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Top Ten things that excite me too much now to receive proper perspective on this list:
Everything the Velvet Underground recorded, esp. Loaded and White Heat/White Light
David Bowie tracks you never bothered to listen to "New Career in a New Town" off Low, "God Knows IÕm Good" off Space Oddity
"Death of a Party" by BlurÉ so strangely entrancingÉ
My Bloody ValentineÕs first LP "IsnÕt Anything" (this one actually featuring songs!)
"Bad Day," the new single to promote the new R.E.M. major label best of (Õ88-Õ03) which is strange because the reason I like this song so much is that itÕs the first thing theyÕve done in over a decade that reminds me of Murmur or Reckoning or any of those early albums with all their energy and zeitgeist
P.J. HarveyÕs Rid of Me, particularly "Rid of Me" and "Dry"
Phil OchsÕs "Love Me IÕm a Liberal" ("ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center when it affects them personallyÉ I hope every colored boy becomes a star, but donÕt talk about revolution, thatÕs going a little too farÉ I love Puerto Ricans and Negroes as long as they donÕt move in next door, so love me, love me, love me, IÕm a liberal!É")
Joan of Arc (the band, not the crazed historical individual, or the CBS dramacomedy my father enjoys "Joan of Arcadia")
CommonÕs "Sixth Sense"
Cody ChesnuttÕs Headphone MasterpieceÑactually, I can put this in perspectiveÑthe best double-LP debut album everÑif I could cull fifteen tracks out of its thirty-five, itÕd be one of the best albums ever, but he has just a little too much funÉ a shameÉ
Mogwai
John Cale
Blind Faith
FugaziÉ
field recordings of African-American spirituals
Solomon Burke!
etc.
This is more than ten, but I got ahead of myself.
Artists
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Guided by Voices
Pavement
Marvin Gaye
Songs
"I Want You Back"-- Jackson Five
"Sweet Thing"-- Van Morrison
"a Change is Gonna Come"-- Sam Cooke
"SheÕs Got a New Spell"-- Billy Bragg
"CanÕt Hardly Wait"-- the Replacements
"Shine a Light"-- the Rolling Stones
"Holocaust"-- Big Star
"WouldnÕt it Be Nice?"-- the Beach Boys
"Temptation"-- New Order
"Love Vigilantes"-- New Order
"Nothing Feels Good"-- the Promise Ring
Albums
Blonde on Blonde (minus "Rainy Day Women")-- Bob Dylan
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain,-- Pavement
Doolittle-- the Pixies
Darkness on the Edge of Town-- Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
My Aim is True-- Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Pet Sounds-- the Beach Boys
London Calling-- the Clash
Violent Femmes-- Violent Femmes
Third/Sister Lovers-- Big Star
WhatÕs Going On?-- Marvin Gaye
Psycho-candy-- Jesus and Mary Chain
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