{"id":2414,"date":"2008-04-18T07:11:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=2414"},"modified":"2008-04-18T07:11:42","modified_gmt":"2008-04-18T11:11:42","slug":"the-list-10-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=2414","title":{"rendered":"The List #10-1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holy crap! Another tedious list of 100 records I like has come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n 10<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n A Tribe Called Quest<\/td>\n\n 1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Midnight Marauders<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n I start to flinch when he stawts to say it, but his lips are like the OooWop as he stawts to spray it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 9<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Beatles<\/td>\n\n 1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Abbey Road<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n George wins this one.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 8<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Miles Davis<\/td>\n\n 1959<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Kind Of Blue<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Kind of frikkin awesome!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 7<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Led Zeppelin<\/td>\n\n 1969<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n II<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Golumn and the evil one agree: this album kicks ass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 6<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Talking Heads<\/td>\n\n 1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Remain In Light<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n The heat goes on where the hand has been.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 5<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Sea And Cake<\/td>\n\n 1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Nassau<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Perfectly balanced; a lush palette and a smooth sliky mouthfeel. Doesn't seem to diminish with age.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 4<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n The Pretenders<\/td>\n\n 1980<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n The Pretenders<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n You couldn't make a better pop\/punk hybrid record if you tried. No, not even Green Day could do it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 3<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Pavement<\/td>\n\n 1992<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Slanted and Enchanted<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Every time I put this on, I find I'm shocked by how good it remains.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 2<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Pavement<\/td>\n\n 1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Crooked Rain Crooked Rain<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n How does a guy singing nonsense, who can't really sing anyway, manage to choke me up ?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n\n
\n 1<\/span><\/td>\n\n <\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n Spoon<\/td>\n\n 2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n Girls Can Tell<\/td>\n\n <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n 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.\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
\n

And the final histogram for all 100 records looks like this:
\n
\n(release dates of records, grouped into five-year spans)<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For comparison, here's the histogram from the 2006 List<\/a>:
\n<\/p>\n

And that's that. Tune in again in 2010, when we'll see if Spoon can hang on to the top spot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Holy crap! Another tedious list of 100 records I like has come to an end. 10 A Tribe Called Quest 1993 Midnight Marauders I start to flinch when he stawts to say it, but his lips are like the OooWop as he stawts to spray it. 9 Beatles 1969 Abbey Road George wins this one. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-list-08"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414","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=2414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}