Is Rob Pope no longer with Spoon? Don’t see him in the new promo shot, no mention of him in the press release for No Bullets Spent, and from the sound of it, no sign of his playing on the track either.
In this set? Aladdin Sane. No, Hunky Dory. But......Low. How does one choose such a thing? A favorite Bowie album. So much greatness. Not that it's all great. But man, when he was on? Which was often. Untouchable.
The twins in the video are likely a reference to the twins on the cover art of Siamese Dream, but the art on the CD has / had absolutely nothing to do with The Smashing Pumpkins. It is the original Virgin Records logo, designed by Roger Dean (who designed most of the album covers for YES, ASIA and a whole slew of other prog bands) and designed in the early 1970's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dean_(artist)
Sun Kil Moon - Benji
(Which was available on vinyl. Clear, Red, Blue, Yellow and Clear and Swirled pressings....But suppose the pressings were all limited)
Mouse on Mars - 21 Again Collaborations
SO many great tracks here. Maybe not AOTW (too sprawling and comp styled), but second week in a row (sure it happens more) that a killer album hasn't been listed under the releases list. Last week being Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band - Intensity Ghost.
Some really great and well thought out pieces on the albums though.....MUMMER in particularly. I've actually been waiting for this one, and it ended up in a very different order than I expected! Maybe it's better that way to be honest, I've spent so much time with these albums that it's gotten difficult to place any of them in any sort of coherent order. I've also logged a lot of hours on the Chalkhills site. Great job Robert Ham.
This list is all kinds of lopsided and out of whack!!!!!!!!!!! At least compared to my own ranking..... Hands down one of the best Post-Punk / Pop / Brit Pop / Anglo-Whatever / Psychedelic bands of all time. About time. Now bring on the King Crimson and Can.
May I Sing With Me was definitely the first Yo La Tengo with James McNew on board as a full time member, and I'd be willing to debate that IT was the album where the Yo La Tengo we know and love truly got their wings. Every album of theirs has at least a couple of killer songs, and Fakebook is fantastic all the way through......But without a doubt, Painful changed everything. Such an amazing album.
Was wondering the same....Tom just taking a random dig, or did a college radio station in his hometown have a fixation with XTC on their playlists? The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead had long since come and gone as semi successful single in the US. There were a hell ton of other bands / songs in rotation at most college stations that year bearing Albini's production stamp. Having said that, Rid Of Me certainly deserves all the praise. Great album.......but so is almost everything XTC did.
You are not alone.......Diamond Dogs is a pretty weak record. It's a mess really. Rebel Rebel is an amazing song, but the only amazing song on the record. The sound of treading water. It's a very "uncertain" album..........lost.
I wasn't offering excuses, just my opinion or perspective on why these lists look so fucked up and laughable compared to what my own list would be. I don't happen to agree with this one much at all myself, but I don't think it was made for the purpose of pissing anyone off. I've slept fine since it was published. Funny enough, between your down vote and need to call me out on my opinion on these lists, I'm pretty sure our lists would come to about the same conclusion based on what you've said. Oh well..........
I think the lists show the reviewer's entry point into the band more than anything. This list is clearly Hüsker Dü as introduced by Sugar or late Bob Mould more than anything to me.
Same goes for about every other list I've seen here. If you bought Slanted and Enchanted when it was released, no way in hell would it be number three on your list, and the Mats list was just plain all over the place, equal to the Bends example you gave or in my opinion, the New Day Rising ranking here. I think the writers are giving their all, they are just coming up with completely different takes than I would.
Again, it becomes glaringly obvious what their entry point into these bands were. And in the end, if someone is ranking a band's discography it's bound to offend someone else's take.
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