My 15 Favorite Albums
Do I really need to describe this? |
| 1 |  | The Mars Volta
Frances the Mute
The greatest progressive rock album I have ever listened to. As much as I
love the Mars Volta, I don't think they will make an album even close to the
sublime perfection of this album. It manages to cut out a lot of the
ridiculous and more pretentious elements of progressive concept albums
and leaves in some truly awe-inspiring moments. |
| 2 |  | Tom Waits
Rain Dogs
This is Tom Waits' masterpiece. It sums up his gritty nature perfectly while
not sounding contrived and ham-handed for a second. |
| 3 |  | Mr. Bungle
California
It's a shame that this is the album Mr. Bungle chose to end on, but it's a
very fitting swan song. This album is literally the album that got me back
into music. Even ten years from it's release, it's just as fresh and strange as
the day it released. It's a testament to Mike Patton and Trey Spruance's
musical genius that it's able to cross genres as fluently and seamlessly as it
does. |
| 4 |  | Tom Waits
Bone Machine
This is definitely one of Tom Waits' weirder albums, but it's one of the finest
examples of experimental music. It's a lot darker than his other stuff, but it
somehow fits right in. |
| 5 |  | Bjork
Homogenic
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| 6 |  | Mastodon
Blood Mountain
One of the finest pure metal albums in the modern day. |
| 7 |  | Bjork
Vespertine
I'm a fan of pretty much all of Bjork's work, but this album really stands out
to me as an unsung masterpiece among her other work. The amount of raw
emotion in this album makes it seem much more personal in nature. |
| 8 |  | Mastodon
Crack the Skye
This is a much more recent addition, but I feel that Crack the Skye is good
enough to honestly put up on this list. It's immaculately produced as a
prog-metal masterpiece. |
| 9 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In The Aeroplane over the Sea
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| 10 | | Fantomas
The Director's Cut
Fucking brilliant retooling of old movie themes. I don't think I've ever heard
a thrash metal version of The Godfather before. |
| 11 |  | The Mountain Goats
The Sunset Tree
It feels like I'm getting a VIP tour into John Darnielle's psyche with this album. |
| 12 |  | Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
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| 13 |  | Faith No More
Angel Dust
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| 14 |  | Secret Chiefs 3
Book M
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| 15 |  | Minutemen
Double Nickels on the Dime
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