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is the suspense getting to you yet? this selection has the most recent and also the oldest entry. guess which is which.

35. Fugazi - Red Medicine
34. Smiths - Hatful of Hollow
33. Velvet Underground - Loaded
32. Tricky - Maxinquaye
31. Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
30. Big Star - Third Album/Sister Lovers
29. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
28. Joy Division - Closer
27. Blind Willie Johnson - "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" (single)
26. Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
25. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space
24. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
23. Donna Summer - "I Feel Love" (single)
22. Daft Punk - Discovery
21. Boards of Canada - Music Has A Right to Children

― the whipping boy, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

wooo, red medicine, i'm glad it made it.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Boards of Canada ? They're that good ?? I thought that was just for Wire magazine readers.

― Patrick, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

God, that's weird. I'm sitting here looking at a pile of my CDs on the floor, and in that pile are: (30), (29), and (28). And it's not even that big of a pile.

― Clarke B., Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

In its way, oddly, as 'canonical' as any other bit but I quite like this run of records. Nice to see some Dylan in there to annoy the haters.

Discovery, damn. I voted for "One More Time".

OK, veneration of "Dark Was The Night...." over, like, any other single blues/folk track from the period? I think it's great, but the devil's advocate in *me* says that it's the Goth in *you* who's loving it....

― Tom, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

FEARLESS PREDICTIONS:

Stankonia will finish first. "...Baby One More Time" and Loveless will both place in the top 5. It Takes a Nation Of Millions... will be in the top 20.

― Ian White, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

"Discovery" over "Blonde on Blonde"?....!..I mean, taking into account the Dylan haters, the semi anti-canon mentality, everything else, it still just doesn't seem *right*. Same goes for a bunch of other albums but just seeing those two so near to each other struck a chord (the acoustic kind, not the quasi-ironically po-mo vocodered kind). I didn't vote so maybe I shouldn't be allowed any "I can't believe x beat y!" comments, but still... and if "Discovery" had been released a little earlier and was out of the charts, would it still be here? I'm not so sure.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

And Loaded beats out the banana album. All is right with the world -- better guitar work, better songwriting, and unexpected burts of just about every emotion that matters.

However if Radio City or #1 Record doesn't beat out Third/Sister Lovers, the cosmic balance will be unrighted once again.

― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Then again, this is pop music we're talking about, so my "you like it now, but just you wait" mindset might not be that relevant.

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I didn't vote either, Mitch, but I know which one I'd rather listen to by a country mile, and it ain't freakin' Dylan. As it is, I see no room for debate at all that "I Feel Love" beat _Blonde on Blonde_ as well...

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

It is somehow karmically soothing to know that whenever I am listening to my Dylan albums, you will be out there somewhere, Ned.

― Josh, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I love Dylan, and I think Discovery's a better album. Blonde On Blonde is great but a little bit overrated - it falls halfway between the electric punch of Highway 61 and the straightforward heartbreak of Blood On The Tracks, and to the detriment of both angles (both those albums I'd rate higher than the DP one). Whereas Discovery is just....ace ;) Even with its flaws.

Hey, 14 track albums, eagerly-awaited, crowd-pleasing track 1 and huge long track 14, pleasing open-minded critics and baffling closed- minded ones....they're the SAME ALBUM, dude!

Alos, yeah, I think stuff that's happening now and hasn't been absorbed yet into pop's body critical has to be worth more than stuff which has the patina of (unpop) respect all over it.

― Tom, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Tom's dilemma nowithstanding, there are far more Dylan albums/singles that could have split votes with "Blonde on Blonde."

Maybe "Legend" will be No. 1 ;)

― scott p., Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I am the balance, the Alpha and Omega. I incorporate and disintegrate.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Big ups to Mike for voting for Blind Willie. Thus far it's all I've placed, aside from "Erection" (big ups to everyone who voted for that too). Call me a goth all you want, Tom, I also voted for the Anthology of American Folk Music, American Primitive Vol. 1, and a John Fahey album.

― Otis Wheeler, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Maybe "The Legend!" will be number one!!

― mark s, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Tom's equation of Blonde On Blonde with Discovery is Chuck Eddy-worthy (a big compliment).

Ned - "No room for debate", eh ? Fascist ! ;)

And if goths have indeed started listening to Blind Willie Johnson, it's sure to be a massive improvement over anything that they listen to usually.

― Patrick, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I am surprised Red Medicine made it over several other Fugazi albums (assuming its the only one in the list). Most people seem to prefer the punkier stuff like Repeater and 13 Songs. Personally, I'd take In On The Kill Taker over Red Medicine but I didn't vote so I shouldn't complain.

― bnw, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Hey, I voted for the Anthology.

And if you're going to be a fucking Goth, you might as well go with the song which invented Goth.

― Tom, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Did you vote for any Dirty Three, Otie? I doubt just our combined votes would be enough to raise it any higher than we've seen so far, but still.

― Josh, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I just checked out American Primitive on CDNow... "I Wouldn't Mind Dying (But I Gotta Go By Myself)", holy shit. I need to hear this record.

― Patrick, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I voted for the Anthology as well, I assume it places rather high.

― Jeff, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

You're right, the tension is mounting, or maybe it's just your delivery, Fred. Is this the climax of act two? is the third act gonna be less predictable?
Particularly like the sequence after VU. Tricky hanging out back, awkwardly only gave us one album to choose. Kraftwerk - I can't tell if Trans-E-E is the track or not, cause the album never really got anywhere for me, Bambaataa nicked the engine. And, does this mean we're not gonna see anymore of them! I don't see how Computer Love or Man-Machine could fail to be on the list. Their finest hour; they turned into components, dropped the leaden vocals and let the machines sing. Big Star, I guess it had to go somewhere. AFX - thank god we didn't go for Ambient Works 2, if he's gonna be represented, I'd rather other people heard this first. Joy Division aptly segues into Blind Willie Johnson, himself hanging onto Stevie's arm, who's 'enhanced' perception's drawing him after Spiritualized. Dylan, that's not my call, too restless, I'd rather have one of his personas for a whole record. I'm sure you can imagine how satisfied I am to see the last three. The only thing could make me happier is if you stopped right now, and left this as the top fifteen.

― K-reg, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I didn't even think of voting for any Dirty Three. If I had, I probably wouldn't have been able to decide on which record to vote for. Incidentally, Warren Ellis' contributions are the only things recommending the new Nick Cave album. As for American Primitive Vol. 1, I like it better than the Anthology or the Times Ain't Like They Used To Be series. Tom probably has a beef with its Greil Marcus-fetishized uber-rawness, but I just think it has good songs.

― Otis Wheeler, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Hey, *I* love Boards of Canada. But I'd have been more likely to vote for "BoC Maxima" if I *had* voted.

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Trans Europe Express is amazing, the most European i.e. best Kraftwerk album. The Man-Machine with its song-emphasis can sound rather kitsch; Computer Love, well, beyond exciting in 1981 but it's so tied to its times. But Europe endures and so does TEE.

― Tom, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Otis - I find it hard to imagine an album Greil M would fetishize MORE than the Anthology. My lack of reference to American Primitive is cos I, shamefully, havent heard it.

(Actually I may have heard it played in the bookshop when I worked there. In which case I, more shamefully, didn't copy it.)

― Tom, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I think if Greil Marcus hasn't fetishized American Primitive it's only because he too hasn't heard it. It's subtitled Raw Pre-War Gospel, fer chrissakes.

― Otis Wheeler, Tuesday, 15 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I have a very had time believing a Fugazi album made it on there. yecchhh

― Luptune Pitman, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Agreed 100% with Sterling about Loaded. I said number 31 - not far off. Also agreed about Big Star - another prediction #1 Record/Radio City (the 2 fer 1) will make it to number 17.

As others have said - this is getting better! Looks like my Kraftwerk album choice (Man Machine) won't show up, although Kraftwerk will be one of the most voted-for bands overall with 3 entries.

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

That's because they are Zee Greitest. Actually only two artists got multiple entries on my list: Miles and Kraftwerk. List makes a right turn despite ugly Fugazi shocker. But what sweet victory: Discovery, I Feel Love and Boards of Canada over Grandpa Dylan.

― Omar, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Does this mean Daft Punk are better than Keats?

― Nick, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I'm partly responsible for the ugly Fugazi shocker, having voted for Red Medicine.

Don't hold your breath Dr. C -- I went for Man-Machine as well. Love Trans-Europe Express just as much, but MM wins out for the artwork.

Tom said 'dude'.

― Andy, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I say dude quite a lot, dude.

I mean if Certain Americans are allowed to say "Blimey" I should be given some leeway.

― Tom, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Andy - I love 'em all equally, but I imposed a one album per artist rule on my list, as there's so much to choose from. Man-Machine got the nod for 'Neon Lights' as much as anything, plus I've been listening to it lots recently.

― Dr. C, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

I take back my comment about merely choosing my 40 favorite records; just realized that I subconsciously invoked the one-record-per-artist rule. If I truly went on my 40 favorites, there would be some dupes.

I hear ya, Tom. Ch... che... chee... cheer... nope -- I just can't say the five letter 'C' word. I think the only time I use Brit slang is when I impersonate Thomas Wilson from The Limey, Handy Andy from Changing Rooms, or when I say "There's a penguin on the telly."

― Andy, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

Red Medicine is actually my favourite Fugazi release, but it fell just off the bottom of my list. Good to see that the rest of your picked up the slack.

― Sean Carruthers, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

There was never any doubt about it being on my list.

― Josh, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-five years ago)

six months pass...

What a fule I was upthread. (and it's not about Discovery being good either, I haven't heard it in its entirety)

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Saturday, 8 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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