Holy crap! Another tedious list of 100 records I like has come to an end.
10 |
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A Tribe Called Quest |
1993 |
Midnight Marauders |
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I start to flinch when he stawts to say it, but his lips are like the OooWop as he stawts to spray it. |
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9 |
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Beatles |
1969 |
Abbey Road |
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George wins this one. |
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8 |
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Miles Davis |
1959 |
Kind Of Blue |
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Kind of frikkin awesome! |
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7 |
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Led Zeppelin |
1969 |
II |
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Golumn and the evil one agree: this album kicks ass. |
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6 |
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Talking Heads |
1980 |
Remain In Light |
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The heat goes on where the hand has been. |
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5 |
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Sea And Cake |
1994 |
Nassau |
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Perfectly balanced; a lush palette and a smooth sliky mouthfeel. Doesn't seem to diminish with age. |
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4 |
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The Pretenders |
1980 |
The Pretenders |
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You couldn't make a better pop/punk hybrid record if you tried. No, not even Green Day could do it. |
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3 |
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Pavement |
1992 |
Slanted and Enchanted |
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Every time I put this on, I find I'm shocked by how good it remains. |
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2 |
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Pavement |
1994 |
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain |
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How does a guy singing nonsense, who can't really sing anyway, manage to choke me up ? |
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1 |
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Spoon |
2001 |
Girls Can Tell |
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Someday it will take and they'll start to make shirts that fit right. Until then, Spoon has the best song about old used shirts you're likely to hear.
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And the final histogram for all 100 records looks like this:
(release dates of records, grouped into five-year spans)
Once again, the years from 1986-1995 are the strong winner - so predictable. But that peak in the early 70's makes me feel a little better - at least I'm not completely stuck in my college years - the stuff my parents liked when they were in their 20s is pretty well ingrained in me.
For comparison, here's the histogram from the 2006 List:
And that's that. Tune in again in 2010, when we'll see if Spoon can hang on to the top spot!