Spin magazine's 25 greatest albums of all time (April, 1989)

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this is basically all the stuff i loved in my early '20s. picking 'fresh' instead of the more obvious sly choices is kind of a cool surprise. probably listen to the smiths one the most out of any of these.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 07:03 (eleven years ago) link

Black Celebration, natch.

it just feels like a list of favorites by someone with genuine taste, but who first got into music through '80s college radio stuff, then explored the classic rock canon but still has huge gaps.

this is otm

Influential Acid Jazz Pioneer (crüt), Tuesday, 22 January 2013 07:07 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Saturday, 2 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link

'steve mcqueen' (aka 'two wheels good') for me

christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 2 February 2013 00:07 (eleven years ago) link

somewhat influential on destroyer's 2011 album 'kaputt', iirc bejar's list of inspirations correctly...

christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 2 February 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link

this is quite a likeable list for a change, anyway The Belle Album 200 per cent no question, JB & the Stones & the VU and the Minutemen slugging it out for second

Hermann Hesher (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 2 February 2013 00:15 (eleven years ago) link

random JB album to choose - hardly his best, and full of all that fake audience noise and weird edits

Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 2 February 2013 00:18 (eleven years ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Sunday, 3 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link


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