newbie question: what five discs should I get?

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 3:34 pm

MiceElf Wrote:

I have a hard time making lists because I could never just bring it down to 5 must haves--it would be more like 50 must haves. Having said that, I'll complete an impromptu list of numbers 3, 4, and 5, to compliment the two above, as:

Well, if you must... but I did re-phrase the question:

chowgurt Wrote:

0F05M Wrote:

Why do they have to be post-1990?...

...Maybe I should put it another way. What five discs, collections, ablums would I have to pry out of your cold dead hands to get them away from you?

mutty · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:04 pm

timmypie42 Wrote:

Disregard all the lists above, and just look at mine:

1. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
2. Modest Mouse - Moon and Antartica
3. Spoon - Kill The Moonlight (2003)
4. Interpol - Turn On THe Bright Lights (2002)
5. Shins - Oh, Inverted World (2002)

Other Honoroable mentions:
Nada Surf - Let Go
Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site
Wrens - Meadowlands
Clinic - Walking With Thee
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Strokes - Is This It?

I'm always amazed at how similar Timmy's and my tastes are. Plus, both of our Fantasy Football teams suck. Coincidence?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:12 pm

KPH. In Red. Wrote:

And of course anything from the Wrens, but esp. their post-Secaucus, pre-Abbott 1135 "Overnight Success" tape, most of which Charles says will be released next year sometime...so long as he finishes the mixdowns.

You have this for sharing purposes?
Do you know the status of the re-release of the expanded Abbott 1135 EP?

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Chowgurt,

You may want to narrow down some of the selections into a poll if you want a real opinion on which records the obner folks recommend.

Dusty Chalk · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:17 pm

I'm going to cheat and exclude stuff that's already been mentioned, with which I might agree (Talk Talk, Notwist, Dresden Dolls, Magnetic Fields, et al):

Einsturzende Neubauten, Silence is Sexy
Halou, Wiser
Matt Elliott, The Mess We Made
Sigur Ros, ()
Jenifer Smith, Code Mesa

That said, those are my choices, but I usually don't recommend music without having an idea of what your musical tastes are like, so...what are some of your favourite albums (pre1990, presumably)?

Kit · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:47 pm **Posts:** 3052

Not sure what you have already or what your tastes are, but here are some good things to start off with:

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (pioneering shoegazer pop/rock)
Guided By Voices - Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (a best of CD from one of indie rock's most prolific bands)
Ween - White Pepper (slick smartass studio pop/rock with lots of prog influences)
Portishead - self titled (gothic trip hop)
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (experimental alt/Americana)

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:29 pm

0F05M Wrote:

chowgurt Wrote:

Maybe I should put it another way. What five discs, collections, ablums would I have to pry out of your cold dead hands to get them away from you?

That's an entirely different question, but the answer would include nothing post-1990, and probably nothing on disc.

Careful, you're starting to sound like an old fart!
Does this mean that i have to get out the old Edison?
I hate cleaning the wax off the needle!

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:30 pm

Max TRYPTOPHAN! Wrote:

I'm always amazed at how similar Timmy's and my tastes are. Plus, both of our Fantasy Football teams suck. Coincidence?

We should hang out or something. Where you be?

(Is it ok if I don't like the Sufjan?)

chowgurt · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:38 pm

Nakedprey Wrote:

Chowgurt,

You may want to narrow down some of the selections into a poll if you want a real opinion on which records the obner folks recommend.

That's a great idea! I was going to go over and compile a list anyway should I post the results for everbody to look over?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 4:52 pm

Ike Reilly Salesmen & Racists
Frank Black & the Catholics Black Letter Days
Joe Henry Scar
Marah Let's Cut The Crap And Hook Up Later On Tonight[/i]
Ted Leo + the Pharmacists The Tyranny Of Distance

mutty · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:10 pm

timmypie42 Wrote:

Max TRYPTOPHAN! Wrote:

I'm always amazed at how similar Timmy's and my tastes are. Plus, both of our Fantasy Football teams suck. Coincidence?

We should hang out or something. Where you be?

(Is it ok if I don't like the Sufjan?)

It would never work; I'm a packers fan. :wink:

(And the Sufjan thing is a location, not an endorsement.)

splates · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:35 pm

wow only 5 i could recommend hundreds

oh well - these are probably my top five post 1990 albums

Radiohead - Kid A [2000]
Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) [1993]
Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible [1994]
Pulp - Different Class [1995]
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 [1993]

KPH · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:23 pm

timmypie42 Wrote:

KPH. In Red. Wrote:

And of course anything from the Wrens, but esp. their post-Secaucus, pre-Abbott 1135 "Overnight Success" tape, most of which Charles says will be released next year sometime...so long as he finishes the mixdowns.

You have this for sharing purposes?
Do you know the status of the re-release of the expanded Abbott 1135 EP?

Actually, I don't have a non-tape copy of it right now. It's been on my list of things to square away for a while now, but I just haven't gotten around to it. The 6 original Abbott EP songs came from the Overnight Success sessions, and like the Meadowlands, arrived as slightly different versions ("Faster Gun" was on O.S. in a much different form, too). Several unreleased O.S. songs are planned for the expanded Abbott 1135 "EP." Last I spoke with Pedal Boy, he pretty much expected to be finished with the expanded 1135 by the end of the year. 2005, that is.

So, I'll try to get on the O.S. thing with "Wrens like" quickness and YSI around a few copies.

Borg166 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:56 pm

Sorry, I have to add one more because 5 is just not enough.

Peter Gabriel - Up

It's probably my favorite album of the decade so far and the only reason why I didn't include it on my initial list was because I tried to make it as diverse as possible. Talking Heads already took the spot for "artsy 80s rock band/artist" and best album ever made (Remain In Light) beats best album of the decade (Up).

audiobill · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 10:41 pm

Those Dreaded Giblets Wrote:

Here are a few of my favorites from the past several years:

The Notwist---Neon Golden
Neutral Milk Hotel---In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Flaming Lips---The Soft Bulletin
McLusky--McLusky Do Dallas
Modest Mouse---The Lonesome Crowded West
Wilco---Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Magnetic Fields---69 Love Songs
Delgados---The Great Eastern
Microphones---The Glow Pt. 2
Neko Case---Blacklisted
Eels---Electro-Shock Blues
Badly Drawn Boy---The Hour of Bewilderbeast
Spoon---A Series of Sneaks
Ted Leo---The Tyranny of Distance
The White Stripes---De Stijl
Doves---Lost Souls
Radiohead---The Bends
Sebadoh---Bakesale

Nice list. I second this one, all of it -- not a non-gem in the bunch

el_scorcho · **Posted:** Wed Nov 02, 2005 11:36 pm

Hard to some up fifteen years of music in 5 cds. Here are my top 20 (in no order) from the last 15 years off of the top of my head.

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
3. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
4. Fugazi - the Argument (or Red Medicine)
5. Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Volume 1 (or 2 or 3)
6. Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
7. Built to Spill - Keep It Like a Secret
8. Spoon - A Series of Sneaks
9. White Stripes - De Stijl
10. Refused - the Shape of Punk to Come
11. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
12. Mastodon - Leviathan (if you like metal)
13. The Walkmen - Bows & Arrows
14. Radiohead - the Bends
15. Radiohead - OK Computer
16. Nirvana - In Utero
17. Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
18. Nick Cave - Live Seeds
19. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
20. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

alive · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:00 am **Posts:** 352

If you don't have anything past 1990, then the first two that come to mind are Nirvana - In Utero and Radiohead - OK Computer. The most essential albums of the 90s.

Also:

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Luna - Penthouse
Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
Tindersticks - Tindersticks (I)

Fryxell · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:52 am

Great lists from everyone! Some of these have been suggested, but...

Dinosaur Jr. - Where You Been
Radiohead - Ok Computer
Phish - Rift
Bjork - Post
Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Neko Case - Blacklisted

cemeterypolka · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2005 12:40 am **Posts:** 3473

Let Love In is (in my opinion) the best choice for 1990's Nick Cave, with Henry's Dream coming in second. The rest should be pre 90's. Well that's a lie. The Boatmans Call is good, and the new double disc was surprisingly great. However, I prefer when they sounded like The Birthday Party. I just can't let go of the past, I guess.

and actually, the first Nick Cave cd I ever owned was Murder Ballads. Can't forget that. That's spectacular. Stagger Lee, audio, and video, is amazing. The only song I really couldn't stand was Henry Lee, the whole "la lalalala lee" really got on my nerves.

Seriously, invest in Nick Cave, Tom Waits, hmm.. Mayan Temples by Sun Ra is 1990, I believe. That's a spectacular album and it should be available on CD, whereas a ton of his material isn't.
Definitely buy Ween cds. I'll edit this tomorrow with specifics.

alive · **Joined:** Mon Nov 29, 2004 1:00 am **Posts:** 352

cemeterypolka Wrote:

Let Love In is (in my opinion) the best choice for 1990's Nick Cave, with Henry's Dream coming in second.

I almost put Henry's Dream in my five. Very underrated album, and to me the best Nick Cave of the 90s.

chowgurt · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:32 am

This is a great list. Thanks!

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

Well, what did you buy, and did you go out of your way not to buy anything on any of Sony's labels?

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:51 pm

KPH. In Red. Wrote:

timmypie42 Wrote:

KPH. In Red. Wrote:

And of course anything from the Wrens, but esp. their post-Secaucus, pre-Abbott 1135 "Overnight Success" tape, most of which Charles says will be released next year sometime...so long as he finishes the mixdowns.

You have this for sharing purposes?
Do you know the status of the re-release of the expanded Abbott 1135 EP?

Actually, I don't have a non-tape copy of it right now. It's been on my list of things to square away for a while now, but I just haven't gotten around to it. The 6 original Abbott EP songs came from the Overnight Success sessions, and like the Meadowlands, arrived as slightly different versions ("Faster Gun" was on O.S. in a much different form, too). Several unreleased O.S. songs are planned for the expanded Abbott 1135 "EP." Last I spoke with Pedal Boy, he pretty much expected to be finished with the expanded 1135 by the end of the year. 2005, that is.

So, I'll try to get on the O.S. thing with "Wrens like" quickness and YSI around a few copies.

woot!!!

Max TRYPTOPHAN! Wrote:

It would never work; I'm a packers fan. :wink:

(And the Sufjan thing is a location, not an endorsement.)

Yea, you're probably right. No hard feelings about last week, then?
Whew on the Sufjan. I am going to buy your entire top 10 of this year.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:05 pm

chowgurt Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Wait, you're in Madison? Do I know you? Should I?

<-- curiosity = peaked.

uh, I dunno, if you should know me... What do you have in mind?

Yeah, my curiosity peaked a long time ago. But I think the have meds for that.

This calls for a beer. I would say Now, but beer breath and Finance make strange bedfellows.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:09 pm

piqued ≠ peaked

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