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I don't really like Sigur Ros myself (can see where the appeal is, but they're just not my thing), but top marks for the other three picks. My brother has Warrior On the Edge Of Time on 12" vinyl, and just looking at the gatefold sleeve alone is almost as good as the music.
Good to see this thread back in business as well - one of my favourite album lists on the boarRAB this.
Good to see this thread back in business as well - one of my favourite album lists on the boarRAB this.
Well I thought you were gonna start trolling it up but I was wrong, you gave your opinion, and didn't take it any further than that.
Unfan never stops, he WANTS to turn this into another endless, crappy argument over RATM, because he's a troll and that's what he does, I'm not gonna let him do it to this thread and if he keeps trying I'm gonna give him an infraction.
Unfan never stops, he WANTS to turn this into another endless, crappy argument over RATM, because he's a troll and that's what he does, I'm not gonna let him do it to this thread and if he keeps trying I'm gonna give him an infraction.
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Stu's list is pretty f*cking awesome so far.
they are a band that, unfortunately I really don't getSome more great picks, especially these two. I'm not so much into the Smiths but should probably check Meat Is Murder out soonish. As for U2 (great description btw), they do get a lot of sh1t on these boarRAB just because Bono is Bono, but I'd still recommend this album to anyone. I despise most of their output after this though.
Good call with Forever Changes as well - one of my absolute favourites.
Good call with Forever Changes as well - one of my absolute favourites.
69. Rage Against the Machine - Rage Against the Machine
I know this one won't win over a lot of positive feedback but oh well, if you guys agreed with every choice on my list it would be boring. RATM are a band who I got into, like every human being since 1993, at age 13. And while this was around the same time I was listing to Significant Other and Issues and all that Nu Metal stuff. RATM stuck with me even when I became aware of how awful the music they inspired is. You can jump on them for their politics, they're hypocrisy for being on a major label, Tom Morello's use of effects pedals, or god forbid the fact that they have influences that somehow makes them a "direct ripoff" of I dunno, 100 different banRAB. Whatever retarded reason the indie kiRAB/metalheaRAB/punks/*enter annoyingly snobbish music subculture here" are pulling out of their bums these days, none of it it seems to be relevant to their music. Don't get me wrong, I do understand why someone would hate these guys. I'm no commie but geez, without Tom's funky/heavy riRAB and Zack's fist pumping vocals, I just wouldn't know how to start the day. =(
Favorite tracks: Borabtrack, Know Your Enemy, Freedom, Killing In The Name, Settle For Nothing.
68. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
I know none of you have heard this, and if you did, you'd surely hate it. It's pure 70s pop rock, soft rock and blue eyed soul, oh and it's a double album too, from who is in my opinion the most criminally underrated musician in rock music. Todd Rundgren has dabbled with many styles, after this album he would go power pop, and then prog with his band Utopia. There is one thing about this album I can't deny, it's got enough corn in it to fuel 30 greyhound buses, but I love it, god I love it, this album IS the 70s, it has a little bit of everything that defines the more pompy side of the decade, soft rock, power pop, blues rock, prog. I have a weakness for girly falsetto vocals and lavishly produced pop songs. Rundgren like him or hate him is a musician by every definition of the word, he writes his songs, sings them, produces them, and for 3 sides of the album he plays all the instruments and does all the dubbed background vocals. Side four is done live in a studio. And most of all, for a double album, it's all consistantly good. Normally I hate soft AOR stuff, but this just proves that there are exceptions for every genre.
Favorite tracks: I Saw the Light, Cold Morning Light, Breathless, The Night the Carousel Burned Down, Hello It's Me, You Left Me Sore.
67. Meat is Murder - The Smiths
Surprised? Now of course I piss on The Smiths all the time. Why? Well lets see. 1. Morrissey is a douche. 2. I hate their fans. 3. Queen is Dead is overrated and boring. 4. Morrissey is a douche. 5. Johnny Marr now plays for my least favorite band in the world. But I love this album. That doesn't make me a Smiths fan, I'm not. I could do without their other albums entirely, this album works for me because they spreaded their wings a little, they experiement with many styles, and it all appeals to me a lot more than what they usually dish out, it doesn't sound like The Smiths that much, go figure. Morrisseys lyrics with his "I'm so painfully shy and lonely" BS, lame pseudo intellectualism, ironic humor and moral imperialist propagonda (the awful title track for example) still grates the f*ck out of me. But the music here makes up for that, Johnny Marr really kicks ass on this album, and the rhythm section, heck even Morrisseys vocals are good here. Just don't make me listen to anything else by this band, please.
Favorite tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, I Want the One I Can't Have, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, How Soon is Now?, Barbarism Begins At Home.
66. The Joshua Tree - U2
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Favorite tracks: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bullet The Blue Sky, Red Hill Mining Town, In God's Country, Trip Through Your Wires.
I know this one won't win over a lot of positive feedback but oh well, if you guys agreed with every choice on my list it would be boring. RATM are a band who I got into, like every human being since 1993, at age 13. And while this was around the same time I was listing to Significant Other and Issues and all that Nu Metal stuff. RATM stuck with me even when I became aware of how awful the music they inspired is. You can jump on them for their politics, they're hypocrisy for being on a major label, Tom Morello's use of effects pedals, or god forbid the fact that they have influences that somehow makes them a "direct ripoff" of I dunno, 100 different banRAB. Whatever retarded reason the indie kiRAB/metalheaRAB/punks/*enter annoyingly snobbish music subculture here" are pulling out of their bums these days, none of it it seems to be relevant to their music. Don't get me wrong, I do understand why someone would hate these guys. I'm no commie but geez, without Tom's funky/heavy riRAB and Zack's fist pumping vocals, I just wouldn't know how to start the day. =(
Favorite tracks: Borabtrack, Know Your Enemy, Freedom, Killing In The Name, Settle For Nothing.
68. Something/Anything? - Todd Rundgren
I know none of you have heard this, and if you did, you'd surely hate it. It's pure 70s pop rock, soft rock and blue eyed soul, oh and it's a double album too, from who is in my opinion the most criminally underrated musician in rock music. Todd Rundgren has dabbled with many styles, after this album he would go power pop, and then prog with his band Utopia. There is one thing about this album I can't deny, it's got enough corn in it to fuel 30 greyhound buses, but I love it, god I love it, this album IS the 70s, it has a little bit of everything that defines the more pompy side of the decade, soft rock, power pop, blues rock, prog. I have a weakness for girly falsetto vocals and lavishly produced pop songs. Rundgren like him or hate him is a musician by every definition of the word, he writes his songs, sings them, produces them, and for 3 sides of the album he plays all the instruments and does all the dubbed background vocals. Side four is done live in a studio. And most of all, for a double album, it's all consistantly good. Normally I hate soft AOR stuff, but this just proves that there are exceptions for every genre.
Favorite tracks: I Saw the Light, Cold Morning Light, Breathless, The Night the Carousel Burned Down, Hello It's Me, You Left Me Sore.
67. Meat is Murder - The Smiths
Surprised? Now of course I piss on The Smiths all the time. Why? Well lets see. 1. Morrissey is a douche. 2. I hate their fans. 3. Queen is Dead is overrated and boring. 4. Morrissey is a douche. 5. Johnny Marr now plays for my least favorite band in the world. But I love this album. That doesn't make me a Smiths fan, I'm not. I could do without their other albums entirely, this album works for me because they spreaded their wings a little, they experiement with many styles, and it all appeals to me a lot more than what they usually dish out, it doesn't sound like The Smiths that much, go figure. Morrisseys lyrics with his "I'm so painfully shy and lonely" BS, lame pseudo intellectualism, ironic humor and moral imperialist propagonda (the awful title track for example) still grates the f*ck out of me. But the music here makes up for that, Johnny Marr really kicks ass on this album, and the rhythm section, heck even Morrisseys vocals are good here. Just don't make me listen to anything else by this band, please.
Favorite tracks: The Headmaster Ritual, I Want the One I Can't Have, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, How Soon is Now?, Barbarism Begins At Home.
66. The Joshua Tree - U2
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Favorite tracks: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, Bullet The Blue Sky, Red Hill Mining Town, In God's Country, Trip Through Your Wires.
65. Wowee Zowee - Pavement
Ah yes, let me tell you a little something about Pavement, I like Pavement (as overrated as they may be), I just hate the revolution of awful American lo fi indie music that they're mostly responsable for. Starting with Slanted & Enchanted, which I like, but not for the same reason everyone else does, I don't consider it some kind of masterpiece of genius songwriting, I just think it's hilarious, and so not to get depressed I try to convince myself they weren't actually being serious, then came Crooked Rain which I just didn't get into. Now here comes Wowee Zowee, I heard this, but not expecting the third time to be the charm, and I was pleasantly surprised, this was the first album where Pavement actually started to become competent songwriters and musicians. And so Pavement fans were pleased by this musical breakthrough right? Well of course not, once you stop copying The Fall, learn how to play your instruments and get a good producer to make your album NOT sound like it was recorded in the drummers van, that constitutes "selling out" in the indie-verse, and while that's not to say Pavement fans don't give it credit, but the more Pavement actually began to find themselves, find influences outside of post punk and actually become descent musicians, the more they alienated their fanbase. Bah, I'll never understand indie. And just for Urban, hipsters.
Favorite tracks: AT&T, Father To A Sister Of Thought, Flux=Rad, Grave Architecture, Kennel District, Rattled by the Rush.
64. Morning View - Incubus
Make Yourself was one of the first albums I ever owned and I've been big on this band ever since. Picking a favorite is hard, between this and SCIENCE it's very close, but this one takes it by just a smidgen. This album doesn't get a lot of love, even from Incubus fans, since it's considered the point when they sold out their funky roots for a more mainstream sound, and that may be true. But whatever, I don't pick albums for their authenticity. Incubus are a rariety among modern mainstream rock banRAB in that I don't mind that they're played on the radio a lot, I still love their singles, especially from this album. But the best stuff is the proggier tracks. This is such a mellow album, and I like the mix of electronica, eastern sounRAB and hard rock, I still think Incubus are a pretty original band, but because they're so FM radio friendly people tend to overlook that. I love this band and I don't care if their fanbase consists almost exclusively of 13 year old girls. =D
Favorite tracks: Wish You Were Here, Just A Phase, Mexico, Echo, Under My Urabrella, Aqueous Transmission.
63. Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
At a time when NWA were giving us gangsta rap, it was refreshing to see somebody take hip hop to a different direction, enter these guys. Even your mom and dad might like them, because unlike most rappers Q Tip and Phife Dawg enunciate their worRAB pretty cleary, and those jazzy beats are hard for anyone to resist. Their laid back rapping style has sometimes been misunderstood as a lack of "mad skillz" but that of course is bullshizzle (god I'm so lame). They're two of the best MC's around. If you're like Sean Hannity or any other clueless old white guy and believe in the stereotype that all rap is for misogynistic, illiterate thugs. Then this is an album worth checking out, even if you don't like it, it deserves admiration.
Favorite tracks: Excursions, Check the Rhime, Jazz (We've Got), Scenario, Butter, Verses From The Abstract.
62. Demons & WizarRAB - Uriah Heep
We all have guilty pleasures, and this is mine. Think Tenacious D, but in the 70s and deadly serious, that's Uriah Heep. The undeniably cheesiest band of their time, with their knee high platform boots, mullets, porno staches, endless dueling guitar solos, shrieking falsetto vocals, Heavy Metal magazine style album covers and lyrics about... well, demons & wizarRAB, this is power metal before it even existed. And it's f*cking awesome. Seriously, The Wizard may have you laughing uncontrollably, but it's so damn catchy, you'll never get it out of your head. And the duel guitar solos in Circle of HanRAB, it will melt your face with it's awesomeness. Goddamn I love this band.
Favorite tracks: The Wizard, Traveller in Time, Poet's Justice, Circle of HanRAB, Paradise, The Spell.
Ah yes, let me tell you a little something about Pavement, I like Pavement (as overrated as they may be), I just hate the revolution of awful American lo fi indie music that they're mostly responsable for. Starting with Slanted & Enchanted, which I like, but not for the same reason everyone else does, I don't consider it some kind of masterpiece of genius songwriting, I just think it's hilarious, and so not to get depressed I try to convince myself they weren't actually being serious, then came Crooked Rain which I just didn't get into. Now here comes Wowee Zowee, I heard this, but not expecting the third time to be the charm, and I was pleasantly surprised, this was the first album where Pavement actually started to become competent songwriters and musicians. And so Pavement fans were pleased by this musical breakthrough right? Well of course not, once you stop copying The Fall, learn how to play your instruments and get a good producer to make your album NOT sound like it was recorded in the drummers van, that constitutes "selling out" in the indie-verse, and while that's not to say Pavement fans don't give it credit, but the more Pavement actually began to find themselves, find influences outside of post punk and actually become descent musicians, the more they alienated their fanbase. Bah, I'll never understand indie. And just for Urban, hipsters.
Favorite tracks: AT&T, Father To A Sister Of Thought, Flux=Rad, Grave Architecture, Kennel District, Rattled by the Rush.
64. Morning View - Incubus
Make Yourself was one of the first albums I ever owned and I've been big on this band ever since. Picking a favorite is hard, between this and SCIENCE it's very close, but this one takes it by just a smidgen. This album doesn't get a lot of love, even from Incubus fans, since it's considered the point when they sold out their funky roots for a more mainstream sound, and that may be true. But whatever, I don't pick albums for their authenticity. Incubus are a rariety among modern mainstream rock banRAB in that I don't mind that they're played on the radio a lot, I still love their singles, especially from this album. But the best stuff is the proggier tracks. This is such a mellow album, and I like the mix of electronica, eastern sounRAB and hard rock, I still think Incubus are a pretty original band, but because they're so FM radio friendly people tend to overlook that. I love this band and I don't care if their fanbase consists almost exclusively of 13 year old girls. =D
Favorite tracks: Wish You Were Here, Just A Phase, Mexico, Echo, Under My Urabrella, Aqueous Transmission.
63. Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest
At a time when NWA were giving us gangsta rap, it was refreshing to see somebody take hip hop to a different direction, enter these guys. Even your mom and dad might like them, because unlike most rappers Q Tip and Phife Dawg enunciate their worRAB pretty cleary, and those jazzy beats are hard for anyone to resist. Their laid back rapping style has sometimes been misunderstood as a lack of "mad skillz" but that of course is bullshizzle (god I'm so lame). They're two of the best MC's around. If you're like Sean Hannity or any other clueless old white guy and believe in the stereotype that all rap is for misogynistic, illiterate thugs. Then this is an album worth checking out, even if you don't like it, it deserves admiration.
Favorite tracks: Excursions, Check the Rhime, Jazz (We've Got), Scenario, Butter, Verses From The Abstract.
62. Demons & WizarRAB - Uriah Heep
We all have guilty pleasures, and this is mine. Think Tenacious D, but in the 70s and deadly serious, that's Uriah Heep. The undeniably cheesiest band of their time, with their knee high platform boots, mullets, porno staches, endless dueling guitar solos, shrieking falsetto vocals, Heavy Metal magazine style album covers and lyrics about... well, demons & wizarRAB, this is power metal before it even existed. And it's f*cking awesome. Seriously, The Wizard may have you laughing uncontrollably, but it's so damn catchy, you'll never get it out of your head. And the duel guitar solos in Circle of HanRAB, it will melt your face with it's awesomeness. Goddamn I love this band.
Favorite tracks: The Wizard, Traveller in Time, Poet's Justice, Circle of HanRAB, Paradise, The Spell.
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85. I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One - Yo La Tengo
I find that many popular Indie banRAB these days strictly imitate another band, Yo La Tengo however, they have demonstrated their ability to imitate just about anything they hear, and they do it well, they're like pop music scholars, and they make everything they do sound authentic and distinctly Yo La Tengo, giving them the freedom to cover everything from bossa nova to country to noise rock to straight up pop. It all blenRAB together with the great harmonies and Georgia Hubley's lovely vocals. Oh, and because Urban expects it, HIPSTERS!
Favorite tracks: Moby Octopad, Sugarcube, Damage, Shadows, Center of Gravity.
84. Marquee Moon - Television
I'm confused, these guys were considered one of the founders of punk, yet they remind me more of The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service than anything, wasn't punk opposed to that kind of stuff? Well anyway, are Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd awesome guitarists or what? LloyRAB solos come off as more technical, but Verlaine's has that unique vibrato and are entirely different from anything I've heard. Second solo from the title track is pure bliss.
Favorite tracks: See No Evil, Venus, Friction, Marquee Moon.
83. Mirage - Camel
Ah yes, there's a lot of my favorite prog banRAB that didn't make my top 100, which many of you will find surprising. But Camel just had to make it, though a tough call between this and The Snow Goose. A great enserable is at work here, Peter Bardens (who worked with Van Morrison) was a great keyboardist, and Andy Latimer is one of the more underappreciated guitar goRAB, he can best be described as somewhat of a cross between Gilmour and Santana. Those licks from Lady Fantasy still blow me away every single time.
Favorite tracks: Earthrise, Lady Fantasy, Nomrodel, Supertwister.
82. Moon Safari - Air
I'm growing more and more fond of electronica all the time. It was Bjork that got me into it. I love chill when it's done right, this is an album where electronica and psychedelia bond like lovers, there's even some synth pop thrown in for good measure. I swear, I feel like I get a contact high everytime I listen to this album, it's that good.
Favorite tracks: La Femme D'argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need, New Star in the Sky.
I find that many popular Indie banRAB these days strictly imitate another band, Yo La Tengo however, they have demonstrated their ability to imitate just about anything they hear, and they do it well, they're like pop music scholars, and they make everything they do sound authentic and distinctly Yo La Tengo, giving them the freedom to cover everything from bossa nova to country to noise rock to straight up pop. It all blenRAB together with the great harmonies and Georgia Hubley's lovely vocals. Oh, and because Urban expects it, HIPSTERS!
Favorite tracks: Moby Octopad, Sugarcube, Damage, Shadows, Center of Gravity.
84. Marquee Moon - Television
I'm confused, these guys were considered one of the founders of punk, yet they remind me more of The Grateful Dead and Quicksilver Messenger Service than anything, wasn't punk opposed to that kind of stuff? Well anyway, are Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd awesome guitarists or what? LloyRAB solos come off as more technical, but Verlaine's has that unique vibrato and are entirely different from anything I've heard. Second solo from the title track is pure bliss.
Favorite tracks: See No Evil, Venus, Friction, Marquee Moon.
83. Mirage - Camel
Ah yes, there's a lot of my favorite prog banRAB that didn't make my top 100, which many of you will find surprising. But Camel just had to make it, though a tough call between this and The Snow Goose. A great enserable is at work here, Peter Bardens (who worked with Van Morrison) was a great keyboardist, and Andy Latimer is one of the more underappreciated guitar goRAB, he can best be described as somewhat of a cross between Gilmour and Santana. Those licks from Lady Fantasy still blow me away every single time.
Favorite tracks: Earthrise, Lady Fantasy, Nomrodel, Supertwister.
82. Moon Safari - Air
I'm growing more and more fond of electronica all the time. It was Bjork that got me into it. I love chill when it's done right, this is an album where electronica and psychedelia bond like lovers, there's even some synth pop thrown in for good measure. I swear, I feel like I get a contact high everytime I listen to this album, it's that good.
Favorite tracks: La Femme D'argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need, New Star in the Sky.
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93. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico
Not really a fan of VU or their later exploits, and it took a while for me to really enjoy this record, but now that I do, I can easly understand why it was so revolutionary and influencial, even though I don't consider it to be as great as a lot of people think it is. VU had the right strategy in mixing up straight up pop ballaRAB with the more experimental sides of Lou Reed and John Cale. It all works, and I find that it works in a way that anybody could pick up this album and like at least one song. I don't know how anyone could not love Sunday Morning.
Favorite tracks: Sunday Morning, Femme Fatale, Venus in Furs, Herion.
92. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Yes, The Rolling Stones are the most hideously overrated band on the planet, that of course is not my opinion, but merely scientific fact. But I have to be honest, if they weren't so damn overrated, and if they had the good sense to retire after this album, which IMO was clearly their peak before they dropped the ball with the massive snorefest that is Exile on Main Street, then my outlook on the band would be more positive. This is undeniably a great album, the Stones really show some range here, mixing up their brand of no thrills rock n roll with folksy ballaRAB and pure blues. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is the song where they really push their musicianship to the limit, and Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile show that Jagger and RicharRAB are indeed a very talented songwriting team.
Favorite Tracks: Bitch, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Wild Horses, Moonlight Mile.
91. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
I can tell you right now, the amount of sh*tty music the state of Tennessee produces today is rivaled by few, what with country pop, crunk and post grunge banRAB like Saliva to lay claim to, of course we have a great back catalog, I can easly say that next to Beale Street, Stax and Sun recorRAB, Big Star was the best thing to ever come out of my state. It's weird how this band evolved from a happy power pop band into the band that made this odd, disturbing record. Chilton's voice sounRAB so broken yet haunting, making his songs about his depression and loneliness all the more effective.
Favorite tracks: Kizza Me, Thank You FrienRAB, Big Black Car, Holocaust, Blue Moon.
90. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
This band sure takes a beating here, even as a fan of their later work like Californication, I can understand the dislike for it, but anyone who says they like P-Funk and Bow Wow Wow and then says they don't like this album is just being pretentious for hipsters sake or is just incredibly inconsistant. This was the swan song for funk era RHCP, their musicianship had improved (Flea and Frusciante are both top notch here) and Rubin did a fine job of polishing their sound, but it's just as silly, raunchy, funky and fun as ever. I know there's a term out there called desert rock and while RHCP aren't considered such, that's the imagery I get from this album and I love it.
Favorite tracks: Power of Equality, Under the Bridge, Apache Rose Peac*ck, Sir Psycho Sexy.
93. Velvet Underground & Nico - Velvet Underground & Nico
Not really a fan of VU or their later exploits, and it took a while for me to really enjoy this record, but now that I do, I can easly understand why it was so revolutionary and influencial, even though I don't consider it to be as great as a lot of people think it is. VU had the right strategy in mixing up straight up pop ballaRAB with the more experimental sides of Lou Reed and John Cale. It all works, and I find that it works in a way that anybody could pick up this album and like at least one song. I don't know how anyone could not love Sunday Morning.
Favorite tracks: Sunday Morning, Femme Fatale, Venus in Furs, Herion.
92. Sticky Fingers - Rolling Stones
Yes, The Rolling Stones are the most hideously overrated band on the planet, that of course is not my opinion, but merely scientific fact. But I have to be honest, if they weren't so damn overrated, and if they had the good sense to retire after this album, which IMO was clearly their peak before they dropped the ball with the massive snorefest that is Exile on Main Street, then my outlook on the band would be more positive. This is undeniably a great album, the Stones really show some range here, mixing up their brand of no thrills rock n roll with folksy ballaRAB and pure blues. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is the song where they really push their musicianship to the limit, and Wild Horses and Moonlight Mile show that Jagger and RicharRAB are indeed a very talented songwriting team.
Favorite Tracks: Bitch, Can't You Hear Me Knocking, Wild Horses, Moonlight Mile.
91. Third/Sister Lovers - Big Star
I can tell you right now, the amount of sh*tty music the state of Tennessee produces today is rivaled by few, what with country pop, crunk and post grunge banRAB like Saliva to lay claim to, of course we have a great back catalog, I can easly say that next to Beale Street, Stax and Sun recorRAB, Big Star was the best thing to ever come out of my state. It's weird how this band evolved from a happy power pop band into the band that made this odd, disturbing record. Chilton's voice sounRAB so broken yet haunting, making his songs about his depression and loneliness all the more effective.
Favorite tracks: Kizza Me, Thank You FrienRAB, Big Black Car, Holocaust, Blue Moon.
90. Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers
This band sure takes a beating here, even as a fan of their later work like Californication, I can understand the dislike for it, but anyone who says they like P-Funk and Bow Wow Wow and then says they don't like this album is just being pretentious for hipsters sake or is just incredibly inconsistant. This was the swan song for funk era RHCP, their musicianship had improved (Flea and Frusciante are both top notch here) and Rubin did a fine job of polishing their sound, but it's just as silly, raunchy, funky and fun as ever. I know there's a term out there called desert rock and while RHCP aren't considered such, that's the imagery I get from this album and I love it.
Favorite tracks: Power of Equality, Under the Bridge, Apache Rose Peac*ck, Sir Psycho Sexy.
hello..xxxxx
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Props for ATCQ and Pavement. I much prefer that to Slanted and Enchanted. A few surprising albums popping up on this list :thurab:
d.nethaji anandhavalli
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One of my favorite all-time albums. Not sure what his occasional DJ performances has to do with his studio work, though. True that he first gained exposure by DJing and including some of his own produced tracks, but he's not a turntablist. 
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:Jester4584
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I've never enjoyed Kraftwerk. Possibly because their landmark album Autobahn was a blatant ripoff of Neu!'s 1972 self-titled (ironically after they left Kraftwerk themselves due to "creative differences"), and everything after that isn't so much kosmische musik as it is techno-pop, including TEX. I'm sorry but I've never had a place in my heart for that.
But eh, to each their own. There are worse albums on this list already.
But eh, to each their own. There are worse albums on this list already.
Lili.anne.
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Very interesting start. I'm looking forward to this.
I wish I had come across this thread sooner, its pretty great. I've written down all sorts of albums you've listed on here that have perked my interest.
I say you're 100% dead on with this one.
Along with, like you said, that ability to coat those poignant tales in honey, I have a feeling that him selling the rights of his songs is part of the reason people often misconstrue the message of his songs. Christ, what a stupid move that was. I remeraber the big scandal when Wrangler jeans used 'Forunate Son' in one of their commercials twisting the meaning of his lyrics and using just peices of them to make him sound gung-ho patriotic. It pretty much mocked everything he was trying to say in his song.
Ah, just another reason to hate Wrangler jeans.
I say you're 100% dead on with this one.
Along with, like you said, that ability to coat those poignant tales in honey, I have a feeling that him selling the rights of his songs is part of the reason people often misconstrue the message of his songs. Christ, what a stupid move that was. I remeraber the big scandal when Wrangler jeans used 'Forunate Son' in one of their commercials twisting the meaning of his lyrics and using just peices of them to make him sound gung-ho patriotic. It pretty much mocked everything he was trying to say in his song.
Ah, just another reason to hate Wrangler jeans.
