TS: U2 Zooropa // BJÖRK Debut // SMOG Julius Caesar

Didn't vote but this would've been a tough decision. Probably Zooropa barely beating Debut. Great albums that I think share a playful spirit

Bjork could've sung "Babyface."

I'd like to hear her do "Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car"

I'd like to hear Johnny Cash singing "There's More to Life Than This".

I had a roommate who spent one Saturday afternoon reading Siddhartha from start-to-finish while listening to "Babyface" on repeat the ENTIRE time. Pretty sure he was stoned out of his mind.

the best anecdote I've ever heard

the best thing about There’s More To Life is the sardonic bassline, like, you could remove the vocal and the bass is still gonna say “wtf are you doing here”

I miss 90s Björk so much

Also agree with the notion that this is the best U2 era. Every other era feels too self-important for me to really get into. This and Passengers - which are sort of the same era in my mind - are the two U2 projects I like.

I don’t think I’m familiar with Smog, might need to listen to that one.

Zooropa:
The most fashionable album by the most unfashionable band

smog aka bill callahan is good, but yeah no real comparison among these three

i have no idea what ILM would consider the best smog/callahan record

maybe red apple falls?

would never straight-up gainsay that baritone tho