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(Some Guy)   10 masterpiece albums that require repeated listens. For once, the first spot is absolutely, absolutely correct. I'm Amazed   (faroutmagazine.co.uk) divider line
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ajgeek [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 11:24:42 AM  
TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.
 
question_dj [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 11:46:42 AM  
Ooooh yessssss! Kyuss!!
 
NuclearPenguins [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 11:47:24 AM  
I've heard of Tom Waits. Can't say I've ever heard any of his music, but I know who he is at least.
 
Kubo [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 12:34:35 PM  
What, no Beta Band?

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Stephen_Falken [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 1:11:16 PM  

question_dj: Ooooh yessssss! Kyuss!!


Hellz yeh, and Surfer Rosa too.
Man that was not too bad, almost no boomer sh*t on that list. I think we might be getting somewhere
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 1:21:05 PM  

Stephen_Falken: Man that was not too bad, almost no boomer sh*t on that list. I think we might be getting somewhere


Luckily, no one will ever talk about "Gen X shiat."

Because Gen X shiat is ignored.
 
Persnickety [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 2:11:49 PM  

Stephen_Falken: question_dj: Ooooh yessssss! Kyuss!!

Hellz yeh, and Surfer Rosa too.
Man that was not too bad, almost no boomer sh*t on that list. I think we might be getting somewhere


Rest assured, whatever it is that you hold dear today will one day be labeled shiat by future generations.  It's the circle of life.
 
Wendigogo [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 2:13:10 PM  
Tom Waits and the National? This is a good list.

Though I'm not ok with the Nationals sound referred to as "sad dads music".
 
CptnSpldng [BareFark]
2023-02-01 2:14:52 PM  

ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.


With the exception of Tom Waits, I hadn't heard of any of those either but I'm farkin' 72 years old. I know what qualified as a masterpiece when I started to listen to albums but that was back in the Century of the Fruitbat.
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 2:15:40 PM  

Persnickety: Rest assured, whatever it is that you hold dear today will one day be labeled shiat by future generations.  It's the circle of life.


Please. Empire Records -- both the movie and the soundtrack -- will be considered the high culture of the 20th century for thousands of years to come.
 
FigPucker [BareFark]
2023-02-01 2:24:45 PM  
The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin

Heard it when it first came out. I didn't get it. Years later it somehow popped up again on my radar. A couple more listens and suddenly I couldn't get it out of my head. One of my favorite lines from the Questionable Content comic is where Dora hears the album for the first time:

"Why do I suddenly want to dance around giggling like an idiot while a smiling man in a white suite throws confetti at me?"

/And then I listened to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots and...WHOA
 
sxacho [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 2:25:19 PM  
I saw Kyuss open for Dinosaur Jr in '93 at the Trocadero. That show was so so good.
 
capt.snicklefritz [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 2:25:42 PM  

Wendigogo: Tom Waits and the National? This is a good list.

Though I'm not ok with the Nationals sound referred to as "sad dads music".


I'm a dad. When I'm sad The National is one of my go-to bands. Also the sadder Wilco songs.

Is The War on Drugs dad-rock? shiat. Sensing a pattern.
 
capt.snicklefritz [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 2:26:23 PM  

sxacho: I saw Kyuss open for Dinosaur Jr in '93 at the Trocadero. That show was so so good.


Oh wow. Tone for miles.
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2023-02-01 2:37:43 PM  

ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.


Not even Tom Waits?  I mean I could understand the others but he's very influential.  He's sorta like the Bob Dylan of the 80s in terms of influence in the music world and not even Bob Dylan could even be remotely considered the Bob Dylan of the 80s.  In fact the actual Bob Dylan of the 80s was a scary thing.
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2023-02-01 2:40:03 PM  

Kubo: What, no Beta Band?

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El Mariaski
2023-02-01 2:40:29 PM  
Surprisingly solid list. Kudos to subby for the nod to Surfer Rosa in the headline.

Agreed that Boxer by The National is a masterpiece. I've found their subsequent records increasinly meh, but Boxer is so goddamn good.

I can't help but be bored by The Walkmen--I much prefer Jonathan Fire*Eater. However, The Rat is one of my favorite songs of all time.

Very happy to see Swordfishtrombones get its due. It always seems to be set aside in favor of Rain Dogs, but I prefer Swordfishtrombones. Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six is my favorite Waits tune. Also, Kathleen Brennan is the best thing to happen to Waits's career. Once they got together, his music got far stranger and was all the better for it.
 
WhiskeySticks
2023-02-01 2:41:19 PM  
Side note for Kyuss fans, Rhino just re-released the "best of" Muchas Gracias comp on blue vinyl last month.
If you're a completist, it's nice to have an affordable copy to add to your collection. Rare tracks, b-sides, live stuff a sprinkling of studio tracks.
 
The All-Powerful Atheismo
2023-02-01 2:41:50 PM  

El Mariaski: Sixteen Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six is my favorite Waits tune.


Now Hold On there buddy
 
APO_Buddha [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 2:48:23 PM  
List reads like it was created by this group
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El Mariaski
2023-02-01 2:48:55 PM  

NuclearPenguins: I've heard of Tom Waits. Can't say I've ever heard any of his music, but I know who he is at least.


You probably have and didn't know it. His song Way Down in the Hole is used in the opening credits of The Wire. Another track of his, "Goin' Out West" is on the Fight Club soundtrack, though you don't hear his trademark voice in that scene.

His songs are covered all the time. Probably the most notable are Bruce Springsteen covering Jersey Girl, Rod Stewart covering Downtown Train, Johnny Cash covering Down There by the Train, and The Ramones covering I Don't Wanna Grow Up.

He also has a ton of acting roles including Renfield in Dracula (the Francis Ford Coppola version), the engineer in The Book of Eli (the guy who recharges batteries), the gold prospector in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and a member of Robert Redford's crew in The Old Man & The Gun.
 
blondambition [OhFark]
2023-02-01 2:51:33 PM  
I would have to put this one.

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Adam64
2023-02-01 2:52:10 PM  
Nope x10
 
spaceherpes
2023-02-01 2:58:07 PM  
I'd have picked Bone Machine for Waits, but swordfish is god damned brilliant.
I'd nominate Spiritualized's ladies and gentlemen we're floating in space to this list because, damn. Repeat listens keep me off drugs.
 
Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste
2023-02-01 2:58:22 PM  
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The others are great, but this one has a depth of construction that really unlocks the more you listen to it.
 
RogueWallEnthusiast [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 2:59:44 PM  

ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.


No Pixies, no Chet Baker, no Tom Waits?  If you're a little older I can understand not having heard of Arctic Monkeys but they're pretty good too.
 
RogueWallEnthusiast [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 3:01:16 PM  

El Mariaski: NuclearPenguins: I've heard of Tom Waits. Can't say I've ever heard any of his music, but I know who he is at least.

You probably have and didn't know it. His song Way Down in the Hole is used in the opening credits of The Wire. Another track of his, "Goin' Out West" is on the Fight Club soundtrack, though you don't hear his trademark voice in that scene.

His songs are covered all the time. Probably the most notable are Bruce Springsteen covering Jersey Girl, Rod Stewart covering Downtown Train, Johnny Cash covering Down There by the Train, and The Ramones covering I Don't Wanna Grow Up.

He also has a ton of acting roles including Renfield in Dracula (the Francis Ford Coppola version), the engineer in The Book of Eli (the guy who recharges batteries), the gold prospector in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and a member of Robert Redford's crew in The Old Man & The Gun.


The inventor of non-lethal weapons in Mystery Men.
 
My Sober Alt
2023-02-01 3:05:49 PM  

ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.


Well, aren't I the hipster in this thread.  I own one of those albums.   And I have heard of at least 2 of the other bands.

I got into Tom Waits because another band I like covered at least one of his songs.

Tom Waits - "Goin' Out West"
Youtube 6T8ksKASZYw
 
Wireless Joe
2023-02-01 3:07:55 PM  
Is this where I point out that Dark Side of the Moon and Abbey Road aren't included in a list of the best something or other relating to albums?
 
Karma Chameleon
2023-02-01 3:08:13 PM  
You can hear Kyuss's influence on the Artic Monkeys Humbug album. I think the Josh Homme actually produced it. Pretty good list.
 
6nome
2023-02-01 3:08:31 PM  
1. Post kind of eclectic assortment of albums

2. Call them "masterpieces"

3. ...

4. Profit
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 3:08:46 PM  

RogueWallEnthusiast: El Mariaski: NuclearPenguins: I've heard of Tom Waits. Can't say I've ever heard any of his music, but I know who he is at least.

You probably have and didn't know it. His song Way Down in the Hole is used in the opening credits of The Wire. Another track of his, "Goin' Out West" is on the Fight Club soundtrack, though you don't hear his trademark voice in that scene.

His songs are covered all the time. Probably the most notable are Bruce Springsteen covering Jersey Girl, Rod Stewart covering Downtown Train, Johnny Cash covering Down There by the Train, and The Ramones covering I Don't Wanna Grow Up.

He also has a ton of acting roles including Renfield in Dracula (the Francis Ford Coppola version), the engineer in The Book of Eli (the guy who recharges batteries), the gold prospector in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and a member of Robert Redford's crew in The Old Man & The Gun.

The inventor of non-lethal weapons in Mystery Men.


He's in almost all of Jim Jarmusch's movies. Coffee & Cigarettes, The Dead Don't Die have him AND Iggy. Such a great scene:
Somewhere in California.
Youtube T6JEW93Ock8
 
The Bunyip
2023-02-01 3:08:48 PM  
Hell yeah!

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The All-Powerful Atheismo
2023-02-01 3:11:47 PM  
Exile On Beale Street:

He's in almost all of Jim Jarmusch's movies.


Frankly his best performance is either in Mystery Men or Fishing with John.  But Down by Law is a close 3rd
 
Muta
2023-02-01 3:11:50 PM  

RogueWallEnthusiast: ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.

No Pixies, no Chet Baker, no Tom Waits?  If you're a little older I can understand not having heard of Arctic Monkeys but they're pretty good too.


I've heard of The Pixies and Waits and have heard some of their music.  I've heard of Arctic Monkeys but I don't think I've heard any of their songs.  I haven't heard of any of the other artists.
 
bostonguy [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 3:14:19 PM  

Muta: I've heard of Arctic Monkeys but I don't think I've heard any of their songs.


Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Official Video)
Youtube pK7egZaT3hs
 
Exile On Beale Street [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 3:15:05 PM  
Ethan Hawke killed this if anyone's interested. 
Born to Be Blue - Official Trailer I HD I IFC Films
Youtube j2JAW7L04C0
 
nytmare
2023-02-01 3:15:30 PM  
45 years later and people are still trying to make 70s punk music a thing.
 
eviljimbo
2023-02-01 3:18:25 PM  
Man subby I was going down that list thinking I was gonna be able to talk long shiat to you when I got to #1....

And you were 100% correct.

Welcome to sky valley prolly my favorite of the 5 they put out (yes I'm including the sons of Kyuss ep).


I've been listening to sloburn a lot lately. Red Ant LP is on archive.org, if you like kyuss and haven't heard sloburn you're gonna love it
 
wildcardjack
2023-02-01 3:20:24 PM  
The Tiger Lillies -Two Penny Opera is pretty good for what we used to call a concept album. But I don't know if I have bad taste in music or good taste in bad music.
 
chitownmike
2023-02-01 3:27:13 PM  

Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste: [Fark user image 450x450]

The others are great, but this one has a depth of construction that really unlocks the more you listen to it.


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chitownmike
2023-02-01 3:29:42 PM  

RogueWallEnthusiast: ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.

No Pixies, no Chet Baker, no Tom Waits?  If you're a little older I can understand not having heard of Arctic Monkeys but they're pretty good too.


It's not an age thing, for some reason morons think it makes them cool to plead ignorance of things most people are aware of
 
Flappyhead
2023-02-01 3:32:25 PM  

El Mariaski: He also has a ton of acting roles including Renfield in Dracula (the Francis Ford Coppola version), the engineer in The Book of Eli (the guy who recharges batteries), the gold prospector in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and a member of Robert Redford's crew in The Old Man & The Gun.


Seeing him randomly show up as a tripped out reverend in Domino is still my favorite role.
 
Congo
2023-02-01 3:44:00 PM  
The first album I heard by Tom Waits was Blue Valentine I think. Shocked by his voice I asked if we were listening to the Cookie Monster.

His magnificent catalogue is my go to for my depression and self pity.
 
Skids
2023-02-01 3:44:27 PM  

Scorpitron is reduced to a thin red paste: [Fark user image 450x450]

The others are great, but this one has a depth of construction that really unlocks the more you listen to it.


that's OK, but I prefer their older stuff. You probably haven't heard it.
 
TTFK
2023-02-01 3:45:55 PM  

ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.


Here's a masterpiece you might have actually heard:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
 
Rev. Skarekroe
2023-02-01 3:46:40 PM  

Stephen_Falken: question_dj: Ooooh yessssss! Kyuss!!

Hellz yeh, and Surfer Rosa too.
Man that was not too bad, almost no boomer sh*t on that list. I think we might be getting somewhere


Tom Waits is a boomer.
 
Flappyhead
2023-02-01 3:56:18 PM  

TTFK: ajgeek: TiL that I'm a complete philistine; I haven't heard a single one if those albums.

Here's a masterpiece you might have actually heard:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked


I'm still amazed how they packed so much into just 35 minutes.
 
Markoff_Cheney [recently expired TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 3:56:39 PM  

Wendigogo: Though I'm not ok with the Nationals sound referred to as "sad dads music".


But that is what the kids refer to it as. Our wedding dance was to I Need My Girl, turned out alright.
 
ajgeek [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 4:00:54 PM  
Okay, I'm not nearly the philistine I thought I was. I have heard a few of these on a listen through.

To the Pixies in particular, though, "Where Is My Mind" feels like the Odd Man out in that album; it feels polished. Maybe it's the mastering, but the rest of that Album is really hard to listen to.
 
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