how was this list compiled - was it just on the spot?
i’ve been keeping a running list on rym for almost a decade bc i got tired of forgetting what my favorite albums were
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 12:14 (four years ago) link
i am completely digging the other people place rn. randomly voted in a special way - one of the numerous amazing records on the list
― The immortal Hydra Viridisimma (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 11 May 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
Great list, several overlaps with mine if I did one. However, 'The Blue Mask'? Weirdly I listened to this last week for the first time and find it difficult to see how this would be placed above 'Transformer' or 'Berlin' or even 'New York'.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 11 May 2019 12:58 (four years ago) link
It's a better album. New Sensations even more.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:01 (four years ago) link
Berlin is one of his poorer records too, getting by on its "darkness"
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
Each to his own.
― Ned Caligari (Tom D.), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:04 (four years ago) link
A little darkness goes a long way.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:06 (four years ago) link
i love berlin but the mood of the blue mask is more my style: at first ghostly and inviting then straight up haunted and scared
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
also: my favorite lou reed backing band no contest (i also love new sensations)
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:11 (four years ago) link
(despite the absence of quine)*
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:12 (four years ago) link
Lou shouting about SYYYYLLLVIIIIAAAAAA is scarier than anything on Berlin.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:19 (four years ago) link
coney island baby is in the deeper reaches of this list, as are ecstasy and lulu
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
transformer's a great record that i've known and loved since high school but if i want high glam reed most of the time i end up listening to rock n roll animal instead
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:32 (four years ago) link
hats i think but lots of my favs on here
― ciderpress, Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:35 (four years ago) link
brad nelson is up to his tricks again
― j., Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:41 (four years ago) link
their tricks
― j., Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
It took Ezra Furman's recent 33 1/3 on Transformer to give it the spin I haven't in almost twenty years.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:42 (four years ago) link
i do want to read that book
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:43 (four years ago) link
thanks j. <3
― american bradass (BradNelson), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:44 (four years ago) link
I feel like this list proves that Brad is the ur- and/or über-ILMer.― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:35 (yesterday) Permalink
― pomenitul, Friday, 10 May 2019 17:35 (yesterday) Permalink
no loveless though!
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:46 (four years ago) link
or britney
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Saturday, 11 May 2019 13:48 (four years ago) link
too hard to vote!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
surprised Imagination didn't make the cut
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:07 (four years ago) link
wait till my list
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
<3
― :∵·∴·∵: (crüt), Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
Gotta go with Rapture, though only Sleep No More fueled my high school poetry.
― geoffreyess, Saturday, 11 May 2019 15:23 (four years ago) link
the blue nile: hats (1989)
― k3vin k., Saturday, 11 May 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the sophie’s choice between Pirates and Veedon Fleece, two of my all time faves. In the end it’s Van.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 11 May 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)
it's one of bob ezrin's better records imo
― Burt Bacharach's Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (rushomancy), Saturday, 11 May 2019 17:20 (four years ago) link
gotta go with Otis here
― campreverb, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:09 (four years ago) link
voted for fleetwood mac's tusk but any of these are also on my list:
the blue nile: hats (1989)kate bush: hounds of love (1985)janet jackson: the velvet rope (1997)dj sprinkles: midtown 120 blues (2008)the smashing pumpkins: adore (1998)talk talk: laughing stock (1991)can: tago mago (1971)sade: love deluxe (1992)madonna: erotica (1992)
― Nourry, Sunday, 12 May 2019 09:50 (four years ago) link
such a brilliant list, such an impossible task, but...i was quite happy w/ seeing 'no other' in there, which i've been championing for years, so i'm giving that a vote.
and, 'dance of december souls' over 'brave murder day'?
― rusty_allen, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
It occurs to me that I own actual physical copies of Pirates, Parade and the DJ Sprinkles but remember embarrassingly little about them. Good excuse to remedy that...
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:09 (four years ago) link
Sunday at the Village Vanguard for me. Laughing Stock would be a close second.
A few on here I am oblivious to and will have to dig into this afternoon.
― fancy the Dirkishness of carrying Doré a round (fionnland), Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:14 (four years ago) link
Still baffled by the love for Hats tbh. Possibly the contropiest of my ILM controps.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:47 (four years ago) link
Fuck.
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:54 (four years ago) link
Voting for one thing in this list will be the hardest thing I have ever done.
What’s the most recent addition to the list, brad? Comsat angels or something else?
― Tim F, Sunday, 12 May 2019 10:56 (four years ago) link
This is an excellent set of options. There are a few that I'd eliminate, though...
scritti politti: cupid & psyche 85 (1985)- Eighties sophisto-pop Scritti hasn't worn well for me at all - a major drop-off in enjoyment since the Actual Eighties.
prince: parade (1986)- Played this a couple of weeks ago and it wasn't quite the classic that I remembered.
the other people place: lifestyles of the laptop café (2001)- Also played this a couple of weeks ago. While pleasant and ahead of its time, it's not right up there as a classic.
can: tago mago (1971)- Never been able to get with Can. They're a band I should like in theory, but it just won't click.
madonna: erotica (1992)- I've posted elsewhere about this before, but the ILM love for Erotica has always baffled me. Too many samey underwhelming fillers!
― mike t-diva, Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:07 (four years ago) link
there's quite a few of these i haven't heard but i think it's probably Hats out of the ones i have
if Aerial was there instead of Hounds of Love it could pretty easily be that though
― ufo, Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:31 (four years ago) link
Still baffled by the love for Hats tbh. Possibly the contropiest of my ILM controps
― je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:02 (four years ago) link
― ufo, Sunday, May 12, 2019 4:31 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
on the actual list aerial is in the top ten. didn’t want to double up on kate for a poll though
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:22 (four years ago) link
Imma gonna vote for Godflesh
― Thus Spoke Darraghustra (Oor Neechy), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:25 (four years ago) link
― Tim F, Sunday, May 12, 2019 3:56 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the most recent additions were low-life (after a decade-long battle it came out ahead of technique as my favorite no record) and carcass’ symphonies of sickness (after being a huge heartwork fan for years it finally clicked and is the only metal album i want to listen to). comsat angels were p recent still though!
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
Lotta stuff I like a lot on that list from several of my favorite acts, but few of my favorites from said acts, if I'm being honest. Voted "Tusk."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:29 (four years ago) link
― rusty_allen, Sunday, May 12, 2019 3:03 AM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah! one of the few bands for whom i think the debut towers over everything else (tbf like anathema they didn’t stay in the aching death-doom mode long anyway). rich unrelenting depressive atmosphere + perfect songs and playing
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 13:30 (four years ago) link
I have a theory that anytime someone lists PJ Harvey as a favorite, they are usually huge Nick Cave fans as well.where is the NC Brad?
― campreverb, Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:30 (four years ago) link
you know i don't really have a favorite nick cave record. i love his entire thing, hard to isolate it to just one album
― american bradass (BradNelson), Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Either way I’m putting the handful of albums on this list I don’t know at the top of my queue
― flamboyant goon tie included
same here. here's the handful for me:
rickie lee jones: pirates (1981)dj sprinkles: midtown 120 blues (2008)debarge: in a special way (1981)gwen guthrie: padlock (1983)anita baker: rapture (1986)the other people place: lifestyles of the laptop café (2001)katatonia: dance of december souls (1993)alexander o'neal: hearsay (1987)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link