b-vapor wrote:yes-close to the edge.

yep.

Indeed a great album.

o_d_m wrote:

It was one of the records I bought on my first trip to a non-chain record store when I was in middle school.

To completely erase any cool points that it might look like I'm trying to cash in here: I had never heard of The Minutemen before reading about them in a magazine called "Alternative Guitar" on the day I bought that record. (I purchased the magazine because it had every 13 year old in the early 90s idol Kurt Cobain on the cover) I thought the record cover looked cool, so I bought it.

14 years later and I still love every song.

c'mon, is it really even close?

There are obviously many contenders for greatest album but I'll add- White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground.

I'll second those who think highly of the Talk Talk records. The Mark Hollis s/t solo record is very nice too.

Steve V. wrote:

caix wrote:

chairman_hall wrote:I can't decide damn you. There are too many.

Bleach is an excellent record, but About A Girl hampers it's Greatest Album Ever suitability.

I kinda agree, it's the weakest song on the album. Not a bad "weakest song" to have, though. I think Sifting makes up for it and more. Great way to end an album, too. It always makes me flip over to side A and start the album all over again (something that hasn't changed since I was 14 years old).

No offense, I mean you could make the same argument about my choice, but seriously; "Bleach" = the best? Do you have a lot of memories or experiences as a result of the record? Did it turn you on to other stuff?

I'm not trying to be a dick, and like I said, same questions apply to my choice surely.

Listening to Bleach for 16 years carries a lot of baggage. Some of it is nostalgia from 16 years ago, sure. Parts of it remind me of living in Pittsburgh and being completely alone, which is when I first came across it. The most recent emotional attachment was from about 2 months ago when my gf visited me. I played Bleach the entire weekend. We had a great time together and that album was the backdrop. It's been so long and yet I've never gotten bored with it. I have countless albums sitting on my shelf that I can't bear to listen to anymore, even though I technically like them. I've just moved on as my taste evolved. But then there's those few albums to me that are timeless, that I can pull out and listen to no matter where my current taste in music has drawn me.

caix wrote:Listening to Bleach for 16 years carries a lot of baggage. Some of it is nostalgia from 16 years ago, sure. Parts of it remind me of living in Pittsburgh and being completely alone, which is when I first came across it. The most recent emotional attachment was from about 2 months ago when my gf visited me. I played Bleach the entire weekend. We had a great time together and that album was the backdrop. It's been so long and yet I've never gotten bored with it. I have countless albums sitting on my shelf that I can't bear to listen to anymore, even though I technically like them. I've just moved on as my taste evolved. But then there's those few albums to me that are timeless, that I can pull out and listen to no matter where my current taste in music has drawn me.

Caix, a very nice post, indeed.


As much as I love Bleach, and Metal Box, and Double Nickels, I still can't pick "the greatest album". I doubt there's one I could go with.

o_d_m wrote:

It was one of the records I bought on my first trip to a non-chain record store when I was in middle school.

To completely erase any cool points that it might look like I'm trying to cash in here: I had never heard of The Minutemen before reading about them in a magazine called "Alternative Guitar" on the day I bought that record. (I purchased the magazine because it had every 13 year old in the early 90s idol Kurt Cobain on the cover) I thought the record cover looked cool, so I bought it.

14 years later and I still love every song.

Do you go to school in Valdosta?

Jesus Christ Superstar soundtrack wins hands down.

H-GM wrote:

duh.

I go back and forth between this and Transmissions. I suck, I cannot commit.

i don't know if that has or hasn't been kerbled, because i think it could be. whatever. here's my list:

-the stooges, funhouse
-funkadelic, maggotbrain
-public image limited, metal box
-led zeppelin, physical graffiti
-the jesus lizard, goat
-velvet underground, s/t
-mission of burma, vs.
-wire, chairs missing
-shellac, at action park
-fugazi, red medicine
-the birthday party, live 81-82
-joy division, still
-the ex, starters and alternators
-pere ubu, terminal tower
-parliament, mothership connection
-nick cave and the bad seeds, from her to eternity
-big black, bulldozer
-the talking heads, more songs about buildings and food
-suicide, s/t
-the ramones, leave home
-motorhead, the ace of spades
-liquid liquid, s/t
-james brown, in the jungle groove
-the jimi hendrix experience, electric ladyland
-cheap trick, live at budokan
-iggy pop, the idiot
-gang of four, entertainment
-e.s.g, come away with e.s.g.
-the dicks, s/t
-the cramps, psychedelic jungle
-devo, q: are we not men? a: we are devo.
-david bowie, low
-chrome, half machine lip moves
-captain beefheart, safe as milk
-bob dylan, bringing it all back home
-black sabbath, sabotage
-ac/dc, dirty deeds done dirt cheap
six finger satellite- severe exposure