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1. Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

2. John Coltrane-A Love Supreme

3. The Beatles-White Album

4. Steve Reich-Music for 18 Musicians

5. Radiohead-OK Computer

6. Califone-Quicksand/Cradlesnakes

7. XTC-Skylarking

8. The Beatles-Revolver

9. Brian Eno-Another Green World

10. David Bowie-Heroes

11. REM-Murmur

12. David Bowie-Low

13. Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One

14. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation

15. Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention-We

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My wife and I saw her open for Billy Bragg a year or two ago and were blown away by how funny and how talented she is. When I saw she was opening, I really only know "I Kissed a Girl" and couldn't really figure out why she was opening for Billy Bragg. But she turned out to be really great.

 

I never had the joy to see her live, but have an idea of how her shows look and sound like, after I purchased a rare DVD of a show she did in Pittsburgh in 2003. She's really attaching and personal, she makes me laugh and can also move me to tears. I share her love for sweet pop hooks and heartbreaking, naked ballads. Her voice can sound too cute at first, but is actually more mature and affecting than we think. She wrote a song about Bobbie Gentry lately, I hope it'll be on her next album. I have all of her CDs (six). It's fun to be on her newsletter. There's also her site when you can read her journal, it's always funny.

 

If you like her, you may enjoy Amy Rigby, too. Much wit and good taste in music. Fine songs and lots of charm. Like Jill, no much money, and many tours alone on guitar, but well-produced and rewarding CDs. More rewarding than so much other musics I could listen to. One just has to give it some time, or to connect personally one way or another, I guess.

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Here's my final list, submitted today:

 

1. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

2. The Beatles - The White Album

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

5. The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

7. Television - Marquee Moon

8. The Clash - London Calling

9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

11. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

12. The Band - The Band

13. The Who - Who

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Here's my final list, submitted today:

 

1. Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps

2. The Beatles - The White Album

3. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

4. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

5. The Kinks - Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1

6. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

7. Television - Marquee Moon

8. The Clash - London Calling

9. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

10. The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers

11. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain

12. The Band - The Band

13. The Who - Who

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i just submitted mine. here it is:

 

1. A Ghost is Born- Wilco

2. Nighthawks at the Diner- Tom Waits

3. Stop Making Sense- The Talking Heads

4. After The Goldrush- Neil Young

5. London Calling- The Clash

6. Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert- Bob Dylan

7. Kid A- Radiohead

8. Bringing it all Back Home -Bob Dylan

9. Sky Blue Sky- Wilco

10. Yell Fire!- Michael Franti and Spearhead

11. ( ) - Sigur Ros

12. The Mysterious Production of Eggs- Andrew Bird

13. Ys- Joanna Newsom

14. The Boxer -The National

15. Funeral- Arcade Fire

16. The Band- The Band

17. Nights Fall Over Kortedala- Jens Lekman

18. You Forget it in People- Broken Social Scene

19. The Blue Notebooks- Max Richter

20. Let it be...Naked- The Beatles

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i just submitted mine.

Yay! I was just thinking about posting a little reminder. Just over two weeks to go, and I'd like to receive a lot more responses between now and the 31st. Preferably, not all on the last day. :cheers

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In honor of my #3 selection, a little primal scream therapy:

 

AUUGGGGHHHH!!!

 

I wish that felt better. This is an exercise in futility. I'm obviously stuck in another decade.

 

1. Beatles The Beatles

2. Bob Dylan Blonde On Blonde

3. John Lennon Plastic Ono Band

4. Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street

5. The Clash London Calling

6. The Band The Band

7. Television Marquee Moon

8. Derek and the Dominos Layla and other Assorted Love Songs

9. Elvis Costello This Year

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Favorite album for each year of the past 50:

 

1959: Miles Davis- Kind of Blue, John Coltrane- Giant Steps

1963: James Brown- Live at the Apollo, Bob Dylan- The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

1964: John Coltrane- A Love Supreme, The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night

1965: Bob Dylan- Highway 61, Revisited, The Beatles- Rubber Soul, Otis Redding- Otis Blue

1966: The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds, Bob Dylan- Blonde on Blonde, Beatles- Revolver

1967: The Velvet Underground- VU & Nico, The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper, Aretha Franklin- I Never Loved a Man...

1968: Van Morrison- Astral Weeks, The Beatles- White Album, Leonard Cohen- Songs of Leonard Cohen

1969: The Beatles- Abbey Road, The Band- The Band, The Rolling Stones- Let it Bleed

1970: Van Morrison- Moondance, John Lennon- Plastic Ono Band

1971: Marvin Gaye- What's Going On, Led Zeppelin- IV, The Who- Who's next

1972: The Rolling Stones- Exile on main Street, David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust

1973: Stevie Wonder- Innervisions, Pink Floyd- DSOTM

1974: Neil Young- On the Beach, Van Morrison- Veedon Fleece

1975: Bob Dylan- Blood on the Tracks, Neil Young- Tonight's the Night, Bruce Springsteen- Born to Run

1976: Stevie Wonder- Songs in the Key of Life, Modern Lovers- Modern Lovers

1977: Television- Marquee Moon, David Bowie- Low, Elvis Costello- This Year's Model

1978: Bruce Springsteen- Darkness on the Edge of Town, Elvis Costello- This Year's Model

1979: The Clash- London Calling, Neil Young- Rust Never Sleeps, Gang of Four- Entertainment!

1980: Talking Heads- Remain in Light, Joy Division- Closer

1982: Richard & Linda Thompson- Shoot Out the Lights, Bruce Springsteen- Nebraska

1983: R.E.M.- Murmur, Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones

1984: Prince- Purple Rain, Bruce Springsteen- Born in the USA

1985: Tom Waits- Rain Dogs, Kate Bush- Hounds of Love

1986: The Smiths- The Queen is Dead, Paul Simon- Graceland

1987: Prince- Sign O The Times, Sonic Youth- Sister

1988: Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation, Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation...

1989: The Stone Roses- S/T, Pixies- Doolittle

1990: Neil Young- Ragged Glory, Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet

1991: Nirvana- Nevermind, My Bloody Valentine- Loveless

1992: R.E.M.- Automatic for the People, Pavement- Slanted & Enchanted

1993: Nirvana- In Utero, The Smashing Pumpkins- Siamese Dream

1994: Pavement- Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain , Nirvana- MTV Unplugged in New York

1995: Radiohead- The Bends, Pulp- A Different Class

1996: Beck- Odelay, Weezer- Pinkerton

1997: Radiohead- OK Computer, Nick Cave- The Boatman's Call

1998: NMH- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Elliott Smith- XO

1999: Wilco- Summer Teeth, The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin

2000: Radiohead- Kid A, OutKast- Stankonia

2001: The Microphones- The Glow, Part 2, Bob Dylan- Love & Theft

2002: Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights

2003: The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow, OutKast- Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below

2004: Brian Wilson- SMiLE, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Abbatoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus

2005: Antony & The Johnsons- I Am a Bird Now, Sufjan Stevens- Illinoise

2006: Joanna Newsom- Ys, Bob Dylan- Modern Times

2007: Radiohead- In Rainbows, M.I.A.- Kala

2008: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds- Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!

 

 

These aren't my favs necessarily...but on a list that requires a few from each year these would be my favs...yeah.

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Just a reminder, to anyone who has posted in this thread but not sent me an e-mail:

 

please go back and read the first post in this thread!!!

 

 

Also, less than two weeks to go! It's looking good, but I'm still expecting a lot more entries. Keep 'em coming, folks. :thumbup

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still not 100% sure, but this is pretty close, sent final:

 

 

 

1. Ween - Quebec

2. Ween - The Mollusk

3. Andrew Bird - Mysterious Production of Eggs

4. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

5. Beatles - (The Beatles) The White Album

6. Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On

7. Wilco - Summerteeth

8. Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

9. Radiohead - Kid A

10. Blind Melon - Soup

11. Sigur Ros - ()

12. Radiohead - OK Computer

13. Ween - Pure Guava

14. Dr. Dog - We All Belong

15. Frank Black - Teenager of the Year

16. Beatles - Revolver

17. Built to Spill - Keep it Like A Secret

18. Animal Collective - Feels

19. Flaming Lips - Transmissions from the Satellite Heart

20. Beatles - sgt peppers

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mentions = Dr. Dog Fate, Built to Spill nothing wrong with love, andrew bird armchairs, beatles...bob dylan...

 

although some of these, I know, are not THE BEST, they are my favorite for a lot of different reasons...meep

 

where is all the ween?

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Favorite album for each year of the past 50

 

I see you have nothing for 1981.

 

So let me suggest Fire Of Love by The Gun Club to you. If you've never heard that, you may be stunned. Simply put, it's the best rock album of all time, along with the Stooges' Raw Power.

 

Other gems of 1981: The Cramps' Psychedelic Jungle and The Undertones' Positive Touch.

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20. The Mollusk - Ween

19. Flood - They Might Be Giants

18. Bring It On - Gomez

17. Tiny Cities - Sun Kil Moon

16. Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

15. Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds Five

14. The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian

13. The Cost is Never Clear - Bleulah

12. The Mollusk - Ween

11. Elephant - The White Stripes

10. Kid A - Radiohead

9. Being There - Wilco

8. Haughty Melodic - Mike Doughty

7. The Hour of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

6. Trace - Son Volt

5. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case

4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

3. The Electric Version - The New Pornographers

2. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird

1. Quicksand/Cradlesnakes - califone

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1- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

2 - The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles

3 - Revolver - The Beatles

4 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles

5 - Abbey Road - The Beatles

6 - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles

7 - Beatles For Sale - The Beatles

8 - Help! - The Beatles

9 - Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles

10 Let It Be - The Beatles

11 Please Please Me - The Beatles

12 With The Beatles - The Beatles

13 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

14 Sign 'O' The Times - Prince

15 London Calling - The Clash

16 The Joshua Tree - U2

17 The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

18 Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

19 Summerteeth - Wilco

20 De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul

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20. The Mollusk - Ween

19. Flood - They Might Be Giants

18. Bring It On - Gomez

17. Tiny Cities - Sun Kil Moon

16. Figure 8 - Elliott Smith

15. Songs for Silverman - Ben Folds Five

14. The Boy with the Arab Strap - Belle and Sebastian

13. The Cost is Never Clear - Bleulah

12. The Mollusk - Ween

11. Elephant - The White Stripes

10. Kid A - Radiohead

9. Being There - Wilco

8. Haughty Melodic - Mike Doughty

7. The Hour of Bewilderbeast - Badly Drawn Boy

6. Trace - Son Volt

5. Fox Confessor Brings the Flood - Neko Case

4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco

3. The Electric Version - The New Pornographers

2. Armchair Apocrypha - Andrew Bird

1. Quicksand/Cradlesnakes - califone

I like Haughty Melodic, but to me the ultimate Doughty is when he had that incredible rhythm section behind him in Soul Coughing.

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1- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

2 - The Beatles (White Album) - The Beatles

3 - Revolver - The Beatles

4 - Rubber Soul - The Beatles

5 - Abbey Road - The Beatles

6 - A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles

7 - Beatles For Sale - The Beatles

8 - Help! - The Beatles

9 - Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles

10 Let It Be - The Beatles

11 Please Please Me - The Beatles

12 With The Beatles - The Beatles

13 Paul's Boutique - Beastie Boys

14 Sign 'O' The Times - Prince

15 London Calling - The Clash

16 The Joshua Tree - U2

17 The Low End Theory - A Tribe Called Quest

18 Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

19 Summerteeth - Wilco

20 De La Soul Is Dead - De La Soul

 

You forgot Yellow Submarine...

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