Listed below are the overall rankings for the best albums in history as determined by their aggregate positions in over 59,000 different greatest album charts on BestEverAlbums.com! (Chart last updated: 4 hours ago).
"Nick Cave may not be as young as he used to be, but his most recent side project takes the rawness and energy that The Birthday Party once oozed in and moulds it with the eyes and hands of a dirty old man. Sexy yet crude, rough yet calculated - it sounds exactly like its name."Reply
"Bright Eyes's "digital ash in a digital urn" is Conor's take on electronica. There seemed to be a bunch of these indie-songwriter-meets-IDM after the success of the postal service. Conor's lyrical style doesn't mesh 100% with the musical style, which keeps this from flowing as well as his other 2...""Bright Eyes's "digital ash in a digital urn" is Conor's take on electronica. There seemed to be a bunch of these indie-songwriter-meets-IDM after the success of the postal service. Conor's lyrical style doesn't mesh 100% with the musical style, which keeps this from flowing as well as his other 2005 album (or "Lifted", for that matter). Best songs = "take it easy (love nothing)" (a tale of exploration, as in "First with your hands, then with your mouth / A downpour of sweat, damp cotton clouds / I was a fool, you were my friend / We made it happen") and "easy / lucky / free" (great closer). When he hits the mark, it's because his lyrics don't overweigh the FX and the FX don't overwhelm the song, like on the two best songs or "light pollution", which sounds like a typical bright eyes song just given some not-so-usual backing "instrumentation". "easy / lucky / free" is the perfect marriage of the IDM with Conor's narrative over how the end of life is the easiest (luckiest and freest) part of living, singing "Sometimes I worry that I've lost the plot / My twitching muscles tease my flippant thoughts / I never really dreamed of heaven much / Until we put him in the ground / But it's all I'm doing now" and showing how actual living is chaotic enough "I set my watch to the atomic clock / I hear the crowd count down til the bomb gets dropped / I always figured there'd be time enough / I never let it get me down" with backing FX of people's hysterical screaming. "There is nothing as lucky, as easy, or free". One of his best songs. When Conor doesn't hit it, you have a cluttered "time code" (with the usual annoying intro) or the jumbled message and unnecessary outro of "i believe in symmetry" (which sounds more like it's backed by a NIN-light band than an IDM guy) or the crying baby segments of "ship in a bottle". But for the most part, this album is closer to "hit" than "miss", but not as consistently-good as anything from "fevers and mirrors" to "i'm wide awake, it's morning"."[+]Reply
"Forgot how much I liked this album, one of the true classics of the 70s..."Chicago" was the hit single from this, but "I used to be a King" was the track that AOR played and it is one of my all time favorite album tracks. It could have easily fit on a CSNY album. This album ha...""Forgot how much I liked this album, one of the true classics of the 70s..."Chicago" was the hit single from this, but "I used to be a King" was the track that AOR played and it is one of my all time favorite album tracks. It could have easily fit on a CSNY album. This album has so many good songs from "Sleep Song" to 'Military Madness" to "Chicago", I would definitely recommend this to any CSNY fans."[+]Reply
"9 Years .... 9 years we Pixies/Breeders fans waited with bated breath for Kim's next move after 1993's seminal'Last Splash' and finally 'Title TK' (Journalistic short-hand for "title to come" ) appeared in 2002 T.T.K with Steve Albini back at the helm is a relatively low key affair that in no way...""
9 Years ....
9 years we Pixies/Breeders fans waited with bated breath for Kim's next move after 1993's seminal'Last Splash' and finally 'Title TK' (Journalistic short-hand for "title to come" ) appeared in 2002
T.T.K with Steve Albini back at the helm is a relatively low key affair that in no way try's to reclaim 'Last Splash's ' territory , rather settles on mood , atmosphere and lyrical balance
Definitively not for everyone , but incredibly admirable and honest
65 Big Deal's Out Of 100"[+]Reply
"An album that absolutely shreds from start to finish. In 1988, a year with hard rock and metal everywhere, this stands above its peers as the most powerful and catchiest of the bunch."Reply
"Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Saturation in 1993, "Urge Overkill, a band made up of some very smart boys acting dumb, had a ambivalent year, cursed, you might say, by the granting of all their wishes. The band had a good record company enthused about promoting a good record, and good ...""Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman said of Saturation in 1993, "Urge Overkill, a band made up of some very smart boys acting dumb, had a[n] ambivalent year, cursed, you might say, by the granting of all their wishes. The band had a good record company enthused about promoting a good record, and good wishes and support from all quarters: both alterative and mainstream radio, the press, MTV, Nirvana, you name it. Yet for some reason, while the group's very smart record sold respectably, it never really clicked with buyers. Nor did its even smarter videos turn on the MTV kids. On balance, the band was either too smart about being dumb or too dumb about being smart." I think Wyman was on to something, and he seems to have offered a compelling explanation for why an album as consistently good as Saturation has widely been regarded as little more than a footnote in the annals of nineties rock. I think it's a grunge album that's both poppier and catchier than a lot of the other nineties grunge bands and more sophisticated than a lot of the bands that music fans perceived as edgier. "Sister Havana" and "Positive Bleeding" are two of the best straight-ahead rock songs of the decade. "[+]Reply
"This album really gets you moving and has such a fantastic rhythm to it which is just so infectious. It really does groove and that is all down to the brilliant instrumentation with each aspect of the sound playing a vital role. The percussion is simply phenomenal with the bongos and timbales ste...""This album really gets you moving and has such a fantastic rhythm to it which is just so infectious. It really does groove and that is all down to the brilliant instrumentation with each aspect of the sound playing a vital role. The percussion is simply phenomenal with the bongos and timbales stealing the show. They fit the style perfectly and provide an essential backbone to the music. This allows the brass section to really express themselves leading to some spectacular solos on the trumpet. Furthermore, there is the saxophone providing extra flare to the proceedings as well making a fusion that makes me keep coming back for more. Overall, this album is simply amazing and deserves so much more praise than it receives as it is just such an entertaining listen. "[+]Reply
"This album is worth buying for the title track alone which is wonderful. The rest of the album is really good with lots of contrasting musical styles melded together with great skill. Musicanship is top notch throughout and Jan Akkerman is one of the greatest guitarists ever"Reply