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| Streetlight's Favorite Albums - I Can Run, But I Can't Hide
So here is my, i think, quite final list of some (and only some) of my favorite albums of all time. The albums here aren't all necessarily the best, or classic albums, but no matter what bands I find, it's these albums which I find myself turning back to time and time again for all sorts of occasions. It's just a fantastic mix that pretty much defines my tastes - I've missed out a couple of albums i absolutely adore, but don't find myself always listening to, so hugs to Gn'R, Muse and Zeppelin, but meh. | | 1 |  | Radiohead
OK Computer
My Favorite Radiohead album and possibly the best collection of songs to ever be put on a record. Nothing else needs to be said. | | 2 |  | Justice
Cross
A recent album, but it was my introduction to house/dance music, and it's got a huge mix of awesome bobpin' beats that really cover everything there needs to be here. Dare i say... better than Daft Punk? | | 3 |  | Streetlight Manifesto
Everything Goes Numb
See: My username | | 4 |  | Circle Takes the Square
As The Roots Undo
Holy crap can someone say pinnacle of the genre? Insanity mixed with pure bliss, it doesn't get better than this. | | 5 |  | Justin King
Le Bleu
*The* most awesome solo acoustic guitarist out there today. Sorry Michael Hedges and di Meola, but no amount of technical prowess can touch the atmosphere that King can capture. | | 6 |  | Blink 182
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
This album, along with the Sex Pistols, defined my middle school years. I can still sing along to every word and play nearly every riff. Ridiculously fun record. | | 7 |  | City of Caterpillar
City of Caterpillar
If Circle Takes the Square takes the cake (lawl) for being perfectly intricate, City of Caterpillar is a whole other universe in brooding emotion and climactic release. | | 8 |  | Death
Human
Probably the heaviest album i listen to, it's just impossible to go wrong with Sean Reinert (best drummer in the world?), Paul Masvidal, Steve DiGiorgio and Chuck Schuldiner. | | 9 |  | Arcade Fire
Funeral
Amazing - this CD is like a orchestrated riot with a childlike beauty and finesse which just can't be found on any other album. | | 10 |  | Sed Non Satiata
Le Ciel De Notre Enfance
Another near perfect emo release, nearly all the elements of the genre can be found in this one neat little package and it works like a charm. | | 11 |  | Sex Pistols
Never Mind the Bollocks
Tom79 once chided me for giving this a classic rating, but f'uck man, it's the damn Sex Pistols. | | 12 |  | The Red Paintings
Walls [EP]
I f'ucking hate patriotism, but these guys, more than any other silly historical or socio-political binding yadada, make me proud to be from the same country. Art rock indeed. | | 13 |  | Operation Ivy
Energy
Who would have thought listening to sound waves could be so much *fun*? like just crazy, i-wanna-get-up-and-start-partying-in-the-streets-naked fun? Heres your answer. | | 14 |  | Manic Street Preachers
The Holy Bible
The Manics created the most fitting title for an album since The Refused's The Shape of Punk To Come. Rock n' Roll everest. | | 15 | | Jane's Addiction
Ritual De Lo Habitual
If the Holy Bible was the everest of Rock n' Roll, Ritual is the exact opposite, ruling the gritty, dirty, underside of the genre, and coming out just as high. | | 16 |  | The John Butler Trio
John Butler
Who'd have thought that one of the most talented folk guitarists in the world would originate from it's a'ss end? Immense and emotional, theres nothing else like it. | | 17 |  | Massive Attack
Mezzanine
I didn't like this record when i first heard it. I still didn't like it when i heard it the second time. or the third. or the twentieth. Before long i realized i'd keep coming back to listen to it over and over. Slow love... | | 18 |  | Persefone
Truth Inside the Shades
This is pretty much the best Melodic death album in the world. I don't make statements like that lightly. No seriously. The best. Ever. Listen to this. LISTEN! | | 19 |  | Pg. 99
Document # 8
I hadn't listed to an album that had blown my brains out of my head in a long time, and this one did it on the first listen, and i havn't looked back since. | | 20 |  | Say Anything
...Is A Real Boy
Who'd have thought pop punk could be so damn cool? Oh and, I apologize to the Lawrence Arms who missed out on this spot by a fraction. | |
StreetlightRock
10.14.07 | See! I don't just hate music. I do actually like s'hit. | Thor
10.14.07 | death's human owns | KritikalMotion
10.14.07 | Some awesum shit on this list namely CTTS, Massive Attack and Pg.99
I feel the exact same way about the Red Paintings. | Lunarfall
10.14.07 | Richard Christy can school Sean Reinert at drums. | StreetlightRock
10.14.07 | tbh i think they're both about on par. Though, I prefer Reinert for his ability to hold back every once in a while. | cbmartinez
10.14.07 | Sed Non Satiata, rock on man. | JumpTheF**kUp
10.14.07 | ily
Ocean by John Butler is incredible | StreetlightRock
10.14.07 | ily2!
That entire album is mindblowing. | JumpTheF**kUp
10.14.07 | would you be able to send me it or something?
do you have msn or aim? | Electric City
10.14.07 | One of these things doesn't belong here.... | tom79
10.14.07 | Ha dude, I was just questioning why you thought it was so much better than Double Nickels, but nostalgia can do that. Kinda like Blink's Enema for me.
Lots of great albums here too, especially 3 and 13. | Serpento
10.14.07 | which album almost beat out 20? And yeah @ tom, regarding DNotD. | rattlehead42147
10.14.07 | thank you for 8 | StreetlightRock
10.14.07 | haha, something for everyone. And Serpento, it was Oh! Calcutta! | Serpento
10.14.07 | ^Ah, I actually was secretly hoping for Greatest Story. *scandal* Nice, and yeah takes all kinds. |
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