The Best Albums And Songs of 1997

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:27 pm

Episode 8: 1997

Please submit at least your favorite 5 songs and/or albums of the year 1997. Lists must be ranked. Only the top 15 songs/albums will be given points.

The deadline is midnight (Pacific Time) on the 30st of September. For the scoring, rules and other details check here.

15 albums/songs per year will advance, including at least 1 non anglophone album/song(the Nicolas/Henrik act). To be eligible to the second round, songs/albums must have a minimum of 2 votes. In case of a tie, a tie-breaker will be set up.

Please submit your list starting with #1 (no reverse order please) according to the following example

Artist - Album/Song

you can use 1), 1. or whatever separation character you like but what matters is not to reverse the song order and respect the artist - song order.

EPs and compilations are not allowed. The generally admitted reference for dates is Rate Your Music, unless proven otherwise.

Post by **Henrik** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:41 pm

I'll go ahead this time and post my songs list early. If I change it later I'll let you know, Nicolas.

Songs
1 (-) Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca
2 (-) Weeping Willows - Blue and Alone
3 (8) Radiohead - No Surprises
4 (-) Buena Vista Social Club - Dos Gardenias
5 (3) Blur - Song 2
6 (4) Erykah Badu - On and On
7 (1) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
8 (17) Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
9 (15) Erykah Badu - Appletree
10 (7) Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin' in LA
11 (18) Built to Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
12 (5) The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
13 (6) Depeche Mode - It's No Good
14 (12) Massive Attack - Risingson
15 (2) Radiohead - Lucky

Out, but still good:
(9) White Town - Your Woman
(10) The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
(11) Roni Size/Reprazent - Heroes
(13) Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
(14) Björk - Joga

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:58 pm

The Weeping Willow song is amazing. One of the best things you played me when I visited you in Stockholm

John · Post by **John** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:59 pm

Albums:

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
3. The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
4. The Dandy Warhols - …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
5. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
6. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival
7. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
8. Switchfoot - The Legend of Chin
9. Guided by Voices - Mag Earwhig!
10. Green Day - Nimrod

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:05 pm

Albums

1. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
2. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
3. Future Bible Heroes - Memories of Love
4. Kool Keith - Sex Style
5. Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
6. Van Morrison - The Healing Game
7. Shania Twain - Come On Over
8. Smog - Red Apple Falls
9. Pulsars - Pulsars
10. Radiohead - OK Computer
11. Guided by Voices - Mag Earwhig!
12. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
13. Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope
14. The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
15. Daft Punk - Homework

16. The Notorious B.I.G. - Life After Death
17. Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker
18. Kim Richey - Bitter Sweet
19. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
20. Spice Girls - Spiceworld
21. Oasis - Be Here Now
22. Teenage Fanclub - Songs from Northern Britain
23. Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant
24. Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics...
25. Company Flow - Funcrusher Plus
26. Carl Craig - More Songs About Food and Revolutionary Art
27. Gravediggaz - The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
28. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
29. The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies
30. Jim White - The Mysterious Tale of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
31. Robbie Williams - Life Thru a Lens
32. The Verve - Urban Hymns
33. The Rolling Stones - Bridges to Babylon
34. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
35. Bjork - Homogenic
36. Carlinhos Brown - AlfaGAMAbetiZADO
37. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
38. Ruben Gonzalez - Introducing...
39. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
40. u-ziq - Lunatic Harness
41. Susana Baca - Susana Baca
42. Virginia Rodrigues - Sol negro
43. Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
44. Prefab Sprout - Andromeda Heights
45. Moodymann - Silent Introduction
46. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#Infinity
47. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
48. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
49. Nuyorican Soul - Nuyorican Soul
50. U2 - Pop
51. Sizzla - Black Woman & Child
52. Master P - Ghetto D
53. O.C. - Jewelz
54. Stereolab - Dots and Loops
55. Steve Earle - El Corazon
56. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival
57. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
58. Timbaland & Magoo - Welcome to Our World
59. Sportsguitar - Married, 3 Kids
60. Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes...
61. Common - One Day It'll All Make Sense
62. David Bowie - Earthling
63. Richard Thompson + Danny Thompson - Industry
64. Dinosaur Jr. - Hand It Over
65. Tindersticks - Curtains
66. Lambchop - Thriller
67. Photek - Modus Operandi
68. Kid Loco - A Grand Love Story
69. Luke Slater - Freek Funk
70. Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
71. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
72. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
73. Roni Size & Reprazent - New Forms
74. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
75. Biosphere - Substrata

Petri · Post by **Petri** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 12:19 pm

nicolas wrote:The generally admitted reference for dates is Rate Your Music, unless proven otherwise.

What about F♯A♯∞ by Godspeed You Black Emperor! The album was first released as a vinyl in 1997 (according to RYM, Wikipedia or any source) and re-released with one (over 29 minutes long) bonus track as a CD in 1998. Also the songs with same names vary a bit (some parts are longer etc.)
So is it a 1997 or 1998 release?

Henrik wrote:15 (2) Radiohead - Lucky

By the way Lucky by Radiohead was released in 1995 in charity album Help. It was actually my first touch to the band.

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:02 pm

About Godspeed You, I would say '97.
Does anybody object to that ? I don't know that record.

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:13 pm

Not sure I'll have time to post a list on RYM but this is the list I made 5 years ago for 1997. I think Buena Vista will take the #1 spot soon.

Robert Wyatt Shleep
Björk Homogenic
Radiohead OK Computer
Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club
Ron Sexsmith Other Songs
Dick Annegarn Approche-toi
Elliott Smith Either/Or
The Divine Comedy A Short Album about Love
Clarence Gatemouth Brown Gate Swings
Bob Dylan Time Out Of Mind
Supergrass In It For the Money
Lhasa La Llorona
Grandaddy Under the Western Freeway
Daft Punk Homework
Roni Size Reprazent New Forms

Honorable mentions

Rubén Gonzalez Introducing
Kelly Joe Phelps Roll Away The Stone
The Verve Urban Hymns
Ballistic Brothers Rude System
Will Oldham Joya
Yo La Tengo I can hear the heart beating as one
Bob Brozman & Led Kaapaana Kika Kila Meets Ki Ho'alu

Wishlist
Jayhawks
Nick Cave
Nusrat
Miossec

Suggestions welcome

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:15 pm

Here is my albums list in progress. There are plenty of albums that I would still like to listen to, but I only have 10 days left before I go on holiday for 2 and a half weeks, so I hope I'll get round to listening to them all.

Jirin · Post by **Jirin** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:47 am

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Bjork - Homogenic
3. Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
4. Slater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
5. Pavement - Brighten The Corners
6. The Verve - Urban Hymns
7. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
8. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
9. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
10. Erykah Badu - Baduizm
11. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
12. Future Bible Heroes - Memories Of Love

Gillingham · Post by **Gillingham** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:39 pm

Better early than too late again.

1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Björk - Homogenic
3. Plaid - Not for Threes
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
5. Autechre - Chiastic Slide
6. Portishead - Portishead
7. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
8. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
9. Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
10. Squarepusher - Hard Normal Daddy
11. Acda en De Munnik - Acda en De Munnik
12. Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular
13. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
14. Daft Punk - Homework
15. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

Jackson · Post by **Jackson** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:49 am

Jirin wrote: 3. Laika - Sounds of the Satellites

This didn't hit me hard as Silver Apples of the Moon did on first listen, but it'll definitely place. What a group. Like Stereolab, I think I'd like pretty much anything they did because their sound is so strong and unique.

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:33 pm

Probably my favorite year ever, at least by far the year with hands on the best top 5 albums.

Albums :

1) Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
2) Elliott Smith - Either/Or
3) IAM - L'école du micro d'argent
4) Radiohead - OK Computer
5) Mogwai - Young Team
6) Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
7) Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E
8) Blink-182 - Dude Ranch
9) The Chemical Brothers - Dig your own hole
10) Millencolin - For Monkeys
11) Biosphere - Substrata
12) Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West
13) Bjork - Homogenic
14) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We are Floating in Space
15) Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
16) Smog - Red Apple Falls
17) The Prodigy - The fat of the Land
18) Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
19) Labradford - Mi Media Naranja
20) Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker

The albums between 6 and 10 are precious relics of my early years of music listener (though I think the Fat of the Land and L'Ecole du Micro d'Argent are the only albums in this list that I discovered on the year of its release), they really opened the way to listening to a lot of music. That being said, lots of albums I listened back then does not seem that good to me anymore while those ones have bravely resisted the test of time. And yeah, Incubus and Blink have become pretty awful bands since, but those 2 albums still are really great in 2 very different ways.
Substrata is probably my favorite ambient music album (though I'm not sure of what to include in ambient, so a bunch of other albums I like might be considered ambient too, dunno...). Anyway, it's really nice, give it a try if you have some time, even if like me you usually don't enjoy ambient music that much.

Songs :

1) Built to Spill - Velvet Waltz (#2 all time)
2) Elliott Smith - Between the Bars (#3 all time)
3) IAM - Demain, C'est Loin (favorite French song of all time)
4) Built to Spill - I Would Hurt A Fly
5) Grandaddy - Summer Here Kids
6) Beta Band - Dry the Rain
7) Foo Fighters - Hey, Johnny Park!
8) Mogwai - Fear Satan
9) Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me
10) Millencolin - Twenty Two
11) IAM - Dangereux
12) Radiohead - No Surprises
13) Blink-182 - Dammit
14) Radiohead - Electioneering
15) Bjork - Bachelorette

A bunch of bubbling unders :

Biosphere - Poa Alpina
Bjork - Joga
Blink-182 - Josie
Blur - Song 2
Blur - Beetlebum
Built to Spill - Randy Described Eternity
Built to Spill - Made Up Dreams
Deftones - my own summer (shove it)
Elliott Smith - Say Yes
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Gala - Let a Boy Cry (ultimate guilty pleasure ? maybe...)
Goldfinger - Superman
IAM - Chez le mac
Incubus - A certain shade of green
Incubus - Vitamin
Metallica - Fuel
Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain
Mogwai - Yes, I Am a Long Way From Home
Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy VII Soundtrack) - Cosmo Canyon
Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy VII Soundtrack) - Aerith's Theme
Notorious B.I.G. - Hypnotize
Radiohead - Airbag
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
Radiohead - Climbing Up The walls
Radiohead - Paranoid Android
Smog - The Morning Paper
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Spiritualized - Broken Heart
The Offspring - All I Want
Wu Tang Clan - Triumph
Yo La Tengo - Deeper Into Movies

I know I'm one of the only person to consider Electioneering as a highlight of OK Computer...

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:07 pm

Finally I found the time to post my list in progress

Michel · Post by **Michel** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:39 pm

Albums

1. Björk - Homogenic
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Asian Dub Foundation - R.A.F.I.
4. Tindersticks - Curtains
5. The Dandy Warhols - …The Dandy Warhols Come Down
6. The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
7. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
8. Mendelson - L'avenir est devant
9. Portishead - Portishead
10. Miossec - Baiser
11. Kronos Quartet - Early Music (Lachrymæ antiquæ)
12. Forest for the Trees - Forest for the Trees
13. Swell - Too Many Days Without Thinking
14. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
15. 16 Horsepower - Low Estate
16. Will Oldham - Joya
17. Death in Vegas - Dead Elvis
18. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
19. U2 - Pop
20. Blur - Blur
21. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
22. Op8 Featuring Lisa Germano - Slush

Songs

1. The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
2. Blur - Song 2
3. Bjork - Bachelorette
4. The Chemical Brothers - The Private Psychedelic Reel
5. Radiohead - Karma Police
6. Tindersticks - Bathtime
7. The Prodigy - Diesel Power
8. Björk - Hunter
9. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin Beats
10. The Prodigy - Serial Thrilla
11. Will Oldham - O Let It Be
12. Miossec - La fidélité
13. Elliott Smith - 2:45 AM
14. Bentley Rythm Ace - Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
15. Asian Dub Foundation - Buzzin'
16. Elliott Smith - Speed Trials
17. Bjork - Jóga
18. Asian Dub Foundation - Assassin
19. Radiohead - No Surprises
20. Swell - (I Know) The Trip
21. The Dandy Warhols - Boys Better
22. Asian Dub Foundation - Black White

Jackson · Post by **Jackson** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:47 pm

Nassim wrote: Substrata is probably my favorite ambient music album (though I'm not sure of what to include in ambient, so a bunch of other albums I like might be considered ambient too, dunno...). Anyway, it's really nice, give it a try if you have some time, even if like me you usually don't enjoy ambient music that much.

Totally agreed, this is a great album and is pretty accessible. I think most people on here would enjoy it.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 7:59 am

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:06 am

Great list Dan!

if I have the time I will check out Erykah and Cesaria's albums.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:07 pm

nicolas wrote:Great list Dan!

if I have the time I will check out Erykah and Cesaria's albums.

I know you're a big fan of Cesária Évora, Nicolas, and I’m sure you will like Cabo Verde too. One of the biggest surprises for me personally about these 90s polls is that she has turned out to be one of my favourite artists of the 90s. I’ve loved all her 90s albums so far.

You might also like the Erykah Badu album. It’s a contemporary R&B album, but it’s very much rooted in old-school soul, and it also incorporates jazz and even blues. And it’s passionate and more than just a little sexy.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:46 pm

Albums:

1. Radiohead- OK Computer
2. Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
3. Daft Punk- Homework
4. The Verve- Urban Hymns
5. Bob Dylan- Time Out of Mind
6. The Chemical Brothers- Dig Your Own Hole
7. Elliott Smith- Either/Or
8. Bjork- Homogenic
9. The Notorious B.I.G.- Life After Death
10. The Prodigy- The Fat of the Land
11. Yo La Tengo- I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
12. Blur- Blur
13. Buena Vista Social Club- Buena Vista Social Club
14. Nick Cave- The Boatman’s Call
15. Portishead- Portishead

Songs:

1. The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
2. Radiohead- Paranoid Android
3. Blur- Song 2
4. Radiohead- Karma Police
5. Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
6. The Chemical Brothers- Block Rockin’ Beats
7. Cornershop- Brimful of Asha
8. Foo Fighters- Everlong
9. Daft Punk- Around the World
10. Radiohead- No Surprises
11. The Notorious B.I.G.- Hypnotize
12. The Verve- The Drugs Don’t Work
13. Massive Attack- Risingson
14. Yo La Tengo- Autumn Sweater
15. The Notorious B.I.G.- Mo Money Mo Problems

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:03 am

Please don't forget that Elliott Smith's single Speed Trials / Angeles / I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out is from 1996 and therefore is not eligible for this poll.

slick · Post by **slick** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 1:31 am

stone37 · Post by **stone37** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:05 pm

01- Radiohead- No Surprises
02- Sixpence None the Richer- Kiss Me
03- Radiohead- Paranoid Android
04- Radiohead- Karma Police
05- Busta Rhymes- Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
06- Sara McLachlan- Aida
07- Janet Jackson- Together Again
08- Janet Jackson f/Q-Tip and Joni Mitchell- Got Til It's Gone
09- Blur- Song 2
10- White Town- Your Woman
11- The Verve- The Drugs Don't Work
12- Michael Penn- Like Egypt Was
13- Radiohead- Let Down
14- Elliott Smith- Say Yes
15- Hanson- MMMbop

16- Blur- Beetlebum
17- Smash Mouth- Walkin' on the Sun
18- Cornershop- Brimful of Asha
19- Aerosmith- Fallin' in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)
20- Michael Penn- Try

21- The Notrious BIG- Hypnotize
22- U2- Staring at the Sun
23- Radiohead- Airbag
24- Michael Penn- Small Black Box
25- Ben Folds Five- Brick
26- Radiohead- The Tourist
27- Dandy Warhols- Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth
28- Radiohead- Subterranean Homesick Alien
29- The Verve- Bitter Sweet Symphony
30- Spice Girls- Stop

31- Robbie Williams- Angels
32- Foo Fighters- Everlong
33- Nine Inch Nails- The Perfect Drug
34- U2- Wake Up Dead Man
35- Teenage Fanclub- Ain't That Enough
36- U2- If God Would Send His Angels
37- Sugar Ray- Fly
38- Chumbawamba- Tubthumping
39- Natalie Imbruglia- Torn
40- Elliott Smith- Ballad of Big Nothing

41- Veruca Salt- Volcano Girls
42- Janet Jackson- I Get Lonely
43- U2- Discotheque
44- Green Day- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
45- The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get
46- Spice Girls- Too Much
47- Foo Fighters- Monkey Wrench
48- Bob Dylan- Not Dark Yet
49- Erykah Badu- Tyrone (Live)
50- Aerosmith- Pink

Charlie Driggs · Post by **Charlie Driggs** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:23 pm

The songs

1 : Finley Quaye : Maverick A Strike
2 : Yo La Tengo : Autumn Sweater
3 : Elliott Smith : Between The Bars
4 : Roy Davis Jr. : Gabriel
5 : Jaojoby : Mahaiza Mandefitry
6 : Smoke City : Mr. Gorgeous
7 : Portishead : Cowboys
8 : Nuyorican Soul : I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
9* : Elliott Smith : Angeles
10 : Finley Quaye : Even After All
11 : Radiohead : Paranoid Android
12 : Bob Dylan : Not Dark Yet
13 : The Last Poets : Panther
14 : Tarika : Avelo
15 : Propellerheads : On Her Majesty's Secret Service
16 : The Chemical Brothers : The Private Psychedelic Reel

17 : Radiohead : Karma Police
18 : Blur : Beetlebum
19 : Wu-Tang Clan : Reunited
20 : Porcupine Tree : Hallogallo
21 : The Divine Comedy : Everybody Knows (Except You)
22 : Iva Bittová & Vladimír Václavek : Kdoule
23 : Common : Retrospect for Life
24 : Belle & Sebastian : Lazy Line Painter Jane
25 : Erykah Badu : Apple Tree
26 : The Geraldine Fibbers : Fancy
27 : Cornershop : Good Shit
28 : Smog : I Was a Stranger
29 : Jimi Tenor : Outta Space
30 : Primal Scream : Kowalski
31 : Rhys Chatham & Martin Wheeler : Ramatek
32 : Movietone : Useless Landscape
33 : White Town : Your Woman
34 : John Fahey & Cul De Sac : Tuff
35 : Portishead : All Mine
36 : Björk : Bachelorette
37 : Belle & Sebastian : Dog On Wheels
38 : Robert Wyatt : Free Will and Testament
39 : Super Furry Animals : Hermann Loves Pauline
40 : Add N to (X) : King Wasp
41 : Massimo Volume : La città morta
42 : Salaryman : Rather
43 : Iva Bittová & Vladimír Václavek : Sirka v louzi
44 : Ron Sexsmith : Strawberry Blonde
45 : Daft Punk : Teachers
46 : Elliott Smith : Ballad Of Big Nothing
47 : Freundeskreis : Cross the Tracks
48 : Ocean Colour Scene : Hundred Mile High City
49 : Pulp : Help the Aged
50 : Pizzicato Five : Mon Amour Tokyo
51 : The Prodigy : Smack My Bitch Up
52 : Les Elles : La chatte de Monsieur Clock
53 : The Rolling Stones : Anybody Seen My Baby
54 : Suga Free : Why U Bullshittin'?
55 : The Beta Band : Dry The Rain
56 : Lhasa : El desierto
57 : Robert Wyatt : Heaps Of Sheeps
58 : Propellerheads : History Repeating
59 : Eric Serra : Little Light of Love (End Title)
60 : Bob Dylan : Make You Feel My Love
61 : Stereolab : Miss Modular
62 : Radiohead : No Surprises
63 : Paris 1942 : Pontius Pilote
64 : Taj Mahal : Queen Bee
65 : Squarepusher : Vic Acid
66 : Ghostface Killah : All That I Got Is You
67 : Grandaddy : Go Progress Chrome
68 : Laddio Bolocko : Goat Lips
69 : Janet Jackson : Got 'Til It's Gone
70 : Grandaddy : Summer Here Kids
71 : Common : Hungry
72 : The Plastic People Of The Universe : Kanárek
73 : KMFDM : Mercy
74 : Ween : Mutilated Lips
75 : Radiohead : No Surprises
76 : The Brian Jonestown Massacre : Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth
77 : Sleater-Kinney : One More Hour
78 : Latyrx : Say That
79 : Photek : Smoke Rings
80 : Jimi Tenor : Wiping Out

* out of competition

sonofsamiam · Post by **sonofsamiam** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 1:48 pm

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:30 pm

Thanks sonofsamian! Great list as always.
I'll try to listen to the Caetano album.

the thing is i am very busy this month (my exam is 2 weeks from now) so I'll probably post the results late since I can't compile right now. You're gonna have to be patient, but as Honorio said this month there will be "No Surprises"

PS : I like "A Short Album About Love" (especially the first song) but it's not my favorite Divine Comedy ; I prefer Promenade, Liberation and Casanova (in that order). But anyway it will probably be in my top 10 of '97.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 5:44 pm

Songs

1. The Notorious B.I.G. feat. 112 - Sky's the Limit
2. Whiskeytown - Turn Around
3. Future Bible Heroes - Lonely Days
4. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - People Ain't No Good
5. Ben Folds Five - Brick
6. The Jayhawks - Trouble
7. Radiohead - No Surprises
8. Wu-Tang Clan - Better Tomorrow
9. Yo La Tengo - We're An American Band
10. Kool Keith - Sex Style
11. The Rolling Stones - How Can I Stop
12. Daft Punk - Revolution 909
13. Oasis - My Big Mouth
14. Pulsars - Tunnel Song
15. Smog - I Was a Stranger

16. Teenage Fanclub - I Don't Want Control of You
17. Van Morrison - Rough God Goes Riding
18. Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
19. Prefab Sprout - The Fifth Horseman
20. Erykah Badu - Sometimes...
21. Elliott Smith - Say Yes
22. Spiritualized - Broken Heart
23. O.C. - The Crow
24. Kim Richey - Every River
25. Sportsguitar - Dinner
26. Janet Jackson - Go Deep
27. Steve Earle - Christmas in Washington
28. Guided by Voices - Learning to Hunt
29. Electric Wizard - Return Trip
30. The Divine Comedy - Everybody Knows (But You)
31. Luke Slater - Love
32. Shania Twain - I'm Holdin' on to Love (To Save My Life)
33. Dimmu Borgir - In Death's Embrace
34. Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke
35. Moodymann - I Can't Kick This Feelin' When It Hits
36. The Prodigy feat. Kool Keith - Diesel Power
37. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
38. Company Flow - Definitive
39. Lambchop - Crawl Away
40. Tindersticks - Dick's Slow Song
41. Pavement - Starlings of the Slipstream
42. Fantastic Plastic Machine - Philter
43. Modest Mouse - Polar Opposites
44. u-ziq - Hasty Boom Alert
45. The Chemical Brothers - Don't Stop the Rock
46. Dinosaur Jr. - Mick
47. Busta Rhymes - There's Not a Problem My Squad Can't Fix
48. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - The Dead Flag Blues
49. Nuyorican Soul - I Am the Black Gold of the Sun
50. Mouse on Mars - Twift Shoeblade

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 12:53 pm

Why do Daniel F.... Lanois' productions are so acclaimed ? I hadn't heard "Time Out Of Mind" for a long time and at the first second I was like "shit, it's Lanois..."
Sounds like he stuffs the songs with cotton wool. Everything turns numb. Like on that Emmylou Harris album. But indie rock fans semm to like it; all the musical colors dyed out like this...
Good songs in a jar of formaldehyde.
Fortunately this Dylan album countains really good songs like "Not Dark Yet" or "Make you Fell My Love" and many others, but the production... I don't agree

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:52 pm

Isn't the best year of the decade for the time being.

Albums :
1. Blur - Blur
2. Lhasa - La Llorona
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. Björk - Homogenic
5. Portishead - Portishead
6. Louise Attaque - Louise Attaque
7. The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. Robert Wyatt - Shleep
9. The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
10. Miossec - Baiser
11. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
12. Grandaddy - Under the Western Freeway
13. Daft Punk - Homework
14. Spiritualized- Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
15. Supergrass - In It For the Money
16. Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
17. Super Furry Animals - Radiator
18. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
19. Depeche Mode - Ultra

Harold · Post by **Harold** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:41 pm

ALBUMS
1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
3. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
4. Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind
5. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
6. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
7. The Verve - Urban Hymns
8. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
9. Bjork - Homogenic
10. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen

SONGS
1. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
2. Radiohead - The Tourist
3. Elliott Smith - Pictures of Me
4. Spiritualized - I Think I'm in Love
5. Foo Fighters - Everlong
6. The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
7. Radiohead - Airbag
8. Elliott Smith - Between the Bars
9. Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
10. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
11. Radiohead - Karma Police
12. The Chemical Brothers - Where Do I Begin
13. Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
14. The Verve - Space and Time
15. Radiohead - Let Down

Stephan · Post by **Stephan** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:22 pm

Albums:
1. The Verve - Urban Hymns
2. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
3. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
4. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
5. Björk - Homogenic
6. Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
7. Future Bible Heroes - Memories Of Love
8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
9. Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
10. Yo La Tengo - I Can See Hear The Heart Beating As One

Songs:
1. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
2. Sarah McLachlan - Full Of Grace
3. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
4. Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha (Norman Cook Remix)
5. The Beta Band - Dry The Rain
6. Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet
7. Elliott Smith - Between The Bars
8. The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
9. Bob Dylan - Highlands
10. Tim McGraw - Just To See You Smile

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 4:25 am

Albums

1 / Third Eye Blind / Third Eye Blind
2 / Foo Fighters / The Colour and the Shape
3 / Sarah McLachlan / Surfacing
4 / Radiohead / OK Computer
5 / Buena Vista Social Club / Buena Vista Social Club
6 / Elliott Smith / Either/Or
7 / The Verve / Urban Hymns
8 / Oasis / Be Here Now
9 / Blur / Blur
10 / Teenage Fanclub / Songs From Northern Britain
11 / Robert Cray / Sweet Potato Pie
12 / En Vogue / EV3
13 / Big Head Todd & The Monsters / Beautiful World
14 / Savage Garden / Savage Garden

Songs
1 / Foo Fighters / Everlong
2 / Third Eye Blind / Semi-Charmed Life
3 / Sarah McLachlan / Building A Mystery
4 / Third Eye Blind / Motorcycle Drive By
5 / Third Eye Blind / God of Wine
6 / Third Eye Blind / The Background
7 / Third Eye Blind / How's It Going To Be
8 / Third Eye Blind / Jumper
9 / The Verve / Bitter Sweet Symphony
10 / Foo Fighters / Monkey Wrench
11 / Third Eye Blind / I Want You
12 / Zino Francescatti / Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D, Op. 35 - 3. Finale: Allegro Vivacissimo
13 / Alvaro Cassuto / Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, "The Four Seasons (Spring)" - 1. Allegro
14 / Shania Twain / You're Still the One
15 / Sarah McLachlan / Adia
16 / Third Eye Blind Narcolepsy
17 / Sarah McLachlan Angel
18 / Foo Fighters New Way Home
19 / Sarah McLachlan Black and White
20 / Zino Francescatti Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto In D, Op. 35 - 2. Canzonetta: Andante
21 / Sarah McLachlan Do What You Have to Do
22 / Alvaro Cassuto Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV 297, "The Four Seasons (Winter)" - 1. Allegro Non Molto
23 / Foo Fighters Walking After You
24 / Alvaro Cassuto Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F, Op. 8/3, RV 293, "The Four Seasons (Autumn)" - 3. Allegro
25 / Foo Fighters Hey, Johnny Park!
26 / Green Day Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
27 / Natalie Imbruglia Torn
28 / Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On
29 / Third Eye Blind Losing a Whole Year
30 / Savage Garden To The Moon and Back
31 / Erykah Badu On and On
32 / Foo Fighters My Poor Brain
33 / Sarah McLachlan Witness
34 / Foo Fighters Up In Arms
35 / James Morris "Erfahre das Geschick, vor dem ich dich bewahr'!" (Holländer, Erik, Senta, Mary, Daland, Chor, Mannschaft des Halländers)
36 / Ben Heppner Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer - Ouvertüre
37 / Eugen Duvier Vivaldi: Flute Concerto In D, Op. 10/3, RV 428, "Il Gardellino" - 3. Allegro
38 / Prefab Sprout Prisoner of the Past
39 / Radiohead Paranoid Android
40 / Teenage Fanclub Ain't That Enough
41 / All Saints Never Ever
42 / Embrace All You Good People
43 / Sneaker Pimps Spin Spin Sugar
44 / Propellerheads feat. Shirley Bassey History Repeating
45 / Ultra Nate Free
46 / Third Eye Blind Graduate
47 / Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply
48 / Radiohead The Tourist
49 / Foo Fighters My Hero
50 / Foo Fighters See You
51 / Sarah McLachlan I Love You
52 / Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club
53 / Buena Vista Social Club Murmullo
54 / Buena Vista Social Club Chan Chan
55 / Philharmonia Orchestra Mozart: Horn Concerto #2 in E Flat, K 417 - Mvt. #3
56 / Green Day Nice Guys Finish Last
57 / Everclear So Much for the Afterglow
58 / En Vogue Love Makes You Do Thangs
59 / Meredith Brooks Bitch
60 / Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me
61 / Blur Song 2
62 / Radiohead Karma Police
63 / Daft Punk Around the World
64 / The Verve The Drugs Don't Work
65 / Radiohead No Surprises
66 / Elliott Smith Miss Misery
67 / Hanson Mmmbop
68 / Elliott Smith Between the Bars
69 / Oasis D'You Know What I Mean
70 / Chumbawamba Tubthumping
71 / Radiohead Let Down
72 / Air Le Soleil est pres de moi
73 / DJ Shadow High Noon
74 / Wyclef Jean Gone Till November
75 / Elliott Smith Ballad of Big Nothing
76 / Deftones Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)
77 / Belle and Sebastian Le pastie de bourgeoisie
78 / Bently Rhythm Ace Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out
79 / The Charlatans North Country Boy
80 / Yo La Tengo Stockholm Syndrome
81 / The Verve Come On
82 / The Verve Weeping Willow
83 / U2 Discotheque
84 / Third Eye Blind London
85 / Teenage Fanclub Winter
86 / Savage Garden Break Me Shake Me
87 / Todd Rundgren Can We Still Be Friends (With a Twist)
88 / Radiohead Subterranean Homesick Alien
89 / Phish Taste
90 / Phish Mike's Song
91 / Oasis All Around the World
92 / Oasis Stand By Me
93 / Oasis D'You Know What I Mean?
94 / The Verve Come On
95 / Buena Vista Social Club Amor De Loca Juventud
96 / Buena Vista Social Club Veinte Anos
97 / Buena Vista Social Club Pueblo Nuevo
98 / Erykah Badu Otherside of the Game
99 / Erykah Badu Rimshot (intro)
100 / Teenage Fanclub Winter
101 / Robert Cray I Can't Quit
102 / Robert Cray Back Home
103 / Robert Cray Nothing Against You
104 / Big Head Todd & The Monsters Beautiful World
105 / Big Head Todd & The Monsters Please Don't Tell Her
106 / Big Head Todd & The Monsters Resignation Superman
107 / Gillian Welch Paper Wings
108 / Gillian Welch Pass You By
109 / Rolling Stones Out of Control
110 / Radiohead Lucky
111 / Michael Penn I Can Tell
112 / The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Impression That I Get
113 / K-Ci & JoJo All My Life
114 / K-Ci & JoJo Baby Come Back
115 / Harvey Danger Wooly Muffler
116 / En Vogue What a Difference a Day Makes
117 / En Vogue Sitting By Heaven's Door
118 / En Vogue Too Gone, Too Long
119 / Disney-Little Mermaid Part of Your World
120 / Dance Hall Crashers Will Tomorrow Ever Come
121 Beth Nielsen Chapman Stoney End

beefsupreme · Post by **beefsupreme** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:29 pm

Albums
[1] Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
[2] Busta Rhymes - When Disaster Strikes
[3] Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
[4] Kool Keith - Sex Style
[5] Super Furry Animals - Radiator
[6] Blur - Blur
[7] Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
[8] Supersuckers - Must've Been High
[9] Oblivians - Play 9 Songs with Mr. Quintron
[10] Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics
[11] Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
[12] Pavement - Brighten the Corners
[13] Portishead - Portishead
[14] Supergrass - In it for the Money
[15] The Hives - Barely Legal

Songs
[1] Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
[2] Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See
[3] Blur - Death of a Party
[4] Wu-Tang Clan - Reunited
[5] Busta Rhymes - Dangerous
[6] Primal Scream - If They Move, Kill 'em
[7] Wu-Tang Clan - Older Gods
[8] Oblivians - Live the Life
[9] Sleater-Kinney - Heart Factory
[10] Pavement - Stereo
[11] Kool Keith - Sex Style
[12] Wu-Tang Clan - As High As Wu-Tang Get
[13] Blur - I'm Just a Killer For Your Love
[14] Built To Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
[15] Foo Fighters - Everlong

Petri · Post by **Petri** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:54 am

Songs
1. Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan
2. Radiohead - Let Down
3. Mogwai - Yes I Am a Long Way from Home
4. Foo Fighters - My Hero
5. Olive - You're Not Alone
6. Björk - Bachelorette
7. Foo Fighters - Everlong
8. Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
9. Radiohead - No Surprises
10. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
11. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
12. Blur - Song 2
13. Portishead - All Mine
14. Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
15. Primal Scream - Star

Albums
1. Radiohead - OK Computer
2. Björk - Homogenic
3. Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
4. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
5. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
6. Supergrass - In It for the Money
7. Kent - Isola
8. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
9. Portishead - Portishead
10. Ben Folds Five - Whatever and Ever Amen
11. Super Furry Animals - Radiator
12. Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
13. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
14. Depeche Mode - Ultra
15. Faith No More - Album of the Year

Edit. GYBE! @ 4. I forget the album I asked about before.

Post by **Henrik** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:09 pm

Henrik wrote:I'll go ahead this time and post my songs list early. If I change it later I'll let you know, Nicolas.

Songs
1 (-) Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca
2 (-) Weeping Willows - Blue and Alone
3 (8) Radiohead - No Surprises
4 (-) Buena Vista Social Club - Dos Gardenias
5 (3) Blur - Song 2
6 (4) Erykah Badu - On and On
7 (1) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
8 (17) Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
9 (15) Erykah Badu - Appletree
10 (7) Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin' in LA
11 (18) Built to Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
12 (5) The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
13 (6) Depeche Mode - It's No Good
14 (12) Massive Attack - Risingson
15 (2) Radiohead - Lucky

Out, but still good:
(9) White Town - Your Woman
(10) The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
(11) Roni Size/Reprazent - Heroes
(13) Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
(14) Björk - Joga

Forget that one, nicolas. Every song except 11-14 has moved. Here are my final lists.

Songs
1 (-) Weeping Willows - Blue and Alone
2 (-) Gustavo Santaolalla - De Usuahia a la Quiaca
3 (-) Lhasa - El desierto
4 (8) Radiohead - No Surprises
5 (-) Buena Vista Social Club - Dos Gardenias
6 (15) Erykah Badu - Appletree
7 (17) Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan
8 (3) Blur - Song 2
9 (4) Erykah Badu - On and On
10 (1) The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
11 (18) Built to Spill - I Would Hurt a Fly
12 (5) The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
13 (6) Depeche Mode - It's No Good
14 (12) Massive Attack - Risingson
15 (-) Biosphere - Kobresia

Out, but still good:
(2) Radiohead - Lucky (technically 1995, but wouldn't make the list anyway)
(7) Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin' in LA
(9) White Town - Your Woman
(10) The Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
(11) Roni Size/Reprazent - Heroes
(13) Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
(14) Björk - Joga[/quote]

Albums
1 (2) Erykah Badu - Baduizm
2 (3) Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
3 (1) Radiohead - OK Computer
4 (5) Björk - Homogenic
5 (6) The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land
6 (-) Lhasa - La llorona
7 (4) Built to Spill - Perfect from Now On
8 (10) Elliott Smith - Either/Or
9 (-) Biosphere - Substrata
10 (9) Portishead - Portishead
11 (-) Gustavo Santaolalla - Ronroco
12 (7) Roni Size/Reprazent - New Forms
13 (14) Mogwai - Young Team
14 (19) Depeche Mode - Ultra
15 (16) Teenage Fanclub - Songs from Northern Britain

Out, but still good:
(8) Blur
(11) Cornershop - When I Was Born for the 7th Time
(12) Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
(13) Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out
(15) Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call

VanillaFire1000 · Post by **VanillaFire1000** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 12:01 am

Albums:
1. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
2. Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape
3. Radiohead - OK Computer
4. Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 LP
5. Daft Punk - Homework
6. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
8. Blur - Blur
9. Sleater-Kinney - Dig Your Own Hole
10. Elliot Smith - Either/Or

Songs
1. The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
2. Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
3. Foo Fighters - Everlong
4. Radiohead - Karma Police
5. Ben Folds Five - Brick
6. Radiohead - No Surprises
7. Foo Fighters - My Hero
8. Daft Punk - Around the World
9. The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
10. Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats
10.

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:11 pm

My Favorites - (Hope you don't mind I kept the B&S EP's in here for posterity)...

Albums:
1 . Pavement - Brighten The Corners
2 . Radiohead - OK Computer
Belle and Sebastian - Dog On Wheels [EP]
3 . Built To Spill - Perfect From Now On
4 . Supergrass - In It For The Money
5 . Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
6 . The Geraldine Fibbers - Butch
7 . Elliott Smith - Either/Or
8 . Super Furry Animals - Radiator
9 . Portishead - Portishead
Belle and Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane [EP]
Belle and Sebastian - 3..6..9 Seconds Of Light [EP]
10 . Björk - Homogenic
11 . Mike Watt - Contemplating The Engine Room
12 . Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen, We Are Floating In Space
13 . The Verve - Urban Hymns
14 . Blur - Blur
15 . Stereolab - Dots and Loops

16 . The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
17 . Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out

Songs:
1 . Radiohead - Karma Police
2 . Belle & Sebastian - Lazy Line Painter Jane
3 . Pavement - Embassy Row
4 . Radiohead - Paranoid Android
5 . The Geraldine Fibbers - California Tuffy
6 . Belle & Sebastian - La pastie de bourgeousie (sp?)
7 . Supergrass - Richard III
8 . Pavement - Fin
9 . Belle & Sebastian - String Bean Jean
10 . Belle & Sebastian - Belle & Sebastian
11 . Radiohead - Lucky
12 . Built To Spill - Velvet Waltz
13 . The Geraldine Fibbers - Trashman In Furs
14 . Cornershop - Brimful Of Asha
15 . Supergrass - Sun Hits The Sky

Thanks!

Jackson · Post by **Jackson** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:27 pm

I'm surprised all the Built to Spill fans haven't also voted for Modest Mouse. I discovered that album recently and it seems to appeal to the same sensibility that Perfect From Now On does (granted, I do prefer PFNO).

Kingoftonga · Post by **Kingoftonga** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:31 am

Best Albums of 1997

1. Björk - Homogenic
2. Radiohead - OK Computer
3. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One
4. The Verve - Urban Hymns
5. Blur - Blur
6. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
7. Flaming Lips - Zaireeka
8. Bunea Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
9. Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
10. Pavement - Brighten the Corners
11. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
12. Daft Punk - Homework
13. Supergrass - In It For the Money
14. Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
15. Mogwai - Young Team

As an aside, I've only listened to Zaireeka once. I'm a bit uneasy about putting it on the list, but it was a memorable experience and I think it earned its place even with the one listen.

Best Songs of 1997

1. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
2. Björk - "Jóga"
3. Daft Punk - "Around the World"
4. Blur - "On Your Own"
5. Yo La Tengo - "Autumn Sweater"
6. The Beta Band - "Dry the Rain"
7. The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony"
8. Blur - "Song #2"
9. Daft Punk - "Da Funk"
10. Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
11. Radiohead - "No Surprises"
12. Chemical Brothers - "The Private Psychedelic Reel"
13. Green Day - "Good Riddance"
14. Chumbawumba - "Tubthumping"
15. Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"

slick · Post by **slick** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:34 am

Nassim · Post by **Nassim** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:20 am

Jackson wrote:I'm surprised all the Built to Spill fans haven't also voted for Modest Mouse. I discovered that album recently and it seems to appeal to the same sensibility that Perfect From Now On does (granted, I do prefer PFNO).

I did, even if for some reasons I like The Lonesome Crowded West a bit less than This is a Long Drive..., Good News for People Who Love Bad News and the Moon and Antarctica (which I think has the songs that are the closest to PFNO spirit)

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:22 pm

thanks guys ! I've heard Modest Mouse and now i know i don't need to listen to Built to Spill !!

Brad · Post by **Brad** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 1:57 pm

nicolas wrote:thanks guys ! I've heard Modest Mouse and now i know i don't need to listen to Built to Spill !!

wow - please don't feel that way! If it helps, I find very little resemblance between the two! Perfect From Now On is worth at least ONE listen!

Romain · Post by **Romain** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:01 am

Definitively the best year of this decade for me.

Songs :
1. Grandaddy - A.M. 180
2. Radiohead - No Surprises
3. Björk - Bachelorette
4. Lhasa - El desierto
5. Radiohead - Paranoid Android
6. Portishead - Over
7. Radiohead - Karma Police
8. Blur - Song #2
9. Björk - Jóga
10. Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
11. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
12. Portishead - All Mine
13. Blur - BeetleBum
14. Lhasa - De cara a la pared
15. Blur - On Your Own

SuperFurry · Post by **SuperFurry** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:10 am

1 . The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
2 . Spiritualized - Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
3 . Radiohead - OK Computer
4 . The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole
5 . Supergrass - In It For The Money
6 . The Verve - Urban Hymns
7 . Portishead - Portishead
8 . Blur - Blur
9 . Mogwai - Mogwai Young Team
10 . Oasis - Be Here Now
11 . Primal Scream - Vanishing Point
12 . Elliott Smith - Either/Or
13 . Veruca Salt - Eight Arms To Hold You
14 . Daft Punk - Homework
15 . Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞
16 . Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call
17 . Bjork - Homogenic
18 . Mansun - Attack Of The Grey Lantern
19 . Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
20 . Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
21 . Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape
22 . Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
23 . Super Furry Animals - Radiator
24 . Regurgitator - Unit
25 . Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5
26 . Stereolab - Dots And Loops
27 . Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
28 . The Dandy Warhols - Come Down
29 . The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories
30 . Pavement - Brighten The Corners
31 . Tindersticks - Curtains
32 . Texas - White On Blonde
33 . Reef - Glow
34 . Marcy Playground - Marcy Playground
35 . Michael Head & The Strands - The Magical World Of The Strands
36 . Gravediggaz - The Pick, The Sickle & The Shovel
37 . Kylie Minogue - Impossible Princess
38 . Mark Mulcahy - Fathering
39 . Grandaddy - Under The Western Freeway
40 . Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time
41 . Jim White - The Mysterious Tale Of How I Shouted Wrong-Eyed Jesus!
42 . Kid Loco - A Grand Love Story
43 . Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever
44 . Prolapse - The Italian Flag
45 . Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle
46 . Erykah Badu - Baduizm
47 . The Divine Comedy - A Short Album About Love
48 . Whiskeytown - Stranger's Almanac
49 . The Jayhawks - Sound Of Lies
50 . Stereophonics - Word Gets Around

Zorg · Post by **Zorg** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:03 pm

I've adored The Lonesome Crowded West ever since I heard it (it's now top 10 of all time), and I listened to the Built to Spill album. And then again. And then again. I've given it nowhere near enough listens, but they are a fantastically tight band and have probably shot into my top 5 of the year. Very Modest Mousey to my ears (though of course that's no reason to not listen to Built to Spill. Give Velvet Waltz a listen, it truly is amazing).

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:07 pm

@Brad & Zorg : I've listened to "Would Hurt A Fly" and found it good. Dunno if I'll have time to include the album in my list but it sounds much better than MM to my own ears

@kingoftonga : Daft Punk's "Da Fun k" is from before 1997 ('95 I guess, no time to check). So if you have one more song you want to pick, there's one free slot.

Kingoftonga · Post by **Kingoftonga** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:20 pm

Sorry about that! My updated songs list, removing "Da Funk."

1. Radiohead - "Paranoid Android"
2. Björk - "Jóga"
3. Daft Punk - "Around the World"
4. Blur - "On Your Own"
5. Yo La Tengo - "Autumn Sweater"
6. The Beta Band - "Dry the Rain"
7. The Verve - "Bittersweet Symphony"
8. Blur - "Song #2"
9. Harvey Danger - "Flagpole Sitta"
10. Radiohead - "No Surprises"
11. Chemical Brothers - "The Private Psychedelic Reel"
12. Green Day - "Good Riddance"
13. Chumbawumba - "Tubthumping"
14. Cornershop - "Brimful of Asha"
15. Mogwai - "Mogwai Fear Satan"

nicolas · Post by **nicolas** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 2:32 pm

Done, kingoftonga (I'm happy I've ccompiled everything in a few hours between yesterday & today)

I like "Velvet Waltz" too.

Miguel · Post by **Miguel** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:36 pm

Albums

1. Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Barafundle (UK)
2. Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (USA)
3. Telefilme - Pocket Horror Symphony (Spain)
4. Migala - Diciembre 3 A.M. (Spain)
5. Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club (Cuba)
6. La Buena Vida - Soidemersol (Spain)
7. Sr. Chinarro - El porqué de mis peinados (Spain)
8. Los Fresones Rebeldes - ¡Es que no hay manera! (Spain)
9. Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (UK)
10. Paul Simon - Songs from the Capeman (USA)
11. Kiko Veneno - Punta Paloma (Spain)
12. Teenage Fanclub - Songs from Northern Britain (UK)
13. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (Australia)
14. Jr. - Jr. (Spain)
15. Vainica Doble - Carbono 14 (Spain)

16. Van Morrison - The Healing Game
17. Portishead - Portishead
18. Tindersticks - Curtains
19. Javier Bergia - Noche infinita
20. Elliot Smith - Either/Or
21. Super Furry Animals - Radiator
22. Lambchop - Thriller
23. Ocean Colour Scene - Marchin’ Already
24. Dover - Devil Came to Me
25. Albert Pla - Veintegenarios en Alburquerque
26. Maddy Prior - Flesh and Blood
27. Jill Sobule - Happy Town
28. Ron Sexmith - Other Songs
29. Eva Cassidy - Live at the Blues Alley
30. Patrullero Mancuso - Tortilla estatal

Disappointment: The Pribata Idaho - Hope

EP: Le Mans - Mi novela autobiográfica

Compilations:
Various Artists - Where The Girls Are, Vol. 1
Various Artists - Here Come the Girls, Vol. 8
Tindersticks - Donkeys
Various Artists - Ácido
Various Artists - Early Girls Vol. 2

Best Cover Albums:
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club
La Buena Vida – Soidemersol
Portishead – Portishead
Songs Ohia - Songs Ohia
Tindersticks - Donkeys