Space Cadet Glow
LiveJournal's Writer's Block today ask for the top ten albums ever. So, here are mine as of this exact point in time (they'll probably change as soon as I finish):
10.) REDMAN - Dare Iz A Darkside. Hip-Hop has to be represented on this list, and who better to do it than the man who perfected the Hip-Hop LP. Calling his albums "episodes," he weaves in and out of this record (on which he did a majority of the beat production) while keeping the listener enthralled with skits, unexpected song changes, subtle reiteration, and most of all: one of the flyest rhyme styles in the universe. Comedy combine with pinpoint accuracy on beats leads to gems like: "Fantastic, fabulous / My shit is smashin' / The bomb like Elway throw bombs on John Madden / Fuck that, let's get to the point / My shit's the joint, I roast / Motherfuckers from the East Coast / to the West Coast / to your breakfast toast!"
9.) Metallica - ... And Justice For All. Heaviest ... riffs ... ever. Why doesn't all metal sound like this? Hetfield was slaying in all black and writing FUK EM ALL on his guitar, Hammett soloing your face into oblivion, "The Frayed Ends of Sanity," my heart tunes to Drop Q just thinking about it.
8.) Oasis - Definitely Maybe. Do you like to party? Me too. So did Oasis when they weren't old and putting out records that will never recapture the greatness they have on this album. Oasis is never one of those bands to remain stagnant, but Liam and Noel so go back and listen to this record; maybe it'll school them in How to Rock the Fuck Out Again 101.
7.) The Replacements - Tim. It was a toss up between this and their other masterpiece, Let It Be. Tim wins out because the other has a few songs that were too childish ("Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" and "Gary's Got A Boner"). Paul Westerberg is the must underrated songwriter ever. He kicks out the jams and has lyrics that are so profound, yet they sound as if they're coming from some drunk nobody.
6.) The Stooges - Fun House. P!NK has a new album with the same title. That bitch must be out of her mind. Iggy Pop decided it would be a good idea to devolve to some primal self on this album where he rants about everything from baseheads tobeing hurt to (as he was doing every day this album was made) GOING OFF!
5.) REFUSED - The Shape of Punk To Come. They said it all with "a chimerical bombination in twelve bursts." This piece of hardcore punk gold flows like a classic rock record, only Dennis is angry--really angry--at something (about which he will scream at you) in between jazz breakdowns, orchestral flourishes, an acoustic track, and a techno megamix!
4.) Elliott Smith - XO. The closest anyone has come to a sound Beatles-esque, yet uniquely original. Demure. I guess he should have called it Let It Not Be. The sound of suicide in black and white.
3.) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited. If you say you don't like Bob Dylan because if his voice, you are completely missing the point of music as an art form. This motherfucker is Shakespearian with the stories he's telling on this album. If his voice gets in the way of your enjoying heart-rending tales of loss, go listen to Paramore, idiot.
2.) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon. Ruminations on life, time, pain, insanity, and death; what could be better?
1.) The Beatles - White Album. The first real punk band. Imagine how paradigms were shifted when these men quit catering to what would be the equivalent of Jonas Brothers fans and dedicated themselves solely to making albums for people who actually have IQs. The best 2-disc album also has the first punk song ever: "Helter Skelter." Don't believe me? Check Paul wailing his ass off (and the fact that Ringo has blisters on his fingers from playing so hard).
10.) REDMAN - Dare Iz A Darkside. Hip-Hop has to be represented on this list, and who better to do it than the man who perfected the Hip-Hop LP. Calling his albums "episodes," he weaves in and out of this record (on which he did a majority of the beat production) while keeping the listener enthralled with skits, unexpected song changes, subtle reiteration, and most of all: one of the flyest rhyme styles in the universe. Comedy combine with pinpoint accuracy on beats leads to gems like: "Fantastic, fabulous / My shit is smashin' / The bomb like Elway throw bombs on John Madden / Fuck that, let's get to the point / My shit's the joint, I roast / Motherfuckers from the East Coast / to the West Coast / to your breakfast toast!"
9.) Metallica - ... And Justice For All. Heaviest ... riffs ... ever. Why doesn't all metal sound like this? Hetfield was slaying in all black and writing FUK EM ALL on his guitar, Hammett soloing your face into oblivion, "The Frayed Ends of Sanity," my heart tunes to Drop Q just thinking about it.
8.) Oasis - Definitely Maybe. Do you like to party? Me too. So did Oasis when they weren't old and putting out records that will never recapture the greatness they have on this album. Oasis is never one of those bands to remain stagnant, but Liam and Noel so go back and listen to this record; maybe it'll school them in How to Rock the Fuck Out Again 101.
7.) The Replacements - Tim. It was a toss up between this and their other masterpiece, Let It Be. Tim wins out because the other has a few songs that were too childish ("Tommy Gets His Tonsils Out" and "Gary's Got A Boner"). Paul Westerberg is the must underrated songwriter ever. He kicks out the jams and has lyrics that are so profound, yet they sound as if they're coming from some drunk nobody.
6.) The Stooges - Fun House. P!NK has a new album with the same title. That bitch must be out of her mind. Iggy Pop decided it would be a good idea to devolve to some primal self on this album where he rants about everything from baseheads tobeing hurt to (as he was doing every day this album was made) GOING OFF!
5.) REFUSED - The Shape of Punk To Come. They said it all with "a chimerical bombination in twelve bursts." This piece of hardcore punk gold flows like a classic rock record, only Dennis is angry--really angry--at something (about which he will scream at you) in between jazz breakdowns, orchestral flourishes, an acoustic track, and a techno megamix!
4.) Elliott Smith - XO. The closest anyone has come to a sound Beatles-esque, yet uniquely original. Demure. I guess he should have called it Let It Not Be. The sound of suicide in black and white.
3.) Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited. If you say you don't like Bob Dylan because if his voice, you are completely missing the point of music as an art form. This motherfucker is Shakespearian with the stories he's telling on this album. If his voice gets in the way of your enjoying heart-rending tales of loss, go listen to Paramore, idiot.
2.) Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of The Moon. Ruminations on life, time, pain, insanity, and death; what could be better?
1.) The Beatles - White Album. The first real punk band. Imagine how paradigms were shifted when these men quit catering to what would be the equivalent of Jonas Brothers fans and dedicated themselves solely to making albums for people who actually have IQs. The best 2-disc album also has the first punk song ever: "Helter Skelter." Don't believe me? Check Paul wailing his ass off (and the fact that Ringo has blisters on his fingers from playing so hard).