Dustin: "...what?"
JB: "...my hard drive."
I feel like the time is right (actually, its just a slow Friday at work...hee hee...) to compile my top 10 list of favorite albums ever...but first...a little perspective.
Not alot of ppl notice this right away (being the self-proclaimed music connieseur I make myself out to be), but I got into music relatively late (at 17-18 years old, in fact. I know...pretty n00b). However, between Napster (ok ok, Nirvana, check. Weezer, check. Smashing Pumpkins, check. No Doubt, check. Green Day, check.) and my too-hip-to-be-square parents (mom was a dj in college...true story. And my dad wore his hair down to his moneymaker, so you KNOW he had to listen to some tunes) I was scooping up entire discographies like gold dubloons from the Marianas trench (hmm...i see now why its called 'pirating.')
Back to the subject at hand....Top 10 list of favorite albums. Now, this isn't a list of the "BEST albums ever" cuz those are pretentious at best (btw, mine isn't ;) ). One of the allures of music is that its a strictly subjective experience; certain sounds are going to resonate more with certain ppl, I say.
Rather, the following 10 albums help to forge my musical spectrum; I acknowledge
that there are greater ones....but hey....why don't you blog about it if you disagree!10. Ray of Light, Madonna --- Electronic music with a heart. Madonna's most inspired album to date.
09. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah --- Frank Black's + Sonic Youth's power chord opuses = my #9 pick.
08. Silent Alarm, Bloc Party --- You could listen to Joy Division, Gang of Four, New Order, 
and all other artists of that ire....or you could listen to Bloc Party and hear the sound of 20 years of rock & new wave funneled through the band's capable & rock n rollin' hands.
and all other artists of that ire....or you could listen to Bloc Party and hear the sound of 20 years of rock & new wave funneled through the band's capable & rock n rollin' hands.
07. Doolittle, the Pixies --- There'd be no "alternative music" without them, imho.
06. Play, Moby --- 
Moby's Play is more than an album, its a spiritual epiphany that coalesced into an album.
Moby's Play is more than an album, its a spiritual epiphany that coalesced into an album.05. Absolution, Muse --- You won't find a sound that superbly combines Opera, Queen, Radiohead, or Metallica so deftly.
04. Dude Ranch, Blink 182 --- Everybody should know the words to at least ONE Blink 182 song. They're like the KISS of my generation.
03. Achtung Baby, U2 --- In Bono's own words, "Achtung Baby is the sound of U2 chopping down the Joshua Tree." 
02. Joshua Tree, U2 --- No religious experience has yet to match the euphoria that I get from listening to this album, start to finish.
01. Blood on the Tracks, Bob Dylan --- The fact that ppl continue to emulate him to this day is testament to his legacy as a musican, a poet, an engima, and according to 2007's I'm Not There, a black kid from Tennessee, an androgynous woman, an retiring Billy the Kid-esque deity, a movie star, and apparently, a communist to boot.
2 comments:
Ah ha. Now I understand why we are not better friends. I see that Pearl Jam is nowhere on your list. ;-)
"Now, this isn't a list of the "BEST albums ever" cuz those are pretentious at best (btw, mine isn't ;) ). One of the allures of music is that its a strictly subjective experience; certain sounds are going to resonate more with certain ppl, I say.
Rather, the following 10 albums help to forge my musical spectrum;"
Love it!
And I'm going to listen to your top 10 albums, and I'll let you know what I think.
Just realized that this was from 2008. Why don't you blog now?!?!
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