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Pnoom!

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 22:27

yeah, I didn't mean to usurp your list.

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 22:30

It's all good.
Now just make a song list and we'll put it all in the past. Please (insert picture of cute small mammal with large eyes)

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 22:31

1. Kayo Dot - The Manifold Curiosity.

Nature of the list edited.

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 22:34

I like it!

You should be expecting a list from me, probably by the end of the night

Edited by moreitsythanyou - July 31 2008 at 22:35

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 22:39

Yep, I'm making my general top 100 as I type, I'll cut out the prog albums and post it here later tonight.

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 23:14

Are live albums allowed?

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Posted: July 31 2008 at 23:17

Yep, Masada - Live in Sevilla will definitely feature on mine.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 00:12

First vote yay. This list would be different on a different day, not exact, etc. etc.
But I think it's damn good. Enjoy.
If you'd like comments/commentary about the albums, I'd write something up

1     Neutral Milk Hotel     In the Aeroplane over the Sea
2     Talking Heads     Remain in Light
3     Kate Bush     Hounds of Love
4     Arcade Fire     Funeral
5     The Kinks     The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
6     Fela Kuti     Zombie
7     Wolf Parade     Apologies to the Queen Mary
8     Mew     And the Glass Handed Kites
9     Konono No 1     Congotronics
10     Thom Yorke     The Eraser
11     The New Pornographers     Twin Cinema
12     The Shins     Oh, Inverted World!
13     Modest Mouse     The Lonesome Crowded West
14     Animal Collective     Strawberry Jam
15     The Flaming Lips     The Soft Bulletin
16     Antibalas     Security
17     Pixies     Doolittle
18     Ween     Quebec
19     Fela Kuti     Expensive sh*t
20     Arcade Fire     Neon Bible
21     Death Cab For Cutie     We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
22     The White Stripes     Elephant
23     Interpol     Turn on the Bright Lights
24     Animal Collective     Sung Tongs
25     The Avalanches     Since I Left You
26     Muse     Origin of Symmetry
27     Sufjan Stevens     Come on Feel the Illinoise
28     The Beatles     Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
29     Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
30     TV on the Radio     Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
31     Fela Kuti     Gentleman
32     Vampire Weekend     Vampire Weekend
33     Pixies     Surfer Rosa
34     Spoon     Gimme Fiction
35     Boards of Canada     Music Has the Right to Children
36     Muse     Black Holes and Revelations
37     The Beatles     Revolver
38     Animal Collective     Feels
39     Charles Mingus     The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
40     Maximo Park     A Certain Trigger
41     The Beatles     The Beatles (The White Album)
42     Miles Davis     In a Silent Way
43     Modest Mouse     The Moon and Antarctica
44     Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
45     Youssou N'Dour     Egypt
46     Konono No 1     Live at Coleur Café
47     The White Stripes     White Blood Cells
48     Fela Kuti     Shakara
49     Muse     Absolution
50     Spoon     Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
51     Death Cab For Cutie     The Photo Album
52     Bloc Party   Silent Alarm
53     Nick Drake     Pink Moon
54     Miles Davis     On the Corner
55     Coheed and Cambria     In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
56     Tom Waits    Rain Dogs
57     Portishead     Third
58     The Microphones     The Glow Pt. 2
59     Franz Ferdinand     Franz Ferdinand
60     Shout Out Louds     Howl Howl Gaff Gaff
61     Dalek     Abandoned Language
62     Fela Kuti     Alagbon Close
63     Chamillionaire     The Sound of Revenge
64     Man Man     Six Demon Bag
65     TV on the Radio     Return to Cookie Mountain
66     Bjork     Post
67     Akron/Family     Meek Warrior
68     Coldplay     A Rush of Blood to the Head
69     Grizzly Bear    Yellow House
70     Saul Williams     The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust
71     Aphex Twin     Druqks
72     The White Stripes    De Stijl
73     Modest Mouse     This is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
74     Weezer     Weezer (The Blue Album)
75     El Guincho     Alegranza!
76     Squarepusher     Music is Rotted One Note
77     Mum     Yesterday Was Dramatic, Today is OK
78     Fela Kuti     He Miss Road
79     Massive Attack     Mezzanine
80     Sunny Day Real Estate     LP2
81     The White Stripes     Get Behind Me Satan
82     Weird Al Yankovic     Running With Scissors
83     Aphex Twin     Richard D. James Album
84     Muse     Showbiz
85     Minus the Bear     Planet of Ice
86     The Shins     Wincing the Night Away
87     Yeasayer     All Hour Cymbals
88     The Postal Service     Give Up
89     Led Zeppelin     Houses of the Holy
90     The Beatles     Rubber Soul
91     Fela Kuti     Sorrow Tears and Blood
92     The Fire Theft     The Fire Theft
93     Fela Kuti    Monkey Banana
94     Ween     The Mollusk
95     M83     Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts
96     Hood     Outside Closer
97     The Shins     Chutes Too Narrow
98     Burial     Untrue
99     Boards of Canada     Geogaddi
100     Sunset Rubdown     Random Spirit Lover

Sorry it's not easier to read.

Edited by moreitsythanyou - August 01 2008 at 00:42

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 00:15

Once the list starts to take shape I'll start asking people for reviews. My list is coming, I just need to convert it to text and remove the prog albums.

EDIT: damn your list is sexy.

Edited by Pnoom! - August 01 2008 at 00:28

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 00:28

1. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
2. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
3. Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary
4. Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady
5. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
6. Joy Division - Closer
7. Modest Mouse - The Moon & Antarctica
8. Pharoah Sanders - Karma
9. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
10. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
11. Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come
12. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
13. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
14. The Smiths - The Queen is Dead
15. Television - Marquee Moon
16. Nas - Illmatic
17. Wire - Chairs Missing
18. Joanna Newsom - Ys
19. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
20. Moondog - Moondog (1969)
21. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
22. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
23. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
24. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
25. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
26. Arcade Fire - Funeral
27. Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
28. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
29. John Zorn - Naked City
30. The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
31. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
32. Madvillain - Madvillainy
33. David Bowie - Low
34. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
35. John Zorn - The Big Gundown
36. Bjork - Homogenic
37. Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords
38. Fela Kuti - Gentleman
39. Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
40. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight
41. John Zorn - Spillane
42. Grizzly Bear - Yellow House
43. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
44. John Zorn - The Bribe
45. Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring
46. Primal Scream - Screamadelica
47. Masada - Live in Sevilla 2000
48. Talking Heads - More Songs About Building and Food
49. Fela Kuti - Confusion
50. Pixies - Doolittle
51. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
52. Sly & the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On
53. John Coltrane - Blue Train
54. The Congos - Heart of the Congos
55. Wadada Leo Smith - Reflectativity
56. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
57. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
58. Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77
59. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
60. Wire - Pink Flag
61. Massive Attack - Blue Lines
62. Fela Kuti - Zombie
63. The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
64. The Notwist - Neon Golden
65. XTC - Skylarking
66. Slint - Spiderland
67. John Zorn - The Circle Maker
68. The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat
69. Animal Collective - Feels
70. David Bowie - Hunky Dory
71. The Roots - Game Theory
72. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
73. Portishead - Third
74. John Zorn - Six Litanies for Heliogabalus
75. Scott Walker - The Drift

Edited by Pnoom! - August 01 2008 at 00:36

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 00:34

You reminded me of 2 albums I forgot in your top 5 alone

Yes, quite nice indeed.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 00:50

Yeah, yours gave me some I needed to add. At some point I'll expand to 100.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 01:45

I sent you my short list of 25. most of them are oldies.

Fleetwood Mac - Rumors
Cat Stevens – Tea for the Tillerman
U2 – Joshua’s Tree
Rolling Stones – Their Satanic Majesties Request
Grand Funk Railroad – E Pluribus Funk
Cranberries – No Need to Argue
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell
Paco de Lucia, Al DiMeola & Joihn McLaughlin – Friday Night in San Francisco
Doobie Brothers – Toulouse Street
Bachman, Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile
The Mamas & The Papas – California Dreamin’
Dire Straits – Brother in Arms
Mountain – Climbing!
REM – Out of Time
Cat Stevens – Mona Bone Jackon
Nazareth – Greatest Hits
Boston - Boston
The Eagles – Hotel California
The Traveling Wilburys - Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1
Grand Funk Railroad – Phoenix
Simon & Garfunkel – The Sounds of Silence
Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Hell II
Jackson Browne – Lives in the Balance
Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
Bachman Turner Overdrive – Four Wheel Drive

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 02:38

Thanks.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 03:26

This will be fun. I'll get started right now.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 03:31

I'll probably have to entirely redo my list.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 03:32

oh wow... that is a hard one... tossing one off here... current non PA's bands Wink

1. Allman Brothers Band - At the Fillmore East
2. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
3. Willie Nelson - Stardust (wow)
4. Steely Dan - Katy Lied
5. The Rolling Stones - Let It Bleed (99% of the bands here on this site.... should ever make a album THAT great)
6. Blind Melon - Soup (bar none... best rock album made in the 90's)
7. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (figure this album will be on anyone's list over the age of 30 or 35)
8. Dee-Lite - World Clique. (don't ask me why...but the album is a part of me.. love it love it love it)
9. Alice in Chains - Dirt
10. Duran Duran - Rio

ehhh... time for for morning coffee... will do more later...

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 04:06

Glad to see this taking off.

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Posted: August 01 2008 at 04:09

OK, I included bands I think belong here that aren't, and so-called "prog related" bands, and I omitted all EPs. As always, the order is loose.

1. Arcade Fire – Funeral

2. The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

3. Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam

4. RX Bandits - …And the Battle Begun

5. Coheed and Cambria – In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3

6. Circa Survive – On Letting Go

7. Coldplay – Parachutes

8. Guthrie Govan – Erotic Cakes

9. Sufjan Stevens – Illinois

10. Anathallo – Floating World

11. Iron & Wine – Our Endless Numbered Days

12. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

13. Thrice - Vheissu

14. Mew – And the Glass Handed Kites

15. Coheed and Cambria – Good Apollo I’m Burning Star IV, Volume I

16. Muse – Black Holes and Revelations

17. The Smiths – Meat Is Murder

18. Minus the Bear – Planet of Ice

19. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue

20. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme

21. Andrew Bird – Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs

22. Cursive – The Ugly Organ

23. Broken Social Scene – Broken Social Scene

24. My Morning Jacket – Z

25. The Shins – Wincing the Night Away

26. Nine Inch Nails – Year Zero

27. Of Montreal – Satanic Panic in the Attic

28. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Heart of Oak

29. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha

30. Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

31. Joanna Newsom - Ys

32. At the Drive-In – Relationship of Command

33. Beirut – The Flying Club Cup

34. RX Bandits – The Resignation

35. The Smiths – The Smiths

36. Coheed and Cambria – The Second Stage Turbine Blade

37. Minus the Bear – Highly Refined Pirates

38. The Dismemberment Plan – Emergency & I

39. Circa Survive – Juturna

40. Coldplay – Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

41. Broken Social Scene – You Forgot It in People

42. Muse – Absolution

43. Rodrigo y Gabriela – Rodrigo y Gabriela

44. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – The Tyranny of Distance

45. Animal Collective – Feels

46. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew

47. Sufjan Stevens – Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lakes State

48. Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92

49. Cursive – Happy Hollow

50. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights

51. Murder by Death – Red of Tooth and Claw

52. Brazil – The Philosophy of Velocity

53. The Lawrence Arms – The Greatest Story Ever Told

54. Modest Mouse – Good News for People Who Love Bad News

55. Cave In – Antenna

56. Dave Matthews Band – Before These Crowded Streets

57. Death Cab for Cutie – Plans

58. The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi

59. Thom Yorke – The Eraser

60. Rachel’s – Music for Egon Schiele

61. My Morning Jacket – It Still Moves

62. System of a Down – Mezmerize/Hypnotize

63. The Anniversary – Your Majesty

64. Band of Horses – Cease to Begin

65. The Dismemberment Plan – Change

66. The Fire Theft – The Fire Theft

67. Pretty Girls Make Graves – The New Romance

68. Thrice – The Alchemy Index

69. Tin Hat Trio – Book of Silk

70. Turtle Island String Quartet – Art of the Groove

71. Katatonia – Viva Emptiness

72. John Coltrane – Giant Steps

73. Miles Davis – Sketches of Spain

74. Miles Davis – A Tribute to Jack Johnson

75. Steve Reich - Octet

76. Nine Inch Nails – The Slip

77. Minus the Bear – Menos el Oso

78. Brazil – A Hostage and the Meaning of Life

79. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin

80. The Go! Team – Thunder, Lightning, Strike

81. The Velvet Teen – Out of the Fierce Parade

82. The Weakerthans – Left and Leaving

83. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog

84. Muse – Origin of Symmetry

85. Murder by Death – In Bocca al Lupo

86. Modest Mouse – The Moon & Antarctica

87. Alarm Will Sound – Acoustica

88. Animal Collective – Sung Tongs

89. Miles Davis – Miles Smiles

90. Aphex Twin – Drukqs

91. Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians

92. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists – Shake the Sheets

93. Interpol – Antics

94. Karate – Some Boots

95. Belle & Sebastian – Dear Catastrophe Waitress

96. Boards of Canada – Music Has the Right to Children

97. The Snake The Cross The Crown – Mander Salis

98. Knapsack – This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now

99. Primus – Sailing the Seas of Cheese

100.Weezer – The Blue Album

I think I'm the only person who strongly prefers Good News for People Who Love Bad News over all other Modest Mouse albums. And moreitsythanyou, I saw you put SDRE's LP2 on your list. I actually like that one the least and prefer the second half of the band's existence over the first. I really liked The Fire Theft's album, though (you'll see it's on my list too). Are they ever going to release the follow-up?

Edited by Moatilliatta - August 01 2008 at 04:11

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11. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (would be higher if not for the damned 'Apple jams')
12. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
13. Elmore James - King of the Slide Guitar (boxset)
14. Jack Bruce - Songs for a Tailor
15. AC/DC - Let there be Rock
16. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
17. Wings - Venus and Mars
18. Billie Holliday - Complete Columbia Recordings (boxset..worth every penny you pay for it)
19. ZZ Top - Tres Hombries
20. Talking Heads - Remain in Light
21. Pat Benatar - Crimes of Passion
22. Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
23. The Eagles - Desperado
24. Waylon Jennings - Ol' Waylon
25. Stan Kenton - Adventures in Time

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