U2-Pop (C+)
Snoop Dogg- Doggystyle (A)
Warren G- Regulate-G Funk Era (D-)
Pearl Jam-Vs (B+)
Oasis- Be Here Now (B+)
Weezer-Pinkerton (B-)
The Strokes room on Fire (C)
Kanye West- Graduation (B)
Raekwon-Only Built 4 Cuban Linux 2 (B+)
Kendrick Lamar -(2015)

My Bloody Valentine - m b v (A+)

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

Hermans Hermits first album in the US in 1965.

No not really.

Boston's third LP. Mildly disappointed.

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

Not one album ever

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I'm gonna go with....all of the albums by the bands I like.

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You never looked forward to an album more than usual?

That's pretty weird

Use Your Illusion

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Seven years ago last Friday, I was really hyped about the release of In Rainbows because it was my first new release as a Radiohead fan (got into them in 2004, I missed HTTT) and because the pay-what-you-want model was such a big deal. Getting my download and listening to it together with the rest of the Radiohead-liking world was about as special a communal experience as you're going to get with the internet. Unfortunately, I wound up being very disappointed with most of the album, except for "All I Need" and "Reckoner," and even then I pegged "All I Need" as a ripoff of Boards of Canada's "Roygbiv" on the first listen. I knew "Arpeggi" and "Videotape" from bootlegs, and hated the way they came out in the studio: the former stopped being an ethereal ballad, and the latter stopped being a full-band song. Years later, I've come to terms with it a little better, but I still think it the hype was way bigger than the album. Still, it was what we call A Thing.

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Dont lie

Wow.

I should shame you by saying I was a fan in 96



JK, I started my obsessions with U2 and Wu Tang in 1993 and 2004 respectively

Third Eye Blind's second album

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Serious. Never once cared.

I would say the only time I even looked into when a new album was coming out by a group was "TOO MUCH JOY"

But in the spiriti of your post Mr RPB, let me introduce you to a song by TOO MUCH JOY....called "Thats a Lie"....Please listen to the very last lyrics...

http://www.toomuchjoy.com/?page_id=3

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I wont be able to listen til later. I will though

Other great TMJ Songs

Long Haired Guy From England
Clowns
Kicking
Worse
Train In Vain - find it, listen to it! Ballad! not the clash version , which happens to be my favorite song of all time.

"Son of Sam I Am" Album Penn Gillette had on his 5 CD's he takes to the Island if stranded

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I get excited about certain artists releases. I think the only time I ever bought an album at midnight
was the Vs. album by Pearl Jam. It was either that or Vitalogy. Anyway I am looking forward to
the new Basement Tapes Complete 6 disc compilation coming out November 4th. I'm probably
looking forward to that as much as I have anything the last 5-10 years.

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

One of mine too! I love it when we find common ground.

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A couple of friends and I stood in line at midnight for Metallica's Black Album.
I was mostly along for the ride, but I can't lie and say that album doesn't rule.
My brother did the Achtung Baby midnight buy. I was still in school in 1991, but he
graduated in 90, and I remember waking up to ZOO Station at around 1:30 in the morning,
thinking to myself "what the fuck is going on?". He showed my the CD cover. I said "this is U2???"
It was awesome.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

It's a song that I wish remastered would have been better or the live version would have had a great start, but neither, still...long time Clash guy.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Did the Midnight release of that. Damn solid albums.

Black gets hated on by all the purists, I can't deny I was slightly let down at the time. It was tough going from Justice to that. Anyway after my initial butthurt healed it was a very well produced and written album that was perfect for an arena tour.

This. My buddy and I ditched school, to go to Flipside to buy both CDs.

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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

the next Modest Mouse album...

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Steely Dan: Two Against Nature (2000) ... first album they'd released since 1980's Gaucho ... it won Album of the Year btw ... delightful irony juxtaposed w/ one of their bigger charts Hey Nineteen.

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (1959, 1992) ... the re-release obviously ... the vinyl had been released w/ the songs being the wrong pitch ... the '92 release fixed it ... in some ways a small thing, but also concurrently a huge thing to finally have it sound 'correct' after more than 3 decades. One of the best albums ever made by anyone of any stripe, period.

Sting: Ten Summoner's Tales (1993) ... at the time the only track I wasn't a fan of was the 2nd one ... since then, though, it sunk in that it was really the best track far and away ... pretty much the last time I was fervently interested in anything new from him ... you can keepMercury Falling and everything after it.

Huey Lewis & the News: Small World (1988) ... yeah, well, you can't win them all.

Living Colour: Time's Up (1990) ... The blacks even took the devil white man's metal music away from him and made it better ... more polished and accessible than their debut but still great ... imho when Van Halen was deciding to implode these last few years they should've given Corey Glover a chance though, to be fair, I wasn't at all against Gary Cherone at the time.

Paul McCartney: Unplugged (1991) ... nobody gave a damn about that show until Sir Paul showed up and did it properly ... Eric Clapton & Nirvana should send him at least a small 'thank you' card for deigning to appear on MTV .

Guns 'n' Roses: Use Your Illusion I & II (1991): This pretty much dominated music talk for the better part of a year until Nirvana took shit over ... you probably had to be there to thoroughly enjoy the shift in popular tastes ... forever and ever all you heard was 'here comes this album by GnR' - and rightfully so - then by early '92 nobody cared about them or the Bob Guccione, Jr. mention anymore (okay, not really, but very generally it's true).

The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over (1994) ... you either understand why or you're a music dullard that probably also doesn't understand why I said Kind of Blue is so important.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I was super excited about Metallica's Black Album and pretty much didn't like it upon first listen.

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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

Dr Dre - Detox: Never ever gonna happen.

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Interesting post


He did confirm recently it was not gonna happen

I don't know if he'll ever do one again. I'm not sure there's enough reason for him to anymore. He's raking in the cash from Beats.

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In Through The Out Door. Also, Dream Theater Awake...

Of recent vintage, I couldn't wait for the Winery Dogs record and now I can't wait for their next one!!!

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."