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    • ARNCA
      ARNC
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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

          «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
          We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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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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                @Joberwocky:

                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.

                «Stevie Heighway on the wing!
                We had dreams, and songs to sing…»

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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
                            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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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.

                              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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                              • 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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                                  • chrisjohnnickC
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                                    I know it's tough, and I don't really believe in hard rules so here are my top SIX in no particular order:

                                    Get Up Kids - Something to Write Home About
                                    Mineral - EndSerenading
                                    Saves The Day - Through Being Cool
                                    Further Seems Forever - The Moon is Down
                                    Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
                                    Jimmy Eat World - Clarity or Bleed American

                                    And probably way too many honorable mentions also in no particular order:
                                    Brand New - Deja Entendu
                                    Refused - Shape of Punk to Come
                                    Copeland - Beneath Medicine Tree
                                    Alkaline Trio - Maybe I'll Catch Fire
                                    Danzig - II: Lucifuge, or III: How the Gods Kill
                                    Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview, or Losing Streak
                                    Green Day – Dookie, or Nimrod
                                    Weezer - Blue Album
                                    Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, or Dear You
                                    Guster - Keep it Together
                                    ALL- Breaking Things
                                    Elliott Smith - Either/Or

                                    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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                                    • chrisjohnnickC
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                                      I think the main purpose of this exercise is to get you to break apart yourself into compartments. For example, what were you REALLY into at age 15, then 25, then age 40 (give or take a few years. It's crazy to think of how much your younger self plays a roll on what your older self is really into (deep down). Y'all go do you, nobody is judging.  😘

                                      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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                                        @mclaincausey:

                                        Can get down with Kurt, Marquez, Stephenson, and especially William Fucking Gibson. I still have a cool Porter bag signed by him courtesy of @Snowy (thank you again my friend) and he is a big fan of Iron Heart and Acronym (just like me–couldn't be much more different brands but somehow we share a love for them)

                                        ❤ Love you still have that bag. I still think about it quite a bit TBH. It's a really unique bag and perfectly sized. Cyberpunk, classic Japanese, military accented.

                                        A bit more 'pop' on the book side, I enjoy reading the Takeshi Kovacs novels (the TV series is fairly decent too). Still can't get past the original Blade Runner for OG visuals tho.

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                                        • steelworkerS
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                                          John Banville
                                          Snow
                                          Eclipse
                                          The Untouchable
                                          Bingeing a little

                                          Pictures at an Exhibition -Mark Harris
                                          The Devil's Candy-Julie Salamon
                                          the last 2 are movie books.
                                          I can't pick top 5. But since you name Leigh-Fermor yeah, that could be one. I remember those books.

                                          Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                          Well, I have others.

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                                          • JoberwockyJ
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                                            @chrisjohnnick "keep it together" is a great album  ;D. I come back to it every now and again like a real broken in pair of shoes, "backyard" is a jam

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