Anniversary of an Uninteresting Event
AKA TVC15's 10 Year Sputversary. Now, you're probably looking at my join date and thinking... that's not right. That's because my first Sput account was created on this day 10 years ago. So here's my obligatory Sputversary list, a ranking of my current top 50 albums but with a twist: I'll also be listing the top 50 albums from my 5 year Sputversary list. I think it'd be interesting to see how my taste has (de)volved since I graduated high school. And since I've finally graduated college, why not? Seems rather fitting.
Two constraints while making this ranking: No artist repeats and no albums released in the 2020s (with one important exception) |
| 1 |  | Manic Street Preachers
The Holy Bible
Original spot: The same damn album
To this day remains the greatest album I’ve ever heard and I still fail to find the words to describe how much it means to me and how much it’s shaped my outlook on life. More misanthropic than every black metal album I’ve heard combined, I still find The Holy Bible remains as emotionally visceral as the first time I heard it. |
| 2 |  | Failure
Fantastic Planet
Original spot: Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
It’s kinda ironic this album displaced In the Aeroplane Over the Sea in this ranking. While Aeroplane is rather whimsical, Fantastic Planet is anything but. As pretentious as it sounds, I guess it’s emblematic of how much I’ve changed as a person in 5 years. Gone is that 18 year old kid excited who was excited to venture out into the world and experience college along with the perks of adulting. Now in his place is a 23 year old man who came out the other side of the emotional rollercoaster that is college more jaded than he could have ever imagined. But all things considered, I wouldn’t trade these past 5 years for the world. |
| 3 |  | The Cure
Disintegration
Original spot: Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come
Couldn’t ask for a better album to have as a birthday buddy. Looking back at my top 50 list from my 5th Sputversary list, I’m pretty shocked to not see Disintegration anywhere on there. I guess it was a grower for a longer time than I thought it was. |
| 4 |  | Linkin Park
A Thousand Suns
Original spot: Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking
If you know you know. I owe my whole taste to A Thousand Suns. |
| 5 |  | Ulver
Nattens Madrigal
Original spot: Mayhem - Live in Leipzig
The album that got me into black metal, and has only gotten better as I became more of a black metal fan. To this day, I don't think there's anything quite like Nattens Madrigal in sound or the emotion it invokes in me. |
| 6 |  | Weyes Blood
Titanic Rising
Original spot: Linkin Park - A Thousand Suns
Possibly the most perfect pop album I’ve heard. Blends Beatles-esque psych pop without sounding like a stale pastiche. Songwriting front to back is just sounds so effortless. |
| 7 |  | Oceansize
Frames
Original spot: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
The fact that Nothing’s Shocking would lose a place in my top 10 by a band named after the song Ocean Size is kinda poetic. This is, indeed, a huge sounding album, but one that is unmatched in emotion. Best prog album ever made? |
| 8 |  | Hum
Downward Is Heavenward
Original spot: Today is the Day - Sadness Will Prevail
If I wanted to trace back my obsession with space themed rock/metal, it wouldn't be Fantastic Planet but Downward is Heavenward. Just a huge fucking riff fest and super unique atmosphere to boot. |
| 9 |  | Thought Industry
Short Wave on a Cold Day
Original spot: Prurient - Frozen Niagara Falls
One of the most important discoveries I made through RYM and I can't begin to describe just how much this album means to me now. It soundtracked one of the hardest classes I've taken over a summer (organic chemistry I) and it's been stuck on me since. At this point The Waitress In The Bar Orbiting Lo has got to be one of my most scrobbled songs. |
| 10 |  | Spiritualized
Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space
Original spot: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
The ultimate breakup album. This album is the aural equivalent of a shoulder to cry on when things are on the rocks. |
| 11 |  | Misfits
Static Age
Original spot: Boris - Pink |
| 12 |  | Rudimentary Peni
Death Church
Original spot: Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood |
| 13 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
Original spot: Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love |
| 14 |  | Today is the Day
Sadness Will Prevail
Original spot: Pulp - Different Class |
| 15 |  | Porcupine Tree
Fear of a Blank Planet
Original spot: GY!BE - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada |
| 16 |  | Katatonia
The Fall of Hearts
Original spot: Wendy Carlos - A Clockwork Orange |
| 17 |  | Opeth
Damnation
Original spot: Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside You |
| 18 |  | David Bowie
"Heroes"
Original spot: Marina and The Diamonds - Electra Heart |
| 19 |  | Tears for Fears
The Seeds of Love
Original spot: Pink Floyd - Is There Anybody Out There? |
| 20 |  | Muse
Origin of Symmetry
Original spot: NIN - The Fragile: Deviations 1 |
| 21 |  | Deftones
Deftones
Original spot: Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose |
| 22 |  | Killing Joke
Absolute Dissent
Original spot: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration |
| 23 |  | Anathema
Judgement
Original spot: United Nations - S/t |
| 24 |  | Laura Nyro
Eli and The 13th Confession
Original spot: Iggy Pop - The Idiot |
| 25 |  | Ved Buens Ende
Written In Waters
Original spot: David Bowie - Young Americans |
| 26 |  | Anacrusis
Screams and Whispers
Original spot: The Beatles - The White Album |
| 27 |  | Hatchie
Giving the World Away
Original spot: Ulver - Nattens Madrigal
This album soundtracked my week leading up to my graduation, yeah of course I was gonna make an exception to the no 2020 album rule! I can't listen to this album and NOT smile (and maybe even a little teary eyed). |
| 28 |  | Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You
Original spot: Prince - Purple Rain |
| 29 |  | Portishead
Third
Original spot: Grouper - AIA |
| 30 |  | This Heat
Deceit
Original spot: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme |
| 31 |  | Celtic Frost
Monotheist
Original spot: The Stooges - Funhouse |
| 32 |  | Shiner
The Egg
Original spot: Joy Division - Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979 |
| 33 |  | Slint
Spiderland
Original spot: Mr Bungle - California |
| 34 |  | Caroline Polachek
Pang
Original spot: AJJ - People Who Can Eat People |
| 35 |  | Voivod
Nothingface
Original spot: Neil Young - Live Rust |
| 36 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Original spot: Alice in Chains - MTV Unplugged |
| 37 |  | Prurient
Frozen Niagara Falls
Original spot: Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense |
| 38 |  | Esoteric
The Pernicious Enigma
Original spot: Guns N’ Roses - Use Your Illusion II |
| 39 |  | Vektor
Terminal Redux
Original spot: Arcade Fire - Neon Bible |
| 40 |  | Nine Inch Nails
The Fragile
Original spot: Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard |
| 41 |  | Fleetwood Mac
Rumours
Original spot: The Who - Tommy |
| 42 |  | The Beatles
The Beatles
Original spot: The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat |
| 43 |  | Placebo (UK)
Without You I'm Nothing
Original spot: Eminem - The Eminem Show |
| 44 |  | Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes
Original spot: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited |
| 45 |  | Sky Ferreira
Night Time, My Time
Original spot: ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers |
| 46 |  | Pulp
This is Hardcore
Original spot: My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade |
| 47 |  | Novembre
Ursa
Original spot: Oasis - What’s the Story Morning Glory |
| 48 |  | SUP
Room Seven
Original spot: The La’s - The La’s |
| 49 |  | In the Woods...
Strange in Stereo
Original spot: Jeff Rosenstock - Worry. |
| 50 |  | Throes of Dawn
Quicksilver Clouds
Original spot: Muse - Black Holes and Revelations |
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