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It's a gorgeous song, one of only 3 on Sky Blue Sky that I love.

What does it matter what they record? The official release will center around the painful mediocrity of Sky Blue Sky, not the brilliance of the band's previous albums.

The Fifth Monarchists- The Abyss Gazes Also Into You

It's decent. I'd still rank Automatic, Murmur, Reckoning, Life's Rich Pageant, and Document over it though. granted to me, all of the IRS albums are flawless, save maybe Fables.

I listened to nothing but Bob Dylan for a semester and burned out on him really hard. One time I locked myself in my room with a bottle of jack and his entire 60s output. On a daily basis I was listening to his mid-60s rock trilogy and the outtake songs from those albums (basically an extra albums worth of songs.) I just put together a Nirvana Live compilation from bootlegs, and after listening to dozens of hours of bootlegs to find the right choices, I wound up extremely burned out on them this X-mas. I'm kind of burned out on David Bowie lately too. I listened to "Young Americans" 196 ti

I agree. Other than a little album called Automatic for the People (which is my favorite by R.E.M.) I think the IRS albums are almost entirely better than the Warner Bros albums.

I updated mine: 01. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 02. Radiohead- In Rainbows (2007) 03. The Microphones- The Glow, Part 2 (2001) 04. Modest Mouse- The Moon & Antarctica (2000) 05. Radiohead- Kid A (2000) 06. Joanna Newsom- Ys (2006) 07. Antony & The Johnsons- I Am a Bird Now (2005) 08. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Abbatoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) 09. Interpol- Turn on The Bright Lights (2002) 10. OutKast- StanKonia (2000) 11. Brian Wilson- SMiLE (2004) 12. Bob Dylan- Love & Theft (2001) 13. Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise (2005) 14. The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow (200

But the point of the THREAD as stated was the album has to BE about breakup/ divorce. THAT was the name of the game. Thus completely going against the thread. Michael Jackson's Thriller could be your perfect breakup record...but it doesn't mean it's a breakup record.

This is what seem to be my favorites of the decade so far. 01. Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002) 02. Radiohead- In Rainbows (2007) 03. Radiohead- Kid A (2000) 04. The Microphones- The Glow, Part 2 (2001) 05. Antony & The Johnsons- I Am a Bird Now (2005) 06. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Abbatoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) 07. Joanna Newsom- Ys (2006) 08. Brian Wilson- SMiLE (2004) 09. OutKast- Stankonia (2000) 10. Bob Dylan- Love & Theft (2001) what about you?

"Lounge Act" by Nirvana from their 1992 reading concert.

UGH How could I forget. The Microphones- The Glow, Part 2. One of my favorite albums of all time. It's just so dark and beautiful and weird.

"The Moon" by The Microphones from the album The Glow, Part 2 (2001, K Records) I drove up to the city at night and found the place Where you grew up and then where you stayed And we walked around and stayed up late under city lights I spent the night, next to you in the house where you grew up Next to you I miraculously woke up In your parents' house I laid in bed with you I went back to feel alone there I went back to wipe it clean I took the lights and radio towers out of my dreams And we went all the way up to the small town where I'm from With foggy air and the wind and the moun

yeah...if a hotty like her divorced me...I'd write an album as depressing as Veedon Fleece, too. (though not of the same quality obviously.)

I'm not excited at all...and this is from someone who counts R.E.M. as their #3 band ever, after The Beatles and The Stones. I don't want high energy R.E.M.; I want weird R.E.M. that underwhelms at first then grows on you, and eventually becomes indispensable. I didn't like Murmur at first, and now it's my favorite record of the 80s. I was underwhelmed by Automatic for the People at first, now it's my favorite record of the 90s. Great records don't instantly reveal themselvs..they're murmurs that eventually develop into voices that document an important part of Life's rich pageant. They're d

Yeah. Great having the complete show too. Kurt: Any requests? Smart ass in the crowd: Jeremy! Kurt *looks up*: Fuck you all...this is our last song.

hmmm so many good ones, especially from Summer Teeth, YHF and AGIB: 01. "What you once were isn't what you want to be anymore."- A Shot in the Arm 02. "The snipers are harder to see my friends hiding in the deep end weeding out your weekend"- Not For the Season 03. "Last cigarrettes are all you can get turning your orbit around."- Jesus, Etc 04. "The ones I dream float like leaves and freeze to spread skeleton wings I passed through before I knew you"- She's a Jar 05. "Carelessness is what I miss and that's how I think of you."- Cars C

Redoing mine because I'm indecisive: 01. Radiohead- In Rainbows 02. The National- Boxer 03. M.I.A.- Kala 04. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible 05. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver 06. The Arcade Fire- Neon Bible 07. Elliott Smith- New Moon 08. Feist- The Reminder 09. P J Harvey- White Chalk 10. Spoon- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Surprisingly great album of the year: Dinosaur Jr- Beyond Most dissapointing album of the year: Wilco- Sky Blue Sky (Not that it was bad, but when a Wilco record doesn't change my life, it falls under "dissapointing".) Soundtrack of the year: Various Artists- I'm Not There Sing

but "followed me down the neck to D" is really nice :-). I need to check out West...as a guy who lived in Louisiana for his entire adulthood, Car Wheels will always be one of my favorite records ever. I'm incredibly guilty of not having explored Lucinda as an artist beyond that record though.

I love that album...I think Linda wins the argument with "Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?" and "Walking on the Wire"...but I will always have a special place for "Man in Need"

Yeah the whole thing was about his divorce from Janet Planet. It's all very veiled and kind of esoteric...but supposedly the whole thing is about his divorce, and those dark divorce feelings. I love that record.

By breakup/ divorce albums, I don't mean ones you listened too during a breakup...I'm more referring to ones written during breakups divorces in the artists lives. I'll start off with the ones I can think of off the top of my head: Van Morrison- Veedon Fleece Bob Dylan- Blood on The Tracks & Desire David Bowie- Low (written during his divorce, among other things.) Fleetwood Mac- Rumours Richard & Linda Thompson- Shoot Out The Lights Beck- Sea Change

The Boxer is a great record. I dunno if it's genius, but it's one of the few records I connected with this year. Still haven't heard the new Lucinda...probably won't :-(.

Song: "Who Was That Masked Man?" Artist: Van Morrison Album: Veedon Fleece (1974) Oh ain't it lonely When you're livin' with a gun Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round And you can't trust anyone You just sit there like a butterfly And you're all encased in glass You're so fragile you just may break And you don't know who to ask Oh ain't it lonely When you're livin' with a gun Well you can't slow down and you can't turn 'round And you can't trust anyone You just sit there like a butterfly You're well protected by the glass You're such a rare collector's item When they

01. Radiohead- In Rainbows 02. The National- Boxer 03. Feist- The Reminder 04. M.I.A.- Kala 05. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver