Can we do top 10's of the classics?

[Rsdio]

I dunno, if you've heard stuff like Galang and Paper Planes and haven't liked them I doubt any of the album tracks will do much to change your mind.

[SomeNaiveChump]

OK, some more (this is how not-boring new year's eve is)

Rage Against The Machine (alt)

With no tracks from s/t because every track on that is essential and well-known

Bulls On Parade (Evil Empire)

Vietnow (Evil Empire)

Revolver (Evil Empire)

Testify (Battle of LA)

Maria (Battle of LA)

Ashes in the Fall (Battle of LA)

Maggie's Farm (Renegades)

Renegades of Funk (Renegades)

How I Could Just Kill A Man (Renegades)

Darkness (The Crow soundtrack)

David Bowie (alt)

Space Oddity (David Bowie/Space Oddity)

Letter to Hermione (David Bowie/Space Oddity)

The Man Who Sold The World (The Man...)

Life on Mars? (Hunky Dory)

Quicksand (Hunky Dory)

Starman (Ziggy)

Heroes (Heroes)

Ashes to Ashes (Scary Monsters)

Fashion (Scary Monsters)

Everyone Says 'Hi' (Heathen)

Red Hot Chili Peppers

This is already an 'alt' list since I prefer later RHCP to the 80s stuff

Apache Rose Peacock (BSSM)

The Righteous & The Wicked (BSSM)

Aeroplane (One Hot Minute)

My Friends (One Hot Minute)

Around the World (Californication)

Parallel Universe (Californication)

Don't Forget Me (By The Way)

Venice Queen (By The Way)

Warm Tape (By The Way)

Desecration Smile (Stadium Arcadium)

Jimi Hendrix (alt)

Fire (AYE?)

The Wind Cries Mary (AYE? reissue)

Highway Chile (AYE? Reissue)

Castles Made of Sand (Axis)

Bold As Love (Axis)

Little Wing (Axis)

Have You Ever Been (E. Ladyland)

Crosstown Traffic (E. Ladyland)

Let the Good Times Roll (E. Ladyland)

Angel (First Rays)

Muse

Muscle Museum (Showbiz)

Showbiz (Showbiz)

New Born (Origin)

Plug In Baby (Origin)

Space Dementia (Origin)

Dead Star (Hullabaloo Soundtrack)

Stockholm Syndrome (Absolution)

The Small Print (Absolution)

Map of the Problematique (BH&R)

Knights of Cydonia (BH&R)

[SomeNaiveChump]

System of a Down

Yes, they are good. Here's why

Sugar (SOAD)

Suite-Pee (SOAD)

Prison Song (Toxicity)

Deer Dance (Toxicity)

Chop Suey! (Toxicity)

Psycho (Toxicity)

BYOB (Mezmerize)

Lost in Hollywood (Mezmerize)

Lonely Day (Hypnotize)

She's Like Heroin (Hypnotize)

Deep Purple

This was most problematic, too much good stuff

Bloodsucker (In Rock)

Black Night (In Rock reissue)

Fireball (Fireball)

Lazy (Machine Head)

Pictures of Home (Machine Head)

Maybe I'm A Leo (Machine Head)

Child in Time (Made in Japan)

Highway Star (Made in Japan)

Burn (Burn)

Stormbringer (Stormbringer)

Rainbow

Man On The Silver Mountain (RB's Rainbow)

Catch The Rainbow (RB's Rainbow)

Stargazer (Rising)

Starstruck (Rising)

A Light in the Black (Rising)

Sixteenth Century Greensleeves (On Stage)

Long Live Rock 'n' Roll (LLRnR)

Gates of Babylon (LLRnR)

Kill the King (LLRnR)

Hall of the Mountain King (Stranger In Us All)

Rammstein

"Well if we're going to have Tool"

Seemann (Herzeleid)

Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen (Herzeleid)

Bestrafe Mich (Sehnsucht)

Mein Herz Brennt (Mutter)

Links 2 3 4 (Mutter)

Sonne (Mutter)

Reise Reise (Reise Reise)

Keine Lust (Reise Reise)

Amerika (Reise Reise)

Moskau (Reise Reise)

and then Seemann again and again

[linkster]

REM

Life and How to Live It

These Days

Perfect Circle

Sitting Still

So. Central Rain

Little America

9-9

Gardening at Night (preferably live)

The Flowers of Guatemala

Green Grow the Rushes

Underworld

Dirty Epic

Moaner

Tongue

Skym

Jumbo

Kittens

Rez

Pearl's Girl

Dark Train

Born Slippy

[kerraig UK]

I've only heard 3 Tool albums (Undertow, Lateralus and 10,000 days; still can't believe I haven't heard Aenima) but I could never get on with Undertow (I heard it after Lateralus if that means anything). I am hearing it wrong? Also, 'Lateralus' is my favourite Tool song but I guess I might be the only one...

Also: someone do a Megadeth list that doesn't include anything from Rust in Peace.

personally I think undertow is shit. EXCEPT those 2 songs. Grab them, seriously they are INCREDIBLE songs

[superpretend]

Why would you that?

And no "Good vibrations" is criminal.

Because people should just buy Pet Sounds.

Dunno how I missed Good Vibrations though.

[Ben]

Can anyone do a Converge one? I've got Jane Doe and No Heroes, which are great, but they seem to have about another 5-6 albums beyond that.

[RJames]

personally I think undertow is shit. EXCEPT those 2 songs. Grab them, seriously they are INCREDIBLE songs

Really? Well obviously I know Prison Sex, it is awesome.

Kelthink: Jeeez, get Aenima, seriously. It's twice as good as any of the other single albums.

Listen!:

[Nick R]

REM

Life and How to Live It

These Days

Perfect Circle

Sitting Still

So. Central Rain

Little America

9-9

Gardening at Night (preferably live)

The Flowers of Guatemala

Green Grow the Rushes

That's a bit different from my list.

Can I request a list for solo Lou Reed? I've got Transformer, but what else is good? (Although then again I suppose specifying albums you've already heard goes against the idea behind this topic...)

[RJames]

I'll do one, here's a band with a fair few albums now:

Clutch

A Shogun Named Marcus (Transnational Speedway League)

Ship Of Gold (The Elephant Riders)

Profits Of Doom (Blast Tyrant)

Ghost (Blast Tyrant)

Cypress Grove (Blast Tyrant)

Mr. Shiny Cadillacness (From Beale Street To Oblivion)

Pure Rock Fury (Pure Rock Fury)

Open Up The Border (Pure Rock Fury)

10,000 Witnesses (Robot Hive / Exodus)

It's really hard to not be tainted by songs I'm a bit bored of, but are still their best tracks.

Oh and I'm sure Kerraig would disagree, but I think Blast Tyrant is their strongest album, though it's also probably the most 'Pop'y, as it goes. More on Pure Rock Fury deserves the list too, but I wanted to represent them a bit more widely...

[larrydavidsanger]

Faith No More

We Care A Lot

From Out of Nowhere

Epic

Midlife Crisis

Everything's Ruined

A Small Victory

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Digging The Grave

Mouth To Mouth

Ashes To Ashes

Mark Lanegan (Solo)

Methamphetamine Blues

Carnival

I Love You Little Girl

Down In The Dark

Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

The River Rise

Little Sadie

Hit The City

I'll Take Care of You

Wheels

Kyuss

Space Cadet

Thong Song

El Rodeo

Gardenia

Thumb

One Inch Man

50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)

Supa Scoopa and the Mighty Scoop

Thee Ol' Boozeroony

[Timmo]

I don't care that they've only had four albums, they're my favourite band and everyone with a love for alternative rock or whatever it's classed as should listen:

The National

Fake Empire

Black Slate

Beautiful Head

Abel

Slow Show

About Today

All the Wine

Brainy (Alternate Version)

Mr. November

Lucky You

I've missed off a ton of songs I truly love. A few of them are on their Myspace I think, for anyone who wants a taster.

[Mr Do 71]

I'll try Pet Shop Boys, without singles :

- Two Divided By Zero (Please)

- It Couldn't Happen Here (Actually)

- I'm Not Scared (Introspective)

- My October Symphony (Behaviour)

- Young Offender (Very)

- It Always Comes As A Surprise (Bilingual)

- Boy Strange (Nightlife)

- Home (Release)

- The Sodom And Gomorrah Show (Fundamental)

- Miserablism (single b-side to "Was It Worth It?", on Alternative)

Nice, I'm not sure I would've picked Boy Strange though. Plus I'm not too keen on Sodom, either.

[kerraig UK]

Great Clutch selection James. I'll do an alternative just cos they've got so many brilliant songs

Clutch (alternative)

The mob goes wild (blast tyrant)

Escape from the prison planet (clutch)

texan book of the dead (clutch)

electric worry (from beale st to oblivion)

whites ferry (from beale st to oblivion)

shogun named marcus (transitional speedway league)

drink to the dead (pure rock fury)

pure rock fury (pure rock fury)

impetus (impetus)

elephant riders (elephant riders)

big fat pig (Jam room)

NOTHING from Robot Hive! Crikey.

Converge is really fucking hard. I'll work on it and try for something later.

[Calashnikov]

Wu Tang Clan

1. Da Mystery of Chessboxin'

2. Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nuthin Ta Fuck Wit

3. Protect Ya Neck

4. Wu Tang 7th Chamber Pt 2

5. Re-united

6. Heaterz

7. Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)

8. Uzi (Pinky Ring)

9. Iron Flag

10. C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)

Good list.

Here's my attempt at the top 10 "solo" songs by various Clan members (I use parenthesis because a lot of the early solo stuff featured collaborations with other group members in any case):

Wu-Tang Clan (solo)

1. Criminology - Raekwon

2. Wu-Gambinos - Raekwon

3. Ice Cream - Raekwon

4. Daytona 500 - Ghostface Killah

5. Camay - Ghostface Killah

6. Liquid Swords - GZA

7. Shadowboxin' - GZA

8. 4th Chamber - GZA

9. Tical - Method Man

10. Brooklyn Zoo - ODB

I think that the best "solo" songs by Wu-Tang Clan artists are every bit as good and as essential as the group stuff. It's a shame that they're maybe overlooked out with the hardcore hip-hop heads. They've certainly not received the same level of crossover success, nor have they impacted popular culture as much as the group albums have. This is a shame because, like I say, much of it is as good and, in my opinion, often better than the group stuff.

On this list, I've focused entirely on the first generation of solo albums because they're the ones that stick closest to the group's original blueprint. Later Ghostface music in particular has become its very own separate entity. It's not "Wu-Tang solo music" but "solo music, period," which would be worth compiling into a separate top ten list of its own. But for people wishing to broaden their understanding and appreciation of Wu-Tang music, then these are the solo tracks to check out. Although produced entirely by the group's mastermind the RZA, each song in this list presents very distinct variations of his style. From the lush cinematic atmospherics in the Raekwon tracks, through the roughed-up soul of Ghostface and into the abrasive distortion behind the GZA tracks, RZA ran the whole gamut of superior hip-hop production on much of the early solo releases. And the familiar off-kilter kung-fu sillyness of the group albums showed up again in various Method Man and ODB songs.

[Kelthink]

Faith No More

We Care A Lot

From Out of Nowhere

Epic

Midlife Crisis

Everything's Ruined

A Small Victory

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Digging The Grave

Mouth To Mouth

Ashes To Ashes

You just copied the tracklisting from the 'best of'! Plus 'Everything's Ruined', though. I haven't heard much FNM but surely there's more to the albums?

[larrydavidsanger]

I don't have the FNM best of. Sorry, didn't realise.

Here's some more then

Zombie Eaters

Naked at the Computer

Be Aggressive

Ricochet

Evidence

Introduce Yourself

Surprise! You're Dead!

Collision

Easy

Get Out

[AnimeExpert2003]

Can someone do one for Mr. Bungle?

[larrydavidsanger]

Mr Bungle It'll be a bit difficult to get an overview as each album varies greatly from the last but here goes

Mr. Bungle

Quote Unquote

Carousel

Egg

Disco Volante

Chemical Marriage

Carry Stress In The Jaw

Ma Meeshka Mow Skwoz

Merry Go Bye-Bye

California

Retrovertigo

The Air-Conditioned Nightmare

Vanity Fair

Goodbye Sober Day

They have other albums and eps but what I've heard of them has been badly recorded

[Kelthink]

Mr Bungle (albums only)

1 - Retrovertigo (California)

2 - Backstrokin' (Disco Volante)

3 - My Ass is on Fire (Mr Bungle)

4 - Carry Stress in the Jaw (Disco Volante)

5 - Love is a Fist (Mr Bungle)

6 - None of Them Knew They Were Robots (California)

7 - The Bends (Disco Volante)

8 - Squeeze Me Macaroni (Mr Bungle)

9 - Violenza Domestica (Disco Volante)

10 - Goodbye Sober Day (California)

Alright, I'm not sure on number 9, but yeah.

Damn you lda.

[linkster]

That's a bit different from my list.

I wanted to keep it pre-1986 given how many people seem to hate them around here. Makes me sad. But they've sucked for quite a few years now.

[kerraig UK]

Can someone do one for Mr. Bungle?

I dont know disco volante very well (their 2nd album) but from the first and last albums i'd recommend:

Quote unquote (s/t)

Slowly growing deaf (s/t)

Egg (s/t)

Girls of Porn (s/t)

Love is a fist (s/t)

None of them knew they were robots (California)

Retrovertigo (California)

the air conditioned nightmare (California)

Ars Moriendi (California)

Vanity fair (California)

[MW_Jimmy]

I wanted to keep it pre-1986 given how many people seem to hate them around here. Makes me sad. But they've sucked for quite a few years now.

And neither of you included 'Fall on Me' or 'The One I Love' which makes me sad

[Harlen Quinn]

My radiohead 10. Not necessarily my fave 10, I'm trying to do some different ones...

Black Star (The Bends)

You and Whose Army? (Amnesiac)

Killer Cars [mogadon version] (Just cd single #1 b-side) http://chez.rooroo.free.fr/Killer_Cars(Mogadan).mp3

The Bends (The Bends)

House of Cards (In Rainbows)

Lozenge of Love (My Iron Lung EP)

You Never Wash Up After Yourself (My Iron Lung EP)

My Iron Lung (The Bends)

Subterranean Homesick Alien (OK Computer)

All I Need (In Rainbows)

[Timmo]

Wow, I actually dislike/am massively indifferent to half of those, and I love pretty much all Radiohead.

[Harlen Quinn]

Wow, I actually dislike/am massively indifferent to half of those, and I love pretty much all Radiohead.

Say which half. I'm not entirely sure any of those would be in my first 10 but at least 3 greedy bastards posted first.

They're still great though.

[linkster]

And neither of you included 'Fall on Me' or 'The One I Love' which makes me sad

Well like I said it was more a list for people who think they know what they're about and the chances are they'd have heard those two. Pre Warners they were a very different band - don't get me wrong, if it was to be a personal top 10 I'm no snob about the later stuff (well, as far as Up at any rate - Chorus and the Ring aside, I cannot listen to them now).

[Timmo]

Say which half. I'm not entirely sure any of those would be in my first 10 but at least 3 greedy bastards posted first.

They're still great though.

Okay...

Black Star - Hate the chorus.

You and Whose Army - Okay, but doesn't hit the heights it should, so just sounds like a missed oppurtunity every time I listen.

Killer Cars - Nice pop song, but nowhere near their best.

All I Need - One of the worst songs they've ever done, dreadful lyrics and an awful chorus. The clash of instruments at the end saves it from complete crapness.

Lozenge of Love - Grates to me.

The rest I love, but I'd never recommend House of Cards due to the huge split it brings (many find it very dull).

Incredibly over-the-top, but you asked. All imho obv m8 soz ok bi.

[SomeNaiveChump]

I like All I Need but otherwise have to agree. If I had to delete 10 Radiohead songs from my library those would be four of them

[superpretend]

I wanted to keep it pre-1986 given how many people seem to hate them around here. Makes me sad. But they've sucked for quite a few years now.

REM were brilliant. The IRS REM is so different to the Warner REM though. Murmurs is a classic, I could listen to the album all day long. Sitting Still and Pilgrimage are just