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and if i had to pick one Uncle Tupelo record for such a list, it would be Still Feel Gone & not Anodyne

 

love 'em both, but Still Feel Gone is iconic ... Anodyne is just a great record

 

agreed. totally. i actually figured No Depression would be 1, but i'd go with Still Feel Gone as well. doesn't get much more alt-country, or much better in general, than D. Boon & True to Life back to back...

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Moses Posted Today, 01:10 PM

am i the only person that thinks Straightaways is far and away better than Trace?

Some guys were listening to Straightaways today at work and as I walked by I actually said "you know, that may very well be my favorite Sonvolt album". No shit. True story. Wow.

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The Gear Daddies? Or is my soft Minnesota underbelly showing?

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The Gear Daddies? Or is my soft Minnesota underbelly showing?

 

 

I am afraid so. Outside of Minnesota, does anyone really know the Gear Daddies. Hell, I lived there for 10 years, seen the Gear Daddies a bunch of times, but I am hard pressed to remember one of their albums.

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No love for....mec-mec-cover.jpg??

 

i'm listening to it right this second. the live album is better but both are on par with any of the aforementioned cds. they just came a little later on when the alt-country fad had passed on so they don't get the notoriety they deserve.

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Five are two few to do this well, top 10 would be easier. I'm ok with the five, but I'd add:

 

Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on A Gravel Road

Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker

Neko Case - Furnace Room Lullaby

Uncle Tupelo - March 16-20, 1992

Tarkio- Omnibus

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