Rev Hits 5000!
so, finally after 3 and a half years I've finally reached over 5000
comments. During my time here I've found so much fantastic music and
made even better friends. My time here has been well spent and you all
have made it quite fun. Thanks guys for everything |
| 100 |  | Lone
Lemurian
vacation jams |
| 99 |  | Aphex Twin
Selected Ambient Works 85-92
laptop music perfect, before laptops even existed |
| 98 |  | At the Drive-In
Relationship of Command
BOOM, BOOMBOOM BOOMBOOM HEY! |
| 97 |  | Nosaj Thing
Drift
Jason continues to be one of my biggest influences |
| 96 |  | Air
Moon Safari
relax |
| 95 |  | Off Minor
The Heat Death of the Universe
punch everything |
| 94 |  | Minus the Bear
Planet of Ice
my soundtrack to my freshman year at U of A, and my legal troubles |
| 93 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
listening to this in the rain m/ |
| 92 |  | The Aquabats
The Fury of the Aquabats!
I am an Aquacadet until I die |
| 91 |  | As Cities Burn
Come Now Sleep
Contact is fantastic, then again the whole album is |
| 90 |  | Intronaut
Void
better than Oceanic |
| 89 |  | Fact
Fact
engrish, pop hooks, and mathy metalcore never sounded so good |
| 88 |  | Knapsack
This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now
underrated 90's classic |
| 87 |  | Autechre
Tri Repetae
IDM at its best |
| 86 | | The Avalanches
Sine I Left You
get a drink, have a good time now. welcome to paradise |
| 85 |  | Tigers Jaw
Tigers Jaw
we are made from chemicals |
| 84 |  | Deftones
Saturday Night Wrist
Deftones at their most drugged out and best. heavy as shit |
| 83 |  | Islands
Return to the Sea
pop bliss, more people need to hear this |
| 82 |  | Envy
All the Footprints You've Ever Left...
envy's best |
| 81 |  | Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
this is the sound of your ego being suffocated |
| 80 |  | The Format
Dog Problems
pop rock at its best |
| 79 |  | cLOUDDEAD
cLOUDDEAD
cloud rap, perfected before it was cool |
| 78 |  | Asobi Seksu
Citrus
tasty, like strawberries |
| 77 |  | Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
cabin fever |
| 76 |  | The Orb
Orbs Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
great old school space music |
| 75 |  | Pg. 99
Document #8
i am a threat to those in my vicinity |
| 74 |  | Trentemoller
The Last Resort
So cold, so empty |
| 73 |  | Beastie Boys
Paul's Boutique
B Boy Bouillabaisse |
| 72 | | Neurosis
Through Silver and Blood
war, in musical form |
| 71 |  | Tim Hecker
Harmony in Ultraviolet
a maelstrom of sound |
| 70 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas...
they don't sleep on the beach anymore |
| 69 |  | Boris
Flood
best heard when laying in a bathtub at 4 am |
| 68 |  | Nadja
Radiance of Shadows
I am called Death, Destroyer of Worlds |
| 67 |  | Mindless Self Indulgence
Frankenstein Girls Will...
this is your brain on drugs |
| 66 |  | Glassjaw
Worship and Tribute
one of the best |
| 65 |  | Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Yeezy taught me |
| 64 |  | Motion City Soundtrack
My Dinosaur Life
got me through 2010 |
| 63 |  | Sonic Boom Six
Arcade Perfect
if you can get past the mousey british vocals, this is a fantastic album. just as
the name implies |
| 62 |  | A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory
we got jazz |
| 61 |  | Refused
The Shape of Punk to Come
this album is best played at volume, pants are optional |
| 60 |  | Funeral Diner
The Underdark
two houses |
| 59 |  | Thrice
Vheissu
A fantastic band's masterwork |
| 58 |  | Dangers
Anger
A musical kick to the throat |
| 57 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
Bjork is the best kind of crazy |
| 56 |  | MF DOOM
MM.. Food
best DOOM beats. the audio clips are the best |
| 55 |  | Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
you will always be a loser, and that's okay |
| 54 |  | Frank Turner
Love, Ire & Song
music, it's my substitute for love |
| 53 | | M83
Before the Dawn Heals
Made me realize I really like music that sounds like space |
| 52 |  | Orchid
Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!
i am nietzche |
| 51 |  | Fugazi
The Argument
Ian MacKaye's finest work |
| 50 |  | Third Eye Blind
Third Eye Blind
DOO DOO DOO, DOO DOODOO DOO; DOO DOO DOO, DOO DOODOO DOO; |
| 49 |  | Tangerine Dream
Phaedra
spaceeeeee |
| 48 |  | Sunny Day Real Estate
Diary
more angst |
| 47 |  | Talking Heads
Remain in Light
best thing Brian Eno ever did |
| 46 |  | Portishead
Dummy
sexxxxxxxx |
| 45 |  | Black Flag
My War
second best punk album |
| 44 |  | Quasimoto
The Unseen
a hazy journey through the darkest alleys of LA |
| 43 |  | GZA
Liquid Swords
samurai rap |
| 42 |  | Boards of Canada
Music Has the Right to Children
So great. I probably ripped this off the most for Galactics |
| 41 |  | Nujabes
Metaphorical Music
so much groove. RIP |
| 40 |  | Animal Collective
Feels
I duck out to find the swimming POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL |
| 39 |  | Nas
Illmatic
My first real hip hop album I ever liked |
| 38 |  | Wu-Tang Clan
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
aint nuthin ta fuck wit |
| 37 |  | Gospel
The Moon is a Dead World
Hey you, you got a cigarette man? You know I know you got one on ya. I
usually keep mine in the backseat but it's buried behind ALL THE RUBBLE |
| 36 |  | Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma
interstellar swag |
| 35 |  | Cap'n Jazz
Analphabetapolothology
just realized the first four letters of the title are anal |
| 34 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F#A#?
the soundtrack to the end |
| 33 |  | Elliott Smith
Either/Or
waterfalls of sadness |
| 32 |  | The Flaming Lips
Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
I blame Wayne Coyne for my drug use |
| 31 |  | Of Montreal
HIssing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
Indie pop bliss |
| 30 |  | J Dilla
Donuts
So much soul in these beats. RIP Jay Dee |
| 29 |  | Brand New
Deja Entendu
Taught me how to be a teenager |
| 28 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
Beautiful, lovely walls of noise |
| 27 |  | Flying Lotus
Los Angeles
Got me into making beats |
| 26 |  | Converge
You Fail Me
Better than Jane Doe. The end of Drop Out is pure evil |
| 25 |  | Daft Punk
Discovery
Dance your heart out |
| 24 |  | Nujabes / Fat Jon
Departure
Made me realize hip hop is more than just bitches and money. It's got soul |
| 23 |  | Aphex Twin
Richard D. James Album
As soon as I heard 4 I knew I wanted to be just like Rick James |
| 22 |  | Crystal Castles
Crystal Castles
Got me into electronic music. Alice is a babe, and Ethan is a boss |
| 21 |  | blink-182
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
I have every word and every drum fill memorized |
| 20 |  | Boris
Boris At Last - Feedbacker
Sound crushes your soul |
| 19 | | Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavillion
This really took me awhile to turn onto. When it came out, Sputnik showered it
with high praise and love, while I didn't see anything to like about it. After about
a year and lots of drugs and summer nights later, it's one of my favorites |
| 18 | | Modest Mouse
The Moon and Antarctica
Perfect sad night/rainy day music |
| 17 |  | Motion City Soundtrack
Commit This to Memory
Singlehandedly got me through high school |
| 16 |  | Say Anything
...Is a Real Boy
Max Bemis is the man. Admit It is probably the greatest anti hipster song ever |
| 15 |  | La Dispute
Somewhere at the Bottom of the River...
A roller coaster of pure emotion. Also fun to sing along |
| 14 |  | Burial
Untrue
Taught me dubstep isn't all poop noises and wobble basses |
| 13 |  | DJ Shadow
Endtroducing.....
Another part of the Trip Hop Triforce (not exactly trip hop but sue me), which
symbolizes Link's Triforce of Courage. It's astounding how much heart and soul
was put into this, it's incredible. It's also one of the albums that made me want
to become a producer. |
| 12 |  | Descendents
Milo Goes to College
Best punk album ever |
| 11 |  | Tool
Lateralus
Do I really need to say anything about this? Every time I listen to this it's a trip |
| 10 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
I don't know what the words mean except being about semen, time machines,
and the most famous hide and seek champion ever, but they're catchy as hell
and the album is just lots of weird fun |
| 9 |  | Catch 22
Keasbey Nights
I would say everything Tomas Kalnoky ever did was gold (well, everything up to
SITB anyway...) and this was no exception. A youthful explosion of ska, full of
catchy lyrics and bouncing horn patterns, that takes you on a bus trip through
the shittiest parts of New Jersey; good thing everyone on the bus is singing
along |
| 8 |  | Madvillain
Madvillainy
My favorite hip hop album ever. Madlib's production is top notch, and DOOM just
kills it. Crazy samples too. Listening to it on vinyl after a long day is always a
good time |
| 7 |  | Panda Bear
Person Pitch
I've always looked up to Noah Lennox, in a role model type of way. We both
play drums, love lush atmospheres, and love cutting up samples. Person Pitch
strikes a chord with me unlike many others. I've loved everything about this
album from the get go: the undecipherable sounds rolling underneath the mix,
the hazy vocal layers, and the catchy songwriting all caught me on first listen.
The album also contains some of my favorite samples; from the "I think it's a
skateboard" at the beginning of Take Pills, the chordal guitar pattern that
strums along the second half of Bros, and the frantic percussion pattern that
scares you shitless when Good Girl starts because you're too baked. The second
half of the album has some of my favorite atmospheric tracks ever. The album
feels like a dream where you're floating through the ocean, and looking at all
the beautiful colors of fish and coral. Oh, and WHALES. But yeah, this album is
hella sweet |
| 6 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Long before the formation of the now infamous Mezz Crew, I discovered this
album while scouring Sputnik just about when I first joined. As a pillar of my
"Trip-Hop Triforce" (Trademark pending), this album sits at the top, as a
replacement for Ganondorf's Triforce of Power. The album is just dirty, as gritty
and dark as the Bristol streets from whence it spawned. Like a dark and gritty
noir film, the album bleeds sex, murder, and greed. Every track is phenomenal,
between how "Inertia Creeps" emerges from a murky swamp, or "Dissolved
Girl's"' blurry memory of a gritty warehouse club. Mezzanine is a monster, one
that boasts crushing drum samples, hazy vocals, and mysterious synth lines.
It's not hard to see why Sputnik's most notorious pack takes their name from
it. |
| 5 |  | American Football
American Football
Strangely enough, this was the album that got me into emo, but only after
checking it out after I heard Highly Refined Pirates by Minus the Bear. AF's only
album is a wonderful mix of mathy drum beats, spinning delayed out tapping
riffs, rockout jam sections, and Mike K's oh-so-heartwrenching croons. The
album is gorgeous, and never fails to bring even a single tear to your eye. Every
song is perfectly fleshed out, and full of brilliant melodies that flitter by. Still to
this day it's my favorite Kinsella family related project. Twinkle on, daddies |
| 4 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
Man, the had the hardest time getting into Radiohead. A few years back, I was
put off listening to them because I had some silly grudge against "pretentious"
music. After seeing Kid A's deep love for the album, I tried it out. Unfortunately,
I never liked it. That was until my buddy told me to give them another shot. I
was hanging at his apartment one night, and after smoking some bud, decided
to watch The Blair Witch Project. For whatever reason, my altered state of mind
decided that I would put Kid A on during the movie. Now, I can't tell you
whether The Blair Witch Project was good, or even what it was about. What I
can tell you is that Kid A is a fucking mind blowing masterpiece of an album.
Between Jonny G's newfound love for analog synth pads or sequenced drum
patterns, Thom's dreamy as ever vocals, or just when the band just decides to
rock the hell out, Kid A is always exciting to listen to. I still treat that one night
as a near religious experience, and Kid A is now one of my favorite albums ever. |
| 3 |  | Boards of Canada
Geogaddi
Geogaddi is a numbing journey into the deepest depths of your subconscious,
where you encounter the darkest and most buried shit in your mind. Analog
pads create a hazy fog of sound while booming beats thunder around your ears. Indecipherable vocals enter the void, only to add unease to the listener. Despite
this, the album is mostly pretty relaxed, but never calming. Despite the
laidback, ambient textures, you can't help but feel a sinister aura that fills the
air. I also believe BoC were attacked by a demon (a la Tenacious D) while
recording it, and they managed to seal it into the saturated tapes the album
was recorded onto. When the album isn't sending shivers down your spine, it's
lulling you with some of the most gorgeous soundscapes ever produced. Leslie
Nielsen's appearance is also a highlight. |
| 2 |  | Weezer
Pinkerton
Another flawless album. This one hits hard with me on a personal level, probably
due to my extreme feelings of sexual frustration. Rivers' lays it all out on
Pinkerton, and that makes it one of the most personable albums ever. "Across
the Sea" to "Pink Triangle" is probably the greatest run of songs ever, and hell,
"El Scorcho" just might be my favorite song of all time (and not just because
the Neon Genesis Evangelion references in the first four lines of the song). The
album itself is loud and pushy, but somber and quiet when it needs to be.
Singing every word on the album straight through is one of the greatest feelings
ever. |
| 1 |  | Streetlight Manifesto
Everything Goes Numb
Well, here it is: my favorite album of all time. Everything about it is perfect. This
album symbolizes the point in my life where I started looking for my own music
to listen to rather than the radio or what my friends liked. Back in the day I
found this through a shitty P2P program called Soulseek while redownloading
Keasbey Nights. The lyrics are phenomenal, and damn can Tomas talk/ramble
fast! Whether he's singing about suicide or robbing a bank, you always feel the
need to sing along at the top of your lungs. The musical sections, too, are
flawless, with every member playing their hearts out to the best of their ability.
The album has plenty of charm, from it's "less than great but fits so well"
production, to endless "nanana's" and "heys," and even to a punked out
rendition of Brahms' Hungarian Dance #5. This album has stuck with me for
over seven years, and I don't see it leaving this spot anytime soon.
and c'mon, the whistling in the chorus of "Better Place" is seriously like the best
thing ever! |
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