Ten all time albums - Page 3

Rob Instigator · 07.27.2010, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Derek

NYC Ghosts & Flowers evokes a completely atmosphere than the ones you mentioned though.

you need to go re-listen to CIS and BMR, and DDN

atsonicpark · 07.27.2010, 04:07 PM

I just got the strangest piece of spam email. You know how lately they've been using subject lines that have nothing to do with Viagra or Dick Lengtheners so you'll open it expecting a note from a friend? Well, I just got one with the subject line, "If you want your name spelt wrong, die." Now what kind of impetus does that give me to open the email!? And what is it even supposed to mean?

Anyway...

toxic johnny · 07.27.2010, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Oh man. These 4 right here are classics. This was my favorite list so far, though the Prurient choice shocked me!

It shocked me a little too!... when I sat down to quickly and seriously think of THE 10 landmark albums that have honestly and truly shaken my world over the past 30 years or so, Pleasure Ground came to mind so i went with it.

It's good to surprise yourself with a curve ball !!!

Derek · 07.27.2010, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

you need to go re-listen to CIS and BMR, and DDN

I don't really... I love all those albums and they evoke a great atmosphere, but NYC Ghosts and Flowers offers something different like the rest of SY's stuff.

nicfit · 07.27.2010, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

you need to go re-listen to CIS and BMR, and DDN

You need to stop worrying about what other people like.

Genteel Death · 07.27.2010, 04:26 PM

I find it more shocking when someone is shocked by another person's choices when it comes to choose a bunch of records that resonate with them. Or, say, the unhealthy fascination that this forum has with the 90s, particularly the first part of that decade. And They Might Be Giants. Still, to each their own.

Rob Instigator · 07.27.2010, 04:31 PM

so what is more pedantic and inane? someone commenting on a choice, or someone commenting on the commenting?

automatic bzooty · 07.27.2010, 04:37 PM

is it bad that i find it nearly impossible to make a definitive top ten list? esp. only using one album per artist? fuuuuck.

Torn Curtain · 07.27.2010, 04:49 PM

Sonic Youth - Daydream nation
The Cure - Disintegration
Nick Drake - Five leaves left
Tim Buckley - Dream letter live in London 1968
Jeff Buckley - Grace
The Notwist - Shrink
Radiohead - OK Computer
Television - Marquee moon
Neil Young - Tonight's the night
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

(list initially posted there : http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=3288 )

Genteel Death · 07.27.2010, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

so what is more pedantic and inane? someone commenting on a choice, or someone commenting on the commenting?

Rob, if by commenting you mean discussing, and perhaps find out that you perceive a certain record differently from another person, rather than adopting a music snob attitude, I think you should be able to work out the answer yourself.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.27.2010, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by toxic johnny

It shocked me a little too!... when I sat down to quickly and seriously think of THE 10 landmark albums that have honestly and truly shaken my world over the past 30 years or so, Pleasure Ground came to mind so i went with it.

It's good to surprise yourself with a curve ball !!!

it is a bloody great record though

Toilet & Bowels · 07.27.2010, 05:15 PM

the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit
sonic youth - evol
harry pussy - what was music?
james brown - funk power
ultramagnetic MCs - critical beatdown
guided by voices - propeller
os mutantes - os mutantes
suicide - st
fushitsusha - the times is nigh
the stooges - funhouse
windy & carl - depths

Newfoundland · 07.27.2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

Bad Moon Rising, Confusin is Sex, Daydream nation, Sister, Evol,

some fucking masterpieces of contemporary skronk rock, and it just strikes me as weird that NYCG&F would be more of a fave to any sonic youth fanatic than those previously mentioned.

I also put NYCG&F higher than all those you listed. Daydream is one of my least favorites. It probably has a lot to do with when you were introduced to their music, and through which records. The first cut is the deepest etc etc.

Pax Americana · 07.27.2010, 08:32 PM

Man, it's really hard to narrow it down to just 10! Eh, here goes...

10. Bad Religion - Against the Grain
9. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
8. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
7. Minor Threat - Out of Step
6. Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters
5. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
4. Shellac - At Action Park
3. Mission of Burma - Vs
2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1. Fugazi - Red Medicine

atsonicpark · 07.27.2010, 08:54 PM

AGAINST THE GRAIN! THAT'S WHERE I'LL STAY! SWIMMING UPSTREAM -- I MAINTAIN AGAINST THE GRAIN!

Vs, Plastic Surgery Disasters, Red Medicine, Action Park, Surfer Rosa, Out of Step... damn dude, this is taking me back to high school.

Have seen so many great lists on this thread, albums I've loved but haven't listened to in years. Great work everyone. I hope this thread can inspire people to finally getting around to checking out some of these albums. For example, I'm downloading that Prurient album mentioned earlier in the thread now.

atsonicpark · 07.27.2010, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels

the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit
windy & carl - depths

I love that dead c album, it took me forever to get into it, but once it hit -- it hit hard. I'd rate all those gate albums up there as some of my absolute favs.

Who/what is Windy and Carl? I always hear them (?) mentioned but I have no idea what it is.

Pax Americana · 07.27.2010, 09:09 PM

[quote=atsonicpark]AGAINST THE GRAIN! THAT'S WHERE I'LL STAY! SWIMMING UPSTREAM -- I MAINTAIN AGAINST THE GRAIN![quote]

Yeah! I had forgotten just how much I love Bad Religion, then I sort of randomly put that album on the other day and it damn near made me cry. That's like my favorite punk rock, just-be-yourself anthem. It's like this total statement of purpose that so appealed to me when I first got into that band years ago.

atsonicpark · 07.27.2010, 09:21 PM

yeah really everything from recipe for heart working backwards is incredible.

Inhuman · 07.27.2010, 10:31 PM

Currently:
VU - VU & Nico
Beatles - Abbey Road
SY - DDN
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Headdress
Tomutonttu - S/T
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Sunn0))) - Black One
DJ Screw - 11-16-00

Death & the Maiden · 07.27.2010, 11:01 PM

La Dusseldorf - Viva
Shizuka - Live/Traditional Aesthetics
Einsturzende Neubauten - Haus der Luge
Rowland S. Howard - Teenage Snuff Film
Malice Mizer - Memoire DX
Boris - Feedbacker
The Verlaines - Hallelujah All the Way Home
These Immortal Souls - Get Lost (Don't Lie!)
Laughing Clowns - Ghosts of an Ideal Wife
Pink Floyd - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

I couldn't find a place for the Birthday Party though (and I usually say they're my favourite band). Megadeth (Killing is my Business), White Heaven (Out), Neu! (Neu!75), Kousokuya (1st), Television (The Blow Up) and Sonic Youth (BMR/DDN) also just missed out.

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Genteel Death invito al cielo Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 8,744	I find it more shocking when someone is shocked by another person's choices when it comes to choose a bunch of records that resonate with them. Or, say, the unhealthy fascination that this forum has with the 90s, particularly the first part of that decade. And They Might Be Giants. Still, to each their own.
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automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	is it bad that i find it nearly impossible to make a definitive top ten list? esp. only using one album per artist? fuuuuck.
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Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	Sonic Youth - Daydream nation The Cure - Disintegration Nick Drake - Five leaves left Tim Buckley - Dream letter live in London 1968 Jeff Buckley - Grace The Notwist - Shrink Radiohead - OK Computer Television - Marquee moon Neil Young - Tonight's the night Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (list initially posted there : http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=3288 ) __________________ "Si seulement nous avions le courage des oiseaux qui chantent dans le vent glacé"
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,213	the dead c - trapdoor fucking exit sonic youth - evol harry pussy - what was music? james brown - funk power ultramagnetic MCs - critical beatdown guided by voices - propeller os mutantes - os mutantes suicide - st fushitsusha - the times is nigh the stooges - funhouse windy & carl - depths
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07.27.2010, 08:32 PM	#54
Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	Man, it's really hard to narrow it down to just 10! Eh, here goes... 10. Bad Religion - Against the Grain 9. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 8. Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted 7. Minor Threat - Out of Step 6. Dead Kennedys - Plastic Surgery Disasters 5. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand 4. Shellac - At Action Park 3. Mission of Burma - Vs 2. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 1. Fugazi - Red Medicine
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	AGAINST THE GRAIN! THAT'S WHERE I'LL STAY! SWIMMING UPSTREAM -- I MAINTAIN AGAINST THE GRAIN! Vs, Plastic Surgery Disasters, Red Medicine, Action Park, Surfer Rosa, Out of Step... damn dude, this is taking me back to high school. Have seen so many great lists on this thread, albums I've loved but haven't listened to in years. Great work everyone. I hope this thread can inspire people to finally getting around to checking out some of these albums. For example, I'm downloading that Prurient album mentioned earlier in the thread now. __________________
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Pax Americana expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Buffalo, NY Posts: 1,187	[quote=atsonicpark]AGAINST THE GRAIN! THAT'S WHERE I'LL STAY! SWIMMING UPSTREAM -- I MAINTAIN AGAINST THE GRAIN![quote] Yeah! I had forgotten just how much I love Bad Religion, then I sort of randomly put that album on the other day and it damn near made me cry. That's like my favorite punk rock, just-be-yourself anthem. It's like this total statement of purpose that so appealed to me when I first got into that band years ago.
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