Rank albums by ________

[The Man in Blak 0]

Deerhoof:

1. Friend Opportunity

2. Milk Man

3. Untitled EP

4. Reveille

5. Apple O'

6. The Runners Four

7. Green Cosmos

8. Holdypaws

 

Even though I find myself spinning through Milk Man and the untitled release more and more recently, it's still hard to look away from their 2007 album as their most complete work, from start to finish. Holdypaws comes off a little too sterile, but Green Cosmos isn't necessarily bad - it's just weird. I feel like that old guy from the Six Flags commercials should be breaking it down throughout the title track.

 

David Bowie:

1a. "Heroes"

1b. Low

2. Scary Monsters

3. Station to Station

4. Hunky Dory

5. Aladdin Sane

6. Ziggy Stardust

7. Lodger

8. Diamond Dogs

9. Young Americans

10. Heathen

11. The Man Who Sold The World

 

Big gap after Aladdin Sane, as there's probably about one song from each item of the list from Ziggy onward that I ever revisit. Ironically, the title track for The Man Who Sold The World is a favorite, but the rest of the album just doesn't work for me at all.

 

Alice in Chains:

1. Jar of Flies

2. Alice in Chains ("Tripod")

3. Dirt

4. Unplugged

5. Sap EP

6. Facelift

 

What's great about this list is that it's almost completely backwards from where it was in high school. But it's true, the only AiC that ever touches my mp3 player anymore comes from the last two studio albums that they ever released. Dirt tops the list for so many people, but some of the songs border on the embarrassing - you think "Down in a Hole" wouldn't make Dashboard Confessional blush?

[Red Baron 0]

I know Corey and probably Milky will have a fit in the Metallica albums...

 

Metallica

 

Kill 'Em All

Master of Puppets

Load

Metallica

Ride the Lightning

Reload

...And Justice For All

St. Anger

 

Iron Maiden

 

The Number of the Beast

Iron Maiden

Piece of Mind

Dance of Death

Somewhere in Time

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Virtual XI

Powerslave

Fear of the Dark

X-Factor

No Prayer For The Dying

Killers

Brave New World

Maidens last album...I don't know what it is because its that bad.

 

 

[luke-o 0]

The Bloodhound Gang

 

One Fierce Beer Coaster

Use Your Fingers

Horray For Boobies

Hefty Fine

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Frank Zappa, Pre 1980, that I own.

 

6. Freak Out!

11. Absolutely Free

13. We're Only In It For The Money

18. Lumpy Gravy

7. Hot Rats

21. Burnt Weeny Sandwich

5. Weasels Ripped My Flesh

15. Chunga's Revenge

19. Fillmore East -- June 1971

22. 200 Motels

20. Just Another Band From L.A.

8. Waka/Jawaka

9. The Grand Wazoo

10. Over-Nite Sensation

16. Apostrophe (')

14. Roxy & Elsewhere

2. One Size Fits All

3. Bongo Fury

12. Zoot Allures

1. Zappa In New York

4. Sheik Yerbouti

17. Joe's Garage

 

Yes, I actually like Bongo Fury that much. It's tough to pick favorites between 75-79. Guy was absolutely on fire during that time period.

[godthedog 0]

updated lucinda williams:

 

1. car wheels on a gravel road

2. essence

3. sweet old world

4. west

5. world without tears

 

the drop-off after 3 is staggering.

 

 

miles davis records i've listened to:

 

1. my funny valentine

2. bitches brew

3. kind of blue

4. nefertiti

5. in a silent way

6. miles smiles

7. sketches of spain

8. milestones

9. on the corner

11. a tribute to jack johnson

12. miles ahead

13. birth of the cool

14. porgy and bess

 

1-3 are pretty interchangeable, it depends on my mood. jesus i listened to a lot of him as an undergrad.

 

while i'm at it, i'll do coltrane:

 

1. ascension

2. a love supreme

3. blue train

4. my favorite things

5. live at birdland

6. first meditations

7. transition

8. meditations

9. interstellar space

10. giant steps

 

and that's as far as my knowledge of jazz goes. it's really pathetic. i tried to get more educated, but it's quite a big commitment.

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

Jay-Z

 

1. Reasonable Doubt

2. The Blueprint

3. The Black Album

4. Vol. 3

5. The Dynasty (if you replaced all the Memphis Bleek and Amil appearances on this w/ Jay verses it'd probably be a bit higher)

6. Vol. 2

7. Unplugged

8. Kingdom Come

9. Vol. 1

[Nighthawk 0]

9. on the corner

11. a tribute to jack johnson

 

Pretty low for those. They'd be my two and three after In A Silent Way.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Talking Heads (Studio albums)

 

Fear of Music

Remain on the Light

Speaking in Tongues

More Songs about Buildings and Food

Little Creatures

Talking Heads '77

True Stories

Naked

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

gtd, you really need to hear Coltrane's Olatunji Concert.

 

Miles Davis that I own:

 

1. In A Silent Way

2. Bitches Brew

3. Dark Magus

4. On The Corner

5. Kind of Blue

6. Birth of the Cool

7. Sketches of Spain

 

Any other album of his I pick up will probably be rated above Sketches.... That's the only non latter-day Miles that I actively dislike.

[Guest •]

Lou Reed & Velvet Underground that I own

 

1. White Light/White Heat

2. Berlin

3. Songs for Drella

4. The Velvet Underground & Nico

5. Street Hassle

6. The Velvet Underground

7. New York

8. Magic and Loss

9. Transformer

10. Take No Prisoners

11. Loaded

12. The Blue Mask

13. Coney Island Baby

14. Metal Machine Music

[Gary Floyd 0]

Kraftwerk

 

Computer World

The Man Machine

Trans Europe Express

Autobahn

Radio Aktivity

The Mix

Ralf und Florian

Kraftwerk 2

Kraftwerk 1

Tour de France Soundtracks

Electric Cafe

 

DJ Shadow

 

Endtroducing

The Private Press

The Outsider

[Copper Feel 0]

Songs For Drella above The Velevet Underground and Nico? Wow, I like Songs For Drella and all and would actually probably argue that it is more consistent, but for an album to be great so do the tracks that comprise it. I don't think there is anything on Songs For Drella I would personally rank as highly as "Sunday Morning", "Venus In Furs", "All Tommorow's Parties", "Heroin", "There She Goes Again" or "The Black Angel's Death Song".

[Guest •]

The gestalt of Songs for Drella is what makes it great, as you kind of alluded to. VU&Nico does have a few stinkers like "Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow's Parties" that are much more noticably inadequate when not part of a suite. Also, I just really love the minimalist instrumentation on Drella. There's not much else that soudnds like that. I thought I'd be criticized for ranking Loaded as low as I did.

 

Kraftwerk that I have:

1. The Man-Machine

2. Trans-Europe Express

3. Radio-Activity

4. Computer World

5. Autobahn

6. Ralf und Florian

7. Kraftwerk

8. Kraftwerk 2

9. Tour de France Soundtracks

 

There's a song on Electric Cafe that was the basis for the Harlem Heat music. I forgot which one offhand, but it's there. I haven't heard all of the album, though.

[Giuseppe Zangara 0]

I think being anti-Loaded is stupid, but you knew that already.

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

Yeah, I think Loaded is an album no one should have a problem with. Maybe the problem with it is IN THE MIRROR

[Guest •]

We're not allowing dissent on this one, huh.

[Smartly Pretty 0]

Pavement

 

Slanted and Enchanted

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain...

Wowee Zowee

haven't heard the other 2

 

Pixies

 

Doolittle

Surfer Rosa

Come on Pilgrim

Trompe Le Monde

Bossanova

 

 

a lot of people seem to switch Trompe and Bossanova, I definitely like Trompe better though. That cover of Head On is awesome. If the Purple Tape counted though, I'm not sure where it would go.

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

I know Corey and probably Milky will have a fit in the Metallica albums...

 

Metallica

 

Kill 'Em All

Master of Puppets

Load

Metallica

Ride the Lightning

Reload

...And Justice For All

St. Anger

Eh...not too far off from how I'd rank 'em, actually. I'd go:

Master of Puppets

Ride the Lightning

...And Justice For All

Garage, Inc.

Load

S&M

ReLoad

Metallica

St. Anger

Alright...so a bit off from how I'd rank 'em. Though I could easily see the reasoning for your placement, even if the Black Album is an overrated, unadulterated piece of radio-rock bullshit. And yeah, I included Garage and S&M, and it's interesting how Garage - filled with legendary tunes covered by Metallica - is better than anything written/recorded after '87.

 

Iron Maiden

Maidens last album...I don't know what it is because its that bad.

Oh, c'mon...A Matter of Life and Death gets better with each listen. Ditto Dance of Death, actually. Fear of the Dark is shit, though. It has three songs (the title track, "Fear is the Killer," and that one about the children), and everything else sounds like bad Deep Purple. Nothing can touch the first couple of albums with Dickinson, though.

 

Slayer

Reign in Blood

Seasons in the Abyss

South of Heaven

Hell Awaits

Undisputed Attitude (thrash metal + old-school hardcore punk = amazing, get used to it)

Christ Illusion

God Hates Us All

Show No Mercy

Divine Intervention

Diabolous in Musica

 

GWAR

Scumdogs of the Universe

Violence Has Arrived

This Toilet Earth

Beyond Hell

War Party

America Must Be Destroyed

Hell-O

Ragnarok

We Kill Everything

Carnival of Chaos

 

Cannibal Corpse

The Bleeding

Tomb of the Mutilated

Vile

Worm Infested (I'd count it)

Eaten Back to Life

Kill

Gore Obsessed

Butchered at Birth

The Wretched Spawn

Bloodthirst

Gallery of Suicide

[The Man in Blak 0]

Pixies:

Surfer Rosa

Doolittle

Trompe Le Monde

Come On Pilgrim

Bossanova

 

Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are awfully close, but I'll side with their more abrasive go-round, "No. 13 Baby" be damned.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

We're not allowing dissent on this one, huh.

 

It's ok man, I don't like it either, but then again I think VU & Nico fucking sucks.

[The Man in Blak 0]

I'm not really a fan of Loaded myself, but I wouldn't have any problems ranking it ahead of any of Reed's solo work (though, I freely admit, I haven't heard much of the latter).

 

Gene, did you ever get a chance to take White Light / White Heat for a spin?

[PLAGIARISM! 0]

We're not allowing dissent on this one, huh.

 

It's ok man, I don't like it either, but then again I think VU & Nico fucking sucks.

 

yeah metal is good tho huh

[Copper Feel 0]

The Smiths:

 

6. The Smiths

5. Hatful Of Hollow

4. Strangeways, Here We Come

3. The World Won't Listen

2. Meat Is Murder

1. The Queen Is Dead

 

Bob Dylan albums that I have heard:

 

8. The Times They Are A'Changing

7. The Freewheeling Bob Dylan

6. Blood On The Tracks

5. John Wesley Harding

4. Another Side Of Bob Dylan

3. Highway 61 Revisited

2. Blonde On Blonde

1. Bringing It All Back Home

[Guest •]

I'm not really a fan of Loaded myself, but I wouldn't have any problems ranking it ahead of any of Reed's solo work (though, I freely admit, I haven't heard much of the latter).

Loaded just falls off big-time after the first two songs, (for me, at least) which are admittedly fantastic. Berlin and Songs for Drella are more cohesive and compelling song cycles, and Street Hassle is just fascinating to me because it really seems like Lou was at a real personal low at the time. There's an underlying despair to the whole thing that I really dig: whether it's the obvious stuff on the title track, ripping on his own hit song while calling himself a fucking faggot junkie on the opener, or just the weird propped-upright-against-the-wall feel to everything else, like "Wait," "Leave Me Alone," or "I Wanna Be Black." I heard that the sessions for Sally Can't Dance were actually prety close to involving Lou Reed being propped upright, but I've only heard the title track, and it's not that good, except for when he says Sally "got raped in Tompkins Square...real good!"

[PUT THAT DICK IN MY MOUTH! 0]

The only VU album that I ever seem to find myself going back to anymore is the third one. VU & Nico never impressed me much beyond a few songs, White Light/White Heat is something I appreciate more than I enjoy, and Loaded's plenty nice and all but I just never really feel an urge to listen to it.

[Guest •]

Ben Folds and Ben Folds Five

 

1 The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

2 Whatever and Ever Amen

3 Rockin' the Suburbs

4 Ben Folds Five

5 Naked Baby Photos

6 Songs for Silverman

What was I on? That's all wrong. I've gone really sour on Reinhold Messner since last year.

1. Whatever and Ever Amen

2. Ben Folds Five

3. Rockin' the Suburbs

4. The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner

5. Supersunnyspeedgraphic

6. Naked Baby Photos

7. Songs for Silverman

[Murmuring Beast 0]

Lou

 

1. Transformer (the best songs and production)

2. Street Hassle

3. New Sensations

4. The Bells

5. Lou Reed

6. Magic & Loss

7. Sally Can't Dance (hilarious)

8. Berlin (hard to listen to)

9. Coney Island Baby

10. Mistrial (some good tracks)

11. New York (a bore)

 

That was hard - I've left out a few (Metal Machine; the shitty toss-off albums he did in the mid 70s and early 80s and Drella. His later stuff I'm not familiar with)

[Red Baron 0]

Megadeth

 

1.) Rust in Peace

2.) So Far So Good...So What

3.) Countdown to Extinction

4.) Youthanasia

5.) The World Needs A Hero

6.) Peace Sells

7.) Cryptic Writings

8.) Killing Is My Business

9.) The System Has Failed (this album did not stand up against time that well)

10.) Risk.

[Gary Floyd 0]

New Order

 

Technique

Low-Life

Power, Corruption, and Lies

Movement

Republic

Brotherhood

Waiting for the Siren's Call

Get Ready

 

 

[PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0]

Fun...

 

Elliott Smith albums:

Roman Candle

s/t

Either/Or

XO

Figure 8

From a Basement on a Hill

 

Joan of Arc albums in my collection:

The Gap

Live in Chicago, 1999

How Memory Works

A Portable Model of...

So Much Staying Alive and Lovelessness

Eventually All at Once

How Can Anything So Little Be So Much?

In Rape Fantasy and Terror Sex We Trust

 

top ten punk vinyls that I own:

Minor Threat: s/t

Minor Threat: Out of Step

Dead Kennedys: Fresh Fruit...

Fear: The Record

Circle Jerks: Group Sex

7 Seconds: The Crew

Toxic Reasons: Independence

MDC: Millions of Dead Cops

Black Flag: Damaged