The Official Needles and Grooves 1001 Album Generator Project (aka Preachin’ about the Preachers if today’s selection sucks)

Adam and the Ants: I had never heard this band before besides some bands doing covers of their songs. Better than I was expecting. There's some fun new wave tracks. Nothing stood out to me as being essential and I'm not sure if I'd listen again. 2/5.

Edit: Just got to "Jolly Roger". Going to bump my rating to 2.5 because it's completely bonkers.
 
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I like three Adam Ant songs and they're all from different eras. "Goody Two Shoes" is the oldest, then in the late 80's he had "Room At The Top" and then he had another hit with "Wonderful" in the mid 90's.

I've never listened to a full album of his
 
Not to go in too much depth about Adam and the Ants but their biggest hit was the album after this which had their only two chart toppers “Stand and Deliver” and “Prince Charming” on it. Are there really 2 Adam Ant albums on this list when one is too much?
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
We were just talking about this over in the Hot Takes Thread. I go back and forth with Kid A on which I prefer more but both are excellent (along with much of their discography TBH).
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The great what were you listening ito in 1997 Convo. I’ve been reading along., I was still killing approximately 25% of my brain cells in those days (despite being a dad), I know there is stuff I still love to this day that I was listening to then (not this - Hail to the Thief was my Sea Change) that I still adore now but I don’t remember enough of those days. Hell I thought half of the stuff you guys have been talking about came out when I was still in college so 95 at the latest?!???!!
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
We were just talking about this over in the Hot Takes Thread. I go back and forth with Kid A on which I prefer more but both are excellent (along with much of their discography TBH).
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For me it’s

1. This
2. In Rainbows
3/4 Kid A/The Bends (completely different and I like for different reasons but equally can’t separate)

All are 5/5 for me though.
 
Too many great new albums this week so I won’t spin it today (and I did it the other week when The Bends came up). One of those albums that’s just perfect without any flaws whatsoever. A perfect 5!
 
Lee Newman said:
I'll be giving OK Computer a five and it's my third or fourth favorite.

1. The Bends
2. In Rainbow
3. Ok Computer
4. Hail to the Thief
5. Kid A
6. Amnesiac
7. A Moon Shaped Pool
8. King of Limbs
9. Pablo Honey

I'd say the top five are all 5-star albums for me.
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Hail To The Thief has great songs but it doesn’t work as well for me as your other top 5 as an album. A Moon Shaped Pool and HTTT are about even, where HTTT has the best songs; AMSP works better as a whole album.
 
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