the diamond sea is just about the greatest thing ever and it sort of dwarfs the rest of that album
also has a rly terrible cover
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
2 of mine made it, (heh the fugazi album i didnt vote for made it so hurrah)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
nakhchivan there was a very good mix of voting-styles. (obviously I went with your first ballot, as you'd probably have worked out by now)
and yeah, I won't reveal anything but I am extremely happy with the 100, not for personal reasons but because it's such a delirious spread, and there's so much to hear - I can guarantee nobody on ILM will have heard more than, say, 2/3 of them
The Diamond Sea is so, so, so very good, yeah. I'm also highly partial to Little Trouble Girl
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and I do like the Mark Eitzel so it's nice to see that in
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:00 (fourteen years ago) link
10 more tonight I think
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I can guarantee nobody on ILM will have heard more than, say, 2/3 of them
Hell, I'm ALREADY batting at about .666
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:01 (fourteen years ago) link
haha you shd have included the 2nd
however seeing the scores thus far you can be forgiven
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Glad to see Peng! in here. Even although I didn't vote for it.
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Shit, how'd I miss this :(
― Heavy Potato Encounter (MaresNest), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess there wasn't enough badgering. See, LJ?!!!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Hmmm, yeah, this is the first I've heard of this poll.
― jaymc, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:13 (fourteen years ago) link
(Not sure I would've voted, anyway, just saying.)
― jaymc, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Interesting beginning. The only one I haven't heard is the Mark Eitzel, but I've never warmed to his voice. I still own most of the rest, and the Pharcyde and De La albums were late cuts from my ballot. Nothing I've voted for so far - I don't have high hopes for more than 2 or 3 out of 10 placing at all.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
There wasn't an actual nomination process, which may be why lots of people missed it. You just voted for whatever you wanted to, splitting up 200 points, and not including any titles that appeared on the original 1990s album poll.
ALL-NEW FREEFORM (SORTA) 1990s ALBUMS POLL: THE BANNS -- ALL OVER BAR THE SUPPLICATING :)
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
This has been a really good list so far. Some good unexpected choices and some I want to check out.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I can only imagine it will get much more niche/personalized from this point on.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
90 UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)34 points4 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: The Reverend
http://www.dodaj.rs/f/1l/5W/4AE4xI2D/ugk-ridin-dirty.jpg
I like Super Tight more overall, but this record starts with one of the best four-song stretches ever
― otto günne (The Reverend), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 07:11 (2 months ago)
agreed
― average dump from average gangsters (deej), Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:47 (2 months ago)
They see me rollinThey hatinPatrolling they tryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyMy music so loudI'm swanginThey hopin that they gon catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirtyTryin to catch me ridin dirty
Police think they can see me leanI'm tint so it ain't easy to be seenWhen you see me ride by they can see the gleanAnd my shine on the deck and the TV screenRide with a new chick, she like hold upNext to the playstation controller is a full clip and my pistolaTurn a jacker into a comaGirl you ain't know, I'm crazy like Krayzie BoneJust tryin to bone ain't tryin to have no babiesRock clean itself so I pull in ladiesLaws of patrolling you know they hate meMusic turned all the way up until the maximumI can speak for some niggas tryin to jack for someBut we packin somethin that we have and um will have a nigga locked up in the maximumSecurity cell, I'm grippin oakMusic loud and tippin slowTwist and twistin like hit this doughPull up from behind and is in his throatWindows down gotta stop pollutionCDs change niggas like who is that producing?This the Play-N-Skillz when we out and cruisinGot warrants in every city except Houston but I'm still ain't losin
I been drinkin and smokin holdin shit cause a brother can't focusI gotta get to home 'fore the po po's scope this big ol Excursion swerving all up in the curve manNigga been sippin on that Hennessey and the gin again is in again we in the windDoin a hundred while I puff on the bluntAnd rollin another one up, we livin like we ain't givin a fuckI got a revolver in my right hand, 40 oz on my lap freezing my ballsRoll a nigga tree, green leaves and allComin pretty deep, me and my do-joI gotta get back to backstreetsWanted by the six pound and I got heat glock glock shots to the block we creep creepPop Pop hope cops don't see me, on a low keyWith no regards for the law we dodge em like fuck em allBut I won't get caught up and brought up on charges for none of y'allKeep a gun in car, and a blunt to spark, but well if you want, nigga you poppin darkReady or not we bust shots off in the air Krayzie Bone and Chamillionaire
Do what you thinkin so, I tried to let you goTurn up a blink of light and I swang it slowerA nigga upset for sure cause they think they know that they catchin me with plenty of the drink and droSo they get behind me tryin to check my tags, look at my rearview and they smilinThinkin they'll catch me on the wrong well keep tryinCause they denyin is racial profilingHouston, TX you can check my tagsPull me over try to check my slabGlove compartment gotta get my cashCause the crooked cops try to come up fastAnd been a baller that I am I talk to them, giving a damn bout not feeling my attitudeWhen they realize I ain't even ridin dirty bet you'll be leavin with an even madder moodI'mma laugh at you then I'mma have to cruise I'm in number two on some more DJ ScrewYou can't arrest me plus you can't sueThis a message to the laws tellin them WE HATE YOUI can't be touched or tell 'em that they shoulda knownTippin' down, sittin' crooked on my chromeBookin' my phone, tryin' to find a chick I wanna boneLike they couldn't stop me I'mma 'bout to pull up at your home and it's on
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 10:11 (2 years ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
^I'd be interested in checking that out because I adored International Players Anthem and they completely out-rap Jay-Z on Big Pimpin'. It's not on spotify though..
― David (davek_00), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
was pleased to see Bjork's "Debut" there; can't believe so many great albums didn't make the original list!
― RedRaymaker, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:30 (fourteen years ago) link
dude make a separate results thread plz
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha oh nevermind duh me
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
A separate results thread from the results thread?
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
89 Grifters - Crappin' You Negative35 points1 vote1 first-place voteContributor: drench
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Grifters_Crappin%27_You_Negative_CD_cover.jpg
I always thought that Crappin You Negative and Eureka were better than anything Sebadoh or Pavement ever did (except maybe Slanted/Enchanted is as good). At least for me, they were my favorite band of that time.
My first experience of The Grifters was seeing them open for Fugazi on freaking hot race day in Indianapolis a couple of months before Crappin You Negative came out. One of the best shows I ever saw, it was in this old run down theatre and it was so damn hot you could see clouds of steam rise from the crowd, when you were at the back.
I saw them a couple of years later in Lexington after Ain't My Lookout came out in a small club. Another good show. The drummer was so loose and could drive the band where he wanted.
I think getting all of the side projects and the fact that they were together for so long before anything really started to happen for them hastened their departure. There are some good songs on the frist Those Bastards... record that would probably have been even better as The Grifters with some live dynamics and not just tracked together.
On another note, I was always impressed with the sound of Crappin You Negative and Eureka for being pretty good for being done quite a bit with 4 tracks.
― earlnash, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (7 years ago)
Crappin You Negative and Eureka E.P. are two of my all-time favorites.
Piddlebach is the coolest fucking song ever recorded.
I am done here.
― J. Grizzle (trainsmoke)
with the D tuning try making this chord.
it'a just a thre--fingered chord, all in the same fret.
if it's like this
123456
then on the same fret hold down 1, 2, and 4and slide that baby around the neck some.
------*---------*-------------------*-----------------------
if you hit a sour chord just slide whichever finger you have on the 4th string and slide it down one fret.
------*------------*----------------------------*-----------------------------
this is like, a zillion grifters songs.
― Tripp (trippl)
Trippster
get Dragoon to the Hull Adelphi or even the Lincoln Imp in Scunthorpe and I'll play Grifteroke.
Are you insured?
Long live Grifters.
Fuck you doubters.
― Fer Ark, Friday, 27 June 2008 19:32 (1 year ago)
Crappin You Negative is A++ scuzz, sounds like a rock band should.
― The Amy Misto Family Knife (Plasmon), Monday, 19 April 2010 04:01 (1 week ago)
Grifters: C er D?
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:37 (fourteen years ago) link
did my votes get counted? I don't remember
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man grifters...sheet that's a good un
― Shakey Ja Mocha (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
this is kinda weird cause i was just talking to a co-worker of mine about that Hull show this afternoon I swear to god.Told him how I made the classic american blunder...
our FIRST show overseas was in Hull, England. We flew into london, went and rented our equipment, stopped at a truck stop and had mushy peas and gravy then hit the road for the 5 or so hour drive to Hull.So we were pretty zapped. When we finally pulled into the verdant paradise that is Hull (wink) I went right to the bar and got a beer. the big lug that ran the place and apparently lived upstairs (?) gave me a nice big pint and I took a sip and said 'Whoa man, I think your refrigeration unit is out or somethin;...'
So he loved me, I'm sure.
that was also the night whassisname came to the show and wrote about it. ... ...... god what was his name......Everett True!
I remember my bass fell off me during our set and the head of he bass landed on my beer glass. But I caught it by the strap so it didn't fully hit the floor, the head just hit the pint glass with a 'tong' sound and a big triangular piece of glass broke off and landed in the glass. Since it was my last beer (fuckin' drink tickets!) I picked it up, pulled out the shard of glass and finished it off from the unbroken side.
hey. I've done grosser shit, believe me.
Btut Everett romanticized that moment in his article like it was some great punk rock moment. Really, I'm just a clumsy drunk.
― Tripp lamkins (trippl), Friday, 2 February 2007 00:38 (3 years ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:39 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ XDDDDDD will definitely listen to this band now
(also, Shakey Mo, they did indeed! you may rest easy)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm thinking Crappin' You Negative is probably an album I'd appreciate more now than I did in 1994. Gonna go back and re-evaluate.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
88 The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)35 points3 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: sofatruck
http://www.merryswankster.com/images/Dismemberment.jpg
TDP, and "Emergency & I" in particular, is one of those things I just can't talk about rationally. To cop a well-worn phrase, not liking them is like not liking the sun. Of course I feel that way about the Beatles so consider the source.
― Jack Redelfs, Sunday, 23 September 2001 00:00 (8 years ago)
as much as i enjoy them, I have to concede that they're certainly an acquired taste (like anything of worth, in my opinion). their quality is not an absolute, even to fans of the type of music they play, however you choose to define it. There are days when it sounds as paper thin to me as it must to those who dismiss the hype, so i definitely sympathize. But one thing that's hard to take issue with is that they're good at what they do, which I think is pretty rare, really. And if you want to see effort and ambition as overearnestness, so be it.
as for the 'classic' issue, that's a thorny word to throw around, but i can only speak for myself that I already know that these are some records and shows that i'll look back on fondly in the years to come. as for "Change", i already love most of the songs from hearing them live, but have my dooubts as to whether it'll continue to step up their hype momentum. it's kind of one of those records that's too low-key (by their standards) to really maintain the excitement they've been generating lately, but it'll probably still be their biggest yet, although i think E&I will remain the most effective (and most flattering) introduct
― al, Thursday, 4 October 2001 00:00 (8 years ago)
If Louis's reading this I think he'll love the last two D Plan albums.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 5 March 2007 16:36 (3 years ago)
yeah, the Dismemberment Plan are awesome. Emergency & I is one of my top albums of the last 10 years, no questions.
― Lee F# (fsharp), Thursday, 28 April 2005 06:50 (4 years ago)
TDP kicks much. Such inventiveness, such style.Classsssssssssic.
― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Thursday, 13 March 2003 07:47 (7 years ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:55 (fourteen years ago) link
did you love the last two D-Plan albums??
― David (davek_00), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
never really listened to them
but I do have them
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Change never worked for me...but E&I has some absolutely killer songs. A scarred and charred Weezer. Definitely give it a good go.
― David (davek_00), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
good choice
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I can't listen to D-Plan. Travis and I didn't get along way back when, and I can't get past the memories.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link
That's al-legedly some dude's first-ever ILX post, in that round-up there
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^jesus I wouldn't listen to anything that came in such a godawful eyesore of a package. wtf
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
87 The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)35 points4 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: Ismael Klata
http://www.terapija.net/fotke/portret/20061120_103938_3.jpg
Of course not liking the album is a subjective choice but it's always been classic in my book.The single best bad relationship album ever.I pretty much love everything about the album from the lyrics to the slide guitar sound to the song order & of course female perspective on "My Curse".I always thought Black Love was an attempt to recreate this one on a grander scale only Dulli seemed like he was just playing the bad ass.Gentlemen seemed to come from his heart.Of course if you don't like Dulli's voice you're out of luck.God knows it's an acquired taste.Always seems like he's straining to stay in tune.Combined with the woozy slide sound it takes some getting used to.And yeah the lyrics are great.
― evan chronister (evan chronister), Monday, 11 April 2005 04:49 (5 years ago)
o fuck like rickey said if yr lumping it in with sebodah yr looking for shit that aint there. its a big arrogant MALE record - rawk! - that falters and reveals itself as self centred arrogant nasty precious crude preening. dulli is a prick - in the lacanian sense.
― mullygrubbr (bulbs), Monday, 11 April 2005 06:46 (5 years ago)
oh god. wounded animal record. best relationship/breakup album ever. frighteningly un self- edited. it's all out there, or in here. dulli's voice is awesome. "i've go a dick for a brain / and my brain is gonna sell my ass to you".
― stevie (stevie), Monday, 11 April 2005 13:40 (5 years ago)
When I got rid of my albums to devote myself to songs, Gentlemen was one of the four I couldn't bear to let go. That said, I've never quite been totally convinced of its greatness - it somehow feels just a little bit too unrelenting in its grittiness. Torn between 'My Curse' and 'Brother Woodrow', but it's hard not to vote for the title track
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 12:54 (10 months ago)
this album's sound and U2 have some things in common
― Zeno, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 00:20 (10 months ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:12 (fourteen years ago) link
― Johnny Fever, Monday, April 26, 2010 6:19 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i don't understand. don't you think there'll be more albums with more than 3 or 4 voters the further we go up? i mean even if a large number of voters gave one album the majority of their points those records would still make up just a small portion of the top 100.
lmao @ lj quoting Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" as a blurb for UGK's Ridin' Dirty. glad my 8 points helped that one make the cut.
haha yeah that is my first post!
― surmudgeon (some dude), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
lmao @ lj quoting Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" as a blurb for UGK's Ridin' Dirty
my face is a million sadnesses
some dude's voting patterns have borne fruit, what can I say?
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm thinking people's #1 votes will start showing up with one or two backing votes (or, if enough points were allotted, NO backing votes). Seeing people's pet favorites will surely be interesting. My own #1 vote wasn't something I'd normally include in such a list, but I wanted to ensure it placed.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
another one from my list makes it
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
85= Neil Young - Harvest Moon36 points2 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: Captain Ahab
http://www.theartwolf.com/imagenestAW/Neil_Young_Harvest_Moon.jpg
also half of Harvest Moon bores me to tears
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 25 July 2004 22:35 (5 years ago)
Harvest Moon is pretty boring.
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:36 (5 months ago)
yeah Harvest Moon is like 50% of a good record
― squarefair (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:48 (5 months ago)
sometimes, Neil Young. esp. the Harvest Moon album which I like a lot for reasons I don't fully understand.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 14 June 2004 22:37 (5 years ago)
I voted Harvest Moon. I love that record & I have a very particular history with it.
― Mark, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 03:38 (5 months ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Harvest Moon is pretty boring.― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:36 (5 months ago)
Soto in complete correctness shocka.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:37 (fourteen years ago) link
88 The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)35 points3 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: sofatruck Pitchfork
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:37 (fourteen years ago) link
I dunno, Pitchfork was hardly the tastemaking monolith in 1999 that it is 11 years later.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
It was just one of the hundreds of indie rock review sites that rose above the others by shelling out the cash for its own domain name.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha. Pretty true really. I can't seem to find my ballot, but I basically picked 10 or 12 albums off the top of my head and gave them equal points. I did hear about this one from pfork... no regrets, still love this album.
― sofatruck, Monday, 26 April 2010 23:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I did hear about this one from pfork...
I bet this is the case for most people who jumped on board at E&I.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:44 (fourteen years ago) link
85= Biosphere - Substrata36 points2 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: ciderpress
http://dezji.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/substrata.jpg
I was really hoping there'd be like 500 votes for this poll
― rockapads, Monday, 16 June 2008 23:31 (1 year ago)
substrata is great!
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 20 February 2004 12:38 (6 years ago)
i find people describe a lot of albums as beatless when they aren't really, but substrata seemed to quite genuinely fit the description.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 20 February 2004 12:50 (6 years ago)
Biosphere's "Substrata" is as arctic as it gets. And his "Polar Sequences" too...
― Siegbran Hetteson, Friday, 19 July 2002 00:00 (7 years ago)
i gave a bunch of points to Biosphere - Substrata
i hope i'm not the only one...
― ciderpress, Friday, 5 March 2010 02:59 (1 month ago)
― sausage s4rgent (acoleuthic), Monday, 26 April 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link