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@lizdobbs @grahamrice

#23

Slipknot is in there. Which Iā€™m ok with. That album still holds up, and influenced a lot. I would imagine (hope) that White Pony should be there, given some of the shit itā€™s given me so far. White Pony is marvellous.

Donā€™t get me wrong, thereā€™s been a lot of great stuff, and Iā€™ve discovered a few I wouldnā€™t otherwise have heard. But fuck me, The Everly Brothersā€¦

#24

S/t or Iowa?

#25

Self titled. It probably was more iconic. I also like the rawer sound, and raw it isā€¦

#26

I agree, but Iowa was the infinitely more popular and better selling record which is why I ask!

#27

Iā€™m over half way! At 1982.

Iā€™ve made a Spotify playlist of my favourite track from each album so far.

*Some of the albums arenā€™t on Spotify. Where possible Iā€™ve found the tracks on best ofs/compilations/etc.

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#28

Should I be enjoying George Michaelā€™s Faith as much as I am?

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#29

Yes, Father Figure is a gem.

Iā€™ve got this book too, been meaning to do the same thing. Cba though.

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#30

Iā€™ll be honest, some have been a slog. For the most part though itā€™s either great stuff I already knew, or cool stuff I wouldnā€™t have listened to otherwise (The Monks, Cocteau Twins, Minutemen off the top of my head).

#31

yes, absolutely

#32

This morning I finished the list. I got a lot out of it, would thoroughly recommend (if you have lots of time to listen to music).

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#33

I started this a while back. To mix it up I have one from each decade on the go at one time.

So my playlist looks like this at the moment.

50ā€™s - Jack Elliott - Muleskinner
60ā€™s - The Beatles - A Hard Dayā€™s Night
70ā€™s - Grateful Dead - American Beauty
80ā€™s - The Jam - Sound Affects
90ā€™s - Sinead Oā€™Connor - I Do Not Want What I Havenā€™t Got
00ā€™s - Mike Ladd - Welcome To The Afterfuture

Iā€™ve really enjoyed the 50ā€™s. Elvis Presley S/T being a highlight. The jazz stuff from the 50ā€™s/60ā€™s sticks out as well as The Undertones - Hypnotised.

#34

Awesome. I thought about doing something like this but Iā€™m glad I did it chronologically. Worked through the history of modern popular music, loved it. Mariah Carey was a slog.

My top highlights (off the top of my head, of the stuff I didnā€™t already know very well) were Jerry Lee Lewis, The Monks, Bert Jasch, Os Mutantes, Dr John, Magazine, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, X. Most recently, really liked this track off the end of BeyoncĆ©ā€™s BeyoncĆ©:

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#35

Now, Iā€™m not a big emoji user, but I will ā€œsayā€ this:

American Beauty = :heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes::heart_eyes:

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#36

I have always struggled with the Grateful Dead. Never clicked with them

#37

That Monks album is ace, canā€™t believe it was recorded in the 60s.

Did you just listen to each one once? Sometimes I zone out and an album can pass me by

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#38

Think if I listened to all 1001, I would die.

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#39

think the ā€œbefore you dieā€ element is entirely redundant

got to pay the council tax, before i die, must take the washing in, before i die. I get what itā€™s doing, but it puts me off a bit

#40

Loved The Monks, way ahead of its time.

And yes, but if I noticed Iā€™d zoned out, I went back. No point otherwise.

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#41

Not for everyone. But American beauty, and itā€™s predecessor workingmanā€™s dead, are miraculous even if you dislike everything else about them. They essentially wrote two flawless collections of songs that would become new folk standards in the space of a year, and the number of bands who simply wouldnā€™t exist without those albums is astounding.

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