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

It's going to be fun when 4 None Blondes top this poll

well yknow you can't spell "4 non blondes" without...oh actually nevermind

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17. Desaparecidos - Read Music/Speak Spanish (2002)
322 points, 9 votes, 1 number one

YES!!!

can't stand bright eyes but this record is indisputable

Listening to Braid again for the 1st time in years and it really should have been on my ballot.

This is also great and also went straight into my ballot after a couple of songs

this album proves that oberst is emo cause the only way you wouldn't make a bunch more records like this was if you hated fun

I thought Desaparecidos would be top 10. Great album.

This was my number one!!

the perfect situation for conor oberst's voice is extremely loud electric guitars, which is why bright eyes records always sound like gross miscalculations to me

haven't heard any of the last three.

amazing album

can't imagine you wouldn't love desaparecidos spottie

will def check it

love the keyboards on this album too

this album proves that oberst is emo cause the only way you wouldn't make a bunch more records like this was if you hated fun

lol

the perfect situation for conor oberst's voice is extremely loud electric guitars, which is why bright eyes records always sound like gross miscalculations to me

He wanted to move away from the sound of Commander Venus

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