20.4.06
Favourite Albums of the last 12 years
First off, the word is 'favourite', not 'best'...that's just my distinction.
Mojo magazine celebrated it's recent 12th birthday issue with a run down of writer's top Mojo 100 Modern Classics; LPs released during the magazine's lifetime, ie since 1994. The full line up is at the foot of this post.
Some debate has ensued amongst the Cider readership about the merits of the included records, and those which might have been in the 100 but were overlooked.
These are a few of the albums preferred by us middle class guitar playing white boy fans:
Graham:
Eliza Carthy & the Kings of Calicutt
Lambchop – Nixon (can’t believe that wasn’t in the list)
Steve Earle – El Corazon
Alabama Coldharbour Lane
Buena Vista Social Club
1. Jeff Buckley – Grace
2. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
3. Radiohead – Ok Computer
4. Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
5. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
6. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
7. Radiohead – Kid A
8. The White Stripes – Elephant
9. Nirvana – Mtv Unplugged In New York
10. Beck – Odelay
11. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatmans Call
12. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
13. Nirvana – In Utero
14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
15. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
16. Radiohead – The Bends
17. Johnny Cash – American III – Solitary Man
18. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
19. Dj Shadow – Endtroducing
20. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See Darkness
21. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
22. Outcast – Speakerboxx/The Love Inside
23. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
24. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
25. P.J. Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
26. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
27. Air - Moon Safari
28. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
29. Madonna – Ray Of Light
30. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
31. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On Gravel Road
32. Beck – Mutations
33. The Strokes – Is This It
34. Soloman Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
35. Portishead – Dummy
36. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
37. Brian Wilson – Smile
38. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
39. Pulp – Different Class
40. P.J. Harvey – To Bring You My Love
41. Elvis Costello And The Imposters – The Delivery Man
42. Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – No Quarter – Unledded
43. Antonym And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
44. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
45. Kate Bush – Aerial
46. Supergrass – In It For The Money
47. Queens Of The Stonage – Rated R
48. Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
49. Gillian Welch – Time (The Reinventor)
50. Blur – Blur
51. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
52. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
53. Bjork – Post
54. Bastie Boys – Ill Communication
55. The Beta Band – The 3 Ep’s
56. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
57. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
58. R.E.M – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
59. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
60. Arcade Fire – Funeral
61. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
62. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
63. Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
64. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
65. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
66. Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Sleeps With Angels
67. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
68. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange
69. Aimee Mann – Lost In Space
70. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjan
71. Al Green – I Can’t Stop
72. Blur – Parklife
73. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues – The Lyre Of Orpheus
74. Nora Jones – Come Away With Me
75. The Verve – A Northern Soul
76. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
77. Tricky – Maxinquaye
78. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers Lp
79. Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
80. Guide By Voices – Bee Thousand
81. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
82. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
83. The Prodigy – Songs For The Jilted Generation
84. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
85. Salif Keita – Moffou
86. Paul Weller – Stanley Road
87. The Jayhawks – Sound Of Lies
88. R.L. Burnside – A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
89. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Californiacation
90. Maria Mckee – Life Is Sweet
91. Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
92. Manu Chao – Clandestine
93. System Of A Down – Toxicity
94. Michael Head And The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands
95. Rufus Wainwright – Poses
96. Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
97. D’angelo – Brown Sugar
98. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
99. Sizzla – Black Woman And Child
100. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
Mojo magazine celebrated it's recent 12th birthday issue with a run down of writer's top Mojo 100 Modern Classics; LPs released during the magazine's lifetime, ie since 1994. The full line up is at the foot of this post.
Some debate has ensued amongst the Cider readership about the merits of the included records, and those which might have been in the 100 but were overlooked.
These are a few of the albums preferred by us middle class guitar playing white boy fans:
Graham:
Eliza Carthy & the Kings of Calicutt
Lambchop – Nixon (can’t believe that wasn’t in the list)
Steve Earle – El Corazon
Andy P:
Alabama 3 - Exile....& Power in the Blood
Leftfield - Leftism
Nick Lowe - Dig My Mood
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Nick Lowe - Dig My Mood
Paul Weller - Wild Wood
Mr Love Pants.
Road To Rouen.
You Are The Quarry (most important to have him back)
Tinariwen.
R.L.Burnside
Alex:
Alex:
Suede - Dog Man Star
Nick Cave - The Boatman's Call
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Mark Hollis - Mark Hollis
Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
Radiohead - personally I like Amnesiac.....really!
The Verve - Northern Soul
Me:Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass - Passages (would put this in the top 5 if it was a wee bit younger!)
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps,
Alabama 3 - Exile On Coldharbour Lane
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Mercury Rev - Deserter's Songs
Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues
Nick Lowe - The Convincer
Johnny Cash - Solitary Man
Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
Leftfield - Leftism
1. Jeff Buckley – Grace
2. Johnny Cash – American Recordings
3. Radiohead – Ok Computer
4. Bob Dylan – Time Out Of Mind
5. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
6. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
7. Radiohead – Kid A
8. The White Stripes – Elephant
9. Nirvana – Mtv Unplugged In New York
10. Beck – Odelay
11. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatmans Call
12. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentleman We Are Floating In Space
13. Nirvana – In Utero
14. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
15. Bob Dylan – Love And Theft
16. Radiohead – The Bends
17. Johnny Cash – American III – Solitary Man
18. Teenage Fanclub – Grand Prix
19. Dj Shadow – Endtroducing
20. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See Darkness
21. Tom Waits – Mule Variations
22. Outcast – Speakerboxx/The Love Inside
23. Buena Vista Social Club – Buena Vista Social Club
24. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
25. P.J. Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
26. Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
27. Air - Moon Safari
28. The White Stripes – White Blood Cells
29. Madonna – Ray Of Light
30. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
31. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On Gravel Road
32. Beck – Mutations
33. The Strokes – Is This It
34. Soloman Burke – Don’t Give Up On Me
35. Portishead – Dummy
36. The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
37. Brian Wilson – Smile
38. Belle & Sebastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
39. Pulp – Different Class
40. P.J. Harvey – To Bring You My Love
41. Elvis Costello And The Imposters – The Delivery Man
42. Jimmy Page & Robert Plant – No Quarter – Unledded
43. Antonym And The Johnsons – I Am A Bird Now
44. Super Furry Animals – Rings Around The World
45. Kate Bush – Aerial
46. Supergrass – In It For The Money
47. Queens Of The Stonage – Rated R
48. Bruce Springsteen – Devils And Dust
49. Gillian Welch – Time (The Reinventor)
50. Blur – Blur
51. Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand
52. Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker
53. Bjork – Post
54. Bastie Boys – Ill Communication
55. The Beta Band – The 3 Ep’s
56. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
57. The Libertines – Up The Bracket
58. R.E.M – New Adventures In Hi-Fi
59. Magnetic Fields – 69 Love Songs
60. Arcade Fire – Funeral
61. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
62. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang
63. Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
64. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
65. Primal Scream – Xtrmntr
66. Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Sleeps With Angels
67. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
68. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Orange
69. Aimee Mann – Lost In Space
70. Sigur Ros – Agaetis Byrjan
71. Al Green – I Can’t Stop
72. Blur – Parklife
73. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Abattoir Blues – The Lyre Of Orpheus
74. Nora Jones – Come Away With Me
75. The Verve – A Northern Soul
76. Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
77. Tricky – Maxinquaye
78. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers Lp
79. Tinariwen – The Radio Tisdas Sessions
80. Guide By Voices – Bee Thousand
81. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
82. Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not
83. The Prodigy – Songs For The Jilted Generation
84. U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind
85. Salif Keita – Moffou
86. Paul Weller – Stanley Road
87. The Jayhawks – Sound Of Lies
88. R.L. Burnside – A Ass Pocket Of Whiskey
89. Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Californiacation
90. Maria Mckee – Life Is Sweet
91. Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
92. Manu Chao – Clandestine
93. System Of A Down – Toxicity
94. Michael Head And The Strands – The Magical World Of The Strands
95. Rufus Wainwright – Poses
96. Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
97. D’angelo – Brown Sugar
98. Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral
99. Sizzla – Black Woman And Child
100. Coldplay – A Rush Of Blood To The Head
17.4.06
The Decline of Civilization, part 58
A poll by dreary music channel VH1 has revealed that the nation's favourite pop lyrics are by U2, from their song 'One'. I like the Johnny Cash version of this record, which is rather less pious than the original.
I dunno, but I would have hoped that there was room for some Dylan in the list. Apparently the Pogues were in there somewhere, so that's some consolation. One would also hope that Ray Davies, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Townsend, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and many others would be there too. Not bleeding Coldplay.
I dunno, but I would have hoped that there was room for some Dylan in the list. Apparently the Pogues were in there somewhere, so that's some consolation. One would also hope that Ray Davies, Jarvis Cocker, Pete Townsend, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello and many others would be there too. Not bleeding Coldplay.
13.4.06
Sometimes a light don't shine
[At the police station I was told ‘Prison? or rehabilitation?’
I said it really didn’t matter, so I chose the latter
And after 47 days with electrodes in my head, I was nearly dead
Then they said I was fine
So I went outside, within five minutes contemplated another taxi ride,
back to the place where I used to score before.
I guess rehabilitation goes walking out the door]
Even the most casual visitor to this blog will assume that I have a passing affection for
Alabama 3.
I have all the albums, which I never tire of hearing. I have seen them 4 or 5 times live, some of those gigs being among the best I have ever seen. I buy the new records on the day of release, which I can't say about anyone else. I spend wasted hours searching eBay for deleted 12 inch singles, and I exchange dodgy bootlegs with similarly afflicted friends.
Sign of a great record - it will bear repeated listening over many years and will still seem fresh on the 100th play. This is the measure of Exile on Coldharbour Lane, and if you don't already own this record, then have a word with yourself.
Mr D Wayne Love:
When you woke up this morning, everything was gone.
By half past ten your head was going ding-dong
ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes,
like some voice trying to tell you there was something you should know.
Last night you was flying but today you're so low
Ain't it times like these that make you wonder if you'll ever know
the meaning of things as they appear to the others;
wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers.
Don't you wish you didn't function, wish you didn't think
beyond the next paycheck and the next little drink?
Well you do, so make up your mind to go on
'cos when you woke up this morning everything you had was gone.
4.4.06
Alone, Jealous and Stoned
I've been neglecting this blog for a while, but I've been busy, out and about at various gigs.
Last Monday was Ginger and the Sonic Circus, him out of the Wildhearts, with a 9 piece band playing his solo double LP. Old style rawk n roll with a country twang ...they were v good. Then a couple of days after that it was Seth Lakeman, who was terrific - good to see some folk at the Rescue Rooms.
Tonight it was Secret Machines - kind of Spiritualized, shoegazey drone with a motorik krauty beat - fantastic. Still loads of pricks sending two page text messages to their friends, oblivious to the happenings on stage.
Anway, there are more gigs in Nottm at the moment and coming up than I can ever remember...it's been at least one a week for a while now. Coming up - Jim Reid, Shack, Teddy Thompson, Black Mountain, the Lords, and dahn the smoke Pharoah Sanders, for some original avant garde jazz skronking...and Primal Scream in Wolves in a couple of weeks...
Last Monday was Ginger and the Sonic Circus, him out of the Wildhearts, with a 9 piece band playing his solo double LP. Old style rawk n roll with a country twang ...they were v good. Then a couple of days after that it was Seth Lakeman, who was terrific - good to see some folk at the Rescue Rooms.
Tonight it was Secret Machines - kind of Spiritualized, shoegazey drone with a motorik krauty beat - fantastic. Still loads of pricks sending two page text messages to their friends, oblivious to the happenings on stage.
Anway, there are more gigs in Nottm at the moment and coming up than I can ever remember...it's been at least one a week for a while now. Coming up - Jim Reid, Shack, Teddy Thompson, Black Mountain, the Lords, and dahn the smoke Pharoah Sanders, for some original avant garde jazz skronking...and Primal Scream in Wolves in a couple of weeks...
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