My 20... may god have mercy on my soul

schadenfreude · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:18 am

1. Long Winters "Putting the Days to Bed"
2. The Capitol Years "Dance Away the Terror"
3. TV on the Radio "Return to Cookie Mountain"
4. Silversun Pickups "Carnavas"
5. The Twilight Singers "Powder Burns"
6. Islands "Return to the Sea"
7. Cheap Trick "Rockford"
8. The Hold Steady "Boys and Girls in America"
9. The Changes "Today is Tonight"
10. Hot Chip "The Warning"
11. Oakley Hall "Gypsium Strings"
12. Band of Horses "Everything all the time"
13. Built to Spill "you in reverse"
14. Thermals "The body...."
15. Figurines "Skeleton"
16. Strokes "First Impression of Earth"
17. ... and You will know us by the Trail of the Dead "So Divided"
18. Walkmen "A Hundred Miles Off"
19. Submarines "Declare a New State"
20. Why Make Clocks "Midwestern Film"

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:50 am

This is a pretty good list, except I found the Long Winters boring. Was it a grower?

thrillhouse · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 1:39 pm

i am surprised that the strokes record has been appearing on lists. that one did not do it for me.

FT · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:37 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

This is a pretty good list, except I found the Long Winters boring. Was it a grower?

No, you're just an idiot. (haha...just kidding)

south pacific · **Posted:** Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:41 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

This is a pretty good list, except I found the Long Winters boring. Was it a grower?

I loved their first one (produced by Ken Stringfellow) and that EP that they put out a whole lot but I was really let down by this new one. Maybe I should revist it but I remember being really disappointed by the new direction they're going in.

thrillhouse Wrote:

I am surprised that the strokes record has been appearing on lists, that one did not do it for me.

Yes. Subpar at best.

schadenfreude · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:00 am

I didn't have top 20 love for the new Strokes until I saw them perform live... What a great show/

Funny someone mentions Ken Stringfellow.. He spent a month in Tulsa recently at a friends house while lending his producing abilities in exchange for shelter before going back to Paris. Seriously. What a normal and great guy, other than that Europe thing wanting to do coffee daily.

As for the question, I'm not sure the Long Winters is the best, but I played it the most in 2006 and it never left my car cd player....

south pacific · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:47 am

schadenfreude Wrote:

Funny someone mentions Ken Stringfellow.. He spent a month in Tulsa recently at a friends house while lending his producing abilities in exchange for shelter before going back to Paris. Seriously.What a normal and great guy, other than that Europe thing wanting to do coffee daily.

As for the question, I'm not sure the Long Winters is the best, but I played it the most in 2006 and it never left my car cd player....

I check out his blog pretty frequently to keep up with what he's doing: producing/touring with Big Star/Posies/R.E.M./his solo stuff/Parisian life, etc.

http://www.kenstringfellow.com/

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:19 pm

the long winters would be on the list i probably won't make.

there are definitely elements (his voice, sometimes; repetitive choruses) that don't do it for me, but the lyricism is really strong throughout and there are no bad songs.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:32 pm

yeah i actually made a list last night and it finished much, much higher than i would have expected, after i thought back on the year.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Sun Jan 07, 2007 9:30 pm

timmyjoe42 Wrote:

This is a pretty good list, except I found the Long Winters boring. Was it a grower?

It didn't do much for me either, Timmy, but I'm willing to give it another go at some point because of the love people seem to have for it here. Eventually.

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