*Favourite Albums (A-Z, Updated 31st August 08)
Back To Black - Amy Winehouse
Fave Tracks - Back to Black, Just Friends, Me and Mr. Jones, Love Is A Losing Game, Tears Dry On Their Own, Some Unholy War
Neon Bible - Arcade Fire
Fave Tracks - Black Mirror, Keep The Car Running, Neon Bible, Intervention, The Well And The Lighthouse, No Cars Go, My Body Is A Cage
Favourite Wost Nightmare - Arctic Monkeys
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS](Currently)
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Gordon - Barenaked Ladies
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Maroon - Barenaked Ladies
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Stunt - Barenaked Ladies
Fave Tracks - One Week, It's All Been Done, Light Up My Room, Leave, Alcohol, Call And Answer, In The Car, Who Needs Sleep?, Told You So, Some Fantastic (Ivory and Ivory)
A Rush Of Blood To The Head - Coldplay
Fave Tracks - In My Place, The Scientist, Clocks, Daylight, Green Eyes, Warning Sign, A Rush of Blood To The Head
The Colour & The Shape - Foo Fighters
Fave Tracks - Doll, Monkey Wrench, Hey Johnny Park!, My Hero, See You, Everlong, Walking After You
Warning - Green Day
Fave Tracks - Blood Sex and Booze, Church On Sunday, Fashion Victim, Misery, Hold on, Macy's Day Parade
A Funk Odyssey - Jamiroquai
Fave Tracks - Feel So Good, Little L, You Give Me Something, Love Foolosophy, Stop Don't Panic, Black Crow
Dynamite - Jamiroquai
Fave Tracks - Feels Just Like It Should, Seven Days in Sunny June, (Don't) Give Hate A Chance, World That He Wants, Black Devil Car, Hot Tequila Brown
Because Of The Times - Kings Of Leon
Fave Tracks - Knocked Up, On Call, McFearless, Black Thumbnail, My Party, Fans, Camaro
Only by the Night - Kings Of Leon
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS] (currently)
Youth And Young Manhood - Kings Of Leon
Fave Tracks - Red Morning Light, Happy Alone, Joe's Head, Trani, Molly's Chambers.
The Age Of The Understatement - The Last Shadow Puppets
Fave Tracks - The Age Of The Understatement, Calm Like You, Separate and Ever Deadly, The Chamber, My Mistakes Were Made For You, Meeting Place
Everything Must Go - Manic Street Preachers
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Blue Lines - Massive Attack
Fave Tracks - Safe From Harm, One Love, Unfinished Sympathy, Hymn of the Big Wheel
18 - Moby
Fave Tracks - We Are All Made Of Stars, In This World, In My Heart, One Of These Mornings, Another Woman, Extreme Ways, Rafters, I'm Not Worried at All
Play - Moby
Fave Tracks - Honey, Find My Baby, Porcelain, Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?, South Side, Natural Blues, Run On
Absolution - Muse
Fave Tracks - Apocalypse Please, Time Is Running Out, Sing for Absolution, Hysteria, Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
Origin Of Symmetry - Muse
Fave Tracks - Bliss, Plug In Baby, Citizen Erased, Darkshines, Feeling Good
Unplugged In New York - Nirvana
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Be Here Now - Oasis
Fave Tracks - D'You Know What I Mean?, Magic Pie, Stand by Me, Don't Go Away, All Around the World, It's Gettin' Better (Man!!)
Definitely Maybe - Oasis
Fave Tracks - Rock 'n' Roll Star, Shakermaker, Live Forever, Up In The Sky, Supersonic, Digsy's Dinner, Slide Away.
Don't Believe The Truth - Oasis
Fave Tracks - Mucky Finger, The Importance of Being Idle, The Meaning of Soul, Guess God Thinks I'm Able, Part of the Queue, A Bell Will Ring, Let There Be Love
The Masterplan - Oasis
Fave Tracks - Acquiesce, Underneath the Sky, Talk Tonight, Going Nowhere, I Am the Walrus [Live], Half the World Away, (It's Good) To Be Free, Stay Young, The Masterplan
(What's The Story) Morning Glory? - Oasis
Fave Tracks - Hello, Roll With It, Wonderwall, Don't Look Back in Anger, Hey Now!, Some Might Say, She's Electric, Morning Glory,
Champagne Supernova
Ixnay On The Hombre - The Offspring
Fave Tracks - The Meaning of Life, Me & My Old Lady, Gone Away, I Choose, All I Want, Way Down the Line
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace - The Offspring
Fave Tracks - Half-Truism, You're Gonna Go Far Kid, Takes Me Nowhere, Nothingtown, Stuff Is Messed Up
Splinter - The Offspring
Fave Tracks - Hit That, Race Against Myself, (Can't Get My) Head Around You, Never Gonna Find Me, Lightning Rod, Spare Me The Details
Around The Sun - R.E.M.
Fave Tracks - Leaving New York, The Outsiders, Worst Joke Ever, Electron Blue, Make It All Okay, I Wanted to Be Wrong, Aftermath
Automatic For The People - R.E.M.
Fave Tracks - Drive, Try not to breathe, Sidewinder sleeps tonite, Everybody hurts, Sweetness Follows, Man On The Moon, Nightswimming, Find The River
Green - R.E.M.
Fave Tracks - Pop Song 89, Get Up, Stand, You Are The Everything, World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush, Turn You Inside Out
Monster - R.E.M.
Fave Tracks - What's The Frequency, Kenneth?, Crush With Eyeliner, Star 69, Strange Currencies, Tongue, Bang and Blame
Out Of Time - R.E.M.
Fave Tracks - Radio song, Losing my religion, Near wild Heaven, Shiny Happy People, Belong, Me In Honey
The Bends - Radiohead
Fave Tracks - [ALL TRACKS]
Hail To The Thief - Radiohead
Fave Tracks - 2 + 2 = 5, Sail To The Moon, Backdrifts, There There, I Will, A Punch-Up At The Wedding, Myxomatosis, A Wolf At The Door
KID A - Radiohead
Fave Tracks - Everything In Its Right Place, The National Anthem, Optimistic, In Limbo, Idioteque, Motion Picture Soundtrack
Ok Computer - Radiohead
Fave Tracks - Paranoid Android, Subterranean Homesick Alien, Exit Music (For a Film), Let Down, Karma Police, Electioneering, Climbing Up the Walls, No Surprises, Lucky
Pablo Honey - Radiohead
Fave Tracks - Creep, How Do You?, Stop Whispering, Thinking About You, Anyone Can Play Guitar, Ripcord, Vegetable
Queen Is Dead - The Smiths
Fave Tracks - Frankly Mr. Shankly, I Know It's Over, Cemetary Gates, Bigmouth Strikes Again, The Boy With The Thorn In His Side, Vicar In A Tutu, There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Tenacious D - Tenacious D
Fave Tracks - Keilbasa, Tribute, Wonderboy, F**k Her Gently, Dio, Double Team, City Hall
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Fave Tracks - Oxford Comma, A-Punk, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa, M79, One (Blake's Got A New Face), The Kids Don't Stand A Chance
With Love And Squalor - We Are Scientists
Fave Tracks - Nobody Move Nobody Get Hurt, This Scene Is Dead, In Action, Can't Lose, It's A Hit, Lousy Reputation, What's The Word
Elephant - [ALL TRACKS]
Get Behind Me Satan - The White Stripes
Fave Tracks - Blue Orchid, My Doorbell, Forever For Her (Is Over For Me), Little Ghost, The Denial Twist, Take, Take, Take, As Ugly As I Seem, I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet)
Icky Thump - The White Stripes
Fave Tracks - Icky Thump, You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told), 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues, St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air), Little Cream Soda, Rag And Bone, A Martyr For My Love For You
White Blood Cells - The White Stripes
Fave Tracks - Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground, Hotel Yorba, Fell In Love With A Girl, The Union Forever, We're Going To Be Friends, Offend In Every Way, Now Mary
The White Stripes - The White Stripes
Fave Tracks - Jimmy the Exploder, Stop Breaking Down, The Big Three Killed My Baby, Astro, Broken Bricks, Do, One More Cup of Coffee, St. James Infirmary
Tired Of Hanging Around - The Zutons
Fave Tracks - It's The Little Things We Do, Valerie, Someone Watching Over Me, Secrets, Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done!), Hello Conscience
I'm going to see MUSE on Sunday at Wembley stadium.
How about Citezen Erased from Origin Of Symmetry, or Butterflies and Hurricanes from Absolution, both often amongst people's favourites.
Butterflies and Hurricanes i'm not a huge fan of but yes, Citizen Erased is in, i just forgot, cheers for head up
have a great time at the gig mate
I agree - Butterflies and Hurricanes is (slightly) overrated.
Citezen Erased is simply awesome.
I'm listening to Origin Of Symmetry right now in preparation for tomorrow.
Nice list!
thx Wezzo! you can sample some tracks with my new article on my profile (can't think of url now!) but its on my profile
So would you consider Oasis the greatest artists in rock history?
hhmmm quite possibly. you only have to look through their work to see how many anthems they have contributed to music scene and they captured a voice of britain during the 90s. They have had 4 great albums (Deff maybe, Whats the story, Masterplan & Be Here Now - yes i liked be here now, long yes, but there are some moments of genius there - ) and their most recent has also a solid array of songs.
My fave aspect about their music though is how lyrically up-beat they are, all their songs are about bettering yourself and not to give up and i think to many bands these days take a dull look on things.
In terms of bands around now, White Stripes are Very interesting and have been able to keep their style in a ever commercial business. Arctic Monkeys have ability to mix great tunes with witty and clever lyrics, and their first album is my all time fave album.
who would you consider the greatest artists in rock history then ?
Thanks for your answer.
Greatest artist? Probably Captain Beefheart or The Velvet Underground. Robert Wyatt deserves a nod if you consider his Soft Machine days combined with his solo period. Faust and Klaus Schulze would be up there as well. Those are probably the main 5.
I am doing a little research and I would really appreciate it if you told me what your ideals are with music. What do you look for when you listen to an album? The more detailed your answer, the better.
Also, some questions: do you find the albums you consider the greatest to be very profound? If so, in what way?
Do they possess a high level of expansion of content? If so, in what way? (a high level of expansion of content would be shown by numerous ideas taking place simultaneously or as in a stream of conscious, one after the other or domino-like effect. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen is a good example of a song that has a high level of expansion of content.)
Do they possess a high level of ingenuity? If so, in what way?
" What do you look for when you listen to an album? "
well i never take an album to seroiusly, i can't sit down and listen to an album and thats it. i have to be doing something else and have it on in the background. so in those terms i guess what i look for is something that sticks out. something that grabs your attention. Say if i've finshed an album, but was on computer, only certain songs i will remember, so i go back and listen again to those that i thought "oh that was a catchy tune" or "interesting lyrics" so i guess what i look for is something that really catches you as a listener
"do you find the albums you consider the greatest to be very profound? If so, in what way?"
That varies. I find Deffinately maybe to be, but mainly due to time it was made and fact it captured a voice of britain at the time. Nirvana's unplugged is a very special album, in that it captures a softer side of a band known for loud distorted rock.
"Do they possess a high level of expansion of content?"
Radiohead's Ok COMPUTER i feel what suit this description. in that it very experimental album and in many ways a transitional period for the band. They expanded themselves both lyrically and musically, making statements while reflecting these with the style of music. You just have to listen to all levels of Paranoid Android to see this
Do they possess a high level of ingenuity? again mainly OK COMPUTER for reasons given above
thanks for your informative response. All your answers make sense to me.
I'm not sure I ever heard your thoughts on the two latest BNL studio albums? (Are Me & Are Men)
i've heard Are Me but never got Are Men, just forgot to get around to it. i'm hoping to get it soon, i hear they are both from the same recording session. Are Me from what i remember was pretty solid, a little more low key with songs like bank job, its been a while i'll give it a re-listen tomoz in fact.
Ah cool. Are Men is probably even better than Are Me IMO, a little more upbeat generally.
Always good to hear your thoughts so let me know :)
I'm pleased to see Back to Black here. Amy Winehouse may have a fucked-up personal life, but her music is great.
And, of course, the White Stripes are always a good thing. :-D
The girl has issues thats for sure, but she sure can sing. The album has got so much atmosphere to it, its a great album. I wanna hear her debut Frank, which i haven't got around to yet.
:D hehe of course. I listened to Elephant again (twice in same day actually) recently, what an album !
Frank also rocks. Not as good as Back to Black, but close. "Fuck Me Pumps" is one of her best songs (the only real competition it has as far as I'm concerned are "Back to Black" and "Rehab").
Nice update!
Thx dude!
I'm digging this list too. You're right, we do share a lot of the same taste.