[DarkSideOfTheComputer]

mine:

bob dylan
morrissey
ian dury
alex turner
eminem

[rayword45]

John Darnielle

Runner-Ups

Jeff Mangum
Beck

[sp4cetiger]

The top two are easy:

Bob Dylan
John Lennon

On the second tier, the order is arbitrary:

Colin Meloy
David Bowie
Lou Reed

These folks are also great, but my opinion is only based on one or two albums at the moment:

Jeff Mangum
Nas
Van Morrison
Fiona Apple
Tom Waits

[Wombi]

not including rappers because that's a whole different ball game

1. Stuart Murdoch
2. Ezra Koenig
3. Justin Vernon
4. Van Morrison
5. Fiona Apple
6. Wayne Coyne
7. Robyn Fenty
8. James Mercer


^ this is just off the top of my head though. If I decided to spend ages doing this it would probably be quite different.

[Romanelli]

Not in order....


Bruce Springsteen
Bob Dylan
Ike Reilly
Warren Zevon
Jay Farrar
Jason Isbell
Paul Simon
Ryan Adams
James McMurtry
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I'm leaning on the threshold
Of her mystery
And crashing through the walls
Of dying history

[Guest]

1. Ghostface Killah
2. Bob Dylan
3. Stuart Murdoch
4. MF Doom
5. Tom Waits
6. Morrissey
7. Bruce Springsteen
8. Nas
9. Mark E. Smith
10. Andre 3000
11. Patti Smith
12. Stephen Malkmus
13. Lauryn Hill
14. Prince
15. Elvis Costello
16. Curtis Mayfield
17. Shane MacGowan
18. Roc Marciano
19. Marvin Gaye
20. Neil Young
21. Nick Cave
22. Edwyn Collins
23. Slick Rick
24. Nick Drake
25. Gregory Isaacs
26. PJ Harvey
27. Rakim
28. Ian Curtis
29. Jay-Z
30. Wayne Coyne

I feel like I'm forgetting somebody - or quite a few people really - but that's my list. Make of it what you will.

[andy_hunter]

Alex Turner
Morrissey
Paul Simon
Jarvis Cocker
Michael Stipe
Justin Vernon

I like James Murphy too, but I'm unsure whether or not to count him as a great lyricist. His lyrics are so simplistic but resonate with me a great deal. I suppose that's his genius; the ability to say as much as possible in as few words as possible, without sounding trite.
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If you're reading this, that probably means that I had something to say.

Best Albums of 2014. Rate That Shiz, yo

[Puncture Repair]

In no particular order

Bruce Springsteen
Sufjan Stevens (perhaps soley because of The Age of Adz)
Michael Stipe (Before Reveal)
Nas
Colin Meloy
Iron and Wine
Matt Berninger
Viper
Tom Waits
Antony Hegarty
Blu
Stuart Murdoch

[Kiki]

Nicky Wire 😮

[bonafini]

Morrissey, Caetano Veloso, Nick Drake, Chico Buarque, Jim Morrison, Richard Hell and, of course, John Lennon.