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    • Alex_24A
      Alex_24
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      Big fan of Idlewild South by The Allman Brothers

      Another classic [emoji119]

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      • Alex_24A
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        …I re-read this year, for the first time since I was a teenager. A real gut-punch…

        I read it for the first time this year, and it is definitely a gut punch…
        Then I read “Post Office”, “Factotum”and “Women” right after…

        Bukowski was one of the Greatest [emoji119]

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        • scooterS
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          Top 5 Albums:

          Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
          Incubus - Make Yourself
          NIN - The Downward Spiral
          Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime
          Rush - A Farewell to Kings

          Honorables :

          Fear Factory - Obsolete
          Local H - As Good as Dead
          Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
          Steve Vai - Passion and Warfare
          The Prodigy - The Fat of the Land

          Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

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          • Alex_24A
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            Alice In Chains - Jar of Flies
            Incubus - Make Yourself
            NIN - The Downward Spiral
            Pantera - Cowboys from Hell

            All arguably part of my ever-changing Top 5 as well [emoji119][emoji106]

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            • neph93N
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              @Alex_24:

              Bukowski was one of the Greatest [emoji119]

              I thought that when I read them as an 18 year old. When I read them as a grown up I found him to be a miserable hack.  Different strokes.

              “Some of those that work forces
              Are the same that burn crosses”

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              • ARNCA
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                Like everyone else I’m finding just 5 albums tough and my answer would probably be different next week but in rough order of discovery I’m going for:

                The Pogues - Rum, Sodomy & the Lash
                Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters
                The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
                Efterklang - Piramida
                Jakub Józef Orliński - Facce d’amore

                “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                • JoberwockyJ
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                  @Alex_24 I would have included "make yourself" in an honorable mention
                  @ARNC I used to BLAST "Yoshima" when I worked alone in the furniture making studio after midnight in University.  I had keys to the woodshop as a TA, would go in there late, night owl as I've always been, throw on some tunes and get cracking  😉
                  @scooter Fat of the Land is a solid left field mention, I remember wanting that album so bad when everything on the radio in my area was everclear and 3eb

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                  • neph93N
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                    Top 5 albums:

                    Pink Floyd - Animals
                    Lifter Puller - Fiestas and Fiasco’s
                    Fields of the Nephilim - The Nephilim
                    The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
                    Kate Bush - The Dreaming

                    Honorable mentions:
                    Led Zep - Physical Graffiti
                    The White Stripes - Elephant
                    GZA - Liquid Swords
                    The Charlatans - Tellin’ Stories
                    Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
                    Most Clutch albums

                    Books:

                    Zero History - William Gibson
                    Neuromancer - William Gibson
                    Southern Reach Trilogy - Jeff Van der Meer
                    Vurt - Jeff Noon
                    Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegutt

                    “Some of those that work forces
                    Are the same that burn crosses”

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                    • JoberwockyJ
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                      Great lists @neph93
                      Man, I almost included Animals over WYWH, 70's Pink Floyd is really something else

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                      • ARNCA
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                        @Joberwocky I was introduced to Yoshimi by my uncle who really knows his music. He probably has more records than bricks in his house  🙂

                        “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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                        • neph93N
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                          Great lists @neph93
                          Man, I almost included Animals over WYWH, 70's Pink Floyd is really something else

                          Animals is the most underrated album in the history of rock music imho. Not a note wasted. Tight, lean and very, very mean. Add to that the incredible thematic execution and you’ve got a winner.

                          While I’m thinking about this, it occurs to me that my top 5 tracks would contain very different artists. I will have to consider that some more.

                          “Some of those that work forces
                          Are the same that burn crosses”

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                          • Paul9221P
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                            Nils Frahm - Screws

                            This album turned me onto a genre of music that I call "stimulating classical".  I gobble up as much of this kind of music as I can find!  I found out later that he recorded this album with a broken thumb, which made the notes mean a little more for me.  You can tell that they're very deliberate and a little slow.

                            Blanket-line all the things!!!

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                            • MattM
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                              Top 5 albums:

                              Kid A
                              Kid A
                              Kid A
                              Kid A
                              Kid A

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                              • goosehdG
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                                Top 5 albums is impossible and it’s why I have almost everything on my phone.  It all depends on time, mood, surroundings, people etc.  Music has always been a big part of my life and I normally have something playing in the background most of the day.

                                I think the music threads on this forum sum up most of what I listen to.  Things I haven’t seen are some of the old blues Guys (Robert Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lead Belly, etc.) Jazz (Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, etc.), Classical, and Bluegrass music that I listen to.

                                What is great is you have introduced me to quite a bit of new stuff and I thank you for it.  Example:  Listened to Silent Alarm today and loved it.  Thanks G!  🙂

                                Great thread!!

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • mclaincauseyM
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                                  Got a lot in common with @goosehd and a lot of y’all’s tastes. Jamming Bear Owsley’s recently released Johnny Cash recording from 1968 in San Francisco.

                                  Love delta and hill blues and classical as well. Huge Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Beethoven, and Bach fan in particular.

                                  Think it, be it.

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                                  • JoberwockyJ
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                                    @Matt:

                                    Top 5 albums:

                                    Kid A
                                    Kid A
                                    Kid A
                                    Kid A
                                    Kid A

                                    No love for ok computer or hail to the thief ??  ??? 😃

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                                    • popvultureP
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                                      Wow, a LOT to process in this thread — I see so much good shit that I don't even know where to start.

                                      I can never do a fave albums or bands list, have tried too many times over the years only to fail. I'll be thinking of some other things (Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Murakami, William Gibson, Vonnegut for the winnnn) but for now I'll just make the only list I can readily think of.

                                      Top 5 personal fave guitarists, in no particular order:

                                      Neil Young
                                      Prince
                                      Bill Frisell
                                      Graham Coxon
                                      Mike Campbell

                                      WTB
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                                      • chrisjohnnickC
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                                        this thread gives me SO MUCH LIFE. I'm gonna take a few and try and put mine together. Top 5 albums is one of my favorite things to discuss with friends. it's a total judgement-free whatever pumps you up or inspires you type thing. I LOVE IT.

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                                        IHSH-20-Red, XL
                                        IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
                                        IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
                                        IHSW-45 Black, M
                                        IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
                                        IH-777S-SB size 32
                                        IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
                                        IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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                                        • chrisjohnnickC
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                                          @neph93:

                                          The White Stripes - Elephant
                                          GZA - Liquid Swords
                                          Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage
                                          Most Clutch albums

                                          I SEE you.  😘

                                          Wants List:
                                          IHSH-20-Red, XL
                                          IHSH-208-Indigo Kersey, L-XL
                                          IHSH-254-Grey Kersey, L-XL
                                          IHSW-45 Black, M
                                          IH-526SV 21oz type III, 38 or 40
                                          IH-777S-SB size 32
                                          IH-777S-142 size 31 or 32
                                          IHJ-142-BLK or IND, M

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                                          • S
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                                            Ok. Top 5, really hard choices were made here.

                                            OutKast - Aquemini
                                            Ani Difranco - Out of Range
                                            Soul Coughing - Ruby Vroom
                                            Indigo Girls - Nomads, Indians, Saints
                                            Dave Matthews Band - Under the Table and Dreaming

                                            Aaarggh how did I not get Bjork - Post on here?  Or Paul Simon- Graceland (or Rhythm of the Saints, yeesh). What about Grateful Dead - American Beauty? Obviously this list will never end.

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