New Order, Shriekback, The Chamelons, Psyche, Velvet Underground, Love and Rockets, Fuzztones, Dead Milkmen, Black Flag, Naked Raygun, and a handful of others. 1. Meat Puppets - Up On the Sun 2. R.E.M. - Fables of the Reconstruction 3. The Smiths - Meat Is Murder 4. Skinny Puppy - Bites 5. Camper Van Beethoven - Telephone Free Landslide Victory 6. Descendents - I Don’t Want to Grow Up 7. Misfits - Legacy of Brutality 8. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 9. Faith No More - We Care a Lot 10. S.O.D. - Speak English or Die http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/9965c9026f7...76/2185026.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/26b2d8ef9d9...de/1242795.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/01e6ad0530b...e6/1716597.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/82503b4d758...78/1211546.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/15a6cf77e1e...6b/3860674.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f2f39a8eb5e...f8/2087300.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ba0c19fda39...4d/4615030.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d34b04bb8b9...bc/2327869.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c81484a6c67...a0/1384181.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/66ab1254f0e...45/3799545.jpg |
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In 1986, I'd been living in the states for 1 year. I was enjoying some of the pop singles I was hearing, from the likes of Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, etc. within that year I think I started listening to a lot of glam metal/rock like Poison, Bon Jovi, Cinderella, etc. Pop metal I guess, butt rock. You won't find those on my list, because it represents my current choices for the 10 best albums of the year. Do I still listen to these 10 albums regularly? Not necessarily, but some are undeniable classics that deserve a spot on the list no matter what. I think it was a couple of years before I discovered Beastie Boys, and maybe a year more before I started listening to Metallica and Megadeth. The rest came considerably later but are in more regular rotation for me. Looking back at this list (created spring 2014), I could probably replace the Megadeth album with something else. But my overall list for this year isn't that long, and if I did replace it, it might be with something I'm not as intimately familiar with yet. I loved Revolting Cocks' Big Sexyland quite a bit (during the 90s), but revisits have proven tedious - it hasn't stood the test of time. But if I put on Peace Sells, I would enjoy it quite a bit. So here we are. 1. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill 2. Metallica - Master of Puppets 3. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 4. Skinny Puppy - Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse 5. R.E.M. - Lifes Rich Pageant 6. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration 7. Sonic Youth - EVOL 8. Megadeth - Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying? 9. fIREHOSE - Ragin’, Full-On 10. Volcano Suns - All-Night Lotus Party http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4dd6ffec1e6...1e/1291695.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c1347cf3023...f2/3986151.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/39cc616caac...83/1816031.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fe0c68716a5...f9/1848247.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c6545aecc26...3f/3837612.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ebcb2215adc...21/1643027.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/821ebfd4289...62/2169209.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6f5b467742d...2d/1215040.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/96058ffb722...cf/1742548.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/e8a3e3795ed...21/1403999.jpg |
1987
Once in a while, I'll let an EP into my top 10. This is one of those times. Partly because it's great, and also because this wasn't the strongest year as far as what I've heard. I've loved or really liked every album in this list at some point, and they're still good enough to include in a top 10. But the rest of the albums in my collection aren't strong enough to knock Pixies' debut EP out of here. It's strong enough for the #3 slot, even. So um yeah, some good stuff beyond the top 10, plenty on my to-do list, and I really don't know why I'm trying to make excuses for this top 10. They're all really sold IMO. Maybe I don't feel like listening to Anthrax or GnR very often, but they're still great albums. Sick of all the GnR singles but the deeper cuts and the album as a whole are classic. Of course it did come out the month of my 11th birthday and make a big splash on the hard rock/metal scene at the time. It was kind of like Nirvana's Nevermind, in that it was a bit of a turning point for popular hard rock at the time. 1. The Smiths - Strangeways, Here We Come 2. Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold and Manipulate 3. Pixies - Come On Pilgrim [EP] 4. Sonic Youth - Sister 5. R.E.M. - Document 6. Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses 7. Jane’s Addiction - Jane’s Addiction 8. Anthrax - Among the Living 9. Faith No More - Introduce Yourself 10. Guns n’ Roses - Appetite for Destruction http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1949076e36b...c0/2171195.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5e3c80dd212...3f/1213210.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/780aef3f7f8...8c/3448721.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/12a8f58bc1f...66/3829718.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/cae4f911324...68/2516411.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/20e64c6c736...97/1218388.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a9c7e858920...1c/1364679.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5a716bc80e2...1e/2523992.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/90966a2d7f8...f4/1384182.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/af597fcf0c1...98/2917412.jpg |
Posting to say I am keeping up with this, and comparing our lists. Really good stuff.
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1988
This list is kind of funny because it's one that contains a lot of albums i really loved at the time (or within a couple years) and still do, but at the same time I haven't discovered many amazing albums in the last few decades to take the place of these (exceptions: Pixies, Sonic Youth). There are many things I still want to check out, and many other good albums from the year I already know, but these classics haven't been replaced. The Descendents were actually a 1992 discovery, and an album I would put on my "formative albums" list. A close friend at the time found the tape in our high school parking lot, and we stuck it in the tape deck of my mom's car that we used to drive around it. We instantly fell in love with the raw energy and fun of the tape. They've been a favorite since and it's all thanks to this live tape. I still like some of the live versions from here better than the studio ones. 1. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 2. Jane’s Addition - Nothing’s Shocking 3. Skinny Puppy - VIVIsect VI 4. Ministry - The Land of Rape and Honey 5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 6. Descendents - Hallraker: Live! 7. Metallica - …And Justice for All 8. Danzig - Danzig 9. Suicidal Tendencies - How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can’t Even Smile Today 10. My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - I See Good Spirits and I See Bad Spirits http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0914ee83294...e6/2735834.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/63f787c840e...48/1435600.jpghttp://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8e7d39bc7ed...3c/1941493.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/7a301deb77e...4f/1350483.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/31c77152a41...6d/2666135.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/718174a9853...15/2087307.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/60970710429...56/2633953.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d40453d2ecb...22/1837647.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d6ab488ba18...72/2635930.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8b1d277c18f...fc/3309639.jpg |
Great thread. Really enjoying it.
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1989
Everything on this list is fucking awesome. What a great year, probably one of the most solid, and almost definitely the strongest year for the 80s even though a lot of it is hinting at the 90s. They're just all classics of their respective genres.. FNM's "Epic" blew my mind when it appeared on MTV, and the album has been a favorite since. Though I can't think of a single album that is in need of a remaster more than this one. The only thing that's maybe a stretch for me here is The Cure's Disintegration, which is great and definitely their most highly-regarded album, but I personally enjoy some earlier material more. 1. Faith No More - The Real Thing 2. Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique 3. Fugazi - 13 Songs 4. Pixies - Doolittle 5. Skinny Puppy - Rabies 6. Ministry - The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste 7. Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine 8. Meat Beat Manifesto - Storm the Studio 9. Nirvana - Bleach 10. The Cure - Disintegration http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4cb548d4b3e...01/2410404.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/133786c4c4d...6e/1292863.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5121b8a6486...5d/2087327.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/e27a77ad8db...5c/3810533.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a6e14a53f67...63/1350485.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/171bbcf0d11...62/1430572.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6a3f5809bd4...e3/1518135.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4d3bfc0c7a0...1f/2346127.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2a5fbbe28ce...95/1981256.jpg |
Man. Doolittle, Bleach and the real thing all in the same year. Crazy good. Nice list.
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1990
Welcome to the 90s. I started high school in 1990, went to college and started my career at the end. By all accounts, this is my decade as far as music is concerned. So first let's ignore all the glam metal I was still listening to at the beginning of 1990. And because this isn't a list of the top albums I loved then, we'll also have to ignore great albums by the likes of Alice in Chains and The Black Crowes. I should mention that by 1992 I was listening to a lot of metal acts like Pantera, Prong, Judas Priest, Anthrax, Slayer, etc. that put out great albums in 1990, but again, I'm just not into most of that anymore. Some that made the top 10 are very nostalgic but have stood the test of time for me (Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies), some I discovered only a little later (Skinny Puppy, Jane's Addiction, Meat Beat Manifesto, Primus) and some considerably later (Fugazi, Sonic Youth, Tribe, Pixies). There's going to be a mix of these categories from here on out in my lists, as these next few years helped to form my music tastes. Not that my tastes aren't still evolving, of course. 1. Fugazi - Repeater 2. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park 3. Jane’s Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual 4. Sonic Youth - Goo 5. Megadeth - Rust in Peace 6. A Tribe Called Quest - People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm 7. Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare 8. Suicidal Tendencies - Lights Camera Revolution 9. Pixies - Bossanova 10. Primus - Frizzle Fry http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/35d80de0089...a3/2097462.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6e37c9e5dae...6e/1584884.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/454e0ed660c...eb/1419731.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4c07d9b318c...ed/3836170.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/7359ba37327...c1/2043359.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b3969654dfc...46/1565482.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8e4b18c12ba...0f/2883376.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/326c518cb6f...77/1756955.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b2fd35f745d...ca/4980933.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/efbaec9ca6d...88/1893911.jpg I realized after including Jane's Addiction's Ritual here that I mistakenly used that cover for 1988's Nothing's Shocking. So that's been updated now. |
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1991
Another excellent year. As with 1990, a few favorites from back then have faded and made way for more recent favorites. RHCP and Primus would have been much higher on the list at the time - as Smashing Pumpkins, Mr. Bungle, and Dead Horse weren't discovered until the year after, with the rest coming in years later. It's kind of funny actually to even include RHCP - they went downhill so fast after this album, which to me was the peak of their career, and I don't find myself listening to this often if ever anymore. But I loved it that much at the time and still consider it a great album. There are lots of other great albums from 1991, I think I am letting nostalgia get the better of me with a few of these. Otherwise I might throw in later discoveries like Drive Like Jehu and...well honestly just about everything else I like from this year would be considered nostalgic. So there it is. 1. Smashing Pumpkins - Gish 2. Fugazi - Steady Diet of Nothing 3. Nirvana - Nevermind 4. Mr. Bungle - Mr. Bungle 5. Dead Horse - Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers 6. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 7. Pixies - Trompe le monde 8. Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese 9. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik 10. Slint - Spiderland http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ed4cac984b6...23/2757293.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/3175d0a2849...22/2097463.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/956debe046e...fe/1628796.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f41387c72e2...17/1891306.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/12510803575...4c/3464629.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/08cbcb606b1...96/1724180.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/84793399aaa...31/3858455.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5e61fb64e1e...6f/1892069.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/30fb0813a93...f6/2173523.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/087b36c8382...a0/2161189.jpg |
Definitely agree on the RHCP statement. Blood Sugar Sex Magic is the only one I can really listen to these days, but to be fair the only release I've listened to from before that album is Mother's Milk so I may have to listen to the other ones.
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1992
More amazing stuff from the 90s. Aphex Twin's SAW 85-92 would be higher on the list if the quality of the recording were better. Somehow it didn't bother me at all when I first got it (a few years later) but now I find it really irritating. Still, the brilliance of the material cannot be denied. As for NIN, I normally don't include EPs in these lists but I had to make an exception with this one for two reasons: There was as much promotion surrounding the release as if it was an LP, and it's my favorite NIN release. So it gets a pass. 1. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head 2. Meat Beat Manifesto - Satyricon 3. Faith No More - Angel Dust 4. Skinny Puppy - Last Rights 5. Nine Inch Nails - Broken EP 6. The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde 7. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 8. Nirvana - Incesticide 9. Sonic Youth - Dirty 10. Ween - Pure Guava http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/cb9f6b8e9fd...e7/2618574.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d0b5a7a7fb1...fe/1246156.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/dbe76ff382a...f4/3211801.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/649e3c6240e...c0/1374242.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ed760c6794e...7e/1372684.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/396d6f6b982...0c/1951587.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/76434ed85fa...d8/1353614.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/36432d3a6f6...1b/2340236.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/cef59ec6235...89/2401453.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fecb182ee38...99/2682384.jpg A handful of great honorable mentions that I loved at the time but simply haven't held my attention as much since then: Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine White Zombie - La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power Ice Cube - The Predator Dr. Dre - The Chronic Sublime - 40 oz. to Freedom Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted Alice in Chains - Dirt NOFX - White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean S.O.D. - Live at Budokan Ministry - ΚΕΦΑΛΗΞΘ (Psalm 69) |
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1993
Tough year. When I started the list, I had Smashing Pumpkins and Tool as my top two, then I realized I was letting nostalgia get in the way as I hardly listen to them anymore - but they're still deserving of the top 5. Tool's Undertow was my favorite of the year for a long time. Former favs that didn't make the cut include: KMFDM, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Pennywise, Butthole Surfers, and Type O Negative, Unwound, Polvo, Hum, and Quicksand. 1. Fugazi - In on the Kill Taker 2. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 3. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders 4. Melvins - Houdini 5. Tool - Undertow 6. Swirlies - Blonder Tongue Audio Baton 7. Nirvana - In Utero 8. PJ Harvey - Rid of Me 9. Autechre - Incunabula 10. Unwound - Fake Train http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/16bd1153544...9e/2039202.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2260bd8eded...ad/2418422.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a5077162af5...78/1724175.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/49944cc62a9...eb/1891081.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bc0932521b8...3d/1735399.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/da1a475cb1c...c1/1211325.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a307f71c78e...a8/3831125.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4d87664ca4a...90/4338288.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a65bade2750...1d/2197531.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fc367b09e10...dd/2015733.jpg |
Some great, great albums here, especially the last couple of years. My own year-by-year picks would be similar if my musical background wasn't so jazz, prog and soul/funk oriented. Just not enough room for everything. Still, very interesting to see what stuff is considered essential for the more "alternative" or indie-oriented listener. :)
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1994
I graduated high school, and it was really tough narrowing this down to 10 albums. Albums I was actually into at the time were Weezer, Beastie Boys, Underworld, Nas, and Nirvana. The rest were discovered later. Other greats that I loved at the time that didn't make the cut now include: NIN's The Downward Spiral, Veruca Salt's American Thighs, Ween's Chocolate and Cheese, Helmet's Betty, Pantera's Far Beyond Driven, and Nailbomb's Point Blank. I also later discovered 1994 greats by Sonic Youth, Failure, Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, Aphex Twin, and Autechre to name a few. So while I love these 10, this could easily have been a top 20 without stretching. 1. Built to Spill - There’s Nothing Wrong With Love 2. Weezer - Weezer 3. Beastie Boys - Ill Communication 4. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman 5. Nas - Illmatic 6. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 7. Sebadoh - Bakesale 8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary 9. Melvins - Stoner Witch 10. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/260953d14fb...1/3673649.jpeg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2f11eca0f52...6c/2669712.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/9fd5256b623...dd/2095141.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/29e0465a2f8...44/3447618.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0e9aaf5df18...3b/2176941.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/104755ef0e9...4c/2770374.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/da74d18fb27...37/4138847.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/71cf3ae76bf...a4/3858859.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/dca69a804ba...75/1891085.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/37d19f2310a...18/2129381.jpg |
That list would be very close to mine for that year. Love all of those albums!
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1995
I was introduced to Blind Melon, like most people, with their catchy and sweet single "No Rain". I thought it was ok but it definitely wasn't my thing. When they released "Galaxie" for their sophomore album, I was hooked. I picked up the album and immediately fell in love with whatever the hell it was...alternative rock with a distinct backwoods/southern flavor. I played the album A LOT in 95/96 and it really stood out from the rest of the stuff I had in rotation. Which didn't include Radiohead as I didn't get into them until OK Computer. Needless to say, The Bends is a masterpiece. Then we have Download - the more techno-oriented side project of Skinny Puppy's Dwayne Goettel (RIP) and cEvin Key - joined by Phil Western, Mark Spybey (DVOA), Ken Marshall, and Anthony Valcic. Mind-blowing **** if you're into electro-industrial and techno. Following that we have my favorite Autechre release, a very good Faith No More album, SDRE's almost best album, a great Fugazi record that sees them take a slightly different direction, one of Sonic Youth's best (that I didn't discover until later), Mr. Bungle's confusing but very interesting follow-up, and a little-known album by a band whose frontman would later form emo favorite Elliott. The record has a harder edge and some metal-ish guitar tones. It's post-hardcore/midwestern emo that at times reminds me of early Suicidal Tendencies. Intrigued? Check it out. Some really strong runner ups this year include albums from June of 44, Pavement, Unwound, Seam, Hum, Jawbreaker (in 1995 I would have put this in my top 5 for sure), Deftones, Lagwagon, and Pennywise. Followed by a long list of "pretty good" albums and a few dozen potentially great I've yet to hear. 1. Radiohead - The Bends 2. Blind Melon - Soup 3. Download - Furnace 4. Autechre - Tri repetae 5. Faith No More - King for a Day… Fool for a Lifetime 6. Sunny Day Real Estate - LP2 7. Fugazi - Red Medicine 8. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine 9. Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante 10. Falling Forward - Hand Me Down http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/9858bf6a88c...75/2273895.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/414660ed834...61/1280789.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8cd4e4f5a4b...26/1799597.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b955f0a4b0f...58/2506406.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/8a4656fe5ef...73/2582046.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4ef6b0eb560...ab/1236693.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d5eb0706155...c8/2087331.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/76dc890dbf8...2e/2500578.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/7b7b9cd5f1f...a6/1891177.jpg http://o.scdn.co/300/83208bf72e8970a...17adc80186f657 |
1996
I am a person that likes On Avery Island better than In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. And that reminds me, I'm supposed to have purchased tickets to see NMH next June. I bet now they are sold out. Ok they still have balcony seats, cool. I don't think I really need to spend much time explaining the rest. Some favorites of the time have gone down a bit in the list - Download for example. A mind-blowing post-Skinny Puppy album that to me was "like a bass CD from the future" in addition to just being amazing destroyed techno, just doesn't get as much play as it used to. Two other mind-blowing favorites of the time, Tool and Aphex Twin, remain high on the list. The rest of the list is populated with really great albums I didn't discover until the 2000s. Other notable releases from the year include those from A Tribe Called Quest, Squarepusher, Tortoise, Orbital, Beck, Underworld, Meat Beat Manifesto, Polvo, Nas, Pulley, The Roots, UGK, DJ Shadow, DJ Vadim, Swingin' Utters, Snuff, Stone Temple Pilots (probably the one album from them I would still be interested in listening to), Ween, Strung Out, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and the list goes on. I could stand to get far more familiar with a lot of those, and there are 20 additional on my wish list I've yet to hear. A very solid year indeed. 1. Tool - Ænima 2. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island 3. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album 4. Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons 5. Download - The Eyes of Stanley Pain 6. Modest Mouse - This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About 7. Sebadoh - Harmacy 8. Failure - Fantastic Planet 9. June of 44 - Tropics and Meridians 10. Unwound - Repetition http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/e70bf396782...07/2514675.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ce81c33c3af...51/3447704.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a65fdfeb873...3b/1370752.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f2cd5f01d7b...19/1211322.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/760c2d0d8a4...a9/2392312.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1e15ff81eff...98/2113047.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/add2e2f4a11...c2/4116820.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1ae6ebd6d95...a5/2760460.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/031e2cd080c...66/2347830.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/3ce95c49d3a...9c/2185291.jpg |
1997
Such a good year. The best album from several artists are on display here, namely Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, Radiohead, Ween, Squarepusher, and Mosue on Mars. Pavement's Brighten the Corners doesn't often come up when talking about their best releases, but it's my second favorite. The Misfits' would-be debut album Static Age was recorded in 1978 but not released as a whole, on its own until 1997. Obviously it deserves a spot here. Plaid and Faith No More also released great albums this year - unfortunately FNM's last (until the forthcoming reunion album in 2015). Honorable mentions? Why yes, check the bottom of the post. 1. Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On 2. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 3. Radiohead - OK Computer 4. Ween - The Mollusk 5. Pavement - Brighten the Corners 6. Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy 7. Misfits - Static Age 8. Plaid - Not For Threes 9. Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker 10. Faith No More - Album of the Year http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/441003f76f7...f2/3841895.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/0b45740e897...a9/1941205.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/eae59f10520...1c/2273937.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f2d9ea6b2f7...44/1227448.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/fd924854712...63/1217073.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c82f41a4fd0...b6/1368277.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/80e9e9a70cd...f2/2323651.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/31be5f6bed4...7f/1213073.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bedc90df017...78/1391742.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/83fd530c6fe...27/1892083.jpg Honorable mentions (in no particular order): Deftones - Around the Fur Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy [EP] Pulley - 60 Cycle Hum Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just as Good Refused - Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent Shiner - Lula Divinia The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Give It Back! Regulator Watts - The Aesthetics of No-Drag Amon Tobin - Bricolage Autechre - Chiastic Slide No Knife - Hit Man Dreams Knapsack - Day Three of My New Life Lagwagon - Double Plaidinum Download - III Three Mile Pilot - Another Desert, Another Sea Death in Vegas - Dead Elvis Hum - Downward Is Heavenward µ-Ziq - Lunatic Harness Helmet - Aftertaste Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club Pennywise - Full Circle |
1998
Another quite fantastic year. What is there to say? The first 6 I shouldn't have to explain. Number 7 - Autechre's LP5 - strikes me as one of their best if I'm actually in the mood. Tortoise's TNT is certainly one of their best, if not the best. The Smashing Pumpkins' Adore - to me - was underrated after the overindulgence of Mellon Collie and the few irritating singles it produced (1979 and Tonight, Tonight are the two peak-era SP songs I most loathe). I liked the darker, more gothic direction they went here, started by the track "Eye" from The Lost Highway soundtrack. The album is a bit long but really good IMO. Refused put out a great punk album, though several other albums could have taken its place for me in the 10th slot. Check below the images for some honorable mentions. 1. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children 2. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 3. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 4. Silver Jews - American Water 5. Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age 6. Beck - Mutations 7. Autechre - LP5 8. Tortoise - TNT 9. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore 10. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6c14da34a67...48/2371321.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6aae4bd7762...8d/1240937.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5e0f707df47...7c/2509118.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6ad6c5d1d0a...67/1724642.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/9b134552df5...17/4056448.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/13dfe592f30...05/2758716.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/533ded8ef79...58/1210884.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c7459331fbf...7e/2506414.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6f8ba902a2c...61/1332306.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/59f27a67945...5a/3342555.jpg Honorable mentions: Swingin’ Utters - Five Lessons Learned Fugazi - End Hits June of 44 - Four Great Points Aceyalone - A Book of Human Language Knapsack - This Conversation Is Ending Staring Right Now Two Lone Swordsmen - Stay Down Snuff - Tweet Tweet My Lovely Dillinger Four - Midwestern Songs of the Americas Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note Amon Tobin - Permutation Strung Out - Twisted by Design Unwound - Challenge for a Civilized Society Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty Death Cab for Cutie - Something About Airplanes Elliott Smith - XO Elliott - U.S. Songs Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to Be Something On The Black Heart Procession - 1 Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves Spoon - A Series of Sneaks At the Drive-In - In/Casino/Out DMX Krew - New Romantix Hieroglyphics - 3rd Eye Vision |
1999
What an amazing fucking year! What can I say about any of these? Maybe you don't know No Knife or Marmoset. No Knife is like smart pop punk/indie, one of their best albums. Marmoset channels lo-fi indie rock and stoney 60s psychedelic pop. Very good album. 1. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret 2. Plaid - Rest Proof Clockwork 3. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Madonna 4. Mr. Bungle - California 5. Pinback - Pinback 6. Marmoset - Today It’s You 7. No Knife - Fire in the City of Automatons 8. MF DOOM - Operation: Doomsday 9. The Roots - Things Fall Apart 10. Beck - Midnite Vultures http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b9df7a3c9c4...9a/1337655.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ab628ed9365...8c/1894290.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/39e6af40dc9...e2/1211286.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/51ce798a946...fa/3124489.png http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/36c21343209...10/2198283.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/37b25c74793...d0/1390647.jpghttp://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/17aa6447df1...f8/1273725.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c1efd6fabf7...6e/1259326.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6be2435229f...56/3655401.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/996f24e4e94...c9/1210415.jpg Honorable mentions: Burning Airlines - Mission: Control! Les Savy Fav - The Cat and the Cobra Super_Collider - Head On Autechre - EP7 Juno - This Is the Way It Goes and Goes and Goes Lootpack - Soundpieces: Da Antidote! Seaweed - Actions and Indications Melvins - The Maggot Squarepusher - Selection Sixteen |
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2000
Welcome to the 2000s! I have a fuckton of albums from this year, and this decade in fact. 75 this year, at last count. My incessant obsession with discovering new and different music certainly hasn't slowed down with age. Yet. These are what I would consider the best of the year, and let's see, I'll do a quick check of my entire list and make sure I haven't changed my mind about anything since I compiled this last summer, or fall, whenever that was. Well not really, just the usual internal debate of whether I still really like that one album or if I'm just putting it here because it was my favorite back then, or because it's a favorite band, etc. Ween, for example. I love Ween, though my enjoyment of them has gone downhill in the 5-10 years. I've matured - somewhat. Should I put something else there in its place? Maybe, but why, if I really loved that album? The same could be said for Self - an immature but really fun and well-crafted album. I think the struggle with this year is that there are really 20 excellent albums and a lot of pretty good ones. So this should be a top 20. Fuck it, I'm leaving it as-is, with 10 great honorable mentions below. I revisited most of this stuff when I made the list, and chose them for a reason. Spotify Playlist - 2000 Top 10+ 1. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica 2. Radiohead - Kid A 3. Dillinger Four - Versus God 4. Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons 5. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 6. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R 7. Ween - White Pepper 8. The White Stripes - De Stijl 9. Self - Gizmodgery 10. Clinic - Internal Wrangler http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/86278a69cc3...44/1941207.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/f67f3fd904b...73/1344341.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/aadefdc1d73...a6/2313016.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4401dfc67f0...c1/2201332.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6ff946471f8...f1/5218345.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/b439b3c0afe...32/2888322.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6078cf5bf3b...52/2010109.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/14156726ca6...d1/2013915.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/aee927d6031...f6/4501541.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4094f0e3c04...3e/1237646.jpg Very good honorable mentions: Q and Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep Swingin’ Utters - Swingin’ Utters Tortoise - Standards Air - The Virgin Suicides Hot Snakes - Automatic Midnight Modest Mouse - Building Nothing Out of Something PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea Deftones - White Pony Aesop Rock - Float Amon Tobin - Supermodified At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command |
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^ Thanks. I forgot that I was making Spotify playlists to go along with these, starting in 1976. I've edited the most recent post to add the link.
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2001
Damn, I just drafted an entire post and then realized it was for 2002. Well that's another one done, saved for later. Now for 2001...let's have a look. A yes, a fantastic year that needs little explanation. Plaid release one of their best albums. Radiohead releases more songs from the Kid A sessions and the album is almost better. Tool's third is an undeniable masterpiece, even if I still prefer the previous two albums. The White Stripes release their best album. Prefuse 73 pretty much invents glitch hop. The Shins change your life. This actually did really impress me back then, I wasn't listening to a lot of stuff like this and it really touched me. This was before Juno (the movie), of course. I didn't discover Pinback until a little bit later, and have loved them since. You don't know Marmoset? Funny enough, I just posted about them in another thread. If you like lo-fi and moody 90s indie rock, check it out. Aesop Rock's Labor Days is on of my favorites from him, though I might like Float a little better. And Juno...you don't know Juno? Well have a listen then. An underappreciated Seattle band mixing 90s post-hardcore and post-rock. A great year with way more than 10 amazing albums. See bottom for some honorable mentions - what a great year. 1. Plaid - Double Figure 2. Radiohead - Amnesiac 3. Tool - Lateralus 4. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 5. Prefuse 73 - Vocal Studies + Uprock Narratives 6. The Shins - Oh, Inverted World 7. Pindback - Blue Screen Life 8. Marmoset - Record in Red 9. Aesop Rock - Labor Days 10. Juno - A Future Lived in Past Tense http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/1a78e53982d...6f/1310712.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/e6f4e68f106...44/1250238.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/23dffc4d05b...d2/2990944.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/4c892be7181...bb/2013916.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/7da8eaaefd2...dc/2397055.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/bb43f7edc30...18/1742247.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/6bc451bfe23...14/1894166.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/13090e718d7...23/2354341.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a862e1ae1bc...cd/1264794.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/5bf7741a5ad...98/2627319.jpg Built to Spill - Ancient Melodies of the Future Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By Tomahawk - Tomahawk Fantômas - The Director’s Cut Squarepusher - Go Plastic Brothomstates - Claro Les Savy Fav - Go Forth Fugazi - The Argument Bad Astronaut - Acrophobe Deviates - Time Is the Distance Tortoise - Standards Chris Clark - Clarence Park Burning Airlines - Identikit Jaga Jazzist - A Livingroom Hush Aphex Twin - Drukqs Spoon - Girls Can Tell Mouse on Mars - Idiology |
2002
Ramble ramble ramble! What am I going to say about this 2002 list today? Let's have a look...a yes, quite a good year! Clearly I was getting into some post-hardcore and underground emo at this point in time. Not all have stood the test of time, of course, particularly the emo and screamo type releases. Other later discoveries such as Sonic Youth have taken their place. One such example would be City of Caterpillar - what a fantastic album. However, I'm just not in the mood for that stuff anymore. mewithoutYou's debut is also quite aggressive in its emo-ness, but it's held up better for me, particularly because I also enjoyed their next few releases. This album was just perfect. Minus the Bear really impressed with their debut but didn't deliver on future releases. Not a mature album as far as lyrical content is concerned, but I like the light math sound and playfulness. I think Q and Not U's sophomore album is underrated, and I really enjoy it. Bad Astronaut is a band that emerged shortly after I was over a lot of the 90s Fat Wreck pop punk I used to listen to. Lagwagon was a favorite, and Bad Astronaut is like a more mature, more indie rock-oriented evolution with the same singer. It really worked for me, as did their subsequent albums. The Jazz June is a funny one - they're not that well-known, but it seems they're better known for their other albums, which to me are far inferior to this one. This is a really good and moody midwestern emo/indie album. Oh what about Sixtoo? An underrated instrumental hip-hop producer from Halifax, Canada. Really good stuff and great atmospheres, better than Blockhead I might say. Do the rest need any explanation? I think not. Honorable mentions at bottom. 1. Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 2. mewithoutYou - [A—>B] Life 3. Minus the Bear - Highly Refined Pirates 4. …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes 5. Queens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf 6. Q and Not U - Different Damage 7. Sonic Youth - Murray Street 8. Sixtoo - Duration 9. Bad Astronaut - Houston: We Have a Drinking Problem 10. The Jazz June - Better Off Without Air http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/d47fe020460...22/1245596.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/c855f70df2f...5e/1312269.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/58e04fdbc0a...46/1271134.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/a95fcaf324b...00/1987587.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/68c0b792019...97/2428369.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/ef274e71e27...71/1389717.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/2532745d01a...30/2401439.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/dabda17ae99...3c/2686386.jpg http://rymimg.com/lk/f/l/964f13ff7e2...07/1998698.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...mPL._SS280.jpg Clinic - Walking With Thee No Knife - Riot for Romance! Dillinger Four - Situationist Comedy Super_Collider - Raw Digits City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar Hot Snakes - Suicide Invoice Download - III Steps Forward Amon Tobin - Out From Out Where Download - Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 Coheed and Cambria - The Second Stage Turbine Blade Supersoul - 40 Acres and a Moog Mastodon - Remission Interpol - Turn On the Bright Lights The Coral - The Coral Rumah Sakit - Obscured by Clowns Eight Frozen Modules - Thought Process Disorder Boom Bip - Seed to Sun Seven Storey - Dividing by Zero platEAU - Iceolator 31Knots - A Word Is Also a Picture of a Word Twelve Hour Turn - Perfect Progress, Perfect Destruction Isis - Oceanic |
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