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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 9:27:56 GMT -6
The Black Crowes - Shake Your Money Maker While this album is very good, the next two are much better and also eligible. I had Amorica on there and removed while I was paring down. My original goal was to make a top 25, which I quickly realized is not going to be possible. The current target is top 50. Amorica would definitely make a top 100, but I honestly don't think I have the time do a list that big the right way. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 7, 2019 9:29:45 GMT -6
Amorica will likely make mine, but I don't care for the second one
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Post by andrewvb on Jun 7, 2019 9:35:12 GMT -6
the 90s were a great decade for experimental and underground rock that seems like it would be super in line with board tastes, a lot of which i've barely scratched the surface of. hope everyone does some digging.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 9:39:25 GMT -6
The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999) The year, was 2009. The place, Lawrence Kansas. The reason? Heartache. 2009 was a rough year for me. I experienced two roller-coaster relationships that ended very poorly. 2 relationships, but 3 breakups. The only time I've ever gotten back with a sig other after taking a "break." It was all foolish, but something about Travis Morrison's lyrics on "Gyroscope" seemed to help soothe the pain more than anything else I listened to. Emergency & I is the D-Plans most beloved record, but there are definitely fans of their follow-up Change (it's excellent btw). Prior to this, the D-Plan's output was kinda scattered. Their debut album "!" is perfectly fine, my favorite being "If I Don't Write," but the rest I rarely return to. Their second album "The Dismemberment Plan is Terrified" showed signs of the brilliance to come, but stand outs like "Tonight We Mean It" and the often show closer "The Ice of Boston" do little to really prepare you for what's contained in the 45 minutes of Emergency & I - an album that I've adored for a decade now, and one that I think is legitimately one of the best break-up albums of our generation. Morrison's lyrics are very Malkmus-esque over all of their releases (except for the abysmal return album Uncanny Valley, they just downright suck on that one), but he nails it home on E&I because of how relevant they are. Morrison was mid-20s when he wrote the lyrics for E&I, and I was the same age when I first listened to it. There's a handful of albums that understand your 20s, and E&I does it so well that - forgive the silliness - it legitimately feels like he wrote this album for you. Thing is, he did. He wrote for anyone who has ever felt directionless ("A Life of Possibilities"), heartbroken ("Gyroscope"), out of place ("You Are Invited") and just overall fed up with the way things were going . I was knee deep in shit in 2009. Unemployed, trying to figure out what to do next with my life while being borderline manic depressive over failed relationships. Emergency & I didn't need to save me, but it was a warm hug where instead of telling you "you shouldn't feel like this" it said "it's okay to." Emergency & I didn't heal wounds the same way time would. It gave you the means to explore what you were feeling and not ignore those. Morrison teeters back and forth between falsettos and harmonizes with the rest of D-Plan throughout the whole album. there's never a moment that they aren't in-sync with each other. And while not everyone will experience it the same way as others, there's nothing wrong with that. Obviously I'm a very different person in 2019 than I was in 2009, thankfully. The emotional impact is less, but to a 25 year old unemployed guy, who didn't have the means to go back to school like others, Emergency & I felt like a warm blanket. Essential Tracks: Gyroscope, Life of Possibilities, What Do You Want Me to Say?, Memory Machine, The City, 8 1/2 Minutes
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Post by Tweet on Jun 7, 2019 11:16:43 GMT -6
Appreciate the barrel giving me a list to write about to write about to get me out of my writers block. I’m focusing more on “oddballs” more than my particular board favorites going forward so I’m hoping I have next to no overlap with anyone doing these
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Post by facts on Jun 7, 2019 11:31:39 GMT -6
I will do a write-up or two at some point and I'm planning to stick to things that are Pitchfork unapproved but I'll try and be inclusive and not have it be buttrock heavy.
Spoiler - I listened to Rotting Pinata by Sponge the other day and it totally still holds up
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 11:40:34 GMT -6
I got two written up I might post later.
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Post by zircona1 on Jun 7, 2019 11:51:29 GMT -6
RE: Emergency and I
- I relate to 'The Jitters' and 'You Are Invited' the most.
- I love the drumming on the whole album.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 11:52:24 GMT -6
I will do a write-up or two at some point and I'm planning to stick to things that are Pitchfork unapproved but I'll try and be inclusive and not have it be buttrock heavy. Spoiler - I listened to Rotting Pinata by Sponge the other day and it totally still holds up I took a long hard look at my Sponge CDs last night, but ultimately decided they were not worthy. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 11:53:03 GMT -6
But now I just realized I omitted Possum Kingdom, which should be on my list.
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Post by facts on Jun 7, 2019 11:56:51 GMT -6
I will do a write-up or two at some point and I'm planning to stick to things that are Pitchfork unapproved but I'll try and be inclusive and not have it be buttrock heavy. Spoiler - I listened to Rotting Pinata by Sponge the other day and it totally still holds up I took a long hard look at my Sponge CDs last night, but ultimately decided they were not worthy. I'm not saying it makes my top 100 but the first album deserves a mention at least. I feel like I owe it to 1994 me to give a voice to the voiceless if no one else will. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 7, 2019 12:51:31 GMT -6
This is easily my hardest decade list because the "culturally approved" and "my most meaningful" albums have virtually no cross-section.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 12:59:07 GMT -6
There's definitely a lot that hasn't aged well, and plenty of stuff that isn't "cool" or board approved that I'm still going to stump for.
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Post by facts on Jun 7, 2019 14:07:21 GMT -6
To each his own - but I kind of feel like it should be your 100 favorite. If people want to imply that they were really into Slint and Boards of Canada in elementary school they will definitely earn much needed cred.
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Post by thebosma on Jun 7, 2019 14:11:13 GMT -6
To each his own - but I kind of feel like it should be your 100 favorite. If people want to imply that they were really into Slint and Boards of Canada in elementary school they will definitely earn much needed cred. What? lol I’m sorry I didn’t get the “complexity” of Ok Computer at age 2 but otherwise my list is just gonna be a bunch of Rafi shit and the lion king soundtrack |
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Post by zircona1 on Jun 7, 2019 14:13:13 GMT -6
To each his own - but I kind of feel like it should be your 100 favorite. If people want to imply that they were really into Slint and Boards of Canada in elementary school they will definitely earn much needed cred. I saw Sponge in a club when they toured for Rotting Pinata - how much cred do I get? |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 14:17:47 GMT -6
This is easily my hardest decade list because the "culturally approved" and "my most meaningful" albums have virtually no cross-section. there's absolutely going to be a portion of my list that involves the first 2 Nickelback albums, Aphex Twin, and Bjork all within 8 spaces of one another. and i may bump them up more than i should just in hopes of getting NB on the board's final rollout  |
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Post by facts on Jun 7, 2019 14:24:15 GMT -6
To each his own - but I kind of feel like it should be your 100 favorite. If people want to imply that they were really into Slint and Boards of Canada in elementary school they will definitely earn much needed cred. I saw Sponge in a club when they toured for Rotting Pinata - how much cred do I get? You certainly have the benefit of my jealousy. Although I'm not sure how valuable that is. |
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Jun 7, 2019 14:26:06 GMT -6
Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash (1993) You may never guess who brought this into my life - board-approved snark, rango420 . I don't remember exactly how he phrased his praise, but it was something along the lines of "the last trace of the Goo Goo Dolls' balls." He preferred - and I can see why - 1990's Hold Me Up (their first to feature John Rzeznik on vocals, and also absolutely worth your time) but Superstar Car Wash seamlessly blends the band's alternative-punk roots with the first hints of the polished songwriting of Dizzy Up the Girl.
It's nowhere near the hit machine that Dizzy became, but "Fallin' Down" is an unarguably great track if you can admit to yourself that you actually did like these guys in 1998. The album holds up well to me because it's got a lot of the pop flair that made the band a household name, without any of the distaste of being horrendously overplayed.
Robby Takac's tracks are strong here too, whipped into a little more shape and form than their earlier material. "Don't Worry" is an obvious channeling of the Replacements, and "String of Lies" lets them play off each other with some real energy - not bogged down by power ballads guaranteed to sweep the radio.
If you liked Dizzy Up the Girl, this is worth your time. An old Entertainment Weekly review seems to boast (with an A- score), "Just because you like to play fast and loud doesn't mean you ain't a fool for love." A ridiculous quote to attribute to what would become a fairly ridiculous band. And hey, maybe they already were. Take a look at Rzeznik's fashion...uh, "decision" at the Metro in '93. Cotton-Eyed Joe still rips.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 14:33:19 GMT -6
To each his own - but I kind of feel like it should be your 100 favorite. If people want to imply that they were really into Slint and Boards of Canada in elementary school they will definitely earn much needed cred. I saw Sponge in a club when they toured for Rotting Pinata - how much cred do I get? I saw Sponge on the Rotting Pinata tour, but they were opening for Candlebox at UIC Pavilion. I did later see them on the Wax Ecstatic tour, headlining the Metro. I then later saw them in 2010 (along with Local H) at a "Halfway to St Patty's Day" thing at Players Bar on Ogden. Vinny was the only original member left at that point and it was really embarrassing to watch. I ended up leaving the set like 3 or 4 songs in, and don't list that set in my TK. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 14:36:12 GMT -6
I feel like if Goo Goo Dolls did a pre A Boy Named Goo tour it would be modestly successful. I know the money is probably good, but they've gotta be sick of playing the same set over and over again.
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 14:36:43 GMT -6
Full disclosure A Boy Named Goo & Dizzy Up The Girl are both in my CD collection.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 14:43:42 GMT -6
I was never huge on the GGD but I had a friend who always played Dizzy in his car. It was between that and Slipknot.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 14:46:44 GMT -6
I was never huge on the GGD but I had a friend who always played Dizzy in his car. It was between that and Slipknot. OH MY GOD SLIPKNOT'S FIRST ALBUM IS GONNA MAKE THE LIST THIS IS SO EXCITING |
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Post by Xamnam on Jun 7, 2019 14:59:01 GMT -6
I was never huge on the GGD but I had a friend who always played Dizzy in his car. It was between that and Slipknot. OH MY GOD SLIPKNOT'S FIRST ALBUM IS GONNA MAKE THE LIST THIS IS SO EXCITING  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2019 15:15:04 GMT -6
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 17:45:05 GMT -6
Looking back at 90s bands has me wondering what happened to Ugly Kid Joe. A quick Google tells me they're still around, but only play shows in Europe now? I would totally go see them at Beat Kitchen or Bottom Lounge if they ever play Chicago again. Not in the TK.
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Post by zircona1 on Jun 7, 2019 18:00:56 GMT -6
Looking back at 90s bands has me wondering what happened to Ugly Kid Joe. A quick Google tells me they're still around, but only play shows in Europe now? I would totally go see them at Beat Kitchen or Bottom Lounge if they ever play Chicago again. Not in the TK. Beavis: How come he calls himself Ugly Kid, and it's like, he's not even that ugly? Butt-Head: Do you find him attractive, Beavis? Beavis: No way, Butt-Head. Shut up. |
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Post by Pale Hose on Jun 7, 2019 18:23:45 GMT -6
Listening to Amorica again now, I'm thinking I will include this after all. The album cover alone deserves inclusion.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 6:46:19 GMT -6
:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/R-1428766-1218945421.jpeg.jpg) Dragline, the highly underrated debut release from Lawrence, Kansas's lost grunge heroes Paw, combines bummer lyrics and filthy, down-tuned riffs with a backwoods emo aesthetic, topped off by the agonized howls of frontman Mark Hennessy. Fans of the era probably missed out on this band, whose crowning achievement was a lucky yet brief sticker cameo seen slapped on the inside of Adam Sandler's utility van, from 1994's loser comedy, Airheads. |
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