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!
You did that just to make me buy that spoon album didn’t you?
well, yeah, of course.
I knew it! It worked too. And I bought the shins album you had at #18.
hope you like them!
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I love Th’ Pretenders first lineup more than life.
Much more than life. I’m a little indifferent ’bout life.
I love Th’ Pretenders first lineup more than life.
yup.
J.H. Scott was awesome.
Huzzah! Spoon and the Shins just arrived (and after having thought the USPS/amazon lost them).