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| Oxbow Ranked
You know it. All of these are great to excellent to sublime in their own adorable way (except 1 which is 1). Each album is accompanied by a fitting quote from Eugene Robinson's jolly-rocking swashbuckling memoir. | | 8 |  | Oxbow
Fuckfest
"Watch this." And he took a firecracker out of his jacket pocket and put it in the bird's mouth. The bird struggled against it and I struggled against Gary who punched me and then punched at me to keep me off while he lit it and destroyed the bird. | | 7 |  | Oxbow
Love's Holiday
The fact that she was 15? Year, that didn't work for me. I was 19 and had always like women older than me. I mean, it was the power metric. Older women had cars, apartments, and actually liked fucking. | | 6 |  | Oxbow
King of the Jews
"Here!" And he grabbed the garden hose and put some water in [the grass].
"You eat it. First."
"Sure!" Steve chowed down with a plastic spoon I had and once he had, so did I. It wasn't the greatest but I could hear my stomach was happy." | | 5 |  | Oxbow
Serenade In Red
In my room I listened and heard him mention he had a bunch of cocaine and a two-inch porterhouse steak and I knew a few things. I knew that if any of this cheeseball shit worked, there was no hope for me. I also knew that this cheeseball shit was probably going to work, even as transparent as it was to me, so there was no hope for me. | | 4 |  | Oxbow
Let Me Be A Woman
However, all of the LSD had gifted me a kind of through-sight and so I interrupted with a prompt: "You know you don't have to cry to make me feel better about this," I smiled. And to my surprise she stopped IMMEDIATELY. Something I hadn't expected. But then my thoughts were spinning. Do men really radiate needing tears to accompany their walking papers? | | 3 |  | Oxbow
The Narcotic Story
"And he repeats the rage bit, coffee cup on his desk flying to the floor. Now he pulls up on her, a foot from her face. "Try. It. Again. WHAT'S TWO PLUS TWO?!?!"
She blurts out, half crying, all terror, "FIVE?!?" | | 2 |  | Oxbow
Thin Black Duke
Full bloodlust, as I stood in my dirty and now drenched underwear and did the math for [RHCP]: we were NEVER leaving the stage. | | 1 |  | Oxbow
An Evil Heat
"Cruising across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Steve took note of the Space Shuttle magnet and with an "oh cool" lifted it off the dashboard. The master list took flight and blew out of the window.
"What was that?"
"That was the tour master list," I said. Not especially perturbed.
"Do we have copies?"
I was doing about 80 miles an hour now. "Nope!" I loved driving and I loved speeding. | |
bludngorevidal
06.25.24 | fervid capitalization within quotations is Gene's property, not mine own | ThyCrossAwaits
06.25.24 | Serenade In Red is my personal favorite, but Evil Heat…
Yeah I’d probably move SIR to #2 and just slide the rest down. | bludngorevidal
06.25.24 | ranking an album with a monster track like Insylum 62.5% of the way down the list does have an air of criminality about it, I'll grant you that. | Mort.
06.25.24 | your top 4 is my top 4 just in a different order | Demon of the Fall
06.25.24 | yeah, "move to SIR to #2 and just slide the rest down" (2)
oh and promote Narcotic Story by 1
promote Love's Holiday by 1
so also not really, lol
The most important thing is this band is one of THE bands! List rules, everyone here rules. Thank you. Exceptional work all! | Mort.
06.25.24 | i still havent heard loves holiday, i am a fake fan | insomniac15
06.25.24 | great read, I hope he writes a follow up with more about starting Oxbow and the years after | JohnnyoftheWell
06.25.24 | Serenade up! King of the Jews right up! Narcotic Story down! everything else mmmmokay yes nice, righteous 1 and 2 -- nice to see dual appreciation for those two v different sides of their sound | bludngorevidal
06.25.24 | Look at this, a proper UN roundtable discussion. So much civility for such a sneering artist | ThyCrossAwaits
06.25.24 | I will say Love’s Holiday’s placement is misleading, might make you think it’s a bad album but it’s really not. It’s relatively “toned down” maybe for Oxbow, but perfectly great and weird. | bludngorevidal
06.25.24 | I don't disagree. Front to back this discog provides something special on each outing. Re: Love's Holiday, last time I saw Oxbow All Gone was one of the standout cuts, second only to Frankly Frank which was practically written for a live show | VlacDrac
06.25.24 | Serenade In Red is their best album. | Demon of the Fall
06.25.24 | yeah, Oxbow slaps live!
All Gone was a hit for sure | mrsaturn123
06.29.24 | An Evil Heat > The Narcotic Story > King of the Jews > Serenade In Red > Let Me Be A Woman > Fuck Fest > Love's Holiday
Thats my order anyhow, tho An Evil Heat and Narcotic Story trade off a lot
Great list tho eheh. Still need to read that book |
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