The Man in Blak Posted July 27, 2007 Report Posted July 27, 2007 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 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Posted July 27, 2007 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 Posted July 27, 2007 Report Posted July 27, 2007 The Bloodhound Gang One Fierce Beer Coaster Use Your Fingers Horray For Boobies Hefty Fine
Guest Tzar Lysergic Posted July 27, 2007 Report Posted July 27, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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! Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 • Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 Posted July 28, 2007 Report Posted July 28, 2007 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 • Posted July 29, 2007 Report Posted July 29, 2007 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 Posted July 29, 2007 Author Report Posted July 29, 2007 I think being anti-Loaded is stupid, but you knew that already.
PLAGIARISM! Posted July 29, 2007 Report Posted July 29, 2007 Yeah, I think Loaded is an album no one should have a problem with. Maybe the problem with it is IN THE MIRROR
Guest • Posted July 29, 2007 Report Posted July 29, 2007 We're not allowing dissent on this one, huh.
Smartly Pretty Posted July 29, 2007 Report Posted July 29, 2007 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 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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! Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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 Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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 • Posted July 30, 2007 Report Posted July 30, 2007 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! Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 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 • Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 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 Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 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 Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 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 Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 New Order Technique Low-Life Power, Corruption, and Lies Movement Republic Brotherhood Waiting for the Siren's Call Get Ready
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! Posted July 31, 2007 Report Posted July 31, 2007 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
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