Top Ten Albums of Recent Years

[AlternateToLife]

What are your top ten albums created in the last 15 years? I feel like it's more difficult (at least for me) to create a list if I can't let in the classics. Here's what I came up with:

Jimmy Eat World- Clarity
Alkaline Trio- Goddamnit
Radiohead- Ok Computer
The Descendents- Cool To Be You
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever
The Gaslight Anthem- The '59 Sound
Death Cab For Cutie- Transatlantisism
Radiohead- Kid A
The Bouncing Souls- How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

[Matthew Tsai]

List is way too alternative-centered.

[SophGod]

if i made a list it would include far too many albums within the past 4 years.

[oddwithoutend]

Just a few incredible albums, not neccessarily my top 10.

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Battles - Mirrored
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The National - Boxer
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
The Books - Thought for Food

[AlternateToLife]

List is way too alternative-centered.

Alternative is an incredibly broad genre. A large amount of bands that have made albums in the past 15 years are considered "alternative" in some way. You have a list to post?

[whataclush]

1. Mer De Noms - A Perfect Circle
2. Lateralus - TOOL
3. 10,000 Days - TOOL
4. Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle
5. eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle
6. Downtown Battle Mountain - Dance Gavin Dance
7. Relativity - Emarosa
8. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
9. White Pony - Deftones
10. Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan

[shes.a.ghost]

Some of the worst responses I have ever read.

[GeeBee]

1. Mer De Noms - A Perfect Circle
2. Lateralus - TOOL
3. 10,000 Days - TOOL
4. Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle
5. eMOTIVe - A Perfect Circle
6. Downtown Battle Mountain - Dance Gavin Dance
7. Relativity - Emarosa
8. The Battle of Los Angeles - Rage Against the Machine
9. White Pony - Deftones
10. Mary Star of the Sea - Zwan

Find rope. Hang self.

[Kaleidoscope]

Just a few incredible albums, not neccessarily my top 10.

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Battles - Mirrored
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The National - Boxer
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
The Books - Thought for Food

is that considered recent?

[iheartmusic043]

I can't think of 10 but Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American, King's of Leon's Only By The Nigh and Jack's Mannequin come to mind. I totally agree with you about OK Computer and The '59 Sound. Some of the best cd's I've ever hears.

[lukenelson]

Beggars!!!!!lol

[Cari]

Is this in our opinion? lol. Top 10 that had an impact on me, in no order:


Paramore - All We Know Is Falling
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples (Greatest Hits)
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Godsmack - Faceless
Korn - Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone

[princesschad]

OK Computer.

[jawstheme]

Kid A

[secretsociety92]

Take me a while to think about this but half it would probably be albums from this year.

[Matthew Tsai]

Beggars!!!!!lol

No. Even though it's a joke haha.

Alternative is an incredibly broad genre. A large amount of bands that have made albums in the past 15 years are considered "alternative" in some way. You have a list to post?

No list to post.

:sadangel:

[AlternateToLife]

is that considered recent?

I said last 15 years....

No. Even though it's a joke haha.



No list to post.

:sadangel:

So be it then.

[DejaNew]

is that considered recent?
Read the OP.

[narcoleptic953]

I would do this, but my list would be like 50% Butch Walker, so it might be pointless...

[DejaNew]

These are what I would consider to have the biggest impact on me throughout my musical journey, and are not necessarily what I currently like.


Radiohead- OK Computer
Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Thrice- Vheissu
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue
Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
Sum 41- Fat Lip
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
ill Scarlett- All Day With It
blink-182- Enema Of The State

[whataclush]

Find rope. Hang self.
FU. there's nothing wrong w/ the list.

[noseraker]

Tell All Your Friends- Taking Back Sunday
Pollyanna- Northstar
Take This To The Grave- Fall Out Boy
Self-titled- Blink-182
Life In Dreaming- Hidden in Plain View
What It Is To Burn- Finch
Clarity- Jimmy Eat World
From Here To Infirmary- Alkaline Trio
The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me- Brand New
The Places You Have Come To Fear the Most- Dashboard Confessional

...and I wanted to put the weezer's blue album on there, but I think it's too old

[DejaNew]

Just a few incredible albums, not neccessarily my top 10.

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Battles - Mirrored
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The National - Boxer
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
The Books - Thought for Food

Some of the worst responses I have ever read.

What's wrong with this list?

[epiloguejohn]

havent seen Say Anything- ...Is A Real Boy on here. pretty disappointed

[drewgood05]

1. The Devil and God are Raging inside of me - Brand New
2. Voices - Matchbook Romance
3. Hybrid Theory - Linkin Park
4. The Hazards of Love - The Decemberists
5. Vol. 1 - Hurt
6. Ludo - Ludo
7. Mean Everything to Nothing - Manchester Orchestra
8. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver
9. Discovering the Waterfront - Silverstein
10.Deja Entendu - Brand New

[the andyspecial]

...and I wanted to put the weezer's blue album on there, but I think it's too old

the blue album will be 15 years in mid-october, so it's fair game.


1) Circa Survive - Juturna
2) Cursive - The Ugly Organ
3) Glassjaw - Worship & Tribute
4) Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance
5) Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
6) Bonnie Prince Billy - The Letting Go
7) Weezer - Pinkerton
8) The Jayhawks - Rainy Day Music
9) Incubus - Make Yourself
10) Bjork - Vespertine


Interesting that i started really getting into music about 16 years ago.....fuck i'm old.

[the andyspecial]

What's wrong with this list?


it's actually a great list, be excited for the next 10 years in music though. . . . . for some reason this stuff keeps getting more interesting.... especially because you already have a refined taste.

[Colin1755]

1the early november -tmtmtp bc its a triple disc who doesnt love that? and its way different than any album ever
2jacks mannequin - everything in transit
3nirvana - nevermind
4foo fighters - shape and colour
5brand new - TDAG
6head automatica - decaydence
7reel big fish - turn the radio off
8smash mouth - astro lounge
9 the sleeping - questions and answers
10your sweet uncertainty - (self titled) btw this si the ebst band youve never heard of.

so many tough decisions

[Colin1755]

i didnt look at the yrs so if there too old oh well

[Matthew Tsai]

What's wrong with this list?

It's far too confined within one scene.

[oddwithoutend]

It's far too confined within one scene.

But it has such good albums on it, by incredible artists.

[timb89]

grace

[Matthew Tsai]

But it has such good albums on it, by incredible artists.

But they're likely not the "Top Ten Albums of Recent Years" catch my intoxicating drift?

[Matthew Tsai]

grace

This. Perhaps. Definitely a contender.

[oddwithoutend]

But they're likely not the "Top Ten Albums of Recent Years" catch my intoxicating drift?

Of course. It's just the best list I can make honestly.

[xxchocolatexx]

DCFC - Transatlanticism
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Glassjaw - worship & tribute
brokeNCYDE - the broken!
radiohead - kid a
breathe carolina - hello fascination
blink-182 - untitled
the beatles - abbey road
lil wayne - tha carter 3
kanye west - 808's

[myplanforescape]

Current personal favorites in no order.

Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
The Blood Brothers - Burn, Piano Island, Burn
I Hate Myself - 10 Songs
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On
City of Caterpillar - s/t
Mean Red Spiders- Stars and Sons
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A# ( Infinity)
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
Ed Kemper Trio - Hack

[timb89]

This. Perhaps. Definitely a contender.

without any shadow of doubt my favourite album ever recorded.
second: from under the cork tree.
and very close third: is a real boy.

under the cork tree was more of a growing up album for me than take this to your grave
while take this to your grave would prob be my number 4
i was 15/16 when cork tree came out opposed to 13/14
its just more of a growing up album for me

[timb89]

DCFC - Transatlanticism
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Glassjaw - worship & tribute
brokeNCYDE - the broken!
radiohead - kid a
breathe carolina - hello fascination
blink-182 - untitled
the beatles - abbey road
lil wayne - tha carter 3
kanye west - 808's

haha its funny cause theirs so much shit.

actually... i really hope this is a joke.

[drewgood05]

DCFC - Transatlanticism
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Glassjaw - worship & tribute
brokeNCYDE - the broken!
radiohead - kid a
breathe carolina - hello fascination
blink-182 - untitled
the beatles - abbey road
lil wayne - tha carter 3
kanye west - 808's



One of these just doesn't seem like a recent album, it might be me but something just seems out of place. Also not gonna lie, 808 has got to be kanye's worst frickin album

[DogSizedBird]

DCFC - Transatlanticism
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Glassjaw - worship & tribute
brokeNCYDE - the broken!
radiohead - kid a
breathe carolina - hello fascination
blink-182 - untitled
the beatles - abbey road
lil wayne - tha carter 3
kanye west - 808's


You're fucking kidding, right? I should kill you just for putting those two in the same post.

[pleasedontpanic]

Off the top of my head, and it would totally change if I really thought about it...

1. Thrice - Vheissu
2. Brand New - Deja Entendu
3. Days Away - Mapping an Invisible World
4. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
5. Pedro the Lion - Control
6. As Cities Burn - Come Now Sleep
7. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans
8. Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
9. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around
10. Kanye West - Late Registration

As I said, that was off the top of my head and would totally change if I thought about it.

[kdenn1020]

I felt embarrassed to read this thread after I skimmed through the first page lol. I felt better once I saw more legitimate top 10 albums on the second page like TDAG by Brand New and a few Blink 182 mentions. I'm sure Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex" album should be mentioned. That album got a ton of acclaim and had almost as many singles as Micheal Jackson's "Thriller" album did.

[Rodeo]

No order:

The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Black Mountain - In the Future
Dredg - El Cielo
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Death - For the Whole Wold to See (was recorded in 1975, but never released until this year)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club - Howl

[kearn1tm]

haha its funny cause theirs so much shit.

actually... i really hope this is a joke.

Say Anything has an album in your top three. Your commentary on the shitiness of other lists is laughable to me.

[Omnomnom]

well... that's not too tough.
In no specific order...

The Gaslight Anthem - Sink or Swim
Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit!
Dillinger Four - Versus God
The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
Dead To Me - Cuban Ballerina
Jawbreaker - Dear You
The Lawrence Arms - Oh! Calcutta!
Paramore - Riot!
The Flatliners - The Great Awake
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree

[nerdvglc]

I would do this, but my list would be like 50% Butch Walker, so it might be pointless...
i absolutely despise the word 'pointless' in the same sentence as the name of Butch Walker. well, i guess if your were saying that nothing about Butch Walker is pointless, i guess that would be cool.

[Zack Haughton]

DCFC - Transatlanticism
Cobra Starship - Hot Mess
Glassjaw - worship & tribute
brokeNCYDE - the broken!
radiohead - kid a
breathe carolina - hello fascination
blink-182 - untitled
the beatles - abbey road
lil wayne - tha carter 3
kanye west - 808's

The fact that you have GJ+radiohead+DCFC in the same list as those shittastic bands bolded is mind boggling, screw the rope, go straight for the gun and just shoot yourself.

[timb89]

Say Anything has an album in your top three. Your commentary on the shitiness of other lists is laughable to me.

when brokencyde is in the same list as the beatles
then yeah?

fucking idiot.

[zachff]

How long are we calling "recent"? A lot of these albums are more than 6 years old

[CalRahhh]

lol at people not realizing there's a troll in the thread.

[Omnomnom]

How long are we calling "recent"? A lot of these albums are more than 6 years old



It's supposed to be within the past 15 years.

[zachff]

It's supposed to be within the past 15 years.
I'm sorry but seeing that you're 16 and replying with that, is hilarious

[ilovesofie]

Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City (yeah, I'm one of the few who tought this one was better as their debut)
Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
Anberlin - Cities
Yellowcard - Paper Walls
The Gaslight Anthem - The 59' Sound
The Ataris - So Long, Astoria
Moving Mountains - Pneuma
Third Eye Blind - Out Of Vein
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
Blink 182 - Blink 182

[kearn1tm]

when brokencyde is in the same list as the beatles
then yeah?

fucking idiot.

It's their favorite albums of "recent years." If they dig scene music and The Beatles, then, well, then...I don't know how to finish that sentence because you love the affected verbal excrement a faux-elitist asshole like Bemis spews. How is he any better than Brokencyde. Moreover, how is it a negative that a kid who likes a notoriously-lambasted scene act also enjoys something good?

[insert juvenile name-calling here]

[Admit It!]

[Dustin Harkins]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder
Emery - The Question
Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God
As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
The Human Abstract - Nocturne
Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare
Emarosa - Relativity

Not much thought put into it really. There's probably hundreds of better albums I'm not thinking of.

[whataclush]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder
Emery - The Question
Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God
As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
The Human Abstract - Nocturne
Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare
Emarosa - Relativity

Not much thought put into it really. There's probably hundreds of better albums I'm not thinking of.
yes.

[sandra92]

Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Interpol - Antics
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever people say I am , that's what I'm not
Portugal. the Man - Waiter: You Vultures!
The Strokes - Is this it
MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
The Last Shadow Puppets - The age of the understatement
Klaxons - Myths of the near future
Muse - Absolution

[sandra92]

The Mars Volta - De-Loused In The Comatorium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Between The Buried And Me - Colors
Incubus - A Crow Left Of The Murder
Emery - The Question
Oh, Sleeper - When I Am God
As Cities Burn - Hell Or High Water
The Human Abstract - Nocturne
Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare
Emarosa - Relativity

Not much thought put into it really. There's probably hundreds of better albums I'm not thinking of.

I was about to put it on my list too .
But it's the same with me , I actually didn't put much thought into it

[epiloguejohn]

Say Anything has an album in your top three. Your commentary on the shitiness of other lists is laughable to me.


Is this a hate on say anything?

[timb89]

It's their favorite albums of "recent years." If they dig horrendous scene music and The Beatles, then, well, then...I don't know how to finish that sentence because you love the affected verbal excrement a faux-elitist asshole like Bemis spews. How is he any better than Brokencyde. Moreover, how is it a negative that a kid who likes a notoriously-lambasted scene act also enjoys something good?

[insert juvenile name-calling here]

[Admit It!]

so your saying you would rather or think its more appropriate for your 14 year old sister listening to brokencyde than say anything.
i know which i would rather my little sister listing too.

it's not negative, it just boggles the mind. i find it hard to believe that any body who enjoyed anyone of the beatles albums, to have a brokencyde album in their favourite albums. if you can find anybody who finds that plausable to accept, i will stand corrected.

[kearn1tm]

so your saying you would rather or think its more appropriate for your 14 year old sister listening to brokencyde than say anything.

Reread what you just typed. Grammar. Syntax.

That's not what I'm saying in the slightest. Both are pop rock scene bands. Where does someone who adores Say Anything find the audacity to criticize someone else for enjoying another pop rock scene band?

i know which i would rather my little sister listing too.
I'd rather she listen to the band that doesn't have an affected sense of superiority, preaches against the underground like a spoiled, dejected brat while rallying against, wait for it, elitism and finds it ever so clever to sing about things like "I called her on the phone and she touched herself."

it's not negative, it just boggles the mind. i find it hard to believe that any body who enjoyed anyone of the beatles albums, to have a brokencyde album in their favourite albums.
The Beatles are very accessible, timeless pop music. Virtually anyone, regardless of age, can appreciate them to varying degrees. How is that shocking? Moreover, why wouldn't someone who digs Brokencyde be able to dig Beatles when, assumingly, you can and you listen to Say Anything?

if you can find anybody who finds that plausable to accept, i will stand corrected.
Anyone who isn't retarded should be able to find it plausible.

[El_Jeffe]

i know you said 10, but when i started thinking about the past 15 years, these were the first that came to mind. knowing me i'm forgetting many haha

finn brothers - everyone is here
tim finn - imaginary kingdom
tim finn - the conversation
the slackers - wasted days
the skatalites - on the right track
trinity roots - home land & sea
ray lamontagne - till the sun turns black
hepcat - scientific
nick cave & the bad seeds - abattoir blues/the lyre of orpheus
xavier rudd - dark shades of blue
tinariwen - aman iman: water is life
al green - lay it down
s.m.v. - thunder
van morrison - the healing game
groundations - each one teach one
tom waits - mule variations
radiohead - kid a
doomtree - doomtree
seun kuti & egypt 80 - many things
bjork - homogenic
ted leo & the pharmacists - the tyranny of distance
beres hammond - love from a distance
fat freddy's drop - based on a true story
powderfinger - odyssey number five
joe strummer & the mescaleros - streetcore
ben harper & the innocent criminals - the will to live
tracy chapman - new beginning

[zaron5551]

Reread what you just typed. Grammar. Syntax.

That's not what I'm saying in the slightest. Both are terrible, substanceless scene bands. Where does someone who adores Say Anything find the audacity to criticise someone else for enjoying another terrible, substanceless scene band?



I'd rather she listen to the band that doesn't have an affected sense of superiority, preaches against the underground like a spoiled, dejected brat with a fake sense of elitism while rallying against, wait for it, elitism and finds it ever so clever to sing about things like "I called her on the phone and she touched herself."



The Beatles are very accessible, timeless pop music. Virtually anyone, regardless of age, can appreciate them to varying degrees. How is that shocking? Moreover, why wouldn't someone who digs Brokencyde be able to dig Beatles when, assumingly, you can and you listen to Say Anything?



Anyone who isn't retarded should be able to find it plausible.

It's plausible. Both suck.

[timb89]

Reread what you just typed. Grammar. Syntax.

That's not what I'm saying in the slightest. Both are terrible, substanceless scene bands. Where does someone who adores Say Anything find the audacity to criticise someone else for enjoying another terrible, substanceless scene band?

i refuse to accept say anything are a substancless band that are even remotely comparable to brokencyde. are you saying that say anything has equal substance as brokencyde.


I'd rather she listen to the band that doesn't have an affected sense of superiority, preaches against the underground like a spoiled, dejected brat with a fake sense of elitism while rallying against, wait for it, elitism and finds it ever so clever to sing about things like "I called her on the phone and she touched herself."


"I walk into the club looking kind of sexy now.
I see these shorties in the corner, they started making out.
They pull their panties down, They take their pants off."

i know your not arguing for brokencyde. and i know wow i can get sexual to is in a very similar vien to that. but you cannot put them on the same playing field as brokencyde. whilst bemis, who i agree has a elitest complex throughout some of his songs, which he seems all to self aware off cannot be compared to brokencyde by any stretch of the imagination. alive with the glory of love for example is completely absent of any elitisim and i personally think is an amazing song. and in no way, shape or form compares to anything brokencyde have ever or ever will make.


The Beatles are very accessible, timeless pop music. Virtually anyone, regardless of age, can appreciate them to varying degrees. How is that shocking? Moreover, why wouldn't someone who digs Brokencyde be able to dig Beatles when, assumingly, you can and you listen to Say Anything?

Anyone who isn't retarded should be able to find it plausible.

this is true, i cannot say that i listen to say anything and someone listens to brokencyde therefore my opinion is of a higher regard to theirs. i do however maintain it is a travesty to the beatles for somebody to include it in list next to brokencyde.

[kearn1tm]

i refuse to accept say anything are a substancless band that are even remotely comparable to brokencyde. are you saying that say anything has equal substance as brokencyde.

I'm saying, go listen to a wider range of music beyond scene trash if you're going to chastise others for also listening to scene trash.. Say Anything sucks as much as Brokencyde.

"I walk into the club looking kind of sexy now.
I see these shorties in the corner, they started making out.
They pull their panties down, They take their pants off."

I don't want my (theoretical) little sister listening to either of them, to be honest.

i know your not arguing for brokencyde. and i know wow i can get sexual to is in a very similar vien to that. but you cannot put them on the same playing field as brokencyde.

Yes, I can. Both make awful power-pop, with the exception of Brokencyde not trying to aggrandize themselves through their shitty music.

Seriously, once you expand your listening habits beyond the scene, I doubt you'll find Say Anything to be a considerably better band.

alive with the glory of love for example is completely absent of any elitisim and i personally think is an amazing song. and in no way, shape or form compares to anything brokencyde have ever or ever will make.

It's a boring, simplistic pop rock jingle that butchers Anne Frank's life as he places himself as her loving counterpart. It's not clever, profound, witty or anything of substance. It's just campy scene fare...much like kitschy Crunkcore (whatever the hell that is) that Brokencyde is.

i do however maintain it is a travesty to the beatles for somebody to include it in list next to brokencyde.

Stop being a pretentious twat. It's not becoming of you.

[pleasedontask]

..actually I'm pretty sure alive with the glory of love is about his grandparents, who met during the holocaust.


I'm Like A Virgin Loosing A Child would be an album I would add to what everyone's saying but thats just me.

[briewer]

Just a few incredible albums, not neccessarily my top 10.

The Microphones - The Glow Pt. 2
The Microphones - Mount Eerie
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Battles - Mirrored
Devendra Banhart - Nino Rojo
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
The National - Boxer
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog
The Books - Thought for Food
That over Rejoicing In The Hands or Cripple Crow? Are you sure?

Oh, and it looks like I've got a fellow Phil Elverum fanboy on these forums.

[briewer]

I'm saying, go listen to a wider range of music beyond scene trash if you're going to chastise others for also listening to scene trash.. Say Anything sucks as much as Brokencyde.



I don't want my (theoretical) little sister listening to either of them, to be honest.



Yes, I can. Both make awful power-pop, with the exception of Brokencyde not trying to aggrandize themselves through their shitty music.

Seriously, once you expand your listening habits beyond the scene, I doubt you'll find Say Anything to be a considerably better band.



It's a boring, simplistic pop rock jingle that butchers Anne Frank's life as he places himself as her loving counterpart. It's not clever, profound, witty or anything of substance. It's just campy scene fare...much like kitschy Crunkcore (whatever the hell that is) that Brokencyde is.



Stop being a pretentious twat. It's not becoming of you.
I feel like I caught you cheating on me.

It's a boring, simplistic pop rock jingle that butchers Anne Frank's life as he places himself as her loving counterpart.
Not to mention in jacks the concept of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

[briewer]

It's plausible. Both suck.
Never post again.

[kearn1tm]

I feel like I caught you cheating on me.

Just the reach arounds. I save the penetration for you.


Not to mention in jacks the concept of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.

Bemiz > Mangay hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahasno rtscenesterwhatitisrightnowhahahaha hahaha

[briewer]

Just the reach arounds. I save the penetration for you.
Okay, I'll let you off this time.

Bemiz > Mangay hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahasno rtscenesterwhatitisrightnowhahahaha hahaha
That took me a good five minutes to decipher. My mind grapes have been juiced.

[myplanforescape]

No order:

The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Black Mountain - In the Future
Dredg - El Cielo
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Death - For the Whole Wold to See (was recorded in 1975, but never released until this year)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club - Howl

My Bloody Underground over their other albums?

[Rodeo]

My Bloody Underground over their other albums?


Hmm.. i dunno... i know what you're getting at and, yeah, I know what you mean... but goddamn did they get really psyhcedelic (more than normal, at least) on that record! It's blissful to listen to stoned.

[myplanforescape]

Hmm.. i dunno... i know what you're getting at and, yeah, I know what you mean... but goddamn did they get really psyhcedelic (more than normal, at least) on that record! It's blissful to listen to stoned.

I mean I think its a great album but it just seems too long and drawn out to me to top some of their other work. We are the ******* of the world just seemed really misplaced to me and ruined the momentum of the album if that makes sense. I really do hope they keep up the same direction though, just more refined.

[JunkBondTrader]

the last 15 years?? thats hard. probably infuse my favorites and what i think are the best.

Radiohead- OK Computer
The Strokes- Is This It?
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP
Animal Collective- MPP
The Flaming Lips- The Soft Bulletin
Dave Matthews Band- Before These Crowded Streets
Broken Social Scene- You Forgot It In People
The Hold Steady- Boys and Girls In America
Kanye West- The College Dropout
Jay Z- The Blueprint

some of those. maybe a mastodon album

[Matt Chylak]

tried to mix it up, different genres and such. feel free to disagree with my list...these aren't my favorites they're what i believe were genre-defining in this decade

Brand New - Deja Entendu
Bright Eyes - Lifted
Coheed - Second Stage Turbine Blade
The Decemberists - Picaresque
Dispatch - Bang Bang
Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Green Day - American Idiot
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy
Set Your Goals - Mutiny!
Thrice - The Alchemy Index

[kearn1tm]

Okay, I'll let you off this time.


That took me a good five minutes to decipher. My mind grapes have been juiced.

Hall or Billingham?

[hitormiss92]

Let's see...in no particular order

1. Take This To Your Grave- Fall Out Boy
2. Your Favorite Weapon- Brand New
3. Bleed American- JEW
4. Hello Rockview- Less Than Jake
5. End is Forever- The Ataris
6. Ocean Avenue- Yellowcard
7. Self Titled- Blink-182
8. Rise or Die Trying- FYS
9. American Idiot- Green Day
10. Nothing Gold Can Stay- New Found Glory

Edit: Not sure about RODT. Might substitute Hot Fuss or Commit this to Memory

[oddwithoutend]

That over Rejoicing In The Hands or Cripple Crow? Are you sure?

Possibly Rejoicing. Not Cripple Crow.

Oh, and it looks like I've got a fellow Phil Elverum fanboy on these forums.

Opening people up to him is an important, steady job.

[briewer]

Hall or Billingham?
TELEVISION ON. PORNOGRAPHY.

x

[Omnomnom]

I'm sorry but seeing that you're 16 and replying with that, is hilarious


Well, actually, i am almost 17. And just because i'm that age doesn't mean i don't know what music from 15 years ago is. I was just answering your question cause i seemed to pay more attention than you.

[epiloguejohn]

It's a boring, simplistic pop rock jingle that butchers Anne Frank's life as he places himself as her loving counterpart. It's not clever, profound, witty or anything of substance. It's just campy scene fare...much like kitschy Crunkcore (whatever the hell that is) that Brokencyde is.




boring, simple pop rock jingle? you have to be looking for an argument. i'm pretty sure you just compared say anything and crunkcore. i can tell your trying to sound superior by your shitty rhetoric, but you have the story all wrong.anne franks love? not anything of substance? this is ridiculous. come prepared a little better. make better points. "campy scene fare" ???? what the fuck?

[kearn1tm]

boring, simple pop rock jingle? you have to be looking for an argument. i'm pretty sure you just compared say anything and crunkcore. i can tell your trying to sound superior by your shitty rhetoric, but you have the story all wrong.anne franks love? not anything of substance? this is ridiculous. come prepared a little better. make better points. "campy scene fare" ???? what the fuck?

Rhetoric? Superior? Anyone can take a facet of recent history, turn it into a pseudo-edgy poem, construct a stock-standard pop rock composition around it to the adoration of 18 year olds in skinny jeans who have never heard nor care to hear music outside their compartmentalized scene shit.

"Come prepared?" This is no more "shitty rhetoric" than your pro-Bemis "poetic brilliance" propaganda. Come prepared next time. Oh, and listen to better music when you do. How are you twentyseven and in love with Say Anything?

Oh, and no, listening to the classic cock-rock stylings of Zeppelin and the ubiquitous Beatles doesn't mean you're well-traveled in the medium of music, before you invariably throw that little nugget of absurdity at me.

[AlternateToLife]

I'm sorry but seeing that you're 16 and replying with that, is hilarious

Maybe if you took a break from being a douchebag and read the original post, you'd realize that they didn't come up with the number.

i know you said 10, but when i started thinking about the past 15 years, these were the first that came to mind. knowing me i'm forgetting many haha

finn brothers - everyone is here
tim finn - imaginary kingdom
tim finn - the conversation
the slackers - wasted days
the skatalites - on the right track
trinity roots - home land & sea
ray lamontagne - till the sun turns black
hepcat - scientific
nick cave & the bad seeds - abattoir blues/the lyre of orpheus
xavier rudd - dark shades of blue
tinariwen - aman iman: water is life
al green - lay it down
s.m.v. - thunder
van morrison - the healing game
groundations - each one teach one
tom waits - mule variations
radiohead - kid a
doomtree - doomtree
seun kuti & egypt 80 - many things
bjork - homogenic
ted leo & the pharmacists - the tyranny of distance
beres hammond - love from a distance
fat freddy's drop - based on a true story
powderfinger - odyssey number five
joe strummer & the mescaleros - streetcore
ben harper & the innocent criminals - the will to live
tracy chapman - new beginning

You would be the one to post all the new albums by older artists Craig haha. I was trying to stick with newer artists on my list, but they're all fair game.

That Ted Leo album would have been in my special mentions if I had posted them btw.

[zachff]

Maybe if you took a break from being a douchebag and read the original post, you'd realize that they didn't come up with the number.

but being a douchebag is so time consuming. probably as much as doing your math homework

[AlternateToLife]

but being a douchebag is so time consuming. probably as much as doing your math homework

I see the thought process you put in here. Trying to come up with something I do that you don't cause I'm 16. Very clever. I give you an A for effort.

[TERRABITHIA]

Btbam- Colors!

[CollectiveConfusion]

this is MY top 10, right? either way this was extremely difficult. i'm not happy with this list

american football - american football
brand new - tdag
chamberlain - the moon my saddle
elliott smith - xo
glassjaw - everything you ever wanted to know about silence
the good life - album of the year
lifetime - jersey's best dancers
ryan adams - heartbreaker
straylight run - prepare to be wrong
taking back sunday - tell all your friends

[raisinbran64]

I tried to do this but there's no way I could narrow it down to ten albums. Also it turns out that I still like metal way more than I thought I did. To actually contribute I'll just say Portugal. The Man doesn't have ten full lengths yet so I can't make a complete list.

[Jake Denning]

These are what I would consider to have the biggest impact on me throughout my musical journey, and are not necessarily what I currently like.


Radiohead- OK Computer
Neutral Milk Hotel- In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Thrice- Vheissu
Linkin Park- Hybrid Theory
Yellowcard- Ocean Avenue
Brand New- The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
Sum 41- All Killer No Filler
Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
ill Scarlett- All Day With It
blink-182- Enema Of The State

fixed; one of my favorite albums period.

[HometownHero]

Why did this fail of a thread get bumped?

[Matt Chylak]

Why did this fail of a thread get bumped?

no idea. i need to update my list though
no order, obviously. there's too many genres, i can't pick just ten.

ryan adams - gold
monsters of folk - selftitled
mastadon - crack the skye
fall out boy - take this to your grave
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
brand new - tdag
the gaslight anthem - american slang
kanye west - the college dropout
the hold steady - boys and girls in america
eddie vedder - into the wild soundtrack
eminem - the marshall mathers lp
animal collective - merryweather post pavilion
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

i still don't see what's so great about kid a

[the_used_fan]

there will be a billion albums at the end of this topic

[HometownHero]

no idea. i need to update my list though
no order, obviously. there's too many genres, i can't pick just ten.

ryan adams - gold
monsters of folk - selftitled
mastadon - crack the skye
fall out boy - take this to your grave
neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea
brand new - tdag
the gaslight anthem - american slang
kanye west - the college dropout
the hold steady - boys and girls in america
eddie vedder - into the wild soundtrack
eminem - the marshall mathers lp
animal collective - merryweather post pavilion
wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

i still don't see what's so great about kid a
I really enjoy these ones.

And Kid A is awesome. Simple answer haha

[IntoTheSun]

This thread made me laugh many times. I guess it's just AP being AP. Minus me.

[nolifesingedher]

Heres ten fitting the time criteria right off the top of my head. And in no particular order.
1. Arcade Fire-Funeral
2. Manchester Orcestra-Mean Everything to Nothing
3. Bane-Give Blood
4. Modest Mouse-The Moon and Antartica
5. Glassjaw-Worship and Tribute
6. The Flaming Lips-The Soft Bulletin
7. The Hold Steady-Separation Sunday
8. Deftones-White Pony
9. Set Your Goals-Mutiny!
10. The Gaslight Anthem-The '59 Sound

[IntoTheSun]

I'll probably regret this list later. But it's 1 in the morning, so why not.

The National- Boxer
Brand New- TDAG
The Mics- The Glow Pt. 2
Radiohead- Ok Computer (is this too old?)
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
Silver Jews- American Water
The Weakerthans- Left and Leaving
Have A Nice Life- Deathconsciousness (woo, curveball.)

edit: debating whether or not to put Fabulous Muscles on here...

[Brandon Allin]

Is this in our opinion? lol. Top 10 that had an impact on me, in no order:


Paramore - All We Know Is Falling
Dashboard Confessional - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
Smashing Pumpkins - Rotten Apples (Greatest Hits)
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Godsmack - Faceless
Korn - Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Breaking Benjamin - We Are Not Alone
Korn and Breaking Benjamin are some of the most inspiring bands of our generation. Way to go, champ.

[Deadbolt23]

Fuck this for being too difficult.

[Psychme132]

1.Pinkerton - Weezer
2.HTTT - Radiohead
3.The Upsides - The Wonder Years
4.Deja Entendu - Brand New
5.Vheissu - Thrice
6.Killing With A Smile - Parkway Drive
7.I'm Wide Awake And Its Morning - Bright Eyes
8.Around The Fur - Deftones
9.Humanity Is The Devil - Integrity
10.Congratulations - MGMT

These are just my favourites, not the best.

[kearn1tm]

I think I could have handled that exchange last summer with a little more tact.

[Cricket.]

In no particular order.

1. Anberlin - Cities
2. Thrice - Artist in the Ambulance
3. Jimmy Eat World - Futures
4. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat
5. Something Corporate - North
6. Lydia - Illuminate
7. Finch - What it is to Burn
8. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire
9. The Matches - Decomposer
10. Taking Back Sunday - Where you want to be

[IWasaCamera]

Shitty scene albums, boring critical darlings, shitty scene albums.

[Matt Chylak]

Shitty scene albums, boring critical darlings, shitty scene albums.

meanwhile, your list is nowhere to be found

[Matt Chylak]

I think I could have handled that exchange last summer with a little more tact.

it was funny though

[kyle is hk]

Eh, why the hell not

Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Kevin Devine- Make the Clocks Move
Arcade Fire- Funeral
Tokyo Police Club- Elephant Shell
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning
Kevin Devine- Put Your Ghosts To Rest
Brand New- Daisy
Straylight Run- The Needles the Space
Lupe Fiasco- Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Brand New- Deja Entendu

[kyle is hk]

Shitty scene albums, boring critical darlings, shitty scene albums.


You forgot "token hiphop album"

[kearn1tm]

Shitty scene albums, boring critical darlings, shitty scene albums.

You forgot "token hiphop album"

Eh, why the hell not

Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
Kevin Devine- Make the Clocks Move
Arcade Fire- Funeral
Tokyo Police Club- Elephant Shell
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, Its Morning
Kevin Devine- Put Your Ghosts To Rest
Brand New- Daisy
Straylight Run- The Needles the Space
Lupe Fiasco- Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
Brand New- Deja Entendu

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[IWasaCamera]

meanwhile, your list is nowhere to be found
Boring Radiohead album
Shitty Thrice album
Gratuitous Madvillain album
Boring Neutral Milk Hotel album
Boring Arcade Fire album
Shitty Brand New album
You forgot "token hiphop album"
My mistake. Included in the above list.

[kyle is hk]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.


Bingo.

[kearn1tm]

Boring Radiohead album
Shitty Thrice album
Gratuitous Madvillain album
Boring Neutral Milk Hotel album
Boring Arcade Fire album
Shitty Brand New album


Way to steal my list, douche.

[kearn1tm]

Bryan Danielson is too good to be in this thread.

[IntoTheSun]

Why did this thread turn so mean all of a sudden? :-(

[kearn1tm]

Bingo.

Bango.

[kearn1tm]

Why did this thread turn so mean all of a sudden? :-(

When Vinh stole all my cred drops for his own!

[IntoTheSun]

When Vinh stole all my cred drops for his own!

Oh. Well it's okay because you redeemed yourself with the Say Anything argument. I know this is jokes and all, but hey, I really liked my boring Radiohead album back at 15. And I never knew Have A Nice Life were critical darlings...oh, actually, they must be one of Cuddley's hip blog bands no one cares about.

[kearn1tm]

Oh. Well it's okay because you redeemed yourself with the Say Anything argument. I know this is jokes and all, but hey, I really liked my boring Radiohead album back at 15. And I never knew Have A Nice Life were critical darlings...oh, actually, they must be one of Cuddley's blog bands no one cares about.

I like Radiohead and I actually learned about and bought Deathconsciousness from one of those blogs over a year ago. Oh man! We're like BFFs now and you'll love everything I do (but totally not because I do).

[kearn1tm]

God, my avatar is awesome.

[IntoTheSun]

I like Radiohead and I actually learned about and bought Deathconsciousness from one of those blogs over a year ago. Oh man! We're like BFFs now and you'll love everything I do (but totally not because I do).

You think I'd stoop as low as Brian? I'd never listen to your shitty FOB albums!

[kearn1tm]

You think I'd stoop as low as Brian? I'd never listen to your shitty FOB albums!

TTtYG > Deathconsciousness.

Search your feelings Andy. You know it to be true.

[BornUnderPunches]

In No Order:
Mellon Collie... - Smashing Pumpkins
The Bends - Radiohead
...Is A Real Boy - Say Anything (trying not to add obvious AP answers but this truly is one of my favorite records ever)
Chuck - Sum 41
Slim Shady LP - Eminem
(What's The Story) Morning Glory - Oasis
Demon Days - Gorillaz
Never Take Friendship Personal - Anberlin
Billy Talent - Billy Talent
College Dropout - Kanye West

[IntoTheSun]

TTtYG > Deathconsciousness.

Search your feelings Andy. You know it to be true.

Deeply searching my feelings has told me I placed boring Radiohead album far too low on the list. From a purely emotional standpoint, I think it deserves the highest ranking of "bawling like a girl," with Boxer following closely under "bawling like a gay dude." What do you think, new BFF?

[kyle is hk]

Demon Days - Gorillaz



mmmm El Manana and its music video = lovvee.

[kearn1tm]

Deeply searching my feelings has told me I placed boring Radiohead album far too low on the list. From a purely emotional standpoint, I think it deserves the highest ranking of "bawling like a girl," with Boxer following closely under "bawling like a gay dude." What do you think, new BFF?

How does a gay dude bawl, Andy? How does a gay dude ball? You couldn't handle the way a gay dude balls.

[IntoTheSun]

How does a gay dude bawl, Andy? How does a gay dude ball? You couldn't handle the way a gay dude balls.

Like this:
http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252c8528549d00d09e50fddcbe2b-320pi

Jamie's always havin' a ball.

[kearn1tm]

Like this:
http://a4.vox.com/6a00c2252c8528549d00d09e50fddcbe2b-320pi

Jamie's always havin' a ball.

I lead you to a magnificent FOB joke (how does a gay dude bawl? Throw a video of Dance Dance as a response or one of those pics where Pete's eyeliner is running) and you squander it.

[IntoTheSun]

O my b

[kearn1tm]

O my b

tl;dr

[Two Headed Girl]

Why? Alopecia (Token Hip Hop v.1)
Okkervil River Black Sheep Boy (Shitty Scene Album v.1)
Kanye West The College Dropout (Token Hip Hop v.2)
Bright Eyes Cassadaga (Shitty Scene Album/Boring Critical Darling)
Built to Spill There's Nothing Wrong with Love (Grasp at Cred)
The National Boxer (Boring Critical Darling)
The Killers Hot Fuss (Ironic Pop Album)
M83 Before the Dawn Heals us (Boring Critical Darling/ Token Electronica)
Menomena Friend and Foe (Album where the band has better earlier albums but this one is more accessible)
of Montreal Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Boring Critical Darling

[IntoTheSun]

A little self-conscious, eh? ;-)

Personally I think Black Sheep Boy and Hissing Fauna's labels should be swaped.

[kearn1tm]

Okkervile is a scene band now.

[Deadbolt23]

How does a gay dude bawl, Andy? How does a gay dude ball? You couldn't handle the way a gay dude balls.

viscerally.

[IntoTheSun]

Overkill River

[CobraKai84]

11 in no order
the artist in the ambulance - thrice
full collapse - thursday
the devil and god are raging inside me - brand new
stillmatic - nas
the marshall mathers lp - eminem
sing the sorrow - afi
too bad you're beautiful - from autumn to ashes
exile in oblivion - strung out
revolutions per minute - rise against
with roots above and branches below - the devil wears prada
hidden hands of a sadist nation - darkest hour

[Deadbolt23]

Overkill River

Ehh...still makes me laugh.

[IntoTheSun]

Ehh...still makes me laugh.

Haha, you misunderstood my post. It had nothing to do with yours.

Anyway, let's continue following Todd around in different threads like lost puppies. Post moar, T. Kearny!!

[Deadbolt23]

Haha, you misunderstood my post. It had nothing to do with yours.

Anyway, let's continue following Todd around in different threads like lost puppies. Post moar, T. Kearny!!

Ahh...my bad. I feel like a groupie.

[IntoTheSun]

Ahh...my bad. I feel like a groupie.

I was more poking fun of myself. But it's good to see you are taking my posts seriously! I ONLY MAKE SERIOUS JOKES.

[Deadbolt23]

I was more poking fun of myself. But it's good to see you are taking my posts seriously! I ONLY MAKE SERIOUS JOKES.

Good. I like serious jokes better.

[IWasaCamera]

Way to steal my list, douche.
Lies, I introduced you to Thrice back when you resided in Canada.
Okkervile is a scene band now.
Okkurtvile > Okkervile.

[kearn1tm]

Lies, I introduced you to Thrice back when you resided in Canada.


We thrashed. We straight thrasin' (past tense).

[kearn1tm]

Who here likes Bryan Danielson and is equally devastated by the misguided treatment of AmDrag in the last week?

[kearn1tm]

"You're gonna get your head kicked in! You're gonna get your head kicked in!"

[kearn1tm]

"I have 'til five, ref!"

[georgedcc]

This was way too difficult, so basically this list is 10 albums of the past 15 years that have had the most effect on me. I dunno if they'd count as the 'best' albums, but this is them,

Refused - The Shape Of Punk To Come
Sigur Ros - Takk
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Tegan And Sara - The Con
Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land
Thursday - War All The Time
Death Cab For Cutie - Plans.

[handlikesecret]

It's far too confined within one scene.
do think any of the albums in that "scene" would be contenders for the top ten though?

[murrich]

Woven Hand - Mosaic
16 Horsepower - Folklore
Serena Maneesh - No 2: Abyss in B Minor
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
Jen Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
Boris - Pink
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Xavier Rudd - Dark Shades of Blue
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues

[IntoTheSun]

^ Stop making the rest of us feel bad :-)

[kearn1tm]

Woven Hand - Mosaic
16 Horsepower - Folklore
Serena Maneesh - No 2: Abyss in B Minor
Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards
Jen Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
Boris - Pink
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
Xavier Rudd - Dark Shades of Blue
Palace Music - Viva Last Blues

So much good here. Nick Cave, Oldham, Molina, Lekman, my favorite Waits album and Woven Hand/16 Horsepower are all favorites of mine.

[mil182]

here's mine, just my opinion cuz they had big impacts on me
mostly pop punk and such, just my favorite stuff


1. Enema of the State - blink-182
2. Take This To Your Grave - Fall Out Boy
3. For Those Who Have Heart - A Day To Remember
4. Rise or Die Trying - Four Year Strong
5. Sticks and Stones - New Found Glory
6. Blue Album - Weezer
7. The Party Scene - All Time Low
8. A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco
9. Horizons - Parkway Drive
10. With Roots Above and Branches Below - The Devil Wears Prada

[Betrayal Five]

Third Eye Blind - Self Titled
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Jimmy Eat World - Clarity
Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Dredg - Leitmotif
The Paper Chase - God Bless Your Black Heart
Sigur Ros - ( )
The Promise Ring - Very Emergency
Far - Water And Solutions

[Betrayal Five]

No order:

The White Stripes - Icky Thump
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Dead Meadow - Old Growth
Black Mountain - In the Future
Dredg - El Cielo
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Death - For the Whole Wold to See (was recorded in 1975, but never released until this year)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - My Bloody Underground
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow
Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club - Howl

DREDG, FTW!

[SoundscapeMN]

from a little while ago (20)
http://rateyourmusic.com/list/SoundscapeMN/best_albums_2000_2009/

Protest the Hero - Kezia (2006)
Bend Sinister - Stories of Brothers, Tales of Lovers (2008)
Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)
Fair to Midland - Fables From a Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True (2007)
Shaman - Ritual (2002)
Fair to Midland - Inter.Funda.Stifle (2004)
Ours - Mercy (Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy) (2008)
The Dear Hunter - Act III: Life and Death (2009)
Between the Buried and Me - Alaska (2005)
Oceansize - Effloresce (2003)
Bend Sinister - Through The Broken City (2005)
Coheed and Cambria - In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 (2003)
The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (2005)
Clann Zú - Rua (2002)
Oceansize - Frames (2007)
dredg - The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion (2009)
Opeth - Ghost Reveries (2005)
Mew - Frengers (2003)
Mew - No More Stories / Are Told Today / I'm Sorry / They Washed Away // No More Stories / The World Is Grey / I'm Tired / Let's Wash Away (2009)
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (2005)
OSI - Office of Strategic Influence (2003)
Burst - Lazarus Bird (2008)
Porcupine Tree - Deadwing (2005)
Transatlantic - SMPTe (2000)
dredg - Catch Without Arms (2005)
Oceansize - Everyone Into Position (2005)
Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun (2000)
Fates Warning - Disconnected (2000)
John Arch - A Twist of Fate (2003) [EP]
Soundscape - Grave New World (2009)
Zero Hour - The Towers of Avarice (2001)
Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third (2007)
The Stiletto Formal - ¡Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta, Fiesta! (2008)
King's X - Manic Moonlight (2001)
Kevin Gilbert Nuts/Bolts (2009)
Menomena - I Am the Fun Blame Monster (2003)
maudlin of the Well - Leaving Your Body Map/Bath (2001)
Between the Buried and Me - Colors (2007)
The Dear Hunter - Act II: The Meaning of, and All Things Regarding Ms. Leading (2007)
Apes and Androids - Blood Moon (2008)
Kaddisfly - Set Sail the Prairie (2007)
Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV: Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (2005)
The Receiving End of Sirens - Between the Heart and the Synapse (2005)
Transatlantic - Bridge Across Forever (2001)
Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane (2002)
dredg - El Cielo (2002)
Marillion - Marbles [Delux Campaign Edition] (2004)
Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element I (2000)
Ours - Distorted Lullabies (2001)
Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True (2000)

[IntoTheSun]

I'll probably regret this list later. But it's 1 in the morning, so why not.

The National- Boxer
Brand New- TDAG
The Mics- The Glow Pt. 2
Radiohead- Ok Computer (is this too old?)
Wilco- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Bright Eyes- I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Okkervil River- Black Sheep Boy
Silver Jews- American Water
The Weakerthans- Left and Leaving
Have A Nice Life- Deathconsciousness (woo, curveball.)

edit: debating whether or not to put Fabulous Muscles on here...

After some consideration, I think I'll have to either replace The Glow Pt.2 with Mount Eerie, or just add it onto the list as well. Though I like some of the individual songs on The Glow more, I'd have to say that Mount Eerie is the more cohesive and impactful album overall. So that's that.

[kearn1tm]

http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/marvin-gaye-whats-going-on-2009-lg-31964782.jpg

It was remastered in the last decade!

[Stavie Steelo]

Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves
Kanye West - College Dropout
Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer
Saosin - Saosin
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Envy On The Coast - Lucy Grey
Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
Less Than Jake - Borders and Boundaries
New Found Glory - New Found Glory
Reel Big Fish - Turn The Radio Off
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb
Sublime - Sublime
The Used - The Used

A Lot of self titled

[briewer]

Eh, why not:

20. Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury.
19. Sufjan Stevens- Come On, Feel The Illinoise!
18. Dan Deacon- Bromst.
17. Arcade Fire- Funeral.
16. Four Tet- Rounds.
15. The Tallest Man On Earth- Shallow Grave.
14. Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele.
13. Daft Punk- Discovery.
12. Lightning Bolt- Wonderful Rainbow.
11. The Field- From Here We Go Sublime.
10. múm- Yesterday Was Dramatic–Today Is OK.
09. Joanna Newsom- Ys.
08. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport.
07. TV On The Radio- Return To Cookie Mountain.
06. Panda Bear- Person Pitch.
05. Madvillain- Madvillainy.
04. Grizzly Bear- Yellow House.
03. The National- Boxer.
02. Flying Lotus- Los Angeles.
01. The Avalanches- Since I Left You.

[kearn1tm]

Eh, why not:

20. Clipse- Hell Hath No Fury.
19. Sufjan Stevens- Come On, Feel The Illinoise!
18. Dan Deacon- Bromst.
17. Arcade Fire- Funeral.
16. Four Tet- Rounds.
15. The Tallest Man On Earth- Shallow Grave.
14. Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele.
13. Daft Punk- Discovery.
12. Lightning Bolt- Wonderful Rainbow.
11. The Field- From Here We Go Sublime.
10. múm- Yesterday Was Dramatic–Today Is OK.
09. Joanna Newsom- Ys.
08. Fuck Buttons- Tarot Sport.
07. TV On The Radio- Return To Cookie Mountain.
06. Panda Bear- Person Pitch.
05. Madvillain- Madvillainy.
04. Grizzly Bear- Yellow House.
03. The National- Boxer.
02. Flying Lotus- Los Angeles.
01. The Avalanches- Since I Left You.

Look at this fucking hipster!

[briewer]

Look at this fucking hipster!
The shame, the shame!

[kearn1tm]

The shame, the shame!

It's like you forgot Bon Jovi's Have a Nice Day was ever released or something.

Also: Fuck yeah Ys, Los Angeles, Shallow Grave and Rounds

[briewer]

It's like you forgot Bon Jovi's Have a Nice Day was ever released or something.
Pssh. Like I'd rank that over Crush and its worldbeating lead single 'It's My Life'.

vx2u5uUu3DE

"I don't wanna live FO-EH-VUH! I just wanna live ARRARARARAAA!"

Also: Fuck yeah Ys, Los Angeles, Shallow Grave and Rounds
You act as if you're surprised. I've been the biggest homer for these acts as long as you've known me.

[kearn1tm]

Pssh. Like I'd rank that over Crush and its worldbeating lead single 'It's My Life'.

vx2u5uUu3DE

"I don't wanna live FO-EH-VUH! I just wanna live ARRARARARAAA!

It's My Life is the jam.


You act as if you're surprised. I've been the biggest homer for these acts as long as you've known me.

Not surprised, just creating some solidarity here, sister.

[kearn1tm]

Oh man. Internet dial up sounds. Nostalgia!

[briewer]

It's My Life is the jam.
2:25- Hot chick looking concerned that her boyfriend isn't at the Bon Jovi show ('cause, I mean, where else would he be?)
2:31- Hot chick pages (that's right, PAGES) her boyfriend. Hilarity ensues.

Not surprised, just creating some solidarity here, sister.
Look at this fucking love connection.

[kearn1tm]

More Bon Jovi video commentary:

Why didn't the kid just take the stairs instead of drop off (in slow mo!!! That's wasting more time!) of the fire-escape? It would have been quicker. Also, the girl alerts him that he has five minutes to get to the rave, presumably because Bon Jovi will start the set within that time. However, the song commences just as she hangs up, and he arrives as they're finishing the song. What the fuck, Bon Jovi video?! Continuity!

And really, this kid has to know that slow mo won't solve anything. And when did it become cool to hitch a ride on the back of a garbage truck that's partially open? He'll smell like trash. That girl won't sleep with him if he smells like trash. That's the whole point of heading to the show, right? He wants to nail that broad. You gotta think this shit through.

[cwhit412]

Here's my own list, just my favorite albums I've listened to. Note, I just started getting big into music over the last few years. Alphabetically, bolding the top few.

Acceptance - Phantoms
Anberlin - Cities
Boys Night Out - Trainwreck
Circa Survive - Blue Sky Noise
Forgive Durden - Razia's Shadow
fun. - Aim and Ignite
Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit
Jimmy Eat World - Futures
Mae - The Everglow
The Morning Of - The Way I Fell In
Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life and Commit This To Memory
Relient K - Forgot and Not Slow Down
Say Anything - Self Titled and ...Is A Real Boy
Something Corporate - Leaving Through The Window
The Wonder Years - The Upsides

[kearn1tm]

RE: Bon Jovi video

The kid's fleeing from a ravenous pack of dogs (domesticated dogs that a dainty person was walking and controlling on her own, including a wiener dog) and, in an effort to maintain his lead, slides down a rail that runs in the middle of a set of stairs. Now, the rail is slowing him down considerably. Sure, it looks rad, as if he's truly "living his life" like his heart were "an open highway" and all that late '90s/early '00s attitude stuff, but it slows him down considerably and just makes him look like a douche.

For instance, if I went ass-first on a railing and slid my fine-butt down the length of it, what would you say? Would you want to hold that thing while walking down a flight of stairs after I rubbed my butt on it? Not only was it impractical, but it's an unsanitary, inconsiderate move. Fuck this kid.

[kearn1tm]

Revenge of the Jovi:

So kid's running from the dogs...still (engaging!) and he runs into a pack of Elvis impersonators. He stops to take photos with them, then continues running. Did the dogs just stop and allow him to indulge in a nice photo-op before continuing to try and castrate him with their mouths?

[tottivillarossi]

I was listening to "It's My Life" in the car the other day.



I would like to nominate this:
http://www.dl-abackwardglance.com/

It's a free download (I have no affiliation with the band), and one of the best albums I ever remember hearing.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi:

So did Jon Bon Jovi frost his tips? At the very least, he's rocking highlights. Jon was 38 years old at the time of filming and he's rocking highlights and potent frosted tips.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi:

This kid runs out in the middle of traffic?! Why? To make it to a Bon Jovi street concert. He almost gets himself killed, while forcing drivers to nearly cause a backup simply so he can see a middle-aged man with frosted tips rock out. What a cunt.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi:

Where is this tunnel? Why is it abandoned? It looks like a tunnel for a major highway? Why is it aqua-tinted in there?

[Deadbolt23]

lol

[kearn1tm]

Jovi:

Argh! The kid just continues to run in the middle of the fucking road. There's two paralleled sidewalks on either side of him. Cock.

[Spenny]

Too tough for me to make a list. Probably my top two favourites would be Thrice - Vheissu and Radiohead - Hail to the Thief though.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi vid:

Okay, so the freezeframe the kid running, then splinter the shot into four frames of the same frame. Why? It's so gratuitous and serves nothing except the kid looks like a douche when he runs.

The "whoa-a-whoa-a" sounds of the song that get butchered through whatever sound-effect they're using reeks of late '90s rave music. Jon is on the cutting edge of what's happening. Also, why does the girl page the guy saying "you're late. 911" What a misleading, disingenuous bitch. "Hey, there could be a major catrastrophe here; immediate danger." That's what 911 implies. He's probably fearful of for her life, not the fact that he missed the majority of this damn song. Don't play, girl. This dude smells like trash and almost got eaten by a dog that weighs 3 lbs...and he's wearing a jean jacket. Life is rough for him! Don't play with his mind like this.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi vid:

Fuck this dude. He dives off a bridge some thirty feet above the ground, lands perfectly like he's Batman, nearly causes a tanker truck to fall over and another pileup, and instead of showing any remorse, for almost causing a calamity, disrupting a tanker driver's attempt to feed his fucking kids, and almost causing a massive wreck that could kill multiple people, he shoots a cocky, pretty-boy smile and keeps running. All of this to see forsty-tips Jovi at 38?! Well, mostly to get laid, but this girl is so adamant on seeing frosty-tips Jovi at 38? Do you really want to sleep with her? She lies and says Jovi is a 911 accident? She's not worth it, bro.

[kearn1tm]

So we find out what's causing a massive traffic jam on the highway: Jovi! Apparently, Frosty the Jov Man and his crew of aging soccer dads took to the middle of a heavily-populated highway tunnel and just started playing, causing a seemingly-endless line of commuters likely trying to get to their places of employment. You know Jon, the people who aren't rich, just trying to put some damn bread on the table, but fuck 'em, right? You need to rock out! Fuck you, middle class! It's time for adult-contemporary ass-rock!

[kearn1tm]

Jov Vid:

Alright, the police are here en masse, but instead of, I don't know, busting Jovi's mid-life crisis party up, they're just there to have cop cars for this edgy kid to run on as he makes his way to the show.

Fucking Jovi.

[kearn1tm]

lol

Sweet edit.

[kearn1tm]

Jovi Vid:

Video ends. Dude embraces his lady. She asks "where have you been?" For levity's sake, he responds "you wouldn't believe me." *chuckle, chuckle snort* You're right. She probably wouldn't believe you if you said "I leaped forty feet off a highway bridge and almost caused people to die instead of, I don't know, using mapquest and finding the fastest route that didn't endanger anyone" or "instead of running down my apartment stairs, which would have been safer and more timely, I dove off a fire escape onto a dumpster truck, which is why I smell of soiled diapers." You see, she evidently likes the kid, and wouldn't guess he was that much of a retard.

Also, Jovi ends the song by extending his arms out straight and doing something akin to jazz hands. This frosted tip badass rocks the jazz hands. Don't fuck with that cowboy.

[Deadbolt23]

Sweet edit.

Haha, I realised it gave the wrong impression about what I meant.
You're fast.

[kearn1tm]

Haha, I realised it gave the wrong impression about what I meant.
You're fast.

What can I say? My heart is like an open highway.

[Deadbolt23]

What can I say? My heart is like an open highway.

At least you're doing it your way.

[Wake Up]

it's not about reality, todd. it's about bon jovi.

[kearn1tm]

it's not about reality, todd. it's about Frosty the Jov Man.

Fixed.

[Kaku]

Well, I don't really listen to music older than 10 years. My taste just started to evolve about 5 years ago. It is more like what I like and not what has to be really good. ;)

Acceptance - Phantoms
Anberlin - Cities (NTFP close behind)
Broadway - Kingdoms
Emery - The Question
Eye Alaska - Genesis Underground + Yellow and Elephant (I am seeing both of them as one album ;) )
Falco - Out of the Dark
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory (Haters gonna hate)
Number One Gun - Promise of the Imperfect
The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
The Starting Line - Direction

[soreloser]

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
2. The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving
3. Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers
4. Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Black Eyes - Black Eyes
7. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
9. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
10. Cursive - Domestica

Honorable Mentions: Nana Grizol - Ruth, Owen - At Home With Owen, Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things, Weezer - Pinkerton, Broken Social Scene - Forgot it in People, Saves The Day - Through Being Cool, Sufjan Stevens - Illinois, The Tallest Man On Earth - Wild Hunt, The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair..., Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West, Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary.

The order of my list could change at any time and any of my honorable mentions could easily make it into the top ten.

[Deadbolt23]

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
2. The Weakerthans - Left & Leaving
3. Lifetime - Jersey's Best Dancers
4. Kind of Like Spitting - Bridges Worth Burning
5. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
6. Black Eyes - Black Eyes
7. Andrew Jackson Jihad - People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World
8. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
9. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
10. Cursive - Domestica

Honorable Mentions: Nana Grizol - Ruth, Owen - At Home With Owen, Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things, Weezer - Pinkerton, Broken Social Scene - Forgot it in People, Saves The Day - Through Being Cool, Sufjan Stevens - Illinois, The Tallest Man On Earth - Wild Hunt, The Unicorns - Who Will Cut Our Hair..., Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West, Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary.

The order of my list could change at any time and any of my honorable mentions could easily make it into the top ten.

Yes.

[briewer]

More importantly, hip, attractive teenagers attend Bon Jovi concerts of the blocking-a-heavily-used-tunnel-during-peak-commuting-hours variety?
I got to start attending Bon Jovi concerts of the blocking-a-heavily-used-tunnel-during-peak-commuting-hours variety.

[kearn1tm]

More importantly, hip, attractive teenagers attend Bon Jovi concerts of the blocking-a-heavily-used-tunnel-during-peak-commuting-hours variety?
I got to start attending Bon Jovi concerts of the blocking-a-heavily-used-tunnel-during-peak-commuting-hours variety.

Only if you jump off bridges and ride dumpster trucks. If you don't smell of garbage, they don't let you in.

[IntoTheSun]

And if you'd 'a took to meeee like a--
Well I'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores
And the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

[kearn1tm]

I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd...


...gonna hear my voice when I shout it out loud.

[ruffian]

i had a dream. i saw bon jovi at the local ice cream shop and he was buying sundaes for his kids. i'm compelled to approach him and ask about his thoughts on the oil spill. he says it's despicable, he despises the torrential nature of corporate america. that's why he's here, at the local ice cream shop. he loves supporting small businesses he goes on. but he hands his credit card to the cashier and it's declined. he looks a little flustered, but leans over the counter and smiles. he starts to pull this routine, saying he's bon jovi and his presence in the local ice cream shop is payment enough for the 2 sundaes for his kids and the 1 frozen yogurt for himself. the cashier calls the police and they arrive immediately. i watch them talk to bon jovi inside from outside the shop. they seem to reach an agreement, and shaking hands, the cops take his two kids into the cop car and drive away. bon jovi then proceeds to buy milkshakes for everyone in the store. i thank him in earnest.

[kearn1tm]

i had a dream. i saw bon jovi at the local ice cream shop and he was buying sundaes for his kids. i'm compelled to approach him and ask about his thoughts on the oil spill. he says it's despicable, he despises the torrential nature of corporate america. that's why he's here, at the local ice cream shop. he loves supporting small businesses he goes on. but he hands his credit card to the cashier and it's declined. he looks a little flustered, but leans over the counter and smiles. he starts to pull this routine, saying he's bon jovi and his presence in the local ice cream shop is payment enough for the 2 sundaes for his kids and the 1 frozen yogurt for himself. the cashier calls the police and they arrive immediately. i watch them talk to bon jovi inside from outside the shop. they seem to reach an agreement, and shaking hands, the cops take his two kids into the cop car and drive away. bon jovi then proceeds to buy milkshakes for everyone in the store. i thank him in earnest.

God, why don't you tell everyone how much you're crushing on the guy?

[kieza]

At least you're doing it your way.

"My way, its my way or the highway"

Reminds me that Limp Bizkits chocolate starfish needs a mention in this thread.

[IntoTheSun]

i had a dream. i saw bon jovi at the local ice cream shop and he was buying sundaes for his kids. i'm compelled to approach him and ask about his thoughts on the oil spill. he says it's despicable, he despises the torrential nature of corporate america. that's why he's here, at the local ice cream shop. he loves supporting small businesses he goes on. but he hands his credit card to the cashier and it's declined. he looks a little flustered, but leans over the counter and smiles. he starts to pull this routine, saying he's bon jovi and his presence in the local ice cream shop is payment enough for the 2 sundaes for his kids and the 1 frozen yogurt for himself. the cashier calls the police and they arrive immediately. i watch them talk to bon jovi inside from outside the shop. they seem to reach an agreement, and shaking hands, the cops take his two kids into the cop car and drive away. bon jovi then proceeds to buy milkshakes for everyone in the store. i thank him in earnest.

You were watching from outside the shop and he proceeds to buy milkshakes for everyone in the store. And then you thank him? For what, not buying you a milkshake? Gee, thanks for your generousity, Jovi bro! I am LOVING my non-existent milkshake!!

[ruffian]

You were watching from outside the shop and he proceeds to buy milkshakes for everyone in the store. And then you thank him? For what, not buying you a milkshake? Gee, thanks for your generousity, Jovi bro! I am LOVING my non-existent milkshake!!

dream revisionism eh? too bad i wasn't thanking bon jovi for the milkshake. of course i never received one, i was outside the store! after the milkshakes were purchased i merely thanked him for his refreshingly populist views. that night we became political allies and it's comforting to know the scribe who penned the new jersey anthem "living on a prayer" is grounded enough to support the local ice cream shop.