The 18th P&J Albums (and EPs) Poll!

"Can I Kick It?" is the only song I remember.

See, the first Tribe record is for me the most memorable. I thought they got progressively more samey, so that I eventually sold Midnight Maruaders (now I wish I had it back). But even on Low End Theory, I really only ever think to listen to the first and last tracks. And honestly, if I want the sound of that record, I get it just fine with "Luck of Lucian" on the debut, with a funny French thing going on too. Probably what I like about that first record is the goofiness of it, which seemed to evaporate by the next one. For instance: "Ham 'n' Eggs". And still one of my favorite concert experiences was that Lollapalooza they were on, when they played "Can I Kick It?" and the whole crowd (in ATL) was just bouncing and shouting along.

Xhuxk is called out by name in the new 33 1/3 book about People's Instinctive Travels; dude quotes from that review and then says "I bet he wants to take those words back." I was like hahahaha you ain't met Xhuxk then. (In said book he also reports turning on a whole bunch of teenage hip-hop heads to a Tribe remix on the train, impressing them with his freestyles, and then further impressing them by getting salty with some "fascist" transit cops. So yeah, it's a work of fiction kind of.)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

HOLY CHRIST

Now I really wish I would have voted for the Pet Shop Boys. (Or LL, even. He got rooked.)

Am I overlooking something here, or are *ALL* of these excellent records missing?

Breeders - pod
Nick cave and the bad seeds - the good son
Cocteau twins - heaven or las vegas
Depeche mode - violator
Flaming lips - in a priest driven ambulance
Galaxie 500 - this is our music
Mazzy star - she hangs brightly
Ride - nowhere

If I knew that there were seven Jane's Addiction fans on this site...

... and JANE'S ADDICTION, stealth pick.

Those must be the same people who voted for UB40.

There's loads of janes fans on here. Ned for starters.

If I knew that there were seven Jane's Addiction fans on this site...

Have you never read any Jane's Addiction threads?

I can't say I have, really.

Understandable.

Hmmmmm...ok this is the third P&J poll in a row with head-scratching results. NO ONE mentioned voting for Jane's. There is a saboteur in our midsts.

This is fun!

http://christianpatterson.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/sabotage1.jpg

http://991.com/newgallery/Beastie-Boys-Sabotage-352116.jpg

http://www.leninimports.com/hitchcock_sabotage.jpg

This is great!

But also

http://www.chasingthefrog.com/ClassicPosters/Alfred_Hitchcock/Saboteur/saboteur-2.jpg

Great, underrated Hitch.

Oh absolutely.

Lurkers, ahoy.

I voted for Jane's Addiction. I was just so puzzled as to why no one else had mentioned it that I didn't know if I should say anything or not. It's actually one of my favorite albums. My love for the funk metal comes and goes, but you couldn't tear me away from Side B.

I do agree that L.L. got the shaft though. That's a great hip-hop album.

I voted for Jane's Addiction. I was just so puzzled as to why no one else had mentioned it that I didn't know if I should say anything or not.

Jeez, we're not that scary on these P&J threads...or are we?

I thought I already said I voted for it too. My posts keep getting eaten up though on ilx now.

I think a lot of people are afraid to post what they voted for just because of the reactions of regulars.

JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED.

Jeez, we're not that scary on these P&J threads...or are we?

No, not scary exactly, but I'm sure that I would have been asked to argue its merits by someone. It's not every day that I feel like rising to the defense of the glorious funk-metal revolution.

Another thought: I wonder if this was the first year where most of the albums were listened to by most of the critics on CD, and whether that might be another factor in the shittiness of the list? (Maybe that would've been a year or two earlier, though. I came late to the game; 1990 was probably one of the only years where most of my new music listening might've been on cassette. Though that might be wrong, too.)

-- xhuxk

Haha, I remember you giving Andrew Ridgely's solo rec a decent review, with the warning that the CDs cleaner sound made it inferior!