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[AlternativeUlster]

5 more I decided not to go with, narrowing it down to 5:
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Session
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day
Husker Du - Zen Arcade

 

[Karma Kramer]

I am laying down one that I was VERY surprised to see wasn't taken yet

 

[AlternativeUlster]

I am laying down one that I was VERY surprised to see wasn't taken yet

I have 5 that I am surprised no one has yet but damn it, you always beat me to the buzzer. :lol

 

[teepo]

i keep narrowing it down. wont be choosing any of these.
Wipers - Youth Of America,
Steve Reich - 18 Musicians
Gas - Koenigsforst
Biosphere - Substrata
Daft Punk - Homework
Oval - 94 Diskomnt
Dead Can Dance's - both Serpent and Realm
any of the Brian Eno's ambient series

 

[Meliorism]

Albums I am not picking in this final round:

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags and Codes
Bear Vs. Shark - Terrorhawk
any Beulah album
any Bjork album
Black Flag - Damaged
any Converge album


Ah, nevermind. I was gonna go through my library and pick and choose albums that I wasn't gonna pick, but that would be silly.

 

[Squirrel Killer]

Seven I'm not picking:

10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
Cowboy Junkies - The Trinity Session
Hüsker Dü - New Day Rising
Bob Mould - Workbook
New Model Army - Thunder and Consolation
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Ultra Vivid Scene - Rev

 

[Chamber]

It seems my taste is way different from everyone in the thread.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

It seems my taste is way different from everyone in the thread.

I couldn't tell really. Why do you think it is different?

 

[Chamber]

Really you guys just have more appreciation for the oldies than I do. If I go further back than the 90s, I'm out of my element for the most part.

 

[Karma Kramer]

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

 

[swoon]

i almost want to pick zen arcade out of pity. it should get picked up by someone

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Really you guys just have more appreciation for the oldies than I do. If I go further back than the 90s, I'm out of my element for the most part.

There is so much splendid music in the past though. You should go through and check out some of the great records in this thread good sir is the only advice I can give to eventually break you out of that habit.

 

[muttyeah416]

not picking:
bjork - homogenic
jeff buckley - grace
cornelius - fantasma
broken social scene - forgot it in people
the graduate soundtrack
nick drake - pink moon
stereolab - emperor tomato ketchup
the wrens - meadowlands

 

[AlternativeUlster]

3 more I decided not to go with:
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
R.e.m. - Murmur
Echo and the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain

 

[AlternativeUlster]

not picking:
bjork - homogenic
jeff buckley - grace
cornelius - fantasma
broken social scene - forgot it in people
the graduate soundtrack
nick drake - pink moon
stereolab - emperor tomato ketchup
the wrens - meadowlands

Pink Moon has already been picked Mutt anyways.

 

[Karma Kramer]

I have a feeling some of us are thinking of the same shit lol... cause I ain't seeing my obvious pick on any of these no picking lists... lol

 

[Meliorism]

I am not picking any album mentioned already.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy

 

[Meliorism]

The Notwist - Neon Golden

 

[Karma Kramer]

Pink Floyd - Animals

 

[Vox-Pop]

Lou Reed Berlin

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Albums I didn't pick but were so close to:
Patti Smith - Horses
Sleater Kinney - Dig Me out
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

 

[Squirrel Killer]

House Divided - The Chemical Memory

 

[Chamber]

There is so much splendid music in the past though. You should go through and check out some of the great records in this thread good sir is the only advice I can give to eventually break you out of that habit.

Oh, I'm definitely planning on going through the albums in this thread. I haven't heard 90% of this stuff and I'm looking forward to it.

 

[muttyeah416]

Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out

 

[Cosmic Bus]

Sam Cooke, My Kind of Blues

 

[Owen]

Band of Horses - Everything All The Time

 

[AlternativeUlster]

House Divided - The Chemical Memory

?
http://www.myspace.com/housedivided

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Lou Reed Berlin

I totally called Berlin being your favorite Lou Reed record.

 

[Chamber]

Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways

 

[Eric WK]

The Ramones - Ramones

 

[teepo]

Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa

 

[The Crimson Kid]

10. The Dismemberment Plan - Change

 

[teepo]

i almost want to pick zen arcade out of pity. it should get picked up by someone

i regret picking red medicine over zen arcade

i blame the fever

 

[swoon]

james carr - you got my mind messed up

dark end of the street , these ain't raindrops , you got my mind messed up

 

[DataStream]

Autechre - Chiastic Slide

 

[DataStream]

Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa

beautiful music this is

 

[swoon]

i'm shocked by the lack of neil young.

my final pick was between tonight's the night, the james carr album i picked and curtis mayfield - curtis

 

[Karma Kramer]

i'm shocked by the lack of neil young.

my final pick was between tonight's the night, the james carr album i picked and curtis mayfield - curtis

I had a Crosby Stills Nash and Young album... but yeah if I hadn't picked that one I would have done a solo Young album.

 

[tekumseh]

My pick for #10:

Ben Folds - Rockin' the Suburbs

I could not love Ben Folds more than I already do. His music is, at once, quirky and conventional, heartfelt and superficial, sentimental and cynical. Above all, he is supremely talented, and while his main instrument is the piano, here he plays EVERYTHING himself.

As for the record, it's a brilliant collection, written with pure pop sensibilities. It's also a jumping off point for a slightly more mature sound than the one achieved with Ben Folds Five, as the title track is really the only one which relies on his frequent tendency to crack wise when writing songs. The rest of the record is an intoxicating mix of great pop songs and heart tugging ballads. The tantalizing potential shown by Folds during his stint with Ben Folds Five was fully reached, in my estimation, on this record. It's a can't miss....

 

[Cyan]

Hmm... ok, I'm going to try a different genre here.

George Carlin - Class Clown

 

[Cyan]

Let me know if this is not an acceptable pick, AU...

I have backups.

 

[vatstep]

My final pick is one of my all-time favorite records:

Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns

 

[NameGenerated]

I have no idea what to pick.

 

[Kevtones]

Deerhunter - Cryptograms

 

[Karma Kramer]

I was going to be a little upset if you didn't kev. I was thinking about it... glad you did though.

 

[teepo]

about time

 

[AlternativeUlster]

I have no idea what to pick.

Hey metal dude, pick motherfucking Ace of Spades man.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

Let me know if this is not an acceptable pick, AU...

I have backups.

Is that a music album? Like is it like George Carlin with a banjo? It is supposed to be a music draft.

 

[Kevtones]

I was going to be a little upset if you didn't kev. I was thinking about it... glad you did though.

I would've been upset with myself. I sort of expected it to last but it really the perfect capper