Run Quick EMO ALBUMS; Here I’ll POLL, You VOTED

lol I forgot how ridiculous the "candid" "man on the street" clips on this album are <3 <3 <3

hate bright eyes so much that I've never listened to this despite all of the praise. need to finally break down and check it out.

to reiterate brad's earlier point I'm extremely stoked that this soundly defeated all the bright eyes albums

I love that the b-sides flow into each other with a segue, classic rare advanced wanker move

Someone had nominated this album as Read Music/SpeakEnglish, and it almost ended up that way in the rollout, if only just one person out of nine hadn't corrected it :)

I had no idea Billy Milano was an ilxor

xpost Yeah I noticed that when voting - I couldn't very well put the wrong title for my number one. It deserved better!

I'm not sure if anyone has linked to this masterpiece of experimental criticism yet:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/2288-read-music-speak-spanish/

lol I did earlier, though there's plenty more where that came from

this album was so good it transcended my teen pitchfork-reader bias

OK, I wasn't sure, and too lazy to check.

This is a great album btw. Hadn't heard it before.

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16. American Football - American Football (1999)
352 points, 10 votes

this album set a template from which emo is still recovering

still: great record

yeeeah

but in terms of kinsella bro emo it rightfully placed beneath cap'n jazz

i prefer the chinese football tribute/cover version lol https://chinesefootball.bandcamp.com/

Still gonna ride for that incredible 89 Cubs album, which was I think a band with a couple guys from Desaparecidos and another Saddle Creek bench player. Much wider in scope than Read Music Speak Spanish, but it's still got that same massive sound. Fucking love those guitars

Still gonna ride for that incredible 89 Cubs album, which was I think a band with a couple guys from Desaparecidos and another Saddle Creek bench player.

whoa ok i'm gonna seek this out

xposts The first Owls record is my favorite thing they ever did. Not sure why it's relatively unloved.

Yeah that first owls record is pretty great

i like the owls record

american football is gorgeous, my #8

dont sleep on the reuinion LP from last year either

both are must-listens for fans of "interesting drummers"

yeah the reunion record is really good!

Evan otm re the 89 cubs album, reckon it would have placed if it was on spotify

pretty awesome that juno made the top 15 ;)

i really hope a future lived in past tense places bc i've rarely had such a singular "i'm in love with everything about this" moment in my first listen to an album

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15. Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary (1998)
354 points, 11 votes

YEAH

guys don't make me scream at work xxp YEAH

this is better than every jawbreaker record, fight me

u are 100% correct

brad which album?

One of my votes here

yeah love this alb

this is better than every jawbreaker record, fight me

I agree with you, let's not fight!!

did i share in the nominations/campaigning thread that: a few years ago i was dating someone with whom i had perfectly aligned '90s emo tastes (we even went to a hot water music show together); one night we were hanging out in her apartment and she was talking about how "sea anemone" really reflected her experience of depression and alcoholism and the general feeling of being displaced in your own life. then she played it, and we started to make out, and it was one of the most emotionally intense experiences i've ever had in my life

story is kinda lol and earnest in the telling but for real, what a song

brad which album?

i really hope a future lived in past tense places bc i've rarely had such a singular "i'm in love with everything about this" moment in my first listen to an album

oh

guess i should listen to juno

dude

i voted for perfecting loneliness, which i think is better than any jawbreaker album, but orange is also just incredibly wonderful. i wanna write a song like "chinatown" one day

I think you mentioned a general 'I made out to sea anemone once' but the specifics are good ty

thread needs more make out stories

the shins arent gonna place are they? i've told a makeout story about them on this board before.

the lyrics on orange rhyming dictionary are sophomore poetry workshop gone so right

I am the emonk, I have no good make-out stories

the lyrics on orange rhyming dictionary are sophomore poetry workshop gone so right

― gr8080, Friday, March 10, 2017 9:51 AM (twenty seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm as hell

this is better than every jawbreaker record, fight me

like this album, voted for it, will still fight u

I mean I probably made out with a particular ex while listening to some of these records but she also told me that converge reminded her of the shitty hardcore band I was in at the time so I don't think she was really paying attention to the music