Titus Andronicus - The Monitor
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy and the Lash

Exile on Main Street is pretty much the gold standard for me, but I wanted to avoid being all redundant and shit. It really is perfect.

yes yes yes. Love the Wrens. Wasn't there supposed to be a new album last year or this year? Where's that at?

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speaking of Jackson Browne, Running on Empty

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Supposedly this year, and they really sounded convinced. I guarantee they'll just drop it out of the blue.

Awful.

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Really? Why? I'll give you that Secaucus is a little spotty, but The Meadowlands has to be close to perfect.

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Their best work, not sure it is perfect but it was their perfect album


Although I loathe I mean loathe the Jock anthem of Closer, The Downward Spiral is pretty good and I can excuse my bias hate of that stupid ass song. Trust me I like 5 minutes alone so I understand jock songs.

Here are the albums with a 95 or higher score on Metacritic



Exile On Main Street [Reissue]
100
The Rolling Stones User: 7.9 May 18, 2010

Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
100
Weezer User: 8.7 Nov 2, 2010

London Calling [25th Anniversary Legacy Edition]
100
The Clash User: 8.8 Sep 21, 2004

What's Going On [40th Anniversary Edition]
100
Marvin Gaye User: 8.6 May 31, 2011

Tago Mago [40th Anniversary Edition]
99
Can User: 8.1 Nov 15, 2011

The Complete Columbia Album Collection
99
Johnny Cash User: 6.6 Dec 4, 2012

Live in Europe 1967: Best of the Bootleg, Vol. 1
99

Miles Davis User: 5.7 Sep 20, 2011
Ten Freedom Summers
99
Wadada Leo Smith User: 5.6 May 22, 2012

Rumours [35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition]
99
Fleetwood Mac User: 8.7 Jan 29, 2013

Spiderland [Box Set]
99
Slint User: 8.5 Apr 15, 2014

Blue Lines: 2012 Mix/Master
98
Massive Attack User: 8.5 Nov 19, 2012

Graceland [25th Anniversary Edition]
98
Paul Simon User: 7.7 Jun 5, 2012

Led Zeppelin III [Remastered]
98
Led Zeppelin User: 8.6 Jun 3, 2014

Sound System [Box Set]
97
The Clash User: 8.1 Sep 10, 2013

SMiLE
97
Brian Wilson User: 8.0 Sep 28, 2004

Van Lear Rose
97
Loretta Lynn User: 9.0 Apr 27, 2004

Lucinda Williams [Reissue]
97
Lucinda Williams User: 7.4 Jan 14, 2014

Led Zeppelin I [Remastered]
97
Led Zeppelin User: 8.8 Jun 3, 2014

How The West Was Won
97
Led Zeppelin User: 9.3 May 27, 2003

Little Match Girl Passion
96
David Lang User: 5.6 Jun 9, 2009

Keep An Eye On The Sky
96
Big Star User: 9.3 Sep 15, 2009

Siamese Dream [Deluxe Edition]
96
Smashing Pumpkins User: 9.1 Nov 29, 2011

The Greatest Generation
96
The Wonder Years User: 8.3 May 14, 2013

Fully Qualified Survivor
96
Michael Chapman User: 4.8 Feb 22, 2011

Histoire de Melody Nelson
96
Serge Gainsbourg User: 9.1 Mar 24, 2009

The SMiLE Sessions
96
The Beach Boys User: 8.5 Nov 1, 2011

The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]
96
Steve Earle User: tbd Jun 25, 2013

National Treasures: The Complete Singles
95
Manic Street Preachers User: 8.3 Nov 8, 2011

American Radical Patriot [Box Set]
95
Woody Guthrie User: 5.5 Oct 22, 2013

Stankonia
95
Outkast User: 8.7 Oct 31, 2000

Led Zeppelin II [Remastered]
95
Led Zeppelin User: 8.8 Jun 3, 2014

Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
95
Joyce Manor User: 8.5 Apr 3, 2012

Definitely Maybe [Remastered]
95
Oasis User: 8.2 May 19, 2014

Copper Blue [Deluxe Edition]
95
Sugar User: 7.2 Jul 24, 2012

Good one.

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That just reminded me that my girlfriend from college stole my Copper Blue CD. Also Lou Reed, New York. Coincidentally a perfect album too. Now I'm sad.

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

Meh, there's nothing really wrong with New York, but sometimes it just gets a little flat to me. I used to love Berlin in the throes of depression but I can hardly bear touch it anymore. I'll always have Street Hassle, at least!

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If you guys like Copper Blue, you must listen to the follow up EP, Beaster, if you haven't already.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

I have exactly one of those albums as listed...(deluxe edition, remastered, etc...)

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@audioidkid

Better album art and JC Auto is the best sugar song. It is kinda a song that would almost fit on Zen Arcade.

Gee. I wonder which one.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Hint Mr Jefferson, I don't know you people that well. I mean SomeGuy said that and Motley Crüe was on the list I could venture a guess

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I used to work with a guy named Bob Studola. Big dead fan. Crazy drunk. One night I put in electric ladyland and he came to me during and the gods made love, and said hey man the CD player is broken. Hands down my fav Jimi though.

You got that fucking right, buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hoover Dam is a close second.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

Pearl Jam-Ten
Weezer-Blue
Weezer-Pinkerton
NOFX-Punk in Drublic
Counting Crows-August And Everything After
Bob Seager-Live Bullet
Red Hot Chilli Peppers-Blood Sugar Sex Magik

I love how Ten opens. The album was overshadowed at the time because of you were a nirvana guy you hated PJ. Vedder was the new kid in town replacing a Seattle legend. I think PJ is over loved but man Once hell yeah. Deep? Etc... Solid debut although not a true debut more like Audioslave. The guys were experienced.

I've stated it here but I was in a weezer cover band. Blue was a better arranged album, Pinkerton was their best though IMHO. A band that fit their era but I can't go back and listen to much of them.

BSSM - yeah quite an album. Furscainte is my favorite guitarist. I am not even a big RHCP fan. I considered that album a sell out album at the time. That being said now that I am mature, freaking awesome. Last year a friend of mine wanted me to play guitar in his RHCP cover band. I balked my chops are sloppy, the guy they got omfg is so good.

Pinkerton really isn't that good, nor is Weezer. You can fit the listenable part of the band's whole catalogue on a CD-R with room to spare.

The whole blue album
Pinkerton from "El Scorcho" to the end
"Island in the Sun"
"Hash Pipe"
"Keep Fishin'"
"Pork and Beans"

68:21

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I prefer Black or Corduroy over Nirvana most days.

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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

Kill the last three. I would put burnt jamb in there. Drop fucking buddy holly too. I rage hearing that song. Never even learned it. Jamie is there though and Mykel and Carli.

Put me in the "Nirvana was overrated" camp.
In Utero was a bit of a letdown while Versus (or 5 against 1) was well received. At least that's how it was in my corner of the world.

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I liked In Utero to be honest. Sliver or Swap Meet are likely my favorite songs of theirs but as an album I like In Utero. Well unplugged was the best. Influential band surely. Talented, meh no, just the right place at the right time. In Seattle alone at the time there were a lot more talented bands from AIC, Mother Love Bone, Soundgarden just to scratch the surface.

Mother Love Bone. The great "What If?" from Seattle.

Throw me in as team Mudhoney of the other Seattle bands. They still are a part of my regular rotation in my office.

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I still love that they did a song with sir mix a lot on judgement night. That whole soundtrack was fun. Way better than the movie.