Another bullshit list,Surfer Rosa is not even the best Pixies album.

thesexofit said:

Probably half of what they pay you to like NKOTB

jn2 said:

At least they were mentioned which most other lists never give them that respect due (they should be ahead of Nirvana since they spawned them).

jn2 said:

that's what i was thinking! but not being the expert i thought maybe i would just go with it

jn2 said:

I think it is.

"Rid Of Me" by PJ Harvey at number 9 ? Oh dear. I love Polly but I think it is by far her worst album. The production on it is really awful.

GangstaFam said:

And I think I'd agree.

CinisterCee said:

NO!!!!!

theplejades said:

What's with all the Steve Albini hate on this thread?

I'm probably the biggest PJ fan going and it's easily my favorite of her albums.

Doolittle is the best Pixies album.

lilgish said:

It is great, but I don't think they ever topped Surfer Rosa.

i'd say it's a pretty decent list. Not my Top 10, certainly, but Radiohead's OK Computer would be at the top of my list.

Surfer Rosa and Doolittle are both great, but i'd have to give Surfer Rosa the edge. Also, I would pick To Bring You My Love instead of Rid of Me, but neither would be in my Top 10.

The Pavement album is the most out of line, in my opinion. Two that should be there:

So by Peter Gabriel & Achtung Baby by U2

lilgish said:

It's not even the least bit essential?
Lilgish, why do you think it made it on the list, not only that, the top ten?

Here's the entire list if anyone's interested:


100. Strokes - Is This It
99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash
95. Elastica - s/t
94. Slint - Spiderland
93. Pearl Jam - Ten
92. Big Black - Atomizer
91. XTC - Skylarking
90. Sonic Youth - Sister
89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
87. Blur - Parklife
86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun
85. REM - Automatic For The People
84. Soundgarden - Superunknown
83. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command
82. Jeff Buckley - Grace
81. Beck - Mellow Gold
80. D'Angelo - Voodoo
79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong
78. The Stone Roses - s/t
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
75. Le Tigre - s/t
74. Portishead - Dummy
73. Pulp - Different Class
72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy
70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint
69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing...
68. Tricky - Maxinquaye
67. Slayer - Reign In Blood
66. Outkast - Aquemini
65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy
64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP
63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
61. Weezer - Pinkerton
60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead
59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets
57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
54. The Breeders - Last Splash
53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles
52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill
51. Nirvana - In Utero
50. New Order - Low Life
49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of...
48. Radiohead - Kid A
47. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full
46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace
45. Kanye West - College Dropout
44. Green Day - Dookie
43. B.D.P. - Criminal Minded
42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking
41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell
39. Lucinda Williams - s/t
38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
36. Pixies - Doolittle
35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic
34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
32. The Replacements - Tim
31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die
29. Fugazi - 13 Songs
28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe
27. The Cure - The Head On The Door
26. Bjork - Post
25. Nine Ince Nails - The Downward Spiral
24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out
23. Outkast - Stankonia
22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet
20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
19. Hole - Live Through This
18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction
17. Nas - Illmatic
16. Beck - Odelay
15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville
14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
13. Husker Du - New Day Rising
12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
11. U2 - Achtung Baby
10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me
8. Prince - Sign O The Times
7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising
6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
3. Nirvana - Nevermind
2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation...
1. Radiohead - OK Computer




My first impressions:

- Mildly disappointed to see My Bloody Valentine only at 22. With this type of magazine, I would think the top ten would be a lock for that record.

- Happy to see the Fall's This Nation's Saving Grace here - would have been even better to see it ranked higher, but I'll take what I'm given.

- I'm fairly ecstatic to see Husker Du's New Day Rising at 13 - usually the critics go for Zen Arcade, but I think this is the better album. EDIT - Just realized that Zen Arcade was released in '84, so obviously it's not going to be here.

- I would have thought Neutral Milk Hotel and Slint would have made the top twenty, as both records have really developed a rabid cult.

- The Pavement album is the only record in the top ten that I personally listen to with any regularity. I rated it 28 on my personal top 200 albums.

- Surprising to see Lucinda Williams' s/t album here, but no sign of Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. They're both great albums, but most rate Car Wheels over the s/t album.

Otherwise I think this is a pretty predictable list - about what you would expect from Spin. Perhaps it's a mild surprise to see Nevermind slipping a bit...
[Edited 6/20/05 17:50pm]
[Edited 6/21/05 19:37pm]

CinisterCee said:

I never got their appeal.

Conduit for Sale, Two States, is about the only thing I like on that album.


I don't read spin, so ....rather listen to Nirvana, Helmet, The Melvins, Flipper

This list is soooo American

Stone Roses way down at 78! Only one nod to Blur!! And no rank given to Primal Scream's "Sreamadelica"!!!


Oh well, that being said, it's a pretty good list!

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot should have been higher on the list. This is one of those shining moments in music that dont come too often.. where an artist writes a whole album of beautiful songs, destroys them and breaks them down.. says Fuck the record company if they dont like it, we'll release it with another label, get dropped, and the same record company pays 3 times the amount they initially paid. (TIME WARNER)

Fuckin Brilliant if I might add
[Edited 6/20/05 20:27pm]

CinisterCee said:

thesexofit said:

No, but its all love...The album list is from the past 20 years...Thriller came out in 1982, so that's the reason it wasn't included....And I'm not the biggest Mike fan, but if the list is albums from the past 25 years, it would be foolish not to include Thriller on such a list...
[Edited 6/20/05 22:20pm]

lilgish said:

co-sign.

thesexofit said:

I know what your sayin', but you can't tag Spin with being hipper-than-thou. Chuck Klosterman, quoted above, has written a great (and hilarious) book championing the ultra-commercial 80's hair-metal scene (Fargo Rock City) and one chapter in his book Sex, Drugs and Coco Puffs makes a convincing argument that Billy Joel ranks as one of America's most authentic rock artists (I know, I know.... but you have to read it).

endorphin74 said:

Nowhere near as unbalanced as most of the British lists though.

CinisterCee said:

These things normally get such knee-jerk automatic replies from the dumbasses that vote for them, I am surprised that Sgt Pepper's lonely Hearts Club Band didn't manage to sneak onto the list by accident

rocknrolldave said:

Exactly. The same dumbasses that vote for Robbie Williams everytime another poll comes out

Where the fuck is Hounds Of Love?

HERE!!!

It was #101

Talk to hand?
What an absurd expression!
Can you explain its origins and meaning,please?
Thank you!

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