Listing things is oh-so-fun and work is oh-so-dull, so here goes.
Albums you believe to GENUINELY be worth 10/10. Not like an amazon review of "5 tracks are rubbish but it's still 10/10", but albums you think are (near)perfectly written.
My choices are:
* The Mars Volta - Deloused in the Comatorium
* The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
* Mono - You Are There
* Battles - Mirrored
* Moloko - Statues
* Massive Attack - Mezzanine
* Xiu Xiu - Knife Play
* GY!BE - Lift Your Skinny Fists...
* Bjork - Vespertine
Knock yourselves out...
Dog Fashion Disco - Anarchists Of Good Taste
is in there, too.
full moon
fever by tom petty
kid a
figure eight
candy-o by the cars
add these
radiohead-ok computer
interpol-TOTBL
DEP-ire works
mogwai-rock action
Very few but possibly
Jesus And Mary Chain - Psychocandy
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
My Blood Valentine - Isn't Anything
^ The Holy Bible was close
but didn't quite get through
You're right about
those Amazon reviews. Bizarre...
The National - Alligator
Joanna Newsom - Ys
a couple more.
Animal Collective - Feels
yes^
Sung tongs too
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
radiohead - kid a and ok computer
^ oh, Ys is in mine too
Radiohead - ok computer
pj harvey - stories from the city
atd-i - relationship of command
cont.
Manics - Holy bible
ten minutes in and nobody has mentioned aeroplane yet
I'm shocked, frankly
Angel Dust
Faith No More
Achtung Baby!
The Joshua Tree
War
Boy
Seven And The Ragged Tiger
George Best - Wedding Present
His 'n' Hers - Pulp
And No More Shall We Part - Nick Cave & co
Funeral - Arcade Fire
But I'm not sure you can have 10/10 (yawn, old debate etc) because it implies a perfect level of consistency, and I can't think of any album where there isn't a song that could have been dropped.
That's the intention of my thread
...albums where you think every track is stunning
But I don't think they exist
That's why I mentioned George Best, because it's probably the most consistent album I know, and when I'm in the mood for it, it's great. ALL albums (off the top of my head) have one or more *slow* tracks, by virtue of the fact that they usually have a standout *great* track. It's all relative. Or something.
PULP??! So wrong....
no no no no... I give that -10/10
Very few
Diary by Sunny Day Real Estate
Alligator by The National
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels by Dexy's Midnight Runners
^ is it fact or myth that DMR
are named after a laxative?
Not quite
They're named after Dexedrine, an amphetamine.
YES ON DEXYS!
love that album
EITS
the earth is not a cold dead place
Muse - Absolution
Radiohead - Ok Computer
At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
The Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
Very Close:
Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf
soft bulletin
without a doubt
loveless > IA
big yes to the top four, big no to the second four!
I'll have to say it then
"aeroplane..."
interpol - totbl
Neutral milk hotel - ITAOTS (may as well be one of many)
gza - liquid swords
smiths - queen is dead
weezer - blue/pink
SDRE - diary
arcade fire - funeral
nas - illmatic
WTC - enter the 36 chambers
BOC - music has the right...
botch - we are the romans
Second half of Queen Is Dead
is noticeably weaker though (barring There Is A Light...)
weaker
but i still love every song
Andrew W.K. - I Get Wet
Haha
SNAP!
:D
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
Mono - One More Step And You Die
Million Dead - A Song To Ruin
Joanna Newsom - Ys
'The Wolf' is better
but is knocked down to a 9/10 because of the redundant 'Make Sex'. Everything else is pure disco-metal motivational GOLD.
there ain't many..
Comon Kids - Boo Radleys
Holy Bible - MSP
I See a Darkness - Bonnie Prine Billy
Water and Solutions - Far
Only two:
Andrew WK - I Get Wet
80s Matchbox B-line Disaster - Horse of the Dog.
owls s/t and weezer blue
ALMOST is this it, remain in light, qotsa s/t
is this it would be if NYC cops was left off
imho
American version
originally didn't have NYC Cops - Think Soma replaced it off the top of my head. I've got the import for some reason, so guess that makes my copy a 10/10. Allegedly.
If soma replaced it...
Doesn't that mean it's on the album twice?! I quite like New York City Cops anyway, it's not the worst track on the album.
Appetite for Destruction deserves 10/10!
no it was replaced with
the reggae-ish not very good song that they used over here as a bside.
NYCC isnt the worst song tho - alone, together is
when it started
was the song that replaced NYCC.
LISTING THINGS IS F U N fun
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
Modest Mouse - Moon & Antartica
Weezer - Blue Album
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane...
not many
sgt pepper
ok computer
abbey road
...
Marquee Moon
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
couldn't believe
it took this long to mention abbey road
As always,
Sparklehorse- Good Morning Spider
and
Gorky's zygotis mynci- Spanish Dance Troupe is ever edging closer.
List:
Owls
Cap'n Jazz
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Fugazi - The Argument, End Hits and Repeater
Faraquet - The View From This Tower
Descendents - Milo Goes To College
Superwolf
wilco
good shout, amazing
ok computer - radiohead
im wide awwake its morning - bright eyes
electroshock blues - eels
Orbital - Snivilisation
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space
Primal Scream - Xtrmntr
Autechre - Confield
million dead - harmony no hamony
biffy clyro - blackened sky
would throw in 65daysofstatic but not sure which one, probably one for all time.
Radiohead - Kid A
Nas - Illmatic
Pearl Jam - Vs
Very close
Notorious BIG - Ready To Die
Radiohead - OK Computer (I think im the only person around that isn't keen on "Airbag")
The National - Boxer
Ten is better
than Vs.
^this
but song to ruin surely?and yeah one time for all time cos of await rescue.the drumming is insane on that track
Yep exact track i thought of when deciding
good call! I suppose harmony no harmony means more to me personally but yeah I would probably give song to ruin 10
Surely
A Song to Ruin > HNH!?
in Eurovision stylie ...
and the 10 points go to
Mega City Four - Tranzophobia
Mega City Four - Sebastopol Road
Ipanema - Ipanema
Blondie - Parallel Lines
slayer -reign in blood
four tet - rounds
battles-mirrored
les savy fav-inches, go forth, rome written upside down, let's be friends
GS!YBE-new slow riot for zero canada
Holy Fuck- LP
The Locust- new erections
the list could go on
^ i also vote Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
but it's an EP, not an album.
So if we include EPs, then that
It's long enough
to count as an album so I think it should be allowed. it's also the best thing GS!YBE have ever done so...
guided by voices
alien lanes and bee thousand
slint spiderland
silver jews natural bridge
talking heads fear of music
first roxy music album
mbv loveless
Err
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - OK Computer
Tool - Aenima
Tool - Lateralus
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine
Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral
Meshuggah - Chaosphere
Mastodon - Leviathan
ISIS - Oceanic
Miss Machine?
Seriously? Better than Calculating Infinity? I say no.
Miss Machine > Universe
Seriously though ...Retrofied?
Ew.
good taste there!!
I'd agree with Aenima, Downward Spiral and Oceanic
Would also throw in
Relationship of Command -ATDI
Shape of Punk to Come - Refused
Ambient works 85-92 - Aphex Twin
Fevers & Mirrors - Bright Eyes
Agree with
Fourtet - rounds
hmm..
Arcade Fire - Funeral
TMV - Frances the Mute
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
..
Oasis, Definitely Maybe
Oasis, (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Radiohead, OK Computer
Beatles, Revolver
Stone Roses, Stone Roses
Beatles, Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Clash, London Calling
Keane, Under the Iron Sea
Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
Verve, Urban Hymns
^ i'm still chuckling at that list
could
work for Q
ahem.
That may have been the joke.
some decent laughs in your list as well
as if Bjork ever had a 10/10, Sugarcubes is her best and she wasn't even "Bjork" yet.
I reckon
Medulla (the album, not the DISer) is pretty close to a 10. Can't comment on Medulla the DISer
damn
you beat me to it!
In all seriousness though.
I hate to sound like a boring cliche but ITAOTS is my 10, if I have any at all.
Today I am going to say the singular works of musical genius are:
Pavement- Slanted & Enchanted
Beastie Boys- Paul's Boutique
Public Image Ltd- Metal Box
The Unicorns- Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone?
Subtle- For Hero: For Fool
Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Talk Talk- Laughing Stock
The Avalanches- Since I Left You
Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
Company Flow- Funcrusher Plus
Plus:
- my version of 'Inches' where it ends at 'Reprobates Resume' and misses out the inconsistent-sounding earlier bits which end the actual record (because this is actually a much more complete album that way)
- my version of 'Westing' which misses out all the tracks between 'Krell Vid User' and 'My Radio' which re-occur in the Slanted & Enchanted bonus box set
I really need to get The Unicorns' album
but i can only find it for mega-bucks which my budget doesn't allow
have a look here
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000DJEMK/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1203677401&sr=8-1
you have to order it from america but it should only be about $10 incl P&P which is only around £5 which is a bargain in anyones book. what a fantastic album.
conversley are you going to watch Islands on Tuesday, can't wait.
Oh no I didn't realize it was out of print
that and the Life Without Buildings album too. Its tragic, they're both such seminal classics... if the first cLOUDDEAD album goes out of print too then the future has no chance.
Elliott Smith
'Either/Or' is a work of utter genius that is 10/10 easily.
Also see 'Vauxhall & I' by Morrissey
elliott smith's
either/or is a definite.
it's perfect.
Hmm
The National - Alligator
REM - Automatic For The People
Probably the two I'd consider to be perfectly flawless albums.
There is so much love for Alligator.
I've got hold of it recently and it is very very good. Secret Meeting has the potential to be one of my favourite songs, but is it really a 10? I may be missing something. Why do you think it's a 10/10?
:
From the first moment, there’s no messing. One drum-beat and you’re into ‘Secret Meeting’, burrowing it’s way into your brain subtly. And it just doesn’t stop. Relentlessly melancholic, impossible to ignore and undeniably brilliant. Just when you’ve got over how good one song is, along comes another to blow it out of the water. This is an album of highlights, repeatedly and relentlessly making you feel privileged to be listening to it. It’s an album of quiet reflection, for those moments when you need to be alone with your thoughts. This album is a quiet night in your flat, the rain pouring outside, a bottle of red wine in front of you. This album is the drive into the hometown you’ve been away from for far too long – it’s the moment the city lights come into view in the distance and you know you’re there.
It is a rare beast of an album that feels both uplifting yet reflective, a truly unparalleled masterpiece in controlled and dramatic emotions. Hear the strings on ‘Daughter of the Soho Riots’ and melt. Hear the way he sings ‘I’m so sorry for everything…’ at the end of ‘Baby, We’ll Be Fine’ and means it.
So what does it sound like? The Tindersticks with a little more red wine? Interpol with better songs and more sunshine? Who cares. You need to hear this album, your life is bordering on incomplete without it. The REAL album of the year.
That puts it in perspective.
"This album is a quiet night in your flat, the rain pouring outside, a bottle of red wine in front of you." - I have to say I have done this while listening to Alligator. Well brooding.
I've only given it a few listens, I'll listen to it exclusively on my way back home today. When I get back I'll probably agree.