Today's list:

The Flaming Lips - In a Priest Driven Ambulance With Silver Sunshine Stares

My staple. Noisepop perfection. Grins from ear to ear. So loud! So glorious! Yum.

Cows - Effete and Impudent Snobs

I had difficulty picking out my favorite Cows release. "Preyed On" nailed it.

Unrest - Imperial f.f.r.r

My friend Nick will think of me as a hypocrite because I'm always raving about Perfect Teeth's "Cath Carroll" and "Make Out Club," but Imperial f.f.r.r is more solid. Shh.

Slayer - Reign in Blood

A good friend of mine says that I tend to confuse nostalgia with brilliance when it comes to me picking favorite albums. Fuck him! This album was great for it's time, and it's great on it's own.

Spacemen 3 - Playing With Fire

Druggy and beautiful. Never tire of listening to it. Never.

Tar - Jackson

Dense and brutal. I really appreciate the subtle rhythmic shifts in tempo. Mike Greenlees is an awesome drummer. Fucking solid.

Motley Crue - Too Fast For Love

No ironic appreciation here. Glammy, dumb, total rock. Fun and awesome.

Einsturzende Neubauten - 1/2 Mensch

The album that turned me on to so much. Avant-garde, noisy, industrial chaos.

Crass - Penis Envy

Really difficult to pick a Crass album. I'm probably full of shit, but more than the Clash, Crass was much more than a punk band. Whatever. This album rules.

Front 242 - Tyranny (For You)

Relentless.

H-GM wrote:Crass - Penis Envy

I waffled between this and Feeding of the 5000 but went with Feeding based on how many times I have listened to it and the effect it had on my 16-yr-old mind/ears.

Trying to think of a few that weren't mentioned

Nas- Illmatic
Neil- Ragged Glory (I'd say Zuma, but CSN had to fuck that one up)
Marvin- What's Goin On?
Palace- Viva Last Blues
Scarface- Mr. Scarface is Back

1.fugazi - red medicine
2.90 day men - (it (is) it) critical band
3.wire - chairs missing
4.velvet underground - white light/white heat
5.shellac - terraform
6.black sabbath - paranoid
7.tom waits - rain dogs
8.us maple - talker
9.talking heads - more songs about buildings and food
10.tlc - crazy sexy cool (i'm not even being ironic)

i can think of a few....

SUPERWOLF - Matt Sweeney + BPB

WHERE YOU BEEN? - Dino Jr

TROMPE LE MONDE - Pixies

ACRE THRILLS - US Maple

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS - Bobby Dylan

YS - Joanna Newsom

HEX - Earth

i have been kicked on in the past for having the most blatantly pop tastes, especially compared to some of these selections. but i don't care. these selections are what make my socks roll up and down.

1) flaming lips - "soft bulletin"
2) iron & wine - "our endless numbered days"
3) the living end - "roll on"
4) flogging molly - "drunken lullabies"
5) weezer - "pinkerton"
6) joanna newsom - "ys"
7) belle and sebastian - "tigermilk"
days away - "mapping an invisible world"
9) ben folds five - "whatever and ever amen"
10) travis - "the man who"


it's a close call on some, for example depending on the day i could just as easily put "if you are feeling sinister" in place of "tigermilk." there are a bunch other good ones that are more obvious ("in utero," "ok computer") but these all are not only top to bottom amazing records with top-notch songwriting, but they all mark emotional milestones in my life.

that was fun! thanks EA peeps!

I forgot to add fIREHOSE's "Ragin', Full-On."

Arcwelder - Pull
Mission of Burma - Vs.
Gang of Four - Entertainment
Versus - Secret Swingers
The Birthday Party - Prayers on Fire
Sugar - Copper Blue
Bastro - Sing the Troubled Beast
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - I See a Darkness
The Jesus Lizard - Goat
Karp - Suplex



Jon

in no particular order:
zz top-rio grande mud
the fall-hex enduction hour
roky erickson & the aliens-the evil one
alice cooper-pretties for you
captain beefheart & the magic band-lick my decals off
rolling stones-beggars banquet
massacre-killing time
dave holland quartet-conference of the birds
townes van zandt-delta momma blues
sun city girls-torch of the mystics
dream syndicate-days of wine & roses
this heat-deceit
booker t. & the mg's-green onions

that's the list based on what i've listened to the most lately. it will be different next month i'm sure.

Starflyer 59--The Fashion Focus
Big'n--Discipline Through Sound
Neutral Milk Hotel--In an Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neurosis--A Sun That Never Sets
Captain Beefheart--Doc at the Radar Station
Lungfish--Feral Hymns
Party of Helicopters--Please Believe It
Evergreen--s/t (Hi Ball Records) --this is my #1 of all time.
Joe Christmas--North to the Future
AC/DC--Powerage