We're now 200 (!) posts into this project, and I thank you all for sticking with me. To retain the comprehensive, organized quality of the blog, which I like to think of as relatively no-frills, here is an alphabetical index of all of the album reviews (and other posts) thus far. Below that, instead of commemorating with the Top 100 Albums again (that was posted here for #100), I've put together a decidedly different and hopefully equally fun list. Again, thank you for reading.
ALPHABETICAL INDEX
KEY: [A+] / [hr] = highly recommended / [r] = recommended / [c] = caution / [NO] = avoid
(Keep in mind, we're using iTunes capitalization here. I am well aware that from a cataloging standpoint that's total bullshit, but it keeps me from having to deal with surname ambiguities. I'm a library assistant in real life so I know this is offensive, and all I can tell you is... I like pissing you off.)
STUDIO ALBUMS
10,000 Maniacs: In My Tribe (1987) [c]
10,000 Maniacs: Blind Man's Zoo (1989)
10,000 Maniacs: Our Time in Eden (1992) [c]
13th Floor Elevators: The Psychedelic Sounds Of (1966) [hr]
13th Floor Elevators: Easter Everywhere (1967) [r]
2 Many DJ's: As Heard on Radio Soulwax, Pt. 2 (2002)
3 Mustaphas 3: Soup of the Century (1990) [c]
The 6ths: Wasps' Nest (1995) [hr]
The 6ths: Hyacinths and Thistles (2000) [r]
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: Source Tags & Codes (2002) [c]
A.C. Newman: The Slow Wonder (2004) [r]
A.C. Newman: Get Guilty (2009) [r]
Aesop Rock: Labor Days (2001) [r]
Air: Moon Safari (1998) [hr]
Al Green Gets Next to You (1971) [hr]
Al Wilson: Show and Tell (1973)
Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010) [hr]
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti: Before Today (2010) [hr]
The Beach Boys: Surfin' Safari (1962) [r]
The Beatles: Please Please Me (1963) [A+]
The Beatles: With the Beatles (1963) [A+]
Belle & Sebastian: Write About Love (2010) [r]
Best Coast: Crazy for You (2010) [r]
Big Boi: Sir Lucious Left Foot- The Son of Chico Dusty (2010) [r]
Big Star: #1 Record (1972) [A+]
Björk: Selmasongs (2000) [hr]
Blur: Think Tank (2003) [hr]
Bob Dylan: Together Through Life (2009) [r]
Broken Bells (2010)
The C.A. Quintet: Trip Thru Hell (1968) [r]
ceo: White Magic (2010) [r]
Chatham County Line: Wildwood (2010) [r]
The Chemical Brothers: Further (2010)
Crystal Castles (2010) [hr]
Curren$y: Pilot Talk (2010) [hr]
Curren$y: Pilot Talk II (2010) [r]
Curren$y: Weekend at Burnie's (2011) [r]
Cut Copy: Zonoscope (2011) [hr]
D.L. Byron: This Day and Age (1980)
The Decemberists: The King Is Dead (2011) [hr]
Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (2010) [hr]
Depeche Mode: Sounds of the Universe (2009) [r]
Delorean: Subiza (2010) [r]
Destroyer: Kaputt (2011) [hr]
Devo: Something for Everybody (2010) [NO]
Eels: Tomorrow Morning (2010)
EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints (2011) [r]
Emeralds: Does It Look Like I'm Here? (2010) [c]
The Essex Green: Cannibal Sea (2006)
The Extra Lens: Undercard (2010) [r]
Fang Island (2010)
Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (2011) [c]
Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (2010)
Four Tet: There Is Love in You (2010) [r]
Galaxie 500: Today (1988) [hr]
Gang Gang Dance: Eye Contact (2011) [r]
Gang of Four: Content (2011) [r]
Goldfrapp: Head First (2010)
Gonjasufi: A Sufi and a Killer (2010)
Herbie Hancock: Head Hunters (1973) [hr]
Hot Chip: One Life Stand (2010) [hr]
How to Dress Well: Love Remains (2010) [c]
Ice-T: O.G. Original Gangster (1991) [r]
Ida Cox & Coleman Hawkins: Blues for Rampart Street (1961) [hr]
Information Society (1988) [hr]
The International Submarine Band: Safe at Home (1968) [r]
Interpol (2010) [c]
Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog (2007) [hr]
Iron & Wine: Kiss Each Other Clean (2011) [r]
James Blake (2011) [r]
Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me (2010) [A+]
John Coltrane: Giant Steps (1960) [A+]
Julian Lynch: Mare (2010) [r]
Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (2011)
Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) [A+]
The Kinks (1964) [r]
The Kinks: Kinda Kinks (1965) [hr]
Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011) [NO]
L7 (1988)
Leonard Cohen: Dear Heather (2004) [hr]
Lupe Fiasco: Lasers (2011) [NO]
Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes (2011) [r]
M. Ward: Duet for Guitars #2 (1999) [r]
M. Ward: End of Amnesia (2001) [r]
Madonna: Hard Candy (2008)
The Magnetic Fields: Distortion (2008) [hr]
Male Bonding: Nothing Hurts (2010) [hr]
Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (1971) [A+]
Matthew Dear: Black City (2010) [r]
Midnight Juggernauts: The Crystal Axis (2010) [hr]
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (1950) [A+]
The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come (2009) [hr]
The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck (2011) [hr]
Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise (2011) [hr]
No Age: Everything in Between (2010) [c]
Oasis: Definitely Maybe (1994) [hr]
OFF! First Four EPs (2011) [r]
Okkervil River: I Am Very Far (2011) [r]
Old 97's: Blame It on Gravity (2008) [r]
Old 97's: The Grand Theatre, Volume One (2010)
Old 97's: The Grand Theatre Volume Two (2011) [c]
Otis Redding: Otis Blue (1965) [A+]
Over the Rhine: The Long Surrender (2011) [r]
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart: Belong (2011) [r]
Panda Bear: Person Pitch (2007) [r]
Panda Bear: Tomboy (2011) [c]
Pantha du Prince: Black Noise (2010)
Parliament: Osmium (1970) [hr]
The Pernice Brothers: Goodbye, Killer (2010)
Pet Shop Boys: Yes (2009) [hr]
PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (2011) [hr]
Prince: Dirty Mind (1980) [hr]
Prince: Controversy (1981) [hr]
Radiohead: In Rainbows (2007) [A+]
Radiohead: The King of Limbs (2011) [hr]
Ray Charles: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) [A+]
Robyn: Body Talk (2010) [r]
She & Him: Volume Two (2010) [r]
The Shins: Wincing the Night Away (2007) [A+]
Sleigh Bells: Treats (2010) [NO]
Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde (2011) [hr]
Spoon: Transference (2010) [r]
Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind (1972) [hr]
Stevie Wonder: Talking Book (1972) [hr]
The Strokes: Angles (2011) [r]
Sufjan Stevens: Illinoise (2005) [hr]
Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz (2010) [hr]
T.I.: King (2006) [r]
Talking Heads: 77 (1977) [hr]
Tame Impala: Innerspeaker (2010) [hr]
Teddy Thompson: Bella (2011) [c]
Tennis: Cape Dory (2011) [r]
The-Dream: Love King (2010) [r]
Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 (2011) [c]
Titus Andronicus: The Monitor (2010) [hr]
Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine (2011)
tUnE-yArDs: whokill (2011) [A+]
TV on the Radio: Nine Types of Light (2011) [hr]
Twin Shadow: Forget (2010) [r]
The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) [hr]
The Velvet Underground: White Light / White Heat (1968) [A+]
The Walkmen: Lisbon (2010) [hr]
Wavves: King of the Beach (2010) [r]
We Are Scientists: Barbara (2010) [NO]
Wild Nothing: Gemini (2010) [r]
Wire: Red Barked Tree (2011) [r]
Yo La Tengo: Popular Songs (2009) [hr]
Yuck (2011) [r]
REMIX ALBUMS & MIXTAPES
Big K.R.I.T.: Return of 4Eva (2011)
Curren$y & The Alchemist: Covert Coup (2011)
Das Racist: Sit Down, Man (2010) [r]
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx: We're New Here (2011) [r]
The Mountain Goats: All Survivors Pack (2011) [r]
The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011) [r]
EP's
The Flaming Lips: With Neon Indian (2011) [r]
Girls: Broken Dreams Club (2010) [r]
Hot Chip: We Have Remixes (2010) [r]
James Blake: CMYK (2010)
R.E.M.: Chronic Town (1982) [A+]
Sufjan Stevens: All Delighted People (2010) [r]
The Tallest Man on Earth: Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird (2010) [hr]
Vampire Weekend: iTunes Session (2011) [r]
LIVE ALBUMS
10,000 Maniacs: MTV Unplugged (1993)
COMPILATIONS
The "5" Royales: All Righty! The Apollo Recordings (1951-55) [r]
The "5" Royales: Complete King Masters (1954-60) [A+]
? & the Mysterians: Best Of- Cameo Parkway (1966-67) [hr]
101 Strings Orchestra: 20 Years of Beautiful Music (1969) [hr]
1910 Fruitgum Co.: Best Of (1968-70) [hr]
Aaron Neville: A Collection of His Best (1966-2006) [NO]
The Action: The Ultimate! Action (1964-68) [r]
Adam and the Ants: Stand and Deliver- Very Best Of (1977-95)
Adriano Celentano: Best (1975-99) [r]
Archie Bell & the Drells: Tightening It Up (1967-79) [hr]
B.B. King: His Definitive Greatest Hits (1951-93)
The Beach Boys: Summer Love Songs (1963-71)
Buddy Holly: Greatest Hits (1957-59) [A+]
Chuck Berry: The Great Twenty-Eight (1955-65) [A+]
The Everly Brothers: Cadence Classics- 20 Greatest Hits (1957-60) [hr]
The Everly Brothers: Walk Right Back (Warner Years) (1960-69) [r]
Faces: The Definitive Rock Collection (1970-75) [NO]
Gene Vincent: Best Of (1956-63) [A+]
Hall & Oates: The Essential Collection (1974-2001) [NO]
The Impressions: Definitive (1961-68) [hr]
Oasis: The Masterplan (1994-97) [r]
R.E.M.: Eponymous (1981-85)
Sam & Dave: Sweat 'n' Soul- Anthology (1965-71) [A+]
Taj Mahal: Best of (1967-74) [r]
Talking Heads: Sand in the Vaseline- Popular Favorites (1975-92) [r]
Talking Heads: Bonus Rarities and Outtakes (1975-92)
Van Morrison: Best Of (1965-89) [r]
The Yardbirds: Ultimate! (1964-69) [hr]
BOXED SETS
Big Star: Keep an Eye on the Sky (1970-74) [r]
Chuck Berry: The Chess Box (1955-75) [r]
BOOTLEGS
Oasis: The Early Years (1992-95)
SINGLES & MISC. TRACKS
non-LP cuts: #
LISTS & COMMENTS ETC.
All-Time Top Albums + Index
The List of Lists 2010
The Best Records of 2010
Welcome & Introduction
***
TOP 100 MUSIC VIDEOS
I spent about a week and a half working on this list -- less than I would've liked. I'd like to tackle it again at some point with more time. The top ten or so I'm very confident about. The entirety of the list attempts to be free of musical bias, but of course that's nearly impossible. There are a few videos here by bands I don't like, featuring songs I like even less. I think "Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground is a brilliant video, but have no use for song or band. Same with Nirvana's "In Bloom" and a couple of others. But upon finishing I noticed that no band I'm even neutral about appears until #14, and that song features a member of a band I adore. So maybe that aspect was a failure, I don't know. It's probably tempting to consider my high placings of "Sugarcube" and "Tom Courtenay" as evidence of a YLT bias, but look -- if you say that, you haven't seen the videos. Watch them. Links to the first fifty are provided.
I tend to be skeptical of the video as artform. I think they're commercials, so the list is heavy on both directors who accept that completely (David Fincher) and directors who completely ignore it (Michel Gondry). #1, "Low," was a filmmaking project not made to promote anything, which may be one reason it's #1.
1. R.E.M. "Low" (James Herbert)
2. The Chemical Brothers "Let Forever Be" (Michel Gondry)
3. Bronski Beat "Smalltown Boy" (Bernard Rose)
4. Pet Shop Boys "I Get Along / E-Mail" (Bruce Weber)
5. Björk "It's Oh So Quiet" (Spike Jonze)
6. Yo La Tengo "Tom Courtenay" (Phil Morrison)
7. The Avalanches "Since I Left You" (Rob Leggett & Leigh Marling)
8. Yo La Tengo "Sugarcube" (Phil Morrison)
9. R.E.M. "Imitation of Life" (Garth Jennings)
10. Madonna "Express Yourself" (David Fincher)
11. Talking Heads "Burning Down the House" (David Byrne)
12. Kanye West "Flashing Lights" (Spike Jonze & Kanye West)
13. New Order "Blue Monday '88" (Robert Breer & William Wegman)
14. Massive Attack "Protection" (Michel Gondry)
15. Madonna "Vogue" (David Fincher)
16. The Notorious B.I.G. "Sky's the Limit" (Spike Jonze)
17. Michael Jackson "Thriller" (John Landis)
18. Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" (Stephen R. Johnson)
19. Tom Tom Club "Genius of Love" (Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel)
20. Wu-Tang Clan "Triumph" (Brett Ratner)
21. Pet Shop Boys "Being Boring" (Bruce Weber)
22. Blur "Coffee and TV" (Garth Jennings)
23. Weezer "Island in the Sun" (Spike Jonze)
24. Depeche Mode "Strangelove" (Anton Corbijn)
25. Daft Punk "Around the World" (Michel Gondry)
26. Jay-Z "99 Problems" (Mark Romanek)
27. Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence" (Anton Corbijn)
28. Talking Heads "And She Was" (Jim Blashfield)
29. The Roots "What They Do" (Chuck Stone III)
30. Kanye West "Runaway" (Kanye West)
31. Depeche Mode "Never Let Me Down Again" (Anton Corbijn)
32. Radiohead "Knives Out" (Michel Gondry)
33. Depeche Mode "Behind the Wheel" (Anton Corbijn)
34. Talking Heads "Crosseyed and Painless" (Toni Basil)
35. Missy Elliott "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Hype Williams)
36. R.E.M. "Man on the Moon" (Peter Care)
37. Arcade Fire "We Used to Wait" (Chris Milk)
38. Marcy Playground "Sex and Candy" (Jamie Caliri)
39. The Chemical Brothers "Elektrobank" (Spike Jonze)
40. TV on the Radio "Wolf Like Me" (Jon Watts)
41. Ludacris "Get Back" (Spike Jonze)
42. Kanye West "Heard 'Em Say" (Michel Gondry)
43. Depeche Mode "Halo" (Anton Corbijn)
44. R.E.M. "Nightswimming" (Jem Cohen) [complete version unavailable online]
45. Pet Shop Boys "Domino Dancing" (Eric Watson)
46. The Magnetic Fields "With Whom to Dance?" (please let me know if you know who directed this)
47. Male Bonding "Year's Not Long" (Vice Cooler)
48. R.E.M. "Crush with Eyeliner" (Spike Jonze)
49. Talking Heads "Love for Sale" (David Byrne)
50. Chris Isaak "Wicked Game" (Herb Ritts)
51. Weezer "Buddy Holly" (Spike Jonze)
52. R.E.M. "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" (James Herbert)
53. Beastie Boys "Sabotage" (Spike Jonze)
54. Prince "Kiss" (Rebecca Blake)
55. Janet Jackson "Got 'Til It's Gone" (Mark Romanek)
56. Nine Inch Nails "Closer" (Mark Romanek)
57. Pavement "Cut Your Hair" (Dan Koretzky & Ryan Murphy)
58. The Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" (Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris)
59. Pet Shop Boys "Opportunities" (Zbigniew Rybczynski)
60. Michael Jackson "Billie Jean" (Steve Barron)
61. The Cars "You Might Think" (Jeff Stein)
62. The Notorious B.I.G. "Big Poppa" (Hype Williams & Sean Combs)
63. Yaz "Only You '99" (?)
64. Radiohead "Paranoid Android" (Magnus Carlsson)
65. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five "The Message" (Sylvia Robinson)
66. Fine Young Cannibals "She Drives Me Crazy" (Philippe de Coufle)
67. Radiohead "Just" (Jamie Thraves)
68. Madonna "Like a Prayer" (Mary Lambert)
69. The Cardigans "Lovefool" (Geoff Moore)
70. The New Pornographers "Moves" (Tom Scharpling)
71. Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing" [Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham version] (Michael Blieden)
72. R.E.M. "Losing My Religion" (Tarsem)
73. Paula Abdul "Cold Hearted" (David Fincher)
74. New Order "True Faith" (Philippe de Coufle)
75. Peter Gabriel "Steam" (Stephen R. Johnson)
76. Depeche Mode "A Question of Time" (Anton Corbijn)
77. Björk "Pagan Poetry" (Nick Knight)
78. MGMT "Kids" (Ray Tintori)
79. a-ha "Take on Me" (Steve Barron)
80. Feist "My Moon My Man" (Patrick Daughters)
81. U2 "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (Wim Wenders)
82. Radiohead "High and Dry" (Paul Cunningham)
83. Talking Heads "Road to Nowhere" (David Byrne & Stephen R. Johnson)
84. Puff Daddy "It's All About the Benjamins" (Spike Jonze)
85. Jamiroquai "Virtual Insanity" (Jonathan Glazer)
86. U2 "One" (Anton Corbijn)
87. Daft Punk "Da Funk" (Spike Jonze)
88. Björk "Human Behavior" (Michel Gondry)
89. Blur "Music Is My Radar" (Don Cameron)
90. Pet Shop Boys "Single" (Harold Greenhalgh)
91. Peter Gabriel "Big Time" (Stephen R. Johnson)
92. Janet Jackson "Love Will Never Do (Without You)" (Herb Ritts)
93. U2 "Lemon" (Mark Neale)
94. Herbie Hancock "Rockit" (Godley & Creme)
95. Madonna "Human Nature" (Jean-Baptiste Mondino)
96. Peter Gabriel "Digging in the Dirt" (John Downer)
97. Nirvana "In Bloom" (Kevin Kerslake)
98. Deee-Lite "Groove Is in the Heart" (Hiroyuki Nakano)
99. Tears for Fears "Head Over Heels" (Nigel Dick)
100. George Michael "Freedom '90" (David Fincher)
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