I know you guys like to rank them but... I ain't doing it.

So, in no particular order... and very fast and loose...

Top 100 records

1. Bjork - Vespertine
2. Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain
3. Terry Riley - In C
4. Irresistible Force – Global Chillage
5. Eiyn Sof – Level 2
6. Juana Molina - Son
7. Colleen – The Golden Morning Breaks
8. Alice Coltrane – World Galaxy
9. Stooges – s/t
10. Trex - Electric Warrior
11. Marine Girls – Lazy Ways/Beach Party
12. Antena – Camino del Sol
13. Arthur Russell – World of Echo
14. Arthur Russell – Calling Out of Context
15. Arthur Russell – Another Thought
16. Rachmaninoff – Vespers
17. Velvet Underground – VU
18. Veltvet Underground – s/t
19. Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I May See
20. Cowboy Junkies – Trinity Sessions
21. Nick Cave & Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues / Lyre of Orpheus
22. PJ Harvey – White Chalk
23. Cat Power – Moon Pix
24. Hercules & Love Affair
25. Root Manuva – Run Come Save Me
26. Tones on Tail – Everything
27. The Cure – Disintegration
28. The Cure – Standing on a Beach
29. Depeche Mode – Music for the Masses
30. Depeche Mode – Violator
31. Siouxsie & the Banshees – juju
32. FSOL – Lifeforms
33. The The – Soul Mining
34. Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians
35. Philip Glass & Ravi Shankar – Passages
36. David Axelrod – The Edge
37. Sam Prekop – s/t
38. Tortoise – Millions Now Living
39. Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
40. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
41. The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs
42. The Dears – End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story
43. Stella Chiweshe - Healing Tree
44. My Bloody Valentine – Isn’t Anything
45. Seefeel – Quique
46. Billie Holiday – Billie Holday Story
47. Sheila Jordan – s/t
48. Ella Fitzgerald - Sings Cole Porter Songbook
49. Debussy - L’Apres Midi D’un Faun
50. Jolie Holland – Escondida
51. Neko Case – Blacklisted
52. Sandro Perri – Tiny Mirrors
53. Brokeback – Looks at the Bird
54. Fela Kuti – Zombie
55. Burning Spear – Songs from the Burning Spear
56. Lauryn Hill – The Education of…
57. Steve Reich – Tehilim
58. Sheila Chandra – The Zen Kiss
59. Slowdive- Soulvlaki Space Station
60. Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings
61. Rufus Wainwright – Want Two
62. Nina Simone – The Blues
63. The Clash – London Calling
64. John Adams – Harmonium
65. Van Morrison – Astral Weeks
66. Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
67. Ariel Pink – the Doldrums
68. Boards of Canada – Music has the Right to Children
69. Jimi Hendrix – Axis Bold as Love
70. Love – Forever Changes
71. Broadcast – Haha Sound
72. The English Beat – I Just Can’t Stop It
73. Clara Engel - Tender
74. Pink Floyd - Relics
75. Funki Porcini – Hed Phone Sex
76. Serge Gainsbourg – Gainsbourg a Gainesbarre
77. PJ Harvey - stories from the city, stories from...
78. Interpol – Turn on the Bright Lights
79. Jesus & Mary Chain – Honey’s Dead
80. InXS – Kick
81. Led Zepplin – II
82. Rolling Stones – Hot Rocks
83. Lhasa – The Living Road
84. Moondog - the viking of sixth avenue
85. Morrissey – Viva Hate
86. Piano Magic - bliss out vol.13
87. Portishead – Dummy
88. Sea & Cake – The Fawn
89. Sly & the Family Stone - there's a riot goin' on
90. Spiritualized – Lazed Guided Melodies
91. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
92. Stevie Wonder - original musiquarian I
93. Bjork – Post
94. Dirty Three – Ocean Songs
95. Modern Lovers – s/t
96. Mojave 3 – Spoon and Rafter
97. Joni Mitchell – Song to a Seagull
98. Neneh Cherry – Homebrew
99. Indigo Girls – s/t
100. Weird Al - UHF

I so would have had you cohost my college shows and would even have showed you where I hid the beer in the boiler room down the hall.

heh heh

sheila chandra!

and many many other interesting pics... I like this list a lot

thanks dude. yeah sheila chandra is underrated...

This might be the best list yet. Can't believe I forgot that Colleen record.

shouldnt people at least get to know what your 10 favorites are? i think that is the most interesting part

these are obviously her top 10

ahhhh polly. great list!

you're right...

I'll work on it and edit...

thanks buddy.

no ranking = booooo

But I'm just gonna pretend that Didn't It Rain really is your second favorite album of all time.

Unfortunately, that also means that Vespertine is your #1...

Great stuff on that list, though. Lots that I need to check out (Arthur Russell being a big one).

Looks like Blacklisted is getting a lot of love around here.

Amazing! Love the Brokeback reminder.

thanks buddy. the Terry Riley is new as of last week. love it. I had actually meant to buy rainbow in curved air... but couldn't find it. that's my next purchase.

hey I um, bought a marimba over the weekend!

well, didn't it rain is up there. and actually, I think Vespertine was my #1 last time I did this (they were ranked last time).

No way, what kind of marimba are we talking about here?

Rainbow in Curved Air is awesome. Montreal record stores suck.

I don't think I've ever listened to "Another Thought" once. What's up?

she's not unlike this one... but a little shorter (2 1/3 octaves) and she has black keys...



oh, ish, you should really check out another thought. it's a compilation, but there's a lot of very good stuff on there. it includes one of my most fav A.R. songs: "This Is How We Walk On the Moon".

We just listened to it. I love "Keepin' Up", that's a great song. Have you seen that documentary yet?

You're awesome. You have a marimba. I am envious.

ha. i knew you'd like keepin' up. there's something kind of hot about it.

well, it's the first tuned percussion instrument i've ever seen that was not $1, 000+. I had been researching them earlier in the week and all I saw---even for good xylophones---were things that started at $3, 000 (!). This one was waaay cheaper.

The one I got was from a guy who makes them. He's moving so he's getting rid of some and the one I got is kind of smaller than normal.

OMG. The day after I got it I saw an ad for a Vibraphone for $125!! Totally insane! I think it was snatched up in minutes. Everyone I mentioned it too said: "There's a whole digit missing from that price".

spoon and rafter is the worst mojave 3 album

I didn't seriously consider this but i do love that album. i'm pretty sure it would make a top 250 for me. Unless I completely fell asleep, she's way overdue for a follow-up.

Nice to see Moondog on there. I'm just reading that Robert Scotto biography, interesting stuff.

Oooo. I did-hint know there was a book.

I shall look it up.

Argh, and this after swearing to myself this morning that I will end this recently book binge! (especially music-related books!)

Yeah, I'm going to have to check out pretty much every artist on this list.