FREEFORM 1990's ALTERNATIVE ALBUM POLL - THE RECKONING (TOP TEN COUNTING DOWN NOW)

Now listening to Three Days, like a good pollster. It's already ace.

I can't believe this album wasn't on the original poll.

yeah Side 2 of Ritual is really perfect, they were right to break up afterwards.

like, there's nowhere to go from there, ultimate statement has been made

I will admit to liking a shit-ton of Kettle Whistle.

Well, there *was* a reunion album...

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Here's where I recommend Whores: An Oral Biography Of Jane's Addiction as really fun to read aloud from whenever guests are over. Especially the transcriptions of P. Farrell stage banter.

While as a rule I don't think bands should break up because of reaching their perfect moment, this was a case where it made total sense.

no Eric Avery = no "reunion". He is not on anything released post Ritual.

can not listen to this JA album anymore - it has been played to death (some of that is thanks to me, some by everyone else on the planet)

oh man yeah Perry's stage banter is high-larious

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The looped yelping sample of Perry F going 'Yeahhh...Yeahhh' underneath Navarro heroics + that rhythm-section = XDDDDD

Farrell's stage-chat in London was pretty funny. Made out like London could be his 'adopted city'.

"what's up bitches? I like your drinking and I like your style."

like its kind of weird how instantly i recoil from it, its not a bad album at all - it was just so everyone everywhere at a key point in my music listening that i just cant even handle thinking about it without it grating on me. which i never really feel about anything else i used to like, idk, special case i guess.

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Anyway Dan, I can think of another band who went out on top, that you will be happy to see more of in this poll.

28 Mr Bungle - Disco Volante (1995)
74 points
4 votes
1 first-place vote
Greatest contributor: m the g

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Disco Volante amazing-but only for the brave.

― fytyhr, Thursday, 22 May 2003 18:11 (6 years ago)

Disco Volante is MONSTROUSLY AWESOME.

― marmotwolof, Friday, 13 July 2007 21:11 (2 years ago)

It's one of those Trout Mask things where after you listen to it about 15 times it goes from "huh?" to "best shit ever."

― marmotwolof, Friday, 13 July 2007 21:14 (2 years ago)

yeah, I don't know if I would have ever got into avant shit without Disco Volante as an entry point!

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 01:49 (1 year ago)

oh fuck I DREAMT ABOUT DISCO VOLANTE LAST NIGHT, i dreamt that i was living in a computer game based upon the album. it was one of the coolest dreams i've ever had.

tonight i shall listen to the album again.

― Just got offed, Saturday, 14 July 2007 20:49 (2 years ago)

Ah yes, Disco Volante, that nightmarish-ever-shifting-soundscape, one of the most challenging (and rewarding) 60+ minutes of music ever compiled together. Hard to listen to, but well, well worth it. IMHO, of course.

― nickalicious, Monday, 4 November 2002 21:55 (7 years ago)

given that disco volante is towards the upper third of my top three albums of all time, I'm guessing I might squeeze it in somewhere...

― m the g, Friday, 12 March 2010 20:54 (1 month ago)

I actually own Disco Volante, and whoo boy does it suck!

― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 16:21 (5 days ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmvG2GZ3S7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uj4Q4zbtfM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z48rC3-4xM

just for jjj

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Am about halfway through And She Did... now and yeah, basically, yeah.

ok bungle beating ritual = this is the best poll ever

yeah, but the next entry is going to be the Smart-Es album

I only gave DV four points, but that still put it as high as 12th on my ballot. Am glad others saw fit to unload a few more than that. It's fucking AMAZING.

loooool Dan

When you're done listen to Judas Priest's "Victim of Changes" and see if you can spot all the inspirations.

xpost to all the people revisiting the second half of the deserving Ritual

Good to hear these Jane's tracks again, many years down the line. This was a staple of my teenage listening; opened many, many doors to new stuff. Should probably repurchase for a few bucks. Will remedy soon.

re: "Of Course" and the violin on it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Bisharat

wau at this dude's credits, he basically needs a sign that says "will violin for food"

Dan's kinda following my listening-pattern here...I was *just* thinking 'whoa violin'

lol, I am just guessing where you are based on the running times of the songs and making comments

surprised that post wasn't 'It's like slapping yourself in the faaaaace'

Perry Farrell doesn't have the world's most pleasant voice, but the way he uses it on those three songs is unbelievably awesome. I don't think anyone else can sing them and have the same impact.

I quite like his voice. It's whiny and desperate and sordid and somewhat ratty, in the best possible way.

ratty is a good description.

I kind of want to say something about Disco Volante but a) we just talked about it, and b) I am currently playing "Black Cop" by KRS-One and it's kind of disrupting my thought processeBLACK COP! BLACK COP BLACK COP BLACK COP!

hang on, No One Leaving has the SAME 'yeah...yeah' or is it 'yo...yo...yo' sample-thing as Three Days!

I actually own Disco Volante, and whoo boy does it suck!

― Tuomas, Thursday, 29 April 2010 16:21 (5 days ago)

My mouse pointer hovered over the SB button for about 3 minutes.

i would like to know if T thinks that disco volante also sounds like suede

26= Superconductor - Hit Songs For Girls (1993)
75 points
1 vote
1 first-place vote
Contributor: contenderizer

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Carl's old band Superconductor were 10 times more interesting [than the New Pornographers].

― everything, Tuesday, 19 October 2004 17:02 (5 years ago)

Superconductor! Carl Newman's supergroup of 7 guitar players in pure noise fuzz pop bliss.

― Softly Weeping at the Oki Dog (Ben Boyer), Friday, 30 July 2004 00:10 (5 years ago)

Ben you need to find the emo-tastic song titled "there goes helen" from hit songs for girls from 92 or 93... it is still one of my favorite songs, maybe the best song Carl ever wrote.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 30 March 2004 00:21 (6 years ago)

SLIGHTLY NONPLUSSED AMG REVIEW BY ILX'S NABISCO: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfoxqehld0e

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Sorry Superconductor, but I've been waiting for ages to post these

kind of a shame that they don't seem to work, then

Oh man, I will definitely have to check that out.

Oh god, no! They work! They work!

not if you have images off

yeah they dont work for me either, what the hell are they?

I'm assuming they're stills from Human Centipede

A retirement age Perry Farrell palling around with Tony Blair.

eh, same diff

It's kinda weird, because Perry looks like he's a head taller than Blair. He must be wearing some outrageous platforms or something.

I hope he is doing an acapella version of 'Idiot's Rule'.

hahahahahahaha dan!

Perry is pretty old - Jane's broke when he was just past 30 iirc

Hmm...I have heard 3 of the top 50 so far, I felt a lot more clued in during the first half.

26= Various Artists - The Music In My Head (1998)
75 points
1 vote
1 first-place vote
Contributor: KMS

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And--duh--The Music in My Head Vols 1 & 2 are the BOMB.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Wednesday, 22 February 2006 03:49 (4 years ago)

Could anyone advise me of any Afropop along the same lines as the borderline genius Mark Hudson 'Music In my Head' compilation (which, for those not in the know, features early Youssou N'Dour, Thione Seck, Gestu de Dakar etc). I'm looking for stuff that genuinely excites and pushes boundaries (trad or electronica), rather than the staid 'World Music' substitutes. All suggestions/links gratefully received........

― baboon, Thursday, 6 December 2001 01:00 (8 years ago)

The Music In My Head: made African music appealing to someone whose previous forays into the music of that continent always seemed to end in boredom (I know, I know...).

― baboon2004 (baboon2004), Thursday, 5 May 2005 19:41 (5 years ago)

The Music In My Head compilation was so eye-opening for me because it placed musical ingenuity and plain brilliance ahead of ethnic 'worthiness' or 'suitability' in the choice of tracks.

― baboon, Friday, 7 December 2001 01:00 (8 years ago)

Um, this is my favorite Afropop/rock comp ever. How did I forget it?

― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:54 (2 years ago)

new Bela Fleck semi-successfully unites west African/bluegrass banjo, goes on too long probably. after listening to The Music in My Head, Bela, forgeddabout it.

― whisperineddhurt, Monday, 2 March 2009 20:59 (1 year ago)