Post yr 100 favorite albums

[skrobek]

Bubbling under [was]:

Martin Tétreault & Otomo Yoshihide - either 21 Situations or 3. Ahhh

Maybe you can exchange it with Sweet Cuts Distant Curves?

Nice list

I have played the King Geedorah to death

[Alastair]

Also, with regards to Shellac - 1000 Hurts was my first exposure to them and does mean a lot to me as a record but Terraform has more longevity for me. "Didn't we deserve a look at you..." is particulalry fantastic and with the shorter punchier songs like Copper etc it just edges it for me. I have to admit that I don't actually own At Action Park and I also thought that their last record was quite weak.

Seeing them everyday at the ATP they curated was awesome though - easily the best thing every day. Marvellous!

I was at that ATP, as was Nim Chimpsky. Marvellous indeed.

Yeah, Excellent Italian Greyhound is not up to scratch IMO. Even strong songs like "The End Of Radio" don't seem to come off well. Get At Action Park though, and the early singles are a must.

[Daniel Jones]

I think The Cold Vein would get the nod as my favourite hip-hop record I own (and there are woefully few of them..) over King Geedorah but they're both great records. I'd like to have put something by Missy Elliott in but her records are always a little inconsistent for my liking.

I feel as if my list is a bit 'white' and male centred - shame on me... a distinct lack of anything jazzy or global too. Too many records so little time and money!

I shall try and track down some more Shellac as well. And, Alastair, I was very excited about your inclusion of 'Gun' by John Cale in the 'songs you've had on for the last ten times...or whatever it's called' thread I love that album. Only very recently taken the plunge into his solo back catalogue - Ship of Fools is my particular favourite song. Beautiful!

Glad nobody is voicing that they think my list sucks!

Cheers!

[Nim Chimpsky]

Yeah, Excellent Italian Greyhound is not up to scratch IMO. Even strong songs like "The End Of Radio" don't seem to come off well.

Agreed. One thing I didn't get about this album is the running order. 'The End Of Radio' should so obviously be the last song on the album. The clue's in the title boys.

[Stephen]

No particular order...

Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1,2,3,4

have you heard http://www.editionsmego.com/twiki/bin/v ... e#emego050 ?

Apologies for wandering off topic, but I just found the other day the sample that and a Tra La La is made from, it's from a recording of one of John Cage's String Quartets

I started work on a top 100 list the other day and only managed to get to about 60 before starting to go mad. Contrary to popular opinion, I put Excellent Italian Greyhound on it.

[Daniel Jones]

No particular order...

Jim O'Rourke - I'm Happy and I'm Singing and a 1,2,3,4

have you heard http://www.editionsmego.com/twiki/bin/v ... e#emego050 ?

Apologies for wandering off topic, but I just found the other day the sample that and a Tra La La is made from, it's from a recording of one of John Cage's String Quartets

I started work on a top 100 list the other day and only managed to get to about 60 before starting to go mad. Contrary to popular opinion, I put Excellent Italian Greyhound on it.

Hmm, very interesting. I always assumed it was just one of his own compositions - wsn't there a short 'un-tweaked' version on a Bitstreams compilation once or am I mistaken?

And I think you should post your 60 favourite records - sounds like it'll be interesting if you're including Excellent Italian Greyhound...!

[Moon]

scary stuff to list
right now:

svarte greiner -
knive
kappe
depardieu
raggsokk
captain beefheart -
the mirror man sessions
trout mask replica
lick my decals off, baby
arvo pärt-
tabula rasa
lorenzo ghielmi playing some of his organ works
john cage -
music of changes played by david tudor
the perilous night; four walls
john cages meets sun ra
sun ra -
the futuristic sounds of
sunn o))) & Boris -
altar
fe-mail -
syklubb fra hælvete
biosphere -
autour de la lune
shenzhou
deathprod -
imaginary songs from tristan da cunha
reference frequencies (particularly the Jürg Mager trio)
morals and dogma
derek bailey/barre phillips -
figuring
earth -
HEX: or printing of the infernal method
stockhausen -
kontakte
van der graaf generator -
aerosol grey machine
godbluff
velvet underground -
white light white heat
john frusciante -
smile from the streets you hold
a sphere in the heart of silence
john luther adams -
red arc / blue veil
the mathematics of resonant bodies
kim hiorthøy -
hei
slowdive -
souvlaki
steve reich -
music for 18 musicians
zz pot -
-
gultskra artikler -
kasha iz topora
györgi ligeti -
mechanical music
tom waits -
mule variations
gas -
pop
fennesz -
black sea
cendre (with ryuichi sakamoto)
fela kuti -
zombie
elegi -
varde
charlie haden -
liberation music orchestra 1969
black dice -
load blown
repo
betty davis -
nasty gal

I'm too tired now, sleepytime

[faster]

zz pot -

In the name of all that is good and right in the world please tell me that''s real and not a typo.

[Dan Warburton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXEsrbJaDBg

[Moon]

zz pot -

In the name of all that is good and right in the world please tell me that''s real and not a typo.

What mister Warburton said!
I found it ages ago while first starting to nose around in noisy things. I will never forget that day.
My visiting friends looked genuinely scared.

But uhm.. the drumming on some of the first albums by the non-typo bandname is uhm... and the beards? I'll shut up now.

[schiksalgemeinschaft]

nice to read the love for shellac

get At Action Park indeed - as a whole I think that's still the strongest album, but it's a hard pick, since both terraform & 1000 hurts have incredible songs too. one way or the other, there should be a shellac album on my 10 desert island album list. in retrospect italian greyhound is a weak album, but I enjoyed it tremendously when it came out.
also, as a lyricist, albini is smashing.


& oh, best break ever: "...and left us naked out here in the sun..."

[free math]

john frusciante -
smile from the streets you hold

a couple of the songs off of that are up there with my all-time favorites... the title track and "your pussy is glued to a building on fire" and the first song is pretty brutal too. i think i heard he's re-releasing that and niandra lades finally.

[Salty Swift]

nice to read the love for shellac

get At Action Park indeed - as a whole I think that's still the strongest album, but it's a hard pick, since both terraform & 1000 hurts have incredible songs too. one way or the other, there should be a shellac album on my 10 desert island album list. in retrospect italian greyhound is a weak album, but I enjoyed it tremendously when it came out.
also, as a lyricist, albini is smashing.


& oh, best break ever: "...and left us naked out here in the sun..."

Pardon the dumb question [I'm behind on current stuff], but is Shellac anything like Rapeman or Scratch Acid?

[Alastair]

More like Rapeman than Scratch Acid (funnily enough). More space than Rapeman though (not difficult).

[rlrds]

In regards to Shellac, At Action Park is easily the best IMO. But actually the best music that band ever created was the first two 7"s that came out before that album, especially Doris/Wingwalker.

[D.D.]

1. Andre Jaume - "Peace / Pace / Paix"
2. Andrew Hill - “Point of Departure”
3. Anthony Burr / Skúli Sverrisson – “A Thousand Incidents Arise”
4. Axel Dörner / Lucio Capece (l’innomable)
5. Bach / Glenn Gould - "Goldberg Variations, 1955”
6. Barre Phillips - “Camouflage”
7. Billie Holiday - “Commodor Mastertakes”
8. Billy Harper – “Black Saint”
9. Captain Beefheart – “Lick MY Decals Off, Baby”
10. Chet Baker / Paul Bley - “Diane”
11. Christian Marclay / Günter Müller – LIVEimprovisations
12. Dave Brubeck - "Jazz Impressions of Japan"
13. Death - "Individual Though Patterns"
14. Death - “Human”
15. Depeche Mode – “Violator”
16. Duo Sonare – “Duo sonare plays Debussy, Albéniz, Piazzolla, Zappa”
17. Echoes Of The Forest: Music Of The Central African Pygmies
18. Efzeg - “Boogie”
19. Ella Fitzgerald - “Pure Ella”
20. Ellery Eskelin – “Quiet Music”
21. eRikm / Otomo Yoshihide / Martin Tétreault – “Trace Cuts”
22. Faith No More - "Angel Dust"
23. Fela Kuti - "Zombie"
24. Frank Zappa - "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar"
25. Frank Zappa – “Burnt Weeny Sandwich”
26. Frank Zappa - “Jazz from Hell”
27. Frank Zappa - “Waka / Jawaka”
28. Frank Zappa - “You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore Vol. 2”
29. Frank Zappa / Ensemble Modern - “Yellow Shark”
30. Gentle Giant – “Octopus”
31. Georgian Polyphony Vol . 1 (JVC)
32. Gianni Gebbia - “Arcana Major”
33. Gianni Gebbia - “Outland”
34. Grey Ghost – “How to Create Words”
35. Gul 3 – “Soul”
36. Happy Apple – “Youth Oriented”
37. Igor Stravinsky – “L'Oiseau De Feu Ballet (Dutoit)
38. Irène Schweizer / Pierre Favre (INTAKT)
39. Jah Wobble / Evan Parker – “Passage To Hades”
40. Jaki Byard – “To Them, To Us”
41. Jali Musa Jawara - "Yasimika”
42. James Plotkin – Kurtlanmark
43. Jeanne Lee / Mal Waldron – “After Hours”
44. Jenny Lin – “Chinoiserie”
45. Jesse Zubot – “Dementia”
46. Joe McPhee / Johnny McLellan – “Grand Marquis”
47. Joelle Leandre - “No Comment”
48. John Butcher – “Invisible Ear”
49. John Coltrane - "First Meditations"
50. John Coltrane - “Interstellar Space”
51. John Handy - "Live at the Monterrey Jazz Festival"
52. John Williams – “Iberia”
53. Keith Rowe / Günter Müller / Taku Sugimoto – “The World Turned Upside Down”
54. Keith Rowe / Sachiko M / Toshimaru Nakamura / Otomo Yoshihide – “ErstLive 005”
55. Kenny Wheeler / Lee Konitz / Dave Holland / Bill Frisell – “Angel Song”
56. Kevin Drumm / Martin Tetreault - "Particles and Smears"
57. Khan Jamal / Johnny Dyani / Pierre Dorge - “Three”
58. King Crimson – “Lizard”
59. King Crimson – “Lark's Tongues in Aspic”
60. L. Subramaniam - "South India: Le Violon de l'Inde du Sud / Karnatic Violin"
61. Led Zeppelin – I
62. Lee Konitz – “The Real Lee Konitz”
63. Mara Galassi – “Il viaggio di Lucrezia”
64. Matt Bauder – “Weary Already of the Way”
65. McCoy Tyner – “Extensions”
66. Miles Davis - “Kind of Blue”
67. Ministry – “Psalm 69”
68. Nikhil Banerjee –“ India's Maestro of Melody. Live in Concert Vol.4. Light Classical Thumri”
69. Nikita Magaloff – “Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Faure”
70. Nmperign - “More Gloom, More Light”
71. Orlando Consort – “The Saracen and the Dove: Music from the Courts of Padua and Pavia Around 1400”
72. Otar Taktakishvili / Zurab Sotkilava - "Mingrelian Songs"
73. Otomo Yoshihide - "We Insist?"
74. Paul Bley- “Nothing to Declare”
75. Pee Wee Russell - "Ask Me Now!"
76. Peter Brötzmann / William Parker / Hamid Drake / Toshinori Kondo - “Die Like a Dog Quartet - Little Birds Have Fast Hearts”
77. Polwechsel & Christian Fennesz – “Wrapped Islands”
78. Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Blood Sugar Sex Magic”
79. Richard Crandell – “Mbira Magic”
80. Richard Davis / Archie Shepp “Body & Soul”
81. Ruby Braff – “Them There Eyes”
82. Rustavi Choir - "Georgian Chorales"
83. Salvo Amore – “Il Colore delle Radici (suite)”
84. Sergey Prokofiev – “Sonatas for Violin and Piano”
85. Shostakovich – “Sonatas for Violin & Piano / Viola & Piano”
86. Sonny Rollins - “Volume 2”
87. Sony Sharrock –“Ask the Ages”
88. Stephan Oliva – “Jazz 'n (E)Motion. Films”
89. Steve Hubback / Paal Nilssen-Love (FMR)
90. Steve Lacy / Daniel Humair / Anthony Cox – “Work”
91. Steve Reich / Ensemble Modern - “Music for 18 Musicians”
92. Terry Riley - “Persian Surgery Dervishes”
93. The Beatles - “Revolver”
94. The Golden Fleece. Songs From Abkhazia & Adzharia. Anthology of Music from Caucasus #2
95. Thelonious Monk – “Plays Duke Ellington”
96. Ustad Sultan Khan - "Sarangi. The Music of India"
97. Wally Shoup Trio – “Fusillades and Lamentations”
98. Werner Dafeldecker, Christof Kurzmann, Christian Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm, Martin Siewert – “Orange” (Charhizma)
99. Xavier Charles, Diane Labrosse, Kristoff K. Roll, Martin Tétreault – “Tout le Monde en Place Pour un Set Americain”
100. Zakir Hussain – “Raga Sessions”

[surfer]

Wow, Gul 3! I was just talking about them elsewhere, comparing the quieter sections of a Happy Apple concert I just saw to what they do. Truncated, reductive, discrete, but soulful. Though I do like both Gul 3 albums, I think I prefer Singlar actually.

cool list!

[D.D.]

Wow, Gul 3! I was just talking about them elsewhere, comparing the quieter sections of a Happy Apple concert I just saw to what they do. Truncated, reductive, discrete, but soulful. Though I do like both Gul 3 albums, I think I prefer Singlar actually.

cool list!

I have not heard "Singlar", will look for it. Happy Apple I like too.

[skrobek]

Very coollist D.D. !

[chris himself]

still working on it