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What is a "10" album to you?
 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-04-27 16:45 [#01163364]
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in the thread about pitchfork's review of MHTRTC,
fleetmouse said if it wasn't a 10, then he didn't know what
was... and i tried to come up with some... and you know,
it's really tough to do... there are a lot of great albums
out there... but a ten indicates perfection, and i just
don't know how many albums i can say are perfect...

what albums would you rate as 10/10 and what constitutes a
10 rating to you?


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-27 16:47 [#01163368]
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I don't even know if I have "10" albums.

they should be absolutely perfect. I don't know if that's
even possible.


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-27 16:47 [#01163369]
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I think MHTRTC is a 10.

Dire Straits' "Sultans of Swing" comes close. Probably a 9.8
in my books.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-04-27 16:47 [#01163370]
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drukqs.


 

offline Q4Z2X on 2004-04-27 16:49 [#01163374]
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frizzle fry


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-27 16:49 [#01163375]
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ha ha!


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-04-27 16:50 [#01163376]
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it well fits your description above too.


 

offline Gwely Mernans from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-04-27 16:50 [#01163377]
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SAWII
iabpoitc

ive had allot of 10s, but these ones have held


 

offline qrter from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2004-04-27 16:51 [#01163380]
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it fails far before the 8-mark..!


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-27 16:53 [#01163384]
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Aphex Twin - SAWII
Bjork - Vespertine
David Bowie - Low


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-04-27 16:53 [#01163385]
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i see...yeah, you're probably right!


 

offline elusive from detroit (United States) on 2004-04-27 16:54 [#01163390]
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drukqs

is the only solid 10 on my list.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-04-27 16:57 [#01163396]
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funny you say that...qrter and me just established it isn't
a 10.


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-04-27 16:57 [#01163397]
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Yeah I'll say Drukqs as well. qrter's a fart.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-27 16:57 [#01163398]
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i really like lp5

in my book, its a 10

also The Downward Spiral

thats a 10


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2004-04-27 17:00 [#01163407]
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nirvana - nevermind


 

offline wimp on 2004-04-27 17:01 [#01163410]
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Pearl Jam - Yield


 

offline DeadEight from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-04-27 17:02 [#01163411]
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John Coltrane- A Love Supreme
Aphex Twin- RDJ
-Windowlicker
BoC- IABPOITC
Arovane- Tides
Autechre- Confield
Squarepusher- Big Loada
-MIRON
Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
Quasimoto- the Unseen
Jan Jelinek- Le Nouveau Pauvrete
DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
Prefuse 73- One Word Extinguisher
Philip Jeck- Stoke
DJ Spooky- Songs of a Dead Dreamer
Tortoise- Standards
The For Carnation- the for carnation
Miles Davis- Kind of Blue
Milt Jackson- Wizard of the Vibes
A Tribe Called Quest- Midnight Marauders
Mouse on Mars- Niun Niggung
Oval- 94 Diskont
Buck 65- Vertex
Jan Jelinek and Computer Soup- Improvisations and Edits...

... i just don't know though... this list is more a
testament to my musical ignorance beyond a certain point
than it is an indication of the truly great albums of our
times...

i just know that i love all of the above to pieces...


 

offline pantalaimon from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-27 17:05 [#01163413]
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no way, its nirvana's weakest album.


 

offline AlbertoBalsalm from Reykjavík (Iceland) on 2004-04-27 17:40 [#01163438]
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in utero is my favourite, but nevermind is more consistant
and as a pop-rock record it's brilliant. every fucking song
on that album is great, there's not a weak spot.

but i like the more personal, heavier mood on in utero. so,
that's really my favourite.


 

offline Skink from A cesspool in eden on 2004-04-27 17:43 [#01163439]
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Boards of canada - geogaddi
The future sound of london - lifeforms
The breeders - pod
My bloody valentine - loveless



 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-04-27 17:47 [#01163442]
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Gridlock - Trace

perfect. 10/10


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2004-04-27 18:03 [#01163447]
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I think there is such a thing as a 10 album, when it makes
complete sense, it creates it's own musical universe, it's
own rules.. i am drunk.. anyway i'd say:
"Low" David Bowie
"Station to Station" David Bowie
"Selected Ambient Works 85-92" - Aphex Twin
"Hats" The Blue Nile
"How I learned to love the bootboys" The Auteurs
"Dog Man Star" Suede
"A Northern Soul" The Verve
"Another Green World" Brian Eno
"The Return of the Durrutti Column" The Durrutti Column
"Laughing Stock" Talk Talk
"Hex" Bark Psychosis
"D.I. Go Pop" Disco Inferno
"Get Lost" The Magnetic Fields
"Porcupine" Echo & the Bunnymen
"Floodland" Sisters of Mercy
"If you're feeling sinister" Belle & Sebastian
"Bytes" Black Dog
"Hatfull of Hollow" The Smiths
"Time Tourist" B12

..for me, that is.



 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-04-27 18:07 [#01163449]
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goddamn you people gotta be so analytical :)

just pick your favorite and end it all


 

offline earthleakage from tell the world you're winning on 2004-04-27 18:13 [#01163453]
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tears for fears - songs from the big chair


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2004-04-27 18:17 [#01163454]
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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, "We're Only In It
For The Money" is a perfect 10 for me. I think every note,
word, and noise on that album is flawless.

Also, William Hung's "Inspiration."*

* - That's a lie.


 

offline Peter Chrisp on 2004-04-28 03:15 [#01163988]
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Swans - Soundtracks For The Blind


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 03:23 [#01163991]
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Outkast - Southernplayalistikcadillacmusik
wu-tang - 36 chambers
wu-tang - iron flag
Bjørk - (all of them..)
El-P - fantastic damage
RJD2 - deadringer
Ornette Coleman - Favorite things
Esbjørn Svensson Trio - Seven days of falling
Charles Mingus - Pitheacanthropus erectus
Prefuse73 - OWE
Xploding Plastix - Amateur girlfriends go proskirt agents
Jaga Jazzist - a livingroom hush
aphex twin - Windowlicker (not an album I know, but
still...) + drukqs + RDJ

that's all I could think of now.. I know there are more..


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-04-28 03:42 [#01164002]
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They have to be pretty much absolutely perfect, d'uh. Which
doesn't necessarily mean that every song is a masterpiece in
the traditional sense. I like a bit of sillyness and a
quickly knocked off pop song here and there.

The only 10 albums for me are as follows-
The Beatles- The Beatles
The Beatles- Rubber Soul
The Beatles- Abbey Road
The Beatles- Please Please Me
The Beatles- A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles- Revolver
The Smiths- The Queen is Dead
Joy Division- Unknown Pleasures
Harry Nilsson- Aeriel Ballet
Echo and the Bunnymen- Ocean Rain
Frank Zappa- Freak Out
New Order- Power, Corruption, and Lies
The Soft Machine- Volume 1
The Soft Machine- Volume 2
any Supremes compilation
Harry Nilsson- Pandemonium Shadow Show
The Soft Boys- Underwater Moonlight
Freescha- What's Come Inside You? (maybe I'm getting ahead
of myself? Will I give a shit about it in 5 years? Who
knows, but I love this so much)

There's also a bunch of video game soundtracks I hold in as
high a regard as any of these. Chrono Cross, Silent Hill 2,
Super Castlevania 4, Ninja Gaiden 2, Thunder Force 4, Kirby
Superstar, Super Mario World 2, the original Star Fox,
Castlevania- Rondo of Blood, etc.

I have no idea what to do to make any of these better,
except for one glaring fuckup that totally destroys my
un-theory. Gumming up the works is this- there's actually a
nagging flaw on my favorite album ever, called ''Wild Honey
Pie''. But something like A Hard Day's Night or Underwater
Moonlight, I can't imagine ANY tweaks needed to make it
perfect. Yet, ''The Beatles'' is the best shit I've ever
heard. So there's some intangible. Or a flaw in my logic. Or
maybe numbers just weren't meant to be assigned. But those
are my 10s, fuck logic. I guess they're just the ones I
enjoy the most, warts and all. A 10 album is any of those.
Maybe I'm not harsh enough, there's a lot of them. But...
that just means there's a lot of them. Good news for me, you
can't have too many 10s.


 

offline Amnesiac from ERIE (United States) on 2004-04-28 04:59 [#01164077]
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drukqs


 

offline rockenjohnny from champagne socialism (Australia) on 2004-04-28 05:07 [#01164089]
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draft
hi scores



 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 05:12 [#01164099]
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Krampes Krøniker - Har du krampe?

now, THAT's a good album!


 

offline nacmat on 2004-04-28 05:13 [#01164100]
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saw II
confield
in sides
velvet & nico
blue lines
dummy
queen II
dark side of the moon
pet sounds
abbey road
...


 

offline morge from United Kingdom on 2004-04-28 05:25 [#01164117]
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any album that completely steps out of the genre in which it
is rooted so that it just vbecomes a stand-alone album, not
belonging to any genre except - fucking good music.

i can't believe no one said OK Computer.
some more:
Go plastic
Richard D James
Since I left you
...Endtroducing


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 05:29 [#01164125]
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I can't believe someone said OK computer!

I can't believe it's not butter!

IJEST!


 

offline nacmat on 2004-04-28 05:31 [#01164128]
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I forgot about endtroducing... good call


 

offline morge from United Kingdom on 2004-04-28 05:34 [#01164134]
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it's so tempting just to say albums you really like
personally, i really wanted to list all the blur, oasis,
pulp...
actually fuck it yeah

parklife 10
whats the story 10
different class 10


 

offline DJ Xammax from not America on 2004-04-28 05:34 [#01164135]
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Yes, Since I Left You and Endtroducing.....

Another 2 of mine.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 05:36 [#01164139]
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I second the endtroducing.

I also would like to add:

Aim - cold water music
Kreatures of Cream - Saw my foot off with a masquerade


 

offline morge from United Kingdom on 2004-04-28 05:38 [#01164141]
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i think you're fourthing endtroducing


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 05:45 [#01164146]
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I'm firsting it! It said it first! ME!! ME!
MEMEMEMEMEMEME!!!


 

offline nacmat on 2004-04-28 06:30 [#01164172]
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I love pulp

got:

freaks
masters of the universe
separations
pulpintro
his n hers
diferent class
disco 2000 ep
count down
pulp goes to the disco
this is hardcore
help the aged ep
this is hardcore ep1
this is hardcore ep2
we love life


 

offline euphonicfilter from illadelphia (United States) on 2004-04-28 07:06 [#01164213]
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otis redding - dock of the bay
beatles - rubber soul
aretha franklin - i never loved a man...
dylan - blonde on blonde
bogdan - smb
tribe called quest - low end theory
de la soul - is dead
black sheep - a wolf in sheep's clothing
miles davis - kind of blue
etc
etc
etc


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2004-04-28 07:10 [#01164222]
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I forgot to mention that a "10" album, to me, is an album
that i can listen to under any condition, no matter what
mood i'm in or what drugs i've taken. And i still stand by
my choice.


 

offline uzim on 2004-04-28 07:13 [#01164228]
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Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Björk - Vespertine
Nurse With Wound - Soliloquy For Lilith
Radiohead - Amnesiac
Opeth - Blackwater Park
The Young Gods - Only Heaven
Tool - Lateralus
Sonic Youth - Dirty
Coil - The Remote Viewer
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
Rachel's - Systems/Layers
...


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2004-04-28 07:13 [#01164229]
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boc: hi scores
orbital: in sides
afx: drukqs
xploding plastix: the donca magic singalongs
squarepusher: feed me weird things
massive attack: mezzanine
astrobotnia: pt2
underworld: everything, everything (something personal)



 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2004-04-28 07:15 [#01164232]
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that freescha album is near a tenner.


 

offline Drunken Mastah from OPPERKLASSESVIN!!! (Norway) on 2004-04-28 07:17 [#01164239]
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OK... I have to tell you.. "Kreatures of Cream - Saw my foot
off with a masquerade" isn't an album, nor is it a band.
Sorry to let you down like this, but I lied, people. GET
OVER IT!


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-04-28 08:00 [#01164313]
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Hard question.

Muslimgauze 'Azzazzin'

Pan Sonic 'Kulma'


 

offline morge from United Kingdom on 2004-04-28 08:05 [#01164321]
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you're only missing "It" nacmat,
i have all those except it, masters..,separations, and we
love life. Hell knows why, i really should have them all.


 


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