Top 5 Records That, Considering Your Taste in Music, You Should Have Heard By Now (But Never Really Bothered To Check Out)

He doesn't do anything off Murmur, actually. I think it's a spoof of Out of Time... I don't know why I said that. I think I meant R.E.M. in general.

Anything by Roxy Music. Esp since I decided today that Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets is my favourite rock album (subject to change next time I listen to a really good album).

Anything more than a couple songs by Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Dead C. Any albums by Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond, or Acid Mothers Temple. Any studio albums by Phish. Anything by Spacemen 3 or Spiritualized. 1984. Anything by Leftfield. Any albums by Venetian Snares. Any Kinks albums, yeah. The MC5.

Any Alvin Lucier. Practically any Christian Wolff. Annie Gosfield.

(word up nyu!)

haha xpost

I'll think of 4 more later

As for me:
The Kinks' _Village Green Preservation Society_
The first This Heat album
Captain Beefheart, _Lick My Decals Off, Baby_
Anything by Harmonia
Don Cherry's _Brown Rice_

2. The Kinks (I mean... They're good, right?)

Yes, they're good. Do you buy vinyl? If so, pick up a copy of the Kinks Kronicals as a good starting point.

4. Captain Beefheart (I haven't heard good things... mainly from morons, though.)

With Beefheart you might as well dive right into Trout Mask Replica.

If you like Starsailor and This Heat I can't imagine you'll be too turned off by Beefheart.

Serge Gainsbourg, Cannabis (only "Cannabis" and it's amazing)

That's a pretty cool soundtrack though I wouldn't say it's essential. The CD has another soundtrack tacked to the end which isn't really worthwhile.

Anything by Roxy Music. Esp since I decided today that Eno's Here Come the Warm Jets is my favourite rock album

Well, definitely start with the first two (which Eno was involved with). And if you can rent it, do not miss the DVD of the live Beat Club performances of Roxy Music which are totally amazing and essential. If you're not into Roxy Music yet, those performances will give you a great introduction.

Any albums by Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond, or Acid Mothers Temple.

FSA is cool, the others probably not so crucial.

Anything by Spacemen 3 or Spiritualized.

Sound of Confusion and Perfect Prescription. Fuck Spiritualized.

The MC5.

Don't make the mistake of starting with Kick Out the Jams. Head directly to High Times.

any roxy music album that isn't the first one

The second one!

2. Vision Creation Newsun (I dled a couple of tracks about a year ago, but have still not heard the whole thing)

3. any album by Wire

4. Ege Bamyasi

5. any album by Kraftwerk

Silkworm.

The very first Fall album, I do not think I have heard that.

The power-pop album by Blue Ash from '73, you'd think I would've heard that given my love for power-pop in general.

Ike Turner's "Bad Dreams," a record I hear is great and which I can't find anywhere.

And yeah, I have actually never heard Scott Walker that I can remember, and only a smidgen of PJ Proby (the weird-ass one he did with Focus, of all people, and a few of the singles). Given my love for Nik Cohn's piece on him in "Rock from Beginning," you'd think I would've gotten to this by now.