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post #1 of 23
3/15/07 at 11:40am
Thread Starter 
List your top 5 albums here (only one album per band/artist allowed)

Here's mine:

1. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
2. X - Under The Big Black Sun
3. Meat Puppets - II
4. The Gun Club - Miami
5. The Chameleons - Strange Times
6. REM - Murmur
7. Wall Of Voodoo - Call Of The West
8. XTC - Skylarking
9. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
10. Devo - Duty Now For The Future

Yowza!
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post #2 of 23
3/15/07 at 8:08pm
Hmm... You wanted top five, yet you listed 10. Interesting.

(I'm still thinking about my top five.)
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post #3 of 23
3/15/07 at 8:30pm
1. The Replacements: Let It Be
2. The Rolling Stones: Sticky Fingers
3. Pixies: Doolittle
4. Led Zeppelin: II
5. The Stooges: Raw Power or The Clash: The Clash (UK Version)
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post #4 of 23
3/16/07 at 1:44am
Thread Starter 
I know, i got a bit carried away. You can choose - 5 or 10!
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post #5 of 23
3/17/07 at 12:38am
These are some that come to mind:
1) Getz/Gilberto - Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim
2) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
3) Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
4) OK Computer - Radiohead
5) Since I Left You - The Avalanches

I think I'm gonna need that extra five, calexs
6) El Escarabajo Mas Grande de Europa - El Nino Gusano
7) Moon Pix - Cat Power
8) Modern Life is Rubbish - Blur
9) Different Class - Pulp
10) Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
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post #6 of 23
3/19/07 at 2:59am
Sign o´ the Times - Prince
Leftfield - Leftism
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Björk - Homogenic
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post #7 of 23
3/19/07 at 5:19am
Wow, calexs, a rare Chameleons fan. Not many of us left I think!

In no particular order:

Muse: Origin of Symmetry (difficult one though as I really like Absolution and B&R)
Rammstein: Herzeleid (another toughie as I like them all)
Disturbed: The Sickness
Sparks: Propaganda
Frank Black: Teenager of the Year
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post #8 of 23
3/22/07 at 12:46pm
Let me see: In no particular order:

Nick Cave & the bad seeds: Let love in
Nick Cave etc etc: Tender Prey
Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures
Beatles: The Sgt Pepper album
Beatles: Abbey Road Album
PJ Harvey:To bring you my love
Madrugada: Industrial silence
Nine Inch Nails:The downward spiral
Satyricon: Nemesis Divina;D
Bob Dylan: Blood on the tracks
A little schitzofrenic,I know...
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post #9 of 23
3/22/07 at 3:15pm
From my drunken top of my head, but mostly from my sober top of my heart:

Prefab Sprout - Steve Mc Queen
Viv Akauldren - I'll call you sometime
Aphex Twin - Chosen Lords
The Cure - Faith
and maybe Radiohead's OK Computer or Isn't anything by My Bloody Valentine
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post #10 of 23
3/22/07 at 3:44pm
yikes. i've got like 2500 lps and cd's, and then there's the stuff on my hard drive...
so here's my my 5 [squared]
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tim buckley - dream letter live
nina simone - wild is the wind
stooges - funhouse
coltrane - a love supreme
last exit - last exit
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golden palominos - [the first one]
echo and the bunnymen - ocean rain
jane's addiction - nothing's shocking
cat power - the covers record
jeff buckley - grace
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zep - how the west was won
nuggets - rhino box set
cecil taylor - the live german box set on mosaic
messian - a bird song box set i have
carmina burana - a box set of the original (not the orff)
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dead can dance - into the labyrinth
this mortal coil - blood
HNIA - stars on esp
kristin hersh - strange angels
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol.1
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the cars - the cars
martin denny - afro-deesia
capt beefheart - bat chain puller
can - tago mago
coldcut - let us play
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post #11 of 23
3/22/07 at 3:51pm
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1. Highway 61 Revisited--Bob Dylan

2. Revolver--The Beatles

3. Pet Sounds--The Beach Boys

4. Born To Run--Bruce Springsteen

5. King Of The Delta Blues Singers--Robert Johnson


..read 'em and weep
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post #12 of 23
3/22/07 at 3:58pm
No, really - have you ever compared how many bands, albums and songs are out there compared to fragrances, fragrance notes and perfumers? The music industry rules 1000 to 1 I guess ....
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post #13 of 23
3/22/07 at 7:21pm
The Clash - London Calling
Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street
REM - Murmur
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
PJ Harvey - To Bring you My Love
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
U2 - Boy
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Cure - Standing on the Beach


This was fun - you all reminded me of some favorites I hadn't listened to for a while - Leftfield, Mezzanine, Jeff Buckley
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post #14 of 23
3/23/07 at 2:41am
Joy Division "Unknown Pleasures"
Pixies "Surfer Rosa"
Minor Threat "Minor Threat"
Love "Forever Changes"
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm"
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post #15 of 23
3/23/07 at 3:38am
I loved Joy Division when I was a mopey student and still have all their albums (having replaced vinyl with CD). But I really have to be in the right mood these days. I suffered a lot of depression in the past so I'm quite careful not to listen to any music or watch movies that will bring me down.
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post #16 of 23
3/23/07 at 2:27pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Indiscreet View Post

I loved Joy Division when I was a mopey student and still have all their albums (having replaced vinyl with CD). But I really have to be in the right mood these days. I suffered a lot of depression in the past so I'm quite careful not to listen to any music or watch movies that will bring me down.

I seem to be a hopeless melancholic....(see my list for reference:P)sometimes I simply need to listen to depressing or sad stuff....If that makes sense.It simply makes me feel better!..and Joy Division...Well,it was like a revelation when I discovered the "unknown pleasures"album! But I know what you mean...It's a thin line somtimes
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post #17 of 23
3/24/07 at 7:48pm
Telling my age, but here goes:

Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Led Zeppelin II - Led Zep
Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young -CSNY (bought it for the A side, wore out the B side)
Tommy - The Who
The Allman Brothers, Live at the Filmore East - The Allman Brothers
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post #18 of 23
4/3/07 at 11:31am
Pure ownage. That is all.



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post #19 of 23
4/13/07 at 8:18am
I'm one of those with a huge collection of music that makes this a bit tough. Also, my listening habits have also taken a turn toward the single/individual song thanks to the digitizing and ipodization of music. But for today I'll go with these 10 albums:

01 The Congos - Heart Of The Congos
02 The Beatles - Abbey Road
03 Curtis Mayfield - Roots
04 Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
05 The Orb - Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
06 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On?
07 The Wedding Present - Seamonsters
08 Nuyorican Soul - Nuyorican Soul
09 Orange Juice - You've Got To Hide Your Love Forever
10 Outkast - Aquemini

Hell, I need to do ten more to even feel like I'm doing this justice:

11 Can - Tago Mago
12 Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
13 Roy Ayers Ubiquity - He's Coming
14 The O'Jays - Backstabbers
15 Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
16 Deee-Lite - Dewdrops In The Garden
17 Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis
18 Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
19 Happy Mondays - Pills N Thrills & Bellyaches
20 Tim Buckley - Blue Afternoon

God I could go on for days - Disco? Funk? Old Soul? Motown? not even represented here. glaring omissions. The cure? New Order? St Etienne? Sarah Records? Creation?
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post #20 of 23
6/29/08 at 11:40pm
Loveless - My Bloody Valentine
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Souvlaki - Slowdive
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth
Grace - Jeff Buckley
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post #21 of 23
6/29/08 at 11:51pm
Joy Division: Closer
The Smiths debut album
The Beatles: Revolver
Portishead: Third
The Clash: Combat Rock
The White Stripes: Icky Thump
Elvis Presley: The '56 Sessions Vol.1
The Strokes: Is This It
Morrissey: You Are The Quarry
Radiohead: OK Computer
Beck: Odelay!
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post #22 of 23
6/30/08 at 9:15am
Giant Steps - John Coltrane
Hex Enduction Hour - The Fall
Let It Bleed - The Rolling Stones
Jump On In - DQE
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground and Nico
Fun House - The Stooges
A Trip To Marineville - Swell Maps
Pink Flag - Wire
Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks
Metal Box - Public Image Limited
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post #23 of 23
6/30/08 at 12:53pm
It changes pretty often for me, but at the moment, I'd have to go with these:

The Queen is Dead-The Smiths
In Rainbows-Radiohead
Loveless-My Bloody Valentine
()-Sigur Ros
Narrow Stairs-Death Cab for Cutie
You Forgot it in People-Broken Social Scene
Hex-Bark Psychosis
55:12- Gregor Samsa
Portishead-Third
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