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
Berlin is one of his poorer records too, getting by on its "darkness"
― 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
Tago Mago is tough, the “first disc” is my favourite Can release and the “second disc” threatens to sour their entire legacy... the moment when Damo just breaks kayfabe and starts literally going “BOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGABOOGA” might be one of my least favourite moments in recorded music
Hats is a steady dropping off in quality throughout the record but the highs are so high
I’ve typed too much about my complicated relationship to Talk Talk elsewhere
I love that Love Deluxe and Adore are on this list, truly excellent choices
― twink infinitives (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 12 May 2019 19:09 (four years ago) link
the last song is “saturday night”!!!!!
― k3vin k., Sunday, 12 May 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
yeah might narrow my picks down to these two, both are so full-bodied
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 12 May 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
What a great list. Had to vote "Exile" though.
― Wally P. Doyle, Monday, 13 May 2019 05:53 (four years ago) link
brad where's all the emo?
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 20:49 (four years ago) link
btw the correct answer is Parade
― Arugula Raccoon (DJP), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, May 15, 2019 1:49 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
texas is the reason's do you know who you are is just below no other on this list. i figured i should stop at 50 lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
I think I discovered Parade through another Brad thread. Ton of albums I’m curious to hear on this list.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
What's the highest 2010s album?
― jmm, Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, May 15, 2019 2:06 PM (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh whoops, also diary and clarity would be above that too. the order of the list gets REAL messy after 50, it's kind of a monster. highest 2010s album is the 1975's i like it when you sleep followed by laurel halo's quarantine
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 May 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
These are all just about as close as you can get to musical perfection:
scritti politti: cupid & psyche 85 (1985)roxy music: avalon (1982)the velvet underground: the velvet underground (1969)david bowie: low (1977)joni mitchell: the hissing of summer lawns (1975)anita baker: rapture (1986)talk talk: laughing stock (1991)the comsat angels: sleep no more (1981)
WOW. Which one am I going to go for? Oh fuck it, considering how little love it got in the 1982 poll, I have little choice but to vote for Avalon, even if so it can get at least ONE vote. (Where are all the Roxy fans?)
― The Colour of Spring (deethelurker), Thursday, 16 May 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
the velvet underground
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 May 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
I voted Tusk cuz I have to fess up to being a sentimentalist.
― Hyper-Capitalists Against the Entertainment Business (I M Losted), Saturday, 18 May 2019 03:34 (four years ago) link
I tried listening to tusk because of this thread and I guess I don’t get that band?? I love “everywhere”
― k3vin k., Saturday, 18 May 2019 05:05 (four years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
Jesus wtf is this choice. Brutal. Love that Snivilization is here. It really is a pinnacle record for me too.
Went with Hounds of Love, though.
― octobeard, Tuesday, 25 June 2019 05:54 (four years ago) link
Parade!
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Tuesday, 25 June 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link