Milo's Top 50 Albums

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I completely stopped thinking about music in album terms circa 2008 apparently and it was a bit iffy for years before that.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain	7
Portishead - Third	7
Neil Young - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere	6
The B-52's - The B-52's	6
Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth	6
Can - Ege Bamyasi	5
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup	4
Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville	4
Slint - Spiderland	3
Ornette Coleman - The Shape of Jazz to Come	3
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers	2
Notorious BIG - Ready to Die	2
The Minutemen - Double Nickels On The Dime	2
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn	2
The Velvet Underground - VU & Nico	2
Tom Waits - Real Gone	2
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique	2
Wire - Pink Flag	2
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)	2
Television - Marquee Moon	2
The Coup - Party Music	1
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book	1
Mobb Deep - The Infamous	1
X - Los Angeles	1
Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska	1
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady	1
The Stooges - Fun House	1
Fugees - The Score	1
Gang of Four - Entertainment!	1
Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen	1
Massive Attack - Blue Lines	1
Mazzy Star - So Tonight That I Might See	1
Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock	1
Cat Power - Myra Lee	0
The Breeders - Title TK	0
The Aislers Set - How I Learned to Write Backwards	0
Suicide - Suicide	0
Boss Hog - Boss Hog	0
Cat Power - You Are Free	0
Clipse - Lord Willin	0
Jason Isbell - Southeastern	0
Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary	0
Kristin Hersh - Sunny Border Blue	0
Minor Threat - Complete Discography	0
Old 97's - Too Far To Care	0
Om - Conference of the Birds	0
Outkast - Aquemini	0
PJ Harvey - Dry	0
Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain	0
Angel Olsen - My Woman	0

― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 11:13 (two years ago)

Tossed in a vote for Mobb Deep.

― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 11:47 (two years ago)

I think 23 or so favorites of mine in this list! Good stuff.

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 11:47 (two years ago)

Oh how I love Too Far too Care. Listened to Nebraska yesterday—hard not to choose it.

― Indexed, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 12:23 (two years ago)

How is "Milo Goes To College" not on your list??
(voted for The Coup... I think I preferred Boots Riley's output when he was a musician)

― enochroot, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:43 (two years ago)

Jesus Christ, so many albums I'm like "fuck I forgot to include that one". Voted Liz Phair

― Snoopy is a cat, who lives in a cage (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 14:44 (two years ago)

How is "Milo Goes To College" not on your list??

otm

― sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:30 (two years ago)

i mean, dude just had a heart attack and you exclude his album ... cold.

― sarahell, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:31 (two years ago)

Great list. I will predictably vote B-52s, but the Minutemen, Wire, and Young Marble Giants records are among my favorites, each approaching sparseness/minimalism in a unique way.

― Large, Complex, Detailed but Irrefutable POST (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 15:38 (two years ago)

Milo Goes To College (tbh the Two Things At Once CD w/ that and Bonus Fat) was a tough one to leave off but between 15 and 18 I think I burned out the neurons that needed to hear it or London Calling again.

Biggest oopsie omission - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables.

― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:07 (two years ago)

A couple possibilities here but I’m going with Minor Threat

― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:09 (two years ago)

Minutemen

― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 18:58 (two years ago)

Went for The Shape Of Jazz To Come. But this is a very cool list

― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:59 (two years ago)

I love or like most of these. Nice to see the Aislers Set! But I voted Young Marble Giants. (Partly because I just voted Wu Tang on another list.)

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 23:27 (two years ago)

Number of albums heard: 32

Favourite: Ornette

Least-favourite: Sketches of Spain - I only like "Saeta"

Nicest surprise: Dry

Unheard, but most want to hear: Minor Threat or You are Free

― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 24 August 2023 16:12 (two years ago)

A Jets to Brazil sighting, nice. I'm picking different things in these polls so The B-52's.

― Bee OK, Friday, 25 August 2023 03:01 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

voted for Marquee Moon

― Dan S, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 23:59 (two years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Thursday, 31 August 2023 00:01 (two years ago)

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