tuomas, here's an iconic earlyish REM song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47DYVhBgRmQ
here's an iconic early suede song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN5zcUrWrdY
i think ppl would agree that these are typical of each band's "classic" era...you really don't hear the difference.
you kinda sound like those ppl that say "Oh all this hippity hoppity stuff sounds the same...Wu-Tang Clan...Snoop Doggy Dogg, it all sounds the same"
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
33= Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)62 points5 votes0 first-place votesGreatest contributor: monster_xero
http://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/covers/summerteeth.jpg
summerteeth is a shiny, great pop album (mostly) with really interesting production and great songs. being there is good but still too rooted in classic rock for me. I don't think they've topped summerteeth and doubt they ever will.
― akm, Thursday, 21 June 2007 04:05 (2 years ago)
Listen To "Summerteeth". It's far better than YHF.
― michael bourke, Thursday, 16 May 2002 01:00 (7 years ago)
God, Summerteeth was amazing, wasn't it?
― Beatrix Kiddo, Monday, 15 June 2009 13:36 (10 months ago)
I haven't heard YHF but Summerteeth is a brilliant record. Tweedy = v. good songwriter for damn sure
― electric sound of jim, Thursday, 16 May 2002 01:00 (7 years ago)
Summerteeth gets better every time I listen to it. It has the undercurrent of impending chaos I look for in music (mmmmmmmm...chaos)
― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Thursday, 10 June 2004 18:12 (5 years ago)
I think Tweedy's voice is beautiful on YHF. It does have a more hoarse sound than usual, but it sounds so sad and wracked with emotion. It's a good album, but Summerteeth is the masterpiece. "She's a Jar" alone can justify the existence of indie MOR. Hooray for Wilco.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 16 December 2002 00:43 (7 years ago)
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Summerteeth is the only Wilco album to which I'm severely underexposed (I think I've only heard it all the way through once).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I commend Tuomas for at least making it known that he's got trouble grasping the differences between two bands like R.E.M. and Suede, because I sure as hell couldn't tell you what's so different about, say, Justus Köhncke and Vladislav Delay, though I'm sure a trained ear could tell them apart immediately.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
no-one going to embed 'so weit wie noch nie' and 'anima' then?
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
geez don't you know the difference between justus kohncke and jurgen paape
― second toughest in the internets (another al3x), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
haaaa shit yes
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago) link
ugh I hate that Hole album. actually I hate most of the Hole catalog apart from the first one. a blight upon our cultural landscape, that woman.
No one ever talks about the beats on Dr. Octagon. It's Kut Masta Kurt right? That guy's awesome.
uh, this post is a joke, right?
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
seem to remember i had the kohncke album in 2005 or so but i can't remember anything about it, other than it didn't sound like vladislav delay
i know jf was only employing them as two random placeholders but i'd guess that formally there usually wd be greater difference between two given 'electronic' tracks than two alt-rock tracks but the latter may appear more different because of extra-musical associations, which tuomas would not have
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
That's my point, though. I can recognize the differences while listening (Köhncke is a little organically "funky" iirc), though in the grand scheme it all blurs together. That's how I presume most '90s guitar rock (or guitar rock in general) comes across to Tuomas.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:45 (fourteen years ago) link
kohncke/delay wd be like suede/royal trux, which i guess tuomas could tell apart?
― nakhchivan, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I just had to go back and give myself a Delay refresher, and I think I was thinking more of the Luomo stuff. The music recorded under his own stagename is definitely more deconstructed than I remembered it being.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I was away from my laptop when Paradise of East Africa placed. Pretty much ebullient vocals and sinuous guitars front to back. It's crime that this is now out of print, but digital copies seem to be floating around. So who gave it the other ten points? I thought for sure that I'd be the only person voting for this one.
― random non sequitur (KMS), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:52 (fourteen years ago) link
outdoorminer was your compadre there.
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 22:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Last one for tonight...
31 Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla (1999)65 points2 votes1 first-place voteGreatest contributor: useless chamber
http://www.thomasthetaff.com/welshbands/superfurryanimals/pictures/A04a-Guerrilla.JPG
I'm from Texas. Guerrilla is the album that did it for me. Absolutely ingenious.
― enjoy bell woods (sjjd111), Wednesday, 14 September 2005 18:32 (4 years ago)
Guerrilla is amazing. I frequently see it in throw-out bins for three bucks. I can't believe it doesn't MOVE.
― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 31 August 2005 01:13 (4 years ago)
whats your favorite album by these welsh people?mine is guerrilla
― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Wednesday, 11 February 2004 05:10 (6 years ago)
wow what a hideous cover
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahaha shit
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I've just looked at my final tally and it turns out
it turns out
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
that I DO have a top 100 after all
because I've put an album in twice
and I've posted that album earlier tonight
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:05 (fourteen years ago) link
in its INCORRECT placing
well done
― the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/imagessm/banging_head_against_wall.jpg
― tart w/ a heart (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it's fine, it just has a few more points than I've credited, so I'll repost it in its proper place
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Not all lists are perfect. I actually inadvertently left an album out of the '70s alternate poll 100 that should've been #50 because I overlooked a first place vote.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
(Though I remedied that as soon as it was brought to my attention, AFTER the poll was completed.)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
As it stands!
____ Stereolab - Peng! (1992)____ XTC - Apple Venus, Vol. 1 (1999)100. De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State (1993)___ Fugazi - End Hits (1998)98. Crowded House - Woodface (1991)97. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (1995)96. Björk - Debut (1993)95. Mark Eitzel - Songs of Love (1991)94. Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1997)___ The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (1992)92. The Afghan Whigs - Black Love (1996)91. Tori Amos - From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)90. UGK - Ridin' Dirty (1996)89. Grifters - Crappin' You Negative (1994)88. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)87. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)___ Neil Young - Harvest Moon (1992)85. Biosphere - Substrata (1997)___ Missy Elliott - Da Real World (1999)___ Mogwai - Young Team (1997)82. 2pac - All Eyez on Me (1996)81. Metallica - Metallica (1991)___ Built To Spill - Keep it Like a Secret (1999)79. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders (1993)___ The Divine Comedy - Promenade (1994)77. The Auteurs - New Wave (1993)___ Burger/Ink - Las Vegas (1996)___ Electronic - Electronic (1991)74. Sleep - Dopesmoker (199?)___ Slowdive - Souvlaki (1993)72. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#∞ (1998)71. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996)___ Earl Brutus - Tonight You Are The Special One (1998)69. Sun City Girls - Torch of the Mystics (1990)___ Sun City Girls - 330,003 Crossdressers From the Rig Veda (1996)67. Pete Namlook - Air (1994)66. Palace Music - Lost Blues and Other Songs (1997)65. Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages (1991)___ Lush - Spooky (1992)63. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers (1995)62. Aphex Twin - I Care Because You Do (1995)___ They Might Be Giants - Flood (1990)60. Mr. Bungle - California (1999)___ Madonna - Erotica (1992)58. Gas - Königsforst (1999)57. Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker (1997)56. Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves (1998)___ Pizzicato Five - Happy End of the World (1997)___ Magic Hour - No Excess Is Absurd (1994)___ Nomeansno - Live and Cuddly (1991)___ Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers (1994)___ Ground Zero - Revolutionary Pekinese Opera Ver.1.28 (1996)50. Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)49. Faith No More - Angel Dust (1992)48. R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991)47. Pavement - Brighten the Corners (1997)46. Blur - 13 (1999)45. Nachtstrom - 17 Songs After Midnight (1999)44. Arvo Pärt - Te Deum (1993)43. Outkast - ATLiens (1996)42. Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)___ Julian Cope - Peggy Suicide (1991)40. Straitjacket Fits - Melt (1991)___ Pole - 1 (1998)38. Various Artists - Guitar Paradise of East Africa (1990)37. Slint - Spiderland (1991)36. Mansun - Six (1998)___ Suede - Dog Man Star (1994)34. Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996)___ Hole - Live Through This (1994)33. Wilco - Summerteeth (1999)32. Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante (1995)31. Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla (1999)
you fucking idiot, I just modreq'd one of those albums to be deleted
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Hah, oops!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:10 (fourteen years ago) link
since this seems to be a list of albums that weren't on another list (i think?) i don't suppose it matters much how many there are.
― jed_, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:14 (fourteen years ago) link
jed_, quit being a killjoy. Alternate polls can prove more interesting (see: TURN THIS MUTHA OUT! It's the Alternate 1970s Albums Poll on ILX — Results Thread)
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG guys, maybe we should do the *next* 100 albums of each decade, once these alternate polls are finished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I do think it makes more sense to do polls that exclude those that placed in the originally-run ones, as it makes the results more interesting (although I still think the way this one dealt with points was not the best way to do things). To do it without the previous winners is not arbitrary, it's "what did the last poll miss that is exciting and awesome?" Yeah, maybe a full re-poll would be fine at some point, but to make it an interesting contrast of changing canons/demographics it needs to have a proper gap in time.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
if there's one more than there should be you can just crown that as the winner of the next list - the alternative alternative poll - or at least make sure it's eligible for the voting.
― jed_, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Or one for singles, b-sides, EP's, music videos, whatever..
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Lots of people do actually... me being one of them. And it was Dan The Automator.
90's album lists usually place Dr. Octagon closer to the bottom of the lists in the 80's or 90's, so seeing it up there at #35 is def refreshing.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 4 May 2010 23:59 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah considering that they released a retail version of the Dr. Octagon instrumentals, and for like 5 years after that every Kook Keith album was greeted with "the producer on this isn't as good as the Automator, when are they gonna work together again?", it's kind of hilarious that someone could even be under that impression.
― ignotamus j. reilly (some dude), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I probably play Instrumentalyst more than the album proper. Best Automator work, and a nice Shadow cut too.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:10 (fourteen years ago) link
tuomas, here's an iconic earlyish REM song [...]here's an iconic early suede song [...]i think ppl would agree that these are typical of each band's "classic" era...you really don't hear the difference?― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n)
here's an iconic early suede song [...]
i think ppl would agree that these are typical of each band's "classic" era...you really don't hear the difference?
― the Rob Based god (M@tt He1ges0n)
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 00:16 (fourteen years ago) link
never heard the octogon joint tbh
― snoop dyao double-g (The Reverend), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Guerrilla might be the best album on this thing so far, now i wish i took some time to vote in this thing, would have probably got a Moose album in. Guerrilla was their electronic album where they experimented with different sounds and come up with a fantastic album that they were able to do even better in the 2000's. seeing this tour at a little club called Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco is one night i will never forget.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:26 (fourteen years ago) link
haha funny to see my comments in a couple of the blurbs when i didn't even know this poll was happening before the results came out. good to see i still agree with some of what i posted way back when
― naked on the vag (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i think i assumed spiderland was on the original list and thus didn't vote for it
guerrilla's never fully clicked for me, but 'wherever i lay my phone' is a jam
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
'wherever i lay my phone' is a jam
this bears repeating - on the ILX sandbox I even started a thread about this song and its unexpectedly anthemic qualities
― Mansun was where I fucked up (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 03:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Guerrilla has a great cover. (except for the sticker.)
― abanana, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I completely forgot about SFA. Decided I really really liked them in the run-up to Guerrilla coming out, found G OK but a little disappointing, for some reason never followed their later work. No idea how they'd stand up for me now.
(that "some reason" may be the ATP where I saw SFA do a live set which didn't impress me at all to an absolutely packed main stage + also saw Gorky's do a brilliant set to a not even full smaller stage and put up with six billion "lol Welsh" twats request SFA and Catatonia songs allll night, now I think about it
or maybe just the sense that they must be a spent force since Guerrilla was not quite as completely absolutely brilliant as I'd told myself it would be in a haze of loving The Man Don't Give A Fuck and Ice Hockey Hair and expecting 13 tracks of non-stop whatever that is)
― xylyl syzygy (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 12:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i was really into SFA at the time but i can't stand most of their music now - guerrilla in particular.
― hell and the handbaskets (electricsound), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 12:53 (fourteen years ago) link