| 5.0 classic |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Vacation |
| Best opener to an album ever. Best closer to an album ever. Best album ever. |
| Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me |
| I'm not sure what it is about music that makes us feel the way it does. I mean, I'm sure there's some brain thing the psychologists know, but I didn't do well in Psychology in high school, so I'll just edge my way around that. This is a magnum opus if I've ever heard one. Brand New doesn't really seem to do anything wrong, but they've never really dipped their toe into perfect like they did with this. No matter what, this album can pick me up and reel me in from whatever shitty mood I was in. I know most of the thing's a downer, but there really is something about every song that just makes me feel better about who I am and what exactly I'm doing. Maybe it's a sense of "It Could Be Worse" or "It's Not Over Yet", whatever it may be, I don't care, I know it just works. |
| Deftones White Pony |
| I was never a fan of "metal". I had that one neighbor, who I'm pretty sure we all had. The one down the street from us, who always wore the ICP necklace and Slayer shirts, always smoking something. I guess it wasn't really the music that scared me away from the genre, but more the people who actually enjoyed it. However, it is almost unfair (to both parties) to call Deftones "metal". The metalheads would say there is no way Deftones hold up to Maiden or Megadeth. But I would have to agree with what most Deftones fans would say, and that's that Deftones, more or less, have a genre all of their own. The only other way to describe them would be alternative metal, however, not even that fits. With 'Adrenaline' we saw the nu-metal side and then with 'Around the Fur' we saw that they could produce something different than what Korn or Limp Biskit were producing. Then came White Pony, the biggest beast of them all, which showed people everywhere, that Chino and the gang weren't fucking around. Both melodic and heavy, White Pony flows flawlessly from one to the other. A triumph in music, showing others you don't have to label yourself to a specific genre to be the best.r |
| Frank Turner Love, Ire & Song |
| Frank Turner can just make you feel good. Doesn't matter the mood you're in, sad, angry, depressed, you pop in Frank and he will turn(er) your frown upside down. |
| La Dispute Somewhere at the Bottom of the River... |
| I think I saw you in my sleep, darling. I think I saw you in my dreams you were stitching up the seams on every broken promise that your body couldn't keep. I think I saw you in my sleep. OH! I thought I heard the door open, OH NO! thought I heard the door open but I only heard it close. I thought I heard a plane, crashing. But now I think it was your passion snap-ing. I think you saw me, confronting my fear, it went up with the bottle and went down with the beer and. I think you outta stay away from here there are ghosts in the walls and they crawl in your head through your ears. I think I saw you in my sleep, LOVER, I think I saw you in my dreams you were stitching up the seams on every mangled promise that your body couldn't keep. I think I...saw you in my...dreams. (dum dum, da, duh duh da, duh duh dum dum, dah, duh duh dum da duh dum dum) |
| Modest Mouse The Moon & Antarctica |
| Everything that keeps us together is fallin' apart. This album could possibly be my favorite. Out of all my fives, all of my ratings, all of the songs I have ever heard. I can't think of a better song than "3rd Planet". And what makes it even better is that every song on this album is just as good as the first. There seems to be something that floats over the entire album, through every song, that just makes it so fucking good. |
| Porcupine Tree In Absentia |
| No, this is NOT Porcupine Tree's best album. Fear of a Blank Planet is Porcupine Tree's best album. This album is still genius however. I was the start of their new sound. Instead of more of a Floyd sound, their sound started getting heavier. I love both of the sounds, pre-Absentia and post-Absentia, and this album is right in the middle, making it just amazing. |
| Porcupine Tree Fear of a Blank Planet |
| Pretense. You can't have a progressive album without it. This album is almost the epitome of pretense. Porcupine Tree knew they made a fantastic album, and they're going to show it. They know they're one of the best progressive bands around today, and they'll make sure they keep that status. Porcupine Tree just so happens to be my favorite band. I have never heard a band that has been this good in a long time. Ever actually. Each album got bigger and bigger, they were always trying new things. That's what I love about Porcupine Tree. Although there was a step backwards from 'Fear of a Blank Planet' to 'The Incident', they're still great, it was just a little hiccup, that's all (and not a bad one at that.) This is the greatest album of all time, no matter what anyone else tells you, this is it. |
| Rise Against Siren Song of the Counter Culture |
| This is the best Rise Against album. Anyone who says otherwise obviously doesn't know what music is. |
| Say Anything ...Is a Real Boy |
| There is no other lyricist that can compete with Max Bemis. At least this day in age. The songs Say Anything produce might not be a social commentary on the world and how it's turning into complete shit, but they do delve deep in metaphor and a Bemis's luscious vocabulary. It's unfortunate that Say Anything never matched what they had on '...Is a Real Boy' in any of their other releases. The only other album by them that came close was their self-titled, and that still stands no chance surviving a throw down with this beat. However, it is pleasant to know that this album came out of nowhere. The production value and quality in musicianship is miles better than their two previous releases, so maybe there is hope for Say Anything. Hopefully we won't wind up with just another 'Anarchy, My Dear' and something more similar to this. |
| Streetlight Manifesto Everything Goes Numb |
| Streetlight Manifesto is my favorite band. I decided this while talking with my friends about concerts we had been to. I was driving to a small coffee house downtown, and Streetlight was playing. On first thought, I would have said that the Porcupine Tree concert was my favorite concert (as well as my favorite band for a while), but thinking through the small amount I had been to, Streetlight had put on one hell of a show. Even though Reel Big Fish was the headlining band, I missed about three Streetlight songs because I was busy filling up my water bottle in the bathroom sink as I saw my sweat soaked Streetlight shirt, and I found out that the church I parked my car at wasn't a church and the 1992 Buick Le Sabre was towed, it was still the best concert I had been to. The atmosphere, the music, and the people just made it so good. After I figured this out, I thought about the bands I enjoy. Porcupine Tree is good, but I get tired of their stuff after quite a few listens. The same goes for Deftones. Modest Mouse is amazing, but I don't really like their first album very much. Every(original)thing that Streetlight releases is fucking classic. So thinking about both this album and Somewhere in the Between, I decided that Streetlight Manifesto is the greatest band that has ever existed. Let's hope they release some new shit soon, because there's no doubt in my mind that it'll be just as fucking good. |
| Streetlight Manifesto Somewhere in the Between |
| Streetlight Manifesto The Hands That Thieve |
| Streetlight Manifesto prove that they can stay the same, try out something a little new, and still retain an incredibly solid sound. All around a wonderfully crafted album, pushing Thomas and the gang a little further on the tightrope of perfection. |
| The Gaslight Anthem The 59 Sound |
| Nick Hornby wrote about the predictability of The Gaslight Anthem for the insert of their 2012 release 'Handwritten'. Although it seemed like a slight cop out to say "No, predictability is a great thing to have in music", Hornby describes what the Gaslight Anthem does perfectly. They don't need to come up with something new for every single album to be heard and liked. There's no need to come up with some stupid, avant garde gimmick for every album release, if you did, creativity, although endless, would run out quickly. Although what Hornby wrote for 'Handwritten' fits very well with that exact album, I feel it holds true to Gaslight's entire discography, especially 'The 59 Sound'. The album was released in a time where the guitar and vocals of old Bruce Springsteen rock was old and dead. There seemed no hope for a return in something as good as that. However, from deep in a sea of House and Party Hip-Hop, The Gaslight Anthem emerged, doing the exactly what they knew how to do: play good music. |
| The Hold Steady Separation Sunday |
| The Hold Steady Boys and Girls in America |
| The party songs that don't really work well at parties. The Hold Steady show that they're the best at showing that they can have a good time, and sing talk pretty damn well. No, this isn't "Party Rock Anthem" (in many ways), but listening to this just makes you want to go do something crazy. Hell, these guys could make my most straight-edge friends want to smoke pot and hang around with crazy girls. Just go out and have fun, it really doesn't matter where you wind up, as long as you have the stories of that crazy-awesome night, everything will be perfectly fine. We had some massive nights (a-wah-oooh, oh-oh) every song was right (a-wah-oooh, oh-oh). It's true, every song was right. When they made this album, Craig Finn and crew knew what the fuck they were up to. |
| The National Alligator |
| The National Boxer |
| Slow, baritone, and melancholy. The National can just play it off cool and right. The whole album just sets an atmosphere that makes you feel like you're driving along a night road only lit by a few streetlights here and there. The windows are down and you breathe in that cool, night air. The sound of the wind blowing through the windows and sunroof mix with the songs so well it seems like it was meant to be that way. Just sit back, relax, and listen. |
| The National High Violet |
| Slow, boring, and melancholic; how can this album be any better? Although this album changed it's style up a bit from the "sameness" of Boxer, the National release yet another "classic", showing that you don't have to have a single upbeat, exciting song on your record to have good fucking music. |
| The National Trouble Will Find Me |
| Boxer + High Violet = Trouble Will Find Me. They really can't do anything wrong, can they? |
| The Wonder Years Suburbia: I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing |
| Never in my life have I come across an album so brutally honest. The Wonder Years have released something that has transcended stereotypical pop punk. You won't find sad, desperate love songs or drinking with my friends songs here, but rather an album that tells the story of a city, a suburb. No matter where you live, there are always people who want out. Kids want to surf in Cali, or ski in Colorado, or live in New York, they didn't create something where they lived that truly means something to them. The Wonder Years have done that though. Weaving the story of south Philadelphia into 13 solid tracks, Soupy and the gang tell their listeners that their hometown is where they belong, because no matter where else they go, they can't seem to shake the feelings and memories of that shitty little city they used to call home. You rarely find honesty in pop punk, but the Wonder Years pull it off flawlessly, never wavering for something mainstream or catchy. |
| The Wonder Years The Greatest Generation |
| I'm sorry I don't "five" at the right times. |
| Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind |
| Pop your headphones in, start listening, and be happy. It's as simple as that. |
| 4.5 superb |
| A Wilhelm Scream Career Suicide |
| Alexisonfire Watch Out! |
| Alexisonfire Crisis |
| Now, people may say that Watch Out! is Alexisonfire's masterpiece, but for me, Crisis is just perfect. I've been digging this album hardcore for about a week now and every time I listen to it, I'm just more impressed than I was before. This Canadian band obviously has some major talent. One of the best, if not the best, post-hardcore album I have in my iTunes library. |
| Anberlin Cities |
| There's always something to be admired in a consistent band. Unless, of course, they're consistently bad. But that's not what Anberlin is, at all. With the recent release of their latest album, Vital, it made me go back and listen to everything they released again. They really knew what they were doing on every single album. Every single one was excellent. But then there are the ones like Cities (and I'm sure Vital will become this way after a couple more listens). The albums that, although don't break from the consistency the band worked so hard to achieve year after year, but only improves on it, making it not only an incredibly solid album, but and album that can be enjoyed for hours on end without break. From start to finish, Cities is wonderful. The chanting section in the middle of (Fin) is one of the most beautiful and spine chilling moments I've ever experienced in a song. |
| Anberlin Vital |
| Andrew Jackson Jihad People Who Can Eat People are the Luckiest People |
| Andrew Jackson Jihad Knife Man |
| Animal Collective Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| What I love about Animal Collective is that they are so different. They're different from every other band out there, but they're also different every time they release an album. Sung Tongs and Strawberry Jam were a ton different from Feels and Merrriweather Post Pavilion is even stranger. This band doesn't ever fail to impress and this is the album that they shine on. |
| Arcade Fire Funeral |
| Fantastic. There's not much else I have to say about it. It's just that good. |
| At the Drive-In Relationship of Command |
| It took me a really long time to get into this album, almost too long. Upon my first listen, I found this to be one of my favorite albums. This albums is one of the best post hardcore albums I've heard. The singing was gut wrenching at first listen, but after I got used to it, I loved the sound of it. |
| Blackalicious Blazing Arrow |
| Currently fighting for a five, it's one of the best rap albums I've heard. |
| blink-182 blink-182 |
| I still remember when my mom wouldn't let me listen to blink because they were just too vulgar. Of course she heard this from a friend who heard from a friend whose son's friend's older brother listened to the stuff, but really. I was never really in to them until late, but I still remember seeing the look on my friend's face when he heard they were getting back together. I'm glad they did, but they will never make another album like this again. I won't lie, I do like the new "Box Car Blink" sound, but their self-titled was the epitome of amazing pop punk. It's interesting, being a late blink-bloomer, to see the change blink-182 went through over the years. Starting out as a generic punk band, they grew into pop punk, and as Tom DeLonge explored the more melodic side, the band ever grew (well, might I add) with him. Who would have thought the band that put farting and pissing noises into an album would end up making anything close to "I Miss You" and "I'm Lost Without You"? |
| blink-182 Enema of the State |
| Blue October History for Sale |
| Blue October Any Man in America |
| There are few bands out there that truly make me smile whenever I listen to them. Blue October, from their start, have been fantastic, and this album, is their best effort yet. Sure, it's not perfect, I would much rather have the rap section taken out of the title track, but that doesn't take away from the album as a whole. The concept is, although sad, still beautiful. From start to finish, I didn't find a dull moment; they experiment with their sound with every song, and never really fail at finding something that doesn't work. I truly hope Blue October grows from this album, and all their future releases are even better. The best album of 2011 so far, and it's close to the end of the year, so maybe even the best. |
| Bomb the Music Industry! To Leave Or Die In Long Island |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Goodbye Cool World! |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Album Minus Band |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Scrambles |
| Stay young, stay fun. Do the stuff that you like and get a little bit pumped. BtMI! shows the ska/punk world that they're the best of the underground. |
| Bomb the Music Industry! Adults!!! |
| Just as good as a full release, solid and fun, if a bit short. |
| Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago |
| When I first put in For Emma, I didn't know what to expect. I had picked it up from the library and on my weekly run and recognized it from this site. I put it in and the minute "Re:Stacks" was over, this album became one of my favorites. I recently rediscovered it and bumped it up to a classic rating. Justin Vernon should go down in the history books as one of the greatest artists of our modern generation. Inspiring and quite, this album is a perfect fit for anyone. |
| Brand New Deja Entendu |
| Brand New Daisy |
| Circle Takes The Square As the Roots Undo |
| From all the comments I've been seeing, you either love this album, or hate it. Personally, I understand the perspective of each standing, however, I have enjoyed this album from the minute I first heard it. The songs seem to get longer as the album goes on and as the songs get longer, the songs get better. This album wouldn't work without the emotion that Circle Takes the Square put into it. If the singing and playing was flat, this album wouldn't be anymore than a "good." But CTtS shows us that they have what it takes to be considered among the top emo bands. |
| Circle Takes The Square Decompositions: Volume Number One |
| Converge Jane Doe |
| So much anger in such a small album. I love it. My favorite lyrics from the album: "a;kdslfa;oiexkjnvgwournwen;iusjogh" Brings tears to my eyes every time. |
| Converge All We Love We Leave Behind |
| Defeater Travels |
| Defeater Lost Ground |
| Defeater Empty Days and Sleepless Nights |
| I love concept albums. I grew up with them, and I'll be listening to them until the day I die. This concept, although I'm still figuring the lyrics out, is amazing. I never thought a hardcore band could produce something this amazing. Travels was great and I honestly never thought that they could do anything better, but Empty Days and Sleepless Nights proves that Defeater is the new king of hardcore. A truly awe-inspiring album. |
| Deftones Around the Fur |
| Deftones are slowly growing to be my favorite band. I had missed my chance to see them live in concert, I consider this one of my greatest mistakes as a music lover. Being their second release, this showed fans and haters that Deftones could be more than just a nu-metal band. They slowed down and cut back on the vocals for some songs, showing their melodic side. This sophomore release is wonderful to listen to, and I do listen to it, quite often. |
| Deftones Saturday Night Wrist |
| Deftones Diamond Eyes |
| There just seems to be something about Deftones. No band (that I've seen) has been able to change their sound this much and still remain at the top of their game with every single album release thus far. Defying any sort of genre, Deftones create their own world made up of their own music, using their god given talent for the good of all mankind. |
| Deftones Koi No Yokan |
| Although this album rode in on a hype train and was generally disliked because of it, it still manages to be one of the Deftones' best. Deftones can create an atmosphere that hangs over their album like no other band. We saw it with White Pony, Diamond Eyes and now again with Koi No Yokan. Chino's vocals and mixed with the combination of both metal and soft alt-rock is something only a band like Deftones can pull off, and there aren't any other bands like Deftones. Although it's no White Pony, it still stands alongside Diamond Eyes and far above any other Deftones release thus far. Brilliantly put together and atmospheric, Deftones do it again. |
| Dizzee Rascal Boy In Da Corner |
| I really love this rap album. One of the best, could be a five, but it's not quite there. |
| DJ Shadow Endtroducing..... |
| El-P Cancer 4 Cure |
| Elliott Smith Either/Or |
| Elliott Smith Elliott Smith |
| Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP |
| You know, I don't think I've ever wanted a musician to do drugs more than I want Eminem to relapse back into his pill addiction. I mean, he was so much better when he was rapping about homosexuals and Vicodin. Recovery wasn't as bad as Relapse, no, but still, he needs to be this good again. |
| Fair to Midland Fables From a Mayfly |
| If there's one word I hate more than any word in the English language, it's "epic." I understand it being used to describe a poem, book or anything else that actually stands by the definition of "epic". This album stands by the definition. While not "epic" in length, the sure quality of it is absolutely fantastic. Although the lyrics rarely make any sense, I want to sing along with every song. The vocalist has such a great range it just helps the "epic-ness" of the album. |
| Faith No More Angel Dust |
| Yeah, this.rYour soundoff was too short, it has to be at least 50 characters |
| Fear Before The Always Open Mouth |
| Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape |
| Foo Fighters Wasting Light |
| Frank Turner England Keep My Bones |
| In England talk, a brilliant album beginning to end, not quite Love, Ire and Song, but it's so close it's almost too good. |
| Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight |
| Genesis Selling England by the Pound |
| Genesis The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway |
| This album is a pure beast. A behemoth in terms of both length and concept. The last album that the Gabriel Genesis brought to us, and quite honestly, the best. Whether the concept came to Gabriel in a dream, or he was just this crazy, the album came out beautifully. Every song brings out what Genesis got right in their previous albums. There couldn't be a better way to spend an hour and a half. |
| Glassjaw Worship and Tribute |
| After listening to some of the band's music on Youtube, I thought I wouldn't enjoy this album; I was so wrong. I started listening to it, and it immediately grew on me. I enjoy the hardcore sound. They pull it off well. |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas... |
| Beautiful. In every way, shape, and form, beautiful. There's no denying that this album is amazing, and one that is actually deserving of its status on many levels. It just seems to have that extra something that F#A#(Infinity) doesn't have. Maybe it's the more uplifting mood or the fact that there's an extra song to listen to. Whatever the case may be, this album is extraordinary in every sense of the word and deserves to go down in history as such. |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor F#A# (Infinity) |
| Godspeed You! Black Emperor Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada |
| Green Day Dookie |
| Green Day American Idiot |
| This album was my first album ever, it obviously has some special place in my heart. When I was in sixth grade, I played this album at least once every other day. |
| Jack's Mannequin Everything In Transit |
| Japandroids Post-Nothing |
| Japandroids Celebration Rock |
| I don't really care if I'm supposed to rate things subjectively or not on this site, but this one, I really can't. Although it's not perfect in the sense that 'The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me' and 'White Pony' are perfect, it still seems almost flawless in my heart. The music is simple and the lyrics are cheesy, but that's what makes the Japandroids so good. I recently saw them at a small venue here in Denver, and they even admitted to having easy songs to sing along to. The complexity of the lyrics isn't what matters though, deep, meaningful lyrics aren't what makes an album stick with a person. I believe it was Hemingway who once said in response to Faulkner "Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words?" Japandroids sing about going out, getting drunk, and having a damn good time, not caring about anything but the night ahead and the friends by your side. Complex or not, Japandroids will always know how to bring forth a sense of nostalgia in us all. |
| Jeff Buckley Grace |
| Beautiful and dynamic. Buckley showed what he was made of with Grace. From start to finish the album feels complete. Every song sounds different and unique. Jeff Buckley showed the world that he could be soft with "Hallelujah" and could rock hard with "Eternal Life". One of, if not THE essential album of the nineties. If you don't own this album, you don't know music. |
| Joy Division Closer |
| Joy Division Unknown Pleasures |
| Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy |
| Kanye West is an asshole. He is an egotistical, self worshiping, self centered shit. And I fucking love it. What West created with 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' is awe inspiring. No longer is he relying on catchy hooks and poppy auto-tuned lyrics. He's actually focusing on what really counts, the passion behind the music. If all Kanye had to do is disrespect someone to make this good of an album, I want fists flying at the next MTV awards. |
| Kashiwa Daisuke Program Music I |
| When I first downloaded this album, I thought something had gone wrong. Why were there only two songs? that's ridiculous, that's a demo, not a fucking album. Then I noticed the length of these two songs, both over 25 minutes. I put off listening to this album for awhile (considering I never really had an hour to sit down and actually listen intently) but when I finally did I loved it. It's a very odd album, but every second is worth the listen. |
| Kendrick Lamar Section.80 |
| Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city |
| From start to finish a triumph, not just for rap, but for music in general. Kendrick shows the world what he's made of, and along the way, isn't afraid to be himself, breaking from the generic "fuck bitches get money" song content and building a world full of wonderful story telling and excellent music. |
| Killer Mike R.A.P. Music |
| King Crimson In the Court of the Crimson King |
| La Dispute Wildlife |
| Laura Stevenson Sit Resist |
| Laura Stevenson Wheel |
| Leftover Crack Fuсk World Trade |
| Letlive. Fake History (Re-Release) |
| M83 Hurry Up, We're Dreaming |
| This shit. Seriously, this fucking shit. God damn. |
| Macklemore and Ryan Lewis The Heist |
| Unfortunately a late listen for me. Should be a part of all end of the lists. |
| maudlin of the Well Bath |
| The most interesting combination of music I've ever heard. Beautiful and dark. |
| mewithoutYou Catch For Us The Foxes |
| mewithoutYou Brother, Sister |
| This album is truly inspiring. There aren't many albums that can do what this one did. It really helped me stay positive through life. This album came to me when I was down and right after everything turned itself around. My life just kept getting better and this album walked with me through all of it. Sure, it didn't help me through shit, but it helped me get even more out of life than I thought possible. |
| Miles Davis Kind of Blue |
| This album is honestly jazz perfection. There is not other jazz musician that could do what Davis pulled off in the incredible album. A true masterpiece. |
| Modern Life Is War Witness |
| Almost a five. Do I really have to say anything else? |
| Modest Mouse Good News For People Who Love Bad News |
| Modest Mouse The Lonesome Crowded West |
| Great album, but it just can't stand to 'Moon & Antarctica'. |
| My Bloody Valentine Loveless |
| My Chemical Romance The Black Parade |
| Nas Illmatic |
| Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea |
| Nine Inch Nails The Downward Spiral |
| A work of genius. Highly disturbed genius. "Hurt" seems to wrap the entire thing up almost too well. Trent, why you so good? |
| Nirvana In Utero |
| Nirvana Nevermind |
| Really great. This album jumps back and forth between a 5 and a 4.5 every week it seems. Not sure if it will ever stay in one place. |
| Oceansize Frames |
| Operation Ivy Energy |
| Opeth Still Life |
| Opeth Blackwater Park |
| This is Opeth's magnum opus. Nothing the made, or will make, will be better than this album right here. The eight songs last forever but never seem to take too long to get finished. The album is perfect in every way. Plus Steven Wilson helped them out with the production, which just makes it that much better. |
| Opeth Damnation |
| Imagine what Opeth created with Blackwater Park, now just tone down everything. Take is slower, don't growl as much (or at all) and you've got yourself Damnation. This album, like Blackwater Park, is perfect. It shows that even the heaviest of black metal bands can tone it down and still sound fantastic. Essential not just for progressive metal fans, but for music fans everywhere. |
| Opeth Ghost Reveries |
| Pearl Jam Ten |
| Peter Gabriel So |
| Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel (Melt) |
| I grew up on Peter Gabriel. The one CD that was always playing in my parents' car was Peter Gabriel's 'Shaking the Tree: Greatest Hits'. I loved this album, and once I grew up to realize that there are actually songs outside of greatest hits albums, I picked this up. There isn't anything Peter Gabriel can't do. He was fantastic in Genesis, and he's still going strong solo (except for the 'Scratch My Back' exception). Overall an amazing album, I also happen to have found it on vinyl for $3, how fucking great is that? |
| Pianos Become the Teeth The Lack Long After |
| Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon |
| Pink Floyd Animals |
| Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here |
| It might only have five songs, but Wish You Were Here lasts a damn long time. This was one of my first albums that really got me into music. Without it, I don't think I would have even found this site which changed my musical tastes even more. Also, "Have a Cigar" is one of my favorite songs of all time. OF ALL TIME!!! |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
| This is nothing besides a five to me. I don't care what anyone says, I think it's much better than 'Dark Side of the Moon' and 'Animals'. Don't get me wrong, I think those albums are stand outs among progressive music, but to me 'The Wall' is just so much better. The story of it just pulls me in. Although there's a lot of filler, it's all needed, there's nothing there that shouldn't be there. It all seems to fit in to place. Now, I'm never going to say that 'The Wall' is better than 'Wish You Were Here', oh hell no. HELL NAW, but it's still a stand out album. |
| Pixies Doolittle |
| Pixies Surfer Rosa |
| Porcupine Tree Signify |
| Porcupine Tree Stupid Dream |
| This is the album that started it all. For me at least. One Christmas, my uncle got me a CD, this CD. I hadn't heard of the band was was in a crappy metalcore stage. When I started listening, I got so into it, I couldn't stop listening. Later, my uncle gave me their entire discography. Although this isn't Porcupine Tree's best, it still shows as a milestone in their discography. |
| Porcupine Tree Deadwing |
| Porcupine Tree Lightbulb Sun |
| This is one of Porcupine Tree's best albums. No, not better than In Absentia or Fear of a Blank Planet, but it's at least number 3. It shows what they were like before turning dark and gloomy. Fine, fine work. |
| Radiohead Kid A |
| I am really all over the place with this album. Not being a huge fan of Radiohead, I picked it up after I saw it at the top of all these "Best of the Decade" list. I started listening and hated it. I thought it was over-hyped and it didn't stand to 'OK Computer'. I would get angry every time someone would say that 'Kid A' was the best Radiohead album, because deep down inside, I knew it wasn't true. Later, I grew to love the album, but I still thought it was far less superior than 'OK Computer'. Later, I found myself listening to it all the time, realizing, that this may be one of my favorite albums. That was the day I realized that 'OK Computer' had been beaten by it's little brother 'Kid A'. |
| Radiohead OK Computer |
| Radiohead created a modern masterpiece with OK Computer. What seemed to be a normal alternative rock band crafted something so wonderful it changed what we are as human beings. Not really, but it was still a landmark in musical achievements. Great band, fantastic album. |
| Radiohead In Rainbows |
| Rise Against The Sufferer and the Witness |
| Saves the Day Stay What You Are |
| Say Anything In Defense of the Genre |
| Although this album isn't as good as ...Is a Real Boy, it's still fantastic. Max Bemis's lyrics still pierce the heart of angst-ridden teens everywhere, and I love it. The huge 27 song album is great from start to finish and never left me wishing there was more. |
| Say Anything Say Anything |
| So this may be Say Anything's weakest album to date, but that doesn't mean it can't be one of the greatest albums out there. I'm going to say this again, but there really isn't another person who is as great of a lyricist as Max Bemis. Every song is rich with speech and fluency. Truly an amazing album. |
| Senses Fail Still Searching |
| Shpongle Tales of the Inexpressible |
| Sigur Ros Ágætis Byrjun |
| Sigur Ros ( ) |
| Sigur Ros Takk... |
| Stars of the Lid And Their Refinement Of The Decline |
| Eerily fantastic. This album has put me to sleep almost every night my brain just could handle all the bullshit of everyday life. If I was stressed, I would put this album on and just listen. The smooth, haunting sounds would eventually put me to sleep. |
| Steven Wilson Grace for Drowning |
| If Steven Wilson isn't considered a God among men on this planet, I don't want to live here anymore. |
| Sufjan Stevens Illinois |
| Sun Kil Moon Ghosts of the Great Highway |
| Fantasmigorical. Almost a five, (it was previously, but I bumped it down). |
| Swarms Old Raves End |
| Taking Back Sunday Tell All Your Friends |
| The Antlers Hospice |
| The Clash London Calling |
| The Cure Disintegration |
| The Dear Hunter The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection) |
| Easily the most ambitious album of 2011, and one of the most ambitious albums ever. Brilliant. |
| The Decemberists The Crane Wife |
| When we arrive, sons and daughter, we'll make our homes, on the water. We'll build our homes, aluminum! We'll fill our mouths, with cinnamon, now. |
| The Dismemberment Plan Emergency & I |
| The Gaslight Anthem Sink or Swim |
| The Hold Steady Stay Positive |
| The Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium |
| Fantastic prog rock. Really. I usually go for the Pink Floyd types, not really the Yes types, but this really stuck with me. |
| The Menzingers On the Impossible Past |
| The Microphones The Glow pt.2 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die |
| The Reign Of Kindo Rhythm, Chord & Melody |
| Other than the lack of an Oxford Comma in the album's title, this album is practically flawless. |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness |
| The Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream |
| A truly great piece of music. Glad I picked it up. |
| The Story So Far Under Soil and Dirt |
| The Story So Far What You Don't See |
| The Tallest Man on Earth The Wild Hunt |
| I've started listening to this album more and more. And the more I listen to it, the better it gets. Obviously the best of 2010 and could walk away with a top spot in the best of decade. It may be very far off, but I still look forward to this tall man's other releases, knowing they will only get better as time goes on. |
| The Weeknd House of Balloons |
| Why did it take me so long to listen to this album? Holy shit, this is so good. God damn, seriously. Fuck. |
| The Weeknd Echoes of Silence |
| Two words: holy shit. Although, I'll have to put more because sputnik won't let the sound-off be shorter than however many characters. |
| The Who Quadrophenia |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides |
| The Wonder Years The Upsides [Deluxe Edition] |
| Thrice Vheissu |
| Everything about it is awesome. On of, if not THE, definitive post hardcore albums ever. |
| Tigers on Trains Grandfather |
| Superb to the last chord, "A Year in the Garden Shed" is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard. Fantastic beginning to end. |
| Titus Andronicus The Monitor |
| Why is it that this album is so good? I mean, the vocals aren't anything to write home about, in fact, they could be considered somewhat bad. The production value is a little less than average, and sometimes, the songs just sound like noise. It's bands like Titus Andronicus that make me look for a brighter future in a musical present filled with shitty pop and dubstep. It's nice to know that a band can still pull off something completely original and unique and still get critical praise for such a thing. Sure, they may not be popular, they may not be played on the radio, but they still pull off being recognized by all the major music sites and magazines as one of the best albums of 2010 and one of the best albums of all time (for me at least.) Titus Andronicus makes the future of music a little less "wubby" and I'm perfectly okay with that. |
| Tom Waits Rain Dogs |
| Rain Dogs has got to be the most interesting album I've ever heard, it's definitely unlike anything I've ever heard. Tom Waits's vocals are ragged and rough, but also quite tolerable to listen to. I found every second of the album to be enjoyable and smiled through the entire thing. |
| Tool Lateralus |
| Great, just great. Probably better than Aenima, but I'll have to give that another listen to be sure. |
| Tool Aenima |
| Touche Amore Parting The Sea Between Brightness And Me |
| Trophy Scars Never Born, Never Dead |
| Ah screw it, this little EP deserves it. Wonderful inside and out, the first piece by Trophy Scars I listened to, and it got me hooked. What can I say, the audio clip in "Angels" that they took from Lost, gets me every time. |
| Wu-Tang Clan Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) |
| Great hip-hop. Well, not great... almost classic. |
| Yellowcard Ocean Avenue |
| Yeah, yeah, I know it's Sowing's thing, but seriously, this is a fantastic break-up album. I was listening to Yellowcard (and this album) for probably just as long as my relationship with this girl, and I put this album on (coincidentally) on the drive over to her house one night, where she promptly broke up with me. It was tough, but as soon as "Believe" came on, well, I knew that everything was going to be alright. I recently saw them at the Warped Tour in Denver, and "Ocean Avenue" and "Only One" finally clicked for me, unleashing my true feelings. This album, sure the songs may all sound kind of the same, sure, they may be all about breaking up, but there's so much emotion poured into each song, I can't help but love it. Yeah, I still miss that girl, her name was Heather, but I know that only time and Yellowcard will heal the wounds that cut so deep when we finally came to an end. |
| Yellowcard Lights and Sounds |
| Yellowcard When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes |
| Oh Yellowcard, you can't make bad music, can you? Oh well, we'll just ignore those first few albums, yeah? Sounds good. |
| Yellowcard Southern Air |
