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We've done the 90's, let's hit the millenium.
There's one standout for me: In Absentia by Porcupine Tree, let's hear yours.
Hour of the Bewilderbeast
Funeral
In Rainbows
I think I will start in 2000 with "hybrid theory"
and I can't decide between "whatever people say I am that's what I'm not" or "favourite worst nightmare"
Papa M - Whatever Mortal
Interpol, Turn on the bright lights.
Done.
I couldn’t pick a single favourite for 80s/90s. But for noughties this is an easy answer for me.
Low - Trust
Songs for the Deaf or Them Crooked Vultures are two albums I have to listen to fully, every time I put them on.
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Discovery - Daft Punk
Stories from the city, stories from the sea: PJ Harvey
Came here to say
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
this.
At the time, I just thought it was a great album. It's only in the intervening years that I've come to appreciate it as one of THE great albums. It's so of it's time and place, and yet timeless.
My only complaint is that when it finally came out, it sounded disappointingly produced in comparison to the demo versions that made it famous, and that we were all used to.
Funeral – Arcade Fire
My first thought.
Though I was also very fond of The Go!Team's and Crystal Castles' debut albums.
Awkward that two out of those three are potentially problematic now.
Tarot Sport by F___ Buttons.
Actually my favourite is probably M.I.A - Arular
That just hits all the spots for me. Her lyrics and delivery, Diplo's beats, it still sounds fresh now.
It's Blitz by Yeah Yeah Yeahs is bloody great too.
+1 Songs for the Deaf
or.....
Grinderman.
Eminem - the marshall Mathers LP.
Streets - original pirate material.
Strokes - is this it?
Tool - lateralus
Badly drawn boy - hour of the bewilderbeast.
Those are my picks.
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
Also, mainly because it's still my all time favourite. Sheffield folk music for that decade.
Arctic Monkeys for me, no contest
Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In
In Rainbows - Radiohead.....maybe Kid A
Songs for the Deaf - QOTSA
Funeral - Arcade Fire
Since I Left You - Avalanches (22 years ago yesterday, actually!)
Too hard to pick just one! So much good stuff from those years. Songs For The Deaf is up there. Then there's all the best Mastodon albums - Remission, Leviathan, Blood Mountain and Crack The Skye. Every Time I Die's The Big Dirty and New Junk Aesthetic too.
Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not
Very good shout too, still my favourite album of theirs. The newer stuff is self indulgent dross, especially the most recent album which is unlistenable.
Very good shout too, still my favourite album of theirs. The newer stuff is self indulgent dross, especially the most recent album which is unlistenable.
My (almost) best and worst gigs
Sheffield homecoming at Don Valley, then playing the last album (can't even remember it's name) at Sheffield Arena
Since I Left You – Avalanches (22 years ago yesterday, actually!)
Is the right answer
Then there’s all the best Mastodon albums
Of course! Some classics in there, though I really loved Once More 'Round the Sun too (although that's for the next thread!). There's also White Pony, and the lesser loved (but still much adored here) Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones too.
Radiohead - Kid A
Madvillian - Madvillainy
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi
Postal Service - Give Up
I'll pick these four today. I love them all and still listen to them regularly, they just don't grow old.
The newer stuff is self indulgent dross, especially the most recent album which is unlistenable.
Yeah, I was organising a lads night out to watch them next year, by the time I got some definite answers they had sold out, when I heard their latest offerings I realised it was a lucky escape.
Discovery or wpsiatwin
I didn't answer on the others, cos it's just too hard to pick anything. I mean 1990s, I can't even choose which Underworld album I like best, or Bjork album... let alone which single album. It's just silly, but then you get the 2000s, there's even more fab music out... just ridiculous to choose a favourite ("Greatest" is just silly). White Stripes, Alex Smoke, Subtle, Burial, Mos Def, Gorrilaz, Apparat, Modeselektor, Liars, Peaches, The Music, DOOM, Thom Yorke's solo stuff.. like nah, its impossible.
Since I Left You – Avalanches (22 years ago yesterday, actually!)
Is the right answer
There's a very strong case for this actually, I must admit.
Kasabian
Audioslave
QOTSA - SFTD
AM - WPSIATWIN
Since I Left You – Avalanches (22 years ago yesterday, actually!)
Absolutely superb. Their most recent album from last year is also good.
Hard to believe that Frontier Psychiatrist and the video is over 20 years old.
The newer stuff is self indulgent dross, especially the most recent album which is unlistenable.
I've been brought some tickets for next year, which is a very kind thought, but I don't think I've ever listened to any of their albums beyond the third one!
Maybe they'll have a massive, acrimonious falling out and it'll all get cancelled. 🤞
The Midnight Organ Flight
The Midnight Organ Flight
Probably this but I didn't listen to it till the 2010's so I'll pick one I did.
Origin of symmetry - Muse