Uncut Top150 Albums Of The Century So Far

[El Jefe]

nope, james murphy can't sing for shit.
it's dance music for NME readers - people who need a frontman to gawp out.
it's not PROPER dance music

twat

 

[soulfulofsoul]

It's not about the singing or the front man. I don't read NME. Anyway, point is.... it's a good tune. Might not be PROPER dance music but imho it's a good tune.

The piano is superb and i like the scattered vibe...

 

[twistedAM]

Not a TERRIBLE list, but a bit MOR. And 2 recent Dylan albums? Sheesh...

Very MOR but having said that good to see Gilliain Welch in at #13.

 

[El Jefe]

Very MOR but having said that good to see Gilliain Welch in at #13.

yep, that was a pleasant surprise

too much fucking Ryan Adams though

 

[Sean]

3. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born

A work of rare genius - they deserve to be up there.

 

[twistedAM]

yep, that was a pleasant surprise

too much fucking Ryan Adams though

I used to write for that mag and fell out with them over whether an Adams record (it was either Heartbreaker or Gold) deserved two stars or five.

Someone said to me the other day that Gold was the best album ever. I initially LOL-ed them but then said that they had a point as Gold rips off some of the best albums ever, so the guy had a valid point in a way.

 

[blairsh]

Who the fuck is Ryan Adams?

Sounds to close to Bryan Adams for me....

 

[SpookyFrank]

Who the fuck is Ryan Adams?

He's a fairly boring American singer songwriter. I expect you'd call him alt-country if you were enough of a twat to say stuff like 'alt-country'.

 

[blairsh]

if you were enough of a twat to say stuff like 'alt-country'.

I'm a twat, just not a MASSIVE twatting twat

 

[stavros]

I'll be interested to see Q's decade list come the end of the year. I'll go out on a limb here and say it'll mostly be guitar-based, with a token hip hop album thrown in (Kanye's debut I'm guessing).

 

[Orang Utan]

It's not about the singing or the front man. I don't read NME. Anyway, point is.... it's a good tune. Might not be PROPER dance music but imho it's a good tune.

The piano is superb and i like the scattered vibe...

you are wrong, it's a stinker.
you lot have such shit taste in dance music

 

[Orang Utan]

twat

a correct one though!

 

[discokermit]

whahey! i've not listened to any of those - i feel proud somehow

aerial by kate bush is superb.

 

[isvicthere?]

can't be arsed to type out the whole 150, but the top 20 is

20. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
19. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
18. Kate Bush - Aerial
17. White Stripes - Elephant
16. LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver
15. Radiohead - In Rainbows
14. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR
13. Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator)
12. Portishead - Third
11. Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
10. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
9. Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker
8. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
7. Arcade Fire - Funeral
6. Plant & Krauss - Raising Sand
5. Strokes - Is This It?
4. Brian Wilson - Smile
3. Wilco - A Ghost Is Born
2. Bob Dylan - Love & Theft
1. White Stripes - White Blood Cells.

Not a TERRIBLE list, but a bit MOR. And 2 recent Dylan albums? Sheesh...

So, Dylan still "rules" eh?

 

[Orang Utan]

aerial by kate bush is superb.

i've actually got that, but never got round to listening to it cos everytime i get it out, i think of the whole story and listen to that instead

 

[chazegee]

So, Dylan still "rules" eh?

He sounds like a singer on a cruise liner now. Who can't sing.

 

[El Jefe]

you are wrong, it's a stinker.
you lot have such shit taste in dance music

yeh, you won't catch me listening to Jeff Mills or Surgeon or UR or anything - I only like The Prodigy and Republica

 

[killer b]

fwiw, i love lcd soundsystem, but think the song linked to above is a bit rubbish.

don't think i'd ever buy a record by 'em, but they're a superb live band.

oh, and that list is proper shit.

 

[Orang Utan]

yeh, you won't catch me listening to Jeff Mills or Surgeon or UR or anything - I only like The Prodigy and Republica

heh! you need to be more discriminating though

 

[El Jefe]

heh! you need to be more discriminating though

i really don't. And I never claimed LCD Soundsystem was dance music. If anything, the last album was more like New Order or something.

You're comparing it to some purist dance paradigm and finding it guilty of not being something it never claimed to be

 

[Orang Utan]

i hates it and i judge anyone who likes it as having poorer taste than me.

 

[El Jefe]

i hates it and i judge anyone who likes it as having poorer taste than me.

yeh, cos It's Immaterial and Caravan are the pinnacle, aren't they?

muppet

 

[Orang Utan]

fuck yeah! as i said, i have exquisite taste in music. you're just too blind to see it. maybe that's a good thing though, cos if you did see how amazing my taste is, you'd fall at my feet and worship me.

 

[discokermit]

i've actually got that, but never got round to listening to it cos everytime i get it out, i think of the whole story and listen to that instead

sea of honey is great.

 

[Orang Utan]

but is it as good as wuthering heights?

 

[discokermit]

but is it as good as wuthering heights?

it's forty odd minutes long. really works well. and has got rolf harris on it. draw your own conclusion.

 

[Orang Utan]

rolf harris is on the dreaming too!

 

[chazegee]

Listened to a version of Tie My Kangaroo Down Sport with Rolf and the Beatles on R2 t.o.d.
Best thing they ever did.

 

[Orang Utan]

best thing lennon ever did was walking on thin ice
best thing the beatles ever did was singing in german
best thing harris ever did was two little boys

 

[ouchmonkey]

Not a TERRIBLE list, but a bit MOR. And 2 recent Dylan albums? Sheesh...

suprised there aren't more from uncut it's like a Dylan fanzine
and the list is arse

I quite liked XTMNTR but top 20 of the century so far?
steady on grandad.