Essential emo records [Archive]

thespearkid

07/06/08, 08:55 PM

I'm rebuilding my itunes library from scratch and I'm taking the oppurtunity to get some essential emo albums I haven't heard yet. I've already got Pinkerton, Relationship of Command, and Nothing Feels Good. Suggest an album or maybe a band I should get, please.

wewascontenders

07/06/08, 10:44 PM

What kind of emo are we talkin?

James_Brand

07/06/08, 10:48 PM

Here are some emo bands:
embrace
rites of spring
native nod
policy of 3

seraph1214

07/06/08, 11:19 PM

Don't forget Sunny Day Real Estate, Dag Nasty and Christie Front Drive

thespearkid

07/06/08, 11:24 PM

What kind of emo are we talkin?
First and second wave.

thespearkid

07/06/08, 11:25 PM

Don't forget Sunny Day Real Estate, Dag Nasty and Christie Front Drive
As far as Sunny Day goes, is Diary their only good album or should I get others?

adam289

07/07/08, 06:15 AM

Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology

Kurt Retenauer

07/07/08, 07:10 AM

something to write home about-the get up kids

bigblue2015

07/07/08, 07:19 AM

Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

hockeyguitar99

07/07/08, 10:24 AM

The Get Up Kids, start with their live album find the tracks that you like and work back from there.

wewascontenders

07/07/08, 09:03 PM

All previous mentioned

Texas is the Reason - Do You Know Who We Are?
Embrace - s/t

drivthru182

07/07/08, 09:10 PM

Braid- Frame and Canvas
Mineral- The Power of Failing
Jawbreaker- Dear You
Get Up Kids- Something to Write Home About

bradsonemanband

07/07/08, 10:19 PM

american football - self titled
jimmy eat world - clarity
mineral - endserenading

also, check out bands such as: park, knapsack, and owen

ambulance

07/07/08, 11:57 PM

everything you can get a hold of by the gloria record

sandra92

07/08/08, 10:00 AM

Braid- Frame and Canvas
Mineral- The Power of Failing
Jawbreaker- Dear You
Get Up Kids- Something to Write Home About

Mineral is essential .

bradsonemanband

07/08/08, 09:50 PM

Mineral is essential .

amen to that!

thesafeword

07/09/08, 01:10 AM

Wood/Water- The Promise Ring
Perfecting Loneliness- Jets To Brazil
And don't kill me, but since I saw Jimmy Eat World, I would also have to include Tell All Your Friends

wewascontenders

07/09/08, 09:40 AM

No TAYF. Clarity is acceptable.

thesafeword

07/09/08, 11:47 AM

I don't undeand why not, but whatever.

Spewk

07/09/08, 02:45 PM

Does Fugazi count?

thesafeword

07/09/08, 10:35 PM

I would say so.

sandra92

07/10/08, 07:36 AM

Does Fugazi count?

I think so .

pand75

07/10/08, 08:03 AM

Mineral is essential .
I came in here to say that album! Everserenading is just as good too.

My essential albums:
Rival Schools - United by Fate
Quicksand - Slip
Mineral - The Power of Falling
Thursday - Full Collapse
American Football (Haven't listened to Cap'n'Jazz yet though)
SDRE - Diary
All Jawbreaker & Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary
Far - Water & Solutions
Christie Front Drive - Both
TGK - Something to Write Home About
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come(it's not emo, but my god is it important)
Glassjaw - Both
Hey Mercedes - Loses Control
Texas is the Reason

thespearkid

07/10/08, 08:08 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. Been digging through the list.

Wood/Water was alright. Not as good as Nothing Feels Good though. Clarity was awesome though. I still haven't listening to the Get Up Kids disc but I downloaded it yesterday so I'll definitely be getting around to it.

pand75

07/10/08, 08:14 AM

OMG. How could I forget it

Saves the Day - Stay What You Are

pand75

07/10/08, 08:15 AM

This is a great thread. You might like Jawbox too

thespearkid

07/10/08, 08:31 AM

OMG. How could I forget it

Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
Ha, that album is actually on mu itunes because my little brother likes them but I've never bothered to listen beyond At Your Funeral.

pand75

07/10/08, 08:48 AM

Get on that.

Amazon has a lot of great lists created by users. Search for like Mineral or something, and the lists will be there. They usually cover the essentials

drivthru182

07/10/08, 02:06 PM

Read Nothing Feels Good by Andy Greenwald. It deconstructs the history of emo music. It name drops tons of bands (mostly all the bands mentioned in this thread) and a bunch of essential CDs.

thespearkid

07/10/08, 08:10 PM

Read Nothing Feels Good by Andy Greenwald. It deconstructs the history of emo music. It name drops tons of bands (mostly all the bands mentioned in this thread) and a bunch of essential CDs.
I've skimmed through it a few times. Seems really nice.

fly_guy

07/10/08, 09:38 PM

my avatar

FayeQC

07/11/08, 03:59 AM

iTunes store had this playlist called"essential emo"or something
it was basically MCR, FOB and surprisingly some Brand New

Never went to the iTunes store again :-)

OtherBen

07/14/08, 11:02 AM

get some owen.

ForeverDelayed

07/15/08, 05:40 PM

I'm late, but, everything the others said about Mineral is true. The Gloria Record is pretty different and I wouldn't really consider them emo, but great nonetheless.

How about some Moss Icon? The lyrics are kinda odd at times, but I like his voice and the music is great.

And again not really emo per se, but I've seen a lot of people talk about how Zen Arcade by Husker Du was really influential on the DC scene. Whether this is true or not, and no matter how you categorize it, it's essential listening, along with the rest of their stuff.

Liam and me

07/16/08, 08:09 AM

This is a genre I know very little about. That said, I love the mid-period Dischord stuff which I guess qualifies as emo, as well as a few other records.

Shudder to Think-Funeral at the Movies/Ten Spot
Jawbox-Novelty and For your Own Special Sweetheart
Dismemberment Plan-Emergency and I
Fugazi-In on the Kill Taker
Far-Water & Solutions and Tin Can with Strings to You
Drive Like Jehu-S/T and Yank Crimes

ForeverDelayed

07/16/08, 02:36 PM