From that list is Arthur Russell for me. Good pick for best U2 album.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 00:42 (eight months ago) link
Actually seeing as I'm not polling, here's the rest of the top 100 - it's better than I remembered
51. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, a True Star52. Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel 353. Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure for Sanity54. Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash (there it is, idk why it wasn't higher)55. Nic Jones - Penguin Eggs56. This Heat - Deceit57. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Himself58. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians - Respect59. Aphex Twin - Richard D James Album60. Fatboy Slim - You've Come a Long Way, Baby61. Martin Newell - The Greatest Living Englishman62. Take That - Progress63. McFly - Wonderland64. Genesis - Abacab65. The Jam - Sound Affects66. Saint Etienne - Tales from Turnpike House67. Meat Beat Manifesto - Armed Audio Warfare68. Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember69. The Specials - More Specials70. David Essex - Out on the Street71. Cockney Rebel - The Psychomodo72. Four Tet - There Is Love in You73. British Electric Foundation - Music for Stoaways74. Sand - Golem75. Friendsound - Joyride76. James - Wah Wah77. Can - Soon Over Babaluma78. Miles Davis - On the Corner79. Scott Walker - Bish Bosch80. Silver Apples - Silver Apples81. Barry Booth - Diversions!82. Van Dyke Parks - Discover America83. Frazier Chorus - Sue84. Pulp - This Is Hardcor85. Funkadelic - Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow86. Brainticket - Celestial Ocean87. Totó La Momposina - La Candela Viva88. Paul Weller - 22 Dreams89. Royal House - Can You Party90. Super_Collider - Head On91. Hi-Tension - Hi-Tension92. Suicide - American Supreme93. Position Normal - Stop Your Nonsense94. Olatunji! - Drums of Passion95. MX-80 Sound - Hard Attack96. Kate Bush - The Dreaming97. Orbital - Snivilisation98. u-Ziq - In Pine Effect99. Daphne & Celeste Save the World100. Cursor Miner - Explosive Piece of Mind
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 01:30 (eight months ago) link
1. Right2. Left
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 August 2023 02:02 (eight months ago) link
(not politics, physical things)
WmC, I like your list a lot, would have put about 20% of those in mine if I made one.
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 06:18 (eight months ago) link
Thanks! Now that I have this album stuff out of my head somewhat I'm thinking about making a list of songs that broke my brain but aren't on albums good enough to make that top 50 list. The kind of thing I'll make notes on for a month and then drop.
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 23 August 2023 11:36 (eight months ago) link
10. Marrying his mom so as to become his stepfather
9. Telling everyone he “drugged you” when he just gave you a hit of his joint that one time
8. Calling him “the male Amanda Palmer” behind his back
7. Posting fantasy revenge lists on ILM
6. Telling yourself (accurately) that any public call-out or anything like that would be an act of punching down
5. Spelling out his name as a musical cryptogram as a “devil theme” in your next chamber music work
4. Always referring to him last-name first, first-name last, like “Palmer Amanda”, it’s weirdly so satisfying
3. Recording yourself reading his social media posts in a Maggie Smith voice and share the recordings with your group chat
2. Teaching your dog to shit every time she hears you say his name
1. Living well
― spider alert: 🕷️🕷️ (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 11 December 2023 11:57 (five months ago) link
1. Outside2. Station To Station3. Hunky Dory4. The Man Who Sold The World5. Blackstar6. Low7. Lodger8. Earthling9. Ziggy Stardust10. Scary Monsters11. Let’s Dance12. Pin-Ups13. Aladdin Sane14. The Next Day15. Young Americans16. Diamond Dogs17. Heroes18. Heathen19. Space Oddity20. Black Tie White Noise21. Reality22. Tin Machine23. Buddha Of Suburbia24. s/t (Deram)25. Never Let Me Down26. Tonight27. (Hours)28. Tin Machine 2
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:08 (three months ago) link
I was asked by a friend to "listen through Eurythmics' catalogue and rank them" and I told them I didn't need to, and sent a link to Alfred's own ranking (which is identical to my own, and says more valuable and interesting things than I would say). "Eurythmics is easy," I texted, "but Bowie would be harder." So I did Bowie instead.
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:09 (three months ago) link
That's a bold choice for number one.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 31 January 2024 22:49 (three months ago) link
shouldn’t it technically be 1. 1. Outside though
― scanner darkly, Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:16 (three months ago) link
He named it deliberately to top every ranked list of Bowie albums iirc
It's a personal choice bc it's the first of Bowie's albums I ever "went deep" on (that is, listened to incessantly), but As Albums Go it's his most complete and there's only one or two tracks I would consider inessential (and none are really bad); also his most original genre-creation. The only bad thing about it is the plot but I think it kinda serves as a stinky binding agent or something
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 00:25 (three months ago) link
I wonder where Blackstar and The Next Day would place if the Bowie ballot poll were done today. 12 years ago, jeez.
― that's when I reach for my copy of Revolver (WmC), Thursday, 1 February 2024 03:35 (three months ago) link
xp I get the personal choice aspect. For me, that was The Man Who Sold the World, which seemed like a gateway into a different universe. I also appreciate your comment on the "plot" of Outside, which always kept me from loving what I otherwise appreciated as a return to form/evolution in his sound and vision.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 1 February 2024 13:55 (three months ago) link
Yeah, I love The Man and have always ranked "The Width Of A Circle" highly on any personal song list. What an amazing way to start an album, a "gateway into a different universe" indeed, "turn around, go back!"
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:05 (three months ago) link
otm about "width of a circle," what a banger
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:17 (three months ago) link
I've probably listened to The Man Who Sold the World and 'heroes' the most out of any Bowie albums.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 February 2024 16:56 (three months ago) link
So we asked a simple black bird, who was happy as can beAnd he laughed insane and quipped Kahlil GibranAnd I cried for all the others till the day was nearly throughFor I realized that God's a young man too
Yes dammit so, so, so good. The synapse between post-hippie Bowie and alien-rock Bowie is magical
― a hyperlink to the past (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 1 February 2024 18:09 (three months ago) link