cool stuff
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LedZep 
A snapshot of my favorite music. Not to be taken too seriously, since reducing someone's taste to just 100 entries is a hopeless oversimplification. I'm slowly adding notes for each entry: preferred versions (with runtime and essential bonus tracks), genre/style/mood blurbs and a few lines which are mostly lyrics, but sometimes it's vinyl sleeve excerpts, interview fragments, or whatever else I dug up. Lyrics usually aren't my main focus, but it's nice for adding context and a bit of character to the chart.
* my English translations of regional texts are usually imperfect (I'm not a poet nor a translator, unfortunately)
- Chart updated: 5 days ago
- (Created: 09/13/2020 15:41).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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54:34
The middle ground between noise, madness, punk and his later balladry (down here for your soul)
In heaven his throne is made of gold
The ark of his testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold
Down here it's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And god is never far away [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
The middle ground between noise, madness, punk and his later balladry (down here for your soul)
In heaven his throne is made of gold
The ark of his testament is stowed
A throne from which I'm told
All history does unfold
Down here it's made of wood and wire
And my body is on fire
And god is never far away [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
1,520
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43:16
The essence of goth (the secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude)
And the sand and the sea grows
I close my eyes [First added to this chart: 11/03/2025]
The essence of goth (the secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude)
And the sand and the sea grows
I close my eyes [First added to this chart: 11/03/2025]
Year of Release:
1982
Appears in:
Rank Score:
5,834
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20:29
College radio (Bible & incest)
You are the son of a motherfucker [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
College radio (Bible & incest)
You are the son of a motherfucker [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1987
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Rank Score:
2,041
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70:47
Angry teenagers/YA in the best way possible (the coolest band in existence, except that they're assholes)
The world is dull, but not today [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Angry teenagers/YA in the best way possible (the coolest band in existence, except that they're assholes)
The world is dull, but not today [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1988
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Rank Score:
15,608
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44:21
Darkest and coolest Joy Division
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Darkest and coolest Joy Division
Stood by the gate at the foot of the garden
Watching them pass like clouds in the sky
Try to cry out in the heat of the moment
Possessed by a fury that burns from inside [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
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Rank Score:
15,209
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35:59
Art rock, post-punk, Yugoslavian new wave
I treba mi soba
Da primi pet hiljada ljudi
Sa dignutim čašama
Sa dignutim čašama
Lomi se kristal
Svetlucaju staklene iskre
Pod našim nogama
Kao potpuni stranci
Sa staklom u srcima
Sa staklom u očima
Na licima
And I need a room
To take in five thousand people
With their glasses raised high,
With their glasses raised high.
Crystal shatters,
Glass-sparked glimmers flicker
Under our feet,
Like total strangers
With glass in our hearts,
With glass in our eyes,
On our faces... [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Art rock, post-punk, Yugoslavian new wave
I treba mi soba
Da primi pet hiljada ljudi
Sa dignutim čašama
Sa dignutim čašama
Lomi se kristal
Svetlucaju staklene iskre
Pod našim nogama
Kao potpuni stranci
Sa staklom u srcima
Sa staklom u očima
Na licima
And I need a room
To take in five thousand people
With their glasses raised high,
With their glasses raised high.
Crystal shatters,
Glass-sparked glimmers flicker
Under our feet,
Like total strangers
With glass in our hearts,
With glass in our eyes,
On our faces... [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
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53:54
A bottle of bourbon and a pack of cigarettes
Edna Million in a drop dead suit
Dutch Pink on a downtown train
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
A bottle of bourbon and a pack of cigarettes
Edna Million in a drop dead suit
Dutch Pink on a downtown train
Two dollar pistol but the gun won't shoot
I'm in the corner on the pouring rain
Sixteen men on a dead man's chest
And I've been drinking from a broken cup
Two pairs of pants and a mohair vest
I'm full of bourbon, I can't stand up [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1985
Appears in:
Rank Score:
11,704
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42:55
Epic doom metal lol
Still the wind was blowing soft
And gentle here under the oak
Which gave me shelter and rest for my trials
I'm not strong, weak is my mind
A new beginning, where to find?
I'm the last one on earth, please forgive us our crime
It was a time, when love was mine
Now it's time to sacrifice [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Epic doom metal lol
Still the wind was blowing soft
And gentle here under the oak
Which gave me shelter and rest for my trials
I'm not strong, weak is my mind
A new beginning, where to find?
I'm the last one on earth, please forgive us our crime
It was a time, when love was mine
Now it's time to sacrifice [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
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35:37
Prog rock, the best transitional album ever?
Different eyes see different things
Different hearts beat on different strings [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Prog rock, the best transitional album ever?
Different eyes see different things
Different hearts beat on different strings [First added to this chart: 09/13/2020]
Year of Release:
1980
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,046
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Celtic rock/punk
[First added to this chart: 01/15/2022]
Year of Release:
1985
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Rank Score:
2,971
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Total albums: 16. Page 1 of 2
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cool stuff composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 1 | 1% | |
| 1960s | 10 | 10% | |
| 1970s | 18 | 18% | |
| 1980s | 16 | 16% | |
| 1990s | 20 | 20% | |
| 2000s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2010s | 15 | 15% | |
| 2020s | 5 | 5% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Big Thief | 1 | 1% | |
| Earl Sweatshirt | 1 | 1% | |
| Open Mike Eagle | 1 | 1% | |
| Bob Dylan | 1 | 1% | |
| Joy Division | 1 | 1% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 1 | 1% | |
| Sun Kil Moon | 1 | 1% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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44 | 44% | |
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19 | 19% | |
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5 | 5% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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2 | 2% | |
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| New entries |
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| Leavers |
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