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Post by urbanpatrician on Jul 30, 2019 3:29:55 GMT
Daydream Nation, Doolittle, Remain in Light, Queen is Dead, another Pixies, some Waits, some Kate Bush, Prince, and I thought Closer would be higher.
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:30:32 GMT
#10: Rain Dogs - Tom WaitsPoints: 70 # of ballots: 5 Highest ranking: #9 on 1 ballot
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 3:31:03 GMT
'Mats 3 in the top 10 - ftw
The Queen is Dead top 5 (the only Smiths album I really love - because it's the funniest)
Back in Black
Purple Rain - although pop is taking a beating so far on this list
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 3:31:45 GMT
I'll also guess a Replacements album wins as they have a strong fanbase on here. Betting Queen is Dead and Remain in Light round out the Top 3.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 3:33:16 GMT
#10: Rain Dogs - Tom Waits Waits is my brother's favorite artist, have never really been able to get into his stuff but I haven't listened to enough of it. Will make revisiting this album a priority.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 3:33:38 GMT
Rain Dogs is a no brainer classic and another one of those "anti-Rock star" album - if you play the first 10 songs alone you'd have a classic record and the next batch are equally strong
Simultaneously a great album to get drunk to and to listen to while hungover laying in bed.....
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Post by countjohn on Jul 30, 2019 3:35:01 GMT
Doolittle and Queen is Dead are also definitely making it. Surfer Rosa also has a shot although for me that one is the two great classic songs and then filler.
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Post by Mattsby on Jul 30, 2019 3:35:16 GMT
Gotta dash, but hoping Argybargy makes it high, and Stones Roses album which outside of the Mats is probably my most listened to album. Walking around the city, studying for an exam, sitting by the pool..... or like last year I walked into a small bar in Copenhagen and they were playing Waterfall, it was majestic. The album and its songs seem to work and appeal no matter where or when you hear 'em - at least they do for me!! And..... for when Let It Be/ PTMM / Tim place at 1,2,3... a gif...
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:35:40 GMT
#9: Daydream Nation - Sonic YouthPoints: 71 # of ballots: 3 Highest ranking: #2 on 2 ballots
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Post by urbanpatrician on Jul 30, 2019 3:39:01 GMT
This is the lowest I've seen Daydream Nation place. This board isn't a Sonic Youth oriented board, but they're kind of the epitome of my type of band. The type you start out with.... actually this is the cross bridge between old alternative (like VU) and an expanded modern alternative universe so that's why I always refer to them with distinctions.
I've seen lots of people, hipsters mostly, who's #1 favorite band is Sonic Youth, maybe MBV #2 and the rest is a bunch of obscure bands nobody has ever heard of. LOL.
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Post by countjohn on Jul 30, 2019 3:40:05 GMT
Thought Daydream Nation would be higher. Maybe top 5 or even number 1. Had it second to Living All Over me but to me it's the iconic 80's alt rock album and the one I think of first when I think of the stuff leading to the big alternative breakout in the 90's. Plus it was directly preceded by Sister which was also one of the best of the 80's and then Goo which is up there for the 90's. They were on a great run.
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:40:20 GMT
#8: Remain in Light - Talking HeadsPoints: 77 # of ballots: 5 Highest ranking: #1 on 1 ballot
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 3:42:37 GMT
Remain in Light doesn't quite make my Top 10 of the decade but it isn't far off - still, thought it'd be higher.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jul 30, 2019 3:45:05 GMT
This top ten is beautiful so far. Beautiful!
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:45:28 GMT
#7: Doolittle - PixiesPoints: 83 # of ballots: 7 Highest ranking: #2 on 1 ballot
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 3:48:47 GMT
Doolittle is a tremendously fun record .........like Rain Dogs its a no brainer for best of decade - it was just a matter of where it'd end up.
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:50:27 GMT
#6: Pleased to Meet Me - The ReplacementsPoints: 89 # of ballots: 4 Highest ranking: #2 on 1 ballot
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:50:45 GMT
Let's hear those Top 5 predictions.
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Post by countjohn on Jul 30, 2019 3:52:17 GMT
Starting to think Queen is Dead may be no. 1. That or Purple Rain. Hoping an EC album made it, hopefully Imperial Bedroom.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 3:53:13 GMT
Pleased To Meet Me is a record about selling out - and it's the best selling out record ever made - the best band on the planet makes a cocktail of punk, pop, cocktail jazz (?!?), horns, strings makes it hilariously funny and poignantly mature.
Should literally have sold 20 million copies......classic record.
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 3:55:43 GMT
#5: Get Happy!! - Elvis Costello and the AttractionsPoints: 89 # of ballots: 5 Highest ranking: #3 on 1 ballot
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Post by countjohn on Jul 30, 2019 3:58:44 GMT
I prefer Imperial Bedroom but this is probably my second favorite from EC. It's hard to classify, it's like new wave soul, which shouldn't work on paper but does here. And the songs are just really good.
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 3:59:28 GMT
Ger Happy!! is not only a tremendous tour de force - it's conceptually sneaky - Costello makes an album where he cant make as many word tricks (there's some but it's less prevalent) and that's how this time he's conveying feeling and heartbreak - like those Motown and Soul records he loved.
The band plays like meth heads most songs are like 2-3 minutes .......on some days I rank it as his best ever and that's really saying something for EC.
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Post by Joaquim on Jul 30, 2019 4:00:30 GMT
#4: Tim - The ReplacementsPoints: 95 # of ballots: 4 Highest ranking: #2 on 3 ballots
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Post by pacinoyes on Jul 30, 2019 4:03:14 GMT
The Replacements best batch of songs..........and they had a lot of great ones they left off this record as they would do with Pleased to Meet Me too.
A record about feeling your youth slipping away ........Hold My Life......Here Comes A Regular........Swinging Party ......there's so much pain on it - it sometimes hurts to think about.
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