{"id":15189,"date":"2012-03-24T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-24T16:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=15189"},"modified":"2014-12-15T22:30:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:30:54","slug":"2012-favorite-records-list-10-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=15189","title":{"rendered":"2012 Favorite Records List. 10-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dragging this across the finish line...<\/p>\n\n\n
10<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Belly<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Star<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 931<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 55 \/ 10 \/ 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nThough I was utterly hammered when it happened, I'm happy to say that I saw Belly in 1994. What a great band. And what a beautiful record.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
9<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Beatles<\/td>\n1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abbey Road<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 947<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 56 \/ 0 \/ 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nAnd what a way to wrap up (IMO) the best band ever! And what a distance they covered from \"She Loves You\" to \"She's So Heavy\". Whew.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
8<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Black Sabbath<\/td>\n1971<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paranoid<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 959<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 50 \/ 4 \/ 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBecause, SHUT UP! That's why.<\/p>\n

Solid all the way through. None of the ballads that would plague their later records. Three absolute classics (Iron Man, War Pigs, Paranoid).\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Talking Heads<\/td>\n1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remain In Light<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 964<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 64 \/ 1 \/ 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nIt was crazy and weird when I was 10, it's still crazy and weird now. Even knowing they actually nicked a lot of the sound from Fela Kuti et al<\/i> doesn't change how otherworldly it feels.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sea And Cake<\/td>\n1995<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Biz<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 980<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 50 \/ 3 \/ 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nRestrained, but sunny. Mellow, but cool. The lighter side of the Biz \/ Nassau pair.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pavement<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crooked Rain Crooked Rain<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 1001<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 54 \/ 2 \/ 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nWhen this came out, it seemed so accessible and catchy that Pavement's mainstream success was a given. It took everything great about Pavement, cleaned it off, rubbed it to a beautiful deep gloss. Guaranteed success. <\/p>\n

But it only looked that way to people who loved their previous records. In reality, this was still light years from mainstream. And really, if Belly couldn't get there, there was no way Pavement was going to be able to.<\/p>\n

So, fuck the mainstream<\/em>. \"Gold Soundz\" shouldda won a fucking Pulitzer.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pavement<\/td>\n1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slanted and Enchanted<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 1045<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 54 \/ 3 \/ 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPretty much the epitome of early 90's indie rock: take a solid hook and obscure it, bury it under so many layers of noise and cruft that most people won't even bother looking for it. That way, you get to write great catchy songs but get to avoid being accused of wanting to.<\/p>\n

I kid. How the fuck would I know what goes on in Malkmus' head?\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sea And Cake<\/td>\n1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nassau<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 1058<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 59 \/ 1 \/ 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nBelly, Sea And Cake, Pavement, Pavement, Sea And Cake - what am I, 40 ? Well, 41. So, yeah. The early 90's were my heyday. I just can't let go of these records - this one, especially.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
A Tribe Called Quest<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Midnight Marauders<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 1105<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 44 \/ 3 \/ 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nQ-Tip scores a big one! With assistance, of course.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Spoon<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girls Can Tell<\/td>\n\n \t <\/a>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Score: 1148<\/td>\nW\/L\/T: 62 \/ 0 \/ 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nNo surprise here; it was top in 2008 and 2010, too. It's reached that hallowed status where I resist playing it for fear of wearing it out.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

And that's that!<\/p>\n

The Beatles, Floyd, Sea And Cake, and the Stones all got four records on the list, while The Cure, Wilco, Zeppelin, Gillian Welch and Pavement all managed to get three each.<\/p>\n

Here<\/a> are the full results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dragging this across the finish line... 10 Belly 1993 Star Score: 931 W\/L\/T: 55 \/ 10 \/ 3 Though I was utterly hammered when it happened, I'm happy to say that I saw Belly in 1994. What a great band. And what a beautiful record. 9 The Beatles 1969 Abbey Road Score: 947 W\/L\/T: 56 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-list-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21554,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189\/revisions\/21554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}