Saturday, January 30, 2010

Fingers of wind and my top 50 at the moment

unable to write a play, I idly clicked away and formed my rough top 50 albums
first, here's Fingers of Wind. Echoing reverb and the droned out improv of Diana & I. Lyrics this time but I'll see if you can guess.


And here is my rough top 50 as of now (taking into consideration how much I listen to them, their importance musically and their longevity in my collection):

1
Sunflower

The Beach Boys

Sunflower (1970)
2
Music Has the Right to Children

Boards of Canada

Music Has the Right to Children (1998)
3
3rd

Big Star

3rd (1978)
4
Tonight's the Night

Neil Young

Tonight's the Night (1975)
5
Dirty Mind

Prince

Dirty Mind (1980)
6
The Curtain Hits the Cast

Low

The Curtain Hits the Cast (1996)
7
A Love Supreme

John Coltrane

A Love Supreme (1965)
8
Trans-Europe Express

Kraftwerk

Trans-Europe Express (1977)
9
Laughing Stock

Talk Talk

Laughing Stock (1991)
10
154

Wire

154 (1979)
11
How It Feels to Be Something On

Sunny Day Real Estate

How It Feels to Be Something On (1998)
12
American V: A Hundred Highways

Johnny Cash

American V: A Hundred Highways (2006)
13
The White Birch

Codeine

The White Birch (1994)
14
Low

David Bowie

Low (1977)
15
In a Silent Way

Miles Davis

In a Silent Way (1969)
16
Sister

Sonic Youth

Sister (1987)
17
Electro-Shock Blues

Eels

Electro-Shock Blues (1998)
18
Hex; or Printing in the Infernal Method

Earth

Hex; or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005)
19
Violator

Depeche Mode

Violator (1990)
20
Hounds of Love

Kate Bush

Hounds of Love (1985)
21
Domestica

Cursive

Domestica (2000)
22
Sail Away

Randy Newman

Sail Away (1972)
23
Zen Arcade

Hüsker Dü

Zen Arcade (1984)
24
Porcupine

Echo and the Bunnymen

Porcupine (1983)
25
Souvlaki

Slowdive

Souvlaki (1993)
26
Juarez

Terry Allen

Juarez (1975)
27
Symphony No. 3 (London Sinfonietta / David Zinman; Dawn Upshaw)

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Symphony No. 3 (London Sinfonietta / David Zinman; Dawn Upshaw) (1992)
28
Songs of Love and Hate

Leonard Cohen

Songs of Love and Hate (1971)
29
Blue Bell Knoll

Cocteau Twins

Blue Bell Knoll (1988)
30
Bows + Arrows

The Walkmen

Bows + Arrows (2004)
31
Loveless

My Bloody Valentine

Loveless (1991)
32
EndSerenading

Mineral

EndSerenading (1998)
33
Beach House

Beach House

Beach House (2006)
34
Any Other City

Life Without Buildings

Any Other City (2001)
35
Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich

Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
36
Alice

Tom Waits

Alice (2002)
37
Hammock Style

Ganger

Hammock Style (1998)
38
London Calling

The Clash

London Calling (1979)
39
III

Sebadoh

III (1991)
40
Amnesiac

Radiohead

Amnesiac (2001)
41
Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire

The Kinks

Arthur or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire (1969)
42
Remain in Light

Talking Heads

Remain in Light (1980)
43
...Burn, Piano Island, Burn

The Blood Brothers

...Burn, Piano Island, Burn (2003)
44
The Final Cut

Pink Floyd

The Final Cut (1983)
45
Ambient 4: On Land

Brian Eno

Ambient 4: On Land (1982)
46
Tim

The Replacements

Tim (1985)
47
Drum's Not Dead

Liars

Drum's Not Dead (2006)
48
So Far

Faust

So Far (1972)
49
Tusk

Fleetwood Mac

Tusk (1979)
50
Flood

They Might Be Giants

Flood (1990)

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