Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted December 11, 2002 Frank Black and the Catholics - Black Letter Days this is my album of the year. The most underrated artist out there as far as i'm concerned, with his solo stuff being invariably compared to the pixies, and never appreciated as free standing work. It's a different style of music, and if you listen to all his solo stuff you can tell he's evolving STILL, with the brand of country-rock-but-better he established with the also genius Dog in The Sand being showcased in a variety of ways, with the ROCKING jam '1826' through to mellow numbers like 'the farewell bend'. Oh and there's two versions of Tom Waits' 'the black rider' to start and finish. Oh and he's the best gig i have ever been to in my life, ever. I still think he stopped time for a while, playing about 10,000 songs from his solo catalogue and plenty of SWANK pixies stuff (gouge away live is godlike, trust me). If you can find this album (i dunno if it's out in the US) I cannot recommend it enough. ***<o>*** I recently purchased this album, and to be honest, I didn't like it that much. I didn't hate it, but it was just kind of there. It just felt... I don't know... very typical. Like there really wasn't anything interesting going on with this album at all. I liked the Tom Waits covers that begin and end it, but there's just a whole lot of generic rock in between. At least in my rarely if ever humble opinion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted December 11, 2002 I feel as though it should sound just like generic rock too, but his voice and a-typical chord changes and riffs just reel me in somehow. Upon my first listen it dragged a bit, but now i rarely go a day without listening to it, months after i got it. I am a COMPLETE Frank Black mark however, i'll have to admit that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BionicRedneck Report post Posted December 11, 2002 OK here goes: 1.Metallica- Ride The Lightning 2.Metallica- Master Of Puppets 3.Pearl Jam-Ten 4.Alice In Chains-Dirt 5.REM-Automatic For The People 6.Guns N' Roses-Appetite For Destruction 7.Tool-Lateralus 8.Iron Maiden-The Number Of The Beast 9.Nirvana-Nevermind 10.Soundgarden-Badmotofinger 11.Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream 12.Pearl Jam-vs 13.Jane's Addiction-Ritual de lo habitual 14.Red Hot Chili Peppers-Californication 15.Metallica-...And Justice For All 16.Weezer-Weezer (blue) 17.Tool-Aenema 18.Soundgarden-Superunknown 19.Foo Fighters-The Color and the Shape 20.Megadeth-Rust In Peace 21.Queens Of The Stone Age-Rated R 22.Metallica-Metallica 23.Pantera-Vulgar Display of Power 24.Faith No More-The Real Thing 25.Pearl Jam-Yield Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheyCallMeMark Report post Posted December 11, 2002 BionicRedneck has the right idea. Mind if I ask why you picked Dirt over Appetite? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2002 24.Faith No More-The Real Thing That's a great album, but as far as Faith No More goes, I think King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime is as good as it gets. Mike Patton is at his best on this album. He is my vocal GOD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 12, 2002 BionicRedneck has the right idea. Mind if I ask why you picked Dirt over Appetite? Because it's better. I'll ignore most of the remaining selections not involving Tool, but of those two, I can say with no qualms that Dirt is a better album than Appetite. A neater sound, Staley's incredible vocals, great songwriting. It's all there. Taking nothing away from AFD, because it is by all rights a great album, but am I the only one here that gets a little burnt out on Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City? There's other good tracks on that album, but everything kind of stands out like it's a collection of singles like a greatest hits, since well, nothing else they've ever done is worth a shit to me. Dirt's just a fantastic chronicle of drug abuse and depression masterfully put together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted December 12, 2002 I have to support bionic's soundgarden selections as well, cos i never cared for all the rest of the grunge shit (nirvana, pearl jam etc). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted December 12, 2002 Badmotorfinger has some really good material on it especially, I think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest saturnmark4life Report post Posted December 12, 2002 yeah, i think there's classics on all of em, and down on the upside, whilst perhaps a little more generic than the rest, doesn't get the recognition it deserves IMO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest IPCRivalSchools Report post Posted December 12, 2002 My current top 17: 1. Big Black - Pigpile - Quite simply the most 'punk' feeling album ever, ad thus the only live album that really feels live. 2. Mission of Burma - Signals, Calls and Marches 3. Black Flag - Damaged 4. Bad Brains - I against I 5. The Pixies - Doolittle 6. Embrace - s/t - Best of the Ian McKaye bands IMO 7. Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R 8. X - Los Angeles 9. Rites of Spring - End on End 10. At The Drive In - In Casino Out 11. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 12. Nirvana - In Utero - the end to which US 80's underground punk/indie was the means. 13. Husker Du - Candy Apple Gray 14. OutQueens of the Stone Age - Songs for the Deaf 15. Alice in Chains - Facelift 16. Rancid - And Out Come the Wolves 17. Quicksand - Manic Compression Ian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest converge241 Report post Posted December 12, 2002 "That's a great album, but as far as Faith No More goes, I think King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime is as good as it gets. Mike Patton is at his best on this album. He is my vocal GOD" hey king for a day made my top 50! although i like angel dust better i dislike real thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LooseCannon Report post Posted December 13, 2002 9. Dag Nasty - Whig out at Danno's wig out at denko's frankly it doesn't belong with the other albums on your list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted December 13, 2002 "That's a great album, but as far as Faith No More goes, I think King for a Day, Fool for a Lifetime is as good as it gets. Mike Patton is at his best on this album. He is my vocal GOD" hey king for a day made my top 50! although i like angel dust better i dislike real thing Angel Dust does contain Faith No More's greatest song EVER in "Smaller & Smaller", but I still prefer King for a Day.... The only complaint I ever had with Down on the Upside is that it sounded a little too "poppy" for me. Although "Blow Up the Outside World" is masterful. I love that bassline. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BionicRedneck Report post Posted December 13, 2002 BionicRedneck has the right idea. Mind if I ask why you picked Dirt over Appetite? I don't mind at all I don't really know why, I just think it's a better album, or at least I enjoy it more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest benoitrulz4life Report post Posted December 13, 2002 Metallica - "Master of Puppets" Motörhead - "Ace of Spades" The Misfits - "Walk Among Us" Black Sabbath - "Paranoid" Judas Priest - "British Steel" Iron Maiden - "Number of the Beast" Deep Purple - "Machine Head" Rush - "Moving Pictures" AC/DC - "Back in Black" Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV" Ted Nugent - "Cat Scratch Fever" Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd" UFO - "Lights Out" Thin Lizzy - "Jailbreak" Queen - "A Night at the Opera" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
