No 30. La Roux - La Roux
Welcome to the eighties revival. Anyone who sneers down their nose at music being too derivative is just an idiot who can't read history. And this stuff is fun!
No 29. Renegades - Rage Against The Machine
Their first album was fantastic, but what they did with this album, which is to cover a bunch of songs in a way that unless you were a huge fan of the original, you'd never know. That's not easy to do. RATM just make me fire up. Cracker album.
No 28. Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords
This might seem a bit strange but they do write great songs, with lyrics better than most of what you would see on video hits on a Saturday morning.
No 27. Play - Moby
Definitely an album that has probably suffered from overuse especially in ads, but still a great listen. I fondly remember coming home at 5 am from the live show and playing this really loud while I lay on the lounge room floor.
No 26. Mezzanine - Massive Attack
A brooding electronic album but with the typical fantastic vocal performance and great beats. So many great songs off this record, angel, teardrop, inertia creeps....
No 25. The K&D Sessions - Kruder and Dorfmeister
Bought this fantastic double album completely on a whim after hearing Myf Warhurst and someone discussing it on the Js. Even though this is a remix album of sorts, really just one long track with bits of songs twisted through it, anyone who has tried to do a mix like this will appreciate how hard it is to get this good.
No 24. You've come a Long Way Baby - Fatboy Slim
That guy kicks ass! Damn straight a great album guaranteed to get an absolute flogging at any party we had at Chapel Hill and we had a few.
No 23. Rocking the Suburbs - Ben Folds
While I like the live version better, there is no denying the Ben Folds is a fantastic songwriter. This album is full of good songs and I love his slightly offbeat style.
No 22. Tragic Kingdom - No Doubt
While I view Gwen Stefani now with a certain detachment and disinterest back in the day I loved this rocking little band with the cool chick vocalist. I thought I'd grow out of this album but I never have.
No 21. Prozac Beats - 2 Dogs
You have to love an album that starts with a scratched up vocal from Rodney Rude. This is pretty much what it would have been like if you'd dropped into Dj KATCH and Dave Dog's house for a beer and they were playing around.
Definitely more beeps and blips than chunky riffs in that section it's a great mix. I could quite happily listen to all of those in a row on a Saturday afternoon.
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Yeah man, I'm digging on your Flight... inclusion. Had Doug Anthony All Stars in my top 50 so far.
ReplyDeleteI approve of Flight plans. Renegades actually brings up an interesting sidelight - best covers album? There's actually been a lot of good ones. And some terrifying shite, but a lot of good ones. The 'Fusebox' album which came out in the mid 90s with Yothu Yindi covering Jailbreak in a way that actually added to the song hugely - that Saturday Morning Cartoons album which JJJ played the ring out of in about 1995/96 - the Stoneage Cameos album where a bunch of Oz acts covered the Gurus' first album in its entirety - etc etc etc
ReplyDeleteMATE..you need shooting..srsly..I really do need to fkn well educate ya..AND..ffsakes, dont listen to DOC, hes warped to fk!..IMHO
ReplyDeleteNow you're talking! There's some great stuff here. Still no Coldplay though. Oh I do hope Coldplay comes home strong!
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