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 3 – Exile on Coldharbour Lane
Buena Vista Social Club

Andy P:

Alabama 3 - Exile....& Power in the Blood
Leftfield - Leftism
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:

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
Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass - Passages (would put this in the top 5 if it was a wee bit younger!)
The Boo Radleys - Giant Steps,

Me:

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

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