You must listen to the album below you: canon edition

[RoundTheBend]

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Vision Creation Newsun by Boredoms

Wow, this was fantastic! I really, really enjoyed this. 4.5/90? A bit of me is wondering why I love this, but find Can ok given the "krautrock" influence... even if I laughed when I read that.

2. Another one off the top Chief: The Last Emperor - The Legend of Bigfoot

3. RYM top 500
330. Hvis lyset tar oss by Burzum
383. Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
395. Individual Thought Patterns by Death
409. White Light From the Mouth of Infinity by Swans
414. Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk by Emperor
443. South of Heaven by Slayer
446. Saturation II by Brockhampton
454. A Blaze in the Northern Sky by Darkthrone
460. Don't Break the Oath by Mercyful Fate
473. Yanqui U.X.O. by Godspeed You! Black Emperor (needs a rating)


476. Unquestionable Presence by Atheist
480. Holy Diver by Dio
482. Piece of Mind by Iron Maiden
483. Pastel Blues by Nina Simone
485. Mother 2: ギーグの逆襲 by 田中宏和 [Hirokazu Tanaka] & 鈴木慶一 [Keiichi Suzuki]
486. De mysteriis dom Sathanas by Mayhem
487. Harmony in Ultraviolet by Tim Hecker
488. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
489. Let My Children Hear Music by Charles Mingus
491. Hosianna Mantra by Popol Vuh
494. Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous by Big L
495. Epicus Doomicus Metallicus by Candlemass
496. The idiot by Iggy Pop
497. The Good Son by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
498. The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused
499. Transa by Caetano Veloso

[LedZep]

Purple it's a shame you don't like RIP, I appreciate it more and more as the years go by. One of the very best metal albums of all time. I do understand the vocals issue though.

And now I'll jump in that lyrics discussion completely uninvited
Here's how I view the issue: If a song is too gory and violent for you to listen to, that's completely fine. But I don't see the point in disregarding the song just because of the lyrics. In general, not just metal. I love NFR! even though I pretty much hate the overly dramatic and not very well-written lyrics. It's maybe not the best analogy, and it may be personal, but I don't see why you can't appreciate a song for its good qualities. Misfits example is a good one too, they have deliberately obscene lyrics to provoke a reaction in the listener. Much like horror movies (hence the name horror punk). It doesn't glorify rape and murder any more than Saw, Texas Chainsaw Massacre etc. Of course there are bands with actually problematic lyrics, like fascist, racist or similar themes. Even then I don't find it hard to appreciate the music if it's good. That's maybe because I listen to a lot of black/death metal so I encounter those bands more often than most (not very often, but sometimes). What I personally do in these situations is that I listen to the music without an ounce of guilt or shame (which to me doesn't seem at all morally problematic tbh), but I don't support the band/musician. Same way I don't support people who have perfectly fine songs but are terrible people (Chris Brown and the likes).
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Finally updated the overall chart

2020s
90s

[baystateoftheart]

[Tha1ChiefRocka]

Sorry Purple, missed your pick.

Hemispheres it is.

[Purplepash]

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Hemispheres by Rush

This was great! The hard rock elements made the prog enjoyable, and the prog elements made the hard rock interesting. Add to that a bit of a rock opera vibe I was getting, although I didn't really get much of the lyrics first listen so I could be wrong, and I'm a bit of a sucker for a good rock opera. A distinct voice that may have been a bit off putting when it first came in on the opening track, but pretty quickly it became part of the appeal. The last song, La Villa Strangiato, was excellent. This is the album I've liked best from this session of Zep's hard rocking chart, closely followed by GS!YBE. I give it 8.5/10, and in a weak year for me that's good enough to come in at 2/13 for 1978, and 48/100 for the 70's.


Brockhampton have some great singles so try Saturation II.

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Saturation II by Brockhampton


Now back to the 2000s for a look at Seth's chart. There are 19 albums in common with my 2000 chart, out of the 33 that I've heard and rated.

Best of the 2000's by RoundTheBend (5 picks)

3. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends by Coldplay
7. The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow
10. Accelerate by R.E.M.
11. You Can't Take It With You by As Tall As Lions
12. In Your Honor by Foo Fighters
14. Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers
15. By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers
16. Jones Beach, New York August 25, 2000 by Pearl Jam
21. Parachutes by Coldplay
22. Designing A Nervous Breakdown by The Anniversary

[LedZep]

[baystateoftheart]

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Atomizer by Big Black

This is a tough one to rate. Instrumentally, it's even better than The Jesus Lizard album, while operating in the same niche. Lyrically, it's not quite as objectionable overall, but it starts off with a real doozy. Jordan, Minnesota is a very stomach-churning song written from the perspective of a child sex abuser. Albini now regrets the song given that the facts in Jordan ended up differing from sensational initial reports. The opener significantly detracts from my enjoyment of the album, but the rest is good enough to redeem Atomizer as a record. 3/5.

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2. This is the only one of those I've heard, and I enjoyed it:

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Parachutes by Coldplay

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3. Now that I've made it through two pages of the top forum poster ranking, I'm going to take a one-post breather. And from now on, I'm going to allow the user below me to also choose from a few options for what my next source will be.

BEA / RYM Chart Mashup

BEA 140. Hot Fuss - The Killers 
BEA 172. Black Holes And Revelations - Muse 
RYM 180. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull 
RYM 186. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
RYM 202. The Seer - Swans
RYM 204. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden
BEA 209. Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs - Derek & The Dominos
BEA 210. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
RYM 214. …And Justice For All - Metallica
BEA 215. Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends - Coldplay

The source in my next post should be:

a) Continue through the top forum poster ranking - next stop Fischman
b) BEA / RYM Chart Mashup
c) RYM Friends Chart
d) The first random BEA chart with at least ten albums I haven't heard
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[Tha1ChiefRocka]

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The Legend Of Bigfoot by The Last Emperor

This is an unauthorized album of demos from the underground hip hop artist "The Last Emperor". Wonderful. A fantastic collection of well-written lyrics and classic boom bap production. A lot of the tracks last too long, but it kept my attention for most of the runtime. It's also clean as a whistle. I don't think I heard any profanity on the album at all, so take that for what you will. He was also using superheroes in his lyricism before a lot of the others.

This was one of the better lines:

"Do you know the difference between fact the fiction
I bear witness that the power of hip hop is endless"

I'll relisten to Viva La Vida too. It was produced by Brian Eno, so maybe it sounds better to me 10 years on. When it came out, I'd just started to get into punk music, so the last thing I wanted to hear was a wussy Coldplay album. (No offense meant Seth )

Dammit! Guess, I'll still relisten to that anyway. Baystate, you'll get Viva La Vida instead. Nice coincidence.

Darc Mind - Symptomatic Of A Greater Ill
Karin Krog- Joy
Colin Potter-2 nights
Xiphiidae - Used Parts Galaxy
Wongraven - Fjelltronen
Christina Kubisch ‎– Night Flights
Death Toll 80k - Harsh Realities
Księżyc - Księżyc
Dom- Edge Of Time
Derek Bailey - Improvisation

[baystateoftheart]

Chief, what is my next source going to be?
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[Tha1ChiefRocka]

Got it. Continue to Fischman and get a prog or jazz selection.