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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.

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

      • Dame Vera Lynn
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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.

                    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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                              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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                                  • GilesG
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                                    Thanks G!  🙂

                                    👍

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                    • jerkulesJ
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                                      @neph93 glad to see Kate Bush being represented here. My favourite flits between The Dreaming & HOL, depends on the day.  Great to see Jeff Vandermeer on your list too, The Southern Reach trilogy is a modern masterpiece and is the eeriest stuff I’ve read in a while. I remember enjoying Vurt many years ago when I was reading as much weird Sci-Fi as possible.

                                      @Nkwkfld how could I forget Knausgaard?! The My Struggle series is really important to me.

                                      It’s cool to see so many crossovers in taste, and also to receive recommendations of things that have flown under my radar. It’s interesting to me how much crossover there actually is, and that the tastes don’t only align in terms of music, but books as well. This is a very enjoyable thread and I’m surprised one didn’t already exist!

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                                      • Alex_24A
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                                        Bukowski was one of the Greatest [emoji119]

                                        I found him to be a miserable hack.

                                        …and a degenerate, drunken alcoholic[emoji3516]Don’t sell him short [emoji6]

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                                        • ARNCA
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                                          I just can’t get there with books. There are many I’ve enjoyed over the years but only one stands out for constant revisiting. A slight cheat as it’s a collected works, but for me it’s The Complete Saki.

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

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Interpol - Antics

                                            Thanks for the reminder….

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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