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3. The Gun Club - Fire of Love
This is what real passion sounRAB like, and a sound like this doesn't become less powerful or less relevant with time. Rather, the true genius of the album makes itself even more apparent with each passing year, as it holRAB up in the year 2008 as well as it did in 1981. This is one of my very favorite albums because of its tremendous ability to remove itself from time - the perfect merger of blues, punk and lyrics straight from Jeffrey Lee's soul helps to make this one of the most powerful albums ever made. Very few albums sound as pure as this one does.
 
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10. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Exposed Eno as the true genius behind Roxy Music's sound. Lots of experimentation done here - so much, in fact, that it never gets boring. One of the most sonically appealing and fun-packed albums ever made, as well as being one of the most forward thinking. Am I hearing shoegaze in 1973? Top 3.
 
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11. The Jesus Lizard - Goat
Sincerely brutal and intense. Listen to this loud and you'll see what I mean. An album this powerful rarely comes along, and it's a shame that this is so overlooked. They deserve much more credit than they get, even just for writing, "so since the surgery, how's that ghost limb / hey man, say man have you been rubbin' your nub". As I read in another review, this album makes "you want to drink whiskey and fight ghosts." It really does, and I really do.
 
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15. Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
Overshadowed by Trout Mask Replica and ignored by those turned off by it, Safe as Milk remains one of the 60s' hidden gems. A record brimming with musical ingenuity, it's here that for the first time we are given a brief glimpse of the madness that is to come, but all the while maintaining an accessibility that is sure to work better for those who found Trout Mask Replica to be too strange. In my opinion this is the better record of the two anyway, and it's in my top five. Listen to 'Electricity'.
 
If I can recall correctly, Urban had this in his list of favorites as well. I may have listened to it at some point but I'll have to check it out again. The other two are definite gems at that.

Just out of curiosity, does it sound anything like JSBX (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)? That's the only other thing I can think of that merges punk and blues.
 
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16. Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance
I read somewhere that this was a sort of modern Trout Mask Replica, but I think it has a little more in common with Safe as Milk. Where Trout Mask Replica immediately assaults its first-time listener, Safe as Milk draws you in with familiar sounRAB and throws in a few curve-balls along the way. It's a good formula, and I think that's what the Modern Dance does too to, albeit with more curve-balls. Some may be lost along the way by the more challenging tracks, but there's always something in there to bring you back. And all it takes is a few listens until you realize it's all brilliant. A masterfully realized album from start to finish.
 
Two absolutely immense albums there and, funnily enough, two I haven't listened to in a ridiculously long time. Easily one of the most consistent list threaRAB I've seen on the boarRAB this - top stuff :thumb:
 
Seems like years since I listened to Suicide or James Chance but you're definitely right, they are both immense albums. As for the Gun Club, that album's really something I've gotta check out.

Good reviews man - looking forward to some more ya :)
 
Nice list. Love all of them except Roxy Music's s/t, which I have neglected for some reason. As well as that Gal Costa album which has been sitting on my desktop for a while now. I'll probably listen to those today.



Only just got into this recently, though I've had it for almost a year maybe. Great album.
 
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6. Roxy Music - Roxy Music
I think Andy Mackay was right to say that, about this album, "we did say and prove that rock 'n' roll could accommodate - well, anything really". Electicism in rock music certainly doesn't start here, but this album really helped show that there really weren't any boundaries. Although I believe Eno to be the genius behind their sound, there's no denying what Brian Ferry's decadent crooning and inspired lyrics added to the whole experience. By the way, although Virginia Plain wasn't on the original British release, I think it perfectly summarizes what Roxy Music (perhaps with this album in particular) did for rock and roll.
 
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You really should go get it. Seriously, you don't even need to understand french, although I do know a bit. The story isn't all that complicated either, but the entire thing is soo damn dark and done brilliantly. Feels more like a movie. It's a bit too short though.
 
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