First 8 albums that pop into your head when I ask about your favourites

1. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)
2. David Bowie - Station to Station (1976)
3. The Replacements - Let It Be (1984)
4. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead (1986)
5. The Wedding Present - Seamonsters (1991)
6. Nas - Illmatic (1994)
7. Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner (2003)
8. Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003)

Caveat: if multiple album from a certain band or artist pop into your head feel free to include just one

Ween - Quebec
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
The Orb - Orbus Terrarum
Bjork - Homogenic
Tortoise - TNT
Television - Marquee Moon
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Bad Brains - Bad Brains

Clash - London Calling
Beatles - Abbey Road
TMBG - Lincoln
Prince - Sign O The Times
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Radiohead - OK Computer
D’Angelo- Voodoo
Bowie - Station to Station

Minutemen - Double Nickles on the Dime
Royal Trux - Cats and Dogs
David Bowie - Hunky Dory
Alex Chilton - Like Flies on Sherbert
Hanoi Rocks - Bangkok Shocks, Saigon Shakes
Melvins - Stag
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bad Brains - I Against I

MBV - Loveless
Shuttle358 - Frame
Gas - Pop
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Tortoise - TNT
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Michael Jackson - Thriller

OM conference of the birds
Spacemen 3 perfect prescription
Danzig s/t
SOTL Tired Sounds
Windy and Carl depths
Bell Witch mirror reaper
Bardo Pond on the ellipse
John lee hooker endless boogie

Weird list would probably be different in a week

undo wrote:MBV - Loveless
Shuttle358 - Frame
Gas - Pop
Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
Tortoise - TNT
The Orb - The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
Michael Jackson - Thriller

I gotta spin that orb album again some time. It’s been years!

That's probably the one I listen to the least anymore at this point but thread instructions said not to overthink it.

The Afghan Whigs — Gentlemen
Radiohead — OK Computer
Radiohead — Kid A
The Velvet Underground — White Light/White Heat
The Fall — This Nations Saving Grace
Neil Young — On the Beach
David Bowie — Station to Station
Galaxie 500 — On Fire

PJ Harvey | Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
Outkast | Stankonia (2000)
Raekwon the Chef | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (1995)
The Clash | London Calling (1979)
Lauryn Hill | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Vivian Girls | Everything Goes Wrong (2009)
Fiona Apple | When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right (1999)
My Bloody Valentine | Loveless (1991)

Not sure what could have possibly compelled me to count the words in that title. There are 90 of them.

outkast - aquemini
j dilla - donuts
alice coltrane - journey into satchidinanda
david crosby - if i could only remember my name
boards of canada - music has the right to children
love - forever changes
the beach boys - pet sounds
the field - from here we go sublime

How on earth was Pet Sounds something that didn’t pop into my head before 8 other albums?

The Beatles | The Beatles
The Velvets | White Light/White Heat
The Boss | The Wild, The Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle
Various | A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
Belinda Carlisle | Heaven on Earth
Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense
U2 | Achtung Baby
Brian Eno | Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)

These're all without a doubt top-50 kinda records for me, but, like avec, it would also probably be different in a week. No Fleetwood Mac, no Miles, no Sonny Sharrock, no Bollywood soundtracks (Guide and Sholay, among many others, are all-timers), no Misfits, no Boston, no MBV...no nothin', really!

Thought about putting that Spector album on mine too, but it felt like cheating. Also, the wild the innocent, FUCK yeah

I believe all of our lists fluctuate. You don’t come upon a group of elite bros like this and expect a top 8. I think most of the albums listed on this page would be on my top 100.

Duff... wrote:Vivian Girls | Everything Goes Wrong (2009)

Listening to this right now. It is so perfect. I still haven’t heard their new one cause I’m an idiot, but snagging it asap.

John Coltrane | A Love Supreme
Pedro the Lion | It's Hard to Find a Friend
Fugazi | The Argument
The Fall | Complete Peel Sessions
Neil Young | Live at Massey Hall 1971
Mark Hollis | Mark Hollis
Tobias Jesso Jr. | Goon
Tom Waits | Bone Machine

coyote wrote:OM conference of the birds

Bell Witch mirror reaper

Weird list would probably be different in a week

Enjoying how these lists are reminding me to revisit albums I’ve not listened to in a while. Bell Witch are terrific. Mirror Reaper is excellent & I listened to Four Phantoms late last night for the first time in a couple years & it felt so fucking heavy. Just sitting in the dark, alone & allowing their doom to wash over me.

Ned Braden wrote:

Duff... wrote:Vivian Girls | Everything Goes Wrong (2009)

Listening to this right now. It is so perfect.

It really is. Great example of a band getting some attention after a great debut stepping up their sound in the exact way they needed to without really repeating themselves. It really deserved better in its time.

Alphabeat - This is Alphabeat
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Destroyer - Kaputt
Metallica - ...and Justice for All
Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
Prong - Cleansing
Radiohead - OK Computer
Weezer - green album

Holy fucking shit! Hey Yancy!

YANCY!!!

Haha Yancy lol what’s up

yancy wrote:Alphabeat - This is Alphabeat
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Metallica - ...and Justice for All

Bottom two I ride hard for

Top I never heard I’ll seek it out