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We all have albums that we like and that we don't like. Some are our favourites and some not so much. What album comes to mind that you are so fucking glad the artist made it, you would kiss his or her ass until your lips got gangrene from all the circulation being cut off from puckering so long. Thank you so much for that record. Mine: Pink Floyd's simplistic and sci-fi psychedelic Wish You Were Here. The album, not the song. The fact that it has only five tracks makes it nice and evenly paced. Its most heavily played moments, right as I am going to bed. Welcome to the Machine and the title track are wonderful to dose off to, if not Shine on You. I decided to mention on alternative to the countless Def Leppard and Rush albums I would have tried to choose from.

― Luptune Pitman, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Bryter Layter", not because it's my favorite album ever, but because I'd get to kiss Nick Drake.

― Sean, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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Winner in the lack of surprise category...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― Melissa W, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If I knew HTML there'd be a picture of OK Computer here,so you'll have to imagine it.

― Damian, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

For me, it's Silkworm's Libertine. I've seen a few mentions of this band around here, all of which were negative - I have a feeling that the detractors are only familiar with the bands Matador/Touch & Go output - none of which featured Joel R.L. Phelps (with the exception of an EP). In a way, it kind of reminds me of The Band, in that there are several singers/songwriters in the band, each of which has their own unique, yet similar voice/style. They all sort of blend into one cohesive whole. The first dozen or so times I heard this band (which was when In The West came out), I thought there was just one singer. Turns out that there were 3. Anyway, Libertine had quite an impact on me - it started several years of obsession with Silkworm/Joel Phelps, of which I'm still heavily in the throes of. A good portion of their post-Joel Phelps material (he left after Libertine) is not that stellar, but everything that man has touched is gold, in my eyes. This years Inland Empires(5 covers and one original - perhaps the most moving, saddest song, ever), Blackbird from a few years ago (his most Crazy Horse influenced work since leaving Silkworm), 3 (sparse, quiet Low-ish country), and Warm Springs Night (kind of an Alt-Country Joy Division) - all rank amongst my favorites. I know a lot of my love for these albums stems from my peckish fanboyism, but there really is some great stuff to be found here. If anyone is interested, there are a bunch of reviews (some of which members of this board probably wrote) that I've stolen and archived at my now abandoned Joel Phelps fansite: http://www.waxecstatic.com/downertrio/

― daniel, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ah, Silkworm are a fine band. Anyone who appreciates early Comsat Angels like they do are obviously Good People.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

pere ubu's first one and 1/2 singles.

and "be my baby."

albums? i guess: "laughing stock." maybe "69" in a pinch.

― jess, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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Not necessarily the most championed record in their career, but the one that really opened my eyes up to the possibilities available.

― Sean Carruthers, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't necessarily think of it as among my favorite records--it's not even my favorite of his (that would probably be _Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)_)--but I'm incredibly glad that Brian Eno's _Before and After Science_ exists. Every time I pull it down and put it on, I can feel my brain stretching in neat ways.

― Douglas, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not sure about the kissing, but I'm most grateful for Colossal Youth.

― dan, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Vauxhall and I-Morrissey

I want to give him a big fucking hug and thank you every time i'm done listening to it. It's the only record in my cd collection that made me feel like thanking the artist for thier effort, it's like a gift he made for his fans.

Now if he can only come out with some new material...

― Melted, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― Oliver K., Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― Brian MacDonald, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rambling Syd Rumpo-40 Warbles from Round the Horne's Doyen of Folk Singers.

Rambling Syd got me through some really hard times, man.

― Arthur, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd say Never Mind The Bollocks, but I have no desire to kiss any of them. So maybe I'll second "Be My Baby" - Ronnie Spector was pretty hot back then, after all.

― Justyn Dillingham, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

'Foxbase Alpha' and 'Vauxhall & I'

― DavidM, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Joni Mitchell "Blue". Tons of others but *that* one got me through my depression (or maybe kept me in my dark period? hah!).

― helen fordsdale, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Let's see if I can insert a picture

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― Jeff, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― m jemmeson, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― Dave225, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

guns n roses - use yr illusion vol 1. deal with it.

― Geoff, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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Sorry I am a megalomaniac. It is not one but ten records (or 6 cds). Keith Jarrett's "Sun Bear Concerts" which he recorded in 1976 in Japan. My first true love. Wonderfully sad melodies and terrible disharmonic sounds alternate. Only piano improvisation and some moaning by Jarrett.

― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― bnw, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― dleone, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― ethan, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― David Raposa, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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or

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― g, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

gaddamn cut n paste not paying attent ions $##%%&!! http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c328/c32835tc8b6.j pg

or

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― g, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

now i'm really pissered... http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc300/c328/c32835tc8b6.j pg

or

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― g, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmm, the only artist who could elicit that kind of appreciative reaction from me would be Cat Stevens, I think. Probably Teaser & Firecat or Tea For Tillerman.

― Nude Spock, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, ask me tomorrow and you'll probably get different answers, but of late it's been http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drc000/c020/c0208083jk7.j pg .. and (sorry Mel) http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/dre000/e010/e01093vzd1r.j pg which works both as shouty driving music and as shouty bedroom catharsis (I should grow up, already).. and just for the obscurists- in the past it's been http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd200/d299/d299321fw6b.j pg..and http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drd100/d178/d1783477xje.j pg..

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I *so* wouldn't kiss the collective buttocks of the above artists, though..I just wanted to post lots of pictures, really..

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

dinosaur jr - green mind aphex twin - selected ambient works american analog set - from our living room to yours tribe called quest - ...paths of rhythm spiritualized - ladies and gentlemen... bob marley vs. lee perry - the best of the upsetter years 1970-71 tarwater - silur mouse on mars - niun niggung (sp?) stereolab - mars audiac quartet mary margaret o'hara - miss america morrissey - vauxhall and i the congos - heart of the congos

man, i could go on and on...

― cybele, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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― James Kyllo, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

what is that Spoon record, Mitch? it has a nice cover.

i forgot about The Heart of the Congos, so to continue the visual theme, i'll add the sleeves:
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― m jemmeson, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

― Nude Spock, Tuesday, 30 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)