Spin 100 Revisited... 101-200

I sincerely doubt anyone currently employed at SPIN spends any of their time listening to Sonny Sharrock.

Or Paul Simon. Or Los Lobos. Or The Indestructible Beat of Soweto, which has the disadvantage of being African. Though I recall a recent issue of Spin making a cursory mention of the Congotronics records.

Once upon a time -- circa `85 through, say, `89 -- SPIN was written and edited by and for adults. This is no longer the case, as it has spiralled haplessly down the toilet into Tiger Beat land.

126. Mekons-- Rock 'n Roll
127. Magnetic Fields-- 69 Love Songs
128. Yo La Tengo--I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
129. Bob Dylan--Love and Theft
130. The Wrens--Meadowlands
131. Built To Spill--Perfect From Now On
132. Archers Of Loaf--Vee Vee
133. New Pornographers--Mass Romantic

If you dangled Mark Spitz or Ultragrrrl over a festering pit of famished crocodiles and and demanded that they name three tracks by the Archers of Loaf or they'd be dropped....d'ya think they'd end up as crocodung?

Mark Spitz the swimming gold medalist?

let the mindies have their bit of fun, Alex

For starters, some major omissions:
The Cure - Disintegration
Primal Scream - Screamadelica
REM - Document

137. Daft Punk - Discovery
138. Mclusky - Mclusky Do Dallas
139. Avalanches - Since I Left You
140. Disco Inferno - DI Go Pop
141. Common Sense - Resurrection

Can't argue with any of the above. Was particularly disappointed to see the absence of Flaming Lips, Mag Fields, Yo La Tengo, Massive Attack, Primal Scream and Tom Waits (who's released at least two classics in Rain Dogs and Bone Machine in the period).
Sorry to be pedantic, but I'm pretty sure Nothing's Shocking was in the list. But I reckon Ritual De Lo Habitual is the better album. That said, I haven't listened to either in a while. Ocean Song is probably their finest moment though and that's NS.

141. Gillian Welch - Time the Revelator
142. Mercury Rev - Deserters Songs
143. Johnny Cash - American Recordings
144. Cat Power - You Are Free
145. Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
146. Lambchop - Nixon
146. Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste Metallic
147. Leftfield - Leftism
148. Robert Wyatt - Schleep
149. Giant Sand - Chore of Enchantment

Charles Aaron would rather sniff Lindsay Lohan's flip-flops than give Howe Gelb or Kurt Wagner the time of day.

that's 'meatflaps'

I doubt he's getting anywhere near her flip-flaps!

"Charles Aaron would rather sniff Lindsay Lohan's flip-flops than give Howe Gelb or Kurt Wagner the time of day."

I don't really bother with Spin much, so I'm not really au fait with their policy tiwards alt country, although the 100 gives a good indication of em. I can appreciate Lambchop are a bit too mellow for Spin readers, but Howe rocks man!

Forgot to mention one of the biggest oversights - no Nick Cave! Okay, there's no particular consensus on what his best album is, but at least put in Boatman's Call.

Oh, and no Daniel Johnston! Again, difficult to pick one album, but y'know, he's great.

Jon Dolan introduced me to Indestructible Beat and is a voracious Afropop fan. That is all.

Once upon a time -- circa `85 through, say, `89 -- SPIN was written and edited by and for adults. This is no longer the case, as it has spiralled haplessly down the toilet into Tiger Beat land.

-- Alex in NYC (vassife...), June 24th, 2005.

no, Alternative Press would be Tiger Beat.

101-200 has to include some techno, to kill the stench of their using moby as their token act for 1-100.

personal oversights: i'd put in jay-z's reasonable doubt and the high llamas' gideon gaye.

did 101-200 have any stereolab? whatever -- they should be in this supplemental list, too.

Biggest omission for me, Pet Shop Boys *Very*

Funny how nobody picks up an actual magazine anymore.

1. SPIN actually lists their #101-105 as
101. Sebadoh - Bakesale
102. LL Cool J - Radio
103. Depeche Mode - Violator
104. Ultramagnetic MCs -
105. Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey

2. Indestructable Beat of Soweto is at the top of a sidebar list of world albums.

3. The last couple of times SPIN's done lists like these, Sonny Sharrock has been on 'em. (90 Greatest Albums of the 90s; The 100 Greatest Albums of the Alternative Era) So *somebody* there is listening to him.

4. Stereolab is #88

5. Massive Attack didn't make it, but Portishead and Tricky did, so whatre you gonna do?

6. Ditto Fugees (didn't) and Lauryn Hill (did).

7. And what about the albums that they DID include that they've previously snubbed, like Illmatic, The Lonesome Crowded West, Gentlemen, and Grace?