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Originally posted by thefanste:

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Originally posted by Dork:
Kid A has one perfect song, two really good ones,

Let me guess, How to Disappear Completely (perfect), Idioteque and Optimistic?

"Everything In Its Right Place" is one of my favorite songs by the band. "The National Anthem" (stick that up your ass, Eric!) and "Idioteque" also impress me. "Optimistic" is OK.

The Meadowlands by The Wrens:

1. Everyone Chooses Sides
2. This Boy Is Exhausted
3. Happy
4. Hopeless
5. Boys, You Won't
6. Faster Gun
7. She Sends Kisses
8. 13 Months In 6 Minutes
9. The House That Guilt Built
10. Ex-Girl Collection
11. Per Second Second
12. Thirteen Grand
13. This Is Not What You Had Planned

I'll have to do Kid-A now. I blame Eric.

1. The National Anthem - 10
2. Everything in Its Right Place - 10
3. How to Disappear Completely - 10
4. Morning Bell - 9
5. Idioteque - 9
6. Optimistic - 9
7. Motion Picture Soundtrack - 9
8. In Limbo - 7
9. Kid A - 7
10. Treefingers - 5

I like "Treefingers." Much better than the title track, at least.

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Originally posted by Dork:
I like "Treefingers." Much better than the title track, at least.

I like it too(despite my last place ranking), but I would say that it is the one that isn't really a song. It's more of a segue. I think it does a good job of transitioning from "How to Disappear Completely" to "Optimistic", but if I just listen to that song, I'd be bored to tears.

In Limbo on top!!

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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:
In Limbo on top!!

You rated "Hummingbird" and "Handshake Drugs" as the two worst songs on AGIB. You're already on the "irreconcilable differences" watch. If I were you, I'd watch what I say

I had no idea there was so much love for "The National Anthem". Upon further review, I'll move it ahead of "Treefingers". It does have a kind of menacing bassline.

I should also say I never got the love for "How to Disappear Completely". It's an okay song, but kind of a bore.

I always thought the strength of Kid A was in it's second half. I could take or leave "Kid A" through "Treefingers".

Actually, "Kid A" is a decent track, but I don't really like the heavy effect Thom runs the vocals through ("he's more machine than man now, Luke"). I hate to say this on these forums, and I'll probably take a lot of crap for it, but what really made me appreciate that song was hearing John Mayer's cover.

"Treefingers" is a lovely ambient piece. Easily short enough not to tax my attention span.

Also, I like it a fair cut better than the two tracks that precede and follow it.

I think I'm going to do Daydream Nation.

1. Teenage Riot
2. Eric's Trip
3. Cross the Breeze
4. Candle
5. Silver Rocket
6. Hey Joni
7. Total Trash
8. Rain King
9. The Sprawl
10. Trilogy (I like parts of the song, but it's a bit long)
11. Providence

I like Sister much better than Daydream Nation.

I'm just here to provide random annoying comments by the way. I probably won't get the motivation to make a list. If I do, it'll be Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. Probably.

My favorite Sonic Youth album is Evol. To be honest, I've always thought Daydream Nation is a bit of a slog. It's got some great songs on it, but Kim Gordon is really annoying on a few songs and Providence is just pointless. Sister is a great record though. Probably my third favorite Sonic Youth record.

Yeah, Daydream drags quite a bit. I do like it though.

For the hell of it, Yoshimi:

1. "Fight Test" 10
2. "It's Summertime" 10
3. "All We Have Is Now" 10
4. "Do You Realize??" 10
5. "In The Morning Of The Magicians" 10
6. "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1" 10
7. "One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21" 10
8. "Are You a Hypnotist??" 10
9. "Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell" 10
10. "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia)" 9
11. "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2" 7

The first nine or ten are basically tied.

Sunny Day Real Estate - How It Feels to be Something On (track #)

1.) How It Feels to be Something On (6)
2.) Every Shining Time You Arrive (3)
3.) The Prophet (7)
4.) The Shark's Own Private Fuck (9)
5.) Pillars (1)
6.) Two Promises (4)
7.) Guitar and Video Games (8)
8.) Days Were Golden (10)
9.) 100 Million (5)
10.) Roses in Water (2)

Brian Eno - Here Comes the Warm Jets (Track #)

1.) Dead Finks Don't Talk (8)
2.) Here Comes the Warm Jets (10)
3.) Baby's on Fire (3)
4.) Needles in the Camel's Eye (1)
5.) The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch (2)
6.) On Some Faraway Beach (6)
7.) Some of Them are Old (9)
8.) Cindy Tells Me (4)
9.) Blank Frank (7)
10.) Driving Me Backwards (5)

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Originally posted by EricG75:
I hate to say this on these forums, and I'll probably take a lot of crap for it, but what really made me appreciate that song was hearing John Mayer's cover.

have u heard the live version by radiohead?
its simply brilliant.

Going with the easy one for me since I haven't seen it yet

The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin*

1) Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
2) The Gash
3) The Spark That Bled
4) Waitin' For A Superman
5) Slow Motion
6) Race For The Prize
7) Sleeping On The Roof
8) A Spoonful Weighs A Ton
9) Suddenly Everything Has Changed
10) The Observer
11) What Is The Light?
12) Buggin'
13) The Spiderbite Song

* This is the 5.1 re-release of 2006 which drops the Peter Mokran remixes of "Race For The Prize" and "Waitin' For A Superman", and puts together for the first time "Slow Motion" from the UK release and "The Spiderbite Song" from the US release. This is the band's definitive track list. Also, excluded really long subtitles.

I think most people are going to hate you for not placing "Waitin' For A Superman" in the top 3, if not the very top.

There's no shame in being beaten by the best.

Sticky Fingers

10s:
Moonlight Mile
You Gotta Move

9s:
Sway
Wild Horses

8s:
Brown Sugar

7s:
Bitch

6s:
Can't You Hear Me Knocking

Is this your idea of a joke?:
I Got The Blues
Sister Morphine
Dead Flowers

Graham Parker & The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks

1) Don't Get Excited
2) Nobody Hurts You
3) Discovering Japan
4) Passion Is No Ordinary Word
5) Local Girls
6) Protection
7) Saturdy Night Is Dead
8) Love Gets You Twisted
9) Waiting For The UFO's
10) You Can't Be Too Strong