1. We're An American Band2. Sugarcube3. One PM Again4. Autumn Sweater5. The Like and How We Told It6. Moby Octopad7. Deeper Into Movies8. Damage9. Spec Bebop10. Shadows11. Return to Hot Chicken12. My Little Corner of the World13. Green Arrow14. Center of Gravity15. Little Honda
Argue with me or rank something else.
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 22:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Saturday, 27 November 2004 22:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 22:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 22:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― bilblio (Celeste), Saturday, 27 November 2004 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Guayaquil, Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Here's "Painful"
1. Nowhere Near2. From a Motel 63. Worrying Thing4. Whole of the Law5. I Was the Fool Beside You for Too Long6. Big Day Coming (slow)7. Double Dare8. Big Day Coming (fast)9. I Heard You Looking10. Superstar Watcher11. Double Dare
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:23 (nineteen years ago) link
I almost did "Painful" instead of ICHTHBAO to start this thread. You have "Double Dare" twice and no "Sudden Organ," Barry.
1. Double Dare2. Big Day Coming (slow)3. From a Motel 64. Sudden Organ5. I Heard You Looking6. A Worrying Thing7. I Was the Fool Beside You For Too Long8. Nowhere Near9. Superstar-Watcher10. The Whole of the Law11. Big Day Coming (fast)
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 27 November 2004 23:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Might as well keep going and do another one:
1. Our Way to Fall2. Tears Are in Your Eyes3. Crying of Lot G4. Saturday5. Everyday6. Cherry Chapstick7. Last Days of Disco8. Night Falls on Hoboken9. Madeline10. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House11. Tired Hippo
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:17 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Our Way to Fall2. Tears Are in Your Eyes3. Crying of Lot G4. Saturday5. Everyday6. Cherry Chapstick7. You Can Have It All8. Last Days of Disco9. Night Falls on Hoboken10. Madeline11. From Black to Blue12. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House13. Tired Hippo
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Salinger (joni), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:24 (nineteen years ago) link
― cmon, i had to.... (joni), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Selling England By The Pound2. Foxtrot3. A Trick Of The Tail4. The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway5. Wind And Wuthering6. Trespass7. Nursery Cryme8. And Then There Were Three9. Duke10.Genesis11.From Genesis To Revelation12.Calling All Stations13.Abacab14.Invisible Touch15.We Can't Dance
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 28 November 2004 00:51 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Danzig II - Lucifuge2. Danzing I3. Danzing III - How the Gods Kill4. Danzig 45. the rest6. Black Aria
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 01:31 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Trapdoor Fucking Exit2. Operation of the Sonne3. The Whitehouse4. Harsh Seventies Reality5. The Damned6. Repent7. Tusk8. S/t 2CD
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 03:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
georgejohnpaulringo
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
POPUL VUH >>>> AMON DUUL I
― cutty (mcutt), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
1.black music2.white music
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aja (aja), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:18 (nineteen years ago) link
1. 1981-19842. 1973-19743. 19694. 1970-19725. 1994-present
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:19 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Garden of Bones2. Triumph3. A Smoky Narchile4. Zombie Cloud5. urdog awaken6. Long Shadows7. Ice on Water8. dmz
but that's a really hard thing to rank; the album's all of a piece and all very very awesome. Farfisa/guitar/drum trio sometimes going into total Hawkwind groove/space; droning keyboard parts; sometimes big riffs, sometimes quiet chant-a-long folk mumble. GOOD.
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:43 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Antioch Arrow2. Lava3. Heroin4. Angel Hair5. John Henry West6. Young Ginns
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:49 (nineteen years ago) link
As for "Autumn Sweater", I love most of it, but there's this left-channelled drum pattern that Georgia plays that's horribly off-beat sometimes and totally disorienting on headphones, and it kinda ruins the song.
― bill neil (inabillity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:54 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Animal Farm2. Big Sky3. All of My Friends Were There4. Picture Book5. Wicked Annabella6. Starstruck7. The Village Green Preservation Society8. Monica9. People Take Pictures of Each Other10. Do You Remember Walter?11. Johnny Thunder12. Phenomenal Cat13. Sitting by the Riverside14. Last of the Steam-Powered Trains15. Village Green
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 04:57 (nineteen years ago) link
No arguments about the first or last...
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
That took a weirdly long time to do.
― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
1. On the Ellipse2. Lapsed 3. Bufo Alvarius (with Amen 29:15)4. Set and Setting5. Dilate6. Amanita
Plastikman Albums:
1. Closer2. Musik3. Consumed4. Artifakts BC5. Sheet One
songs on "Souvlaki"
1. Here She Comes2. 40 Days3. Alison4. Machine Gun5. Altogether6. When the Sun Hits7. Dagger8. Souvlaki Space Station9. Mellon Yellow10. Sing
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:00 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Damaged2. My War3. In My Head4. Slip It In5. The Process of Weeding Out6. Loose Nut7. Family Man
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
1. Spencer Dryden2. Everyone else
― I Am Curious (George) (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― psuedoman, Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:06 (nineteen years ago) link
BC 05BC 07BC 09BC 06BC 01BC 02BC 03BC 08BC 04
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 28 November 2004 05:07 (nineteen years ago) link
Top five songs to clean house
1. Huggy Bear “Pansy Twist”2. Patti Smith “Gloria”3. Fifth Column “Like This”4. Nervous Gender “Nothing To Hide”5. Les Georges Leningrad “Sponsorships”
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 12 September 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
1. laugh2. live3. love
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:06 (one year ago) link
1. "Camera"2. "Harborcoat"3. "So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry)"4. "Second Guessing"5. "7 Chinese Bros."6. "Letter Never Sent"7. "(Don't Go Back To) Rockville"8. "Little America"9. "Pretty Persuasion"10. "Time After Time (Annelise)"
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
Who are ya, Malkmus?
― Reese's Pisces Iscariot (morrisp), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
shhh
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, October 13, 2022 8:06 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
1. live2. love3. laugh
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 18 October 2022 17:50 (one year ago) link
Reasons to hate Steve Miller's "The Joker"
1. Pompatus2. The wolf whistle guitar lick3. The preceding line "Some people call me Maurice," which is no reason to prompt a wolf whistle4. The album cover5. "Really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree" (Leniency on this one because he didn't write the line, he just stole it.)
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 27 October 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
ugh pompatus
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 28 October 2022 01:13 (one year ago) link
Channel 4 ident packages
6. the Jonathan Glazer ones (2015-2017)5. Circles idents (1996-1999)4. The Giant idents (2017-present)3. Lines idents (1999-2004)2. original idents (1982-1996)1. 3D idents (2004-2015)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
the yass cat's 1st "yass"the yass cat's 3rd "yass"the yass cat's 2nd "yass"
― astor pizzarolla (unregistered), Friday, 2 December 2022 00:15 (one year ago) link
songs that aren't long enough:
1. earth, wind + fire - "beijo"2. nick drake - "pink moon"3. the firm feat. wizard - "untouchable"4. noname - "rainforest"
that's all i have for now. might add on later.
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Friday, 2 December 2022 00:45 (one year ago) link
also xpost astor otm
― ミ💙🅟 🅛 🅤 🅡 🅜 🅑💙彡 (Austin), Friday, 2 December 2022 00:46 (one year ago) link
every NIck Drake song is too short and just right at the same time
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Friday, 2 December 2022 01:21 (one year ago) link
new morningblood on the tracksoh mercy!another side............
. . .everything else.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Sunday, 8 January 2023 21:44 (one year ago) link
Have you heard Another Self Portrait? It has some alternate takes of New Morning tracks, Self Portrait out-takes, and lots of great stuff from that period.
― o. nate, Monday, 9 January 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
yep! that set is actually part of what persuaded me it's his best material.
― i'd rather do music and chill tf out (Austin), Monday, 9 January 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
1. Pastafarians2. Buddhism3. Bahá’í 4. Judaism5. Hinduism6. Islam7. Christianity8. Scientology
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 26 July 2023 15:34 (eight months ago) link
Since I started this thread, I'll use it for my top 50. I'm not enough of an ILM regular to make it another poll.
Aphex Twin — Selected Ambient Works Vol. 2Bad Brains — Bad BrainsBeach Boys — Pet SoundsBlind Idiot God — UndertowBrian Eno — Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)Buffalo Springfield — Buffalo Springfield (1973)Can — Future DaysThe Clash — Sandinista!Compulsive Gamblers — Gambling Days Are OverDavid Bowie — LowDeath Grips — ExmilitaryElvis Costello and the Attractions — Get Happy!!Ensemble Ambrosius — The Zappa AlbumThe Fall — This Nation’s Saving GraceFiresign Theater — Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the PliersFleetwood Mac — TuskFrank Zappa — You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore volume 2Fripp & Eno — No PussyfootingGeorge Lewis — Homage to Charles ParkerHalf Japanese — The Band That Would Be KingIdjah Hadidjah & Jugala Ensemble — Sundanese Jaipong and Other Popular MusicJamie Saft — Breadcrumb SinsJim O’Rourke — InsignificanceJohn Fahey — WomblifeLed Zeppelin — PresenceLee Ranaldo — Ambient Loop for VancouverMaterial — Memory ServesMica Levi — Under the Skin OSTMiles Davis — In a Silent WayMinutemen — Double Nickels on the DimeMorton Feldman — Piano and String QuartetMr. Bungle — Disco VolanteNaked City — AbsintheNeil Young — On the BeachPauline Oliveros — Crone MusicPretenders — Pretenders 2Rolling Stones — Exile on Main St.Ronald Shannon Jackson — TexasThe Rutles — The RutlesThe Smiths — SinglesSoft Machine — Volume 2Sonny Sharrock — GuitarStereolab — Sound-DustTalking Heads — Fear of MusicTricky — Pre-Millenium TensionWeen — The MolluskYo La Tengo — Painfulv/a — Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharachv/a — Macro Dub Infectionv/a — Trojan Dub Box Set
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:17 (seven months ago) link
You should have made this a poll, tbh… it’s a good list
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:31 (seven months ago) link
Pretenders — Pretenders 2
:O
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:33 (seven months ago) link
I think of you as an ILM regular, and who else is going to rep for Ensemble Ambrosius?
― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:44 (seven months ago) link
1. Death2. Dishonor
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:46 (seven months ago) link
i think of you as an ilm regular too and that ensemble ambrosius album is great, wonderful version of "Inca Roads"
― Kate (rushomancy), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:51 (seven months ago) link
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve),
I think Hynde is fronting a lot on the debut, "I Go To Sleep" is the better Kinks cover, both albums have some filler, and 2 has "Message of Love" and "Talk of the Town." Clear winner.
First "shit, I can't believe I forgot that one" — replace Get Happy with John Oswald/Grateful Dead — Grayfolded
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:17 (seven months ago) link
WmC yeah make a pollthis thread should be for ranking the polls
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:56 (seven months ago) link
lol
OK -- I found another change, call this thread the workshopping. I'll make a poll so I can't fuck with it anymore.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:08 (seven months ago) link
1. ESB2. SW3. ROTJ4. AOTC5. TROS6. TLJ7. TFA8. TPM9. ROTS
(yes, Internet... I went there)
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:11 (seven months ago) link
I won't poll them because I'm not regular enough but this is what my last attempt to top 50 looked like
1. Suede - Dog Man Star2. OMD - Dazzle Ships3. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden4. XTC - Apple Venus Volume 15. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR6. Manics - The Holy Bible7. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole8. Eddy Grant - Walking on Sunshine9. Disco Inferno - The 5 EPs10. Arthur Russell - Calling Out of Context11. The The - Soul Mining12. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People13. Blur - 1314. The Beatles - The White Album15. Roy Wood - Mustard16. John Martyn - One World17. The Prodigy - Experience18. David Bowie - Low19. The Beat - I Just Can't Stop It20. Nicolette - Now Is Early21. Julian Cope - Jehovahkill22. The KLF - Chill Out23. The Cure - Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me24. The Divine Comedy - Casanova25. A.R. Kane - 6926. The Beta Band - The Beta Band27. Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla28. King Crimson - Absent Lovers29. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice30. U2 - Zooropa31. Cardiacs - Sing to God32. Show of Hands - Live at the Royal Albert Hall33. Peatbog Faeries - Welcome to Dun Vegas34. Underworld - Beaucoup Fish35. Age of Chance - One Thousand Years of Trouble36. Panda Bear - Person Pitch37. Madonna - Ray of Light38. Wire - 15439. Fuzzbox - Bostin' Steve Austin40. Paul McCartney - McCartney II41. The Magnetic Fields - Holiday42. The Paperboys - Molinos43. Brass Construction - Brass Construction44. Japan - Oil on Canvas45. The Creatures - Feast46. Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & the Cooked47. Lunasa - The Merry Sisters of Fate48. Brian Protheroe - Pinball49. Prefab Sprout - Swoon50. The Knife - Shaking the Habitual
I think I felt my top 100 in general was too boringly white/male/british (also not dance-y enough) and that an equivalent songs list would be more diverse.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:28 (seven months ago) link
Voting Cope for "Gimme Back My Flag"
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:30 (seven months ago) link
26. The Beta Band - The Beta Band
^This is very good indeed
29. George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice
^I'm sorry, you're going to have to specify which Volume this pertains to...
― Clientless (Scooter's Version) (morrisp), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:33 (seven months ago) link
Because my top 50 isn't as dancey as I'd like it to be it means Volume 1.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:34 (seven months ago) link
Tell you something that's blatantly missing from that list even under the circumstances - KISH KASH
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:41 (seven months ago) link
From that list is Arthur Russell for me. Good pick for best U2 album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:42 (seven months ago) link
Actually seeing as I'm not polling, here's the rest of the top 100 - it's better than I remembered
51. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star52. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 353. Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure for Sanity54. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (there it is, idk why it wasn't higher)55. Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs56. This Heat - Deceit57. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Himself58. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Respect59. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album60. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby61. Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman62. Take That - Progress63. McFly - Wonderland64. Genesis - Abacab65. The Jam - Sound Affects66. Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House67. Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare68. Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember69. The Specials - More Specials70. David Essex - Out on the Street71. Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo72. Four Tet - There Is Love in You73. British Electric Foundation - Music for Stoaways74. Sand - Golem75. Friendsound - Joyride76. James - Wah Wah77. Can - Soon Over Babaluma78. Miles Davis - On the Corner79. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch80. Silver Apples - Silver Apples81. Barry Booth - Diversions!82. Van Dyke Parks - Discover America83. Frazier Chorus - Sue84. Pulp - This Is Hardcor85. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow86. Brainticket - Celestial Ocean87. Totó La Momposina - La Candela Viva88. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams89. Royal House - Can You Party90. Super_Collider - Head On91. Hi-Tension - Hi-Tension92. Suicide - American Supreme93. Position Normal - Stop Your Nonsense94. Olatunji! - Drums of Passion95. MX-80 Sound - Hard Attack96. Kate Bush - The Dreaming97. Orbital - Snivilisation98. u-Ziq - In Pine Effect99. Daphne & Celeste Save the World100. Cursor Miner - Explosive Piece of Mind
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 01:30 (seven months ago) link
1. Right2. Left
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 02:02 (seven months ago) link
(not politics, physical things)
WmC, I like your list a lot, would have put about 20% of those in mine if I made one.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 06:18 (seven months ago) link
Thanks! Now that I have this album stuff out of my head somewhat I'm thinking about making a list of songs that broke my brain but aren't on albums good enough to make that top 50 list. The kind of thing I'll make notes on for a month and then drop.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 11:36 (seven months ago) link
10. Marrying his mom so as to become his stepfather
9. Telling everyone he “drugged you” when he just gave you a hit of his joint that one time
8. Calling him “the male Amanda Palmer” behind his back
7. Posting fantasy revenge lists on ILM
6. Telling yourself (accurately) that any public call-out or anything like that would be an act of punching down
5. Spelling out his name as a musical cryptogram as a “devil theme” in your next chamber music work
4. Always referring to him last-name first, first-name last, like “Palmer Amanda”, it’s weirdly so satisfying
3. Recording yourself reading his social media posts in a Maggie Smith voice and share the recordings with your group chat
2. Teaching your dog to shit every time she hears you say his name
1. Living well
― spider alert: 🕷️🕷️ (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 11 December 2023 11:57 (three months ago) link
1. Outside2. Station To Station3. Hunky Dory4. The Man Who Sold The World5. Blackstar6. Low7. Lodger8. Earthling9. Ziggy Stardust10. Scary Monsters11. Let’s Dance12. Pin-Ups13. Aladdin Sane14. The Next Day15. Young Americans16. Diamond Dogs17. Heroes18. Heathen19. Space Oddity20. Black Tie White Noise21. Reality22. Tin Machine23. Buddha Of Suburbia24. s/t (Deram)25. Never Let Me Down26. Tonight27. (Hours)28. Tin Machine 2
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:08 (one month ago) link
I was asked by a friend to "listen through Eurythmics' catalogue and rank them" and I told them I didn't need to, and sent a link to Alfred's own ranking (which is identical to my own, and says more valuable and interesting things than I would say). "Eurythmics is easy," I texted, "but Bowie would be harder." So I did Bowie instead.
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:09 (one month ago) link
That's a bold choice for number one.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:49 (one month ago) link
shouldn’t it technically be 1. 1. Outside though
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:16 (one month ago) link
He named it deliberately to top every ranked list of Bowie albums iirc
It's a personal choice bc it's the first of Bowie's albums I ever "went deep" on (that is, listened to incessantly), but As Albums Go it's his most complete and there's only one or two tracks I would consider inessential (and none are really bad); also his most original genre-creation. The only bad thing about it is the plot but I think it kinda serves as a stinky binding agent or something
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:25 (one month ago) link
I wonder where Blackstar and The Next Day would place if the Bowie ballot poll were done today. 12 years ago, jeez.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:35 (one month ago) link
xp I get the personal choice aspect. For me, that was The Man Who Sold the World, which seemed like a gateway into a different universe. I also appreciate your comment on the "plot" of Outside, which always kept me from loving what I otherwise appreciated as a return to form/evolution in his sound and vision.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 1 February 2024 13:55 (one month ago) link
Yeah, I love The Man and have always ranked "The Width Of A Circle" highly on any personal song list. What an amazing way to start an album, a "gateway into a different universe" indeed, "turn around, go back!"
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:05 (one month ago) link
otm about "width of a circle," what a banger
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:17 (one month ago) link
I've probably listened to The Man Who Sold the World and 'heroes' the most out of any Bowie albums.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:56 (one month ago) link
So we asked a simple black bird, who was happy as can beAnd he laughed insane and quipped Kahlil GibranAnd I cried for all the others till the day was nearly throughFor I realized that God's a young man too
Yes dammit so, so, so good. The synapse between post-hippie Bowie and alien-rock Bowie is magical
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:09 (one month ago) link