[PAULYBEE2656]

i found it real hard to stick down 50... so this year i went for a very personal and accurate top 100 albums of the year..........so here it is...


100.The breeders- maountain battles
99.Fleet foxes- fleet foxes
98.Nine inch nails- the slip
97.M83- Saturdays = youth
96.Bon iver- for emma, forever ago
95.Polysics- we ate the machine
94.Crystal castles- crystal castles
93.Free kitten- inherit
92.Jandek- myth of blue icicles
91.These are powers- terrible seasons
90.Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!- be your own shit
89.Elbow- this seldom seen kid
88.Kayo dot- blue lambency downward
87.Grails- doomsdayers holiday
86.Hair police- certainty of swarms
85.The notwist- the devil, you and me
84.The kills- midnight boom
83.Boris- smile
82.The bug- London zoo
81.Blood red shoes- box of secrets
80.Sunn o)))- domkirke
79.Don caballero – punkgasm
78.Grouper- dragging a dead dear up a hill
77.Foals- antidotes
76.Jonny greenwood- there will be blood
75.Vivian girls- Vivian girls
74.Burning star core- challenger
73.Prurient- and, still waiting
72.Cranes-cranes
71.Oneda- preteen weaponary
70.Spiritualized- songs in a & e
69.Nurse with wound- huffin rag blues
68.Awesome color- electric aboriginies
67.Neil diamond- home before dark
66.This will destroy you- this will destroy you
65.Autechre- quarstice
64.Parenthietical girls- entanglements
63.wedding present- el rey
62.No age- nouns
61.Religious knives- the door
60.Metallica- death magnetic
59.Fujiya and miyagi- lightbulbs
58.Dj scotch egg- drumized
57.Negativland- thigmotactic
56.Thurston moore- sensitive / lethal
55.Tall firs- too old to die young
54.Crystal stilits- allight the night
53.Elf power- in a cave
52.Hush arbours- hush arbors
51.Clark- turning dragoon
50.Half man half biscuit- csi:ambleside
49.The jimmy cake- spectre and crown
48.Growing- all the way
47.Women- women
46.Merzbow- annica
45.Original silence- the second original silence
44.This bike is a pipe bomb- convertible
43.Monade- monstre cosmic
42.An albatross- the an albatross family album
41.Rolo tomassi- hysterics
40.Stephen malkmus and the jicks- real emotional trash
39.Tv on the radio- dear science
38.Sparks- exotic creatures of the deep
37.Deerhoof- offend Maggie
36.Liquid liquid- slip in and out of phenomenon
35.Flight of the conchords- flight of the conchords
34.Acid mothers temple & the melting paradiso u.f.o.-
recurring dream & the apocalypse of darkeness
33.Aidan john moffat- I can hear your heart
32.Mudhoney –the lucky ones
31.Sun city girls / Jason spaceman- mr lonely
30.Einsturzende neubauten- the jewels
29.Sonic youth / merzbow / mats gustaffson- syr 8
28.Mogwai- the hawk is howling
27.Kimya dawson- alphabutt
26.The hospitals- hairdryer peace
25.Daemian frost- spirito di daemo
24.The fall- imperial wax solvent
23.Hrtk- nostalgia
22.The Dudley corporation- year of the husband
21.Secret chiefs 3- xaphan
20.Abe vigoda- skeleton
19.Waves- wavves
18.Farmers market- surfin u.s.s.r.
17.Halfset- another way of being there
16.Julian cope- black sheep
15.the silver mt zion memorial orchestra & the tra la la la band-
13 blues for thirteen moons
14.Sigur ros- med sud I eyrum vid spilium endalaust
13.Adebisi shank- this is the albumof a band called….
12.Fucked up- the chemistry of common life
11.Thank you- terrible two
10.Suishou no fune- prayer for chibi
9.Ponytail- ice cream spiritual
8.Pivot- o soundtrack my heart
7.Stereolab- chemical chords
6.Gang gang dance- saint dymphna
5.Extra life- secular world
4.Experimental dental school- jane doe loves me
3.Portishead- third
2.Nick cave and the bad seeds- dig!!! Lazarus dig!!!
1.Fuck buttons- street horrsing


thats it....... now discuss!

[noisereductions]

Only if you discuss mine.

[SYRFox]

This is a great top Pauly,though I would disagree with some albums (the TV on the Radio one disappointed me, and I can't stand Fleet Foxes) - but hey it's your personnal top and tastes obviously.
Good work man

[PAULYBEE2656]

i agree , thats why they are 39 and 98 respectivly.. its all relative yknow!!!

[SYRFox]

haha yeah
and anyway i'm really glad to see turning dragon on there, it's a great album.
mogwai's new one as well, it is hated by a lot of people but i find it beautiful

[GravitySlips]

I quite enjoyed Dig Lazarus Dig, but I don't think I'd put it in my top 10. Ditto for the Experimental Dental School album.
I shall definitely need to check out Fuck Buttons

Overall I really like this list though, some really nice inculsions. That Extra Life album appeared pretty high in atsonicpark's list as well, definitely another to check out.

[noisereductions]

Pauly, I'm not trying to be a jerk here, just curious. In my Top 10 thread you talked about how you didnt like the M83 album much. Yet it appears on yr list. And obviously I can see it's down at #96, but if the lower part of yr list is albums yr not even into, then why make a Top 100? Why not a just narrow it down to Top 50? 20? 10?

[PAULYBEE2656]

because i was arguing the toss with myself on about 80 albums i wanted in so rather than drop 30 i opted to add in 20.. lesser of two evils so to speak.. i could have gone on to 120 for example xiu xiu would have been 101......


i totally forgot the these are powers album...... edited!!!

[greedrex]

no Free Kitten?

[PAULYBEE2656]

also.. its not i hate the lower reaches of the list... i am just not as into them as the rest of them.. seriously, i dont expect anyone to understand my logic........

[PAULYBEE2656]

Originally Posted by greedrex

no Free Kitten?

93!

[greedrex]

doh!

[noisereductions]

I really hated INHERIT. I hate to say it, but it's the truth.

[atari 2600]

cool list...mind if I post mine here?

[PAULYBEE2656]

of course not atari but surely if i get a thread of my own you deserve one too!!!!!! up to you good sir!

[SYRFox]

Originally Posted by PAULYBEE2656

because i was arguing the toss with myself on about 80 albums i wanted in so rather than drop 30 i opted to add in 20.. lesser of two evils so to speak.. i could have gone on to 120 for example xiu xiu would have been 101......


i totally forgot the these are powers album...... edited!!!

Actually Terrific Seasons was 2007 - but the Taro Tarot EP is 2008 on the other hand.
The HTRK album was also released in 2007
but those are nice choices though

[PAULYBEE2656]

ok...... shit.. you are right.... a fuck it!!

ill rejig it later.....

[atsonicpark]

nice teeth scratching enamel stuff.

I only take into consideration what Thurston Moore or other musicians I admire list as their favourite. I'm a hipster like that.

[greenlight]

nice job