Oh wow! This is awesome! I loved listening to Super æ as part of Tap's Get To Know A Top 10, and based on my first listen I'd say this soars to even greater heights. A joyful piece of music that is somehow simultaneously peaceful and intense. Drifting through this heavy, trippy soundscape really helped me relax after a long day at work. An intricate and inspired work of art. 4.5/5.
190. Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
232. All Hail West Texas - The Mountain Goats
269. Vol 4 - Black Sabbath
276. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
286. Leaves Turn Inside You - Unwound
298. When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple
306. Perils From The Sea - Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
320. Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
323. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
325. Dopesmoker - Sleep _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
The first few albums I tried off of this chart had me a little concerned, but the last 3 have me wanting to listen to all of these back to back. This was probably the most direct of any of the albums that I've listened to so far, but it still has a broad of enough sound palette to negate some of the repetition that plagues all techno music. Tracks have the ability to go hard and chill out in equal measure, which is usually what I want. I don't want an hour of tranciness, but I also don't want something that's nonstop either. This fits squarely at a happy medium between the two.
Baystate, glad you liked Boredoms that much. Yamantaka Eye is a madman!
It's overlong, but Unwound's "Leaves Turn Inside You" is one of the more unique Post-hardcore albums out there.
1. Bandulu- Guidance (1993)
6. Hallucinator- Landlocked (1999)
7. Ian O'Brien- Desert Scores (1997)
8. Insync vs. Mysteron- Android Architect (1997)
9. Monrella- Studio 1-7 (2002)
12. Speed Jack- Surge (1996)
13. Sun Electric- Present (1996)
14. Titonton Duvanté- Selections for Intercourse (2000)
15. Vapourspace- Themes From Vapourspace (1994)
16. The Advent- Elements of Life (1995)
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
This is one from the list that I have heard before. My housemate used to own this, but I probably haven't heard it in over thirty years. It really is a great EP that already showed the greatness that was to come, and You Made Me Realise is right up there with my favourite MBV songs. So grateful to have the reason to listen to this blast from the past again. 8.5/10, and it moves up a few spots to 24/35 in my 1988 chart.
How about trying Monrella- Studio 1-7 next.
Top 27 Music Albums of the 1980s by baystateoftheart (2 picks left)
2. Spring Fever! by The Pussywillows
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
6. Chronic Town by R.E.M.
7. Beauty And The Beat by Go-Go's
11. Standing On A Beach - The Singles by The Cure
15. Please by Pet Shop Boys
17. Let It Be by The Replacements
18. Tinderbox by Siouxsie And The Banshees
20. She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper
25. Structures From Silence by Steve Roach
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This is easily the most mellow post-hardcore album I've ever heard, to the point where its position in the genre seems tenuous. It's also a bit of an epic. Yes, it probably would work better with 20-30 minutes trimmed off. But it's hard to determine which 20-30 minutes, because the quality is so consistently good. I have no complaints about the vocals or the musicianship. Its consistency works the other way too though, as it's hard to point to any clear highlights after one listen. It may have gone in one ear and out the other a bit, but I did really enjoy this. 3.5/5.
190. Fetch The Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple
232. All Hail West Texas - The Mountain Goats
269. Vol 4 - Black Sabbath
276. Tindersticks - Tindersticks
298. When The Pawn... - Fiona Apple
306. Perils From The Sea - Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle
320. Dopethrone - Electric Wizard
323. Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
325. Dopesmoker - Sleep
342. Tallahassee - The Mountain Goats _________________ Join us in the canon game :) / Add me on RYM
Man, Mick Harris gets around. Drummer for a thrash metal band, ambient producer as Lull, and many many others; now, here's a techno album from him. It's not outstanding, but for this kind of hard hitting loopy techno, it works pretty well.
Tindersticks make some great music. This album is also a bit long, but consistently good, like the previous.
1. Bandulu- Guidance (1993)
6. Hallucinator- Landlocked (1999)
7. Ian O'Brien- Desert Scores (1997)
8. Insync vs. Mysteron- Android Architect (1997)
9. Monrella- Studio 1-7 (2002)
12. Speed Jack- Surge (1996)
13. Sun Electric- Present (1996)
14. Titonton Duvanté- Selections for Intercourse (2000)
15. Vapourspace- Themes From Vapourspace (1994)
16. The Advent- Elements of Life (1995)
17. Aril Brikha- Deeparture in Time (2000)
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I am big fan of R.E.M. According to last.fm they are in my top 10 most listened to artists, and that's just for the last three years since I joined. They have been a favourite of mine since Document days. But I had never heard this EP in full before, so a couple of songs were new to me. And they were just as great as the others. I actually enjoyed them doing something different with Stumble and rocking out a little bit for the final track. Great debut EP that really does show how good they were right from the start. 8.5/10, and 4/25 for 1982.
Top 27 Music Albums of the 1980s by baystateoftheart (last pick)
2. Spring Fever! by The Pussywillows
3. Graceland by Paul Simon
7. Beauty And The Beat by Go-Go's
11. Standing On A Beach - The Singles by The Cure
15. Please by Pet Shop Boys
17. Let It Be by The Replacements
18. Tinderbox by Siouxsie And The Banshees
20. She's So Unusual by Cyndi Lauper
25. Structures From Silence by Steve Roach
26. Ambient 3: Day Of Radiance by Laraaji
This one was fairly one note, and it didn't have many stand out moments. On to the next one please.
Can't ever go wrong with Siouxsie.
1. Bandulu- Guidance (1993)
6. Hallucinator- Landlocked (1999)
7. Ian O'Brien- Desert Scores (1997)
8. Insync vs. Mysteron- Android Architect (1997)
13. Sun Electric- Present (1996)
14. Titonton Duvanté- Selections for Intercourse (2000)
15. Vapourspace- Themes From Vapourspace (1994)
16. The Advent- Elements of Life (1995)
17. Aril Brikha- Deeparture in Time (2000)
18. As One- Celestial Soul (1995)
This is an awesome record, with a lot of components that are easy to like. The group's democratic vocal delivery is incredible, for one. The lyrics aren't the greatest, but they're succinct and get their point across...especially the disarming manner of "Don't Call Me ******, Whitey" and "Everyday People". And the mother******* grooves, man. "Sing A Simple Song" has one of the coolest funk grooves I've ever heard. It sounds like the riff in "Sex Machine" (I thought beforehand that this would be a cover of James Brown's "Sex Machine", doesn't seem to be) is where Joe Walsh lifted at least the bridge to "Rocky Mountain Way". Couldn't help but place it where I had already heard it.
I went ahead and crossed There's A Riot Goin' On off the list, as well. As much as I loved the sunshiny-ness of Stand!, Riot (with all its abstractions) towers over it, to me. I wish I hadn't skipped over these two albums as much as I had.
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Alright, Chief. That album at #1 should surely be less monotonous.
6. Tyler, The Creator /--/ Igor
7. Curtis Mayfield /--/ Curtis
8. Otis Redding /--/ Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul
10. D’Angelo /--/ Voodoo
11. D’Angelo And The Vanguard /--/ Black Messiah
15. Stevie Wonder /--/ Talking Book
16. Aretha Franklin /--/ I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You
17. Aretha Franklin /--/ Lady Soul
20. Jorge Ben /--/ Fôrça Bruta
21. Lauryn Hill /--/ The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill _________________ Can you play free, or in three, or agree to try something new?
I think the ranking on a list like this is fairly arbitrary, but I could see why an album like this would be high on the list. It's 1993. It's remarkably Detroit Techno-sounding, but it's made by Brits, and it has a good blend of atmosphere and drive. It takes a lot of time to get through, but it was pretty good. There have been better ones so far though.
Black Messiah for sure.
6. Hallucinator- Landlocked (1999)
7. Ian O'Brien- Desert Scores (1997)
8. Insync vs. Mysteron- Android Architect (1997)
13. Sun Electric- Present (1996)
14. Titonton Duvanté- Selections for Intercourse (2000)
15. Vapourspace- Themes From Vapourspace (1994)
16. The Advent- Elements of Life (1995)
17. Aril Brikha- Deeparture in Time (2000)
18. As One- Celestial Soul (1995)
19. Cari Lekebusch- Det Jag Vet (1999)
Purplepashranker, rater, & music list makerProfile Western Australia
I owned two Siouxsie albums, Hyena, and Once Upon A Time, at the time, and later Twice Upon A Time, and I listened to them all a lot, but I haven't listened to an album of theirs since streaming came around, just songs here and there of course. That's a shame really, so I'm so glad to be hearing this now. I know they get a lot of respect, but even so I still think they are a bit under valued in how important they were. An excellent gothic post-punk band when gothic post-punk was in it's prime. I should listen to them more than I do. The first half was stronger, and if I was listening to this in my younger LP days I probably would have played side A a lot more than the side B. Coincidentally I was listening to Cocteau Twins just before this, and it made me think that run from Cocteau Twins to Siouxsie & The Banshees would have been great at a gig or festival. 8/10, and 19/31 for 1986.
That was an excellent selection of '80s EPs and albums from Baystate's chart, with only one I had heard before. Now Led Zep's all time chart '80s edit. Again just enough for five picks with only a couple of albums I've heard before but not in the last 20 years or more probably.
Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by LedZep ('80s edit) (5 picks left)
10. Azra by Azra
13. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
14. Ride The Lightning by Metallica
20. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
24. S' vetrom uz lice by Ekatarina Velika
40. Powerslave by Iron Maiden
51. Love Over Gold by Dire Straits
55. Dreamtime by The Cult
56. ...And Justice For All by Metallica
63. Das Ist Walter by Zabranjeno Pušenje
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