Best Album Of...(Volume 30)

bitterbuffalo · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:48 pm

other:
The Feelies-Only Life

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Spade Kitty Wrote:

All in all, a much more landmark year than I would've believed, especially considering the rather lackluster years that immediately surround it.

That's funny that you say that because I like both 1987 and 1989 more overall.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Spade Kitty Wrote:

The Jazz Butcher * Fiscotheque (Creation)
The Godfathers * Birth, School, Work, Death (Epic)
Peter Murphy * Love Hysteria (Beggars Banquet)
Wire * A Bell Is A Cup Until It is Stuck (Enigma)

Those were all better than the ones selected for the poll.

My aplogies to anyone who's already posted the following, it will have taken a while to post this:

Danielle Dax: Dark Adapted Eye (my "other" vote)
Robyn Hitchcock: Globe of Frogs
Iggy Pop: Instinct
Circus Of Power: self-titled
Thomas Dolby: Aliens Ate My Buick
The Three Johns: The Death Of Everything And More
Julian Cope: My Nation Underground
A House: On Our Big Fat Merry-go-round
The Passion Fodder: Fat Tuesday
The Sun And The Moon: self-titled
The Saints: Prodigal Sun
Close Lobsters: What Is There To Smile About
The House of Love: self-titled
The Sugarcubes: Life's Too Good

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:13 pm

couple other omissions:

Slayer - South of Heaven
Megadeth - So Far, So Good, So What

Shit, I just realized that the Surfers Hairway To Steven is on that list. That record is soooooooo good that its almost criminal.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:20 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Shit, I just realized that the Surfers Hairway To Steven is on that list. That record is soooooooo good that its almost criminal.

by coincidence, this album just came out today in emusic along with some other butthole albums

shmoo · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:25 pm

Voted PE.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:36 pm

Omissions from the omissions:

After All - How High The Moon
Eric Ambel - Roscoe's Gang
Art Bergmann - Crawl With Me
The Del-Lords - Based On A True Story
Dreams So Real - Rough Night In Jericho
The Dream Syndicate - Ghost Stories
Forgotten Rebels - Surfin' On Heroin
The Icicle Works - Blind
Marti Jones - Used Guitars
Paul Kelly - Under The Sun
Lyle Lovett - Pontiac
Nick Lowe - Pinker And Prouder Than Previous
Painters And Dockers - Kiss My Art
Sam Phillips - The Indescribable Wow
The Primitives - Lovely
Reckless Sleepers - Big Boss Sounds
Keith Richards - Talk Is Cheap
Sons of Freedom - Sons of Freedom
The Tailgators - Mumbo Jumbo
Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart
Weddings, Parties, Anything - Roaring Days
Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction - Tattooed Beat Messiah

There's a lot of great albums this year. Without checking the database I would've assumed I'd be voting for either SY or the Pixies, but I also really like the albums by Mary Margaret O'Hara, Michelle Shocked, and Lucinda Williams. And NWA and the Cowboy Junkies are pretty hard to argue about too.

And even with all those albums mentioned, I've still gotta go for the Sons Of Freedom debut. Bonecrushingly awesome. Way ahead of its time. And they were one of the best, most imposing live acts I've ever witnessed.

Utter.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

Radcliffe Wrote:

Paul Kelly - Under The Sun
Painters And Dockers - Kiss My Art

That Paul Kelly record is a delight. I've got the US version of that Painters and Dockers record, under the title "Love Planet". Couldn't vouch for the date at work, but it's a fantastic record. Ups and Downs probably had an album out in '88 as well.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:49 pm

I'm surprised so many of y'all have love for The Trinity Sessions. Great record, though I havent heard it in years----definitely a period piece.

Billzebub · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 10:26 pm **Posts:** 6459

A few more:

Ultravivd Scene: self-titled
Thin White Rope: In The Spanish Cave

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:56 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Omissions from the omissions:

Dreams So Real - Rough Night In Jericho

We got into a bit of trouble at a gig in high school that these guys headlined but didnt show up for sound check for when the Cap'N constantly referred to them as "Dreams So LATE" on mic during our set, which devolved into between-song mocking. Seems they had shown up just in time to hear it. They werent happy to be mocked by some weirdos.

Fuck them. 'Rough Night In Jericho' was a pretty cool song though in the day.

d · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:59 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Radcliffe Wrote:

Omissions from the omissions:

Dreams So Real - Rough Night In Jericho

We got into a bit of trouble at a gig in high school that these guys headlined but didnt show up for sound check for when the Cap'N constantly referred to them as "Dreams So LATE" on mic during our set, which devolved into between-song mocking. Seems they had shown up just in time to hear it. They werent happy to be mocked by some weirdos.

Fuck them. 'Rough Night In Jericho' was a pretty cool song though in the day.

Yeah, total blast from the past with that band. I had forgotten about 'em.

I voted Jane's, although I really did like Pixies and Living Colour at the time.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:03 pm

dnorwood Wrote:

Yeah, total blast from the past with that band. I had forgotten about 'em.

Yeah, totally reminds me of The Jody Grind, Cigar Store Indians, Something and other ATL bands of the era.

d · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:05 pm

DEACON LUNCHBOX!

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:07 pm

dnorwood Wrote:

DEACON LUNCHBOX!

RIP

mcaputo · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:11 pm

The Church - Starfish

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:14 pm

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation.

Also really like:

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
The Pixies - Surfer Rosa
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation
EPMD - Strictly Business
Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown
Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved
My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything
Slayer - South of Heaven
Metallica - ...And Justice for All

Even with my knowledge of the mid-to-late '80s being as weak as it is, I've still found a lot to like from this year.

DumpJack · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:25 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

Forgotten Rebels - Surfin' On Heroin.

Excellent! I forgot about this one, I tend to think of it more of a comp because of the presence of so many older re-recorded songs. Still good though.

Timis · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:26 pm

Slick Rick * The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam)

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 5:58 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

I've always thought Daydream Nation was overrated.

Me too. I went with Jane's because of it's impact on me, but there are several solid choices here.

andyfest · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 6:35 pm

Dinosaur Jr - Bug

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:28 pm

[bump]

paladisiac · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:07 am

[bump2 -- seems like less votes than usual]

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:31 pm

The only one that grabs me from the poll is Spirit of Eden, so I voted "Other", lots of good one's to choose from...

Lucinda Williams
Lyle Lovetts best (Pontiac)
Wire's best post 154 album - A Bell is a Cup
The Pogues tour-de-force
My favorite Waterboys album

but it comes down to two... Camper Van Beethoven - Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart and The Feelies - It's Only Life.

Camper by a nose.

pinehurst · **Joined:** Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:45 am **Posts:** 1526

It was all metal, all the time for me that year (I even bought an Yngwie Freaking Malmsteen tape). Metallica, Queensryche, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Suicidal Tendencies, Maiden all put out classics. Judas Priest released "Ram It Down", and still nobody stopped to think maybe Halford was gay.

From the List - SY by a hair.

Best tour of the Year: Frank Zappa

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