Pavement lol
I'll probably never remember to buy that.
*Falls over from low Pavement placing*
It came out like a week ago.
#6.
Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07
(1068 Points, 12 Votes, Two #1 Votes)
Tracklist:
01. Night of Broken Glass
02. Another Person
03. All Over Again
04. Feeling Blank Again
05. I Know a Place
06. Don't Let Him Come Back
07. Hammer I Miss You
08. It's So Useless
09. All Wasted
10. In the Dark
11. Searching for You
12. Haunting You
13. Let It All Go
14. Blood Visions
15. Turning Blue
16. It's So Easy
17. Oh It's Such a Shame
Amazon.com Product Description:
By now, Jay Reatard should be known to most everyone paying any attention to this whole indie/punk/pop/garage/shitgaze/blahblahblah. Former front guy for The Reatards and Lost Sounds and current solo sensation, the man is nothing if not prolific. After recording his debut solo LP, 2006’s Blood Visions, Reatard released a slew of singles and EPs on labels across the globe; all were pressed in limited quantities and now fetch serious coin on eBay.
AMG Says:
Jay Reatard's first solo record, Blood Visions, was a big step forward for the noisy, bloody rocker. A furious jerked-out full-frontal attack of noise and hooks, it served notice that Reatard meant business. He spent the year after the recording of the album making singles for a variety of labels like In the Red, Goner, Squoodge, P. Trash, and Stained Circles. Singles 06-07 collects them all and throws in a DVD of live performances, including his infamous night at the Cakeshop in October of 2007. The singles contain all of the energy and abandon of the album, but Reatard tempers his previously monochromatic art-attack with some well-timed sonic sophistication and songwriting variety. That's not to say he's suddenly traded in his Flying V and sweat for a pipe and slippers, but it does mean that on a few songs he trots out some acoustic guitar and dials his howling yelp down to a vulnerable whine. He covers a Go-Betweens song ("Don't Let Him Come Back"), essays a tender love song ("Searching for You"), and even jangles a little (the super-poppy "I Found a Place"). This surprising subtlety only tells a small part of the Reatard story. He still rocks like a man possessed much of the time on songs like "Night of Broken Glass," "Turning Blue," and "It's So Useless." Indeed, Reatard is still creating storming modern garage rock-new wave nuggets; he just does it with less clatter and more precision and focused power now. Looking back at his 2006 and 2007 music makes it obvious that Reatard has taken an impressive step forward, and this points to more great records down the road.
Ranked Highest By: Waterloo, UselessRocker (#1)
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Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07
(1068 Points, 12 Votes, Two #1 Votes)
Tracklist:
01. Night of Broken Glass
02. Another Person
03. All Over Again
04. Feeling Blank Again
05. I Know a Place
06. Don't Let Him Come Back
07. Hammer I Miss You
08. It's So Useless
09. All Wasted
10. In the Dark
11. Searching for You
12. Haunting You
13. Let It All Go
14. Blood Visions
15. Turning Blue
16. It's So Easy
17. Oh It's Such a Shame
Amazon.com Product Description:
By now, Jay Reatard should be known to most everyone paying any attention to this whole indie/punk/pop/garage/shitgaze/blahblahblah. Former front guy for The Reatards and Lost Sounds and current solo sensation, the man is nothing if not prolific. After recording his debut solo LP, 2006’s Blood Visions, Reatard released a slew of singles and EPs on labels across the globe; all were pressed in limited quantities and now fetch serious coin on eBay.
AMG Says:
Jay Reatard's first solo record, Blood Visions, was a big step forward for the noisy, bloody rocker. A furious jerked-out full-frontal attack of noise and hooks, it served notice that Reatard meant business. He spent the year after the recording of the album making singles for a variety of labels like In the Red, Goner, Squoodge, P. Trash, and Stained Circles. Singles 06-07 collects them all and throws in a DVD of live performances, including his infamous night at the Cakeshop in October of 2007. The singles contain all of the energy and abandon of the album, but Reatard tempers his previously monochromatic art-attack with some well-timed sonic sophistication and songwriting variety. That's not to say he's suddenly traded in his Flying V and sweat for a pipe and slippers, but it does mean that on a few songs he trots out some acoustic guitar and dials his howling yelp down to a vulnerable whine. He covers a Go-Betweens song ("Don't Let Him Come Back"), essays a tender love song ("Searching for You"), and even jangles a little (the super-poppy "I Found a Place"). This surprising subtlety only tells a small part of the Reatard story. He still rocks like a man possessed much of the time on songs like "Night of Broken Glass," "Turning Blue," and "It's So Useless." Indeed, Reatard is still creating storming modern garage rock-new wave nuggets; he just does it with less clatter and more precision and focused power now. Looking back at his 2006 and 2007 music makes it obvious that Reatard has taken an impressive step forward, and this points to more great records down the road.
Ranked Highest By: Waterloo, UselessRocker (#1)
Amazon Link
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 06:22 PM) 
It came out like a week ago.
Yeah, most of those votes came in before it was released. Maybe those people just really remembered those b-sides from ten years ago...
#5.
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
(1074 Points, 12 Votes)
Tracklist:
1. See Saw
2. Screaming Hand
3. Painted Shut
4. An Ugly Death
5. Always Wanting More
6. You Mean Nothing To Me
7. Fluorescent Grey
8. Trapped Here
9. Hiding Hole
10. D.O.A.
11. No Time
12. You Were Sleeping
13. I'm Watching You
Amazon.com Product Description:
For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Reatard. Each generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with 400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem.
AMG Says:
Jay Reatard had another busy year in 2008. His new deal with Matador led him to release 7" singles throughout the first two-thirds of the year. Matador Singles '08 collects all of them and adds a bonus track. If you've been following Jay for a while you sort of know what to expect from the songs, and that's lo-fi blasts of a unique concoction made up of raw garage rock and jittery post-punk, topped with sharp hooks and Reatard's yowling vocals. You can also expect to find him a further step away from the nearly uncontrolled wildness of previous records and projects with a more measured and often, dare it be said, mature approach. Amazingly, many of the songs feature acoustic guitars and a relaxed vocal delivery; the "No Time"/"You Were Sleeping" single even sounds like a sleepy but lovely update on the Buddy Holly sound. Other tracks, like the opening "See Saw" or "Painted Shut," show the Go-Betweens influence that was made clear by the cover of that group's "Don't Let Him Come Back" on a previous single, and you can't get much more mature than that. The restraint shown on most of the songs doesn't mean that the level of excitement has diminished or that the record doesn't jump out of the speakers and slap you around a bit like previous Reatard projects. Thanks to his electric vocals, enthusiastic guitar work, and the raucous rhythms provided by the other two dudes in the band (though it's not clear if they played on the singles or if it was all Jay), there's enough rock & roll energy here to power a small town. Take "Always Wanting More" or "Hiding Hole" out for a spin if you're worried that Reatard is too grown up and has left his wild side behind. What makes the collection, and the direction Reatard seems to be heading, so good is that he is growing musically without leaving behind the fierce intensity and savage power that got him where he is. It's a difficult balancing act to manage but he makes it look pretty simple. Now if only he would do something about those album covers.....
Ranked Highest By: Hewletts Daughter (#2)
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Jay Reatard - Matador Singles '08
(1074 Points, 12 Votes)
Tracklist:
1. See Saw
2. Screaming Hand
3. Painted Shut
4. An Ugly Death
5. Always Wanting More
6. You Mean Nothing To Me
7. Fluorescent Grey
8. Trapped Here
9. Hiding Hole
10. D.O.A.
11. No Time
12. You Were Sleeping
13. I'm Watching You
Amazon.com Product Description:
For the six months leading up to this release, Matador has put out a limited edition 7-inch by Memphis boy wonder Reatard. Each generated more attention, but was released in a progressively more limited run, starting with 3,500 copies for the first and ending with 400 copies for the sixth. This package collects all six (excluding the Deerhunter track on #4), plus one extra song. Each tune is a perfect snarling pop-punk gem.
AMG Says:
Jay Reatard had another busy year in 2008. His new deal with Matador led him to release 7" singles throughout the first two-thirds of the year. Matador Singles '08 collects all of them and adds a bonus track. If you've been following Jay for a while you sort of know what to expect from the songs, and that's lo-fi blasts of a unique concoction made up of raw garage rock and jittery post-punk, topped with sharp hooks and Reatard's yowling vocals. You can also expect to find him a further step away from the nearly uncontrolled wildness of previous records and projects with a more measured and often, dare it be said, mature approach. Amazingly, many of the songs feature acoustic guitars and a relaxed vocal delivery; the "No Time"/"You Were Sleeping" single even sounds like a sleepy but lovely update on the Buddy Holly sound. Other tracks, like the opening "See Saw" or "Painted Shut," show the Go-Betweens influence that was made clear by the cover of that group's "Don't Let Him Come Back" on a previous single, and you can't get much more mature than that. The restraint shown on most of the songs doesn't mean that the level of excitement has diminished or that the record doesn't jump out of the speakers and slap you around a bit like previous Reatard projects. Thanks to his electric vocals, enthusiastic guitar work, and the raucous rhythms provided by the other two dudes in the band (though it's not clear if they played on the singles or if it was all Jay), there's enough rock & roll energy here to power a small town. Take "Always Wanting More" or "Hiding Hole" out for a spin if you're worried that Reatard is too grown up and has left his wild side behind. What makes the collection, and the direction Reatard seems to be heading, so good is that he is growing musically without leaving behind the fierce intensity and savage power that got him where he is. It's a difficult balancing act to manage but he makes it look pretty simple. Now if only he would do something about those album covers.....
Ranked Highest By: Hewletts Daughter (#2)
Amazon Link
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 2 2009, 12:22 AM)
It came out like a week ago.
Like Vamos amirite.
Gay Retard
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 2 2009, 09:24 AM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 06:22 PM)
It came out like a week ago.
Yeah, most of those votes came in before it was released. Maybe those people just really remembered those b-sides from ten years ago...
More like there was no way it was going to suck, so might as well.
Jay Reatard, a man I have discussed the credit crunch with.
If I'd put some thought into this category, I'd totally have done a list.
With Shining at #1.
With Shining at #1.
I feel like this is always a tricky thing to vote for 'cause I sometimes forget about these things even coming out. For example, Pavement and The Replacements are two of my favorite bands ever and I still haven't bought the new, deluxe "Guy Throwing Rock at Malkmus Lolla '95" Edition or whatever of Wowee Zowee, let alone BTC that just came out. Also, what am I voting for exactly? The bonus stuff, of which there sometimes isn't much (especially if you're a huge fan of people and already have the stuff like b-sides, rare covers, etc.)? Or just the fact that it's still an awesome record?
I think it's good form to vote for a re-release and consider the bonus tracks, remastering, liner notes and artwork but not the orginal album. In practice of course, this isn't so easy.
#4.
King Kahn & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Kahn and the Shrines
(1100 Points, 11 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Tracklist:
1. Torture
2. Took My Lady to Dinner
3. (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way
4. Land of The Freak
5. Fool Like Me
6. I Wanna Be A Girl
7. Welfare Bread
8. Sweet Tooth
9. Shivers Down My Spine
10. Burnin' Inside
11. Destroyer
12. Live Fast Die Strong
13. Crackin' Up
14. Tell Me
15. Que Lindo Sueño
16. No Regrets
Amazon.com Product Description:
Psychedelic soul, garage rock rave-ups, supremely smooth love songs; sixteen smashes available in the US for the first time. The band has been spreading their love in Germany since 1999, releasing full-lengths, EPs, singles, and hard-to-find vinyl. Now Khan brings the greatest of his greatest hits to Vice. Includes liner notes by Jared Swilley of The Black Lips. Look for them on tour in July and August, and at various major festivals and high profile events.
AMG Says:
Vice Records, the musical offshoot of the hilariously snarky Vice Magazine, compiles the best tracks from King Khan & the Shrines' career, piling together 16 of the boys' greasiest platters for The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines. Vice could be considered the perfect holding cell for the smirking Khan (often pictured in less than pants), whose image relies on tongue-in-cheek sexiness and whose lyrics revel in perverse humor. But beneath all the boisterous tomfoolery lies a surprisingly gifted songwriter well versed in Nuggets-era garage rock, Eric Burdon's gritty stylings, and Sly & the Family Stone's hot buttered soul. Endowed with a massive 12-piece band including a horn section, King Khan & the Shrines' production pays perfect tribute to the era it's reproducing, complete with plate reverb and compression that flattens the organ, Stax-influenced horns, an elastic rhythm section, and analog murk. Many bands imitate the '60s sound (the Black Lips, the Detroit Cobras, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre to name a few), but rarely do they hit the mark with such accuracy. More importantly, the melodies are so warm and memorable that they easily could be confused for hit singles of the baby boomer generation -- if not for some of the racier lyrics. From the raw fuzzy drive of "Torture," "I Wanna Be a Girl," and "No Regrets," all powered by Khan's squeaky yowl, to the softer psych, doo wop, and soul ballads "Fool Like Me," "Crackin' Up," and "Welfare Bread," the tight musicianship and adherence to just what made the vintage sound golden make for a classic batch of songs, even if the material actually isn't all that old. It's enough to mistake Khan for a serious performer, even if he once went by the name of Blacksnake in a band named the Spaceshits. Supreme genius may be laying it on a bit thick, but the songs are indeed as good as the album cover suggests.
Ranked Highest By: theremin (#1)
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King Kahn & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Kahn and the Shrines
(1100 Points, 11 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Tracklist:
1. Torture
2. Took My Lady to Dinner
3. (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way
4. Land of The Freak
5. Fool Like Me
6. I Wanna Be A Girl
7. Welfare Bread
8. Sweet Tooth
9. Shivers Down My Spine
10. Burnin' Inside
11. Destroyer
12. Live Fast Die Strong
13. Crackin' Up
14. Tell Me
15. Que Lindo Sueño
16. No Regrets
Amazon.com Product Description:
Psychedelic soul, garage rock rave-ups, supremely smooth love songs; sixteen smashes available in the US for the first time. The band has been spreading their love in Germany since 1999, releasing full-lengths, EPs, singles, and hard-to-find vinyl. Now Khan brings the greatest of his greatest hits to Vice. Includes liner notes by Jared Swilley of The Black Lips. Look for them on tour in July and August, and at various major festivals and high profile events.
AMG Says:
Vice Records, the musical offshoot of the hilariously snarky Vice Magazine, compiles the best tracks from King Khan & the Shrines' career, piling together 16 of the boys' greasiest platters for The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines. Vice could be considered the perfect holding cell for the smirking Khan (often pictured in less than pants), whose image relies on tongue-in-cheek sexiness and whose lyrics revel in perverse humor. But beneath all the boisterous tomfoolery lies a surprisingly gifted songwriter well versed in Nuggets-era garage rock, Eric Burdon's gritty stylings, and Sly & the Family Stone's hot buttered soul. Endowed with a massive 12-piece band including a horn section, King Khan & the Shrines' production pays perfect tribute to the era it's reproducing, complete with plate reverb and compression that flattens the organ, Stax-influenced horns, an elastic rhythm section, and analog murk. Many bands imitate the '60s sound (the Black Lips, the Detroit Cobras, and the Brian Jonestown Massacre to name a few), but rarely do they hit the mark with such accuracy. More importantly, the melodies are so warm and memorable that they easily could be confused for hit singles of the baby boomer generation -- if not for some of the racier lyrics. From the raw fuzzy drive of "Torture," "I Wanna Be a Girl," and "No Regrets," all powered by Khan's squeaky yowl, to the softer psych, doo wop, and soul ballads "Fool Like Me," "Crackin' Up," and "Welfare Bread," the tight musicianship and adherence to just what made the vintage sound golden make for a classic batch of songs, even if the material actually isn't all that old. It's enough to mistake Khan for a serious performer, even if he once went by the name of Blacksnake in a band named the Spaceshits. Supreme genius may be laying it on a bit thick, but the songs are indeed as good as the album cover suggests.
Ranked Highest By: theremin (#1)
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#3.
Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
(1331 Points, 10 Votes, Three #1 Votes)
Tracklist:
Disc one
1. "Mississippi" - 6:04 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
2. "Most of the Time" - 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
3. "Dignity" - 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
4. "Someday Baby" - 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
5. "Red River Shore" - 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6. "Tell Ol' Bill" - 5:31 (Alternate Version of song released on North Country soundtrack)
7. "Born in Time" - 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. "Can't Wait" - 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
9. "Everything Is Broken" - 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
10. "Dreamin' of You" - 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. "Huck's Tune" - 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack)
12. "Marchin' to the City" - 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
13. "High Water (For Charley Patton)" - 6:40 (Live, August 23, 2003, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc two
1. "Mississippi" - 6:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind)
2. "32-20 Blues" - 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
3. "Series of Dreams" - 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
4. "God Knows" - 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
5. "Can't Escape from You" - 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005 Recording)
6. "Dignity" - 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
7. "Ring Them Bells" - 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993, New York, NY)
8. "Cocaine Blues" - 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA)
9. "Ain't Talkin'" - 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
10. "The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore" - 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992, Dunkerque, France)
11. "Lonesome Day Blues" - 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL)
12. "Miss the Mississippi" - 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992)
13. "The Lonesome River" - 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
14. "'Cross the Green Mountain" - 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)
Amazon.com Product Description: n/a
AMG Says: Tell Tale Signs is perhaps the most appropriately titled of all the volumes in Bob Dylan's official Bootleg Series thus far. Containing 27 tracks, the material here dates from the albums Oh Mercy through to 2006's Modern Times. It presents a carefully prepared sonic treat of a genuine enigma's musical world-view. Dylan may be an icon, but if it wasn't already obvious, he seems to perceive the modern world as a strange place that he no longer understands, nor wishes to. The music here is startling in its depth and presentation. It begins with one of the two versions of "Mississippi" included; the song first appeared on Love and Theft, but was written for the Time Out of Mind sessions five years earlier. This one, with only Daniel Lanois' electric guitar as backing, shows Dylan in full voice, and performing it as a midtempo blues. It's jauntier in tempo, but harder, leaner, and wearier than the released version. Even more shocking is "Most of the Time," which has become a signature of Lanois' production style with its warm, thickly padded guitars and muffled drums. This one features Dylan solo with harmonica and guitar. It comes off as a statement of actuality about strengths and weaknesses rather than as a treatise of denial in the aftermath of lost love. It feels like a back-porch country song here, with different lyrics that underscore the singer's steely determination. There are some truly amazing stops along the way. The unreleased "Red River Shore" would have shifted some of the darkness on Time Out of Mind to some declaration of empathy and even tenderness had it been released. Likewise, "Marchin' to the City," one of the best slow blues Dylan has ever written, offers a respite from the desolation on that album. Soundtracks get represented, too: the alternate take of "Tell Ol' Bill," from North Country, is a semi-rag tune with rambling honky tonk piano, and "Huck's Tune," from Lucky You, creates a more complex look at the male lead in the film with a Celtic undertow in the melody. Disc one closes with a burning live reading of "High Water (For Charley Patton)," with overdriven electric guitars replacing the banjo.
A real surprise on disc two is a dynamite reading of Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" that was originally recorded for the covers-only World Gone Wrong, but left in the can. A completely unreleased tune, "Can't Escape from You" portrays Dylan the folksinger as a lover of early rock & roll ballads. In his own wrecked way, he pays homage (in waltz time) to the Platters, Doc Pomus, Leiber & Stoller, and Cisco Houston with a lonely B-3 and trebly guitars. There are two takes of "Dignity" here as well (one on each disc), the first a prophetic gospel solo piano version and the second a full-band roots rock rave-up. The version of "Ring Them Bells" recorded live at New York's Supper Club is so utterly moving that it raises goosebumps and leaves the studio version in the dust. The disc closes with the greatest moment on the whole set: "'Cross the Green Mountain," from the Gods and Generals soundtrack. Veteran Dylanologist Larry Sloman claims in his truly brilliant and incisive liner notes that this "might be his finest hour as a songwriter." The amazing thing? It's not just hyperbole. In all, even in some of its familiarities, Tell Tale Signs feels like a new Bob Dylan record, not only for the astonishing freshness of the material, but also for the incredible sound quality and organic feeling of everything here. It's a carefully presented set, but it's full of life and crackling energy and offers yet more proof -- as if any were needed -- that Dylan remains as cagey, unpredictable, and yes, profound and relevant as he ever was. [There is also an expensive deluxe version of this set that includes an exclusive bonus CD with 12 extra tracks. These include a third version of "Mississippi," and a second one of "Ring Them Bells," but it also includes wonderful live readings of "Tryin' to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door,"and "Cold Irons Bound," the unreleased "Duncan and Brady," from 1992 on the aborted David Bromberg sessions, and the traditional ballad "Mary and Tthe Soldier," a cutting-room floor outtake from World Gone Wrong. There is also a 150-page 8"x8" book featuring pics of Dylan's singles, as well as a larger format CD booklet with more photos and complete track details. All of it packaged in a hardcover solid slipcase.]
Ranked Highest By: birdistheword, solace, BobtheSquid (#1)
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Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol. 8
(1331 Points, 10 Votes, Three #1 Votes)
Tracklist:
Disc one
1. "Mississippi" - 6:04 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
2. "Most of the Time" - 3:46 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
3. "Dignity" - 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy)
4. "Someday Baby" - 5:56 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
5. "Red River Shore" - 7:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
6. "Tell Ol' Bill" - 5:31 (Alternate Version of song released on North Country soundtrack)
7. "Born in Time" - 4:10 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
8. "Can't Wait" - 5:45 (Alternate version, Time Out of Mind)
9. "Everything Is Broken" - 3:27 (Alternate version, Oh Mercy)
10. "Dreamin' of You" - 6:23 (Unreleased, Time Out Of Mind)
11. "Huck's Tune" - 4:09 (From Lucky You soundtrack)
12. "Marchin' to the City" - 6:36 (Unreleased, Time Out of Mind)
13. "High Water (For Charley Patton)" - 6:40 (Live, August 23, 2003, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)
Disc two
1. "Mississippi" - 6:24 (Alternate version #2, Time Out of Mind)
2. "32-20 Blues" - 4:22 (Unreleased, World Gone Wrong)
3. "Series of Dreams" - 6:27 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
4. "God Knows" - 3:12 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
5. "Can't Escape from You" - 5:22 (Unreleased, December 2005 Recording)
6. "Dignity" - 5:25 (Unreleased, Oh Mercy)
7. "Ring Them Bells" - 4:59 (Live at The Supper Club, November 17, 1993, New York, NY)
8. "Cocaine Blues" - 5:30 (Live, August 24, 1997, Vienna, VA)
9. "Ain't Talkin'" - 6:13 (Alternate version, Modern Times)
10. "The Girl on the Greenbriar Shore" - 2:51 (Live, June 30, 1992, Dunkerque, France)
11. "Lonesome Day Blues" - 7:37 (Live, February 1, 2002, Sunrise, FL)
12. "Miss the Mississippi" - 3:20 (Unreleased, 1992)
13. "The Lonesome River" - 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country)
14. "'Cross the Green Mountain" - 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack)
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AMG Says: Tell Tale Signs is perhaps the most appropriately titled of all the volumes in Bob Dylan's official Bootleg Series thus far. Containing 27 tracks, the material here dates from the albums Oh Mercy through to 2006's Modern Times. It presents a carefully prepared sonic treat of a genuine enigma's musical world-view. Dylan may be an icon, but if it wasn't already obvious, he seems to perceive the modern world as a strange place that he no longer understands, nor wishes to. The music here is startling in its depth and presentation. It begins with one of the two versions of "Mississippi" included; the song first appeared on Love and Theft, but was written for the Time Out of Mind sessions five years earlier. This one, with only Daniel Lanois' electric guitar as backing, shows Dylan in full voice, and performing it as a midtempo blues. It's jauntier in tempo, but harder, leaner, and wearier than the released version. Even more shocking is "Most of the Time," which has become a signature of Lanois' production style with its warm, thickly padded guitars and muffled drums. This one features Dylan solo with harmonica and guitar. It comes off as a statement of actuality about strengths and weaknesses rather than as a treatise of denial in the aftermath of lost love. It feels like a back-porch country song here, with different lyrics that underscore the singer's steely determination. There are some truly amazing stops along the way. The unreleased "Red River Shore" would have shifted some of the darkness on Time Out of Mind to some declaration of empathy and even tenderness had it been released. Likewise, "Marchin' to the City," one of the best slow blues Dylan has ever written, offers a respite from the desolation on that album. Soundtracks get represented, too: the alternate take of "Tell Ol' Bill," from North Country, is a semi-rag tune with rambling honky tonk piano, and "Huck's Tune," from Lucky You, creates a more complex look at the male lead in the film with a Celtic undertow in the melody. Disc one closes with a burning live reading of "High Water (For Charley Patton)," with overdriven electric guitars replacing the banjo.
A real surprise on disc two is a dynamite reading of Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues" that was originally recorded for the covers-only World Gone Wrong, but left in the can. A completely unreleased tune, "Can't Escape from You" portrays Dylan the folksinger as a lover of early rock & roll ballads. In his own wrecked way, he pays homage (in waltz time) to the Platters, Doc Pomus, Leiber & Stoller, and Cisco Houston with a lonely B-3 and trebly guitars. There are two takes of "Dignity" here as well (one on each disc), the first a prophetic gospel solo piano version and the second a full-band roots rock rave-up. The version of "Ring Them Bells" recorded live at New York's Supper Club is so utterly moving that it raises goosebumps and leaves the studio version in the dust. The disc closes with the greatest moment on the whole set: "'Cross the Green Mountain," from the Gods and Generals soundtrack. Veteran Dylanologist Larry Sloman claims in his truly brilliant and incisive liner notes that this "might be his finest hour as a songwriter." The amazing thing? It's not just hyperbole. In all, even in some of its familiarities, Tell Tale Signs feels like a new Bob Dylan record, not only for the astonishing freshness of the material, but also for the incredible sound quality and organic feeling of everything here. It's a carefully presented set, but it's full of life and crackling energy and offers yet more proof -- as if any were needed -- that Dylan remains as cagey, unpredictable, and yes, profound and relevant as he ever was. [There is also an expensive deluxe version of this set that includes an exclusive bonus CD with 12 extra tracks. These include a third version of "Mississippi," and a second one of "Ring Them Bells," but it also includes wonderful live readings of "Tryin' to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door,"and "Cold Irons Bound," the unreleased "Duncan and Brady," from 1992 on the aborted David Bromberg sessions, and the traditional ballad "Mary and Tthe Soldier," a cutting-room floor outtake from World Gone Wrong. There is also a 150-page 8"x8" book featuring pics of Dylan's singles, as well as a larger format CD booklet with more photos and complete track details. All of it packaged in a hardcover solid slipcase.]
Ranked Highest By: birdistheword, solace, BobtheSquid (#1)
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#2.
Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue (Legacy Edition)
(1485 Points, 13 Votes)
Tracklist:
Disc One
1. "River Song" (Dennis Wilson/Carl Wilson) - 3:44
2. "What's Wrong" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson/Michael Horn) - 2:23
3. "Moonshine" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:27
4. "Friday Night" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 3:10
5. "Dreamer" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 4:23
6. "Thoughts of You" (Dennis Wilson/Jim Dutch) - 3:04
7. "Time" (Dennis Wilson/Karen Lamm-Wilson) - 3:32
8. "You and I" (Dennis Wilson/Karen Lamm-Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 3:25
9. "Pacific Ocean Blues" (Dennis Wilson/Mike Love) - 2:37
10. "Farewell My Friend" (Dennis Wilson) - 2:26
11. "Rainbows" (Dennis Wilson/Carl Wilson/Steve Kalinich) - 2:48
12. "End of The Show" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:57
13. "Tug Of Love" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 3:44
14. "Only With You" (Dennis Wilson/Mike Love) - 3:57
15. "Holy Man" [instrumental] (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 4:24
16. "Mexico" (Dennis Wilson)
Disc Two: Bambu (The Caribou Sessions)
1. "Under The Moonlight" (Carli Munoz) - 3:55
2. "It's Not Too Late" (Carli Munoz) - 4:22
3. "School Girl" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:31
4. "Love Remember Me" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson/Steve Kalinich) - 4:04
5. "Love Surrounds Me" (Dennis Wilson/Geoffrey Cushing-Murray) - 3:40
6. "Wild Situation" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:41
7. "Common" (Dennis Wilson) - 3:34
8. "Are You Real" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 3:38
9. "He's A Bum" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:50
10. "Cocktails" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson/John Hanlon) - 3:00
11. "I Love You" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 2:02
12. "Constant Companion" (Carli Munoz/Rags Baker) - 3:22
13. "Time For Bed" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson) - 3:07
14. "Album Tag Song" (Dennis Wilson) - 3:45
15. "All Alone" (Carli Munoz) - 3:44
16. "Piano Variation on Thoughts Of You" (Dennis Wilson) - 3:03
17. "Holy Man (Taylor Hawkins Version)" (Dennis Wilson/Gregg Jakobson/Taylor Hawkins) - 4:25
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Standard edition. Two CD set with 33 tracks. After 30 years, this lost classic reemerges to the delight of fans worldwide. Since coming out in 1977, this CD had only been released for six months in 1991. This collections contains never officially released tracks from Dennis' Bambu album which only existed as bootlegs for decades. Per Dennis Wilson 'Everything that I am or will ever be is in the music. If you want to know me, just listen.' Features 'Holy Man' an unfinished track that never received Dennis' vocal part with Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters laying down brand new vocals. This limited edition deluxe packing feature 50 page, full color book with two brand new essays and never-before-seen photos and memorabilia.
AMG Says:
When Dennis Wilson's solo debut, Pacific Ocean Blue, was released on James Guercio's CBS-distributed Caribou Records in 1977, few had high expectations for it. Dennis' brother Brian Wilson was, after all, the acknowledged genius and mastermind of the Beach Boys sound and his other brother Carl Wilson had the voice, so little was expected of Dennis, the pretty boy drummer and near-professional party animal. But Pacific Ocean Blue was a gorgeous masterpiece, full of a naked and affirming spirit, romantic (in the best sense of the word), lush, wise, patient, and even panoramic, almost avant-garde, and worlds past and beyond what any of the other Beach Boys were doing at the time. It was also, perhaps not surprisingly, a resounding commercial flop, although the critical reaction to the album was strong and positive. Wilson began work on a follow-up, tentatively entitled Bambu, mixing in some new New Orleans and Caribbean elements, but the project was never finished and by the time of Wilson's death in 1983, Bambu had been sitting untouched and unfinished for nearly five years. Boots taken from LP copies of Pacific Ocean Blue and leaked tapes of the Bambu material have been bouncing around among collectors ever since and Wilson's solo work has taken on the allure and status of lost treasure. This wonderful two-disc set features a carefully restored and remastered version of the Pacific Ocean Blue LP and collects the remnants of Bambu along with other Wilson solo odds and ends to make a convincing case for Dennis Wilson as the other bona fide musical genius in the Beach Boys. It's difficult to describe Wilson's sound on these tracks, although "California gospel soul" might fit, since Wilson's raspy, wounded vocals carry more naked emotion and feeling than any of the other Beach Boys vocalists, even if Carl (and sometimes Brian) could sing like an angel. Dennis could sing like an angel, too, but an earthbound one who lost his wings yet never lost his love of the spiritual and romantic in the world. Highlights from this gorgeous, fascinating set include the majestic "River Song"; a chilling version of Carli Munoz's "It's Not Too Late"; the hauntingly tentative "Thoughts of You"; the personal, intimate, and self-autobiographical "He's a Bum"; and the two versions of "Holy Man," the first a beautiful, charming instrumental and the second, which closes things out here, featuring a newly recorded lead vocal from Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins. Beautiful, sprawling, peaceful, wise, and as tenderly romantic as the world is round, these Dennis Wilson gems are as revelatory as they are stunning. Dennis Wilson was a man in love with life, a man in love with love, and as this essential package shows, he had an achingly personal vision for it all.
Ranked Highest By: The Luscious Phil, Mitchell, arkin, Campaigner (#2)
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#1.
Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool (30th Anniversary Edition)
(1670 Points, 12 Votes, Three #1 Votes)
Tracklist:
The original album
1. "Music for Money" – 2:03
2. "I Love the Sound of Breaking Glass" (Lowe, Andrew Bodnar, Steve Goulding) – 3:05
3. "Little Hitler" (Lowe, Dave Edmunds) – 2:51
4. "Shake and Pop" – 3:13
5. "Tonight" – 3:45
6. "So It Goes" – 2:23
7. "No Reason" – 3:25
8. "36 Inches High" (Jim Ford) – 2:50
9. "Marie Provost" – 2:41
10. "Nutted by Reality" – 2:46
11. "Heart of the City" (Live) – 4:15
And more
1. "Shake That Rat" - 2:12
2. "I Love My Label" (Lowe, "Profile") - 3:00
3. "They Called It Rock" (Lowe, Billy Bremner, Dave Edmunds, Terry Williams) - 3:13
4. "Born a Woman" (M. Sharp) - 2:27
5. "Endless Sleep" - 4:08
6. "Halfway to Paradise" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 2:26
7. "Rollers Show" - 3:32
8. "Cruel to Be Kind" (Lowe, Ian Gomm) (original Brinsley Schwarz version) - 2:52
9. "Heart of the City" - 2:07
10. "I Don't Want the Night to End" 1:57
Amazon.com Product Description:
2008 marks the 30th anniversary of Nick Lowe's seminal 1978 album Jesus of Cool. The album, released in the U.S. as Pure Pop for Now People, marks the beginning of one of the most storied and influential solo careers in pop music and marks the true emergence of a songwriting monolith. The album is a literal compendium of 25 years of pop music history. Here, the sweet melodies of pre-Beatles pop, the energy of the British Invasion, the excess of glam and elements of ska and new wave don t blend but stand side by side on the field of battle, each one willing to lay down his life for the other. Jesus is the crossroads where pop music and pop culture collide, self-aware for the first time, fusing into a white hot chunk of rock n roll energy.
Here, on this 30th anniversary edition of the album, the original and U.S. versions of the album are combined to include all material ever available on either release. In addition, seven bonus cuts are included making this the definitive version of this undisputed pop masterpiece.
AMG Says:
On the cover of his solo debut album Jesus of Cool, Nick Lowe is pictured in six rock & roll get-ups -- hippie, folkie, greasy rock & roller, new wave hipster -- giving the not-so-subtle implication that this guy can do anything. Nick proves that assumption correct on Jesus of Cool, a record so good it was named twice, as Lowe's American record label got the jitters with Jesus and renamed it Pure Pop for Now People, shuffling the track listing (but not swapping songs) in the process. As it happens, both titles are accurate, but while the U.K. title sounds cooler, capturing Lowe's cheerfully blasphemous rock & roll swagger, Pure Pop describes the sound of the album, functioning as a sincere description of the music while conveying the wicked, knowing humor that drives it. This is pop about pop, a record filled with songs that tweak or spin conventions, or are about the industry. Only a writer with a long, hard battle with the biz in his past could write "Music for Money" and much of Jesus of Cool does feel like a long-delayed reaction to the disastrous American debut of Brinsley Schwarz, where the band's grand plans at kick-starting their career came crumbling down and pushed them into the pubs. Once there, the Brinsleys spearheaded the back-to-basics pub rock movement in England and as the years rolled on the band got loose, as did Lowe's writing, which got catchier and funnier on the group's last two albums, Nervous on the Road and New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz.
In retrospect, it's possible to hear him inch toward the powerful pop of Jesus of Cool on the Dave Edmunds-produced New Favourites, plus the handful of singles the group cut toward the end of their career -- it's not far cry from the Brinsleys' stomping cover of Tommy Roe's "Everybody" to the shake and pop of Jesus -- but even with this knowledge in hand, Jesus of Cool still sounds like an unexpected explosion as it bursts forth with blindingly bright colors and a cavalcade of giddy pure sound. Lowe is letting his id run wild: he's dispensed with any remnants of good taste -- well, apart from the gorgeous "Tonight," the only time the album dips into ballads -- and indulged in a second adolescence, bashing out three-chord rockers and cracking jokes with both his words and music. This reckless rock and pop works not just because the tracks crackle with excitement -- not for nothing did Nick earn the name "Basher" in this period; he cut quickly and moved on, the performances sounding infectious and addictive -- but because it's written with the skill that Lowe developed in the Brinsleys. He knows how to twist words around, knows how to mine black humor in "Marie Provost," knows how to splice "Nutted by Reality" into a brilliant McCartney parody, knows how to pull off the old Chuck Berry trick of spinning a tune into two songs, as he turns "Shake and Pop" into the faster, wilder "They Called It Rock." That latter bit picks up a key bit about Jesus of Cool -- it's self-referential pop that loves the past but doesn't treat it as sacred. It is the first post-modern pop record in how it plays as it builds upon tradition and how it's all tied together by Lowe's irrepressible irreverence. It's hard to imagine any of the power pop of the next three decades without it, and while plenty have tried, nobody has made a better pure pop record than this...not even Nick (of course, he didn't really try to make another record like this, either).
Nobody may have bettered Jesus of Cool, but Yep Roc's 30th Anniversary edition of the album betters it by tacking on ten bonus tracks, all recorded after the demise of Brinsley Schwarz in 1974 and before the 1978 release of Jesus of Cool -- a time that was dubbed The Wilderness Years on a 1992 compilation that gathered these stray tracks. Here, it was possible to hear Lowe shake off pub rock in favor of pop. Sometimes, he tried very hard to leave the past behind, as when he cut a series of bubblegum singles that they would force United Artists to cut him loose from his contract. The first of those, the Tartan Horde, cut a tribute single to the Bay City Rollers which turned into a Japanese hit ("Rollers Show" turned up on Jesus, but the Gary Glitter send-up "Allorolla" and "Bay City Rollers We Love You" did not), which kept UA's interest high until Lowe's Disco Brothers singles extinguished the label's desire to keep him around, paving the way toward Jesus of Cool. Neither the two other Tartan Horde cuts or the Disco Brothers single are on this expanded edition (Yep Roc is offering it as a bonus download), nor are any of the harder-rocking cuts from The Wilderness Years -- "Fool Too Long," the two-chord "Truth Drug" and "I Got a Job" all are terrific reasons to seek the comp out after wearing out this reissue -- but there is a heavy dose of that disc's 18 songs, all skewing toward the bright, subversive pop that's on the proper album. There are traces of pub rock here, in the rampaging "I Don't Want the Night to End" and the country-rock "I Love My Label," but they're driven from the pub by a blindingly brilliant hook on the former and sly humor on the latter. These bonus tracks also showcase more of Lowe's pop personalities: "Shake That Rat" is a delirious instrumental, he turns Sandy Posey's "Born a Woman" upside down, he conveys the majestic sweep of the Wall of Sound on a cover of Goffin & King's "Halfway to Paradise." The bonus tracks also include "Heart of the City," the B-side of "So It Goes," the first single released on Stiff Records and thereby one of the opening salvos in the punk revolution (a live version was on the actual album), and an early version of "Cruel to Be Kind," which would turn out to be Nick's biggest hit just a couple years later. This early version is faster, wilder compared to the version he'd cut with Rockpile, and that description applies to all of his Jesus of Cool era. It's when Nick Lowe ran wild, creating pop that was pure, peerless, and permanently thrilling.
Ranked Highest By: Campaigner, Rob Gordon, Pookie (#1)
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Here are the expanded results. This is everything that was voted for. It goes rank, album, total points, number of votes, and number of #1 votes.
1 Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool 1670 12 3
2 Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue 1485 13 0
3 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol.8/Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 1331 10 3
4 King Khan & the Shrines - 'The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines' 1100 11 1
5 Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08 1074 12 0
6 Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07 1068 12 2
7 Pavement -- Brighten The Corners: The Nicene Creedence Edition 1055 8 2
8 Neil Young - Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1025 11 0
9 Gas – Nah Und Fern 975 6 4
10 R.E.M. – Murmur (Deluxe Edition) 913 9 1
11 Rivers Cuomo - Alone II: The Home Recordings 865 5 4
12 Whiskeytown - 'Stranger's Almanac (Deluxe Edition)' 838 11 0
13 Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions 824 9 1
14 Maroon 5 - Call and Response 695 6 1
15 Replacements - Tim 575 6 0
16 Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition) 555 6 0
17 Beck - Odelay (Deluxe Edition) 540 7 0
18 Love - Forever Changes: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition 506 5 0
19 Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective 491 6 0
20 African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s 486 4 1
21 Replacements--Pleased to Meet Me 428 5 0
22 Clash - Live at Shea Stadium 425 6 0
23 Studio - Yearbook 2 425 3 1
24 Otis Redding - Live In London and Paris 420 4 0
25 Ween - At The Cat's Cradle, 1992 400 3 1
26 David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 370 5 0
27 U2 - Boy (expanded and remastered) 340 4 0
28 Replacements - Let it Be 327 5 0
29 Rocket From the Crypt – All Systems Go 3 324 3 1
30 Eels – Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 320 2 0
31 Smiths - The Sound Of The Smiths 318 4 0
32 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model (28th Deluxe edition) 314 4 0
33 BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85 300 2 1
34 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory 281 3 0
35 J.T. IV - Cosmic Lightning 270 2 1
36 Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 1996-2006 246 2 1
37 Arthur Russell - Love is Overtaking Me 242 3 0
38 Jesus and Mary Chain--The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities 242 4 0
39 Long Blondes - "Singles" 235 3 0
40 Carl Craig – Sessions 230 3 0
41 Basic Channel - BCD-2 228 3 0
42 Microphones - The Glow Pt 2. 225 2 0
43 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Best of 220 2 0
44 Wackness, The – OST 218 2 0
45 Otis Redding - Otis Blue (2008 Collector's Edition) 210 2 0
46 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of (mono master) 200 1 1
47 And all the Pieces Matter...(The Wire) 200 1 1
48 Chris Morris et al. - On the Hour: Series 1 and 2 (This Is The News / Arise Sir News) 200 1 1
49 Meshuggah--Destroy Erase Improve (Reloaded) 200 1 1
50 MF Doom - Operation Doomsday (Re-Issue) 200 1 1
51 Recovery 200 1 1
52 Sally Shapiro - Remix Romance Vol. 1 200 1 1
53 Thank You Friends (The Ardent Records Story) 200 1 1
54 Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 200 1 1
55 UFO - The Best of UFO 1974-1983 200 1 1
56 Replacements--Sorry Ma Forgot To Take out the Trash 186 3 0
57 Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days 183 2 0
58 Robyn Hitchcock--Shadow Cat 181 2 0
59 Rocket From The Crypt - R.I.P. 180 2 0
60 Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Luminous Groove 175 2 0
61 Air France's Rooftop Music 170 2 0
62 Blank Dogs - Year One 170 2 0
63 Cheap Trick--At Budokan 30th Anniversary 170 3 0
64 Main Source - Breaking Atoms 169 2 0
65 Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock and fuzz funk 165 2 0
66 Robert Hood - Fabric #39 165 2 0
67 Amanaz - Africa 160 1 0
68 Bang Gang DJs - D Is for Disco, E Is for Dancing 160 1 0
69 Between the Buried and Me--Colors Live 160 1 0
70 Charlie Feathers - Wild Side of Life / Long Time Ago / Honky Tonk Kind (3-way tie) 160 1 0
71 Debris' - Static Disposal 160 1 0
72 HEALTH - //DISCO (Remixes) 160 1 0
73 Living Bridge 160 1 0
74 Mission of Burma--Vs 160 1 0
75 Plush - Fed 160 1 0
76 Roy Orbison - 'The Soul of Rock and Roll (Box)' 160 2 0
77 Sebadoh – Bubble and Scrape (Deluxe Edition) 160 2 0
78 Skull Disco - Soundboy's Gravestone is Desecrated by Vandals 160 1 0
79 Take me to the river: a southern soul story 1961-1977 160 1 0
80 Very Best Mixtape, The 160 1 0
81 Coral - Singles Collection 152 2 0
82 Âme - Fabric 42 150 2 0
83 Garifuna Women's Project, The 150 2 0
84 Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (compilation) 145 2 0
85 New Order – Movement (Collector’s Edition) 138 2 0
86 Kid Creole - Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974 - 1983 136 2 0
87 Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (Deluxe Re-Issue) 134 2 0
88 Big Dipper - Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology 133 2 0
89 Buena Vista Social Club - Live At Carnegie Hall 125 1 0
90 David Bowie - iSelect (compilation of Bowie chosen by Bowie) 125 1 0
91 Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST 125 1 0
92 Metro Area - Fabric 34 125 1 0
93 Mission of Burma--Signals, Calls and marches 125 1 0
94 Moshi Moshi Singles Comp 125 1 0
95 Shirley & Dolly Collins - The Harvest years 125 1 0
96 Steppa's Delight (Dubstep Present to Future) 125 1 0
97 Stereogum Presents Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk's Post 125 1 0
98 Theme Time Radio Hour 125 1 0
99 Wizzz! Volume 2 125 1 0
100 Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray (Collector’s Edition) 124 2 0
101 Fela Kuti - Anthology 1 121 2 0
102 New Order - Technique 116 2 0
103 Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 100 1 0
104 Charlemange Palestine et al. - Sharing a Sonority 100 1 0
105 Mission of Burma--The Horrible Truth About Burma 100 1 0
106 Mudcrutch - s/t 100 2 0
107 Notwave 100 1 0
108 Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom 100 1 0
109 Sic Alps - A Long Way Around To A Shortcut 100 1 0
110 Warren Zevon [Deluxe Edition] 100 1 0
111 Replacements--Stink 96 2 0
112 Durutti Column - Circuses And Bread 90 1 0
113 Happy Mondays - Bummed 90 1 0
114 Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered 90 1 0
115 Lindsey Buckingham - 'Live at Bass Performance Hall' 90 1 0
116 Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia 90 1 0
117 Morrissey – Greatest Hits 90 1 0
118 Never ever land: International Artists 1965-1970 90 1 0
119 New Order - Brotherhood 90 1 0
120 Optimo - Sleepwalk 90 1 0
121 Steely Dan--In Concert 90 1 0
122 Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra-- Secrets of the Sun 90 1 0
123 Frightened Rabbit -- Liver! Lungs! FR! 80 1 0
124 Ghostly Swim 80 1 0
125 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? (double LP) 80 1 0
126 Univers Zero--1313 80 1 0
127 X-102 - Rediscovering the Rings of Saturn 80 1 0
128 Apple Juice Kid - Miles Davis Remixed 75 1 0
129 Bollywood Steel Guitar 75 1 0
130 Daryl Hall/John Oats--War Babies 75 1 0
131 Hear O Israel: A Prayer Ceremony In Jazz 75 1 0
132 Pole - 1, 2, 3 75 1 0
133 Harry Pussy - You'll Never Play This Town Again 70 1 0
134 High Places – 03/07-09/07 70 1 0
135 Madvillain - Madvillainy 2 (The Madlib Remixes) 70 1 0
136 BBC Radiophonic Workshop: A Retrospective 65 1 0
137 Blue Phantom – Distortions 65 1 0
138 Duffy – Rockferry (Deluxe Edition) 65 1 0
139 Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - African dub 65 1 0
140 Replacements--Hootenanny 65 1 0
141 Appleblim and Shackleton - Soundboy's Grave Gets Desecrated By Vandals 60 1 0
142 Gary Numan and Tubeway Army – Replicas 60 1 0
143 Golden Smog: Stay Golden, Smog: The Best of Golden Smog 60 1 0
144 John Baker Tapes Vols 1 & 2 60 1 0
145 Peace (for Mom) 60 1 0
146 Derrick May - Innovator 58 1 0
147 Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Cities 58 1 0
148 Michael Jackson - Thriller 25 58 1 0
149 DJ Yoda - FabricLive39 (compilation dj mix) 56 1 0
150 Dreams come true: classic first wave electro 1982-1987 56 1 0
151 Free Blood – Singles 56 1 0
152 Mojo Magazine - Beloved 56 1 0
153 Wolfgang Voigt - GAS 56 1 0
154 DJ /rupture - Uproot 54 1 0
155 James Brown - The Complete Singles, Volume 5: 1967-1969 54 1 0
156 National - Virginia EP 54 1 0
157 Replacements, Don't Tell a Soul (expanded) 54 1 0
158 Saint Etienne - London Conversations 54 1 0
159 Valerio Cosi - Collected Works 54 1 0
160 Andy Stott - Unknown Exception 52 1 0
161 Derek Raymond & Gallon Drunk - I Was Dora Suarez 52 1 0
162 Mars – Mars LP 52 1 0
163 Pita - Get Out 52 1 0
164 Brainbombs - Obey 50 1 0
165 Tough Alliance – The New School 50 1 0
166 Van Morrison - It's too late to stop now 50 1 0
167 Complete Motown Singles, Volume 9: 1969 48 1 0
168 Groove Armada - Late Night Tales 48 1 0
169 This Town Needs Guns - This Town Needs Guns 48 1 0
170 Vernon Elliot - Ivor The Engine 48 1 0
171 Whitehouse - Erector 48 1 0
172 Dead C - Eusa Kills + Helen Said This 46 1 0
173 Dupstep Allstars Vol. 6 46 1 0
174 Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (Collector's Edition) 46 1 0
175 Alicia Keys - As I Am: The Super Edition 44 1 0
176 Dead C - DR503 + Sun Stabbed 44 1 0
177 Greatest R&B Hits of 1957 44 1 0
178 All you need is Keith Mansfield 42 1 0
179 Junior Boys - Body Language Six 42 1 0
180 M.I.A. - Kala (Re-Issue) 42 1 0
181 Cardigans - Best Of, B-Sides, and Rarities 40 1 0
182 Mechanical Bride - Part II EP's 40 1 0
183 Portastatic - Some Small History 40 1 0
1 Nick Lowe - Jesus of Cool 1670 12 3
2 Dennis Wilson - Pacific Ocean Blue 1485 13 0
3 Bob Dylan - Tell Tale Signs: the Bootleg Series Vol.8/Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 1331 10 3
4 King Khan & the Shrines - 'The Supreme Genius of King Khan & the Shrines' 1100 11 1
5 Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08 1074 12 0
6 Jay Reatard - Singles 06-07 1068 12 2
7 Pavement -- Brighten The Corners: The Nicene Creedence Edition 1055 8 2
8 Neil Young - Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1025 11 0
9 Gas – Nah Und Fern 975 6 4
10 R.E.M. – Murmur (Deluxe Edition) 913 9 1
11 Rivers Cuomo - Alone II: The Home Recordings 865 5 4
12 Whiskeytown - 'Stranger's Almanac (Deluxe Edition)' 838 11 0
13 Belle and Sebastian - The BBC Sessions 824 9 1
14 Maroon 5 - Call and Response 695 6 1
15 Replacements - Tim 575 6 0
16 Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff (Deluxe Edition) 555 6 0
17 Beck - Odelay (Deluxe Edition) 540 7 0
18 Love - Forever Changes: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition 506 5 0
19 Steinski - What Does It All Mean? 1983 - 2006 Retrospective 491 6 0
20 African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds from Benin & Togo 70s 486 4 1
21 Replacements--Pleased to Meet Me 428 5 0
22 Clash - Live at Shea Stadium 425 6 0
23 Studio - Yearbook 2 425 3 1
24 Otis Redding - Live In London and Paris 420 4 0
25 Ween - At The Cat's Cradle, 1992 400 3 1
26 David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 370 5 0
27 U2 - Boy (expanded and remastered) 340 4 0
28 Replacements - Let it Be 327 5 0
29 Rocket From the Crypt – All Systems Go 3 324 3 1
30 Eels – Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities and Unreleased 1996-2006 320 2 0
31 Smiths - The Sound Of The Smiths 318 4 0
32 Elvis Costello & The Attractions - This Year's Model (28th Deluxe edition) 314 4 0
33 BIPPP: French Synth Wave 1979-85 300 2 1
34 Creedence Clearwater Revival- Cosmo’s Factory 281 3 0
35 J.T. IV - Cosmic Lightning 270 2 1
36 Eels - Meet The Eels: Essential Eels, Vol. 1 1996-2006 246 2 1
37 Arthur Russell - Love is Overtaking Me 242 3 0
38 Jesus and Mary Chain--The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides and Rarities 242 4 0
39 Long Blondes - "Singles" 235 3 0
40 Carl Craig – Sessions 230 3 0
41 Basic Channel - BCD-2 228 3 0
42 Microphones - The Glow Pt 2. 225 2 0
43 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Best of 220 2 0
44 Wackness, The – OST 218 2 0
45 Otis Redding - Otis Blue (2008 Collector's Edition) 210 2 0
46 13th Floor Elevators – The Psychedelic Sounds Of (mono master) 200 1 1
47 And all the Pieces Matter...(The Wire) 200 1 1
48 Chris Morris et al. - On the Hour: Series 1 and 2 (This Is The News / Arise Sir News) 200 1 1
49 Meshuggah--Destroy Erase Improve (Reloaded) 200 1 1
50 MF Doom - Operation Doomsday (Re-Issue) 200 1 1
51 Recovery 200 1 1
52 Sally Shapiro - Remix Romance Vol. 1 200 1 1
53 Thank You Friends (The Ardent Records Story) 200 1 1
54 Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 200 1 1
55 UFO - The Best of UFO 1974-1983 200 1 1
56 Replacements--Sorry Ma Forgot To Take out the Trash 186 3 0
57 Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days 183 2 0
58 Robyn Hitchcock--Shadow Cat 181 2 0
59 Rocket From The Crypt - R.I.P. 180 2 0
60 Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians - Luminous Groove 175 2 0
61 Air France's Rooftop Music 170 2 0
62 Blank Dogs - Year One 170 2 0
63 Cheap Trick--At Budokan 30th Anniversary 170 3 0
64 Main Source - Breaking Atoms 169 2 0
65 Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock and fuzz funk 165 2 0
66 Robert Hood - Fabric #39 165 2 0
67 Amanaz - Africa 160 1 0
68 Bang Gang DJs - D Is for Disco, E Is for Dancing 160 1 0
69 Between the Buried and Me--Colors Live 160 1 0
70 Charlie Feathers - Wild Side of Life / Long Time Ago / Honky Tonk Kind (3-way tie) 160 1 0
71 Debris' - Static Disposal 160 1 0
72 HEALTH - //DISCO (Remixes) 160 1 0
73 Living Bridge 160 1 0
74 Mission of Burma--Vs 160 1 0
75 Plush - Fed 160 1 0
76 Roy Orbison - 'The Soul of Rock and Roll (Box)' 160 2 0
77 Sebadoh – Bubble and Scrape (Deluxe Edition) 160 2 0
78 Skull Disco - Soundboy's Gravestone is Desecrated by Vandals 160 1 0
79 Take me to the river: a southern soul story 1961-1977 160 1 0
80 Very Best Mixtape, The 160 1 0
81 Coral - Singles Collection 152 2 0
82 Âme - Fabric 42 150 2 0
83 Garifuna Women's Project, The 150 2 0
84 Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood (compilation) 145 2 0
85 New Order – Movement (Collector’s Edition) 138 2 0
86 Kid Creole - Going Places: The August Darnell Years 1974 - 1983 136 2 0
87 Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (Deluxe Re-Issue) 134 2 0
88 Big Dipper - Supercluster: The Big Dipper Anthology 133 2 0
89 Buena Vista Social Club - Live At Carnegie Hall 125 1 0
90 David Bowie - iSelect (compilation of Bowie chosen by Bowie) 125 1 0
91 Jonny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood OST 125 1 0
92 Metro Area - Fabric 34 125 1 0
93 Mission of Burma--Signals, Calls and marches 125 1 0
94 Moshi Moshi Singles Comp 125 1 0
95 Shirley & Dolly Collins - The Harvest years 125 1 0
96 Steppa's Delight (Dubstep Present to Future) 125 1 0
97 Stereogum Presents Enjoyed: A Tribute to Björk's Post 125 1 0
98 Theme Time Radio Hour 125 1 0
99 Wizzz! Volume 2 125 1 0
100 Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray (Collector’s Edition) 124 2 0
101 Fela Kuti - Anthology 1 121 2 0
102 New Order - Technique 116 2 0
103 Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 100 1 0
104 Charlemange Palestine et al. - Sharing a Sonority 100 1 0
105 Mission of Burma--The Horrible Truth About Burma 100 1 0
106 Mudcrutch - s/t 100 2 0
107 Notwave 100 1 0
108 Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom 100 1 0
109 Sic Alps - A Long Way Around To A Shortcut 100 1 0
110 Warren Zevon [Deluxe Edition] 100 1 0
111 Replacements--Stink 96 2 0
112 Durutti Column - Circuses And Bread 90 1 0
113 Happy Mondays - Bummed 90 1 0
114 Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered 90 1 0
115 Lindsey Buckingham - 'Live at Bass Performance Hall' 90 1 0
116 Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia 90 1 0
117 Morrissey – Greatest Hits 90 1 0
118 Never ever land: International Artists 1965-1970 90 1 0
119 New Order - Brotherhood 90 1 0
120 Optimo - Sleepwalk 90 1 0
121 Steely Dan--In Concert 90 1 0
122 Sun Ra and His Solar Arkestra-- Secrets of the Sun 90 1 0
123 Frightened Rabbit -- Liver! Lungs! FR! 80 1 0
124 Ghostly Swim 80 1 0
125 Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced? (double LP) 80 1 0
126 Univers Zero--1313 80 1 0
127 X-102 - Rediscovering the Rings of Saturn 80 1 0
128 Apple Juice Kid - Miles Davis Remixed 75 1 0
129 Bollywood Steel Guitar 75 1 0
130 Daryl Hall/John Oats--War Babies 75 1 0
131 Hear O Israel: A Prayer Ceremony In Jazz 75 1 0
132 Pole - 1, 2, 3 75 1 0
133 Harry Pussy - You'll Never Play This Town Again 70 1 0
134 High Places – 03/07-09/07 70 1 0
135 Madvillain - Madvillainy 2 (The Madlib Remixes) 70 1 0
136 BBC Radiophonic Workshop: A Retrospective 65 1 0
137 Blue Phantom – Distortions 65 1 0
138 Duffy – Rockferry (Deluxe Edition) 65 1 0
139 Joe Gibbs & the Professionals - African dub 65 1 0
140 Replacements--Hootenanny 65 1 0
141 Appleblim and Shackleton - Soundboy's Grave Gets Desecrated By Vandals 60 1 0
142 Gary Numan and Tubeway Army – Replicas 60 1 0
143 Golden Smog: Stay Golden, Smog: The Best of Golden Smog 60 1 0
144 John Baker Tapes Vols 1 & 2 60 1 0
145 Peace (for Mom) 60 1 0
146 Derrick May - Innovator 58 1 0
147 Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Cities 58 1 0
148 Michael Jackson - Thriller 25 58 1 0
149 DJ Yoda - FabricLive39 (compilation dj mix) 56 1 0
150 Dreams come true: classic first wave electro 1982-1987 56 1 0
151 Free Blood – Singles 56 1 0
152 Mojo Magazine - Beloved 56 1 0
153 Wolfgang Voigt - GAS 56 1 0
154 DJ /rupture - Uproot 54 1 0
155 James Brown - The Complete Singles, Volume 5: 1967-1969 54 1 0
156 National - Virginia EP 54 1 0
157 Replacements, Don't Tell a Soul (expanded) 54 1 0
158 Saint Etienne - London Conversations 54 1 0
159 Valerio Cosi - Collected Works 54 1 0
160 Andy Stott - Unknown Exception 52 1 0
161 Derek Raymond & Gallon Drunk - I Was Dora Suarez 52 1 0
162 Mars – Mars LP 52 1 0
163 Pita - Get Out 52 1 0
164 Brainbombs - Obey 50 1 0
165 Tough Alliance – The New School 50 1 0
166 Van Morrison - It's too late to stop now 50 1 0
167 Complete Motown Singles, Volume 9: 1969 48 1 0
168 Groove Armada - Late Night Tales 48 1 0
169 This Town Needs Guns - This Town Needs Guns 48 1 0
170 Vernon Elliot - Ivor The Engine 48 1 0
171 Whitehouse - Erector 48 1 0
172 Dead C - Eusa Kills + Helen Said This 46 1 0
173 Dupstep Allstars Vol. 6 46 1 0
174 Echo & The Bunnymen - Ocean Rain (Collector's Edition) 46 1 0
175 Alicia Keys - As I Am: The Super Edition 44 1 0
176 Dead C - DR503 + Sun Stabbed 44 1 0
177 Greatest R&B Hits of 1957 44 1 0
178 All you need is Keith Mansfield 42 1 0
179 Junior Boys - Body Language Six 42 1 0
180 M.I.A. - Kala (Re-Issue) 42 1 0
181 Cardigans - Best Of, B-Sides, and Rarities 40 1 0
182 Mechanical Bride - Part II EP's 40 1 0
183 Portastatic - Some Small History 40 1 0
I'll try and get to the Miscellaneous poll results tomorrow after we finish the top forty albums. If not, then we'll do them on Saturday.
Sorry some of this is taking so long. Tabbing these lists combined with a couple other things have kind of taken over my life for the last month.
Sorry some of this is taking so long. Tabbing these lists combined with a couple other things have kind of taken over my life for the last month.
Damn, I definitely would not have guessed the Jesus of Cool reissue as our number on!
Nice surprise, I guess. I suppose that the type of people who buy music also dig Nick Lowe?
Nice surprise, I guess. I suppose that the type of people who buy music also dig Nick Lowe?
The Smiths comp is the least worthy of the list.
I was the only one who voted for "The Wire" comp. And my number 1 vote put it at number 47 (tied with a bunch of other stuff).
Lame.
But number 1 and 2 are pretty spot on. Best list so far.
edit: That Ween live album looks awesome, and it took me a total of 30 seconds after seeing the fact that it existed to put it in my amazon.com basket and buy the hell out of it.
Lame.
But number 1 and 2 are pretty spot on. Best list so far.
edit: That Ween live album looks awesome, and it took me a total of 30 seconds after seeing the fact that it existed to put it in my amazon.com basket and buy the hell out of it.
Dennis Wilson beating Bob Dylan is unexpected. And awesome.
Gas being top 10 is even better.
Gas being top 10 is even better.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 08:27 PM)
Gay Retard
Real quality boarding in this thread Paves.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 07:05 PM)
Here are the expanded results. This is everything that was voted for. It goes rank, album, total points, number of votes, and number of #1 votes.
54 Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 200 1 1
54 Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub 200 1 1
did this just get lost in confusion as to where it should be voted or did noone listen to this? it's so good...
...if you liked the santogold album at all, this blows that away
QUOTE (77 or 88 @ Jan 1 2009, 06:41 PM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 06:39 PM)
QUOTE (SonicAlligator @ Jan 1 2009, 05:36 PM)
I forgot to vote for that Studio album. I thought that it was a studio album,
AOY*KYGHJKHJAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAARRRRRRGSGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
awesome
Didn't plan on that at all. That's awesome.
I need to check out that Dennis Wilson album BIG TIME.
QUOTE (The Luscious Phil @ Jan 1 2009, 08:53 PM)
edit: That Ween live album looks awesome, and it took me a total of 30 seconds after seeing the fact that it existed to put it in my amazon.com basket and buy the hell out of it.
You won't be let down. It made me appreciate their first two albums even more.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 05:19 PM)
Sorry some of this is taking so long.
Are you fucking kidding dude? Great job, on all the polls. It's the people voting for Jay Retard that should apologize
QUOTE (Le Bunk @ Jan 1 2009, 08:27 PM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 08:27 PM)
Gay Retard
Real quality boarding in this thread Paves.
You are a two star message board poster.
Think about that.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 07:51 PM)
[size=5][b]#4.
I've heard a bunch about King Khan,But the only song I've really heard is "Zombie" with BBQ Show.Is this comp a good starting place for them?
Also,great job on this list and I need to purchase quite a few of these soon.
For the Shrines, I would just get What Is?! Ridiculously solid album, best set of songs Khan has released solo, most realistic '60s production on a non-'60s album, hearing a lot of the best Supreme Genius tracks in their proper context... really great record.
That, Sultanic Verses, and the two King Khan & BBQ Show full lengths are quite essential. I'd be hard pressed to name a bad song off any of them.
That, Sultanic Verses, and the two King Khan & BBQ Show full lengths are quite essential. I'd be hard pressed to name a bad song off any of them.
Thanks,Paves.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 05:42 PM)
EDIT: Skipped #36. That will be up in this spot in a minute.
#36.
eels - Meet The eels: Essential eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1
(246 Points, 2 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Novocaine For The Soul
2. Susan's House
3. My Beloved Monster
4. Your Lucky Day In Hell
5. 3 Speed
6. Last Stop: This Town
7. Climbing To The Moon (Jon Brion Remix)*
8. Flyswatter
9. I Like Birds
10. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
11. It's A Motherfucker
12. Souljacker Part 1
13. That's Not Really Funny
14. Fresh Feeling
15. Get Ur Freak On*
16. Saturday Morning
17. Love Of The Loveless
18. Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)
19. I Need Some Sleep
20. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
21. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
22. Trouble With Dreams
23. Railroad Man
24. Losing Streak
Disc: 2 (DVD)
1. Novocaine For The Soul
2. Susan's House
3. Rags To Rags
4. Your Lucky Day In Hell
5. Last Stop: This Town
6. Cancer For The Cure
7. Flyswatter
8. Souljacker part I
9. Saturday Morning
10. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
11. Trouble With Dreams
12. Dirty Girl (Live at Town Hall)
Amazon.com Product Description:
MEET THE EELS: ESSENTIAL EELS VOL. 1, 1996-2006 spans the first decade of the EELS with 24 selections on CD and 12 previously unreleased videos on DVD. Featuring fan favorites culled fromthe EELS critically acclaimed releases on Dreamworks and Vagrant. ESSENTIAL EELS also includes 2 previously unreleased tracks, the Jon Brion remix of "Climbing To The Moon" and a cover of Missy Elliot's "get ur freak on."
AMG Says:
For Eels fans, and especially those obsessed with Mark Oliver Everett, the man who created and fronts the ever-changing lineup as well as writing its songs, 2008 kicked off anything but quietly. Despite a mere six studio and one live record in the band's catalog, E and Universal/Geffen have issued what amounts to a truckload of backlog material on two separate -- some would say excessive -- releases: Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1, a CD/DVD package, and Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities, and Unreleased 1996-2006. The latter includes two discs of music and a live DVD documenting the band's 2006 Lollapalooza performance.
Meet the Eels is, arguably, the way a "hits" compilation should be presented, to fans as well as the merely curious. It's loaded to the gills with 24 cuts that include the unreleased "Get Ur Freak On." The rest of this monster is culled with cuts from Beautiful Freak (four) Electro-Shock Blues (two), plus an unissued remix of "Climbing to the Moon," by Jon Brion.This decade gets the lion's share of the material naturally, with four tunes from 2000s Daisies of the Galaxy, and a trio off 2001's Souljacker; a pair of tunes were tacked on from Shootenanny! (still the most confounding toss of the band's history), and a whopping five from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. The latter was the band's best-selling record and yet it's still debated hotly among fans. One thing is for sure: for the first time since Beautiful Freak it drew new listeners in droves. Also included here for some unfathomable reason is "Dirty Girl," from the Live at Town Hall offering, and luckily, "I Need Some Sleep," from the soundtrack album for Shrek 2. Right, you guessed it, nothing here comes from A Man Called E, making it an incomplete Everett document, but it's close enough.
Simply put, there is no reason to go into the track choices, they are listed below and can be debated endlessly anyway. This tri-fold digipack is loaded with photos, E's own elliptical annotations for the tracks, and a wonderfully long and now legendary piece by Mark Edwards from the Sunday Times in London. Some of E's notes are clever, and some seem just plain tossed off, as if they are memories he really doesn't have any longer but needed to get down on paper for this. That's OK -- his very natural ambivalence is part of the appeal in his idiosyncratic, adventurous, and original songs. The DVD contains virtually every video the band shot and released for commercial play; they are compiled and available as a retail item for the first time. As great an introduction or mix the CD makes, it's the video collection that makes it all worth the cash. Given the kitchen sink approach of it, it offers an even more diverse and undebatable document; showcasing everything from original conceptions by directors to the escalator to the oblivion lineup changes. There is simply no better way to get acquainted with an enigma.
Ranked Highest By: Mike Schank (#1)
Amazon Link
#36.
eels - Meet The eels: Essential eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1
(246 Points, 2 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Tracklist:
Disc: 1
1. Novocaine For The Soul
2. Susan's House
3. My Beloved Monster
4. Your Lucky Day In Hell
5. 3 Speed
6. Last Stop: This Town
7. Climbing To The Moon (Jon Brion Remix)*
8. Flyswatter
9. I Like Birds
10. Mr. E's Beautiful Blues
11. It's A Motherfucker
12. Souljacker Part 1
13. That's Not Really Funny
14. Fresh Feeling
15. Get Ur Freak On*
16. Saturday Morning
17. Love Of The Loveless
18. Dirty Girl (Live At Town Hall)
19. I Need Some Sleep
20. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
21. I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart
22. Trouble With Dreams
23. Railroad Man
24. Losing Streak
Disc: 2 (DVD)
1. Novocaine For The Soul
2. Susan's House
3. Rags To Rags
4. Your Lucky Day In Hell
5. Last Stop: This Town
6. Cancer For The Cure
7. Flyswatter
8. Souljacker part I
9. Saturday Morning
10. Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)
11. Trouble With Dreams
12. Dirty Girl (Live at Town Hall)
Amazon.com Product Description:
MEET THE EELS: ESSENTIAL EELS VOL. 1, 1996-2006 spans the first decade of the EELS with 24 selections on CD and 12 previously unreleased videos on DVD. Featuring fan favorites culled fromthe EELS critically acclaimed releases on Dreamworks and Vagrant. ESSENTIAL EELS also includes 2 previously unreleased tracks, the Jon Brion remix of "Climbing To The Moon" and a cover of Missy Elliot's "get ur freak on."
AMG Says:
For Eels fans, and especially those obsessed with Mark Oliver Everett, the man who created and fronts the ever-changing lineup as well as writing its songs, 2008 kicked off anything but quietly. Despite a mere six studio and one live record in the band's catalog, E and Universal/Geffen have issued what amounts to a truckload of backlog material on two separate -- some would say excessive -- releases: Meet the Eels: Essential Eels 1996-2006, Vol. 1, a CD/DVD package, and Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities, and Unreleased 1996-2006. The latter includes two discs of music and a live DVD documenting the band's 2006 Lollapalooza performance.
Meet the Eels is, arguably, the way a "hits" compilation should be presented, to fans as well as the merely curious. It's loaded to the gills with 24 cuts that include the unreleased "Get Ur Freak On." The rest of this monster is culled with cuts from Beautiful Freak (four) Electro-Shock Blues (two), plus an unissued remix of "Climbing to the Moon," by Jon Brion.This decade gets the lion's share of the material naturally, with four tunes from 2000s Daisies of the Galaxy, and a trio off 2001's Souljacker; a pair of tunes were tacked on from Shootenanny! (still the most confounding toss of the band's history), and a whopping five from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. The latter was the band's best-selling record and yet it's still debated hotly among fans. One thing is for sure: for the first time since Beautiful Freak it drew new listeners in droves. Also included here for some unfathomable reason is "Dirty Girl," from the Live at Town Hall offering, and luckily, "I Need Some Sleep," from the soundtrack album for Shrek 2. Right, you guessed it, nothing here comes from A Man Called E, making it an incomplete Everett document, but it's close enough.
Simply put, there is no reason to go into the track choices, they are listed below and can be debated endlessly anyway. This tri-fold digipack is loaded with photos, E's own elliptical annotations for the tracks, and a wonderfully long and now legendary piece by Mark Edwards from the Sunday Times in London. Some of E's notes are clever, and some seem just plain tossed off, as if they are memories he really doesn't have any longer but needed to get down on paper for this. That's OK -- his very natural ambivalence is part of the appeal in his idiosyncratic, adventurous, and original songs. The DVD contains virtually every video the band shot and released for commercial play; they are compiled and available as a retail item for the first time. As great an introduction or mix the CD makes, it's the video collection that makes it all worth the cash. Given the kitchen sink approach of it, it offers an even more diverse and undebatable document; showcasing everything from original conceptions by directors to the escalator to the oblivion lineup changes. There is simply no better way to get acquainted with an enigma.
Ranked Highest By: Mike Schank (#1)
Amazon Link
Sorely missing Bus Stop Boxer and In The Yard Behind The Church
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 08:05 PM)
72 HEALTH - //DISCO (Remixes) 160 1 0
154 DJ /rupture - Uproot 54 1 0
154 DJ /rupture - Uproot 54 1 0
Expected to see the Health album a bit higher. In regards to the DJ / Rupture album, was it just voted in this thread once and not really on anyone's list for the albums list? Which list was it eligible for? I remember it placing fairly high on Pitchfork's list and I assumed it would be allowed in the albums poll.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 09:19 PM)
I'll try and get to the Miscellaneous poll results tomorrow after we finish the top forty albums. If not, then we'll do them on Saturday.
Sorry some of this is taking so long. Tabbing these lists combined with a couple other things have kind of taken over my life for the last month.
Sorry some of this is taking so long. Tabbing these lists combined with a couple other things have kind of taken over my life for the last month.
Man- never have to say your sorry...your efforts are DocBillian.
QUOTE (The Luscious Phil @ Jan 1 2009, 09:53 PM)
I was the only one who voted for "The Wire" comp. And my number 1 vote put it at number 47 (tied with a bunch of other stuff).
Can't believe I never heard that new Wire album...loved the single.
awesome that Studio and Maroon Five made the top 20
not awesome that Alone II missed the top ten
not awesome that Alone II missed the top ten
QUOTE (SonicAlligator @ Jan 1 2009, 11:33 PM)
In regards to the DJ / Rupture album, was it just voted in this thread once and not really on anyone's list for the albums list? Which list was it eligible for? I remember it placing fairly high on Pitchfork's list and I assumed it would be allowed in the albums poll.
I think there were a couple votes for it in the albums poll but since it didn't make the top 100 and I don't think anyone brought it up before the polls closed, I didn't have to address what it was eligible for.
QUOTE (The Good Dr Bill @ Jan 1 2009, 11:52 PM)
not awesome that Alone II missed the top ten
Four of us knew what was up.
So it was you, me, Bill, and Dan. That's it.
Wow.
w/e
Wow.
w/e
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 10:22 PM)
So it was you, me, Bill, and Dan. That's it.
Wow.
w/e
Wow.
w/e
I voted it #2 with Ween at #1.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 2 2009, 12:22 AM)
So it was you, me, Bill, and Dan. That's it.
Wow.
w/e
Wow.
w/e
I never threw you a warning, asscobra.
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 04:51 PM)
King Kahn & the Shrines - The Supreme Genius of King Kahn and the Shrines[/size]
(1100 Points, 11 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Ranked Highest By: theremin (#1)
(1100 Points, 11 Votes, One #1 Vote)
Ranked Highest By: theremin (#1)
Huh, could have sworn I voted for this at #1...
http://soundopinions.org/forum/index.php?s...ions&st=40#
QUOTE (Slackmo @ Jan 2 2009, 12:43 AM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 2 2009, 12:22 AM)
So it was you, me, Bill, and Dan. That's it.
Wow.
w/e
Wow.
w/e
I never threw you a warning, asscobra.
Yeah, I figured it out.
And I'm I glad I did, because LOL.
I was really enjoying that thread, too, and then suddenly it goes all HEYSLACKMOWTF, MAN?
totally brought me out of the experience.
totally brought me out of the experience.
interesting results
Interesting number one, was expecting Wilson to take it.
QUOTE (Mitchell @ Jan 1 2009, 06:21 PM)
*Falls over from low Pavement placing*
I didn't have time to vote in this category.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 06:13 PM)
QUOTE (Paul @ Jan 1 2009, 06:08 PM)
#11.
Ranked Highest By: Pavement Ist Rad, Paul, Slap Nutz, The Good Dr Bill(#1)
Ranked Highest By: Pavement Ist Rad, Paul, Slap Nutz, The Good Dr Bill(#1)
nothing more beautiful has ever been posted on this message board.
Hey hey my #1 makes #1. A first for me.
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 2 2009, 12:35 AM)
QUOTE (Le Bunk @ Jan 1 2009, 08:27 PM)
QUOTE (Pavement Ist Rad @ Jan 1 2009, 08:27 PM)
Gay Retard
Real quality boarding in this thread Paves.
You are a two star message board poster.
Think about that.
That is the thing. I don't.
That said, it is pretty funny that someone who complains that the Music Forum is going down the shitter makes classic posts like "Gay Reatard", "AOY*KYGHJKHJAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAARRRRRRGSGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH" and random copy/pastes x 10 of album covers.
Look in the mirror before you criticize others Paves.
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