― Comstock Carabinieri (nostudium), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 05:00 (eighteen years ago) link
1982 - Scritti Politti- Songs To Remember1983 - New Order- Power, Corruption & Lies1984 - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions- Rattlesnakes1985 - Dexy's Midnight Runners- Don't Stand Me Down1986 - A-ha- Scoundrel Days1987 - Prince- Sign 'O' The Times1988 - The House Of Love- The House Of Love1989 - Madonna- Like A Prayer1990 - Prefab Sprout- Jordan: The Comeback1991 - Primal Scream- Screamadelica1992 - The Black Crowes- Southern Harmony & Musical Companion1993 - Underworld- Dubnobasswithmyheadman1994 - Jhelisa- Galactica Rush1995 - Tricky- Maxinquaye1996 - Belle & Sebastian- Tigermilk1997 - Supergrass- In It For The Money1998 - Air- Moon Safari1999 - Scritti Politti- Anomie & Bonhomie2000 - Saint Etienne- Sound Of Water2001 - The Avalanches- Since I Left You2002 - Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot2003 - Super Furry Animals- Phantom Power2004 - Kanye West- The College Dropout2005 - Dunno
― Buffalo Stan (Buffalo Stan), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 13:12 (eighteen years ago) link
1963 Getz/Gilberto1966 Blonde on Blone1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico1968 White Album1969 Five Leaves Left1970 After the Goldrush1971 Blue1972 Roxy Music1974 Drumming1975 Another Green World1976 Sun Bear Concerts1979 Unknown Pleasures1980 Seventeen Seconds1981 Youth of America1982 On Land1983 Meat Puppets - II1984 Rattlesnakes1985 Easy Pieces1988 Miss America1989 Doolittle1990 House of Love - "Butterfly"1991 Gish1993 Year after Year1994 411995 Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot1996 Lay It Down1997 Shleep1998 Moon Pix1999 This Is a Pinback CD2000 Bachelor No. 22001 Amnesiac
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 19:18 (eighteen years ago) link
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― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Wednesday, 6 July 2005 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link
ALBUMS2003 Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash2004 United State of Electronica2005 [so far] The Hold Steady, Separation Sunday
SINGLES2003 R. Kelly, "Ignition Remix"2004 Brandy ft. Kanye West, "Talk About Our Love" 2005 [so far] Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, "How Long Do I Have to Wait for You?"
― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 7 July 2005 00:14 (eighteen years ago) link
1956 "Round About Midnight"--Miles Davis1957 "Thelonius Himself"--Thelonius Monk1958 "Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonius Monk"1959 "Kind of Blue"--Miles Davis1960 "My Favorite Things"--John Coltrane1961 "Ray Charles and Betty Carter"1962 "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music"--Ray Charles1963 "Live at the Apollo"--James Brown1964 "You Really Got Me"--The Kinks1965 "Rubber Soul"--The Beatles1966 "Revolver"--The Beatles1967 "The Velvet Underground and Nico"1968 "Astral Weeks"--Van Morrison1969 "Let It Bleed"-- The Rolling Stones1970 "Plastic Ono Band"--John Lennon1971 "Who's Next"--The Who1972 "Pink Moon"--Nick Drake1973 "Stranded"--Roxy Music1974 "Good Old Boys"--Randy Newman1975 "Blood On the Tracks"--Bob Dylan1976 "Desire"--Bob Dylan1977 "My Aim Is True"--Elvis Costello1978 "Some Girls"--The Rolling Stones1979 "Rust Never Sleeps"--Neil Young and Crazy Horse1980 "Get Happy!!"--Elvis Costello and the Attractions1981 "The Blasters"1982 "Avalon"--Roxy Music1983 "Murmur"--REM1984 "Reckoning"--REM1985 "Tim"--The Replacements1986 "Candy Apple Grey"-Hüsker Dü1987 "Sign 'o' the Times"--Prince1988 "Irish Heartbeat"--Van Morrison and the Chieftains1989 "Workbook"--Bob Mould1990 "Fear of a Black Planet"--Public Enemy1991 "Nevermind"--Nirvana1992 "Automatic for the People"--REM1993 "World Gone Wrong"--Bob Dylan1994 "Bakesale"--Sebadoh1995 "Foo Fighters"1996 "Odelay"--Beck1997 "Car Wheels On a Gravel Road"--Lucinda Williams1998 "either/or"--Elliott Smith1999 "Fuse"--Joe Henry2000 "Come To Where I'm From"--Joseph Arthur2001 "Oh, Inverted World"--The Shins2002 "When I Was Cruel"--Elvis Costello2003 Chutes Too Narrow"--The Shins2004 "Funeral"--The Arcade Fire2005 (so far) "Twin Cinema"--New Pornographers
― Mv, Friday, 8 July 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link
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― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 13 November 2005 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link
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― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 13 November 2005 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link
I mean how in the hell is Oranges And Lemons better than Disintegration or the Stone Roses debut in 1989 and makes me laugh inside. A few mentions of Key Lime Pie was fun as well but now looking back it has to be hard backing up that claim.
Thanks ILM for just being you, as it has brought me so much joy over this last year.
― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 13 November 2005 14:36 (eighteen years ago) link
Adding:
2003: Super Furry Animals: Phantom Power2004: Brian Wilson: sMiLe (if it counts as a 2004 album)2005: Coldplay: X&Y (so far, but likely to keep its position as I consider it the best album of the entire 00s so far)
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 13 November 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
Bee would go with Arcade Fire or Kid A. I wonder if you are the only person on earth that likes this album that much. I bought it -day of release- but is a major let down, IMO, where I think all of the other Coldplay albums are better but still would be hard to crack the top 50 so far.
― BeeOK (boo radley), Sunday, 13 November 2005 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
2003 Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun2004 Kings of Convenience - Riot on an Empty Street2005 Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase (can obviously still change)
― alex in mainhattan (alex63), Sunday, 13 November 2005 15:43 (eighteen years ago) link
I am really happy to see all of the Parachutes love though. That album is almost perfect.
― hallaman (joeschmoe), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
1949: Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene1950: Leadbelly - Sings Folk Songs1951: Hank Williams - Sings1952: Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues1953: Hank Williams - Honky-Tonkin'1954: Frank Sinatra - Songs For Young Lovers1955: Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours1956: Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash With His Hot And Blue Guitar1957: Buddy Holly - The Chirpin’ Crickets1958: Miles Davis - Milestones1959: Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue1960: The Louvin Brothers - Satan Is Real1961: John Coltrane - My Favorite Things1962: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music1963: The Beatles - With The Beatles1964: The Beatles - A Hard Days Night1965: The Beatles - Rubber Soul1966: The Beatles - Revolver1967: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced1968: The Beatles - The Beatles1969: The Beatles - Abbey Road1970: Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin III1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory1972: T.Rex - The Slider1973: Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road1974: Big Star - Radio City1975: Queen - A Night At The Opera1976: Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life1977: The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols1978: Elvis Costello - This Year's Model1979: The Police - Reggatta de Blanc1980: The Police - Zenyatta Mondatta1981: Black Flag - Damaged1982: Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes1983: The Police - Synchronicity1984: Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain1985: The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace1986: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead1987: Guns 'N Roses - Appetite For Destruction1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation1989: The Pixies - Doolittle1990: Ice Cube - Amerikkka's Most Wanted1991: Nirvana - Nevermind1992: Ween - Pure Guava1993: Nirvana - In Utero1994: Green Day - Dookie1995: Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness1996: Failure - Fantastic Planet1997: Radiohead - OK Computer1998: Beck - Mutations1999: Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun2000: Queens Of The Stone Age - Rated R2001: The Strokes - Is This It?2002: N*E*R*D - In Search Of...2003: The Darkness - Permission To Land2004: Wilco - A Ghost Is Born2005: Of Montreal - The Sunlandic Twins
― billstevejim (billstevejim), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Sociah T Azzahole (blueski), Sunday, 13 November 2005 18:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― corey c (shock of daylight), Sunday, 13 November 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link
1954: Frank Sinatra: In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning1955: Frank Sinatra: Songs For Swingin' Lovers1956: Frank Sinatra: A Swingin' Affair1957: Frank Sinatra: Come Fly With Me!1958: Frank Sinatra: Sings For Only The Lonely1959: Miles Davis: A Kind Of Blue1960: Miles Davis: Sketches Of Spain1961: Miles Davis: Someday My Prince Will Come1962: Stan Getz: Jazz Samba
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 14 November 2005 02:59 (eighteen years ago) link
So ILX has been there, done this:
List your favorite record from every year you’ve been alive.
― Brad C., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Are we sneering here? Seems to me that GH is just being entirely honest about his favourite music. What problem does anyone on I Love Music have with this, exactly? -- Marcello Carlin, Monday, 3 March 2003 08:38 (5 years ago) Bookmark Link
Wow! This was a very long time ago!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Where is Comstock Carabinieri band?
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
...well, you know, if only Geir stuck to that...
― Dingbod Kesterson, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Is rhythm not as important as melody and harmony? -- Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Monday, 3 March 2003 11:56 (5 years ago) Bookmark Link
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― DJ Mencap, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:12 (fifteen years ago) link
If I was forced to pare down my collection to one album per year (for the past 40-ish years), then here is what I'd pick, all totally off the top of my head, no forethought or list referencing, VOILA!:
1970: The Velvet Underground - Loaded 1971: David Bowie - Hunky Dory 1972: Neu! - Neu! 1973: Fripp and Eno - (No Pussyfooting) 1974: Cluster - Zuckerzeit 1975: Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity 1976: David Bowie - Station to Station 1977: Brian Eno - Before and After Science 1978: Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream 1979: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures 1980: Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth 1981: Echo and the Bunnymen - Heaven Up Here 1982: The Cure - Pornography 1983: The Chameleons - Script of the Bridge 1984: Talk Talk - It's My Life 1985: The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy 1986: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration 1987: Prince - Sign 'o' the Times 1988: Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 1989: Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire 1990: Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas 1991: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 1992: Tom Waits - Bone Machine 1993: The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen 1994: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Let Love In 1995: Slowdive - Pygmalion 1996: Swans - Soundtracks for the Blind 1997: Mogwai - Young Team 1998: Spiritualized - Royal Albert Hall October 10 1997 1999: Low - Secret Name 2000: Radiohead - Kid A 2001: Jay-Z - The Blueprint 2002: Boards of Canada - Geogaddi 2003: Four Tet - Rounds 2004: Madvillain - Madvillainy 2005: Daft Punk - Human After All 2006: Junior Boys - So This Is Goodbye 2007: PJ Harvey - White Chalk
And for this year... realistically speaking, this is unlikely to change:
2008: Portishead - Third
― stephen, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
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― dave 2¼, Thursday, 21 August 2008 12:54 (fifteen years ago) link
From 1958 until I largely quit giving a fuck about "new" music. Had to look up the year for the earliest ones, the rest are from memory. Maybe 1/4 of these are 'permanent' number-one-favourites, at least for the time being.
1958 Bo Diddley 1959 John Cage, Indeterminacy 1960 John Coltrane, Giant Steps 1961 Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus 1962 Ian and Sylvia 1963 The Beatles, Please Please Me 1964 Eric Dolphy, Out To Lunch 1965 Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited 1966 Beatles, Revolver 1967 Love, Forever Changes 1968 Rolling Stones, Beggar's Banquet 1969 Captain Beefheart, Trout Mask Replica 1970 Sir Lord Baltimore, Kingdom Come 1971 Hampton Grease Band, Music To Eat 1972 Funkadelic, America Eats Its Young 1973 Hawkwind, Space Ritual 1974 New York Dolls in Too Much Too Soon 1975 Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti 1976 Debris, Static Disposal 1977 MX-80 Sound, Hard Attack 1978 The Residents, Duck Stab 1979 Donna Summer, Bad Girls 1980 Motorhead, Ace of Spades 1981 Minutemen, The Punch Line 1982 Prince, 1999 1983 Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual 1984 Butthole Surfers, Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac 1985 Husker Du, Flip Your Wig 1986 Slayer, Reign In Blood 1987 Uncle Sam, Heaven or Hollywood 1988 Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation 1989 Nomeansno, Wrong 1990 Ice Cube, Amerikkka's Most Wanted 1991 Nirvana, Nevermind 1992 Trouble, Manic Frustration 1993 Trumans Water, XXXOXOX Spasm Smash Whatever 1994 Sam Philips, Martinis and Bikinis 1995 The Tea Party, The Edges of Twilight 1996 Pillbugs 1997 Chemical Brothers, Dig Your Own Hole 1998 Outkast, Aquemini
The arbitrary selections and/or declining quality of the latter choices reflects this lack of interest, making them favourites by default.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 21 August 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Those are some godawful lists.
― Moka, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:02 (fifteen years ago) link
jk. I was only refering to the first one by honig. Way too much britpop and no electronic or jazz. Here's mine (comprised of 155 indie records since 1958):
http://www.moteldemoka.com/best-indie-albums/
― Moka, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
1989 Nomeansno, Wrong
Amazing album. Sadly they don't get enough credit/love.
― steampig67, Thursday, 21 August 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
63 James Brown Live at the Apollo 64 A Hard Day's Night 65 Highway 61 Revisited 66 Revolver 67 Piper at the Gates of Dawn 68 The Beatles 69 Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul 70 Fun House 71 Maggot Brain 72 Al Green - Let's Stay Together 73 Innervisions 74 Rock Bottom 75 Another Green World 76 Songs in the Key of Life 77 Marquee Moon 78 The Cars 79 Entertainment! 80 Remain in Light / Scary Monsters (can't choose) 81 Computer World 82 1999 83 Cybotron - Enter 84 Purple Rain 85 This Nation's Saving Grace 86 Sonny Sharrock - Guitar 87 Dukes of Stratosphear - Psonic Psunspot 88 Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden 89 Doolittle 90 KLF - Chill Out 91 Loveless 92 Bizarre Ride II tha Pharcyde 93 In Utero 94 Drive Like Jehu - Yank Crime 95 Scott Walker - Tilt 96 Outkast - ATLiens 97 OK Computer 98 Boredoms - Super ae 99 69 Love Songs 00 Avalanches - Since I Left You 01 Bang on a Can - Renegade Heaven 02 The Roots - Phrenology 03 Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow 04 Les Savy Fav - Inches 05 Kelley Polar - Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens 06 Scott Walker - The Drift 07 Studio - Yearbook 1 08 Belong - Colorloss EP .....so far
― abanana, Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:38 (fifteen years ago) link
I was only refering to the first one by honig. Way too much britpop and no electronic or jazz.
Depeche Mode = electronic
Of course I will never have a fave album of the year that doesn't put the melody in the forefront as the most important musical factor though.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:55 (fifteen years ago) link
As for jazz, Miles Davis "Sketches Of Spain" MAY be my favourite album of 1960, but albums were generally uninteresting pre-Beatles. :)
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 21 August 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
'Depeche Mode = electronic'
Barely.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 03:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I do have to agree: Sketches of spain is a great album. Check 'Black Saint and Sinner Lady' by Charles Mingus and 'Eastern Sounds' by Yusef Lateef. Those two are great records, the first ones with which I started my jazz collection.
But seriously, how many Beatles albums do you need in there? Rubber Soul at much is the only Beatles album which I'd consider completely perfect, the rest have several flaws.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 03:22 (fifteen years ago) link
... or beach boys or genesis or xtc or crowded house (really!?)... you should limit the list to only include the best album for each band. I find it hard to believe that in so many decades there were only 6 or 8 bands releasing noteworthy albums.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 03:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I love scrolling down these lists s-l-o-w-l-y and trying to guess the creator! (I guessed three correctly, but one was my own.) Incidentally, 1958 was merely an optimum starting point, not the year of my birth.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 22 August 2008 03:45 (fifteen years ago) link
...oh, and I fully intended to limit myself to one-LP-per-artist, but accidentally allowed a second Beatles album to show up. The fact that I only credited one of the pair to THE Beatles was an accident and a coincidence, not an attempt at subterfuge.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 22 August 2008 03:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I have short-term memory due to my Gilbert's syndrome so I'm only listing my favorite albums from each year of the noughties:
The 00's
1. Radiohead - Kid A (2000) 2. Fridge - Happiness (2001) / Lali Puna - Scary world Theory (2001) 3. Tom Waits - Alice (2002) 4. Broken Social Scene - You forgot it in the people (2003) 5. Fennesz - Venice (2004) 6. The Books - Lost and safe (2005) / Paavoharju - Yha Hamaraa (2005) 7. Liars - drums not dead (2006) 8. Panda Bear - Person Pitch (2007) 9. Scott Tuma - Not for Nobody (2008) (as to this date)
I have to call a tie on 2001 and 2005. I really cant decide which one of those albums I like the best.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 06:11 (fifteen years ago) link
If you look at a typical "Best albums of all time" list (unless they are mainly voted by young people who weren't around in the 60s) The Beatles have, like, 3-4 albums in the Top 10. Obviously they will mostly be ranked #1 in their respective years.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 22 August 2008 08:10 (fifteen years ago) link
And "Sgt. Pepper", "A Hard Day's Night" and "Revolver" are better albums than "Rubber Soul". By far.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 22 August 2008 08:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes, I was actually thinking about 'revolver' not about 'rubber soul', my bad, I got confused because I didn't think you'd leave that out and I just realized you exchanged it for 'pet sounds'. Despite containing two of my favorite Beatles' songs 'Sgt Pepper' is a failed concept album by all means.
Can you say the same thing about all the other repeating artists' albums in your list? If you were respecting ranks and sales instead of personal taste you'd at least have one or two pink floyd albums in there.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 17:13 (fifteen years ago) link
I've actually just realized by reading on the thread that you're a stubborn 3rd-aged adult and you are not very likely to change your mind or flex a little by now so I might just as well end the conversation here because I'm afraid we'll both be losing our time.
― Moka, Friday, 22 August 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
That's a first for ILX
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 22 August 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Kinda surprised that Geir prefers Revolver and Hard Day's Night to Rubber Soul - especially the "by far" part. (I just KNOW there's gotta be a decent "Norwegian Wood" joke there for someone to think up!)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Friday, 22 August 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Despite containing two of my favorite Beatles' songs 'Sgt Pepper' is a failed concept album by all means.
Absolutely not. It is perfectly genius. An absolutely fantastic album and the pinnacle of The Beatles' work. It was also very important because it influenced the best genre ever: Symphonic Rock!
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
"By far" was a bit exaggerated, because I love "Rubber Soul" too. But I guess the fact that "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper" were mainly McCartney's work makes them better. McCartney was always the biggest musical genius in The Beatles. He is underrated because he was the "nice guy" while Lennon was a "rebel". But his skills were better, plus he had the non-rock background that made The Beatles so great.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 22 August 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
1964: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 1965: Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic 1966: Baden Powell & Vinicius de Moraes - Os Afro-sambas 1967: Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave 1968: Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul 1969: Pharoah Sanders - Karma 1970: Curtis Mayfield - Curtis 1971: Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness 1972: Hector - Nostalgia 1973: Herbie Hancock - Sextant 1974: Flora Purim - 500 Miles High 1975: Fela Kuti - Expensive Shit 1976: Lalo Schifrin - Black Widow 1977: Hermeto Pascoal - Slaves Mass 1978: Chic - C'est Chic 1979: Sparks - No. 1 in Heaven 1980: Herbie Hancock - Mr. Hands 1981: Grace Jones - Nightclubbing 1982: Jamaaladeen Tacuma - Show Stopper 1983: Amina Claudine Myers Trio - The Circle of Time 1984: Bronski Beat - The Age of Consent 1985: Yello - Stella 1986: Art of Noise - In Visible Silence 1987: Prince - Sign 'O' the Times 1988: Ofra Haza - Shaday 1989: Thomas Mapfumo - Corruption 1990: Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 1991: Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours 1992: Ahlam - Revolt Against Reason 1993: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 1994: Air Liquide - Nephology 1995: Genius/GZA - Liquid Swords 1996: Paperclip People - The Secret Tapes of Dr. Eich 1997: Mouse on Mars - Autoditacker 1998: Pole - 1 1999: Eve - Let There Be Eve... Ruff Ryders' First Lady 2000: Sussan Deyhim - Madman of God 2001: Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein 2002: Cee-Lo - Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections 2003: Burn Friedmann & The Nu Dub Players - Can't Cool 2004: Mariska - Memento Mori 2005: Cheikha Rimitti - N'ta Goudami 2006: Asa - Terveisiä kaaoksesta 2007: Pole - Steingarten 2008: Can't say yet.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 24 August 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link