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Jedi |
I personally like Mezzanine a lot more than Blue Lines. But a lot of that is because of Teardrop. I have Mezzanine at #43 on my list and Blue Lines not quite in the top 100. It's probably a bit too high, but eh.
The Understanding doesn't compare to Blue Lines or Mezzanine in terms of overall quality, but it does in the direction of the band's development. One second listen I didn't like Wilderness as much, but I'm definetely picking up the Wolf Parade EP, assuming the stores I go to carry it (Which you can never be sure of with EPs). I have seen 1-10 and 50-100 in SPIN's top 100 of the last 20 years. (That's what's already available on the website). It seems like a reasonably decent list. With any list anyone makes you're always going to find something you disagree with. But SPIN's list is more on the ball than I expected, all things considered. There aren't too many glaring ommissions, and only a few questionable inclusions. At least, this list is better than anything Rolling Stone would have come up with. (Although, I don't think I've seen any Sleater-Kinney albums yet. If there aren't any from 11-50, that's a big issue I have with it). |
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Apprentice Guru |
Here's the full Spin list, for anyone interested (S-K is at 24 bob, so you can rest easy)
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
That's a far better list than I expected from a crap mag like SPIN. For a while, in the early 90's, SPIN was great. So was Alternative Press. Then both of 'em went down the crapper...SPIN stopped covering good bands and AP went nu-metal and emo. I haven't picked up an issue of either in years.
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Apprentice Guru |
I have a membership at a torrent site that's one of the first places leaks appear, and I post at a few other boards that have members that also get ahold of leaks and promos. |
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Jedi |
You are so cool. |
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Apprentice Guru |
He asked. There's nothing "cool" about it. I don't think I'm allowed to link to the torrent site, since you can get music illegally there if you have a membership, but it's not some big secret. I asked someone for an invite and I got one. The other boards I post at are the arcade fire fansite and a chicago radio show forum. There, now you're cool too.
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Jedi |
Hmm...I'll never understand why a list would have White Blood Cells but not Elephant. Pitchfork does the same with it's 00-04 list.
Maybe White Stripes are just in the midst of hype backlash at the moment, I don't know. But since WBC and Elephant have essentially *exactly the same sound*, except Elephant is better... I could see including them both, I could see excluding them boht, or I could see having Elephant but not White Blood Cells. I can't understand for the life of me having White Blood Cells and not Elephant. You'd think anti-hype backlash would affect WBC just as much as Elephant, but for some reason it hurts Elephant but not WBC. |
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Jedi |
Thanks Man!! I appreciate it.  I would put a tribe called quests album higher than De la Souls (#9) maybe flip-flop those.It is a nice list though.Kind of surprising. No aphex twin though or autechre or any classic electronic music from the early 90's. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Imprezu21, |
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Upwardly Mobile Participant |
I completely agree on the whole 'where's elephant?' issue. Elephant is infinitely better than WBC. It flows better and there is no song as show-stopping as Ball and Biscuit, Seven Nation Army or Black Math on WBC.
I think a reason is that when WBC came out there was so much hype and excitment around the band and after elephant it had settled down a little. |
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"Forum Moderator" Super Bad-Ass Jedi |
I think you guys are missing the point about the White Stripes vis a vis Spin. They wanted to put the earlier, COOLER album on the list (the earlier the cooler, duh!) It's as simple as that. The same thing with many of the other choices.
"Naked Woman, Naked Man Where did you get that nice sun tan?" |
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Apprentice Guru |
White Blood Cells > Elephant > Get Behind Me Satan
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Jedi |
That's true, mark. I feel the same about Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, and don't get why Surfer Rosa is higher.
But..it's earlier, and rougher. And that would explain it. I would say Elephant > White Blood Cells > Get Behind Me Satan, but they all rule. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
I actually get that. I've always liked Surfer Rosa the most out of the Pixies discs. Maybe because it was the record (and tour) that got me into them, but I really like all of the songs on it. Not that I dislike the songs on Doolittle (and several of my favorite songs are on Doolittle) but I think Rosa's the superior record. The "earlier, rougher" part may be at play, although I'm not normally a big fan of rough take stuff. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
I was gonna say something about how much I think Surfer Rosa sucks, but I fear this thread has gone so far off-topic that it will never return if I add another side trip.
So...I love the new Mountain Goats record. It may be their best yet. When I make my new year-best list I think it will be at #2. "...and then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face / hoping you don't break my stereo / because it's the one think I couldn't live without / and so I think about that and then I sort of black out / held under these smothering waves / by your strong and thick-veined hand / but one of these days I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land." How great. I'm also think that the multiple instruments employed enhance the songs. I mean, one song has nothing but strings and voice and another has a mandolin. A freakin' mandolin! On a Mountain Goats record! This is the best thing I've heard in a while. I just got Black Sheep Boy (Okkervil River) in the mail yesterday, and listened to it for the first time in a few weeks. It has probably catapulted it's way onto my top 5. Cognitive dissonance? Maybe, but it's a really good record. The only problem I have with it is the same problem I have with Sufjan's Illinoise: weak songs at the tail end. By the way, has anyone seen Okkervil's "For Real" video? It takes a good 8-10 minutes to load (at least on my computer), but it's worth the wait. It's so surreal, yet moving, just like the fantastic artwork on the CD sleeve and cover. -------------------------------------------------- Anatomy to me is a homesick stomach and a broken heart |
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Jedi |
I just listened to Love Kraft. Maybe it's just my current state of mind and the fact that this is a first listen, but I seem to get the impression that every song is a rather good pop song, but none really stand out as 'great'.
Then again, that seems to happen on my first listen with Super Furry albums for no apparent reason. The first time I heard Rings Around the World I couldn't stand it, and then it ended up my #6 album of 2002. |
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Apprentice Guru |
Love Kraft didn't click with me until the 2nd or 3rd time through. And I really liked the For Real video (which loaded almost immediately, no wait time).
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Slacker |
This would have to be my 2005-list (so far):
01. Antony And The Johnsons - I Am A Bird Now 02. Millionaire - Paradisiac 03. Rufus Wainwright - Want Two 04. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 05. Röyksopp - The Understanding 06. dEUS - Pocket Revolution 07. Chemical Brothers - Push The Button 08. Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations 09. Queens Of The Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze 10. Coldplay - X&Y 11. Stephen Malkmus - Face The Truth 12. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan 13. Admiral Freebee - Songs 14. U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 15. Vitalic - Ok Cowboy 16. Sioen - Easy Your Mind 17. Timo Maas - Pictures 18. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 19. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods 20. Art Brut - Bang Bang Rock 'n' Roll If anybody of you don't know a certain album/artist, you should at least give it a try... |
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Enthusiast |
Radiohead's Hail to the thief should be number uno on that list and kid a, ok computer, yankee hotel foxtrot should be top 5, queen is dead is a.o.k. wtf man spin just tries to be cool like bts
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Jedi |
Yeah...I try so hard to be cool. That's why I gush Sheryl Crow.
 Has anyone heard any of the new Frank Black yet? I might get that, but I'm a bit skeptical. |
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"Forum Moderator" Jedi |
When I get around to updating (probably not until after my move to Atlanta), I'll certainly be adding the Devin Davis, Son Volt, and Supahip records to my Top 20.
I'll also likely add Mando Diao and the live Gomez and Roger Clyne records as faves, although I rarely keep live records on my lists. |
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