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purves grundy said:
Voivod - Killing Technology

*wonders if any other fucker knows this album*

*holds hand up*

Me! I know Voivod!!

'Dimension Hatross' rules!!! (How many time changes?? :D )

I like the beginning:

wooooooo
woooooo​
woooo
woooo​
wooo
wooo​
woo
woo​

WE ARE CONNECTED

:cool:


Oh wait that's killing technology isn't it?? :confused:
 
Superchunk - No Pocky For Kitty

...just as the world was swallowing indie-grunge, this indie-punk classic was doing the rouns and still sounds better than Bleach, Nevermind et al
 
i liked Andrew WK. what happened to him?
I've got two albums by him, "I Get Wet" and "The Wolf", and an EP, "Girls Own Juice". The only other thing I know he did was another album called "Close Call With Brick Walls" which I don't think was released over here. I'm not sure where it was released, but either America or Japan spring to mind. I've downloaded a couple of the tracks off it and they're his normal stuff. "Pushing Drugs" is very good.
 
Kaka Tim said:
the specials first album - rated but not rated enough IMHO as its usually ignored in the 'great albums' stakes amongst all the dull dross like rumours and astral weeks.

I'm afraid it's just too "fun" and not serious enough for greatest album ever polls :mad: :rolleyes:
 
Kaka Tim said:
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the specials first album - rated but not rated enough IMHO as its usually ignored in the 'great albums' stakes amongst all the dull dross like rumours and astral weeks.

Yeah just seen this post and had to echo this. IN fact both their studio albums. Most people only seem to know the Greatest Hits/Best Of, but the two separate albums work much better. My favourite two specials songs are only on the albums - Concrete Jungle on the first, and Man at C&A on the second.
 
RenegadeDog said:
Most people only seem to know the Greatest Hits/Best Of

Do they? That's a depressing thought. Specials and More Specials are albums that everyone should listen to in their entirety, IMO.

Actually, on NYE my friends put on the Best Of and then kept skipping over the more thoughtful tracks to get to the dancey stuff :mad: :( and these are people I respect!
 
the first specials album is the closest thing i own to the perfect album... i'm not going to nominate anything though, as most of my favourite albums are pretty much recognised as genius already....
 
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Fantastic and why is it so difficult to get in the UK?
 
Mallard said:
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Fantastic and why is it so difficult to get in the UK?

Is it that difficult to get in the UK? I suspect it's more a stocking issue - by the time has the Greatest Hits, Fresh and There's a Riot Going On on the shelves there's not much call for anything else
 
The_Reverend_M said:
I'm afraid it's just too "fun" and not serious enough for greatest album ever polls :mad: :rolleyes:

Lame but true. I've been listening to this a lot lately and it really is right up there with my very favourite records. As for fun, only with such wonderful humour could they get away with such an outspoken hit single as 'too much too young', not to mention the very strong anti-racist message throughout.

Neutral Milk Hotel's 'in the aeroplane over the sea' only ever sold about 100,000 copies, which is absolutely criminal :(
 
If you mean "forgotten", my choice would be "Ever Sense The Dawn" by Providence.

I'm almost afraid to play it because it's irreplaceable. It was released on the Moody Blues' Threshold label in about 1972 but IMO is better than anything the Moodies ever did - absolutely delightful. Also, Love's "Four Sail" from 1971 or so.

I've mentioned White Noise's "An Electric Storm" on here before, it was one of those albums that got passed around when I was in the 6th form in the mid-70s and was one of the very earliest examples of electronic music.
 
May Kasahara said:
Do they? That's a depressing thought. Specials and More Specials are albums that everyone should listen to in their entirety, IMO.

Actually, on NYE my friends put on the Best Of and then kept skipping over the more thoughtful tracks to get to the dancey stuff :mad: :( and these are people I respect!

Exactly! I've only met a few people who know the two studio albums, although in all fairness, for a very long time they were really really hard to get hold of and only the best ofs were available. I think they were reissued about five years ago.
 
tarannau said:
Is it that difficult to get in the UK? I suspect it's more a stocking issue - by the time has the Greatest Hits, Fresh and There's a Riot Going On on the shelves there's not much call for anything else

Up till about a decade ago it wasn't issued I think. I've never seen a UK vinyl copy but have had a US cd version for the last 10 years. With Stand! it's my fave Sly.
 
Meltingpot said:
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I've mentioned White Noise's "An Electric Storm" on here before, it was one of those albums that got passed around when I was in the 6th form in the mid-70s and was one of the very earliest examples of electronic music.

Yup, still available via Lost-InTyme's blog

Though for seriously lost classic albums, you can't go wrong with the Hollywood Brats eponymous effort.

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Perfect - 7 Days A Week. Great rockin album by a 3 piece led by Tommy Stinson from The Replacements. It remained unreleased for about 10 years.

Zeppo said:
Don't know about classic but New Radicals 'maybe you've been brainwashed too' had some good tunes. Whatever happened to the New Radicals?
I believe the twat went on to collaborate with Ronan Keating.
 
Microdisney - The Clock Comes Down The Stairs.

One of the finest albums of the 80's, but it was Microdisney's bad luck to be on Rough Trade at the same time as the Smiths, who used up all of RT's advertising budget. But this is a far better album than anything Moz and co ever did. The cassette version also included the brilliant Loftholdingswood ep, and for me that's the definitive version.
 
Fleetwood Mac - Man of the World album
Jonnie Winter - Progressive Blues Experiment
Brian Eno Another Green World
Jethro Tull Stand Up
 
Soft Boys-Underwater Moonlight
Shirley Collins- Love, Death and the Lady
Swell Maps-Jane in Occupied Europe (how come they miss out on the post-punk revival?)
Pale Saints-Comforts of Madness (not quite classic but deserving a reissue)
St Etienne-Fox base Alpha (not quite lost, but still fresh and underrated)
 
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