Two that haven't been mentioned:
Heathen, David BowieWalking With Thee, Clinic
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 8 January 2022 15:20 (two years ago) link
Bed - SpaceboxBowness/Chilvers - California, NorfolkDictaphone - m=addictionEcholyn - MeiHeadphone - Work in ProgressDon Li - Live Vols 1 and 2The Notwist - Neon GoldenFrankie Sparo - Welcome Crummy MysticsTape - OperaThe White Birch - Star is Just A SunSusuma Yokota - The Boy and the Tree
― doug watson, Sunday, 9 January 2022 01:21 (two years ago) link
immerall that glitterscardiologysouthern hummingbirdmy way
― Qamon (||||||||), Sunday, 9 January 2022 11:54 (two years ago) link
Everything mentioned so far is fine but you’re missing the most important album of 2002:
BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE - YOU FORGOT IT IN PEOPLE
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 9 January 2022 12:51 (two years ago) link
Most people think of it as a 2003 album, though since it wasn’t released worldwide until then.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 9 January 2022 13:02 (two years ago) link
Albums I liked then, that I still play now:
Jim O'Rourke - Insignificance (released November 2001 in the US, but didn't hit the UK until early 2002)Solomon Burke - Don't Give Up On MeHerrmann & Kleine - Our Noise
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 9 January 2022 13:54 (two years ago) link
balladssheer hellish miasmasuicide invoiceplays
― Qamon (||||||||), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:11 (two years ago) link
jun ray song chang
― Qamon (||||||||), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
Is it really deemed too taxing to include the artist's names with these posts? If so, lie down, save your strength, and consult a physician.
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Saturday, 15 January 2022 08:52 (two years ago) link
Greatest Hits
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Sunday, 30 January 2022 01:03 (two years ago) link
hard to believe it's classic rock nowadays
― dark end of the st. maud (sic), Sunday, 30 January 2022 06:03 (two years ago) link
I found my contemporaneous list of my favorite albums of 2002 on my PC:
1. The Party Of Helicopters - Space...And How Sweet It Was (Troubleman Unlimited)2. Theatre Of Tragedy - Assembly (Nuclear Blast)3. Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Deaf (Interscope)4. Ikara Colt - Chat And Business (Epitaph)5. Kidneythieves - Zerøspace (Extasy)6. Andrew W. K. - I Get Wet (Island)7. Chevelle - Wonder What's Next (Epic)8. Dälek - From Filthy Tongue Of Gods And Griots (Ipecac)9. High On Fire - Surrounded By Thieves (Relapse)10. Manda & The Marbles - More Seduction (Go-Kart)11. Lacuna Coil - Comalies (Century Media)12. Hatebreed - Perseverance (Universal)13. Death Of Marat - All Eyes Open (Stickfigure)14. Speedealer - Second Sight (Palm Pictures)15. Soilwork - Natural Born Chaos (Nuclear Blast)16. Filter - The Amalgamut (Reprise)17. Paradise Lost - Symbol Of Life (Koch)18. Sheavy – Synchronized (The Music Cartel)19. The Heroine Sheiks - Siamese Pipe (Rubric)20. The Used - The Used (Reprise)21. Jucifer - I Name You Destroyer (Velocette)22. In Flames - Reroute To Remain (Nuclear Blast)23. The Paper Chase - Hide The Kitchen Knives (Beatville)24. Dead Poetic - Four Wall Blackmail (Tooth & Nail)25. Paul Westerberg - Stereo (Vagrant)26. Coinmonster - Tilton Johnson (Bandaloop)27. Shadows Fall - The Art Of Balance (Century Media)28. N.E.R.D. - In Search Of... (Virgin)29. Steve Von Till - If I Should Fall To The Field (Neurot)30. The Jazz June - Better Off Without Air (Initial)31. Foo Fighters - One By One (RCA)32. Steve Earle – Jerusalem (Artemis)33. Otto's Daughter – Renew (Angelwhore)34. The Black Keys - The Big Come Up (Alive)35. Lo-Hi - Say It More (Tiger Style)36. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Rodeo Tandem Beat Specter (Alive)37. Audioslave – Audioslave (Epic)38. The Walkmen - Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone (Star Time)39. Medication - Prince Valium (Locomotive)40. The Giraffes - Helping You Help Yourself (Ape Sauce)41. Vader – Revelations (Metal Blade)42. Killingbird – Killingbird (2K Sounds)43. Discharge – Discharge (Sanctuary)44. Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies (Side One Dummy)45. CKY - Infiltrate, Destroy, Rebuild (Island)46. Arch Enemy - Wages Of Sin (Century Media)47. Bluebird - Hot Blood (Dim Mak)48. Otep - Sevas Tra (Capitol)49. Loudermilk - The Red Album (Dreamworks)50. Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey (The Music Cartel)
These are albums I evidently didn't get into until later and I really wish I could put them higher on this list then, say, Audioslave...
Agalloch - The MantleJohnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes AroundDälek - From Filthy Tongue of Gods and GriotsMclusky - Mclusky Do DallasReverend Bizarre - In the Rectory of the Bizarre ReverendThe Streets - Original Pirate MaterialThe Mooney Suzuki - Electric SweatThe Sounds - Living in America
Actually McClusky and The Sounds are two of my favorite albums of any year! How sad I didn't know it when they came out...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 31 January 2022 04:07 (two years ago) link
Party of Helicopters!
― ArchCarrier, Monday, 31 January 2022 08:51 (two years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Sunday, 9 January 2022 12:51 (three weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
weekly rotation
& mirah - advisory committee
― maelin, Monday, 31 January 2022 09:59 (two years ago) link
Tindersticks – Waiting for the MoonLucinda Williams – World Without TearsGillian Welch – Soul JourneyKathleen Edwards – FailerEsbjörn Svensson Trio – Seven Days of FallingSun Kil Moon – Ghosts of the Great HighwayJesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Reckless BurningThee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra – "This Is Our Punk-Rock," Thee Rusted Satellites Gather + SingKraftwerk – Tour de France SoundtracksThe Necks – Drive By
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 14:20 (one year ago) link
I found a list I made of my favorite albums of 2003 made contemporaneously:
1. The Sounds - Living In America2. Cursive - The Ugly Organ3. The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium4. Atmosphere - Seven's Travels5. The White Stripes - Elephant6. Stiffed - Sex Sells7. Helios Creed - On The Dark Side Of The Sun8. Electric Six - Danger! High Voltage9. Killing Joke - Killing Joke10. Drive - By Truckers - Decoration Day11. Widow - Midnight Strikes12. The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow13. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism14. Arch Enemy - Anthems Of Rebellion15. Glass Candy - Love Love Love16. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below17. Party Of Helicopters - Don't Believe It18. Soul Position - 8,000,000 Stories19. Neurosis & Jarboe - Neurosis & Jarboe20. Ryan Adams - Rock N Roll21. Children Of Bodom - Hate Crew Deathroll22. Peaches - Fatherfucker23. Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon24. An Albatross - We Are The Lazer Viking25. Black Moustache - Black Moustache26. Fefe Dobson - Fefe Dobson27. Hamell On Trial - Tough Love28. Pretty Girls Make Graves - The New Romance29. The Apes - Oddeyesee30. Grafton - Blind Horse Campaign31. Laibach - WAT32. Placebo - Sleeping With Ghosts33. Hatebreed - The Rise Of Brutality34. Daughters - Canada Songs35. Martin Rev - To Live36. Lisa Germano - Lullaby For Liquid Pig37. Wehrwolfe - Godless We Stand38. Jane's Addiction - Strays39. Ladytron - Softcore Jukebox40. The Kills - Keep On Your Mean Side41. Old Man's Child - In Defiance Of Existence42. Intro5pect - Intro5pect43. Supersuckers - Motherfuckers Be Trippin'44. Cobra Verde - Easy Listening45. Mando Diao - Bring 'Em In46. T. Raumschiere - Radio Blackout47. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Fever To Tell48. Buzzcocks - Buzzcocks49. The Agony Scene - The Agony Scene50. British Sea Power - The Decline Of British Sea Power51. The Black Dahlia Murder - Unhallowed52. Aereogramme - Sleep And Release53. Ministry - Animositisomina54. Zyklon - Aeon55. The Black Keys - Thickfreakness56. S.T.U.N. - Evolution Of Energy57. Liz Phair - Liz Phair58. Chimaira - The Impossibility Of Reason59. Dead Meadow - Shivering King And Others60. Vital Remains - Dechristianize61. The Blood Brothers - Burn Piano Island, Burn62. Ex Models - Zoo Psychology63. The Sun - Love & Death64. Superjoint Ritual - A Lethal Dose Of American Hatred65. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own66. The Hidden Hand - Divine Propaganda67. Paloalto - Heroes And Villains68. Fireball Ministry - The Second Great Awakening69. Asmegin - Hin Vordende Sod & Sø 70. Turbonegro - Scandinavian Leather71. Goatwhore - Funeral Dirge For The Rotting Sun72. Camarosmith - Camarosmith73. TRS - 80 - Shake Hands With Danger74. The Strokes - Room On Fire75. Diverse - One A.M.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 15:18 (one year ago) link
Tour de France Soundtracks is the one that's really messing with me because I remember all the hoopla about how it was Kraftwerk's first album in 17 years
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 15:22 (one year ago) link
get rich or die trying
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 16:01 (one year ago) link
Marconi Union - Under Wires & SearchlightsMovietone - The Sand and the StarsNo-Man - Together We're StrangerPiano Magic - Troubled SleepDavid Sylvian - BlemishRobert Wyatt - Cuckooland
― doug watson, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
John Fahey - + (Red Cross, Disciple of Christ Today)Viktor Vaughan - Vaudeville VillainExplosions in the Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead PlaceThe Magnolia Electric Co. - Magnolia Electric Co.Sleep - DopesmokerLoose Fur - Loose FurM83 - Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost GhostsThe Cinema Orchestra - Man With a Movie CameraKing Geedorah - Take Me To Your LeaderPaddy McAloon - I Trawl the MEGAHERTZUlrich Schnauss - A Strangely Isolated PlaceFour Tet - RoundsThe Hidden Cameras - The Smell of our OwnSteve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred SpacesBelle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe WaitressBonnie 'Prince' Billy - Master & EveryoneDizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
― Shard-borne Beatles with their drowsy hums (Chinaski), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 20:24 (one year ago) link
This was my list at the time:1. Justin Sullivan - Navigating By The Stars1. Killing Joke - Killing Joke [2003]3. Snow Patrol - Final Straw4. Clearlake - Cedars5. Pernice Brothers - Yours, Mine & Ours6. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 27. Radiohead - Hail To The Thief8. David Sylvian - Blemish9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own10. I Am Kloot - I Am Kloot
I've probably listened to the Radiohead, Pernice Brothers and Ryan Adams albums once or twice in the intervening years and that Snow Patrol album was, indeed, the final straw for them. I'd swap those out for:Lucero - That Much Further WestSun Kil Moon - Ghosts Of The Great HighwayThe Fall - The Real New Fall LP
The rest I still love.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
I really didn't like Hail To The Thief much at the time but have been playing a reconstructed version of it a lot more in the past couple of years. I'd include that version in my top albums for 2003 except that it officially doesn't exist.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:08 (one year ago) link
Gallowsbird's BarkFever to Tell
― Wet Legume (morrisp), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
ya I'm sure this has been said a lot but HTTT is a really great record if you delete like a third of it
― frogbs, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
M. Ward, The Transfiguration of VincentCat Power, You Are FreeMy Morning Jacket, It Still MovesTed Leo & The Pharmacists, Hearts of OakSongs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric CompanyRadiohead, Hail to the ThiefThe Books, The Lemon of PinkThe White Stripes, ElephantSteely Dan, Everything Must GoJoe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Streetcore
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
Paddy McAloon - I Trawl the MEGAHERTZ
Oooh, yeah, missed that one. That record is just pure heartbreak.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Some that haven't been mentioned yet:
Lilys - PrecollectionStephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Pig LibWeen - QuebecGuided by Voices - Earthquake GlueMomus - Oskar Tennis ChampionBroadcast - Haha SoundBlur - Think Tank
― Vaguely Threatening CAPTCHAs, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
It's hard to believe "Crazy in Love" turns 20 this year but maybe that's because it was 2010-11 when I had a neighbor who played it nonstop.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 22:18 (one year ago) link
This thread has started a bit of a relisten project for me over the last few years, but I just realized I never compiled my 2002 list. So, my favorites that turn twenty-one this year:
The Notwist, Neon GoldenThe Mountain Goats, All Hail West TexasThe Reputation, The ReputationWilco, Yankee Hotel FoxtrotJetplane Landing, Zero for ConductDolly Parton, Halos and HornsStretch Princess, Fun With HumansEmm Gryner, AsianblueAimee Mann, Lost in SpaceChristine Fellows, The Last One StandingRichard Buckner, ImpasseThe Mountain Goats, Tallahassee
On to 2003…
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 3 January 2023 22:56 (one year ago) link
This was my top 10 of 2003, as judged at the time:
1. OutKast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below2. Radiohead, Hail to the Thief 3. Prefuse 73, One Word Extinguisher4. Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress 5. Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash 6. M83, Dead Cities, Red Seas, and Lost Ghosts 7. The Postal Service, Give Up8. Broken Social Scene, You Forgot it in People 9. The North Atlantic, Wires in the Walls10. Schneider TM, 6 Peace EP
― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 04:54 (one year ago) link
looking through my list, here are some that surprised me:
first two Lemon Demon albums - not that this means anything to anyone else but its kind of a reminder of how much different online culture was two decades ago
Sketch Show, Loophole - remember thinking they were old guys then, making great music pretty late in their career. in retrospect they weren't that old!!
Ween, quebec - same thing. felt like such a "late career" album when in reality they were younger than I am now
The Sea and Cake, One Bedroom - just because I actually remember buying this CD twenty years ago. still remember reading every review I could find online and wondering why people didn't like it
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 05:06 (one year ago) link
ooh and also The Stadium Techno Experience by Scooter. I'd never have believed you if you told me they would still be around and reasonably famous 20 years from then. and I liked that album!
― frogbs, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 05:08 (one year ago) link
I was a big Sea and Cake fan at the time and liked One Bedroom, but also probably found it somewhat inferior to their last couple of albums and thus unworthy of inclusion on a top 10. Or maybe my enjoyment of it just felt sort of predictable and comfortable, whereas most of the albums that made my list were new discoveries or surprises.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 05:19 (one year ago) link
Pretty dull list from me, but Autechre Draft 7.30, Broadcast Haha Sound, Cat Power You Are Free, Gescom ISS::SA, Missy This is Not a Test, Mogwai Happy Songs for Happy People, the Outkast album, Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher, Sufjan Michigan, William Basinski The Disintegration Loops are all still in regular rotation. At the time I played the Radiohead, Bonnie Prince Billy, Strokes' Room on Fire and The White Stripes' Elephant a lot but not much these days.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 05:22 (one year ago) link
10 that haven't been mentioned yet:
Harold Budd - La Bella VistaBrian Eno - January 07003: Bell Studies for the Clock of the Long NowJeff Hanson - SonMcLusky - My Pain and Sadness Is More Sad and Painful Than YoursNew Pornographers - The Electric Version (favorite album of 2003)Puffy AmiYumi - NiceLou Reed - The Raven (overstuffed, but I like it)Josh Rouse - 1972Matthew Sweet - Kimi Ga Suki Raifu (his last great album?)Various - Wig in a Box: Songs from and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 05:32 (one year ago) link
And because I looked up the wrong year by mistake, 10 lesser-known choices from 2002:
Damien Jurado & Gathered in Song - I Break Chairs (his loud album)1 Giant Leap - 1 Giant LeapMull Historical Society - LossTwinemen - Twinemen (surviving members of Morphine plus Laurie Sargent from Face to Face)Wondermints - Mind If We Make Love to YouJason Loewenstein - At Sixes and Sevens (first solo album from my favorite Sebadoh member)Cato Salsa Experience - A Good Tip for a Good TimeGem - Sunglare Serenade (Doug Gillard and Tim Tobias)Canyon - Empty Rooms (alt-country with a distinct 'Dark Side of the Moon' feel)J Mascis & The Fog - Free So Free
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 06:12 (one year ago) link
listened to a lot of records 20 years ago, broke it down like so -
god tier
* Three 6 Mafia - Da Unbreakables* Kevin Drumm - Land of Lurches* Perfume - Sweet Donuts* Nav Katze - Never Mind The Distortions* John Fahey - Red Cross Disciple Of Christ Today
solid
* Pharaoh Overlord - #2* Ricardo Villalobos - Alcachofa* Annea Lockwood - A Sound Map of the Hudson River* Enslaved - Below the Lights* Skullflower - Exquisite Fucking Boredom* Eliane Radigue - Geelriandre / Arthesis* Circle - Guillotine* Blut Aus Nord - The Work Which Transforms God* SORA - Re.sort
pretty good
* Luomo - The Present Lover* Mu-Ziq - Bilious Paths* Bardo Pond - On The Ellipse
haven't listened in a while but probably holds up
* Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye* Darkspace - I* Wolf Eyes - Dead Hills* Nasum - Helvete* Cymbals - Love You* Hoahio - Peek-Ara-Boo* Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow* Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground
haven't listened in quite a while, feeling less confident but were played a lot at the time
* Ashanti - Chapter II* Black Dice - Beaches and Canyons* Venetian Snares - Badminton
― (⊙_⊙?) (original bgm), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 06:19 (one year ago) link
The Police - Synchronicity what? That wasn’t 20 years ago?Ok, then In Utero.
― The land of dreams and endless remorse (hardcore dilettante), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 06:23 (one year ago) link
Horsepower Productions - In Fine Style
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 13:31 (one year ago) link
The three albums of 2003 that I still play the most are: Pig Lib, Electric Version, and Ghosts of the Great Highway.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
Vital Remains - Dechristianize
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 15:47 (one year ago) link
^^^ That's a good one. I listened to that a lot back then.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 15:50 (one year ago) link
I played it every day for a month on the way to college.
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 4 January 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
some other genre favorites
T.I. - Trap MuzikBubba Sparxxx - Deliverance50 Cent - Get Rich or Die TryingLil Kim - La Bella MafiaBonecrusher - Atten CHUN!Britney Spears - In the ZoneMichigan - Sufjan Stevens
Adult - Anxiety AlwaysAphex Twin - 26 Mixes For CashBelle & Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe WaitressBroadcast - Haha SoundCamera Obscura - Underachievers Please Try HarderClearlake - CedarsDave Clarke - Devil's AdvocateDizee Rascal - Boy in da CornerDopplereffect - Linear AcceleratorFat Truckers - For SaleGoldfrapp - Black CherryHALCALI - Halcali BaconHell - NY MuscleLFO - SheathMelt-Banana - Cell-scapeOutKast - SpeakerboxxxPlaid - Dial P / SpokesRaiden (mixed by) - Paranoia LPRelaxed Muscle - A Heavy Nite With...Robert Wyatt - CuckoolandThe Locust - Plague SoundscapesThe Rapture - Echoes
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 4 January 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
I forgot to include Pluramon's Dreams Top Rock, which still sounds fantastic
― doug watson, Friday, 6 January 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
Welcome to the club:
Last ExitThe Disintegration LoopsSeven SwansComing On Strong
Meanwhile, dubnobasswithmyheadman now thirty years old 😱
― groovypanda, Monday, 29 January 2024 20:55 (three months ago) link
The Blue NotebooksBody LanguageMargerine EclipseMadvillainyMilk ManMm...FoodThe Tigers Have Spoken
― omar little, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:02 (three months ago) link
Still adore, and listen to regularly
Casual Dots s/tReigning Sound - Too Much Guitar The Real New Fall Album
― bendy, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:09 (three months ago) link
Iron & Wine, Our Endless Numbered DaysThe Blue Nile, HighTom Waits, Real GoneRay LaMontagne, Trouble
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 29 January 2024 21:19 (three months ago) link