Quick and shallow, ending with a thinly veiled "Happy St. Patrick's Day" message; also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMY!!!!
Album that is better than I thought it was: Tyrannosaurus Hives by the Hives
Album that is better than other people think it is: Frances the Mute by the Mars Volta
Album that is better than I thought it was but still not as good as everyone else thinks it is: Elephant by the White Stripes
Album that is just as good as I think it is but better than everyone else thinks it is in the sense that I don't think anybody else has heard of it, much less heard it, much less formed an opinion about it: Pursuit of Happiness by Weekend Players
Ditto: Attention by Gus Gus
Album that almost makes inviting Ron Wood to join your band seem like a good idea (almost): Some Girls by the Rolling Stones
Album that for some reason has I think the lowest Amazon.com sales rank of all the Brian Jonestown Massacre albums but is actually enthralling and comparatively accessible: Bringing It All Back Home...Again by the Brian Jonestown Massacre
Album that it was probably a good idea for Capitol Records to put the kibosh on in favor of the songs that eventually became The Dandy Warhols Come Down: The Black Album by the Dandy Warhols
Album that it is probably not a good idea for Sony Records to put the kibosh on in favor of, well, apparently nothing: Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
Album that, while entertaining, I think illustrates the artistic limitations of slavishly faithful recreations of the sounds of the early-to-mid-'80s: She's In Control by Chromeo
Album that would be the band's third five-starrer in the music magazine in my head if it weren't for the fact that its emotional high point, "Walk in Fire," is distractingly similar to said album's predecessor's emotional lead single, "There Goes the Fear," so now it's "just" a four-starrer: Some Cities by Doves
Album that everybody should listen to at least once today: Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
Another album that everybody should listen to at least once today: Zooropa by U2
Album that is better than other people think it is: Frances the Mute by the Mars Volta
Album that is better than I thought it was but still not as good as everyone else thinks it is: Elephant by the White Stripes
Album that is just as good as I think it is but better than everyone else thinks it is in the sense that I don't think anybody else has heard of it, much less heard it, much less formed an opinion about it: Pursuit of Happiness by Weekend Players
Ditto: Attention by Gus Gus
Album that almost makes inviting Ron Wood to join your band seem like a good idea (almost): Some Girls by the Rolling Stones
Album that for some reason has I think the lowest Amazon.com sales rank of all the Brian Jonestown Massacre albums but is actually enthralling and comparatively accessible: Bringing It All Back Home...Again by the Brian Jonestown Massacre
Album that it was probably a good idea for Capitol Records to put the kibosh on in favor of the songs that eventually became The Dandy Warhols Come Down: The Black Album by the Dandy Warhols
Album that it is probably not a good idea for Sony Records to put the kibosh on in favor of, well, apparently nothing: Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple
Album that, while entertaining, I think illustrates the artistic limitations of slavishly faithful recreations of the sounds of the early-to-mid-'80s: She's In Control by Chromeo
Album that would be the band's third five-starrer in the music magazine in my head if it weren't for the fact that its emotional high point, "Walk in Fire," is distractingly similar to said album's predecessor's emotional lead single, "There Goes the Fear," so now it's "just" a four-starrer: Some Cities by Doves
Album that everybody should listen to at least once today: Jailbreak by Thin Lizzy
Another album that everybody should listen to at least once today: Zooropa by U2
posted by Sean T. Collins at 11:05 AM
1 Comments:
Elephant just did not live up to White Blood Cells. The former just didn't not have as much of that garage-y energy that made the band in the first place. The Hives still have it, I think they're probably the best of the "garage band" trend (I don't count The Strokes because they've got more of the new wave thing going on).
Good lord is Jailbreak awesome. The cover makes it look like they're escaping from Kang the Conqureor.
Zooropa and Achtung Baby are not only the only U2 I can stand, I also like them quite a bit. "Numb" is the best song they've ever done.
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