Top 21 albums out of 1111 rated ones
The end of the years is at the doorstep and I rated a particular number of 1111 albums, so I wanted to highlight the ones i found most important! Also some important quotes.
(1-3 are a 5/5, 4-7 are a 4.9/5, 8-13 are a 4.8/5 and 14/21 are a 4.7/5) |
| 21 |  | Elliott Smith
Either/Or
"Here's a song I made up while I was watching Xena the Warrior Princess with the sound off. It's a fact. I had a secret crush on Xena. It was a secret to me too. I wouldn't admit it. She's pretty fuckin' tough. She has a good yell... she kills the stupid gladiators with the log-trap. Release the log-trap! She releases the log-trap and they all get... crushed. They'd all wanna be with her if they could, but unfortunately they're not on her side. It's a lot better with the sound off. Really, it is. And the song didn't have anything to do with Xena... but... I was about half a bottle through Jameson's... if that makes any sense." (before playing "Between the Bars" at a concert in 1996)
—Elliott Smith |
| 20 |  | Burzum
Filosofem
"I wear clothes reflecting the color of my soul!" (black)
—Varg Vilkenes |
| 19 |  | Talking Heads
Remain in Light
"I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching."
—David Byrne |
| 18 |  | Slint
Spiderland
"Now since I've gotten back into it, I've been listening to a lot more of the 1990s death metal type stuff."
—David Pajo |
| 17 |  | Weezer
Pinkerton
"The most nerve-wracking experience is an oral presentation in class. And right under that would be doing 'Saturday Night Live' or 'David Letterman.' One of those shows."
—Rivers Coumo |
| 16 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
Del Naja, as the Duchess of York recently discovered, swears a lot. He doesn't seem to mean anything offensive by it, however. In fact, I doubt whether he knows he's even doing it. He is just an extremely passionate individual for whom swearing is a form of emphasis and verbal punctuation. It is a style of speech you can hear everywhere on the streets of Britain, where swear-words are frequently employed as all-purpose verbs, adjectives and nouns. It is not normally encouraged at televised awards ceremonies though. |
| 15 |  | The Angelic Process
Weighing Souls With Sand
///WALL OF DRONE/// |
| 14 |  | The Smiths
The Queen Is Dead
“Robert Smith is a whingebag.”
—Steven Patrick Morrissey |
| 13 |  | Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures
"Everyone calls us Nazis."
—Ian Curtis |
| 12 |  | Sigur Ros
Agætis byrjun
"Bjork is like an aunt to us. She opens up new territories. Sometimes we meet at a bar and drink champagne and party like crazy." |
| 11 |  | Radiohead
Kid A
"And I know I'm paranoid and neurotic, I've made a career out of it."
—Thom Yorke |
| 10 |  | Sweet Trip
Velocity : Design : Comfort
(((insert glitch noises))) |
| 9 |  | Swans
To Be Kind
"I used to routinely break my ribs doing stupid things onstage, but I have a healthy fear of breaking my bones now."
—Michael Gira |
| 8 |  | Have a Nice Life
The Unnatural World
"Me: *plays literally three seconds of washed out synth*
Ollie: Dad, did you write this song?
I FEEL ATTACKED"
—Dan Barrett |
| 7 |  | Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(instrumental breaks continuous to infinity) |
| 6 |  | Death Grips
The Money Store
"YUH!"
—MC Ride |
| 5 |  | Low
I Could Live in Hope
"I don't really like ska."
—Alan Sparhawk |
| 4 |  | My Bloody Valentine
Loveless
*shoegazes* |
| 3 |  | Slowdive
Souvlaki
*shoegazes* |
| 2 |  | System of a Down
System of a Down
"Superman told me that we needed to make a double type of record and so I answered: 'Okay, Superman. We will make a double type of record, but it won't be a double album because Batman didn't want a double album."
—Daron Malakian |
| 1 |  | Have a Nice Life
Deathconsciousness
"DEFEND DEPRESSIVE POST-INDUSTRIAL DOOM-GAZE"
—Dan Barett |
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