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Linkin Park, "A Thousand Suns", 2010
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Im a huge fan of Linkin Park so feel free to me as much as you like i'm used to it. A Thousand Suns was more of a concept album than anything and really found the band experimenting with their sound while still producing a very good album.
"Blackout"
"Burning in the Skies"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh_YCSW5lPc
Geezer
The Replacements, "Tim", 1985
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1.Hold My Life – 4 stars
2.I'll Buy – 3 stars
3.Kiss Me On the Bus – 4 stars
4.Dose of Thunder – 3 stars
5.Waitress in the Sky – 3 stars
6.Swingin Party – 4 stars
7.Bastards of Young – 5 stars
8.Lay It Down Clown – 2 stars
9.Left of the Dial – 5 stars
10.Little Mascara – 4 stars
11.Here Comes a Regular – 5 stars
I owe this entirely to my brother. He's the one who first played me some Replacements tracks, not all that long ago. Well, if we were to re-do the song listing, 3 of these would easily make my top 100, with two of them in the top 50, and one challenging the top 10. It really wouldn't matter what else was on the album, it would be on the list for those 3 alone (Left of the Dial, Bastards of Young and Here Comes a Regular). But there's a lot of other great songs here as well, like Kiss Me on the Bus and Little Mascara. Brilliant record, and without it, I bet a whole ton of the other albums on my list would never have been made.
"Here Comes a Regular"
"Bastards of Young"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl9KQ1Mub6Q
Leestu
Beck, “Mellow Gold”, 1994
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This really is an album like nothing I had ever heard before. It says something when Loser is the most accessible song on the album. I was fascinated, intrigued and could not stop listening to it.
“Beercan”
"Truckdrivin Neighbors Downstairs (Yellow Sweat)"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5FuDdbBo0
NSpan
To Be Added At A Later Date
numbersix
The Rolling Stones, “Let it Bleed”, 1969
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My favourite Stones record is, like Sticky Fingers, a blend of old blues Stones and classic-era rock god Stones, firing off larger-than-life anthems while having space for some honky tonk on the side. It gives the record a sense of grittiness, a sense that the band still have their feet on the floor (you can almost hear them floating away on Exile on Main St).
There are the beautiful and recognisable songs like Gimmie Shelter and the acceptably OTT You Can’t Always Get What You Want, but there’s also some tender moments, like Love in Vain, and the very rural stomp of Country Honk (an even rootsier version of Honky Tonk Women). The album has a breadth that makes it so damn listenable.
"Country Honk"
"Midnight Rambler"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0HJTQSghmk
Ron Burgundy
Tool, "Undertow", 1998
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"Prison Sex"
"Crawl Away"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfHHTWLIChg
silversurfer
Howlin' Wolf, "Moanin' In The Moonlight", 1959
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With that bellowing growl of a voice, Howlin' Wolf has long been my favourite blues singer, and this for me is his best collection of songs. Compiled by Chess, this was the first record of Wolf's and it's filled to the brim with sex and anguish, driving home such emotional impact with some great melodies. There's just so much intensity in Wolf's vocals, and with the backup of Willie Dixon on bass, the songs carry an eerieness and a power never bettered in the blues (though he comes close himself on his follow up self titled record [though often referred to as the Rocking Chair album]). I honestly believe there are few artists who could ever match the intensity of Wolf, with his growl and enormous figure, he would have been quite intimidating in person, but on record he is equally as fearsome. Tracks like "Smokestack Lightnin'" (which I featured in my 100 Songs Countdown), "I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)", "How Many More Years" and "Evil" epitomise this fantastic intensity, and coupled with such bleak lyrics and a great ear for melody, his for me is one of the most influential blues records of all time.
"How Many More Years"
"Evil"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs
transformers
Muse, "Black Holes and Revelations", 2006
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"Assassin"
"Knights of Cydonia"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9D71pQaTnc