The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 29

what's the deadline for this? wanna get one day but haven't had shit for time lately

 

maybe set it for a week from tomorrow?

 

In hindsight, not getting Phil Collins into mine bums me out but overall it’s solid so whatever

 

I'm going to try to get a list together, but I'm also scared it's going to be way more difficult than I'm ready for.

 

Agreed! I can't necessarily put my finger on why We're All Gonna Die is my favorite but it's definitely the one I find myself sitting down with from front to back most often.

Oh wow. I definitely understand the love. I really liked "Live In Stereo" and "Million Pieces." Lots of catchy stuff!

 

Just go with your gut. Don't fret about it. Its all fun anyways.

 

So happy I found this on time, will work on my list over the weekend.

 

1. Gorillaz

 

banned

 

1. Noel Gallagher's YouTube track-by-track for the 25th anniversary of Morning Glory

 

honestly #1 is liam tweeting responses to noel’s track by track

 

Lets Go

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
2. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math (2011)
3. The Wonder Years - No Closer To Heaven (2015)
4. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
5. Weezer - Pinkerton (1996)
6. Titus Andronicus - The Monitor (2010)
7. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
8. The Gaslight Anthem - The 59 Sound (2008)
9. American Football - American Football (1999)
10. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015)

11. Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun (1999)
12. The Menzingers - On The Impossible Past (2012)
13. Nujabes - Metaphorical Music (2003)
14. The Hotelier - Home, Like NoPlace Is There (2014)
15. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
16. Joyce Manor - Joyce Manor (2011)
17. Biffy Clyro - The Vertigo of Bliss (2003)
18. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
19. Los Campesinos! - Romance Is Boring (2010)
20. Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

21. Coheed & Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV Vol I: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness (2005)
22. Pearl Jam - Ten (1991)
23. Madvillain - Madvillainy (2002)
24. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
25. Tigers on Trains - Grandfather (2009)
26. Thrice - Vhiessu (2005)
27. Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
28. New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones (2002)
29. LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)
30. Lorde - Melodrama (2017)

31. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2002)
32. Fionn Regan - The End of History (2006)
33. Afi - Sing The Sorrow (2003)
34. GlassJaw - Worship & Tribute (2002)
35. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit (2005)
36. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
37. Outkast - Stanktonia (2000)
38. Mayday Parade - A Lesson In Romantics (2007)
39. Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning (2005)
40. Refused - The Shape of Punk To Come (1998)

41. Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)
42. Death Cab For Cute - Transatlanticism (2003)
43. The Waterboys - This Is The Sea (1985)
44. Transit - Listen & Forgive (2011)
45. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
46. Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (1983)
47. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1993)
48. Jeff Rosenstock - Worry (2016)
49. Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones (2011)
50. Built To Spill - Keep It Like A Secret (1993)

I've kept it to one album per artist and I still feel like I've missed out so much. Will definitely change my mind on all of these rankings in 5-10 minutes.

 

been busy this week but i’ll work on updating the spreadsheet this weekend. might take me an extra week beyond the deadline next week

 

Another one from @jorbjorb 's list (I think...), I checked out Rocks the House , which is a live record by Etta James. I'm a big fan of Etta James and At Last made my top 50 list, and I really enjoy her other studio records as well a lot, but had never listened to any live recordings, and I fully expected to enjoy it.

This was basically what I was hoping for, raucous and energetic, with the crowd loud and centre in the mix, you can hear them clapping and singing along, which I think is really important for live records to make it sound like you're there with them, with Etta leading them into some call and response bits, which are great.

Etta sounds fantastic, and the band behind her is really tight as they blast through some blues / soul songs at maximum volume. There's no big orchestra and string section with her like she had on some of her studio stuff, so it's got a really raw and gritty sound to it, a bit like Sam Cooke's Live at Harlem record. She sounds like she's having a great time, and belts her way through some classic songs, sounding extremely confident and relaxed while still absolutely rocking it.

Really aptly titled album, sounds like it would have been an absolute blast to have been there at the time.

 

If I don't make it out alive from the dunking, remember me as "not a Coward"

1. The Hotelier - Goodness (2016) (Piano Player)
2. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (2006) (Welcome to the Black Parade)
3. The Hotelier - Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014) (An Introduction To The Album)
4. Bon Iver - 22, A Million (2016) (33 "GOD")
5. Julien Baker - Turn Out the Lights (2017) (Appointments)
6. Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016) (Self Control)
7. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) (Lost In the World)
8. The 1975 - A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018) (I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes))
9. BROCKHAMPTON - iridescence (2018) (HONEY)
10. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (2008) (What a Catch, Donnie)
11. Phoebe Bridgers - Stranger in the Alps (2017) (Scott Street)
12. The National - Sleep Well Beast (2017) (I'll Still Destroy You)
13. Oso Oso - the yunahon mixtape (2017) (out of the blue)
14. Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High (2007) (The Take Over, The Breaks Over)
15. The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation (2013) (Passing Through a Screen Door)
16. Kanye West - Yeezus (2013) (New Slaves)
17. Cymbals Eat Guitars - Pretty Years (2016) (Dancing Days)
18. The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die - Harmlessness (2015) (I Can Be Afraid of Anything)
19. Foxing - Nearer My God (2018) (Grand Paradise)
20. Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz (2010) (Impossible Soul)
21. Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math (2011) (Simple Math)
22. Jeff Rosenstock - WORRY. (2016) (We Begged 2 Explode)
23. blink-182 - Untitled (2003) (Feeling This)
24. Bomb the Music Industry! - Vacation (2013) (Felt Just Like Vacation)
25. The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it (2016) (If I Believe You)
26. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (2004) (Helena)
27. Modern Baseball - You're Gonna Miss It All (2014) (Your Graduation)
28. Bleachers - Gone Now (2017) (Goodmorning)
29. Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog (2017) (Prior Things)
30. Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE (2014) (Jackson)
31. Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit (2005) (Dark Blue)
32. Mayday Parade - Mayday Parade (2011) (Oh Well, Oh Well)
33. A Day To Remember - Homesick (2008) (If It Means a Lot to You)
34. Sum 41 - Chuck (2004) (No Reason)
35. Paramore - Brand New Eyes (2009) (Playing God)
36. Vince Staples - Big Fish Theory (2017) (BagBak)
37. Bright Eyes - LIFTED or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002) (Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and To Be Loved)
38. BROCKHAMPTON - SATURATION TRILOGY (2017) (SISTER / NATION)
39. LVL UP - Return to Love (2016) (Pain)
40. PUP - The Dream Is Over (2016) (Dvp)
41. Yellowcard - Southern Air (2012) (Rivertown Blues)
42. Carseat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016) (Fill in the Blank)
43. Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Cosmic Thrill Seekers (2019) (Wacky Misadventures of the Passenger)
44. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998) (Two-Headed Boy, Pt. 2)
45. Big Thief - U.F.O.F. (2019) (Betsy)
46. mewithoutYou - Ten Stories (2012) (Nine Stories)
47. System of a Down - Mezmerize (2005) (B.Y.O.B.)
48. SOPHIE - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (2017) (Faceshopping)
49. Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION (2015) (Run Away with Me)
50. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975) (Wish You Were Here)

Obviously some massive holes in my music history. I've been trying the last couple years to really dig into older stuff I never listened to when I was younger, definitely liked a lot of it, but none of it has clicked in a way to make this list. Definitely built this on nostalgia and tried to give some extra weight to things that formed my music taste at some point (like I don't listen to ADTR anymore but they basically defined my music taste in high school). Bias sorter kinda surprised me with how low/high some things ended up (there was a point I would've called The Greatest Generation a top 5 album for me) but overall I'm pretty happy with this. Also had to kick out a couple double artists (The National, Manchester Orchestra, Julien Baker, My Chemical Romance, Mayday Parade, FOB, TWY) to make room for some stuff I thought absolutely needed to be on here. Super excited to really dig into everyone else's, I've got some learning to do.

 

Goodness for president

 

Good. More Julien.

 

i wish i liked that album more. home is still great.

 

Same. Goodness is...good but Home will always be special to me.

 

I think I could admit that Home is more “enjoyable” and “easier” to put on, but I’ve got a spiritual connection to Goodness. The year it came out it was too relatable in a lot of ways which makes it so special to me. It’ll be hard to top that connection ever for me.

 

Goodness is perfect. Truly a special, transcendent listen. Their other stuff is great but yeah. Nothing in the genre compares

 

This is cool. I’m gonna post a list hopefully tonight! It will be questionable.

 

Goodness is great, Home is better

 

I haven’t been able to connect with either, might have to give both another shot soon

 

From @PauLo ‘s list, I checked out Out to Lunch by Eric Dolphy, which is a jazz record. I find it pretty hard to talk about jazz confidently or express what I like / don’t like about records, but I enjoyed this!

Reminds me a bit of some of the stuff I’ve heard from Ornette Coleman, it has that chaotic energy to it, where it doesn’t feel like it’s moving in any set grooves or rhythms, and can twist and turn in any direction at any moment. A lot going on here, but it was a good listen!