Music meme
15 albums that'll always stay with you, without thinking too hard (the 1st 15 that spring to mind in 15 min or less).
1) Iggy & the Stooges -- Raw Power. This is the perfect raw proto-punk rock album. Every song is about sex, death, or both, and delivered with passion and agony and ecstasy and madness.
2) Massive Attack -- Protection. Arguably Mezzanine is a better album, but Protection defined an era.
3) The Creatures -- A Bestiary Of. Contains most of my favourite Siouxsie craziness, including a couple of my favourite songs by any artist.
4) Tekno Acid Beat. This is actually a Psychick TV album, though not billed as such. Pretty much the first dark acid house album. Still quite amazing.
5) Mark Stewart & the Maffia -- Mark Stewart. Chaotic, existentialist, fuliginous dub from the post-punk proto-Bristol Sound genius. This is the aural equivalent of Camus's _Exile & The Kingdom_.
6) Michael Moorcock & the Deep Fix -- New World's Fair. Bleak, bitingly funny post-apocalyptic fairground psychedelic rock.
7) Imminent Starvation -- Nord. Mostly because it has Tentack One on it, but the whole album is damn fine. Imminent is pretty much the finest exponent of Power Noise.
8) Sheila Chandra -- The Zen Kiss. Amazing vocalist. Her Speaking In Tongues tracks are incredible, but Waiting is utterly, captivatingly beautiful.
9) Dick Gaughan -- A Handful Of Earth. Superb folk music, mostly traditional, but Gaughan has an especial interest in politically radical folksongs.
10) Doctor John, the Night Tripper -- Gris Gris. Still one of the most consistently fine voodoo rock albums.
11) KLF -- The White Room. Another epoch-defining album for anyone who was listening to music in the early 90s.
12) Nurse With Wound -- Large Ladies With Cake In The Oven. Mostly for Glory Hole, though this compilation is rather good throughout...
13) Alabama 3 -- Power In The Blood. Probably the most consistently brilliant album from the Brixton purveyors of Elvis-, Mao-, and smack-tinged sweet country acid house music.
14) David Bowie -- The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. Five years till the End of the Earth, and the kids no longer want rock and roll...
15) Natural Born Killers soundtrack. The soundtrack to my favourite movie, put together by one of my favourite musicians, containing some of my favourite songs... kind of a no-brainer really.
1) Iggy & the Stooges -- Raw Power. This is the perfect raw proto-punk rock album. Every song is about sex, death, or both, and delivered with passion and agony and ecstasy and madness.
2) Massive Attack -- Protection. Arguably Mezzanine is a better album, but Protection defined an era.
3) The Creatures -- A Bestiary Of. Contains most of my favourite Siouxsie craziness, including a couple of my favourite songs by any artist.
4) Tekno Acid Beat. This is actually a Psychick TV album, though not billed as such. Pretty much the first dark acid house album. Still quite amazing.
5) Mark Stewart & the Maffia -- Mark Stewart. Chaotic, existentialist, fuliginous dub from the post-punk proto-Bristol Sound genius. This is the aural equivalent of Camus's _Exile & The Kingdom_.
6) Michael Moorcock & the Deep Fix -- New World's Fair. Bleak, bitingly funny post-apocalyptic fairground psychedelic rock.
7) Imminent Starvation -- Nord. Mostly because it has Tentack One on it, but the whole album is damn fine. Imminent is pretty much the finest exponent of Power Noise.
8) Sheila Chandra -- The Zen Kiss. Amazing vocalist. Her Speaking In Tongues tracks are incredible, but Waiting is utterly, captivatingly beautiful.
9) Dick Gaughan -- A Handful Of Earth. Superb folk music, mostly traditional, but Gaughan has an especial interest in politically radical folksongs.
10) Doctor John, the Night Tripper -- Gris Gris. Still one of the most consistently fine voodoo rock albums.
11) KLF -- The White Room. Another epoch-defining album for anyone who was listening to music in the early 90s.
12) Nurse With Wound -- Large Ladies With Cake In The Oven. Mostly for Glory Hole, though this compilation is rather good throughout...
13) Alabama 3 -- Power In The Blood. Probably the most consistently brilliant album from the Brixton purveyors of Elvis-, Mao-, and smack-tinged sweet country acid house music.
14) David Bowie -- The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders from Mars. Five years till the End of the Earth, and the kids no longer want rock and roll...
15) Natural Born Killers soundtrack. The soundtrack to my favourite movie, put together by one of my favourite musicians, containing some of my favourite songs... kind of a no-brainer really.