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I'll try Rock first  :twitchsmile

 

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Happy Trails

Bob Dylan - HWY 61 Revisited

Grateful Dead - Live Dead

Allman Brothers - At Fillmore East

David Crosby - If I Could Only Remember My Name

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Too hard.

But, I'll give my pat answer:

  • Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
  • The Kinks - Something Else By The Kinks
  • Brian Eno - Another Green World
  • Wire - Pink Flag
  • John Cale - Paris, 1919
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Not sure I can officially narrow it down to five, but off the top of my head:

 

1. "Lifes Rich Pageant" - R.E.M.

2. "Anodyne" - Uncle Tupelo

3. "Being There" - Wilco (I kinda felt like at least one Wilco album was a mandatory inclusion)

4. "Kind of Blue" - Miles Davis

5. "Picaresque" - The Decemberists

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Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous 

Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

Heartless Bastards - The Mountain

Sufjan Stevens - All Delighted People

The National - High Violet 

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five records.

 

 

 

5.

 

 

 

 

 

 

silliness.

Awww, c'mon. "First thought, best thought".  :D

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This got me thinking, since in this mp3 age and with less free time than I'd like there are really relatively few albums I listen to in their entirety. This is, as I say, usually not through choice, but it also does not help that there are hardly any albums without at least one track I do not like. I am very picky.

 

These came to mind as 5 albums that I would value for complete listening today. Order is very difficult.

 

Touchdown - The Brakes

Liver! Lung! FR! - Frightened Rabbit

All Mod Cons - The Jam

Wings Over America - Wings

We Used To Think The Freeway ... - Richmond Fontaine

 

On any other day any of the following could get into the top 5

 

At The Ryman - Emmylou Harris

Bachelor No 2 - Aimee Mann

Boxer - The National

The Hungry Saw - Tindersticks

It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse

Laid - James

Leaders Of The Free World - Elbow

London Calling - The Clash

Moo You Bloody Choir - Augie March

Native Sons - The Long Ryders

New York - Lou Reed

Nixon - Lambchop

OK Computer - Radiohead

Rattus Norvegicus - The Stranglers

Revolver - The Beatles

Rook - Shearwater

Rubber Soul - The Beatles

Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Rock'n'Romance - Jonathan Richman

Setting Sons - The Jam

Time (The Revelator) - Gillian Welch

Washington Square Serenade - Steve Earle

Welcome To The Night Sky - Wintersleep

The Whole Love - Wilco

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This is an impossible task.  Ask me tomorrow and the list will be different. 

 

1. The Who -- Quadrophenia

2. Wilco -- Being There

3. Drive-By Truckers -- Southern Rock Opera

4. R.E.M. -- Document

5. Pavement -- Brighten The Corners

5a. Guided By Voices -- Under the Bushes, Under the Stars

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Picking a "favorite" 5 is much easier that if someone asked you to list what you think are the "best" 5. "Favorite" is all personal and it's sometimes hard to explain why.

 

For example, I came oh so close to listing the Wings' "Back To The Egg" in my top 5. I would never say it's one of the best albums of all time. Not even the best Wings album. But it's my favorite. By far. Such a damn cool record.

 

"Summerteeth" and OP8's "Slush" just missed my cut as well (OP8 is a band with members Lisa Germano, Howe Gelb, Joey Burns and John Convertino).

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