#49

find it hard to pick 10 all-timers, so i’ve rattled off 7 (in absolutely no order) that came to mind quite quickly at the minute, as having had a certain hold on me at some point in the last couple of years.

not gonna try to fill in the other 3 as it will open up a can of worms in my head. a combination of squeezing in token entries by certain favourite artists to bring it up to 10 while then simultaneously having to leave so much stuff out. there are so many favourite artists missing here as i love all their stuff but trying to pick out one for an all time list reminds you they don’t have one particularly perfect entry and it’s more their body of work in general. i’m rambling.

Radiohead - Kid A (2000)
The Fall - Perverted by Language (1983)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Henry’s Dream (1992)
PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (2011)
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1964)
Thee Oh Sees - Mutilator Defeated at Last (2015)

have never really thought of Times as my favourite Dylan album before, have usually cited Bringing It All Back Home or Highway 61, but had been thinking recently about how powerful and historically fascinating i find this one.

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#50

I’m a huge Clarity fan too, probably just outside my Top 10

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#51

Love this list.

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#52

I love that Madder Rose album. Just listening to it today. Reminds me of starting uni way back in 1994.

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#53

Oops. Panic On is the 1994 one. Bring It Down is fantastic too. Hey Rose, hey Madder. Hey Rose, hey Madder.

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#54

Did this too. Been quite a few years since the idea of “all-time favourites” has made much sense to me. Started writing up a list of the old favourites, but then dropped anything I hadn’t actually listened to for more than a couple of years. Kinda ended up with a group of about six albums (strictly one album per artist), then a gap to the next level with far too many candidates to narrow down to the four needed to round out the list.:

The Cure — Faith*
Pixies — Doolittle
Smashing Pumpkins — Siamese Dream
Underground Lovers — Dream It Down**
Kylie Minogue — Impossible Princess
Bloc Party — Silent Alarm

Feels odd to have so few female vocalists, seeing as I generally prefer them to male vocals…

*Always used to be Disintegration, but I’m far more likely to put on Faith, or 17 Seconds or Pornography nowadays.

**Hard to choose between this and Leaves Me Blind.

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#55

Bring it Down kicks arse. Love how it alternates between sweet poppy tunes and stuff like this:

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#56

Here’s an attempt of 10, trying to steer it towards albums I still listen to fairly frequently instead of ones that define a particular period. But I’m still missing brilliant albums from The Divine Comedy, Babybird, Eels, Mercury Rev, dEUS, Grandaddy, Wilco, Jens Lekman and more…

The Delgados - The Great Eastern (2000)
Sigur Rós – Ágætis Byrjun (2000)
Clem Snide - Your Favorite People (2001)
The Notwist - Neon Golden (2002)
Hood - Outside Closer (2005)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
Jong Pang - Love (2009)
Soap & Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum (2009)
Efterklang - Magic Chairs (2010)
Old Amica - For A Second EP (2011)

This list would in no way be the same if I had to do it again.

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#57

Ahh Hood were criminally underrated

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#58

I’m more of fugazi man, but great shout. Picked up the early years bootleg box set recently and the marquee gig from '82 with the early versions of the songs from the script album are great. All together now … “so here I am once more …”

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#59

Preferred Clutching At Straws, that’s got some real bangers on it…

#61

Oh yes, Your Favourite Music! Not sure what caused me to type People there.

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#62

Only time will tell but

Dirty Projector - Dirty Projectors
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN.

could well make my top 10

#64

Wasn’t it?

#66

This is actually my list… but swap the grunge record for Rumours :smirk:

#67

A Radiohead album, a Liz Phair album, a Fiona Apple album, a Smashing Pumpkins album, a Danny Brown album, a Smiths album, a Jane’s Addiction album, a Pavement album, a Babybird album, and a Grandaddy album.

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#68

Nailed it

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#69

My ten are below, not much recent stuff in there…I suppose these are my desert island discs?

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (1991)
Swirlies - They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in The Glittering World of the Salons (1996)
Verve - Storm in Heaven (1993)
Yo La Tengo - Electr-o-pura (1995)
New Kingdom - Paradise Don’t Come Cheap (1996)
Tim Hecker - Harmony In Ultraviolet (2006)
Seefeel - Quique (1993)
Rozi Plain - Joined Sometimes Unjoined (2012)
Panda Riot - Northern Automatic Music (2013)
Tom Waits - Bone Machine (1992)

Panda Riot and Rozi Plain knocked Siamese Dream and Patashnik (Biosphere) off. Just. Might change my mind.

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#70

Panic On is great too. Slightly more polished but with plenty of character and charm too…Its in my top 30!

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#71

In answer to your question yes! At this moment anyway!

Tame impala - Currents (2015)
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus (2009)
The Knife - Silent shout (2006)
Pulp - Different Class (1995)
The Strokes - is this it (2001)
The Avalanches - since I left you (2000)
Soulwax - Nite Versions (2005)
Daft Punk - Homework (1997)
The twilight sad - nobody wants to be here… (2015)
Brainwaltzera - Poly-ana (2017)