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[Foreign Jackass]

what? Diablos has been a Corganbot for longer than that. In fact, he's been so for as long as I remember him posting at GAF.

Bah, maybe it's been more than a year. I hope for him that his passion hasn't been that strong for more than 2-3 years, it's really not healthy.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

100. Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
91. XTC - Skylarking
87. Blur - Parklife
85. REM - Automatic For The People
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - s/t
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye
66. Outkast - Aquemini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
48. Radiohead - Kid A
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - s/t
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Ince Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
1. Radiohead - OK Computer

My music collection is not what it once was. It's rather small compared to many of you. And yet...these are the albums I own on this list. Perhaps I should get a fucking subscription to SPIN.

 

[distantmantra]

Bah, maybe it's been more than a year. I hope for him that his passion hasn't been that strong for more than 2-3 years, it's really not healthy.

I remember Diablos being like this during the Zwan days, so it's been a while at the least.

I was like that for ten years (1990-2000), and yes, it is not healthy.

 

[Regniws]

no thrilla?... thriller :-(.... NOOOOOOO!

 

[enjoy bell woods]

Foreign Jackass is right, though. Diablos goes through this period where he says something is shit, and then three months later he won't stop talking about the band. It happened with My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, and Coldplay. Pavement is on the rise.

 

[kablooey]

what? Diablos has been a Corganbot for longer than that. In fact, he's been so for as long as I remember him posting at GAF.

Yeah, I can vouch for that. Diablos might be fickle with regards to other bands, but he's been a devout Pumpkins fan for many many years.

But anyway, Pavement influenced far more than lots of "crappy indie pop bands that all sound alike". You can probably thank Pavement (along with the Pixies) for early Weezer's sound, actually.

 

[Ford Prefect]

Yeah, I can vouch for that. Diablos might be fickle with regards to other bands, but he's been a devout Pumpkins fan for many many years.

But anyway, Pavement influenced far more than lots of "crappy indie pop bands that all sound alike". You can probably thank Pavement (along with the Pixies) for early Weezer's sound, actually.

Rivers has acknowlegded the Pixies many times as a big influence, but I don't think he's ever mentioned Pavement.

 

[JPRaup]

On that list, what do you guys really suggest?

I need to build my music collection

 

[milanbaros]

On that list, what do you guys really suggest?

I need to build my music collection

The Queen Is Dead is perhaps the greatest album of all time from perhaps the greatest band of all time.

 

[distantmantra]

On that list, what do you guys really suggest?

I need to build my music collection

97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
94. Slint - Spiderland
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
87. Blur - Parklife
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
78. The Stone Roses - s/t
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class BUY THIS RIGHT NOW
71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
50. New Order - Low Life
48. Radiohead - Kid A
46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
1. Radiohead - OK Computer

 

[JPRaup]

thank you, really enjoying Pavement CD, just got that last night

 

[Koopa]

Send me a PM JPRaup. I got everything Pavement/Malkmus, Preston School of Industry, Guided By Voices, Built To Spill.

 

[Idioteque]

KID A should be number 1, and In the Aeroplane over the Sea should be in the top 5.

 

[Star Power]

Aeroplane is so overrated. I hate to use that term, but it really applies here. It's a nice album and all.. but I mean come on.

 

[demon]

KID A should be number 1, and In the Aeroplane over the Sea should be in the top 5.

No album has grown on me over time like Kid A--from hate to love--and Idioteque (the song, not you) is the fucking shit (especially the live recording). But OK Computer is a more accessible album while still being absolutely groundbreaking...and it was Radiohead's first groundbreaking album...and its more consistent in quality IMO. I just think it deserves a higher spot in music history than Kid A. Although, I'll admit Kid A is still kinda growing on me...

And by the way, because nobody mentioned this.....what the fuck is The Strokes doing in a top 100 list, and a fairly decent one at that? It's catchy and can be kinda fun to listen to, but c'mon....every one of their songs sounds the fucking same, and after a short while Is This It just becomes so insipid. Pretty much the exact opposite of Kid A: I really liked it at first, but holy crap did I get sick of it quickly. I wasn't even aware of The Strokes and all their hype until months after ISI was released, but I never understood what all their pre-release hype was about.

 

[kablooey]

I love your avatar, idioteque. :lol

 

[Star Power]

ITI deserves to be higher, in my opinion (#75 or so, maybe even higher). It's a marvelous record, it manages to meld all these different influences while still sounding somehwhat original (no, it doesn't sound like Television. or the Jam. Or the Velvet Underground. Or the Stooges)... there's this certain magic to it that the Strokes failed to recapture on Room on Fire, and all the bands that emerged in their wake have yet to come close to. It deserves all the accolades it gets, IMO. Was it a fluke? Probably. But my what a fluke it is... I could listen to it everyday. People get caught up in the hype, in their image, in who they're fucking... but really, the songs are very well written.

Fever To Tell is another great debut.. glad to see it make the list.

 

[kablooey]

Aeroplane is so overrated. I hate to use that term, but it really applies here. It's a nice album and all.. but I mean come on.

Well, it's definitely an acquired taste. Once people 'get it', there's not much coming back. Not accessible to mainstream tastes at all, but where it really shines is in its lyrics, and yes, its vocal delivery. The emotion that Mangum can convey with that voice of his is just astonishing. And it really doesn't sound like anything that's come before, or anything since.

I agree that it should be somewhere in the top 5.

 

[Star Power]

I "get" it, I just don't think it's one of the top 5 best album of the past 20 years. Yes, it's heartfelt, yes lyrically it's stunning, yes the melodies are beautiful ("... with those wings in your spine..." gets me every time), but it's been blown up way out of proportion. I mean.. is it really up there with a Kid A or a Loveless or a Homogenic or a Daydream Nation or a Soft Bulletin or a Discovery? I don't think so.

 

[FoneBone]

oops my bad... moi tres stupid...

Yes, Joshua Tree won a Grammy in 1987. Besides - Achtung Baby is pure crap.

Until The End Of The World? Acrobat? Mysterious Ways? Motherfucking One?

No. Just no.

 

[Shinobi]

WTF...who dares to diss ONE???? And Mysterious Ways was a cool song as well.

That said, Joshua Tree is a better album...as is Unforgettable Fire. Gotta say it once again...the lack of Joshua Tree on that list simply boggles the mind. Maybe U2 turned those guys down for an interview this year.

 

[Desperado]

.

Damn, music has really sucked for the last 20 years, compared to the previous 20 years.

 

[White Man]

I know, but I want to make him realize it. He used to piss on the Pumpkins too, before checking out their music. It wasn't even a year ago, too.

I remember a thread by Diablos about what, 8 months ago, that was like : OH MY GOD, THE PUMPKINS ARE GREAT, WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THEM, and then going on raving about 1979, Tonight, tonight and Today like there was no tomorrow. A month later, Corgan was the greatest songwriter on the planet. And now we must care about his shitty, reversing-revolving everchanging opinion on bands that we've been listening to for fucking YEARS? Come on, this guy's a problem that needs to be solved, and I'M UP TO THE TASK.

I believe you're thinking of Alphasnake. Diablos has been this way for as long as he's been on the forum.

 

[tt_deeb]

Am I asking for too much when I say I would like to see a Tool album on there?

By the way, Homogenic > Post

 

[arter_2]

Im really suprised there's no Red Hot Chili Peppers on that list well if it makes you feel better Blood Sugar Sex Magic and Californication I still love you.

 

[demon]

I love your avatar, idioteque. :lol

:lol

Is Jonny checking for ticks?

 

[gigapower]

On that list, what do you guys really suggest?

I need to build my music collection

PJ Harvey - Dry
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

recommended accessories for listening: whiskey and cigarettes.

That should make for an evening the entire family can enjoy.

 

[The Faceless Master]

No Michael Jackson...Denied!

and that's why this list has no street cred...

 

[Tain]

Surfer Rosa at 6.

Fine by me.

 

[Outdoor Miner]

PJ Harvey - Dry
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

recommended accessories for listening: whiskey and cigarettes.

That should make for an evening the entire family can enjoy.

May I subscribe to your newsletter? Oh yes.

 

[satterfield]

Fixed.

Word. Loveless is simply mindblowing. It still sounds like it's from the future.

 

[Guzim]

no thrilla?... thriller :-(.... NOOOOOOO!

Thriller came out in 1982.