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Make Up - Save Yourself
The B-52's - The B-52's
Rocket From The Crypt - Scream, Dracula, Scream!
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Iggy Pop - The Idiot

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 3 Dec '03, 00:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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for what it's worth;

The Bends - Radiohead
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
The Closer You Get - Six By Seven
Worst Case Scenario, In a Bar Under the Sea, The Ideal Crash - dEUS
Heartworm - Whipping Boy
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Source Tags and Codes - ...Trail of Dead
Doolittle - Pixies

sadpunk | 3 Dec '03, 10:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Fall - Grotesque
Human League - Dare!
The Monks - Black Monk Time
The Rezillos - Can't Stand The Rezillos
The Cramps - Songs The Lord Taught Us
Bratmobile - Pottymouth
Duran Duran - Duran Duran
The Nation Of Ulysses - 13 Point Program To Destroy America
The Stooges - Raw Power
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine
Primal Scream - Vanishing Point

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 10 Dec '03, 12:59 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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aggh no way

pottymouth is not one of the best albums ever made. cmon!

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 25 Dec '03, 20:23 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Beatles - Revolver and The White Album
Led Zeppelin - Led Zep II
REM - Automatic For The People and Green
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Radiohead - OK Computer
The Roots - Things Fall Apart and The Roots Come Alive
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Doves - Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast
Pharcyde - Plain Rap
Bob Marley - Catch A Fire

I suppose there's just a few of my choices.

Sideburnboy | 3 Dec '03, 10:03 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Well, they may not be the best released or produced or made or whatever but they're amongst my favourite records for a litany of musical and personal reasons...

Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
Holst - The Planet Suite
Anything played by Glenn Gould (Canadian pianist)
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Nirvana - In Utero

DrFurry | 3 Dec '03, 20:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nirvana- Nevermind AND In Utero
Pixies- Doolittle
Radiohead- OK Computer
The Beatles- Sergeant PeppeR'S
Stone Roses- Stone Roses

number 1 though,
THE SMITHS- THE QUEEN IS DEAD

CaviarAndCigarets | 3 Dec '03, 21:16 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Cannibal Corpse (any of their albums)
Beyonce
Girls Aloud
Smiths - Meat is Murder
Funeral For A Friend
Marvin Gaye's greatest hits

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Dec '03, 11:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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simple...
pixies - come on pilgrim/surfer rosa
mclusky - mclusky do dallas
nirvana - in utero
big black - songs about fucking
shellac - at action park
beck - odelay
at the drive-in - relationship of command

mr-angry | 4 Dec '03, 12:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nirvana - Bleach
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Sonic Youth - Goo
Rage Against The Machine
Radiohead - The Bends
Radiohead - OK Computer
Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine - 101 Damnations
Guns N'Roses - Appetite for Destruction
The Prodigy - Music For The Jilted Generation
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Michael Jackson - Bad
Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
REM - Automatic for the People
Jurassic 5 - LP

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Dec '03, 14:12 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Auteurs - After Murder Park
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
Six By Seven - The Closer You Get
The Strokes - Is This It
The Jam - Dig The New Breed

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 4 Dec '03, 16:17 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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In no particular order:

Mexican Pets - Humbucker AND The Voice Of Trucker Youth
Spy Versus Spy - Spy Versus Spy
The Wildhearts - Earth vs...
Jetplane Landing - Once Like A Spark (a bit premature maybe, but there you go)
Idlewild - The Remote Part
Baby Chaos - Love Your Self Abuse
Weezer - Weezer (the blue one)

I'm sure there's a few more that I've missed off, but it's just turned 9am...

Cheerio,

Ian

http://twang.topcities.com

ian_distort | 5 Dec '03, 09:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Radiohead - OK Computer
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
Joy Division - Substance
Pixies - Doolittle
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?

enough for now... it's quite a boring question though, I attempted to be objective.

georgey | 9 Dec '03, 22:05 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Gil scott Heron-Reflections
Curtis Mayfield-Superfly
Bob Dylan-Blood on the Tracks
Julian Cope-Peggy Suicide
Marvin Gaye-What's Going On

Mind you ask me next week and I'll come up with a different five.

superfly | 10 Dec '03, 00:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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TERRIS - learning to let go

emmett | 10 Dec '03, 00:11 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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its gotta be:
manics-everything must go
chili peps-blood,sugar,sex,magic
RATM-RATM
Green Day-Dookie

IrishSam | 10 Dec '03, 10:53 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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My honest favourites (not just what I think's cool/influential!) Some old favourites towhich I return once in a blue moon, some that I've never rated particularly, but seem to be on my Stereo a hell of a lot. In chronological order (of recording not release)...you can see I've though about this...very boring job you see...

Beach Boys Greatest Hits vol 1 (except Kokomo)

The Turtles Golden Hits (although about half of this is crap)

Safe as Milk - Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band
...actually anything by Beefheart.

Johnny Cash - Live at Folsom Prison

Free - Fire and Water

Marvin Gaye - What's going On?

The Stooges - Raw Power or maybe Funhouse

James Brown - Black Caeser soundtrack (is this even available? I just got bits of it on other comps...)

Lee Perry - Jungle Lion (Actually a v/a comp produced by the mad bugger...)

Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers

Joy Division - Substance

NWA - Straight Outta Compton

Wu Tang Clan - 36 Chambers

Fugazi - Repeater / 3 songs

Dr Dre - The Chronic

Beck - Odelay

RATM - Renegades

The Dirtbombs - Ultraglide in Black

Goldblade - Do you believe in the power of Rock'n'Roll

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 10 Dec '03, 13:58 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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i forgot to add

U2- The Joshua Tree (i was born and raised on this album)

IrishSam | 11 Dec '03, 14:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Faith No More - Angel Dust
Faith No More - The Real Thing
Rage Against the Machine

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 11 Dec '03, 15:09 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Komeda - WHat Makes It Go?
Komeda - KoKoMeMeDaDa
Magnetic Fields - The Charm of the Highway Strip
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde
My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
Faust - The Faust Tapes
The Delgados - The Great Eastern
The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat
Grandaddy - Sumday
The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour
The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
T. Rex - Electric Warrior
Radiohead - OK Computer
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Cornelius - Fantasma
Beck - Odelay
Mazzy Star - She Hangs Brightly

Griefo | 15 Dec '03, 20:02 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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My tupenny's worth is rather babbling but it would almost surely include Radiator by Super Furry Animals.

That's the tip of the snowflake on top of the iceberg mind...

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 16 Dec '03, 19:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Jam - All Mod Cons
The Clash - Give 'em Enough Rope
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Join Hands
Marvyn Gaye - Whats Going On
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Rancid - Out Come The Wolves
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come

If I sit here and continue to list, I'll still be here in the morning. Too much great music, so little time.

badger13 | 16 Dec '03, 23:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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can't really say a best of all time as i'm not informed enough, but the best in my collection are:

At The Drive-in's Relationship Of Command
...Trail of Dead's Source Tags & Codes
Interpol's Turn On The Bright Lights
and possibly Bright Eyes' Lifted OR The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground.

monpot | 17 Dec '03, 01:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Beck - Odelay
Pulp - His n Hers

I could listen to these over and over and over again. And did for about a year.

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 17 Dec '03, 16:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Raw Power - The Stooges
Girls can tell - Spoon
Rocket to Russia - Ramones
Head on the door - The Cure
This world and body - Marion
Doolittle - Pixies
In Utero - Nirvana
Read Music/Speak Spanish - Desaparecidos
Mystery White Boy - Jeff Buckley
Vauxhall & I - Morrissey

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 17 Dec '03, 16:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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What?! No one's mentioned Andrew WK! ;-)

Seriously though, I'm surprised no one's said Public Enemy's "It take a nation of millions..." Definitely one of my faves. Glad to see lots of mentions for Smiths / Manics as well.

JonathanD | 17 Dec '03, 17:40 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Can't believe I forgot

Marquee Moon by Televison.

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 18 Dec '03, 11:07 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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The Clash - S/T (US Version)
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
The Stooges - Raw Power
Green Day - Dookie
The Ramones - Rocket To Russia
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures

tom_dopejam | 19 Dec '03, 00:34 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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I forgot

At The Drive-In - Relationship of Command
Fugazi - 13 Songs

tom_dopejam | 19 Dec '03, 00:37 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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La Peste
Inflammable Material

joe_shoo | 19 Dec '03, 01:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Nirvana-Nevermind
Metallica-master of puppets
REM-automatic for the people
REM-out of time
R.H.C.P.-Californacation
Placebo-sleeping with ghosts

mad_cow | 24 Dec '03, 19:15 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
The Beatles - Revolver
Elliott Smith - XO
Radiohead - OK Computer
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 24 Dec '03, 23:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Don't Stand Me Down - Dexys Midnight Runners
Forever Changes - Love
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
Neither Washington Nor Moscow - Redskins
Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners
The WiserMiserDemelza - The Prisoners

Bazza | 25 Dec '03, 20:30 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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the beatles - revolver
the sex pistols - nevermind the bollocks
nirvana - in utero
the beach boys - pet sounds
the smiths - the queen is dead
radiohead - ok computer
thats just my opinion, mind you. evryone's will be different.

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 3 Jan '04, 18:38 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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METALLICA...RIDE THE LIGHTNING
METALLICA...MASTER OF PUPPETS

METALLICA | 5 Jan '04, 11:04 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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Radiohead-OK Computer
The Bends - Radiohead
smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness
Grace - Jeff Buckley
surfa rosa - pixies
Led Zeppelin - Led Zep II
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
shellac - at action park
beck - odelay
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
michael jackson - off the wall
Spy Versus Spy - Spy Versus Spy
weezer - the blue album
weezer - pinkerton
slint - spiderland
wheat - hope and adams
nada surf - let's go
death cab for cutie - photobooth
the police - ANYTHING (i'm obssessed at the minute)
foo fighters - colour and the shape
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Cornelius - Fantasma
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come
Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
fugazi - the argument
The Beatles - Revolver
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach
REM-out of time
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
nofx - so long and thanks for all the shoes
soundgarden - superunknown
ash - 1977
stereophonics - word gets around
boards of canada - music has the right to children
capn' jazz - discography (i can't be fucking arsed to spell it)
american football - S/T
modest mouse - the lonesome crowded west

there's shit loads of classic albums

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jan '04, 14:36 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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in no particular order...
oasis - def maybe
primal scream - screamadelica
massive attack - blue lines
beatles - revolver
guns 'n' roses - appetite for destruction
orb - adventures beyond the ultraworld
chemical brothers - surrender
orbital - the 'brown' album
a house - i am the greatest
stone roses - stone roses
jimi hendrix - electric ladyland
marvin gaye - what's going on?
etienne d'crecy - super discount

Old_Anonymous_Comments | 6 Jan '04, 17:45 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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one that hasn't got a mention yet
the cardigans - gran turismo. quality album and easy to listen to

easy_rob | 6 Jan '04, 18:20 | Send note | Report this | Reply

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