Installment #3 of the 2008 version of my Top 100 Favorite Records list:
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80 |
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Son Volt |
1995 |
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Trace |
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Country-rock that doesn't suck! Take that, Molly Hatchet. |
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79 |
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Megadeth |
1986 |
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Peace Sells .... But Who's Buying? |
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A sentimental favorite.
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78 |
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Slint |
1991 |
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Spiderland |
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Math is the coldest sound of all.
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77 |
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Sunny Day Real Estate |
1994 |
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Diary |
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I don't know what he's singing about, but he sure means it! How... emo. |
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76 |
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Van Halen |
1979 |
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Van Halen |
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Atomic Punk! Eruption! Cheese! |
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75 |
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Pixies |
1989 |
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Doolittle |
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Are they "Here Comes Your Man" or are they "Crackity Jones" ? They are both. They are Pixies. |
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74 |
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Blonde Redhead |
1995 |
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La Mia Vita Violenta
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Japanese girl yelps. Italian brothers cry. They drink distilled Sonic Youth. |
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73 |
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The Police |
1979 |
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Regatta De Blanc |
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Reggae, but from white people! Pretty clever, Stingo. |
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72 |
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The Cure |
1987 |
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Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me |
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Gloom, rage, hatred, kissing, dancing. |
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71 |
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Andrew Bird |
2007 |
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Armchair Apocrypha |
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A walkin, talkin, whistlin, pluckin, strummin genius. |
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And the histogram for #100-#71 looks like this:
Next exciting installment will be out on Friday!
