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| 2 years of sputnik; abe's Top 100 album
Yeah yeah yeah, I know I'm late for the exact date. But here it is anyway, a sputversary. Who would have think that a link to Ling Tosite Sigure review in amazon would be the beginning of my musical discovery. Despite the ancient functionality and lots of impracticality within this website, I fully enjoy the quality reviews and other contents. So here, top 100 albums. This list is loosely ranked until top 40. | | 101 |  | Peanut Butter
Peanut Butter
Thank you for these people who helped me enjoy my stay in here:
Archelirion
CalculatingInfinity
Flugmorph
Ovrot
Angelboros (where'd you go ;_;)
Sounds
ComeToDaddy
Pjorn
Tyler
Frippertronics
Conmaniac
Blush
Bloon
Jacquibim
Ashcrash9
And the rest of sputcord active members whom I can't put here. | | 100 |  | Danny Brown
Atrocity Exhibition
Genre: Hip-hop
I just started slowly exploring hip-hop; This got my attention. I love the production in here a lot and the overall theme of the album.
Songs: Really Doe, Ain't In Funny, Hell For It. | | 99 |  | Circa Survive
Juturna
Genre: Indie Rock, Shoegaze
I'm biased towards Anthony Green's works. Juturna has something that is emotionally relatable in it. An excellent debut.
Songs: Stop The Fucking Car, Act Appalled, We're All Thieves. | | 98 |  | Linkin Park
Meteora
Genre: Nu-Metal, childhood music
LP is something that I've grown with. Despite within my exploration of music has made these 2 earliest albums a little bit less excellent compared to when I've heard it the first time, I still dig this. Meteora is about the same as Hybrid Theory, same enjoyment.
Songs: Easier to Run [has to be the best LP song for me], Don't Stay, Lying From You. | | 97 |  | Linkin Park
Hybrid Theory
This is something that influences my music taste and it's saying much.
Songs: A Place for My Head, Papercut, In The End, Pushing Me Away | | 96 |  | Midori
Aratame Hajime Mashite Midori Desu
Genre: Punk, Noise Rock, Jazz
Looking at the genre tags alone, I'm pretty sure this would be an interesting listen. And hell yeah it does. The instrumental segments here are insane.
Songs: Yukiko-san, 5 Hyoshi, Muyoku noMuryoku | | 95 |  | Nadja
Touched
Genre: Doom Metal, Drone, Shoegaze
A gaze into the abyss. It's like walking in a creeping darkness with nowhere to escape.
Songs: Stay Demons, incubations/metamorphosis | | 94 |  | Oathbreaker
Rheia
Genre: Blackgaze/post-black metal
A female fronted blackgaze band with an excellent vocal delivery through and through. One of the most interesting release of 2016.
Songs: Second son of R, Needles in Your Skin | | 93 |  | Carly Rae Jepsen
Emotion
Genre: Sputcore, pop
Yeah.
Songs: 'All That' is the best song here, come on. | | 92 |  | Envy
Abyssal
Genres: Screamo, Post-rock
An EP that takes old/straightforward-hardcore envy and post-rock envy within 25 mins. Good stuffs.
Songs: All | | 91 |  | Slowdive
Souvlaki
Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
It's quite funny that I have around 27% gaze on my pie chart and have this album pretty low within my top 100 and my ratings in general. I find the instrumental tracks in Souvlaki to be wallpaperish and that's saying much.
Songs: Alison, Dagger, When The Sun Hits | | 90 |  | Whirr/Nothing
Split
Genres: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
An excellent split of two bands that have about similar vibe and sounding. I find Nothing's side to be slightly better.
Songs: all but 'July The Forth' is the best here. | | 89 |  | Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Pamyu Pamyu Revolution
Genre: J-Pop, Electro-pop
One of the most tongue-in-cheek album I've ever heard. It's like Kero Kero Bonito done right.
Songs: Candy, PON, Drinker. | | 88 |  | Trespassers William
Different Stars
Genres: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
The official midnight-time album. I find this album to be homogeneous, but oh boy, it's pretty.
Songs: Lie in The Sound, Flicker, Alone, Love is Blindness | | 87 |  | Haywyre
Two Fold - Part 1
Genre: Electronic, Glitch Hop
So, Haywyre is favorite artist from Monstercat, a musical label that covers all of my music consumptions before sputnik. And this LP is brilliant.
Songs: Prologue-The Schism, Sculpted. | | 86 |  | Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels
Genre: Hip-Hop
Oh well, I enjoy this duo. Their debut is still the best tho.
Songs: DDFH, Sea Legs, A Christmas FUCKING Miracle. | | 85 |  | Ling Tosite Sigure
Feeling Your UFO
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock
Well, don't be surprised if you see multiple albums from these guys in this list. This is an EP tho, still awesome.
Songs: Souzou no Security, Sergio Echigo | | 84 |  | Tricot
The
Genres: Math Rock, Post-punk
An All-Female math rock band from Japan. Can't you feel their energy?
Songs: Tobe, 99.974*, Artsick, Omotenashi | | 83 |  | Whirr
Distressor
Genres: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Indie Rock
One of the best debut from modern Shoegaze. Distressor takes a melancholic and sadder approach into its sound.
Songs: Leave, Sandy | | 82 |  | Jesu
Silver
Genres: Shoegaze, Drone, Metal, Industrial
One of the more shoegazey sound of Jesu. This EP is Packed with metallic tone, heavier sound of shoegaze.
Songs: Silver, Dead Eyes. | | 81 |  | Starflyer 59
Silver
Genres: Shoegaze, Indie Rock
An underappreciated 90's gaze within the sea of many underappreciated 90's shoegaze albums. There is some grunge element in here too.
Songs: Hazel Would, Monterey, 2nd. Space song, The Dungeon. | | 80 |  | Kinoko Teikoku
Long Goodbye
Genres: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Post-Rock
As much as the cover art implies, this album is as pretty as flowers. It's happy and sarcastic, then it's sad.
Songs: all tracks | | 79 |  | Yaphet Kotto
The Killer Was in the Government Blankets
Genres: Screamo, Post-hardcore
A clashing clean and harsh vocals along with an amazing instrumentation. If you like screamo, this is a must listen.
Songs: Torn Pictures, Reserved from Speakers, B&C | | 78 |  | Sleep Dealer
The Way Home
Genre: Post-rock, Shoegaze
A soundtrack of being lost. Or the weariness being outside the comfort zone. Whenever I listen to this, I'm longing to go back home, even though I'm home already.
Songs: t/t, The Tenth Planet. | | 77 |  | Opeth
Blackwater Park
Genres: Not Prog-Rock yet
I don't need to explain this eh?
Songs: t/t, Dirge of November, Bleak | | 76 |  | Opeth
Still Life
Genres: I'm a pop fan, actually.
Slightly better than BWP imo. More cohesive.
Songs: The Moore, Benighted, White Cluster, Serenity Painted Death. | | 75 |  | Varien
Mirai Sekai
Genres: Electronics
Varien and 7 Minutes Dead created something that is better than 99% of Monstercat material nowadays. It's one of the best Monstercat release, still holds high on my ranking. A soundtrack of the Journey to the Future.
Songs: all except closer. | | 74 |  | Eminem
The Marshall Mathers LP
Genres: hop-hip
It's kinda funny that when I was a kid, I used to think Eminem is the only good rapper out there. And yes, I only listened to him at that time.
Songs: Stan, The Way I Am, Criminal | | 73 |  | Dir En Grey
Arche
Genres: Metal, Avant-Garde
I actually don't know which genres Dir En Grey belongs to, but I think it's pretty Dream poppish. DEG have grown off me, but their music still pretty fantastic.
Songs: Phenomenon, Tousei, Behind a Vacant Image. | | 72 |  | Deftones
White Pony
Genres: Nu-Metal
One of the first band I've checked when I started sputnik. White Pony is definitely the best Deftones album ever. Fight me irl if you disagree.
Songs: Knife Party, Passenger, Digital Bath, Elite | | 71 |  | Swans
Soundtracks for the Blind
Genres: Post-Rock, Experimental, Noise-rock
Listening to this album is one of the most unsettling experience ever; It's a good thing tho. Somehow the album length is quite intimidating to return to.
Songs: Helpless Child | | 70 |  | Dream Theater
Images and Words
Genre: Prog metal
You know I was like 9 whenever my older brother jammed this. I ended up rocking along with my brother. To this day, this album still kicks ass, even though I'm liking less progressive music nowadays.
Songs: Pull Me Under, Metropolis Pt. I, Learning to Live | | 69 |  | Brand New
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Genre: Sputcore
Hardest sputcore in the history of human life, I really wonder if there is any album that can top this achievement.
Songs: Limousine, Limousine, Limousine, Limousine. | | 68 |  | Altar of Plagues
Teethed Glory and Injury
Genre: Post-Black Metal
I don't usually find an album that is growing hard on me lately. But this is a counterargument for that. This album just gets better each and every listen. Even though I find this to be unbearable at the beginning.
Songs: Twelve Was Ruin, Reflection Pulse Remain, A Body Shrouded | | 67 |  | Gorillaz
Demon Days
Genre: Trip-hop
Another childhood jam. Growing up in Indonesia was not a good time to find any outside musics, only the mainstream hits went through. And so did Gorillaz. I remember when I listened to Feel Good Inc for the first time and got captivated by the animation and of course the music.
Songs: Feel Good Inc, Dirty Harry, Fire comes out from.. | | 66 |  | Stimming
Alpe Lusia
Genre: Electronic, House
One of the best electronic/house release in the recent memory. The entire soft kick in this album is so enticing, almost addicting.
Songs: Prepare, Pressing Plant, For My Better Half | | 65 |  | Ling Tosite Sigure
#4
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock
#4 is basically the sound of youth. When everything seems to be frustrating. This album is raw emotions, it speaks to me on a emotional level. The music itself has some chaotic/awkward transitions, but it just fits the theme for me.
Songs: Boukan, Acoustic. | | 64 |  | TK From Ling Tosite Sigure
Flowering
Genre: Indie Rock, Pop, Experimental
TK is a magical dude. It's quite baffling on how he keeps pumping quality music after quality. So consistent that even his solo project still bangs hard. I mean, not bangs, but chillz.
Songs: White Silence, Film A Moment, Flower. | | 63 |  | REOL
Σ
Genre: Electronic Pop
Reol is a vocaloid. Actually, she is real, but sounds like a vocaloid. Actually, Reol is a group. But REOL is the singer with a dude who produces the music. And this album issa hype. Hype!!
Songs: Kamisama Ni Hatta ni, VIP KID, Lunatic, ChiruChiru. | | 62 |  | Amesoeurs
Ruines Humaines
Genre: Blackgaze
So, Blackgaze is Post-Black Metal. But I would refer Post-Black Metal as something that has a heavier sounding. And Blackgaze is a perfect term for Amesoeurs. This EP has a 15 mins runtime, but it is beautiful. Almost perfect as an EP. Not to mention Neige.
Songs: all | | 61 |  | Muse
Absolution
Genre: Alternative Rock
There was a phase back in middle school where I was exclusively listening to Muse. Every day for weeks. It was worth it.
Songs: Sing For Absolution, Butterflies & Hurricanes, Rules by Secrecy | | 60 |  | Death
Symbolic
Genre: Death
Metal is gay, and I'm pretty gay for this.
Songs: Sacred Serenity, Without Judgement, Crystal Mountain | | 59 |  | Alcest
Écailles de Lune
Genre: Blackgaze
What's gayer than metal? Blackgays. I'm so fucking gay for this.
Songs: All except Solar Song. | | 58 |  | Killer Mike
R.A.P. Music
Genre: Hip-Hop
I like his lyrics xd
Songs: Southern Fried, Anywhere But Here, t/t | | 57 |  | Nujabes
Modal Soul
Genre: Instrumental Hip-Hop
RIP Seba Jun. He was only 36 years old. His music, a cultural bending and genre defining jazzy hip-hop, remains forever.
Songs: Reflection Eternal, Luv Sic, Feather, Eclipse. | | 56 |  | Nujabes
Metaphorical Music
About the same with Modal Soul, just slightly better
Songs: Blessing it, F.I.L.O, Think Different | | 55 |  | Gospel
The Moon Is a Dead World
Genre: Screamo, Post-Hardcore
One of the most technical Screamo album ever; the drumming in this album is undecipherable. It really deserves every inch of its praises.
Songs: First Half > Second Half | | 54 |  | Ichiko Aoba
うたびこ
Genre: Folk
Ichiko Aoba on Abe's top 100 list? WHAT A SURPRISE!! Anyway, this album is when Ichiko Aoba started her experimentation. IMPERIAL SMOKE TOWN is the case of the experimentation and she completely nails it.
Songs: IMPERIAL SMOKE TOWN, Watashi no Toujin, Hadashi no Niwa, Anata no Kazari | | 53 |  | The Angelic Process
Weighing Souls With Sand
Genre: Doom Metal, Shoegaze
Osmium is the densest material on earth. So dense, in fact it's almost as dense as this album. It's a surreal experience, almost as if my ears are suffocating. And it feels damn good..
Songs: Dick in A minor, We All Die Laughing, The Promise of Snakes | | 52 |  | Aimer
Midnight Sun
Genre: Pop, Alternative Rock
There is something special with Aimer for me. Her vocal hits every soft spots I have. This album is a showcase of what she is capable of, a major improvement from her debut. From Homogenous sounding, to a big variety of sounds.
Songs: words, VOICE, RE: I AM | | 51 |  | Lantlos
.neon
Genre: Blackgaze
Neige pls. Almost every of your work amazes me. It's kinda funny that one dude is featured multiple times in different bands. This album is an epitome of how blackgaze should be like. A pretty build up with brutal crescendo. But not always like that of course.
Songs: Pulse Surreal, .coma, Minusmench | | 50 |  | Perfume
Triangle
Genre: J-pop, Electronic, Techno
Oh boy, where do I start? This is Perfume. This is what electronic pop should sound like. It's catchy, lighthearted, fun, energetic, and lit. The music production here is insane. Only Japanese artists seem to thrive at this kind of music apparently.
Songs: Dream Fighter, Edge, Night Flight | | 49 |  | Perfume
GAME
If you notice, I like to put the same band/artists in about the same ranking. If you see something like this, expect the album to be having the same quality. Or close enough that I can only put one on top of the other. And for this case, GAME is slightly better than Triangle. But both are fucking lit.
Songs: Secret Secret (this is the best J-pop song ever, I'm not even exaggerating), t/t, Take Me Take Me | | 48 |  | Slowdive
Slowdive (1990)
Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop
If you ask me which one is the best slowdive, then you already find the answer. If you like Souvlaki, you should definitely check this.
Songs: only 2 different tracks duh | | 47 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
Genre: Loveless
Oh boy, here we go. This is the most acclaimed shoegaze album ever and fuck yeah it should be. The only reason why this isn't higher on my list is because there are few misses in here. But the hits, hits fucking hard. CAN'T YOU FEEL THE FUZZ?
Songs: Sometimes, Only I Said, Blown a Wish, What You Want. | | 46 |  | Dir En Grey
Uroboros (Remastered & Expanded)
Genre: CalculatingInfinity-core
Yeah this rules. This band is amazing through and through. Most notably on Kyo's massive range of vocal. He is one of the best vocalist out there.
Songs: Vinushka, DOZING GREEN, Ware Yami Tote | | 45 |  | Supercell
Today is a Beautiful Day
Genre: Pop, Rock
WOohooOOo, Supercell with Yanagi Nagi. The best of its kind. Basically Supercell has released albums with different vocalists. One with Vocaloid (Hatsune Miku), this, and the other is using Koeda as the singer. Vocaloid is highly hit-or-miss type of sounding. It didn't stop Supercell's debut to be less technically excellent than this. But this one is just a latent improvement here and there compared to their debut. The variety and all of that. On top of it, Yanagi's vocal hits all the sweet spots possible in this album. Essential J-pop/rock album.
Songs: LOVE & ROLL, Yoru ga Akeru Yo, Perfect Day, Kimi no Shiranai Monogatari | | 44 |  | Envy
A Dead Sinking Story
Genre: Screamo, Post-Rock
Yeaaah, Envy. To describe Envy is definitely "3-5 syllables screaming!!!!!" Other than that, this album just nails the intensity within each crescendos. An amazing album to say the least.
Songs: Color of Fetters, Unrepairable Gentleness, Go Mad and Mark, Reasons and Oblivion. | | 43 |  | Boris
Boris At Last -Feedbacker-
Genre: Drone and some of other stuffs that magically fit
Honestly, Boris should have their own genre section. Their musicianship is crazy brilliant. Despite the complexity of their music, they will always effortlessly deliver. I find Feedbacker to be their highest achievement, just slightly above Flood. Probably because the perfect length. Flood is way too intimidating for me to return to. Ironically enough, I've jammed Flood live version more compared to this, so..
Songs: It's a one song album. | | 42 |  | Tool
Lateralus
Genre: Why I Stopped listening To Tool
I just haven't invest my time in their music again :(
Songs: t/t, Parabol/Parabola, Schism, Disposition-Reflection | | 41 |  | Tool
Ænima
Genre: Enema
Tool is one of the earliest band I've given a try when I started using this website. And Tool have pretty much influenced my taste in music to a certain extent. They have really grown off me, but I have to give credits where it's due.
SONGS: Pushit, Third Eyes, Stinkfist | | 40 |  | Circa Survive
Blue Sky Noise
Genre: Anthony Green
Now we're getting to the top 40! To open this up, there is Circa Survive's Magnum Opus. Blue Sky Noise is catchy as fuck. And it has everything I want from a Circa Survive album. most notably cohesiveness.
Sangs: Through the Desert Alone, Glass Arrows, Compendium-Dyed in the wool. | | 39 |  | Brockhampton
Saturation 2
Genre: Hip-Hop
Brockhampton is a hip-hop collective, as you guys might already know. I just find this boyband pretty cool. Different personalities and different styles, topped with a brilliant executions and productions. I don't particularly find the lyrics to be dumb or even intelligent, I just like the way they rap personally. I'm quite homophobic tbh, but it doesn't stop me liking this album.
Songs: Junky, Sweet, Tokyo, Swamp | | 38 |  | Banks
Goddess
Genre: Pop, Downtempo, Electronic
Banks, not only you can keep money in here, you also got an excellent music. Banks' vocal is intimate, as of she is singing for you and you only. And to complement it, there are minimal productions scattered throughout the album. She is one of my favorite female singer out there.
Songs: Brain, This is What It Feels Like, Warm Water, Change | | 37 |  | Opeth
My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth: Genre
Best. Opeth. Period. This album is by far the most cohesive release of Opeth. It also has some best tracks like what I will mention below.
Songs: When, April Ethereal, Demon of the Fall | | 36 |  | Koan Sound and Asa
Sanctuary
Genre: Electronic, Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Ambient
When a music can affect my subconsciousness, I think I would rate them even higher. For this EP, it just calms me down on subconscious level. It's a restoration music, where the 1st and 2nd track are calming, then it gradually changes its tempo into something funky and more energetic. In conclusion, this EP is the shit.
Songs: Sanctuary, This Time Around | | 35 |  | Alter
Embers
Genre: Shoegaze, Post-Rock
It's actually crazy on how I initially find this band. I was watching a random youtube video about shoegaze. For this much of a captivating sound from a dense instrumentation, I thought this was a lost band of the 90's. It turns out to be a recent endeavor of an obscure modern shoegaze band. While this is an EP, it has a 34 mins run, which a pretty lengthy EP. Embers sounds like nothing I've ever encountered before. It's like a marriage between Deathconsciousness' density and Souvlaki's airiness. It's both dense and pleasant at the same time. And it's actually amazing on how Alter achieved their sound with only 3 members.
Songs: Walls, Hypnotized, Static Sea, Deja Vu. | | 34 |  | Heretoir
The Circle
Genre: Blackgaze
Heretoir used to be a DSBM band until this release. I really love this. It has all I want from a Blackgaze record. Vocal layering, airiness, melodic sections, and powerful drumming. I think I'm legit the only one who would give this a 5.
Songs: Fading With The Grey, Golden Dust, Laniakea Dance. | | 33 |  | Ling Tosite Sigure
just A moment
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock
Just A moment is LTS' debut to a major Sony Label. Japanese bands are notorious of having a decline in quality after couple of releases. But this isn't the case TK and fellow band members. Every albums so far have been a re-innovation and refinery, despite the usual decline for some of Japanese bands happened when they release music under a major label.
Songs: a 7days wonder, Moment a Rhythm, mib 126, Telecastic Fake Show. | | 32 |  | Hartfield
True Color, True Lie
Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Dream Pop
A set of eclectic variation of shoegaze sound. A highlight from the Japanese Shoegazing act.
Songs: Reason, A Sorrowful Heartland, 16 Lover's rain, Stand By Me. | | 31 |  | Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Genre: Hip-Hop
Nigga, it's Kendrick Lamar. This concept album really takes me away to the imagery of the life of a kid from Compton. It's easy to see why this album is so highly acclaimed, even for a person like me who wasn't initially big into hip-hop. Even now I'm not big into hip-hop, but I understand now that those mumbling-traphop aren't all shitty.
Songs: Swimming Pool, The Art of Peer Pressure, Money Trees, Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. | | 30 |  | The Daysleepers
Drowned in a Sea of Sound
Genre: Dream Pop, Shoegaze
So here is a thing. I don't usually like happy music. Lighthearted music usually sounds gay. What separates them from being 'gay' and 'ungay' is the vocal harmony. Not the best explanation ever, but you get the point. This album, though, takes the vocal harmony into a different level above my 'ungay' standard, which is amazing. But it doesn't mean that the instrumental in here is mediocre, in fact it's simply and powerful enough to elevates the vocal harmony even more. I might exaggerate things here, but this album deserves the exaggeration.
Songs: Megaton Supernova, Release the Kraken, Lovesparkles | | 29 |  | Haywyre
The Voyage
Genre: Electronic
Remember when I talked about Monstercat label? This was the work Haywyre's did before getting into monstercat. The title of the album is quite befitting into the music. It's a voyage towards a jazzy-electronic with beautiful piano-works. It's full of futurism imagery. That's why I think whenever I'm listening to this.
Songs: Breathe, Grey, Trigger, Mokalite | | 28 |  | Various Artists (Shoegaze)
Mikgazer vol.1
Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, abecore
A collection of underground shoegaze featuring Vocaloid Hatsune Miku. This compilation only chooses the best out of all vocaloid-music producers out there. Initially, I had a very low expectation towards this since most of Vocaloid-music rarely produce quality tracks. So then, I was blown away by how excellent this thing sounded. Lastly, vocaloid is highly hit-or-miss for a vocal, so fuck you user CalcatingInfiner.
Songs: 嘘と絵画 (Uso to Kaiga), ハクジツ (Hakujitsu), 千年の雨の終わりに (Sennen no Ame no Owari ni), ハルカ (Haruka) | | 27 |  | Jesu
Jesu
Genre: Shoegaze, Drone, Metal
Jesus came, he make some dope metal shoegaze for us. This s/t album is bleak. A wailing sound of doomy industrial productions, in which it's looping, overstaying its welcome for so long that its listeners are force to embrace it. And for sure I'm embracing this record tightly.
Songs: Sun Day, Tired of Me, Man/Woman, We All Faulter | | 26 |  | Kinoko Teikoku
Eureka
Genre: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock, Post Rock
Behind the scene of this album: "Eureka!! We don't discover anything scientific, we simply just made some good shit!" Well, in the end, I'm just gonna quote what User Ashcrash9 wrote in his review since it is so accurate. "Eureka is an album of the night and all its connotations, one where the stresses of life meet with cosmic escapism and dreamy contemplation with fittingly stellar results." Thank you Ash.
Songs: Musician, Yotaka, t/t, Another Word | | 25 |  | Sweet Trip
Velocity : Design : Comfort
Genre: IDM, Shoegaze, Experimental
So much glitch in this one that I was confused on my initial listen for this. It didn't take long for me to understand that the glitches were just an extra seasoning for brilliant music production. It's almost a classic for its own classification, glitchgaze.
Songs: International, Fruitcake & Cookies, Sept, Pro : Lov: Ad, Dsco | | 24 |  | Ichiko Aoba
剃刀乙女
Genre: Folk/singer-songwriter
Ichiko Aoba's debut, Kamisori Otome (Razor Girl/Maiden), is a dreamy-textured folk music. It's really beautiful, despite the homogeneous tone. Her vocal is so addicting, I find myself to keep coming to this and never got tired of it.
Songs: (If I had to choose) Omotai Matsuge, Fuwa Rin, Watagami no Circus, Tooi Akogare | | 23 |  | Saosin
Translating the Name
Genre: Post-Hardcore
My first exposure to Anthony Green. I didn't know that this would be the beginning of my mancrush for him back when I was in middle school. I was disappointed on how Saosin - s/t didn't have the same vocal; I enjoyed the album nonetheless. So basically, this EP is perfect. So close to perfect actually. This was a good introduction for me to Screamo genre (despite that this might not be considered as one).
Songs: Seven Years, they perched on stilts.. | | 22 |  | Envy
All the Footprints You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead
Genre: 3-5 syllables screaming
This album is Envy before they explored the post-rock realm. I still prefer this slightly over A Dead Sinking Story, mainly because it's more to be a straightforward hardcore/phxc. Envy takes the full credit of me finally embracing the act of screamo.
Songs: Your Shoes and The World..., Mystery and Peace, Farewell to Words, Left Hand, The Light of my Footprints. | | 21 |  | Aimer
Daydream
Genre: Pop Rock, Alternative Rock, abecore
Aimer is a gift to the J-pop realm. Mainly because her vocal prowess. Her discography is a showcase on how well she can push the boundaries, keeping an improvement after improvement until her latest album. For this album, she shows her ability to fully sing in English; reaching the highest vocal pitch; introducing new tones of vocal; and a lot of new things from Aimer to be seen in this album. Not to mention that some of the tracks from this album are written by TK and Taka (from ONE OK ROCK, an actual proof that he can still write things that don't suck).
Songs: US, Kowairo, Stars in the Rain, Faling Alone, Twoface. | | 20 |  | Coaltar of the Deepers
Submerge
Genre: Shoegaze and some other stuffs that fits.
Coaltar of the Deepers is Japanese Shoegaze band that actually started as a metal band. They released couple of metal EP, then they decided to reinnovate their sound by making shoegaze as their core. And this album is their first successful endeavor. Listening to this album is like a surprise, so
*SPOILER ALERT*.
Submerge has these elements: Thrash Riffs, Shamisen sound, Jazzy bass line, Doom Metal breakdown, Glitchy interlude, and electronic synths throughout the songs. And it doesn't feel random. It just fits.
Songs: Natsunogyouninzaka, The Breastroke, Cell, Tim. | | 19 |  | Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
Genre: Shoegaze, Post-Punk, Math Rock
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs, shortened as Masudore, started from a full female band in which they only released a demo. And after that only the frontwoman Natsuko Miyamoto remained to take the demo and released a full EP with two new male band members. Speaking of this EP, it's massive, in the context of variety and sound for only 6 tracks. First two tracks are almost sound like post-hardcore; third track is the most shoegazy; Fourth track is a long epic post-rock journey for 9 mins; and finally the math rock elements came in to close it off. It's an amazing journey for only 30 mins. This EP is an essential from the Japanese Shoegazing act.
Songs: Ranked: 5th > 4rd > 1st > 3rd > 6th > 2nd | | 18 |  | BUCK-TICK
13-kai wa Gekkou
Genre: Archelirion-core, CI-Core, Gothic Rock
For BUCK-TICK fans out there, there are a lot of options to choose their magnum opus. Some people think it's Kurutta Taiyou, some people think it's this one. From you can see here, I choose the latter. This is a long-connecting gothi-rock epic consisted of 18 tracks. The tracks are somehow connected to the next of each, making this a concept album. So anyway, this is some goood shit.
Songs: Cabaret, Passion, Romance, Ijin no Yoru | | 17 |  | Ling Tosite Sigure
i'mperfect
Genre: Post-Hardcore, Indie Rock, Math rock
Again with Ling Tosite Sigure. This time, TK seemingly applied some math in here. He does some crazy shit with his guitar sometimes. This album by far the heaviest sounding record TK that TK ever released. It's fast, complex, chaotic, aggressive, and also cohesive throughout the album. Personally speaking, it's by far the most jammable release by TK. I dig this massively.
Songs: Sitai Miss Me, Filmsick Mystery, Abnormalize, make up Syndrome. | | 16 |  | Alter
Pendulum
Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock
Starting from here, there is no more album I rated under 5. Which is weird since there are few albums under this rank that has the same rating.
Remember Embers? This album is like Embers with more density and more atmospheric. A step up from their previous effort. Most notably in the drumming and cohesiveness. An AOTY (or EOTY) contender for me.
Songs: The Storm, False Mirror, Inner Eclipse
Actually, user arche gift this album for me, so it is a 5 for sure. | | 15 |  | Muse
Origin of Symmetry
Genre: Alternative
I didn't like few parts in Absolution, which prevent it to be a classic; Origin Symmetry is just perfect. This thing is a nostalgia jam, nothing super special about it.
Songs: Citizen Erased, Space Dementia, Bliss, Darkshines | | 14 |  | David Sylvian
Secrets of the Beehive
Genre: Art Pop
If I can describe this with one word, it would be 'magic'. The musical composition in this album is out of this world. David Sylvian's vocal is like a matured wine. The length of the album is perfect. For something that is made in the 80's, this thing is so ahead of its time.
Songs: Orpheus, The Devil's Own, The Boy With The GUn. | | 13 |  | Dream Theater
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory
Genre: Prog Metal
I've talked about when I was 9 when I jammed to Dream Theater the first time. I've listened lots of their album back then. After not listening to them again for years, I find this album is the most memorable one. It's a concept album that doesn't fail to deliver, a definitive classic.
Songs: Fatal Tragedy, Home, The Dance of Eternity, Beyond This Life, Finally Free | | 12 |  | X Japan
Art of Life
Genre: Cheese Metal
Oh yeah, this thing is a completely a cheese, even at the piano part. But why is this so good tho?? The only explanation is because.... I like cheese. It might be disappointing for some dude here that this doesn't even get to top 10. Sorry, User Calc.
Songs: lol | | 11 |  | Agalloch
Ashes Against the Grain
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
I like pretty things more than chaotic things. And with that, it might be easy to separate in which black metal album I would like. Agalloch is the best case of a pretty black metal album. Listening to this record really takes me to the realm of a beautiful winter night. Or maybe even more than that.
Songs: 'Fire Above, Ice Below', Not Unlike The Waves, Limbs, Our Fortress Is Burning I-III | | 10 |  | Dir En Grey
Dum Spiro Spero
Genre: Weebcore
Getting into the top 10, it's getting more arbitrary, considering that this top 10 are pretty much what defines me as a music listener. Like I said previously, I used to love this band a lot. Their latest 3 albums are definitely their best. It's safe to pick any of those albums and to put it on the top. For Uroboros, Dum Spiro Spero, and Arche, the only one that hasn't grown off me is DSS. One of the reasons might be spectacular performance on the live DVD. It's seriously one of the best performance of any musical performance I've ever witnessed (DSS in Nippon Budokan). While Dir En Grey would always deliver the similar quality on live stage, I would say that they will never top this achievement.
Songs: Juuyoku, Diabolos, Vanitas, Different Sense. | | 9 |  | Coaltar of the Deepers
Yukari Telepath
Genre: Shoegaze with....
...Elements of Thrash, Electronic, Jazz, and whatever fuck these guys feel to be fit in the music yet again. And this time is the peak of Coaltar of the Deeper's creativity. The best use of thrash riffs, electronics synth, and shoegazy texture out of all of their previous efforts. It's quite a befitting end for a such a consistent band throughout their discography. Well, these guys are still active within live tour, but they haven't make anything new since this latest album. Looking forward for a new material from them.
Songs: Aquarian Age, Water Bird, Carnival, Ribbon no Kishi, Automation Structures. | | 8 |  | Alcest
Kodama
Genre: Blackgaze
Alcest's latest has jumped quickly into my rankings. It seems like I have developed a fetish for Neige's works, since there is not even one work that I dislike from him. Like I said previously, I like pretty things. Kodama is the epitome of pretty. Most of Neige's works in fact are pretty, but Kodama is just steps ahead further.
Songs: Oiseaux de Proie, Untouched, Kodama, Eclosion | | 7 |  | Nothing
Guilty of Everything
Genre: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Alternative Rock
Well, to begin with, this list is leaning to be much more subjective than objective. This album in particular isn't something that is super mindblowing or highly innovative stuffs. But this album is what shoegaze is all about for me. Whether it's the fuzz, the low mix in the vocal (as if it's part of the instrument), the lyrical content, and the overall wall of sound. This record speaks to me like any other shoegaze record. Every time I play this album, I will find myself to already reaching the end before I realize it.
Songs: B&E, Dig, t/t, Hymn to the Pillory | | 6 |  | Ling Tosite Sigure
Inspiration Is DEAD
Genre: phxc, Indie Rock
Finally, the best LTS album ever. LTS is so consistent, in fact you can put any of their albums to be your 1st. I just happen to love this more than the others (duh). I remember when I listened to I'mperfect and I was like "weeew". And I progressively listen to LTS' discography backwards while my "weeeeeeew" reaction was getting longer and longer. Then I finally hit this album. fucking weeeeeeeeeeeeeeew man. This album even has a shoegaze track in it, in which I didn't notice it was until some time ago.
Songs: Knife Vacation, DISCO FLIGHT, AM3:45, i not crazy am you are | | 5 |  | Agalloch
The Mantle
Genre: Atmospheric Black
Oh look, another Agalloch. The Mantle is a definition of the sound of winter. The atmospheric is chilling, yet calming. For me there is no harshness in this record, only beauty and harmony. The closer is the most depressing thing ever, one my top 20 songs ever.
Songs: Second half of the album. | | 4 |  | Slint
Spiderland
Genre: Post-Rock, Math Rock
Slint is one of few albums that I instantly gave a 5. In fact, there is only 2 of them in this top 10. Spiderland is a definitive sound of post-rock. In fact, this album marks the birth of post rock genre. And it's easy to see why this album is such a classic. Their composition is mindblowing, especially in the closer 'Good Morning, Captain.'. Every instruments set each of their own pace of repetition with varying length to different of them. As a result, the compositions sound differently in each bars. And it's hard to decipher this album and till this day, it still blows my mind every time I listen to this album.
Songs: All | | 3 |  | Kinoko Teikoku
Uzu Ni Naru
Genre: Post-Rock, Shoegaze
I'm becoming one with the sound, baby. As I've said better in the review, everything in here is just amazing. I think it's just better for me to let the review says what I already wrote.
Songs: Taikutsu Shinogi, School Fiction, Ashikubi. | | 2 |  | Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
Genre: Post-Punk, Suicidegaze, Ambient, Industrial
To present 'death' as the main theme of an album isn't an easy task. What I mean is, 'death' itself is such a complex topic. What happens after a death of a person? Will she/he to Heaven or hell, or will it be a reincarnation, or will it be just nothing? I mean, I'm actually quite religious myself so I believe in the concept of Heaven and Hell. But this record is seriously makes me wonder what is life or what is death. What is my purpose in this world? This album has transcends music for me into something that's more than a music.
Songs: Earthmover, Holy Fucking Shit: 40000, Bloodhail, Hunter, I Don't Love. | | 1 |  | Ichiko Aoba
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And now this is the best album I've ever listened. There is something within Ichiko Aoba's voice that hits me deeply. This is an example that music doesn't need a complex instrumentation to be amazing and fulfilling. With only a classical guitar and her vocal, Ichiko has created something that words can't describe for me. Her music resonates within my subconsciousness. When I'm not listening to music, I find myself to be humming the melody out of this album. It's just that good. This live album that runs for 90 mins is her peak of musical achievement. After couple of experimentation within her previous works, her sound is evolving from being dreamy into something that is more than that. This album has every mood that branches out from the definition of 'calming'. And of course, I can't simply just stop coming back to this. I can't. | |
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10.08.17 | finally! | Spacesh1p
10.08.17 | Nice work, 2 is a great choice and an all time favorite for me as well. | Aberf
10.08.17 | Thanks Space. Yeah, 2 is some otherworldly stuffs. | Flugmorph
10.08.17 | i r8 peanut/butter
goddamn tho seriously gotta take some time to read through all this abe my love
thx for the shout :3 | Artuma
10.08.17 | you have potential to be a great user but that japanese crap needs to be cut out | Aberf
10.08.17 | @art, boi. Japanese is love, Japanese is life. | Drifter
10.08.17 | Mumbling traphop | FullOfSounds
10.08.17 | sick list dude, lots of great picks here. happy to have ya around | Papa Universe
10.08.17 | this one of those featurable lists, innit? | Aberf
10.08.17 | Hopefully.
You know what, I only mentioned gaze 58 times. | CaimanJesus
10.08.17 | Abe is my son | Archelirion
10.08.17 | Oh man, only 58 gazes? Disappointing :3
Pleasure to have you about. I'll have a read through this :] | ashcrash9
10.08.17 | good weebage here
thanks for the shoutout on 26 | Aberf
10.08.17 | @caimanJesus, Spank me daddy
@ash, damn, I missed your name on the top. Will be fixed :3 | CalculatingInfinity
10.08.17 | This weebs, electronics and most essentially...gazes and I wouldn't have it any other way. Hope you get a feature for this, I even won't shit on 1 out of pure generosity ;) | foxblood
10.08.17 | nice list | Conmaniac
10.08.17 | oh wow gonna read thru this list for sure man. thanks for the shoutout, you one of the realest gazers out here | SandwichBubble
10.08.17 | Cool beans, happy 2nd | Aberf
10.08.17 | @calcatinginfirn, Calc u're the best brit ever. Only after Aaron xd.
@foxblood, thank u ;)
@Con, Thanks man, u're the realest nigga out there. Ty for ur help with my reviews. | Frippertronics
10.09.17 | 1 is correct | Aberf
10.09.17 | thanks to you bae 😘 | Ovrot
10.09.17 | my boi abe
great list heres to 10 more years | Dewinged
10.09.17 | Feature this! Grats on those 2 years Abe, lots of Japanese grandiosity. | Dewinged
10.09.17 | Of course, it was already featured | Aberf
10.09.17 | Time to notify my parents for the feature. | BlushfulHippocrene
10.09.17 | Abe! Great list, and happy two years. A bunch of stuff I have to check, there are some nice descriptions here. (: | theBoneyKing
10.09.17 | Nice one man! I've heard/will have heard (once I finish my gaze list) a surprising amount of this. | Orb
10.09.17 | Proper list is proper. Happy sputversary! | Aberf
10.09.17 | @blush, which one is your favorite description blush?
@boney, try Nothing boney.
@evok, thanks man. | C3llarD00r
06.28.18 | nice list, bookmarked via comment :) | dbizzles
06.28.18 | Nice list :tylertwo: | SteakByrnes
06.28.18 | :] | dbizzles
06.28.18 | For real though, you introduced me to a couple of these. Great user, glad you're around. | SteakByrnes
06.28.18 | Abe owns | ComeToDaddy
06.28.18 | lmao 53 "Dick in A Minor" | Aberf
06.29.18 | Police is knocking already.
Ty yu guys 😭 | MyNameIsPencil
06.29.18 | ayyy i like a lot of these | JustJoe.
06.29.18 | * "Quique" -- "Seefeel"
If you haven't, I'd do so. Good list, good luck, good user, good night. | foxblood
06.29.18 | ayy 89 | Aberf
06.29.18 | @Joe, I think I've heard couple tracks from it, I'll give it a try sometimes.
Honestly, this list needs some updates.
| JustJoe.
06.30.18 | Hope you enjoy. | JohnnyoftheWell
09.14.20 | One of the most tongue-in-cheek album I've ever heard. It's like Kero Kero Bonito done right.
how dare. plus wtf you used to have Yukari higher than Submerge? | Aberf
09.14.20 | I have both of them 5'd, it's whatever rn. | Aberf
09.19.20 | Maybe I should do an updated version of this on my next sputversary | JohnnyoftheWell
09.19.20 | how different would it be huh
huh | ArsMoriendi
09.19.20 | Happy Sputversary
Unique user | ArsMoriendi
09.19.20 | Wait, fuck, this list is old | Aberf
09.19.20 | Lol, thanks anyway Ars. You can save that celebration on October. |
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