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Title: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: lionforce5 on October 25, 2005, 09:24:00 pm
So it doesn't get too far off track:
 
 Roni Size/Reprazent - Newforms
 Photek - Modus Operandi
 The American Analog Set - From Our Livingroom To Yours
 The Herbalizer - Blow Your Headphones
 
 Yours?
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: distance on October 25, 2005, 09:39:00 pm
autechre - chiastic slide
 radiohead - ok computer
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: chaz on October 25, 2005, 09:54:00 pm
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen we are Floating in Space
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on October 25, 2005, 09:57:00 pm
1. Radiohead: OK Computer
 2. Hum: Downward Is Heavenward
 3. Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West
 4. Dandy Warhols: The Dandy Warhols Come Down
 5. The Dismemberment Plan: The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified
 6. Prodigy: Fat Of The Land
 7. Cornershop: When I Was Born For The Seventh Time
 8. Blur: Blur
 9. Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
 10. Foo Fighters: The Colour And The Shape
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on October 25, 2005, 10:55:00 pm
1:  yo la tengo - i can hear the heart beating as one
 2: radiohead - ok computer
 3: belle & sebastian - 3.. 6.. 9 seconds of light
 4: portishead - portishead
 5: the apples in stereo - tone sole revolution
 6: ben folds five - whatever and ever amen
 7: daft punk - homework
 8: thievery corporation - songs from the thievery hi-fi
 9: the sea and cake - the fawn
 10: whiskeytown - stranger's almanac
 11: roni size/reprazant - new forms
 12: superchunk - indoor living
 13: belle & sebastian - dog on wheels
 14: morrissey - maladjusted
 15: bjork - homogenic
 16: the chemical brothers - dig your own hole
 17: bettie serveert - dust bunnies
 18: bob dylan - time out of mind
 19: the notorious b.i.g. - life after death
 20: belle & sebastian - lazy line painter jane
 21: deftones - around the fur
 22: beulah - handsome western states
 23: guster - goldfly
 24: built to spill - perfect from now on
 25: blur - blur
 
 honorable mention:
 
 blink-182 - dude ranch
 the sundays - static and silence
 kid loco - a grand love story
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on October 25, 2005, 10:59:00 pm
oh, i left cornershop and modest mouse off of there ... they'd go in the top 15 somewheres ...
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: BLACKSTORM on October 25, 2005, 11:25:00 pm
The Verve - Urban Hymns.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on October 26, 2005, 08:27:00 am
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  oh, i left cornershop and modest mouse off of there ... they'd go in the top 15 somewheres ...
I don't remember Daft Punk being that year, but I definitely overlooked Portishead's disk.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: JohnnyBaconbitz on October 26, 2005, 10:38:00 am
Brighten the Corners/Pavement and Being There/Wilco are both pretty good.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 26, 2005, 10:39:00 am
Wilco's Being There came out in 1996.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by JohnnyBaconbitz:
  Brighten the Corners/Pavement and Being There/Wilco are both pretty good.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: godsshoeshine on October 26, 2005, 10:59:00 am
1. sleater-kinney - dig me out
 2. modest mouse - lonesome crowded west
 3. ben folds five - whatever and ever amen
 4. radiohead - okc
 5. built to spill - perfect from now on
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Bags on October 26, 2005, 11:00:00 am
Sleater-Kinney and Foo Fighters.  Shit, didn't realize "The Colour and The Shape" was 1997...I didn't get it until '99.  Then, I got it!
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on October 26, 2005, 11:03:00 am
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
   
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  oh, i left cornershop and modest mouse off of there ... they'd go in the top 15 somewheres ...
I don't remember Daft Punk being that year, but I definitely overlooked Portishead's disk. [/b]
January 20 (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781FDB4CA57520C0973150C6BA63D20ED342F38250234558C0B63E4B820E79FD0DA5C6CFB7E577B479AAB32FA5500FD1C0EA54ECAD1B&sql=10:0s3gtq9znu42)
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on October 26, 2005, 11:06:00 am
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Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
  January 20 (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE4781FDB4CA57520C0973150C6BA63D20ED342F38250234558C0B63E4B820E79FD0DA5C6CFB7E577B479AAB32FA5500FD1C0EA54ECAD1B&sql=10:0s3gtq9znu42)
Hmm... OK. I went with the year on the back of the CD, and it said 1996, which is probably when it was recorded, copyrighted, etc, etc.
 
 Daft Punk is definitely in my top 10.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: TheWaz on October 26, 2005, 11:07:00 am
i dont have my itunes accessable, but i second modest mouse and built to spill, still 2 of my favorite albums ever.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: ccfalzon on October 26, 2005, 11:40:00 am
flaming lips- zaireeka.
 elf power- when the red king comes
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 11:44:00 am
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Originally posted by [username edited by p.c. moderator]:
 
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I definitely overlooked Portishead's disk. [/b]
Ditto.
 
 An old Rolling Stone issue had Grohl and others pick favorites for this year. Bjork topped all lists.
 
 Hoya are those your personal faves or are you in journalistic mode?  ;)  (Never can figure out if these lists are to be personal or rated picks)
 
 Anyhow, I go the personal route. Otherwise, I'd go on for hours. Some of mine have been mentioned: Verve, Portishead, Foo, Whiskeytown, Radiohead, Pavement, Sundays...
 (Not best, but I listened for a few weeks: Blink, BFF)
 
 Toad The Wet Sprocket - Coil
 Elliot Smith - Either/Or
 Teenage Fanclub - Songs From Northern Britain
 Echo & the Bunnymen - Evergreen
 The Devlins - Waiting
 Offspring - Ixnay on the Hombre
 INXS - Elegantly Wasted
 Silverchair - Freak Show
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 11:50:00 am
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Originally posted by Bags:
  Sleater-Kinney and Foo Fighters.  Shit, didn't realize "The Colour and The Shape" was 1997...I didn't get it until '99.  Then, I got it!
I had "Everlong" on a mix tape.   :p   Good driving song.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: ccfalzon on October 26, 2005, 12:01:00 pm
Great call on Elliot and Teenage Fanclub. One of the greatest regrets of my concert going life was not going to see Elliot perform at Field Day in 2004. Then he decided to end it. What a waste.
 
 BTW if you're looking for a talented Elliot Smith protegee, check out Andrew Morgan. "Misadventures in Radiology" is an awesome disc. Legend has it that he recorded most of it while crashing on Elliot's couch, so the connection is there. Hoping he hits DC at some point soon.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on October 26, 2005, 12:03:00 pm
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Originally posted by frenchpiece:
  One of the greatest regrets of my concert going life was not going to see Elliot perform at Field Day in 2004. Then he decided to end it. What a waste.
Ditto. He turned up headlining the second stage during Blur, right?
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on October 26, 2005, 12:09:00 pm
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Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
 Hoya are those your personal faves or are you in journalistic mode?   ;)   (Never can figure out if these lists are to be personal or rated picks)
 
i just went through iTunes and picked out my favorites from '97 ... the ratings were just a rough approximation of how i'd rank them all ... forgot about the teenage fanclub, good call ... but i willfully left off the elliott smith =)
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: brennser on October 26, 2005, 12:10:00 pm
how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface on October 26, 2005, 12:14:00 pm
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Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when?
I've had an excel spreadsheet of all the records I own for some time. I sorted by year.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 12:15:00 pm
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Originally posted by frenchpiece:
  BTW if you're looking for a talented Elliot Smith protegee, check out Andrew Morgan. "Misadventures in Radiology" is an awesome disc. Legend has it that he recorded most of it while crashing on Elliot's couch, so the connection is there. Hoping he hits DC at some point soon.
I think I heard about him on MySpace...
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on October 26, 2005, 12:17:00 pm
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Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997
iTunes ... i could also quickly find my favorite singer/songwriter tracks from 1995, or my favorite dream pop songs from 1991 =)
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 12:18:00 pm
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Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997
I try and remember some of the shows I attended and mixes I made; then look up from there. While a couple on my list are not the absolute "best of the best" they are per the time and bear mentioning.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: lionforce5 on October 26, 2005, 12:23:00 pm
Yeah color me stupid for forgetting Portishead and Homogenic.
 
 Also Takako Minekawa - Roomic Cube
 
 I was pretty disillusioned with rock that year.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: markie on October 26, 2005, 12:24:00 pm
Or you can get itunes to display the year a record was released and then sort by year.
 
 Dandy Warhols: Come Down
 
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: godsshoeshine on October 26, 2005, 12:46:00 pm
can't believe i forgot either/or
 at least it wasn't xo
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: brennser on October 26, 2005, 12:47:00 pm
gotcha - although not all my itunes music at work has a year tag
 
 
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
  Or you can get itunes to display the year a record was released and then sort by year.
 
 Dandy Warhols: Come Down
 
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: ccfalzon on October 26, 2005, 01:01:00 pm
FIELD DAY 2004....I can't remember if Elliot played during Blur's set (which along with Underworld and Radiohead's sets were the only bright spots in an otherwise awful day) or during the worst Beastie Boys performance in history. The B-Boys only added insult to injury after coming on early to offset Beck's cancellation after he got wasted, tripped, fell, and was taken to the hospital in an ambulance. It's a good thing that Radiohead was so awesome, otherwise, the crowd might have started burning Giants Stadium Woodstock '99-style.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 01:13:00 pm
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.
Although, I didn't listen then, I saw this album frequently. Good call.
 I didn't listen to Grandaddy or Dropkick Murphys but I believe they had albums out then too.(?)
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: renton007 on October 26, 2005, 01:41:00 pm
I think this is their most overlooked album, perhaps because it has a different theme then the others.  I wished they had done some of the songs of this when they played DC9, I would have loved to hear their cover of Those Memories.
 
 
 
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Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
 
 Brian Jonestown Massacre: Thank god for mental illness.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer on October 26, 2005, 01:51:00 pm
My thought as well. Though I remember 1997 was the year that I moved to DC, so I can match a few musical things with personal events.
 
 
Quote
Originally posted by brennser:
  how the hell can y'all remember what was released when? shit, I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 03:17:00 pm
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Originally posted by Xavier Bush, Power Forward:
 so I can match a few musical things with personal events.
Like this?
    <img src="http://www.4cdmusic.com/graphics/00000001/rock7/full/724385911026.JPG" alt=" - " />
 How long has the forum been around? I remember a discussion somewhere about how this cd was highly overrated for its price.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: eltee on October 26, 2005, 03:21:00 pm
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Originally posted by brennser:
 I can barely remember what was released in 05, let alone 1997
Also I prefer '97 to '05 music thus far. ;)
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: Big KC on October 26, 2005, 04:05:00 pm
what a great year for music.... a lot of memories in there.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: SPARX on October 26, 2005, 04:21:00 pm
Brian Jonestown Massacre-Give it Back
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: frostytheswami on October 26, 2005, 10:36:00 pm
The Beta Band's The Three E.P.'s deserves a mention.
Title: Re: Best Album(s) of 1997
Post by: bearman🐻 on October 26, 2005, 11:06:00 pm
Oasis -- Be Here Now
 
 Oh wait, I was fucked up on coke when I listened to that. Oh wait, that was the band. What a shite record.