― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 5 October 2006 15:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 5 October 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 5 October 2006 16:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Friday, 6 October 2006 03:56 (seventeen years ago) link
honorable mentions:
38 Years OldSmall Town BringdownPoetsSomething OnWe’ll Go Too
― A Giant Mechanical Ant (The Giant Mechanical Ant), Friday, 6 October 2006 04:57 (seventeen years ago) link
huh.
impossibilium grace too as i wind down the pines in view goodnight josephine train overnight something on nautical disaster bobcaygeon heaven is a better place today
― derrrick, Saturday, 19 January 2008 07:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i know the C/D thread has been revived. but i've been thinking and rethinking what my X would be...
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
tough. hm lemme see
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
escape is at hand for the travellin' manthe bastardnautical disasterman machine poemin a world possessed by the human mindsomething onas makeshift as we areleavefamily bandmorning moon
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
i'd kind of bored of them by Phantom Power and I feel like any POX i came up with would be too Fully Completely / Day for Night / TatH heavy. am listen to Road Apples right now for the first time in a very very long time and am surprised how much my old favs from that one are still holding up. the newest one hasn't resonated with me so far, but i'm going to gave it another chance.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
if it weren't for day for night phantom power would be their best record imo
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:18 (seven years ago) link
courage (for hugh maclennan)wheat kingsbobcaygeonfireworkspoetsfifty mission capnew orleans is sinkingat the hundredth meridiangrace tooahead by a century
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:25 (seven years ago) link
now i feel less bad about how my POX is shaping up!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 18 August 2016 19:27 (seven years ago) link
hahaha don't get me wrong the fully completely/day for night/trouble axis completely summarizes this band. but I've kept up with them throughout their career and my favorite stuff is the parts on the later albums where they darkly stretch out
"escape" is imo one of the best songs of all time. if they play it tonight I'll lose it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Saturday, 20 August 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Based on Fully Completely, Day for Night, Music @ Work, and radio singles:
New Orleans Is SinkingFifty Mission CapMy Music at WorkNautical DisasterLocked in the Trunk of a CarPutting DownTiger the LionBobcaygeonBlow at High DoughLake Fever
40% of that is from Music @ Work, which probably means I should look into more of the later albums.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Sunday, 21 August 2016 13:20 (seven years ago) link
Sorry, I never listened to this band. Figured if they were any good the good folks at Other Music would have let me know. *ducks*
― Deneb on Ice (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 August 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
Although they do get a substantial mention on the Other Music subboard of a Pearl Jam message board.
― Deneb on Ice (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 August 2016 13:45 (seven years ago) link
Sorry wrong thread.
― Deneb on Ice (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 21 August 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
By which I mean I should have posted on the other Tragically Hip thread.
I can't do this yet because I think I really favour their post-Phantom albums a great deal, and I need to listen to them more to really figure it out. Gord's lyrics get better and better and I like them more as they become less blues and more something-else... "What Blue" is a song I'd take over anything off Fully Completely
"Escape Is At Hand For The Travelling Man" would prob be my #1 tho
― fgti, Sunday, 21 August 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
"Escape..." reminds me of an indie band from the late 90s but I'm not sure which one. The Dismemberment Plan? Maybe just a general "mid- to late 90s indie rock" vibe?
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
You're not thinking of Interpol, are you? Their vocalist sounds a lot like Gord sometimes. Always thought so.
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
for some reason i recall 54-40 having a song similar to the intro of 'escape'
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 24 August 2016 22:37 (seven years ago) link
Hm, don't think it was the Plan.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Friday, 26 August 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
Maybe one of those others.
Broken Social Scene maybe?
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 August 2016 03:37 (seven years ago) link
not 90's but it was the first thing to pop into my head.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 August 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
anyways, my X:
Ahead by a CenturyGrace, TooCourageLong Time RunningFifty-Mission CapSo Hard Done ByMy Music At WorkLionizedLake FeverThugs
(really had a hard time choosing between Thugs, Locked In The Trunk ... , Greasy Jungle and Wheat Kings)
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 August 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link
ya i was thinking cause = time by bss
it's got a similar vibe (drums and bass groove)
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 26 August 2016 18:42 (seven years ago) link
courage (for hugh maclennan)wheat kingsfifty mission caplocked in the trunk of a carat the hundredth meridianbobcaygeonfireworksnautical disastergrace tooahead by a century
this is really hard. fully completely was my intro to them so my list leans pretty hard to that album
― sofatruck, Saturday, 27 August 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
I can see a BSS connection in the rhythm section, yeah. Phantom Power turned out to be the first one I bought since the concert. (Already had copies of FC, DfN, and M@W). I've been playing it a lot.
― Hi! I'm twice-coloured! (Sund4r), Wednesday, 31 August 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
Heard on the radio they pulled a Beatles (or Drake, or whoever): all 17 albums are on Billboard's Canadian album chart. I don't know what that actually means these days, but it sounds impressive.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 31 August 2016 14:31 (seven years ago) link