Best Album Of...(Volume 23)

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:43 pm

I like this year a lot. It's the year I graduated HS/started college.

Other:
1. Boredoms - Super ae

2. Silver Jews - American Water
3. Don Caballero - What Burns Never Returns
4. Mouse on Mars - Glam
5. Autechre - LP5
6. Gastr del Sol - Camofleur
7. Squarepusher - Music Is Rotted One Note
8. Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
9. Songs: Ohia - Impala (omitted from the omissions?)
10. Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
11. Beck - Mutations
12. Outkast - Aquemini
13. Cornelius - Fantasma
14. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
15. Calexico - The Black Light
16. Spoon - A Series of Sneaks
17. DJ Spooky - Riddim Warfare
18. Medeski, Martin and Wood - Combustication
19. Plaid - Not for Threes
20. Air - Moon Safari

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

I went with Other: Bobby Conn - Rise Up!

simply one of the best white soul/hard rock concept albums in a long time

All the omissions I made were deliberate.

#10 was Lucinda, #11 was Elliott and #12 was Beck. That's just the way the poll shook out.

mcaputo · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:08 pm

richard buckner : since
marah : let's cut the crap & hook up later tonight
the pernice brothers : overcome by happiness
gillian welch : hell among the yearlings
golden smog : weird tales

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:13 pm

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

D'oh! What about Beck - Mutations?

Or Deserter's Songs? I believe we did a not too shabby amount of whooping to albums such as these.

(This is backin the days when albums like Lucinda had to stay in my truck, so no one would question me about them)

For sure. I definitely broke out of my laziness of only listening to old shit and jam bands in this period.

And didnt the Jackson Hunt demo come out in '98? Now THAT was a rekkid.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:15 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

Yail Bloor Wrote:

D'oh! What about Beck - Mutations?

Or Deserter's Songs? I believe we did a not too shabby amount of whooping to albums such as these.

(This is backin the days when albums like Lucinda had to stay in my truck, so no one would question me about them)

For sure. I definitely broke out of my laziness of only listening to old shit and jam bands in this period.

And didnt the Jackson Hunt demo come out in '98? Now THAT was a rekkid.

Yeah, I did not metion in my post that this seems like the year that I really shrugged off rap, and jam bands, and got into the type of stuff we really listen toaround here.

And then I voted for a rap rekkid.

That EP that came with Deserter's Songs is a bastard as well. I believe I lit approximately 137 people on fire with that J-Hunt rekkid as the sdtk. Also, RAPE.

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:17 pm

Wow , one heluva a year.

I voted for NMH, but hhad a strong pull for many others;

Silver Jews - American Water
Richard Davies - Telegraph
Belle & Sebastien - The Boy with the Arab Strap
Beck - Mutations
The Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
Afghan Whigs - 1965
Gomez - Bring It On
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on the Gravel Road

All of the above are my favorite releases from the respective artists. A stellar year indeed.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:23 pm

Other = "adore" the smashing pumpkins

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i love Aquemeni, but i thnk Gang Starr's "moment of truth" means more to me.

but i don't like voting for other, so i went with Aquemeni.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:47 pm

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

I believe I lit approximately 137 people on fire with that J-Hunt rekkid as the sdtk. Also, RAPE.

Yeah, the song "Nothing To Prove" is responsible for the slow-motion deaths of at least 18 prosties and I think "Josephine" may or may not have provided the soundtrack to my "bombing" the Cracksprings Projects with fireworks.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:09 pm

It hurts my heart that Elliott Smith's best album did not make the poll.

Other.

NMH #2

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:15 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

I believe I lit approximately 137 people on fire with that J-Hunt rekkid as the sdtk. Also, RAPE.

Yeah, the song "Nothing To Prove" is responsible for the slow-motion deaths of at least 18 prosties and I think "Josephine" may or may not have provided the soundtrack to my "bombing" the Cracksprings Projects with fireworks.

WOW. I think "Nothing to Prove" was played during a party known as "Dr. Geyer gets a prescription to Vicodin, Part 7" as well.

JAIL.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:15 pm

HaqDiesel Wrote:

It hurts my heart that Elliott Smith's best album did not make the poll.

i'm sure it doesn't hurt his.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:16 pm

i'll bet that knife did *zing*

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:25 pm

Mercury Rev from the list.. Hum and Afghan Whigs blow it away though!

Spade Kitty Wrote:

# Queens Of the Stone Age (Loosegroove)
# Sunny Day Real Estate * How It Feels To Be Something On (Sub Pop)
# The Black Heart Procession * 1 (Cargo)
# Afghan Whigs * 1965 (Columbia)
# Godspeed You Black Emperor! * f#a# (Kranky)
# At The Drive-In * in/CASINO/OUT (Fearless)
# The Eels * Electro-Shock Blues (Dreamworks)
# Beastie Boys * Hello Nasty (Grand Royal/Capitol)
# Swervedriver * 99th Dream (Zero Hour)
# Rufus Wainright (Dreamworks)
# Blind Guardian * Nightfall In Middle-Earth (Import)
# Opeth * My Arms, Your Hearse (Century Media)
# Mark Lanegan * Scraps At Midnight (Sub Pop)
# The Delgados * Peloton (Mantra/Chemical Underground)
# Tricky * Angels With Dirty Faces (Island)
# System Of A Down (American)
# Girls Against Boys * Freak*On*Ica (Geffen)
# Spiritualized * Live At Albert Hall (BMG)
# Garbage * Version 2.0 (Almo Sounds)
# Tori Amos * From The Choirgirl Hotel (Atlantic)
# U.N.K.L.E. * Psyence Fiction (PGD)
# Bad Religion * No Substance (Elektra)
# Soul Coughing * El Oso (WEA)
# Marilyn Manson * Mechanical Animals (Nothing/Interscope)
# Tori Amos * From The Choirgirl Hotel (Atlantic)
# Olu Dara * In The World: From Natchez to New York (Atlantic)
# Hum * Downward Is Heavenward (RCA)
# Medeski, Martin and Wood * Combustication (Blue Note)
# Mix Master Mike * Anti-Theft Device (Asphodel)
# Refused * The Shape Of Punk To Come (Epitaph)

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:35 pm

My sorta-ranked-but-not-really Top 10 of '98:

Rancid - Life Won't Wait
Spoon - Series Of Sneaks
Richard Buckner - Since
Nick Lowe - Dig My Mood
Jenny Mae - Don't Wait Up For Me
Marah - Let's Cut The Crap And Hook Up Later Tonight
Backyard Babies - Total 13
Tim Easton - Special 20
You Am I - You Am I's #4 Record
Zubot & Dawson - Strang

I think maybe I'll throw a vote in for Series Of Sneaks.

Other faves from that year:

Dan Bern - Fifty Eggs
Frank Black and the Catholics - s/t
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Strung Out In Heaven
Jeff Buckley - Sketches For My Sweetheart The Drunk
Chocolate Genius - Black Music
The Church - Hologram of Baal
The Detroit Cobras - Mink, Rat, or Rabbit
DM3 - Rippled Soul
The Donnas - American Teenage Rock'n'Roll Machine
The Fleshtones - More Than Skin Deep
Golden Smog - Weird Tales
Grand Mal - Malediction
Grant Lee Buffalo - Jubilee
Jack Drag - Dopebox
Kevin K. - Rule The Heart
Jon Langford - Skull Orchard
Money Mark - Push The Button
New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too
Greg Oblivian & The Tip-Tops - Head Shop
Parc Boys - Two Weeks To Live
The Pinetops - Above Ground And Vertical
The Pinetop Seven - Rigging The Toplighs
The Plimsouls - Kool Trash
The Prissteens - Scandal, Controversy, and Romance
Psychomania - Rebel Set
Rocket from the Crypt - RFTC
Rusty - Out Of Our Heads
Scott 4 - Recorded in State LP
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Xtra Acme USA
The Spinanes - Arches And Aisles
Sunset Valley - The New Speed
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels
Peter Wolf - Fool's Parade
Tommy Womack - Positively Na Na

Spade Kitty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:49 am **Posts:** 4401

Also, I don't count the Buckley record as it's really not a proper album, but I figured someone would be hemming and hawing about that

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:03 pm

Bah, Radcliffe! Wrote:

Frank Black and the Catholics - s/t

Fuck. Didnt realize this one. Second best Black record IMHO. I'd actually change my vote to "Other" for this one, but fuck it.

The Dreaded Marco · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 3:06 pm

bitterbuffalo Wrote:

Easy, NMH

Bee OK · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:50 pm

Since this is already on Page 2 here is Acclaimed list:

1 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
2 Air Moon Safari
3 Massive Attack Mezzanine
4 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
5 Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs
6 Fatboy Slim You've Come a Long Way, Baby
7 Bob Dylan Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert
8 Elliott Smith XO
9 Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane over the Sea
10 OutKast Aquemini
11 Beck Mutations
12 Pulp This Is Hardcore
13 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty
14 Belle and Sebastian The Boy with the Arab Strap
15 Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue
16 Manu Chao Clandestino
17 Madonna Ray of Light
18 The Beta Band The Three E. P.'s
19 Boards of Canada Music Has the Right to Children
20 Elvis Costello with Burt Bacharach Painted from Memory
21 R.E.M. Up
22 Placebo Without You I'm Nothing
23 Calexico The Black Light
24 Mark Hollis Mark Hollis
25 Rufus Wainright Rufus Wainright
26 Cat Power Moon Pix
27 Queens of the Stone Age Queens of the Stone Age
28 Gomez Bring It On
29 Manic Street Preachers This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours
30 UNKLE Psyence Fiction
31 David Gray White Ladder
32 P J Harvey Is This Desire?
33 Tortoise TNT
34 Sonic Youth A Thousand Leaves
35 Leila Like Weather
36 Arab Strap Philophobia
37 Jeff Buckley Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk)
38 Gang Starr Moment of Truth
39 4 Hero Two Pages
40 Gastr del Sol Camouflage
41 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion ACME

Also NME has a pretty good list that year Top 11 (plus highlights):

1 Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
2 Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
3 Beck – Mutations
4 Air – Moon Safari
5 Massive Attack – Mezzanine
6 Elliott Smith – Either Or
7 Pulp – This Is Hardcore
8 Royal Trux – Accelerator
9 Jurassic 5 – Jurassic 5
10 Leila – Like Weather
11 Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider
15 Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap
19 The Afghan Whigs – 1965
22 Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
32 Elliott Smith – Xo
39 The Boo Radleys – Kingsize
46 Fugazi – End Hits

Stop Breathin' · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:57 pm

Both the Placebo and Afghan Whigs are really crackin'.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:58 pm

I'm just glad to see no one voted for Laurgyn Hill

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

I'll never understand what people see in NMH. Snoresville to my ears.

np: The Band S/T

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:27 pm

dr winston o'boogie Wrote:

I'll never understand what people see in NMH. Snoresville to my ears.

np: The Band S/T

its not that bad dude. I've always been more of an Olivia Tremor Control person but its hard to deny the freakout-ability of a song like "Holland 1943"

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

I'm just glad to see no one voted for Laurgyn Hill

me too.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:35 pm

Sen.LooGAR'sCrunkmas Wrote:

I'm just glad to see no one voted for Laurgyn Hill

word. an album that caused me to break ties with people that I had once considered friends.

Utter. Fucking. Garbage.

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