500 Ratings // Top 50 Lps
I joined this site as a wee high school freshman and rated about 80 albums,
which was most of the music I had at the time. Now I'm graduating in a few
months and I have 500. So here's my top 10%: |
50 | | Brand New Deja Entendu
A few months ago I started listening to Deja Entendu as a satire of early 2000?s pop-
punk, not sure if that?s how it?s supposed to be done but it?s a really interesting way of
approaching the lyrics. |
49 | | The Replacements Let It Be
Androgynous |
48 | | The Microphones The Glow Pt.2
existentialism and stuff |
47 | | Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway
poise and beauty and killing people |
46 | | Wilco Summerteeth
pop done right |
45 | | Modest Mouse This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To..
I usually forget how good this is because of M&A and LCW but then I listen to it |
44 | | My Bloody Valentine Loveless
token Loveless |
43 | | Radiohead The Bends
I listen to this probably more than any other Radiohead album |
42 | | The Olivia Tremor Control Dusk at Cubist Castle
RIP Bill Doss |
41 | | Boards of Canada Geogaddi
the loss of innocence from Music Has the Right to Children is startling |
40 | | Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West
if every indie album had this as a primary influence things would be so much more
interesting |
39 | | Emery ...In Shallow Seas We Sail
believe it or not the first album I ever got into with screams. was very fortunate to
start with post-hardcore?s finest! |
38 | | Sunny Day Real Estate How It Feels To Be Something On
difficult to find fault with, a 180 from Diary/LP2 |
37 | | The Classic Crime The Silver Cord
so much better than Phoenix |
36 | | mewithoutYou A to B: Life
best mewithoutYou |
35 | | Dinosaur Jr. You're Living All Over Me
the 90s come out of the womb kicking and screaming |
34 | | Danielson Ships
like watching a circus that becomes genius once you get used to the screaming
clowns, animals, etc. |
33 | | Los Campesinos! Hold On Now, Youngster...
anything but annoying |
32 | | Manchester Orchestra Mean Everything to Nothing
even though it rips off The Mountain Goats and Neutral Milk Hotel |
31 | | Sunny Day Real Estate Diary
so much angst |
30 | | The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt
I WANNA BE THAAAAAAAAAAAAA |
29 | | Gospel The Moon Is a Dead World
Golden Dawn is my idea of epic |
28 | | Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
Justin Vernon took that snowy cabin and aesthetically turned it into an album |
27 | | The Weakerthans Left and Leaving
somewhere someone?s making plans to stay |
26 | | Relient K Forget and Not Slow Down
as a childhood Relient K fanboy I did not appreciate this until quite some time had
passed since its release |
25 | | Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
it?s pretty good |
24 | | Talk Talk Laughing Stock
For some reason I always listen to this after concerts. I finally listened to it again not
in this context and was even more blown away. |
23 | | Switchfoot The Beautiful Letdown
was my favorite album for many years, will always hold a special place in my heart |
22 | | Okkervil River Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See
how to indie folk |
21 | | The Avalanches Since I Left You
pure joy |
20 | | Arcade Fire Funeral
more joy |
19 | | Nick Drake Pink Moon
got this on vinyl from a street vendor in London for 15 pounds ftw |
18 | | Radiohead Ok Computer
token Ok Computer |
17 | | The National Boxer
as terrifying as it is endearing |
16 | | Pedro the Lion It's Hard to Find a Friend
I view three albums as ever taking on the roles of ?lenses? through which I see the
world. The themes and lyrics come to mind in important or emotional times, the
melodies find their way through my head when I?m faced with a choice. This was the
second. |
15 | | The Gaslight Anthem The 59 Sound
seeing Gaslight for the first time in a couple weeks, hoping Brian Fallon still cares |
14 | | Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline
This is the third. |
13 | | Sigur Ros ( )
most albums speed me up, this one slows me down |
12 | | Boards of Canada Music Has the Right to Children
makes you feel very lonely and then it comforts you |
11 | | The Weakerthans Reconstruction Site
John K. Samson is perhaps the coolest guy in music |
10 | | Sufjan Steven The Age of Adz
the equivalent to Sufjan going into a musical avatar-state |
9 | | Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
was going to be here somewhere |
8 | | Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica
It?s all about the moderate climates |
7 | | Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Reservations is the best love song ever |
6 | | The National Alligator
best indie rock album |
5 | | Anberlin Cities
patron saint |
4 | | Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind
the soundtrack to most of the best moments of my life the last few years |
3 | | Radiohead Kid A
if music can be art then Kid A is art |
2 | | Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas...
perfect in every sense of the word |
1 | | As Cities Burn Come Now Sleep
the first, forever changed how I approached music, too emotional |
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