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Brand New: Your Favorite Weapon

 

The Shower Scene 7

Jude Law And A Semester Abroad 9

Sudden Death In Carolina 8

Mix Tape 7

Failure By Design 8

Last Chance To Lose Your Keys 6

Logan To Government Center 6

The No Seatbelt Song 4

Seventy Times 7 9

Secondary 9

Magazines 8

Soco Amaretto Lime 10

 

Brand New: Deja Entendu

 

Tatou 6

Sic Transit Gloria 9

I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light 7

OK I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don't 10

The Quiet Things No One Ever Knows 10

The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot 9

Jaws Theme Swimming 7

Me vs. Mardona vs. Elvis 6

Guernica 7

Good To Know If I Need Attention All I Have To Do Is Die 7

Play Crack The Sky 6

 

Midtown: Forget What You Know

 

Armageddon 3

To Our Savior 5

Give It Up 7

Is It Me? Is It True? 9

God Is Dead 5

Whole New World 5

Empty Like the Ocean 7

Nothing Is Ever What It Seems 7

Tragedy of the Human Condition 8

Waiting for the News 9

Until It Kills 8

Hey Baby, Don't You Know That We're All Whores 6

Help Me Sleep 5

Manhattan 4

So Long as We Keep Our Bodies Numb We're Safe 4

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Bawitdaba 7

Cowboy 7

Devil Without A Cause 7

I Am The Bullgod 8

Roving Gangster (Rollin) 6

Wasting Time 9

Welcome To The Party (Ode To The Old School) 8

I Got One For Ya 7

Somebody's Gotta Feel This 6

Fist Of Rage 6

Only God Knows Why 10

Fuck Off 7

Where U At Rock 5

Black Chick, White Guy 10

 

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My Name Is 5

Guilty Conscience 7

Brain Damage 9

If I Had 9

'97 Bonnie And Clyde 9

Role Model 7

My Fault 7

Cum On Everybody 8

Rock Bottom 10

Just Don't Give A Fuck 8

As The World Turns 7

I'm Shady 8

Bad Meets Evil 6

Still Don't Give A Fuck 6

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Strangelove-Love And Other Demons

 

Living With The Human Machines...7

Beautiful Alone...9

Sway...8

20th Century Cold...7

She's Everywhere...10

#1432...6

Casualties...7

Spiders And Flies...7

Elin's Photograph...10

The Sea Of Black...7

 

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Suede-Suede

 

So Young...8

Animal Nitrate...9

She's Not Dead...7

Moving...8

Pantomime horse...7

The Drowners...10

Sleeping Pills...8

Breakdown...6

Metal Mickey...8

Animal Lover...10

The Next life...7

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The following is easily my favorite album of all time.

 

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Come Together: 10

Something: 10

Maxwell's Silver Hammer: 8

Oh, Darling!: 9

Octopus's Garden: 6

I Want You (She's So Heavy): 10

Here Comes The Sun: 10

Because: 9

You Never Give Me Your Money: 10

Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard/Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window: 10

Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End: 10

Her Majesty: 3 as an actual song, 9 for it's placement on the album.

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Bought today:

 

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Madonna - The Immaculate Collection (1990)

 

A greatest hits album, though most of the songs are in fact re-recorded or remixed in some way.

 

Holiday - 7

Lucky Star - 6

Borderline - 8

Like A Virgin - 9

Material Girl - 9

Crazy For You - 10

Into The Groove - 7

Live To Tell - 10

Papa Don't Preach - 7

Open Your Heart - 5

La Isla Bonita - 8

Like A Prayer - 10

Express Yourself - 7

Cherish - 10

Vogue - 9

Justify My Love - 7

Rescue Me - 6

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(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis

 

1. Hello - 7

2. Roll With It - 8

3. Wonderwall - 10

4. Don't Look Back In Anger - 7

5. Hey Now - 5

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7. Some Might Say - 8

8. Cash No Shadow - 7

9. She's Electric - 6

10. Morning Glory - 9

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12. Champagne Supernova - 10

 

And thanks JAx, for stealin' all my Axl material.

 

UYI

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Guest Agent of Oblivion
Jaxl, we must again brawl. "When the Levee Breaks" smokes everything on that album and almost everything in the Zeppelin catalog. FIGHT

I'm on your team, on the caveat that you consider "How Many More Times" to be superior as well.

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Smells Like Teen Spirit: 10

 

In Bloom: 7

 

Come As You Are: 8.5

 

Breed: 7

 

Lithium: 9

 

Polly: 7.5

 

Teritorial Pissings: 5

 

Drain You: 7.5

 

Stay away: 6

 

On A Plain: 7.5

 

Something In the Way: 7

 

Endless, Nameless: 4

 

This is my favorite album

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Bjork - Homogenic

 

1. Hunter - 7

2. Joga - 10

3. Unravel - 6

4. Bachelorette - 8

5. All Neon Like - 8

6. 5 Years - 9

7. Immature - 8

8. Alarm Call - 10

9. Pluto - 9

10. All is Full of Love - 8

 

This isn't very easy...

 

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Bare Naked Ladies - Stunt

 

One Week - 6

It's All Been Done - 7

Light Up My Room - 10

I'll Be That Girl - 9

Leave - 9

Alcohol - 8

Call and Answer - 10

In the Car - 8

Never is Enough - 8

Who Needs Sleep? - 7

Told You So - 9

When You Dream - 8

 

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MxPx - Let It Happen

 

1. Never Learn - 9

2. Begin to Start - 9

3. Swing Set Girl - 8

4. Sick Boy - 7

5. Oh Donna - 5

6. Small Town Minds - 6

7. First Class Mail - 6

8. Can't See Not Saying - 7

9. GSF - 8

10. Thoughts and Ideas - 6

11. Easier Said Than Done - 5

12. Rock and Roll Girl - 8

13. Important Enough to Mention - 4

14. Elvis is Dead - 8

15. Lifetime Enlightenment - 6

16. Let it Happen - 8

17. Hot and Cold -5

18. So Kill Me - 6

19. Suggestion Box - 5

20. Creation - 6

21. Want Ad - 7

22. Honest Answers - 4

23. Late Last Night - 5

24. Biased Bigotry - 5

25. Circumstance - 6

26. Do Your Feet Hurt (critter version) - 10

27. Move to Bremerton (extended version) - 9

28. Chick Magnet (demo version) - 8

29. Sorry So Sorry (demo version) - 8

30. Christalena (demo version) - 9

31. South Bound (demo version) - 7

32. Life In General (demo version) - 9

 

Obviously I think MxPx only does one thing right. But I love my love songs :)

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My take on Nevermind:

 

Smells Like Teen Spirit: 7

In Bloom: 7

Come As You Are: 7

Breed: 6

Lithium: 10

Polly: 6

Territorial Pissings: 9

Drain You: 10

Lounge Act: 10

Stay Away: 6

On A Plain: 5

Something In The Way: 6

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Sparks - Lil' Beethoven

 

1. The Rhythm Thief - 7

2. How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall - 9

3. What are All These Bands So Angry About - 8

4. I Married Myself - 8

5. Ride Em Cowboy - 8

6. My Baby's Taking Me Home 6 (Live performance 10)

7. Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold - 9

8. Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls - 8

9. Suburban Homeboy - 10

 

I don't know how to convey this, but the album as a concept and in terms of arrangement and flow, is a 10 overall despite some tracks being better than others. It's unique.

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Since I Don't Have You 6

New Rose 4

Down On The Farm 7

Human Being 7

Raw Power 5

Ain't It Fun 9

Buick Makane/Big Dumb Sex 7

Hair Of The Dog 7

Attitude 5

Black Leather 8

You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory 0

I Don't Care About You 6

Look At Your Game Girl 9

 

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Roadhouse Blues 9

Waiting For The Sun 6

You Make Me Real 6

Peace Frog 8

Blue Sunday 6

Ship Of Fools 8

Land Ho 5

The Spy 8

Queen Of The Highway 8

Indian Summer 7

Maggie M'Gill 7

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Open Your Heart - 5

Say it ain't so. This is one of my favorites. Though I do think I prefer the non-Collection versions of most of the songs.

Eh, it's my least favourite 80s Madonna song on that album. It's probably a harsher mark than it deserves, but I couldn't feel right putting it equal to Lucky Star or Rescue Me.

 

True Blue is her worst period, aside from American Life.

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Metallica - Ride The Lightning

 

Fight Fire With Fire 7

Ride The Lightning 8

For Whom The Bell Tolls 8

Fade To Black 10

Trapped Under Ice 6

Escape 7

Creeping Death 8

The Call of the Ktulu 8

 

 

Incubus - Morning View

 

Nice To Know You 8

Circles 7

Wish You Were Here 6

Just A Phase 9

11am 9

Blood On The Ground 5

Mexico 7

Warning 8

Echo 7

Have You Ever 7

Are You In 5

Under My Umbrella 8

Aqueous Transmission 9

 

 

Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me

 

Bashment Boogie 7

Witness (1 Hope) 10

Join The Dots 9

Ital Visions 8

Kicking The Cack 7

Dub Styles 7

Trim Body 6

Artical 6

Hol' It Up 6

Stone The Crows 7

Sinny Sin Sins 8

Evil Rabbit 8

Sword In The Dirt 7

Highest Grade 8

Dreamy Days 9

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Slint - Spiderland (1991)

 

Breadcrumb Trail - 9

Nosferatu Man - 8

Don, Aman - 8

Washer - 10

For Dinner - 8

Good Morning, Captain - 10

 

Though I base all the ratings I give for how a song stands on its own, sometimes it is difficult. An album like Spiderland (and, on a completely different sonic tip, Wire's Pink Flag) demands to be listened to from start to finish for maximum appreciation. Ah well.

 

Oh, and I went back and modified some of my scores in this thread, as I think I was little too generous on some of the songs (there are a few less 10s now).

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Bastard, I was just going to do that album. Thunder-stealing crapmonkey. Mostly agree with your scores, at least.

 

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Portishead - Dummy

 

Mysterons: 10

Sour Times: 9

Strangers: 8

It Could Be Sweet: 7

Wandering Star: 9

It's A Fire: 7

Numb: 7

Roads: 9

Pedestal: 6

Biscuit: 8

Glory Box: 10

 

This is my favorite trip-hop album and one that I think gets unjustly overlooked by fans of Maxinquaye, Blue Lines, and Mezzanine. I can't believe this album is 10 years old. It's a bit disappointing that it starts off with the best song, but the pace is steady for most of the album. Consistency is an area where I feel most trip-hop pieces fail.

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But, then, my scores were generally disimilar to the original person's.

Right. See, mine'd be the same, with maybe two exceptions.

 

Breadcrumb Trail: 9

Nosferatu Man: 7

Don, Aman: 8

Washer: 10

For Dinner: 6

Good Morning, Captain: 10

 

And that's really just because of an album issue, as you suggested; I don't like them as much on their own as individual songs. In the context of the album, "For Dinner" is a perfect interlude. To go from "Washer" right into "Good Morning, Captain" would be devastation overload - too many climaxes at once. But if it pops up on iTunes shuffle, I'm largely just going to shrug.

 

"After the Laughter," on Trail of Dead's Source Tags & Codes, is my favorite interlude.

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Sad Wings of Destiny

 

 

Victim of Changes: 10

The Ripper: 10

Dreamer Deceiver: 8

Deceiver: 3

Prelude/Tyrant: 8

Genocide: 6

Epitaph: 1

Island of Domination: 3

 

 

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Among the Living

 

 

Among the Living: 9

Caught in a Mosh: 10

I am the Law: 10

Efilnikufesin(N.F.L): 9

Skeletons in the Closet: 6

Indians: 10

One World: 6

A.D.I./Horror of it All: 5

Imitation of Life: 5

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Glory Box: 10

 

Good rating. This song played a very key role in many a development in my young life.

It's a hell of a song. I feel strongly that Dummy begins and ends with its strongest tracks, and that the middle, for its ups and downs, is a very well-planned journey between them. Perhaps that's why I feel it has that rare trip-hop consistency to which I earlier alluded.

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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: 10

Kamera: 9

Radio Cure: 10

War On War: 6

Jesus Etc.: 7

Ashes Of American Flags: 9

Heavy Metal Drummer: 3

I'm The Man Who Loves You: 10

Pot Kettle Black: 7

Poor Places: 9

Reservations: 6

 

Hell of an album, that.

 

Looking through this thread, I find that almost all of my ratings are way too generous. Unlike Incandenza, however, I am not nearly motivated enough to change them.

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An album a long time in the waiting:

 

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Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell (1978)

 

1. Bat Out Of Hell - 10

2. You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth - 9

3. Heaven Can Wait - 8

4. All Revved Up With No Place To Go - 6

5. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad - 10

6. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - 9

7. For Crying Out Loud - 10

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Jet - Get Born

 

Last Chance 7

Are You Gonna Be My Girl 10

Rollover DJ 8

Look What You've Done 9

Get What You Need 6

Move On 7

Radio Song 5

Get Me Outta Here 5

Cold Hard Bitch 10

Come Around Again 5

Take it or Leave it 6

Lazy Gun 7

Timothy 5

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Are You Gonna Be My Girl 10

Cold Hard Bitch 10

Oof. Oof. Rough. "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" especially. I'll give "Lust for Life" a 10 and the Jet song a generous 4.

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Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique:

 

To All the Ladies- 5

Shake Your Rump- 7

Johnny Ryall- 9

Eggman- 7

High Plains Drifter- 10

The Sounds of Science- 10

3 Minute Rule- 8

Hey Ladies- 9

5 Piece Chicken Dinner- 4

Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun- 7

Car Thief- 6

What Comes Around- 6

Shadrach- 7

Ask for Janice- 3

B-Boy Boulliabaisse- 10

 

 

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A Tribe Called Quest- The Low-End Theory:

 

Excursions- 9

Buggin' Out- 10

Rap Promoter- 7

Butter- 10

Verses from the Abstract- 9

Show Business- 10

Vibes and Stuff- 8

The Infamous Date Rape- 9

Check the Rhyme- 8

Everything is Fair- 8

Jazz (We've Got)- 10

Skypager- 9

What?- 6

Scenario- 10

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Guest The Winter Of My Discontent

For some reason, I've always thought 3 Minute Rule was the best song on Pauls. Its so simple, and lyrically tight.

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IQ - Subterranea

 

Disc 1

1. Overture - 6

2. Provider - 5

3. Subterranea - 7

4. Sleepless Incidental - 8

5. Failsafe - 9

6. Speak My Name - 7

7. Tunnel Vision - 9

8. Infernal Chorus - 8

9. King Of Fools - 5

10. The Sense In Sanity - 7

11. State Of Mine - 7

 

Disc 2

1. Laid Low - 6

2. Breathtaker - 8

3. Capricorn - 9

4. The Other Side - 9

5. Unsolid Ground - 7

6. Somewhere In Time - 9

7. High Waters - 6

8. The Narrow Margin - 10

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