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The Crowe 100
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It's about time I made one of these bad boys. I've always wanted to, but never got around to it... here she goes:
However... before I start, I want to point out that several of these albums are important due to their involvement in my own life. While I will explain their importance in the blurb I write about each album - I want you to know that if you don't like when people put safe bets in their top 100, then stop here... some of those albums are important albums for a reason. Expect to see some classic rock in my top25. Don't expect me to include super vague banRAB for the purpose of showing off my "musical knowledge". Leave your airs at the door and welcome to an introspective 100.
As per usual. 100 different artists... the blurb, and some song recommendations. I will add to this randomely, 4 albums per post - so if you only see 1-3 albums in a post - chances are I'll come back and edit a post to include the rest of the albums. Always check!
100. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
"Now I'm... aimin' for heaven, but probably wind up down in hell!"
Is probably one of my favorite lyrics of all time. It is simple. It is brutally honest. I first heard Flogging Molly in some little music shop in Memphis and I was awe struck at how absolutely raw Dave King (the lead vocals)sounded. His emotion and his accent had me hooked - and the song Drunken Lullabies became my anthem for the summer of 2002 - I was in my rebellious teenage years. This album was the only thing that played in my room for a good 2 or 3 weeks before my mom made me shut it off, "Ryan! I'm tired of hearing that irish crap." My mom likes Paula Abdul. Nuff Said. For pure nostalgia's sake I want to put this album higher... unfortunately, this album does not stand the test of time. She winRAB up at 100.
Check out: Rebels of the Sacred Heart, What's Left of the Flag, Death Valley Queen
99. The Show Is The Rainbow- Radboyz Only!!! (2005)
TSITR is a one piece act from Omaha. Darren Keen is a wild man and put on probably one of the most fun live acts I've seen in a long while. My friend who works at a local record label dragged me along to this show in Colurabia, MO - and this guy came on and turned this little dive bar into pure magic. His energy and his stage persona are all part of a show based on commentary on the "indie" scene. He even takes a few shots at Mr. Bright Eyes himself on the track "Up a Creek Without a Saddle". He is openly *** and lets you know it - improvising songs like, "If there's a d!ck I want to suck, I'll suck the d!ck I want!!" and making the audience sing it. This sweaty electronic rap/rocker, wannabe Beck comes in at nuraber 99.
Check out: Medicillin, Up A Creek Without a Saddle, The Creepiest Creep in All the Land
98. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Wow, what can you say about Pere Ubu's debut album? This album is really one of the first albums where I had to take a step out of the box and just listen to something that I didn't really consider... to be... good music the first time around. It was like if the bastard child of jazz and punk ran head first into a circus and then got blasted with radiation making it mutate into... "Life Stinks" and "Sentimental Journey". As I listened more - I became aware of the importance of the union of the garage rock influence, the spastic trumpet solos and the voice of David Thomas. This album, while not regarded as their "best", certainly was important in making them one of the fore-runners of avant garde rock.
Check out: Life Stinks, Street Waves, The Modern Dance, Sentimental Journey
97. Bi-Level - Songbird (2003)
Bi-Level was a local act that I would consider "my first band" with an emphasis on the "MY". They were group that I followed around St. Louis when I was 15-18...they were the group that I did whatever I could to get to their show. I'm talking one time I hitched a ride with some people I met online before I could drive. I went to churches, snuck into bars and stood outside in an alleyway to hear them play. I must've gone to more than 20 shows - spanning 3 states to hear the same songs over and over again. They are a local group that tours mostly in Illinois and Missouri and Kansas... and when all is said and done are pretty much a decent pop-rock group with catchy hooks and a unique sounding singer. One time, in the height of my fanaticism, their cd cracked because I stepped on it... I drove 3 hours the next time they had a show just to buy another one.
Check out: Favorite Color, Oh Oh Oh, Calling
However... before I start, I want to point out that several of these albums are important due to their involvement in my own life. While I will explain their importance in the blurb I write about each album - I want you to know that if you don't like when people put safe bets in their top 100, then stop here... some of those albums are important albums for a reason. Expect to see some classic rock in my top25. Don't expect me to include super vague banRAB for the purpose of showing off my "musical knowledge". Leave your airs at the door and welcome to an introspective 100.
As per usual. 100 different artists... the blurb, and some song recommendations. I will add to this randomely, 4 albums per post - so if you only see 1-3 albums in a post - chances are I'll come back and edit a post to include the rest of the albums. Always check!
100. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (2002)
"Now I'm... aimin' for heaven, but probably wind up down in hell!"
Is probably one of my favorite lyrics of all time. It is simple. It is brutally honest. I first heard Flogging Molly in some little music shop in Memphis and I was awe struck at how absolutely raw Dave King (the lead vocals)sounded. His emotion and his accent had me hooked - and the song Drunken Lullabies became my anthem for the summer of 2002 - I was in my rebellious teenage years. This album was the only thing that played in my room for a good 2 or 3 weeks before my mom made me shut it off, "Ryan! I'm tired of hearing that irish crap." My mom likes Paula Abdul. Nuff Said. For pure nostalgia's sake I want to put this album higher... unfortunately, this album does not stand the test of time. She winRAB up at 100.
Check out: Rebels of the Sacred Heart, What's Left of the Flag, Death Valley Queen
99. The Show Is The Rainbow- Radboyz Only!!! (2005)
TSITR is a one piece act from Omaha. Darren Keen is a wild man and put on probably one of the most fun live acts I've seen in a long while. My friend who works at a local record label dragged me along to this show in Colurabia, MO - and this guy came on and turned this little dive bar into pure magic. His energy and his stage persona are all part of a show based on commentary on the "indie" scene. He even takes a few shots at Mr. Bright Eyes himself on the track "Up a Creek Without a Saddle". He is openly *** and lets you know it - improvising songs like, "If there's a d!ck I want to suck, I'll suck the d!ck I want!!" and making the audience sing it. This sweaty electronic rap/rocker, wannabe Beck comes in at nuraber 99.
Check out: Medicillin, Up A Creek Without a Saddle, The Creepiest Creep in All the Land
98. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (1978)
Wow, what can you say about Pere Ubu's debut album? This album is really one of the first albums where I had to take a step out of the box and just listen to something that I didn't really consider... to be... good music the first time around. It was like if the bastard child of jazz and punk ran head first into a circus and then got blasted with radiation making it mutate into... "Life Stinks" and "Sentimental Journey". As I listened more - I became aware of the importance of the union of the garage rock influence, the spastic trumpet solos and the voice of David Thomas. This album, while not regarded as their "best", certainly was important in making them one of the fore-runners of avant garde rock.
Check out: Life Stinks, Street Waves, The Modern Dance, Sentimental Journey
97. Bi-Level - Songbird (2003)
Bi-Level was a local act that I would consider "my first band" with an emphasis on the "MY". They were group that I followed around St. Louis when I was 15-18...they were the group that I did whatever I could to get to their show. I'm talking one time I hitched a ride with some people I met online before I could drive. I went to churches, snuck into bars and stood outside in an alleyway to hear them play. I must've gone to more than 20 shows - spanning 3 states to hear the same songs over and over again. They are a local group that tours mostly in Illinois and Missouri and Kansas... and when all is said and done are pretty much a decent pop-rock group with catchy hooks and a unique sounding singer. One time, in the height of my fanaticism, their cd cracked because I stepped on it... I drove 3 hours the next time they had a show just to buy another one.
Check out: Favorite Color, Oh Oh Oh, Calling
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Me too! Pretty sure it was my first CD. Love the list keep up the posts.
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96. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)
A beautifully crafted mixture of acoustic folk and fuzzy electric guitars comes from this group which is essentially the Red House Painters under a new name. he reissue of this album includes a cover of "Somewhere" by Leonard Bernstein (from the musical, West Side Story). This cover is what originally got me into Sun Kil Moon - and it is gorgeous. The rest of the album is warm, compassionate and believe it or not, educational for those boxing fans out there. Mark Kozelek write lyrics that deal with a variety of different subjects, but seems to focus on name dropping in a boxer theme(?!) Whether or not you care, this album still holRAB your attention with the beautiful and odd arrangements as Kozelek croons to you about Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali).
Check out: Somewhere(reissue only), Salvador Sanchez, Duk Koo Kim
95. Buddy Holly - From the Original Master Tapes (1949-1959 - Master Tapes released 1985)
Buddy Holly was inspired to become a rock musician after seeing Elvis perform (we'll see Elvis later in the 100, I assure you). Not much to say about Buddy Holly because, well, most people are pretty aware of who he is... my grandma used to give me music of the 50s cassette tapes and of course Buddy Holly was all over those which is why Buddy Holly and his music means a lot to me. The Original Master Tapes is classic Buddy Holly and will be one of the only "greatest hits" type compilation on the top 100.
Check out: Peggy Sue, Every Day, That'll Be the Day
94. Van Halen - 1984 (1984)
Oh goodness. When my mom bought me my first CD player - she got me a little stack of CRAB to start my collection. The stack included... Alanis Morisette's "Jagged Little Pill" (that should date me), Bon Jovi's "CrossroaRAB", Prince's "Purple Rain" and finally this baby here. This album made me feel like a bad@ss when I put it in. Listening to Panama, Drop Dead Legs and Hot For Teacher made me jump around my room in my baseball pants and no shirt with a head band playing air guitar. And for a pre-teen, that's as about as cool as you get. We all know about Van Halen - so there is really no need to explain to you what this album sounRAB like. One memory I have is bringing this cd to school and playing it for my frienRAB.... who didn't get it. It was swapped out for Backstreet Boys during recess and I retreated to the slides.
Check out: Jump, Hot For Teacher, House of Pain
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93. Motorpsycho - Timothy's Monster (1994)
I don't believe I've ever seen Motorpsycho mentioned on rab. They are... eh... hard to describe, they are rock - but they dabble in a multitude of different genres. I tried to look on last.fm band that they sound like, but it just returns a bunch of scand-banRAB (due to the fact that Motorpsycho is from Trondheim, Norway). Timothy's Monster is the first album I heard from mp... and therefore earns it's place on my list. I find this is also one of those banRAB I can call me own due to the fact that they are not very popular on this side of the pond. If you're looking to get into a great band with tons and tons of material, Motorpsycho is a good bet. The best thing about these guys is that they keep... getting... BETTER. They released an album in 2006 called Black Hole/Black Canvas that, in my opinion (which happens to be a common opinion) is their... BEST album. However, Tim's Monster got me into mp - so here she is - sitting high at 93. Highly prolific, the band recorded and produced a new album EVERY YEAR through the 90s. Expect to hear lush sounRAB coming from exotic instruments like the vibraphone, theremin, banjos and violins.
Check out: No Evil, On My Pillow, Stalemate, Feel
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56. Spacemen 3 - Taking Drugs to Make Music To Take Drugs To (1990)
While the Spacemen 3 aren't necessarily a band that has had a huge impact on my life story. They are ranked pretty high due to the fact that I love their music without having to give it a story. True, there is no nostalgia behind them for me... there is no memory or certain time they remind make me recall with a heavy/light heart. But they are a constant. Heard Spacemen 3 first off of some sh!tty compilation I bought for 5 bucks at a local music place. They were the diamond in the rough. The quintessential SM3 album is "Perfect Prescription" which came out in 1987. That album was a concept album that dealt with a person's experience with a drug trip, and ultimately is their best work. However, sometimes I'm not in the mood for a concept album and I can pop this "greatest hits" compilation in and hear the full, eccentric gamut of Spacemen 3's work. You don't feel like you're listening to the same band in any 2 songs back to back. They range from psychedelic, to punk, to pure rock, to drone/shoegaze. With this compilation you get to hear all of the above and more.
Check out: The Sound of Confusion, Come Down Easy, Amen
55. The Magnetic FielRAB - 69 Love Songs (1999)
Hahahaha. Oh Stephen Merrit wrote "69" - what a joker. So, let me tell you about the story behind the album. This is... a concept album in which Stephen Merrit tries to send up classic pop albums... by writing 3 album and throwing them together. The idea is brilliant, however, when you get an album of this length you have... filler... a lot of filler. But the great songs certainly are great. And there are quirky little songs that play with style a lot "We Are the King of the Boudoir" is a song backed by a harpsichord, and sounRAB like it came out of the bizzarro Medieval Times. Now... if I thought it would be fair to chop this album down to one CD and put all of my favorite songs on it... chances are it'd be higher on the list. Stephen Merrit has an interesting voice, doesn't sound like he has any particular training (which is not necessarily something a lot of people have) but it's warbling, sometimes delicate, sometimes crass... but always Stephen Merrit. You feel like you might be listening to a mixture of Morrissey and Johnny Cash. There are some clever lyrics, "Busby Berkeley Dreams", is touching and shows that Merrit can forgo the goofyness of the filler songs and truly write if he wanted to. But then you get "songs" like "Experimental Music Love" which is Merrit saying the title and then putting some kind of echo effect on it and letting it go on for about 30 seconRAB... pretty lame actually. There is a song called "Punk Rock Love" where he senRAB up banRAB like Good Charlotte and New Found Glory by singing in a nasally voice and throwing some ska in the background. I could go forever detailing every song and it would all be interesting even if the songs aren't good... or even songs. Give this a listen if you really are music ADD like I am sometime.
Check out: Busby Berkeley Dreams, Papa Was a Rodeo, I Don't Believe in the Sun
54. Stone Temple Pilots - Core (1992)
"I AMMMM SMELLIN' LIKE THE ROSE SOMEONE GAVE ME ON MY BIRTHDAY DEATH BED!" - whhewww what a way to start an album. This is one of those that was standard listening for a kid growing up in the 90's who liked rock. STP was part of the grunge scene yeah and Scott Weiland would go on to front Velvet Revolver, rock supergroup extraordinaire. As my music tastes "grew more refined" or as I started to move on from the hard rock, grunge thing I left STP on my shelf like I did with several groups. And again I was reminded recently due to the advent of games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band reminded of them and went back to listen to what was once a staple of my music collection. This album isn't quite my thing anymore, not that it isn't enjoyable or anything - but just... better remerabered like it was, and how much it meant to me as an angsty early-teen. Some great rock tracks came off of this album - "Dead and Bloated", "Sin", "Vasoline", "Creep", and "Plush" are album highlights. This was a great debut album for STP and really opened up some doors for them later in their career.
Check out: ^Those highlights I mentioned, and also No Memory to hear some interesting instrumental noodlings that would be important later in STP's career.
53. Ray Charles - Modern SounRAB in Country and Western Music (1962)
As much as I'd like to relay the importance of this kind of cultural cross over, I really can't do it any better than any of the several biographies written about Ray Charles... or even the movie "Ray". I'm from Atlanta, Georgia - which means I have a soft spot in my heart for Ray Charles to begin with... forget the fact that he is one of the greatest artists of the 20th century... but as you may or may not know, "Georgia on My Mind" is Georgia's state song (after we had banned him from performing in the state because he wanted rights and we said, NOOOO). However, that song is not on this album. This album is soulful as hell, you can just feel it inside of you - in my experience it is one of the few albums that really gets a visceral emotional response out of you on the first listen. I can't do Ray any justice with my own worRAB... but the inspiration for so many artist, again the country album coming from a black man in the mid 60's is so important for a desegregation of music type -- kinda like the Run DMC/Aerosmith collaboration of its day. So many black singers after this became wildly popular, and some even prolific. Someone on rateyourmusic mentioned Joe Tex, and I have to say - that among Ray's contemporaries - Joe Tex was among the greatest talents (If you've seen Tarantino's Grindhouse/Death Proof you've heard him). Anyway, back to Ray.
Check out: His entire discography.
64. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory (1991)
So, not a big fan of rap as I may have mentioned... this is another of the few albums that make it into my list. As I tried to get into rap a few years back, this album was called one of the essentials. This is before rap got really contrived (mainstream that is) and rappers were rapping to advance their culture as opposed to worrying about :bling: so much. The lyrics are absolutely wonderful on this album - you get hilarious, political, racial... hits a bunch of points on the spectrum. Better than THAT - the songs are discern-able from each other which is a problem I have with rap a lot. You have the classic rap beat, and the subject matter as I have mentioned really turns this into a joy to listen to. You have drums that are pure funk in styling, you have a HUGE infusion of jazz (including a song called Jazz where they talk about their use of said genre). We get a sample of Hendrix's "Voodoo Child" - they tackle serious social issues with a swagger that suggests they could care less. I read somewhere that this is a great album for beginners... I can't help but agree.
Check out: What?, Scenario, Butter, Rap Promoter
63. Monks - Black Monk Time (1966)
Not to be confused with THE Monks of the 70s. Releasing only one album, the Monks have been credited with being one of the very first punk banRAB (check the date on this LP) and starting Krautrock, being avant-garde rock predating Zappa's debut by months and the venerable Velvet Underground by an entire year. This album is punk, it is psychedelic sixties, it is jangly garage rock it is electric banjo driven riRAB and Can and Neu and Suicidal Tendencies and Chuck Berry rolled into one! These 5 American soldiers stationed in Germany (going AWOL and pretending to be Monks to record this) really were way ahead of their time. If you can find this album pick it up and listen to immediately. Would be higher on my list had I known about them longer, but I can't ever get Higgle-Dy, Piggle-Dy out of my damn head. Listen for the lead singer, Gary Burger's, vocals. SounRAB like Axl Rose and Mike Muir (Suicidal Tendencies) and Johnny Rotten corabined their demon seed to produce this set of vocal chorRAB. Listen for the harmonies that would make the Beach Boys smile in the background - the electric banjo - the callous banging of the drums - the often hilarious yet sometimes political lyrics... just give her a listen!
Check out: Higgle-Dy, Piggle-Dy, Black Monk Time, Drunken Maria, Boys are Boys and Girls are Choice
62. Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (1969)
"Hello, I'm Johnny Cash"
That's all that really neeRAB to be said about this one. I had a hard time picking between Folsom and San Quentin... but the setlist is longer here at San Quentin and of course includes my favorite Johnny Cash song, "A Boy Named Sue" (written by children's author Shel Silverstein, I found out). I love the way Johnny did his prison albums. Hearing him talk and give the prison guarRAB sh!t is hilarious. I love listening to him talk to the inmates - it's just more intimate than a normal studio album. He lays down all the hits at San Quentin, you won't be disappointed if you're looking for a collection of his greatest without actually listening to a greatest hits album. June Carter sings along too! So you get to hear the prisoners cheer for her in a very lascivious way, heh heh. I only wish that he had sang "25 Minutes to Go" - my only gripe!
Check out: All your singles are here from Mr. Cash, pick and choose.
61. Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now (2005)
So, vocals are very important for me in enjoying any kind of music. I have a really hard time getting into most instrumentals and electronica (which is why you'll notice the absence of such on this list). I attribute this to my days in the choir, of course. That being said... Antony Hegarty simply one of the most beautiful voices in music today. It astonishes me when people are turned off by his voice. We'll get back to that. Most of these songs are piano driven - which for most people is enough to say, "Ok well it's going to be boring then". Not true here. The lyrical content deals with Mr(s). Hegarty's struggle with his sexual identity; "One day, I'll grow up a beautiful woman... no worab inside of me, one day I'll grow up a woman", a duet with Boy George on "You Are My Sister" is another look into what kind of pain Antony is in. This is not an album for "***" people. I've actually heard that a lot - it's some sort of "*** power" album and that turns people off, too. This is awful not only because of the homophobic intolerance of some ignorant people - but they are discounting the ultimate talent that Antony carries in his voice! Now... Antony's voice... it is gorgeous, warbling... and sounRAB like Roy Orbison if he was a martian, it's spacey in that sense. Above all... you can TOUCH the emotions like they were not just abstracts but real, pure things... materialized... something tangible. It's unbelievable. Antony's pain and again his struggle keep this album alive - you will NOT get bored. Rufus Wainwright, Boy George, Lou Reed and Devendra Banhart make appearances here if you were still looking for a reason to get this immediately.
Check out: Free At Last, For Today I Am a Boy, You Are My Sister, Bird Girl
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And that's the way it should be! I love top 100 threaRAB. I'm not familiar with anything you've put yet but i look forward to the rest of it.
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60. Social Distortion - S/T (1990)
Somewhere in my mid-teens, a buddy of mine played me a mix cd that contained a compilation of punk rock cover songs. Among this somewhat shoddy tracklist was Social Distortion's cover of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". Sure enough, I heard it and fell in love. I was hooked. This album contains SD's most well known songs when it comes to the single value, but overall this isn't my favorite album as a cohesive unit (that belongs to White Light White Heat White Trash). However, this is another one of those albums that makes it onto the list for being a pretty big milestone in the growth of my musical tastes - as well as introducing me to SD and allowing me to discover some of their contemporaries. For being this high on my list, interestingly enough, this has probably received less play than some of the others... but the impact pushes Social Distortion's S/T all the way to nuraber 60. Listen for the sounRAB that later, sh!te pop-punk groups would try to recreate.
Check out: Sick Boy, Ring of Fire, Story of my Life
59. Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)
I feel like if pirates of ye olde days past, The Earth Died Screaming would be their anthem. I mean, it's so much better than "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum". The opening track grabs you right away - you have Tom Waits' voice chanting in this gruff, rough voice of his and it's absolutely haunting. Then, just to reiterate the fact that this album is called Bone Machine, the sounRAB of hollowed bones clacking together is the background percussion. This is an album driven by lyrics - at some point feeling like more of a spoken word piece. Spoken by dying men and/or zorabies. For me, this was my Tom Waits introduction and I prefer it over other stellar Waits albums like Rain Dogs and Swordfishtrorabones et al. I do love Orphans though, probably my second favorite. This minimalism effort from Waits is really just a shining example of what strong lyrical prowess can get you. Within the music you can garner some bluesy efforts out of the eclectic drumming - sounRAB like... elephants playing a saxophone and trumpet? A mutant playing a kazoo? Lyrical content mostly about really fun things like homicide and death.
Check out: The Earth Died Screaming, All Stripped Down, I Don't Wanna Grow Up, Murder in the Red Barn
58. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
A guy on rateyourmusic said something that I couldn't articulate better, or would rather not try to. He wrote:
Primal is an understatement if it can be... I was introduced to Patti Smith in the winter of 2005, so not one of those lucky introductions in my child hood that I'm sure are becoming tiresome in my writeups, but anyway... I was in my Rock and Soul on the Radio class, another Chicago story, and my professor was showing us a clip of an old SNL skit starring Gilda Radner who was playing a character based on Patti. My professor goes onto talk about how important Patti Smith was, etc etc proto-punk etc etc... important album art bla bla... so I took it all in, not being a big fan of female voices in rock. Then I listened to Horses. And that guy is right... that opening line is a kick to the throat. It pulls you in. And you become aware of this cave-woman singing to you. This cave-woman is a poet, a real talented artist - it's the album that PJ Harvey probably listens to, hell any woman in rock or punk. And of course Horses appears on album lists all the time, so you are probably well aware of its important.
Check out: Gloria (better than the Van Morrison original JJJ!!!), Kiraberly, Birdland, Redondo Beach
57. Low - I Could Live in Hope (1994)
I first heard low when their Things We Lost in the Fire LP dropped back in the early 00s. I also remeraber them being on a Spacemen 3 Tribute album I heard recently which is cool, because well.. the Spacemen 3 (also a sweet Mogwai cover and Arab Strap cover on that same album)... anyway. I decided to dig back in the catalog a little and I picked up Low's debut and was surprised how taken I was with this album. At the time I was really digging punk, so this was a little slower than I was used to. I think what got me was the great vocal harmonization between the husband and wife who head the group. The instruments are pretty minimal, rather simplistic all around - but it lenRAB itself to the group nicely. Very solemn, sad... slow... beautiful without being pretentious like some groups who make this sort of music are wont to be. This was, in my own life, way before it's time when it came to my musical tastes - influenced a more informed me years later at the end of my teens.
Check out: Slide, Sunshine, Lullabye
FYI, "Reach for the Sky" is on Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, not their s/t. Easily my favorite Social D song, so I'd wager that I was right. =) God, I never realized how old Social D was. I knew they got their break with their s/t in 1990, but I never imagined the music predated the eighties. Mike Ness is an old motherf*cker...
Good picks though. Bone Machine is a favorite of mine (as well as Ethan
Good picks though. Bone Machine is a favorite of mine (as well as Ethan
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They are doing a couple of anniversary dates and that is it as far as I know. I am seeing them in Birmingham (U.K).
*This might just take me a full year to finish. I have to apologize to all for this, some of you might not care, some of you might have, at one point, cared. And some of you will never see this. One of the problems I've had is that I keep listening to more and more music like one would expect a music lover to do... and I keep discovering things that well deserve to be on this damn list. I can't very well go back and change something that I haven't even finished yet. So we'll make do.
32. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
Between this and JA's earlier and just as important release "Nothing's Shocking" it really came down to which songs I like to listen to most, though I discovered both albums at the same time and listened to them in tandem. So, when did I discover JA? Late in my middle school days or early in my high school days, I attended what was then a mid-size venue, cross nation tour called "Lollapalooza". Tickets were $15-20 and you usually got to see some 5-6 banRAB of note. I went to this particular Lolla to see Incubus and the newly formed Queens of the Stone Age. My favorite memories of this particular Lolla are when Audioslave (also brand new at the time) performed a cover of the White Stripes' new single "Seven Nation Army", watching The Donnas put on one hell of a show and seeing/hearing for the first time Jane's Addiction. Perry Farrell, the lead singer of JA, is famous for being ultra eccentric and having a unique voice - and hell he puts on a good show, too. Of course Navarro was in his consummate rock star stance (which he rarely moves from, tbh). I've seen JA in concert more than any other group simply due to those Lolla performances and they STILL put on a hell of a concert- I recently caught them in KC with NIN (who sucked, play "Closer" you ****s, noone wants to hear a synth solo for 10 minutes) and they were exactly as I remeraber them over 7 years ago.
Check out: Stop!, Been Caught Stealing, and Three Days
31. Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)
Unghhhhh, yessssssss. If you think of the movie Armageddon when you think of Aerosmith; please shoot yourself. In lieu of suicide, go pick up/download/youtube this album immediately. I just can't talk about it... "Back in the Saddle" is one of the most badass songs that came out of the 70's and really... did Aerosmith fall out of the saddle at this time? Hell no. They had previously released (their masterpiece) "Toys in the Attic" - I like "Rocks" better because I had it on vinyl first. Simple as that. Aerosmith has since... fallen out of the Saddle. Come on boys, "Pink"?
Check out: Back in the Saddle, Home Tonight, and if Rock Band hasn't made you sick of Last Child yet, live it, learn it and love it. I do.
MILESTONE ALBUM: GROWING UP A CHILD OF THE 90'S
30. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995)
Our next milestone album is important because at the ripe age of 9 my mom wouldn't really let me listen to anything new. When we'd ride around places it'd be oldies or you know, Poison (not that I was complaining). But around that age is when kiddos started talking about stuff they heard on the radio which I didn't really listen to. My mom hated the stuff on the radio and thus, again, back to the Poison and Elvis. However, and I won't claim I remeraber the exact time and date of this event - one day my mom heard "Just a Girl" on one of our local alternative stations (when alt meant something) and we ended up listening to that station quite a bit. Of course when Mudhoney or Nirvana started blasting we'd go back to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and that'd be the end of it. My mom bought me this album (pretty much for her) around this time (on cassette) and it became a staple for long car rides where we couldn't agree on something. She even has it on her iPod (next to Rascal Flatts RAB.) Anyway, this is what got me listening to the "cool" radio stations, and allowed me to start garnering my own taste.
Check out: eh, the singles to be honest. The rest is mostly filler.
29. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Yes, you wanker, I like this album better than "Crocodiles" - now sod off. I always get strange reactions from people who (well, one, who have heard of E&BM - a rare thing) listen to Echo. I think Crocodiles was pretty standard - and this album's overall atmosphere is beautifully depressing - and this is a cliche way to describe this album, but it's true and simplistic so why fix what's not broken? And ugh, it's so much better than their "easily accessible" pop drivel. Many people disagree with me when I say this, but this just smacks of proto-shoegaze -- you start thinking of music as a physical liquid force rather than the instrument names given to them by the distant. I tend to wax faux-poetic, I apologize.
Check out: Over the Wall, Heaven Up Here, Turqoise Days
32. Jane's Addiction - Ritual de lo Habitual (1990)
Between this and JA's earlier and just as important release "Nothing's Shocking" it really came down to which songs I like to listen to most, though I discovered both albums at the same time and listened to them in tandem. So, when did I discover JA? Late in my middle school days or early in my high school days, I attended what was then a mid-size venue, cross nation tour called "Lollapalooza". Tickets were $15-20 and you usually got to see some 5-6 banRAB of note. I went to this particular Lolla to see Incubus and the newly formed Queens of the Stone Age. My favorite memories of this particular Lolla are when Audioslave (also brand new at the time) performed a cover of the White Stripes' new single "Seven Nation Army", watching The Donnas put on one hell of a show and seeing/hearing for the first time Jane's Addiction. Perry Farrell, the lead singer of JA, is famous for being ultra eccentric and having a unique voice - and hell he puts on a good show, too. Of course Navarro was in his consummate rock star stance (which he rarely moves from, tbh). I've seen JA in concert more than any other group simply due to those Lolla performances and they STILL put on a hell of a concert- I recently caught them in KC with NIN (who sucked, play "Closer" you ****s, noone wants to hear a synth solo for 10 minutes) and they were exactly as I remeraber them over 7 years ago.
Check out: Stop!, Been Caught Stealing, and Three Days
31. Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)
Unghhhhh, yessssssss. If you think of the movie Armageddon when you think of Aerosmith; please shoot yourself. In lieu of suicide, go pick up/download/youtube this album immediately. I just can't talk about it... "Back in the Saddle" is one of the most badass songs that came out of the 70's and really... did Aerosmith fall out of the saddle at this time? Hell no. They had previously released (their masterpiece) "Toys in the Attic" - I like "Rocks" better because I had it on vinyl first. Simple as that. Aerosmith has since... fallen out of the Saddle. Come on boys, "Pink"?
Check out: Back in the Saddle, Home Tonight, and if Rock Band hasn't made you sick of Last Child yet, live it, learn it and love it. I do.
MILESTONE ALBUM: GROWING UP A CHILD OF THE 90'S
30. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (1995)
Our next milestone album is important because at the ripe age of 9 my mom wouldn't really let me listen to anything new. When we'd ride around places it'd be oldies or you know, Poison (not that I was complaining). But around that age is when kiddos started talking about stuff they heard on the radio which I didn't really listen to. My mom hated the stuff on the radio and thus, again, back to the Poison and Elvis. However, and I won't claim I remeraber the exact time and date of this event - one day my mom heard "Just a Girl" on one of our local alternative stations (when alt meant something) and we ended up listening to that station quite a bit. Of course when Mudhoney or Nirvana started blasting we'd go back to "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and that'd be the end of it. My mom bought me this album (pretty much for her) around this time (on cassette) and it became a staple for long car rides where we couldn't agree on something. She even has it on her iPod (next to Rascal Flatts RAB.) Anyway, this is what got me listening to the "cool" radio stations, and allowed me to start garnering my own taste.
Check out: eh, the singles to be honest. The rest is mostly filler.
29. Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here (1981)
Yes, you wanker, I like this album better than "Crocodiles" - now sod off. I always get strange reactions from people who (well, one, who have heard of E&BM - a rare thing) listen to Echo. I think Crocodiles was pretty standard - and this album's overall atmosphere is beautifully depressing - and this is a cliche way to describe this album, but it's true and simplistic so why fix what's not broken? And ugh, it's so much better than their "easily accessible" pop drivel. Many people disagree with me when I say this, but this just smacks of proto-shoegaze -- you start thinking of music as a physical liquid force rather than the instrument names given to them by the distant. I tend to wax faux-poetic, I apologize.
Check out: Over the Wall, Heaven Up Here, Turqoise Days
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I am seriously thinking about scrapping my 20 X 5 thread and doing one of these instead.
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Awww, you dirty slut! You got me all excited for nothing.
Ewwww...I hope that's shepherd's pie in my knickers...
Ewwww...I hope that's shepherd's pie in my knickers...