The Chorus.Fm Users Definitive Albums List • Page 24

I listened to undoing ruin last week for the first time in probably 10 years and it was awesome

 

That Search the City album just missed my list. Love it.

 

Dry the River!!!!

also how did i forget to put a Menzingers album on my list lol

 

Jonah is kind of a personal hero for me, which definitely plays into the weighting.

“Feel Alright” has really gotten me through some stuff. Actually had a really nice twitter conversation with Jonah about it recently, which was pretty lovely.

Edit:
This is also why you’re the best dude. Immediately jumping into lists to discover stuff. Wouldn’t have shocked me if you somehow found a copy of my Dad’s album off my list and heard that too. You’re relentless. Haha

 

Dry the River is so good. I saw them with my ex-wife in Seattle and one of the guys kept staring at her in the bar before the show. That's my Dry the River story

 

I kept remembering glaring omissions so hopefully there are no more of those lol, also did my best to make it universal but didn't include anything I'm not as into anymore

1. Prince- Purple Rain "Let's Go Crazy
2. Fleetwood Mac- Rumours "Dreams"
3. The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds “God Only Knows”
4. The Velvet Underground And Nico- The Velvet Underground And Nico “All Tomorrow's Parties”
5. The Clash- London Calling “Clampdown”
6. The Strokes- Is This It "Someday"
7. Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pill "You Oughta Know"
8. Beck- Odelay “Devil's Haircut”
9. Arcade Fire- Funeral "Rebellion-Lies"
10. Weezer- Blue "Say It AIn't So"
11. U2- The Joshua Tree “With Or Without You
12. Taylor Swift- 1989 "Blank Space"
13. Nirvana-Nevermind "In Bloom"
14. REM- Out Of Time "Losing My Religion"
15 . Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion "Run Away With Me"
16. No Doubt- Tragic Kingdom "Don't Speak"
17. Jeff Buckley- Grace "Hallelujah"
18.” Killers- Hot Fuss "Mr. Brightside"
19. The Beatles- Revolver “Eleanor Rigby”
20. Pixies- Doolittle “Here Comes Your Man"
21. Neil Young- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere “Cinnamon Girl”
22. Elvis Costello- My Aim Is True “Alison”
23. Elliott Smith- Either/Or “ Between The Bars”
24. Bruce Springsteen- Born To Run “Thunder Road”
25.Robyn- Body Talk “Dancing On My Own”
26. Paul Simon- Graceland “Graceland”
27. Beyonce- 4 “Love On Top”
28. Adele- 21 “Someone Like You”
29. Death Cab For Cutie – Plans “I Will Follow You Into The Dark”
30. Lauryn Hill- The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)
31. Amy Winehouse- Back To Black “You Know I'm No Good”
32. David Bowie- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust “Suffragette City”
33. Tom Petty- Full Moon Fever "Free Fallin"
34. Green Day- Dookie "When I Come Around"
35. The Hold Steady – Boys And Girls In America “You Can Make Him Like You”
36. Beastie Boys- Licensed To Ill “No Sleep Til Brooklyn”
37. Pearl Jam- Ten “Even Flow”
38. Neutral Milk Hotel- In An Aeroplane Over The Sea “Two Headed Boy”
39. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind "Semi Charmed Life"
40. The Replacements -Let It Be “I Will Dare”
41.Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend “Oxford Comma”
42. Violent Femmes- Violent Femmes “Add It Up"
43. Liz Phair- Exile In Guyville "Fuck And Run"
44. Cyndi Lauper- She's So Unusual "Time After Time”
45. Modest Mouse- Good News For People Who Like Bad News “Ocean Breathes Salty”
46. Run DMC- Raisin Hell “It's Tricky”
47. Kacey Musgraves- Golden Hour "Slow Burn
48. Jay-Z- The Black Album “Encore”
49. Duran Duran- Rio “Save A Prayer”
50. Van Halen-1984 "Panama"

 

I am so jealous.

 

Haha I did google it but turned up nothing unfortunately. If it’s available online somewhere I’d be interested in listening though!

 

Hah I’ll send you a file later this afternoon if you want to listen.

 

This entire process destroyed my day and my list is a train wreck but here you go...thanks @cshadows2887 for ruining my life

1. Billy Joel - The Stranger
2. Averi - Drawn to Revolving Doors
3. Counting Crows - August and Everything After
4. Damien Rice - O
5. Francis and the Lights - It'll Be Better
6. Marc Cohn - Marc Cohn
7. Paul Simon - Graceland
8. Michael Jackson - Thriller
9. Van Morrison - Moondance
10. Something Corporate - North
11. Sam Cooke - Ain't That Good News
12. Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
13. Joe Cocker - I Can Stand a Little Rain
14. The Dangerous Summer - Reach for the Sun
15. Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The Way It Is
16. Dear and the Headlights - Small Steps, Heavy Hooves
17. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
18. As Tall As Lions - Lafacido
19. Matchbox 20 - Yourself or Someone Like You
20. The 1975 - I Like It When You Sleep...
21. Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
22. Peter Gabriel - So
23. Passion Pit - Manners
24. Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
25. Underoath - They're Only Chasing Safety
26. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
27. Valencia - We All Need a Reason to Believe
28. Ray Lamontagne - Trouble
29. Coldplay - Parachutes
30. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
31. Genesis - Invisible Touch
32. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
33. Thursday - A City By the Light Divided
34. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind
35. Motion City Soundtrack - My Dinosaur Life
36. The National - High Violet
37. AFI - Sing the Sorrow
38. Copeland - In Motion
39. Margot and the Nuclear So & So's - The Dust of Retreat
40. INXS - Kick
41. Annie Lennox - Diva
42. Anberlin - Cities
43. Silent Drive - Love Is Worth It
44. The Rocket Summer - Do You Feel?
45. Tristan Prettyman - Twentythree
46. Yes - 90125
47. The Honorary Title - Anything Else But the Truth
48. Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl
49. Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff
50. Inkwell - These Stars Are Monsters

 

Averi? First time a band I haven't recognized is that far up.

 

do I spy an Inkwell album? now that is unexpected. that band rules.

 

Ahem...second.

 

Listened to Kate Pruitt’s Expectations from Craig’s list, which was an album I didn’t recognise, and interested to see it was from 2020 and already high up your all time favourites albums.

I really enjoyed this, she’s got one hell of a voice when she lets loose, but has total control over it for the quieter parts too, she’s a really powerful presence. Excellent song writer, the tracks are really well arranged and produced with a good amount of variety in the songs. Lyrics seemed really open, honest with some great lines that hooked me on a first listen.

Really enjoyed this a lot for a first listen, and will definitely be coming back to it, sounded excellent.

 

Used the bias sorter and tried really hard not to overthink it. I'm sure there's gonna be stuff I feel like I missed or look at the order and rip my hair out but this is mostly just a collection of albums I really love. Tried to take into account each album's impact on me (both emotionally and musically) as well as cultural significance.

1. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (Never Going Back Again)
2. Jack's Mannequin - Everything In Transit (Rescued)
3. Tegan & Sara - The Con (Soil, Soil)
4. Dawes - We're All Gonna Die (One of Us)
5. Taylor Swift - Red (All Too Well)
6. Josie and the Pussycats OST (You're A Star)
7. Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (Let's Get Lost)
8. Spice Girls - Spice (Say You'll Be There)
9. As Tall As Lions - As Tall As Lions (Maybe I'm Just Tired)
10. Janelle Monáe - Dirty Computer (Make Me Feel)
11. Toto - TOTO IV (Rosanna, Afraid of Love)
12. Motion City Soundtrack - Even If Kills Me (Last Night)
13. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye (Leave a Trace)
14. The National - Trouble Will Find Me (I Should Live In Salt)
15. Herbie Hancock - Headhunters (Watermelon Man)
16. Steely Dan - Aja (Peg)
17. Jimmy Eat World - Chase This Light (Carry You)
18. The Little Mermaid OST (Part of Your World)
19. Mandy Moore - Wild Hope (Most of Me)
20. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It (Normal Song)
21. Tommy Flanagan - Overseas (Eclypso) [Note: this has been released a few different ways, it lives on Spotify as The Complete Overseas Session]
22. Damien Rice -My Favourite Faded Fantasy (Colour Me In)
23. S Club 7 - Sunshine (Show Me Your Colours)
24. Les Misérables : The Dream Cast in Concert (On My Own)
25. Solange - A Seat at the Table (Weary)
26. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (In My Life)
27. TLC - Fanmail (Unpretty)
28. Local Natives - Gorilla Manor (Who Knows, Who Cares)
29. St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION (Happy Birthday, Johnny)
30. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (I Just Wasn't Made For These Times)
31. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (A Love Supreme Part IV, Psalm)
32. The National - High Violet (Sorrow)
33. Beyoncé - Lemonade (Sandcastles)
34. Frightened Rabbit - Pedestrian Verse (The Woodpile)
35. Green Day - American Idiot (Whatsername)
36. Julien Baker - Sprained Ankle (Everybody Does)
37. Tom Petty - Full Moon Fever (I Won't Back Down)
38. Peter Gabriel - So (In Your Eyes)
39. Bleachers - Strange Desire (Wild Heart)
40. Taylor Swift - Fearless (Fearless)
41. The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound (Old White Lincoln)
42. Good Old War - Only Way To Be Alone (That's What's Wrong)
43. Kevin Abstract - American Boyfriend: A Suburban Love Story (Echo)
44. OutKast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (Hey Ya!)
45. Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (Landslide)
46. Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska (Atlantic City)
47. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (Beth/Rest)
48. Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (Passenger Seat)
49. Paul Simon - Graceland (I Know What I Know)
50. Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (You Ain't Alone)

 

When I loaded everything into the bias sorter Brandi Carlile's By The Way, I Forgive You somehow didn't copy over so just know that should be somewhere in there. Ugh

 

You beautiful weirdo. Haha

 

Wholesome chaos runs through my veins 24/7

 

There's a small suspicion that you only went all the way through with completing this list in order to finally make me listen to S Club.

 

@Meerkat your list is spectacular

 

That's giving me way too much credit

Thank you thank you!

 

I didn’t realize that Fleetwood Mac album was so popular around here.

 

universally loved across the board, around the world, so it makes sense

 

Quoting this because I want to do a little homework on your list, and this makes it easier to access on mobile.

In particular, I really want to give those Hazelwood/Sinatra, Ben Webster, and Link Wray albums a go in the near future.

 

From Street Spirit’s list, I listened to Black Origami by Jlin. I’d never heard of the artist before, but I liked the artwork.

This is definitely one that would need multiple listens for it to begin to make sense. It’s definitely not the sort of music I’m familiar with , or would have much of a frame of reference / comparison point to make to it. I guess it would be just about considered dance music meets challenging hip hop style beats (maybe?), but I know I have a bit of a blind spot for a lot of music like this, so it’s not something I know much about.

There’s a lot going on in these compositions , and it’s a pretty complex and dense listen, without particularly conventional song structures or forms.

It’s hard to really say what I made of it really , it was certainly intriguing and original sounding, and there’s clearly a lot of talent in producing this sort of thing. It was all a little overwhelming for a first listen and was a bit of a whiplash coming straight after the Katie Pruitt album for me. Certainly interesting enough to give it another try later on though.