I think your collage is missing your 2020 Blake Mills album43 years worth of AOTY
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1981: Black Flag - Damaged
1982: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska
1983: R.E.M. - Murmur
1984: Prince - Purple Rain
1985: The Replacements - Tim
1986: Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs, etc., etc.
1987: Sonic Youth - Sister
1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
1989: Beastie Boys - Paul’s Boutique
1990: SonicYouth - Goo
1991: Nirvana - Nevermind
1992: Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
1994: Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand
1995: Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness
1996: Beck - Odelay
1997: Radiohead - Ok Computer
1998: Beastie Boys - Hello Nasty
1999: The Roots - Things Fall Apart
2000: Yo La Tengo - Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
2001: The Strokes - Is This It
2002: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2003: Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
2004: Madvillian - Madvilliany
2005: The National - Alligator
2006: Cat Power - The Greatest
2007: The National - Boxer
2008: Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
2009: Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
2010: Robyn - Body Talk
2011: Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo
2012: Chromatics - Kill For Love
2013: Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap
2014: The War On Drugs - Lost In The Dream
2015: Waxahatchee - Ivy Tripp
2016: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
2017: The National - Sleep Well Beast
2018: Father John Misty - God’s Favorite Customer
2019: Purple Mountains - Purple Mountains
2020: Blake Mills - Mutable Set
2021: Steve Gunn - Other You
2022: Horsegirl - Versions Of Modern Performance
2023: Wednesday - Rat Saw Gog
2024: Rosali - Bite Down
I think it deserves its own thread. I think there is a 5…10….15 thread or whatever it is. Could work there too.I feel like this exercise was it's own thread somewhere... but maybe it was over at the old place
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I’m up to 1985. You’ll probably finish before me!I have grading to do, damn it, but I just want to join in the fun and figure out my list.
My hot take is that if Mezmerize & Hypnotize counts as one long double album then that's my favorite by them. Barring that I guess it'd be Toxicity but they really have one of the most consistent discographies in music imo.System Of A Down
1. System of a Down
1. Steal This Album
1. Mezmerize
1. Toxicity
1. Hypnotize
My hot take is that if Mezmerize & Hypnotize counts as one long double album then that's my favorite by them. Barring that I guess it'd be Toxicity but they really have one of the most consistent discographies in music imo.
My sentiments exactly.Yeah, we talk about 4 and 5 album runs with our legacy acts, but these guys never missed!
I kinda hope they never make another album just to make sure they don't tarnish a pretty much perfect discography.
Wow I disown 2020 Gap for this ranking.I think this would be my Blur ranking, I've honestly never put much thought into how I'd rank their albums tbh
I should probably go back and listen to all of them and then re-do this list, because this seems... off.
- 13
- The Magic Whip
- The Great Escape
- Modern Life is Rubbish
- Parklife
- Think Tank
- Blur
- Leisure
I align much more with modern Gap than retro gap.Wow I disown 2020 Gap for this ranking.
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Let's fix that up a bit:
- Blur
- 13
- Parklife
- The Great Escape
- Think Tank
- The Magic Whip
- Modern Life is Rubbish
- The Ballad of Darren
- Leisure
Wow I disown 2020 Gap for this ranking.
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Let's fix that up a bit:
- Blur
- 13
- Parklife
- The Great Escape
- Think Tank
- The Magic Whip
- Modern Life is Rubbish
- The Ballad of Darren
- Leisure