• Underwaterbob@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    One is impossible.

    • Rush - Grace Under Pressure (Moving Pictures is fantastic and the cliche choice, but there’s something about this one I love.)
    • The Knife - Silent Shout (Some reviewer called it “Haunted House” and that is the perfect descriptor. Eerie and intriguing electronic music.)
    • The For Carnation - The For Carnation (What became of Slint after Spiderland. This one doesn’t get anywhere near as much recognition, but I think it’s the more mature work overall. Groovy, minimalist post-rock.)
    • The Delgados - The Great Eastern (Hard to choose between their albums, too, but I think this one was a perfect straddling of their rockier bits and their symphonic dreampop that they leaned hard into later on. Great band!)
    • R.E.M. - Life’s Rich Pageant (This one or its followup: Document which won them more accolades, but I think is slightly less consistent. Their peak-songwriting, IMO.)
    • Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children (I know a lot of people love everything they’ve done, but I think they’ve never really topped the atmosphere of this one.)
    • Cocteau Twins - Treasure (At the time there was nothing else like it. There still isn’t quite.)
    • The Afghan Whigs - 1965 (One of their less-popular albums, but I think Dulli and co nailed the RnB rock formula with this one. Their newer stuff is also pretty great.)
    • Basement Jaxx - Rooty (I’m torn between this and Kish Kash. Rooty is maybe slightly more consistent. Wall-to-wall banging big beat pop tunes. Fantastic production.)
    • Vektor - Terminal Redux (I went through a metal phase for some years, and this one still stands out. Amazing thrash-prog with a vocalist who sounds like a banshee from outer space. Amazing stuff!)
    • Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light (Gonna catch hell for this one. They were a very popular thrash band, then they fired their singer and went black metal. It was an unpopular decision with most of their fans. I think they knocked it out of the park. They haven’t made an album since, though…)
    • Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot - The Son of Chico Dusty (The [somewhat] underrated member of Outkast. This album goes hard. Lots of interesting collabs, too.)
    • Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow (Peak alt-hip-hop IMO. RIP Gift of Gab)
    • Glenn Gould’s recording of the Goldberg Variations.

    I’d better stop…