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Henrik

Jul 1, 07 - 4:49 PM

Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

This is the seventh part of the best albums and songs of the 1990s poll, which is described here.

You are welcome to list and discuss your favorite albums and/or songs of 1996 in this thread. List(s) need to be posted before the end of July to be included in the calculation of the combined top 10 albums and top 10 songs of 1996.

Albums and songs listed under 1996 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots. So please have a look at the 1996 album and song lists before voting.

Please include at least 5 albums/songs. The scoring system is as follows for both albums and songs.

1. 50
2. 40
3. 35
4. 30
5. 25
6. 20
7. 18
8. 16
9. 14
10. 12
11. 10
12. 9
13. 8
14. 7
15. 6
16. 5
17. 4
18. 3
19. 2
20. 1

Jonah

Jul 1st, 2007 - 7:44 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

ALBUMS

1. Beck - Odelay!
2. Olivia Tremor Control - Dusk At Cubist Castle
3. Belle and Sebastian - If You Are Feeling Sinister
4. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
5. Tool - Aenima
6. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James
7. Johnny Cash - Unchained
8. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
9. Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music... Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop
10. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
11. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
12. Pearl Jam - No Code
13. Imperial Teen - Seasick

Pomtidom

Jul 1st, 2007 - 7:45 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:

1) Fugees - The Score
2) Pearl Jam - No Code
3) R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
4) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
5) Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk

Songs:

1) Fugees - Ready or Not
2) Dave Matthews Band - Crash Into Me
3) Fugees - Killing Me Softly
4) Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand
5) R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly

damosuzuki

Jul 1st, 2007 - 9:22 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:

1 ) scud mountain boys - Massachusetts
2 ) high llamas - hawaii
3 ) smog - the doctor came at dawn
4 ) tortoise - millions now living will never die
5 ) yes - keys to ascension
6 ) lyle lovett - road to ensenada
7 ) olivia tremor control - dusk at cubit castle
8 ) palace music - arise therefore
9 ) prong - rude awakening
10 ) prince - chaos and disorder
11 ) handsome family - milk and scissors
12 ) fountains of wayne - fountains of wayne
13 ) lambchop - how I quit smoking
14 ) pet shop boys - bilingual
15 ) dj shadow - endtroducing
16 ) red house painters - songs for a blue guitar
17 ) everything but the girl - walking wounded
18 ) aimie mann - I'm with stupid
19 ) belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister
20 ) dave clarke - archive one

Songs:

1 ) scud mountain boys - Massachusetts
2 ) high llamas - peppy
3 ) lyle lovett - the girl in the corner
4 ) scud mountain boys - knievel
5 ) scud mountain boys - grudge fuck
6 ) scud mountain boys - a ride
7 ) fountains of wayne - radiation vibe
8 ) tortoise - djed
9 ) olivia tremor control - nyc - 25
10 ) lambchop - all smiles and mariachi
11 ) pet shop boys - red letter day
12 ) nicolette - no government
13 ) blackstreet - no diggity
14 ) bluetones - slight return
15 ) handsome family - drunk by noon
16 ) whiskeytown - faithless street
17 ) red house painters - revelation big sur
18 ) everything but the girl - wrong
19 ) aimie mann - you're with stupid now
20 ) br5-49 - lifetime to prove

dexternico

Jul 2nd, 2007 - 5:07 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 1996

1) DJ SHADOW Endtroducing.....
2) TORTOISE Millions now living will never die
3) DR OCTAGON Dr. Octagonecologyst
4) UNDERWORLD Second toughest in the infants
5) ORBITAL In sides
6) APHEX TWIN Richard D James album
7) BECK Odelay
8) BELLE AND SEBASTIAN If you're feeling sinister
9) SLEATER-KINNEY Call the doctor
10) STEROLAB Emperor Tomato Ketchup

TOP 25 SONGS OF 1995

1) THE PRODIGY Firestarter
2) TORTOISE DJed
3) ORBITAL The girl with the sun in her head
4) UNDERWORLD Juanita
5) DR OCTAGON No awareness
6) DJ SHADOW Changeling
7) UNDERWORLD Pearl's girl
8) BECK The new pollution
9) PAUL WELLER Peacock suit
10) EELS Novocaine for the soul

11) DJ SHADOW What does your soul look like (Part 4)
12) BETH ORTON She cries your name
13) SUPER FURRY ANIMALS God! show me magic
14) BECK Devil's haircut
15) THE PRODIGY Breathe
16) REM E-bow the letter
17) SNEAKER PIMPS 6 underground
18) ALOOF One night stand
19) DR OCTAGON Blue flowers
20) TORI AMOS Professional widow
21) THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS Setting sun
22) FUN LOVIN CRIMINALS Scooby snacks
23) PLACEBO Teenage angst
24) PET SHOP BOYS A red letter day
25) UNDERWORLD Oich oich

Howlin' Andrew

Jul 2nd, 2007 - 9:06 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums
1) The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
[THIS HAS NO SHOT OF MAKING THE FINAL LIST, BUT THIS IS MY SECOND FAVORITE LP EVER, BEHIND ONLY "London Calling" - SUPER UNDERRATED]
2) 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
3) Beck - Odelay
4) Weezer - Pinkerton
5) Wilco - Being There
6) Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
7) Fuguees - The Score
8) DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
9) Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10) OutKast - ATLiens
11) Beth Orton - Trailer Park
12) Dave Matthews Band - Crash
13) Robbie Fulks - Country Love Songs
14) Tool - Aenima
15) Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
16) Sleater-Kinney - Call The Doctor
17) Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
18) Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album
19) Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
20) Los Lobos - Colossal Head

Songs
1) 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre - California Love
2) The Wallflowers - The Difference
3) Beck - The New Pollution
4) Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade
5) The Wallflowers - Laughing Out Loud
6) Fugees - Ready Or Not
7) The Wallflowers - 6th Avenue Heartache
8) Nas ft. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)
9) Jay-Z ft. Mecca - Feelin’ It
10) Weezer - The Good Life
11) The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
12) Beck - Where It's At
13) Mark Morrison - Return Of The Macl
14) R.E.M. - Electrolite
15) The Prodigy - Firestarter
16) Blackstreet ft. Dr. Dre - No Diggity
17) Fugees - Fu-Gee-La
18) Beck - Devil's Haircut
19) 2Pac ft. Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2 Of Americaz Most Wanted
20) No Doubt - Don't Speak

Fred

Jul 2nd, 2007 - 10:40 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

The Songs:

1. High Llamas – Literature Is Fluff
2. Ash – Goldfinger
3. Bob Hund – Istället För Musik: Förvirring
4. Bob Hund – Upp, Upp, Upp, Ner
5. Divine Comedy – Songs Of Love
6. Lewis Taylor – Damn
7. DJ Shadow – Building Steam With a Grain of Salt
8. Silver Jews – How To Rent A Room
9. Gorkyz Zygotic Mynci – Patio Song
10. Bob Hund – Sommaren Rasar
11. Catatonia – Way Beoyond Blue
12. Jay-Z – Brooklyn’s Finest
13. Nada Surf – Popular
14. High Llamas – Nomads
15. Lemonheads – If I Could Talk I’d Tell You
16. Stereolab – Cybele’s Reverie
17. Divine Comedy – Something For The Weekend
18. Belle & Sebastian – You’re Just A Baby
19. Bob Hund – Papperspåse
20. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Rocketship
21. Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
22. Johnny Cash – I Never Picked Cotton
23. Kula Shaker – Tattva
24. Wilco – Outtasite (Outta Mind)
25. Stereolab – The Noise Of Carpet

tim

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 2:02 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

1) If You're Feeling Sinister-Belle and Sebastian
2) Boys For Pele -Tori Amos
3) Coming Up -Suede
4) Lovelife -Lush
5) Milk and Kisses -Cocteau Twins
6) Moseley Shoals -Ocean Colour Scene
7) Sheryl Crow -s/t
8) Tidal -Fiona Apple
9) Everything Must Go -Manic Street Preachers
10) Tigermilk -Belle and Sebastian
11) Antichrist Superstar -Marlyn Manson
12) Casanova -the Divine Comedy
13) Call the Doctor -Sleater-Kinney
14) Fuzzy Logic -Super Furry Animals
15) Pinkerton -Weezer
16) Placebo - s/t
17) Spice- Spice Girls
18) Come On Kids -Boo Radleys
19) Beautiful Freak -Eels
20) K -Kula Shaker

Jonah

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 3:19 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

I wish I wasn't so eager to put up my lists, because that means I have to wait a whole month before I write another one! This is so fun to do.

Songs:

1. Beck - Novacane
2. Neutral Milk Hotel - Song Against Sex
3. Aphex Twin - Girl/Boy Song
4. Beck - The New Pollution
5. Beck - Jack-Ass
6. Belle and Sebastian - The Stars of Track and Field
7. DJ Shadow - Numbers Song
8. Olivia Tremor Control - No Growing (Exegenesis)
9. Olivia Tremor Control - Holiday Surprise 1,2,3
10. R.E.M. - Leave
11. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
12. Belle and Sebastian - Seeing Other People
13. Olivia Tremor Control - Define a Transparent Dream
14. Beck - Where It's At
15. Johnny Cash - Rowboat
16. Tool - Forty-Six & 2
17. Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby
18. Imperial Teen - You're One
19. Green Day - Brain Stew / Jaded
20. Butthole Surfers - Pepper

bdang

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 4:03 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Wilco - Being There
Weezer - Pinkerton
R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Beck - Odelay
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....

bdang

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 4:04 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

1 Wilco - Being There
2 Weezer - Pinkerton
3 R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
4 Beck - Odelay
5 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....

Torsten

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 10:51 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

my ranked list goes as

Beck - Odelay
Girls Against Boys - House of G vs B
Belle & Sebastian - Tigermilk
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
Low - Curtain hits the cast
Soul Coughing - Irresistible bliss
Long Fin Killie - Valentino
Primus - Tales from the punchbowl
R.E.M. - New adventures in Hi-Fi
Weezer - Pinkerton
Wilco - Being there
Karate - Karate
Sheryl Crow - Sheryl Crow
Jack - Pioneer soundtracks
Guided by Voices - Under the bushes under the stars
Deus - In a bar under the sea
Joe Henry - Trampoline
Social Distortion - White light white heat white trash
Soundgarden - Down on the upside
Jamiroquai - Travelling without moving

and some "german" gems
Element of Crime - Die schönen Rosen
Goldenen Zitronen, Die - Economy class
Sterne, Die - Posen
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Conversions - a drum'n'bass selection

Eddo

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 12:20 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums

1. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
2. Beck - Odelay
3. Tool - Aenima
4. Sepultura - Roots
5. Pearl Jam - No Code
6. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
7. Nirvana - From the Muddy Banks of Whiskah

Songs

1. 2Pac Feat. Dr. Dre - California Love
2. Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
3. The Prodigy - Firestarter
4. Beck - Where It's At
5. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
6. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah!! (Got You All in Check)
7. Beck - Devil's Haircut
8. Butthole Surfers - Pepper
9. The Prodigy - Breathe
10. Blackstreet Feat. Dr. Dre - No Diggity
11. Weezer - El Scorcho
12. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
13. Tool - Stinkfist
14. R.E.M. - E-Bow the Letter
15. Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
16. Beck - The New Pollution
17. Supergrass - Going Out
18. The Wallflowers - One Headlight
19. Nas - If I Ruled the World
20. Fiona Apple - Criminal

Henrik

Jul 3rd, 2007 - 7:38 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

It's a wide open field this month!

Fabien

Jul 4th, 2007 - 8:17 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

1 palace - arise therefore
2 sebadoh - harmacy
3 guided by voices - under the bushes under the sea
4 jon spencer blues explosion - now i got worry
5 tricky - premillenium tension
6 sleater kinney - call the doctor
7 girls vs boys - the house of GVSB
8 diabologum - #3
9 lambchop - now i quit smoking
10 deus - in a bar, under the sea

They Call Me The Swede

Jul 5th, 2007 - 12:24 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:
1. Tool - Ænima
2. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
3. Weezer - Pinkerton
4. Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood
5. Beck - Odelay
6. Sublime - Sublime
7. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
8. Hypocrisy - Abducted
9. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
10. X Japan - Dahlia
11. Type O Negative - October Rust
12. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
13. Stabbing Westward - Wither Blister Burn & Peel
14. In Flames - The Jester Race
15. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
16. Sepultura - Roots
17. Rage Against the Machine - Evil Empire
18. Busta Rhymes - The Coming
19. Fugees - The Score
20. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

nathaniel

Jul 5th, 2007 - 8:45 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums

1) Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants
2) Cibo Matto - Viva La Woman
3) Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
4) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
5) Suede - Coming Up
6) Weezer - Pinkerton
7) Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
8) The Fugees - The Score
9) Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
10) Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
11) Braniac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture
12) Fiona Apple - Tidal
13) Tricky - Premillennium Tension
14) Sleater Kinney - Call the Doctor
15) George Michael - Older

Songs

1) Chemical Brothers - Setting Son
2) The Fugees - Ready or Not
3) Belle and Sebastiam - Me and the Major
4) Suede - Trash
5) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
6) Nu Yorican Soul - Runaway
7) Tricky - She Makes Me Wanna Die
8) Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give a Fuck
9) Cibo Matto - Birthday Cake
10) Beck - The New Pollution
11) Weezer - The Good Life
12) Prick - I Apologize
13) Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah! (Got You All In Check)
14) Fiona Apple - Sleep to Dream
15) Beck - Devil's Haricut
16) Supergrass - Going Out
17) Ocean Colour Scene - The Day We Caught The Train
18) Babybird - You're Gorgeous
19) George Michael - Fastlove
20) Mark Morrisson - Return Of the Mack

John

Jul 8th, 2007 - 3:12 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

ALBUMS:

1. Beck-Odelay
2. Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
3. Weezer- Pinkerton
4. Jay-Z- Reasonable Doubt
5. Olivia Tremor Control- Dusk at Cubist Castle
6. Super Furry Animals- Fuzzy Logic
7. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
8. Kula Shaker- K
9. Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
10.Cibo Matto- Viva! La Woman
11.OutKast- ATLiens
12.Beth Orton- Trailer Park
13.Ocean Colour Scene- Moseley Shores
14.Fountains of Wayne- Fountains of Wayne
15.Fugees- The Score
16.Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
17.REM- New Adventures in Hifi
18.Sublime-Sublime
19.Tool- Aenemia
20.Rage Against the Machine- Evil Empire

John

Jul 8th, 2007 - 3:20 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

SONGS:

1. 2Pac- California Love
2. Folk Implosion- Natural One
3. Fountains of Wayne- Radiation Vibe
4. Fugees- Ready or Not
5. Eels- Novacaine For the Soul
6. Weezer- El Scorcho
7. Space- Female of the Species
8. Sleater Kinney- I Want To Be Your Joey Ramone
9. Beck- Where It's At
10. Fugees- Killing Me Softly
11. Nas- If I Ruled the World
12. Joan Osborne- One of Us
13. Beck- New Pollution
14. Tool- Stinkfist
15. Kula Shaker- Tattva
16. Spice Girls- Wannabe
17. Prodigy- Firestarter
18. Sublime- What I Got
19. Weezer- The Good Life
20. Ghostface- Daytona 500

Captain For Dark Mornings

Jul 8th, 2007 - 10:28 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:

1 R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
2 Robyn Hitchcock - Moss Elixir
3 John Parish & PJ Harvey - Dance Hall At Louse Point
4 Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
5 Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister

Michel

Jul 9th, 2007 - 2:54 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums :

1. Tricky - Pre-millenium tension
2. Eels - Beautiful freak
3. Soul Coughing - Irresistible bliss
4. Beck - O Delay
5. Cake - Fashion nugget
6. dEUS - In a bar, under the sea
7. Cat Power - What would community think
8. Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' ashes
9. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Come Find Yourself
10. Tarwater - 11/6 12/10
11. Les Têtes Raides - Le bout du toit
12. Diabologum - #3
13. Luscious Jackson - Fever in, fever out
14. Babybird - Ugly beautiful
15. Joseph Arthur - Big city secrets
16. Mazzy Star - Among my swan
17. Sleater-Kinney - Call the Doctor
18. Lamb - Lamb
19. Girls Against Boys - House of GVSB
20. Noir Désir - 666.667 Club

Jonah

Jul 9th, 2007 - 3:08 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

hey Henrik:

I don't know if you have time to check for song title errors carefully. But two of my top 20 songs didn’t have correct titles.

3. Aphex Twin – Boy/Girl Song
7. DJ Shadow – The Number Song

I’m being extra careful I know, but I want my songs to get the points!

Henrik

Jul 9th, 2007 - 3:44 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Jonah, don't worry.

Vgrd

Jul 11th, 2007 - 5:20 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:

1. Ministry – Filth Pig
2. Dj Shadow – Endtroducing…
3. Lambchop – How I Quit Smoking
4. Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt
5. Weezer – Pinkerton
6. Outkast – ATLiens
7. Ghostface Killah – Ironman
8. Palace Music – Arise Therefore
9. Tortoise – Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10. Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood
11. Aphex Twin – Richard D. James LP
12. 2Pac – All Eyez On Me
13. Elvis Costello – All This Useless Beauty
14. Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
15. Godflesh – Songs Of Love And Hate
16. Bob Mould – Bob Mould
17. Melvins – Stag
18. Motorbass – Pansoul
19. Jason Falkner – Author Unknown
20. Steve Earle – I Feel Alright
21. R.E.M. – New Adventures In Hi-fi
22. Eels – Beautiful Freak
23. Jeru The Damaja – The Wrath Of Math
24. Heltah Skeltah – Nocturnal
25. Sublime – Sublime
26. The Posies – Amazing Disgrace
27. Dr. Octagon – Dr. Octogonecologyst
28. Prince – Emancipation
29. Hypocrisy – Abducted
30. The Roots – Illadelph Halflife

Singles:

1. R.E.M. – Electrolite
2. Lambchop – The Man Who Loved Beer
3. Ministry – The Fall
4. Blackstreet feat. Dr. Dre – No Diggity
5. Elvis Costello – Complicated Shadows
6. 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre – California Love
7. Ghostface Killah – Daytona 500
8. Jay-Z feat. Foxy Brown – Ain’t No N****
9. Mark Morrison – Return Of The Mack
10. Beck – Where It’s At
11. Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life
12. Busta Rhymes – Woo-Hah!! (Got You All In Check)
13. Belle & Sebastian – Seeing Other People
14. Mary Chapin Carpenter – Dead Man Walking (A Dream Like This)
15. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Wail
16. Outkast – Elevators (You and I)
17. Jackie Leven – Walking In Argyll
18. Ween – Piss Up A Rope
19. Mad Skillz – The Nod Factor
20. Xzibit – Paparazzi
21. Sebadoh – Too Pure
22. Paul Westerberg – Hide N Seekin’
23. The Lemonheads – If I Could Talk I’d Tell You
24. Fiona Apple – Shadowboxer
25. Porno For Pyros – 100 Ways
26. Ash – Goldfinger
27. De La Soul – Stakes Is High
28. BR5-49 – One Long Saturday Night
29. Neil Young – Big Time
30. Sepultura – Roots Bloody Roots

Meatdaddy

Jul 12th, 2007 - 2:01 PM

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Albums:
1. Tool - Aenima
2. Weezer - Pinkerton
3. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
4. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Rotator
5. Fugees - The Score
6. Kula Shaker - K
7. Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving
8. Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire
9. Spice Girls - Spice

Rune

Jul 12th, 2007 - 6:26 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

albums

1. belle and sebastian - if you're feeling sinister
2. jon spencer blues explosion - now i got worry
3. dj shadow - endtroducing
4. nick cave - murder ballads
5. ash - 1977
6. manic street preachers - everything must go
7. dr octagon - dr octagonecologyst
8. marilyn manson - antichrist superstar
9. placebo - placebo
10. beck - odelay
11. fugees - the score
12. nirvana - from the muddy banks of the whiskah

SONGS
1. chemical brothers - setting sun
2. marilyn manson - the beautiful people
3. prodigy - firestarter
4. fiona apple - criminal
5. butthole surfers - pepper
6. rem - e bow the letter
7. prodigy - breathe
8. manic street preachers - a design for life
9. 2pac - california love
10. dj shadow - midnight in a perfect world
11. eels - novocaine for the soul
12. kula shaker - tattva
13. fugees - fugeela
14. tori amos - professional widow
15. beck - devil's haircut
16. beck - where it's at
17. fugees - ready or not
18. wallflowers - one headlight
19. suede - trash
20. sublime - what i got

Pop Elton

Jul 14th, 2007 - 8:59 PM

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Albums
1.Belle And Sebastian Tigermilk
2.Belle And Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
3.Beck Odelay
4.Kent Verkligen
5.Suede Coming Up
6.DJ Shadow Entroducing...
7.Eels Beautiful Freak
8.Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
9.Wilma Suuri valkea
10.Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die
11.Cardigans First Band on the Moon
12.REM New Adventures in Hi-Fi
13.Soundgarden Down on the Upside
14.Tori Amos Boys for Pele
15.Catatonia Way beyond Blue

Songs
1.Belle And Sebastian The State I Am In
2.Belle And Sebastian We Rule The School
3.Eels Novocaine for the Soul
4.Nick Cave & P J Harvey Henry Lee
5.Manic Street Preachers Design for Life
6.Beck Where It's At
7.Beck New Pollution
8.REM Bittersweet Me
9.Fugees Ready Or Not
10.Nas If I Ruled the World
11.Belle And Sebastian Me And The Major
12.Kent Kräm
13.Belle And Sebastian Expectations
14.Manic Street Preachers Everything Must Go
15.Tori Amos Horses
16.Suede Trash
17.Blackstreet Feat. Dr. Dre No Diggity
18.Belle And Sebastian Seeing Other People
19.Belle And Sebastian If You're Feeling Sinister
20.Tori Amos Caught by the Fuzz

Henrik

Jul 16th, 2007 - 6:43 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

1996...an odd year in music history...which makes this month's game the more interesting!

Albums
1. bob Hund - Omslag: Martin Kann
2. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Now I Got Worry
3. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
4. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
5. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
7. Beck - Odelay
8. Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants
9. George Michael - Older
10. The Cardigans - First Band on the Moon
11. Belle and Sebastian - Tigermilk
12. Fugees - The Score
13. Nick Cave - Murder Ballads
14. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
15. Fiona Apple - Tidal
16. Beth Orton - Trailer Park
17. Eels - Beautiful Freak
18. OutKast - ATLiens
19. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi
20. Nitin Sawhney - Displacing the Priest

Songs
1. bob Hund - Düsseldorf
2. The Prodigy - Firestarter
3. The Prodigy - Breathe
4. bob Hund - Upp, upp, upp, ner
5. bob Hund - Reinkarnerad exakt som förut
6. Underworld - Juanita
7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Chicken Dog
8. Fugees - Fu-gee-la
9. Marilyn Manson - The Beautiful People
10. Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded
11. Photek - The Hidden Camera
12. Belle and Sebastian - Like Dylan in the Movies
13. The Cardigans - Been It
14. The Cardigans - Lovefool
15. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Wail
16. George Michael - Jesus to a Child
17. Fugees - Ready or Not
18. Beck - The New Pollution
19. Tortoise - Dear Grandma and Grandpa
20. DJ Shadow - Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96

Dumbangel

Jul 16th, 2007 - 8:11 PM

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Henrik, who is Bob Hund ? I've never heard about him.

Fred

Jul 16th, 2007 - 8:22 PM

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Bob Hund regerar (rocks)!

They sing in swedish, though. Bergman Rock is the same as Bob Hund. Sings in english, but the songs are weaker..."Bob Hund" means "Bob Dog" and they made a cover of "I Wanna Be Your Dog"...in swedish...på min favoritplats ligger jag nu...I used to see the members of Bob Hund in the subway and on the streets while living in Stockholm...The singer reminds of Neil Young, but the music is not so "traditional". Strong songs and clever lyrics. You can learn swedish for less...the only swedish rock group ever IMO. Henrik will disagree...

Henrik

Jul 16th, 2007 - 10:13 PM

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Oh, we also have ... erm ... actually you made me realise that most of my favourite Swedish artists/band are either solo artists or more pop than rock. But at least we have Hives, Soundtrack of Our Lives. And we should never forget Ebba Grön. None of them are as good as bob Hund though. And "Omslag: Martin Kann" is their best album.

Henrik

Jul 16th, 2007 - 10:35 PM

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Wow! I just found a site where you can listen to the entire bob Hund catalog and a lot of other things. The most exciting Swedish label 'Silence' have a "Silence Jukebox" on the web! Cult bands like Philemon Arthur & The Dung and Älgarnas Trädgård are there together with Hedningarna and the phone calls from the radio show "Hassan". What a treasure!

Do Fred and me a favour and listen to some bob Hund before you post your 1996 lists.

http://www.silence.se/jukebox/playlist.asp

Midaso

Jul 16th, 2007 - 10:54 PM

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Might I mention one of the biggest selling musical acts of all time: Abba

twister

Jul 17th, 2007 - 11:28 AM

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Albums:

1. Suede - Coming Up
2. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
3. Eels - Beautiful Freak
4. R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
5. Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic
6. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
7. Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
8. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing.....
9. 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
10. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads
11. Beck - Odelay
12. Wilco - Being There
13. Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island
14. Catatonia - "Way Beyond Blue"
15. Placebo - Placebo
16. Prince - Emancipation
17. Tori Amos - Boys For Pele
18. Fiona Apple - Tidal
19. Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die
20. Modest Mouse - Interstate 8

Songs:

1. Manic Street Preachers - "A Design For Life"
2. Suede - "Saturday Night"
3. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - "O'Malley's Bar"
4. Suede - "The Chemistry Between Us"
5. R.E.M. - "Leave"
6. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - "Stagger Lee"
7. Manic Street Preachers - "Elvis Impersonator: Blackpool Pier"
8. Super Furry Animals - "God! Show Me Magic"
9. Eels - "Novacaine For The Soul"
10. Marilyn Manson - "The Beautiful People"
11. Marilyn Manson - "Irresponsible Hate Anthem"
12. Eels - "Not Ready Yet"
13. Super Furry Animals - "Something For The Weekend"
14. Manic Street Preachers - "Kevin Carter"
15. Eels - "Your Lucky Day In Hell"
16. Eels - "My Beloved Monster"
17. R.E.M. - "New Test Leper"
18. Marilyn Manson - "The Reflecting God"
19. Suede - "Trash"
20. Placebo - "Teenage Angst"

nicolas

Jul 17th, 2007 - 10:09 PM

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ALBUMS
1. Compay Segundo Yo vengo aqui
2. The Divine Comedy Casanova
3. Alvin Youngblood Hart Big Mama’s Door
4. Aphex Twin Richard D. James Album
5. Wilco Being There
6. Johnny Cash Unchained
7. Olivia Tremor Control Dusk at Cubist Castle
8. Clarence Gatemouth Brown Gate swings
9. High Llamas Hawaii
10. Cephas & Wiggins Cool Down
11. Sepultura Roots
12. Whiskeytown Faithless Street
13. DJ Shadow Endtroducing
14. Afro Celt Sound System Sound magic vol.1
15. Phish Billy breathes
16. Deus In a bar under the sea

Rocky Raccoon

Jul 18th, 2007 - 9:33 AM

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Albums

1. Odelay, Beck
2. Sublime, Sublime
3. Seasick, Imperial Teen
4. Evil Empire, Rage Against the Machine
5. Endtroducing …, DJ Shadow
6. Colossal Head, Los Lobos
7. Call the Doctor, Sleater-Kinney
8. Harmacy, Sebadoh
9. Coming Up, Suede
10. If You're Feeling Sinister, Belle and Sebastian
11. House of G vs. B, Girls Against Boys
12. Pre-Millennium Tension, Tricky
13. Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Stereolab
14. New Adventures in Hi-Fi, R.E.M.
15. The Score, Fugees
16. Walking Wounder, Everything but the Girl
17. No Code, Pearl Jam
18. Illadelph Halflife, The Roots
19. White Light, White Heat, White Trash, Social Distortion
20. Cibo Matto, Viva! La Woman

Toni

Jul 20th, 2007 - 2:57 AM

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Albums:

1) Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
2) Sublime - Sublime
3) Jamiroquai - Traveling Without Moving
4) Weezer - Pinkerton
5) Suede - Coming Up

Songs:

1) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
2) Sublime - What I Got
3) Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
4) Sublime - Wrong Way
5) Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
6) Sublime - Santeria

Toni

Jul 20th, 2007 - 3:25 PM

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1. Opeth - Morningrise
2. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3. Agathocles - Thanks For Your Hostility
4. In Flames - The Jester Race
5. Behemoth - Grom
6. Malevolent Creation - Eternal
7. Vader - Future of the past
8. Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
9. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
10. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
11. Stratovarius - Episode
12. Darkthrone - Total Death
13. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
14. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
15. Chico Science - Afrociberdélia
16. Cannibal Corpse - Vile
17. Helloween - The Time of the Oath
18. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
19. Overkill - The Killing Kind
20. Sepultura - Roots

Zé

Jul 20th, 2007 - 3:33 PM

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sorry, the post above is wrong, i'm toni's brother, and i forgot posting it in my name, sorry again.

1. Opeth - Morningrise
2. Iced Earth - The Dark Saga
3. Agathocles - Thanks For Your Hostility
4. In Flames - The Jester Race
5. Behemoth - Grom
6. Malevolent Creation - Eternal
7. Vader - Future of the past
8. Bruce Dickinson - Skunkworks
9. Nevermore - The Politics of Ecstasy
10. Cradle of Filth - Dusk and Her Embrace
11. Stratovarius - Episode
12. Darkthrone - Total Death
13. Arch Enemy - Black Earth
14. Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill
15. Chico Science - Afrociberdélia
16. Cannibal Corpse - Vile
17. Helloween - The Time of the Oath
18. My Dying Bride - Like Gods Of The Sun
19. Overkill - The Killing Kind
20. Sepultura - Roots

Miguel

Jul 23rd, 2007 - 8:32 AM

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Albums

1. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: If You’re Feeling Sinister
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Hawaii
3. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Fuzzy Logic
4. THE KINKS: To the Bone
5. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: Songs for a Blue Guitar
6. LAMBCHOP: How I Quit Smoking
7. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Tigermilk
8. STEREOLAB: Emperor Tomato Ketchup
9. EELS: Beautiful Freak
10. CHRIS ISAAK: Baja Sessions
11. R.E.M.: New Adventures in Hi-Fi
12. PETE SEEGER: Pete
13. THE DIVINE COMEDY: Casanova
14. GILLIAN WELCH: Revival
15. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE: Fountains Of Wayne
16. THE HANDSOME FAMILY: Milk and Scissors
17. GRANT LEE BUFFALO: Copperpolis
18. DONOVAN: Sutras
19. SUZANNE VEGA: Nine Objects of Desire
20. NEIL YOUNG: Broken Arrow

Songs

1. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: All Mixed Up
2. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Seeing Other People
3. GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI: Patio Song
4. PET SHOP BOYS: Se A Vida E (That's the Way Life Is)
5. EELS: Novocaine for the Soul
6. LAMBCHOP: We Never Argue
7. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Literature is Fluff
8. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Hometown Unicorn
9. STEREOLAB: Les Yper-Sound
10. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: The State I Am
11. CHRIS ISAAK: Pretty Girls don’t Cry
12. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Nomads
13. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Something for the Weekend
14. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: Like Dylan in the Movies
15. THE HIGH LLAMAS: Peppy
16. LAMBCHOP: The Militant
17. SUPER FURRY ANIMALS: Fuzzy Birds
18. STEREOLAB: The Noise of Carpet
19. RED HOUSE PAINTERS: Have You Forgotten
20. BELLE & SEBASTIAN: The Stars of Track and Field

This is the list of my favourite Spanish albums of 1996:

1. JAVIER BERGIA: De aquellos años verdes
2. SUPERELVIS: Happines is Stupid
3. EL NIÑO GUSANO: El efecto lupa
4. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Canciones del cine español
5. LE MANS: Saudade
6. MALCOLM SCARPA: 33 & 1/3 Microsillions
7. LOS ENEMIGOS: Gas
8. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT: Banda Sonora d’un temp d’un pais
9. MARIA DOLORES PRADERA: Caminemos
10. MORENTE Y LAGARTIJA NICK: Omega
11. UNDERSHAKERS: Night Show
12. DOCTOR EXPLOSION: Aquellos maravillosos años
13. PENELOPE TRIP: ¿Quién puede matar a un niño?
14. LOS PLANETAS: Pop
15. VARIOUS ARTISTS: A Los Brincos

And my favourite compilation of the year: FRANCO BATTIATO: Battiato Studio Collection

otisredding

Jul 23rd, 2007 - 9:54 AM

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Los españoles tenemos un complejo musical incurable: hacemos listas de música internacional por una parte y nacional por otra. No solamente el público, también las revistas especializadas. En cambio otros, ponen en el número 1 a un cantante sueco absolutamente desconocido para el resto del mundo. (Henrik y Fred).

Esta incapacidad que tenemos de traspasar los Pirineos se refleja en las listas de Acclaimed Music: el único español que aparece son Los del Río, con una de las canciones más asquerosas de la historia. La otra representación (Ketama), aparece por el nombre del disco "Shongai", pero no se considera un disco español.

Si le apetece a Miguel o a Honorio, o a quien sea, me gustaría que se tradujera esto.

Gracias.

Miguel

Jul 23rd, 2007 - 10:40 AM

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Otisredding, estoy de acuerdo contigo en general, pero tienes que ser realista. ¿Cuanta gente sabe quién es Bob Hund? ¿Y los españoles que figuran en mi lista? Solo los suecos y los españoles. No es práctico incluirles en las mismas listas. Y si confecciono una lista con mis álbumes españoles favoritos es sólo como curiosidad.

Otisredding, I'm agree with you, but you have to be down-to-earth. How many people know who is Bob Hund? How many people know who are the Spanish artists that I include in my list? Only the people from Sweden and Spain. Is not useful include them in the same lists. And if I make a list with my favourite Spanish albums is only as a curiosity.

(and sorry about my awful English)

otisredding

Jul 23rd, 2007 - 11:46 AM

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De acuerdo Miguel. Yo también he hecho siempre mis listas separadas de nacionales e internacionales. Por eso digo que es un complejo de todos nosotros, yo incluído.

nicolas

Jul 23rd, 2007 - 12:04 PM

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hi guys

if you don't mind I can answer pero es mas facil para mi hacerlo en Ingles (ho olvidado espanol)
I think the problem you are pointing is far from being only spanish.
it's an economical problem : the non-english speaking markets in europe are not big enough for local singers to be famous, unless they sing in English.
But I think you do have to include spanish records in your personal lists, because they have to reflect your
tastes
that would be a wonderful thread : Every one of us giving names of local bands and singers
After all, listening to a French, Swedish, Spanish, Italian band es lo mismo que esuchar a un grupo ingles o americano.
this way, the lists we would give would be different from one abother.
these are really our favorite records of 1996, 1997 .. so I think that to be perfectly relevan they must include everything we prefered that year including non-rock and non anglo saxon material

Michel

Jul 24th, 2007 - 8:31 AM

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Songs :

1. dEUS - Theme for Turnpike
2. Eels - Novocaïne for the soul
3. Tricky - Christiansands
4. Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon
5. Elliott Smith - Speed trials
6. Prodigy - Firestarter
7. Cat Power - Nude as the news
8. Beck - Devil's Haircut
9. Fun Lovin' Criminals - Scooby Snacks
10. Baby Bird - You're Gorgeous
11. Cake - The distance
12. Prodigy - Breathe
13. The Chemical Brothers - Setting Sun
14. Tricky - She Makes Me Wanna Die
15. Beck - Jack-Ass
16. Soul Coughing - Soundtrack to Mary
17. Beck - The New Pollution
18. Noir Désir - Septembre en attendant
19. Luscious Jackson - Under Your Skin
20. Girls Against Boys - Disco Six Six Six

Honorio

Jul 25th, 2007 - 1:29 PM

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ALBUMS:

1. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “If You’re Feeling Sinister” (#24 in my all-time list)
2. BECK “Odelay”
3. SUEDE “Coming Up”
4. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Omega”
5. DJ SHADOW “Endtroducing……”
6. WILCO “Being There”
7. FUGEES (REFUGEE CAMP) “The Score”
8. PEARL JAM “No Code”
9. PATTI SMITH “Gone Again”
10. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Hawaii”
11. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Casanova”
12. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Fountains of Wayne”
13. TORTOISE “Millions Now Living Will Never Die”
14. BETH ORTON “Trailer Park”
15. STEREOLAB “Emperor Tomato Ketchup”
16. MANIC STREET PREACHERS “Everything Must Go”
17. LAMBCHOP “How I Quit Smoking”
18. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL “Walking Wounded”
19. CASSANDRA WILSON “New Moon Daughter”
20. WEEZER “Pinkerton”
21. CARLINHOS BROWN “Alfagamabetizado”
22. DIABOLOGUM “#3”
23. R.E.M. “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”
24. EXTREMODURO “Agila”
25. ORBITAL “In Sides”

SONGS:

1. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “Like Dylan in the Movies” (#20 in my all-time list)
2. SUEDE “Beautiful Ones” (#74)
3. TORTOISE “Glass Museum” (#247)
4. LAMBCHOP “I’m a Stranger Here”
5. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Omega”
6. FUGEES “Ready or Not”
7. STEREOLAB “Cybele’s Reverie”
8. NICK CAVE & PJ HARVEY “Henry Lee”
9. PATTI SMITH “Summer Cannibals”
10. BECK “Devil’s Haircut”
11. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Nomads”
12. SUEDE “Trash”
13. MANIC STREET PREACHERS “A Design for Life”
14. DIABOLOGUM “À découvrir absolument”
15. PRODIGY “Firestarter”
16. DJ SHADOW “Midnight in a Perfect World”
17. PEARL JAM “Sometimes”
18. WEEZER “The Good Life”
19. PET SHOP BOYS “Se a Vida É (That’s the Way Life Is)”
20. EELS “Novocaine for the Soul”
21. MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK “Aleluya (Hallelujah nº 2)”
22. BELLE AND SEEBASTIAN “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying”
23. FUGEES “Fu-Gee-La”
24. WILCO “I Got You (At the End of the Century)”
25. R.E.M. “E-Bow the Letter”
26. ELVIS COSTELLO & BURT BACHARACH “God Give Me Strength”
27. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Becoming More Like Alfie”
28. CARLINHOS BROWN “Mares de Ti”
29. EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL “Wrong”
30. BETH ORTON “I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine”
31. NOSOTRÄSH “Voy a aterrizar”
32. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Radiation Vibe”
33. PEARL JAM “Smile”
34. BECK “Sissyneck”
35. KULA SHAKER “Tattva”
36. 2PAC “All Eyez on Me”
37. DJ SHADOW “Stem/Long Stem”
38. ORBITAL “The Box”
39. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN “The State I Am In”
40. SUEDE “Saturday Night”
41. PATTI SMITH “Gone Again”
42. EXTREMODURO “So payaso”
43. BECK “Where It’s At”
44. SPICE GIRLS “Say You’ll Be There”
45. THE DIVINE COMEDY “Songs of Love”
46. CASSANDRA WILSON “Harvest Moon”
47. LAMBCHOP “The Man Who Loved Beer”
48. FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE “Survival Car”
49. EL NIÑO GUSANO “Pon tu mente al sol”
50. THE HIGH LLAMAS “Tides”

Favourite compliation of 1996: VARIOUS “Trainspotting Original Soundtrack”

Honorio

Jul 25th, 2007 - 1:30 PM

My favorite Spanish song of 1996: Morente & Lagartija Nick's "Omega"

Flamenco is an authentic folk style, I mean, they don’t sing “songs” properly. The guitar players (“tocaores”) and hand-clappers (“palmeros”) follow a rhythm and chord pattern that hadn’t changed in centuries (the flamenco “palos”: for example “bulerías” or “soleares”) and the singer (“cantaor”) improvises the melody at the very moment with lyrics coming from popular poetry. So this is a style that in its purity is absolutely stationary. That’s why the innovators are so welcome to revitalize the genre. While the approaches to flamenco from the opposite bank (I mean the rock bands) only occasionally met with artistic success (Smash, Veneno, the last Planetas), the approaches to rock from classic “cantaores” had produced some masterpieces, especially Camarón’s “La leyenda del tiempo” (1979) and Morente’s “Omega” (1996).
Enrique Morente is the best example of a “cantaor” unorthodox and innovative since his beginnings, but he released his groundbreaking “Omega” when he was 54 years old, almost thirty years after his first album. So the risks that Morente took for his album were not obviously product of youth impatience. Morente planned to record a whole album from the poem book “Poeta en Nueva York” (“Poet in New York”) of Federico García Lorca, one of the best Spanish poets ever (killed by fascists troops during the Spanish Civil War). Due to the avant-garde nature of the poems the musical approach needed to be bold and uncompromising. So he teamed with Lagartija Nick, an indie rock band from the same city (the wonderful Granada) that had published some albums previously (notably 1992’s “Inercia”). The results of that improbable team broke the boundaries of both genres.
I’ve selected from this album the title track that opened the album, a brave 11 minutes-long tour-de-force. Although deeply rooted in flamenco singing and playing the song displays an astonishing range of sounds from Arabian atmospheres to noise bursts. But my favourite moment of the song (from 6’30” to 9’00”) comes when various samples of old “cantaores” fuses creating a sound suggesting the spirit of ancient coming into the soul of Morente that ends screaming “¡¡Las hierbaaas!! (The Graaass!!)” just before the electric explosion. It has been suggested that García Lorca mentioned the grass as a metaphor of Death (as the grass growing around the tombs). Absolutely tremendous.
Please download the song, you won’t be disappointed. And one more recommendation: download also the cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” (“Aleluya” in Spanish), it could stand proudly beside other famous versions of the song. I would rank them like that: 1º Jeff Buckley’s 2º original Cohen’s 3º John Cale’s 4º Enrique Morente’s 5º Rufus Wainwright’s.

OMEGA
Composers: Federico García Lorca/Enrique Morente/Lagartija Nick
Performers: MORENTE & LAGARTIJA NICK
First release: 1996 (“Omega” album)
Length: 10’48”

(1) Como la noche es interminable
Cuando se apoya en los enfermos
Y hay barcos que buscan ser mirados
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Para poder hundirse tranquilos.
Si cada aldea tuviera una sirena
Mi corazón tendría la forma de un zapato.

(2) Las hierbas.
Espera.
Las hierbas.
Espera.
No solloces. Silencio.
Que no nos sientan, que no nos sientan.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
Y otro de seda, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
Yo me cortaré la mano,
Me cortaré la mano derecha.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
de mercurio, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
Al abrirse la gran puerta.

(3) Aqueos los golpes
Aqueos por Dios
Que se le arrancan las alas,
Que se le arrancan las alas,
De fatiga, las alas a mi corazón.

Como doblaron las campanas…

(2) No solloces. Silencio.
Que no nos sientan, que no nos sientan.
Tengo un guante de mercurio
Y otro de seda, y otro de seda.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta.
¡¡Las hierbaaas!!
¡¡Las hierbaaas!!

(4) Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Las tuyas son amarillas
Las mías de tos colores.
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Tú vienes vendiendo flores
Las tuyas son amarillas
Las mías de tos colores

(2) No solloces. Silencio.
Silencio, que no nos sientan.
Se cayeron las estatuas
Al abrirse la gran puerta. (x3)

(1) Extracto del poema “Luna y panorama de los insectos (poema de amor)” de F.G.L.
(2) Adaptación del poema “Omega (poema para los muertos)” de F.G.L.
(3) y (4) Letras populares

OMEGA

(1) The night is endless
When it’s supported by the sick ones
And there are ships seeking to be looked
To be able of sinking calmly.
To be able of sinking calmly.
To be able of sinking calmly.
If every village had a siren
My heart would have the shape of a shoe.

(2) The grass.
Wait.
The grass.
Wait.
Don’t cry. Silence.
We should not be heard, we should not be heard.
I’ve got a mercury glove
and a silk one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
I will cut my hand,
I will cut my right hand.
I’ve got a mercury glove
A mercury one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
When the big door opened.

(3) Achaeans the blows
Achaeans, oh Lord,
That tears off the wings
That tears off the wings
By weariness, the wings from my heart.

How the bells tolled…

(2) Don’t cry. Silence.
We should not be heard, we should not be heard.
I’ve got a mercury glove
and a silk one, and a silk one.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened.
The graaaass!!
The graaaass!!

(4) You are selling flowers
You are selling flowers
Yours are yellow
Mine of all colours.
You are selling flowers
You are selling flowers
Yours are yellow
Mine of all colours.

(2) Don’t cry. Silence.
Silence, we should not be heard.
The statues fell down
When the big door opened. (x3)

(1) Extract of the poem “Moon and panorama of the insects (love poem)” by Federico García Lorca
(2) Adaptation of the poem “Omega (poem for the dead)” by Federico García Lorca
(3) y (4) Popular lyrics

DrDre

Jul 25th, 2007 - 9:37 PM

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Albums:

1) Eels - Beautiful Freak
2) Wilco - Being There
3) K's Choice - Paradise In Me
4) Belle And Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister
5) Fugees - The Score
6) R.E.M. - New Adventures In Hi-Fi
7) Beck - Odelay
8) Steve Earle - I Feel Alright
9) Belle And Sebastian - Tigermilk
10) Fountains Of Wayne - Fountains Of Wayne

Songs:

1) The Cardigans - Lovefool
2) Eels - Guest List
3) R.E.M. - E-Bow The Letter
4) Wilco - What's The World Got In Store
5) Wilco - Say You Miss Me
6) K's Choice - Only Dreaming
7) Eels - Beautiful Freak
8) Steve Earle - You're Still Standing Here
9) 16 Horsepower - Haw
10) Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
11) Fugees - Ready Or Not
12) Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life
13) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Where The Wild Roses Grow
14) The Tragically Hip - Ahead By A Century
15) Khaled - Aicha
16) Beck - Devil's Haircut
17) K's Choice - Not An Addict
18) Fountains Of Wayne - She's Got A Problem
19) Fugees - Killing Me Softly
20) Kula Shaker - Tattva

tremolo

Jul 25th, 2007 - 11:27 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

ALBUMS
01 CHAVEZ Ride the Fader
02 ALI FARKA TOURE Radio Mali
03 TORTOISE Millions Now Living Will Never Die
04 DEREK BAILEY Guitar, Drum'n'Bass
05 LOW Curtains Hits the Cast
06 DJ SHADOW Endtroducing...
07 THE ROOTS Illadelph Halflife
08 CAT POWER What Would the Community Think
09 THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL Music From the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle
10 WEEZER Pinkerton
11 DISCO INFERNO Technicolour
12 TRICKY Pre-Millenium Tension
13 ORBITAL In Sides
14 SMOG The Doctor Came at Dawn
15 MAURICIO REDOLES Quién Mató a Gaete?
16 STEREOLAB Emperor Tomato Kepchup
17 EELS Beautiful Freak
18 BOO RADLEYS C'Mon Kids
19 CAT POWER Myra Lee
20 DIRTY THREE Horse Stories

SONGS
01 TRICKY Makes Me Wanna Die
02 TORTOISE Glass Museum
03 REM E-Bow the Letter
04 CHAVEZ Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
05 CAT POWER Nude as the News
06 MOGWAI Summer
07 ALI FARKA TOURE (Njarka) Gambari
08 BECK Devil's Haircut
09 DISCO INFERNO Technicolour
10 PATTI SMITH Summer Cannibals
11 EELS Novocaine for the Soul
12 DJ SHADOW Why Hip Hop Sucks in '96
13 FIONA APPLE Criminal
14 CIBBO MATTO Know Your Chicken
15 BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Like Dylan in the Movies
16 PET SHOP BOYS Se A Vida É (That's the Way Life Is)
17 TORTOISE Djed
18 MANIC STREET PREACHERS A Design for Life
19 WEEZER Pink Triangle
20 THE ROOTS Concerto of the Desperado

John

Jul 26th, 2007 - 1:02 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

I thought that we had to stick to the AM lists...

"Albums and songs listed under 1996 at Acclaimed Music will only be counted in the forum poll if they are included in this month's ballots. So please have a look at the 1996 album and song lists before voting."

Did I misunderstand this?

nicolas

Jul 26th, 2007 - 8:55 AM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

I think that sticking to the AM list would make no sense
This thread is the opportunity for us to mention OUR best music, including records that doesn't appear in AM

Jonah

Jul 26th, 2007 - 1:04 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

I remember the discussion that led to Henrik's warning. You can choose whatever songs and albums you want for each year.

Henrik put that up in order to clear up which years each song/album would be associated with. There was some confusion earlier in the poll because some AM singles were released before they were released on albums (Ex: Primal Scream Loaded from 1990 and Primal Scream Loaded on Screamedelica from 1991).

Hope I explained that OK.

John

Jul 26th, 2007 - 4:57 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up. Any chance I could have a do-over?

Henrik

Jul 26th, 2007 - 5:03 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Absolutely. Sorry for the trouble.
/Henrik

jp

Jul 26th, 2007 - 11:34 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

1. Tool - Ænima
(By far the best album of this year. Way underrated critically, probably because it's metal.)

2. Weezer - Pinkerton

3. Burzum - Filosofem

4. Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood

5. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go

6. Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Rotator
(Danish Band)

7. Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar

8. Beck - Odelay

9. Suede - Coming Up

10. Catatonia - Way Beyond Blue

Harold Wexler

Jul 27th, 2007 - 6:29 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

ALBUMS
1. Beck, ODELAY
2. DJ Shadow, ENDTRODUCING…
3. Belle and Sebastian, IF YOU’RE FEELING SINISTER
4. Weezer, PINKERTON
5. R.E.M., NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
6. Sleater-Kinney, CALL THE DOCTOR
7. Stereolab, EMPEROR TOMATO KETCHUP
8. Fugees, THE SCORE
9. Olivia Tremor Control, DUSK AT CUBIST CASTLE
10. Wilco, BEING THERE

SONGS
1. Beck, “Devils Haircut”
2. Belle and Sebastian, “The Stars of Track and Field”
3. Eels, “Novocaine for the Soul”
4. DJ Shadow, “The Number Song”
5. Beck, “Novacane”
6. R.E.M., “Bittersweet Me”
7. Weezer, “El Scorcho”
8. Sleater-Kinney, “Good Things”
9. Butthole Surfers, “Pepper”
10. Beck, “Lord Only Knows”

Jonah

Jul 27th, 2007 - 6:48 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Harold, you've got to be the closest thing to a musical brother to me on this site. You're always giving kudos to all the hidden album tracks I like (ex: Novacane). We rank a lot of the same albums pretty high too. Bravo to your tastes!

Dumbangel

Jul 28th, 2007 - 2:47 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

A very good year for me...

ALBUMS

1. THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL - Dusk at cubist castle
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS - Hawaii
3. THE BOO RADLEYS - C'mon kids
4. THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Take it from the man!
5. KULA SHAKER - K
6. DODGY - Free peace sweet
7. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - Everything must go
8. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - If you're feeling sinister
9. BECK - Odelay
10.SUEDE - Coming up
11.ASH - 1977
12.ARCHIVE - Londinium
13.BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Tigermilk
14.THE DIVINE COMEDY - Casanova
15.MUNDY - Jelly legs
16.WILCO - Being there
17.THE BLUETONES - Expecting to fly
18.STEREOLAB - Emperor tomato ketchup
19.STONE TEMPLE PILOTS - Tiny music songs from the Vatican giftshop
20.THE WALKABOUTS - Devil's road

SONGS

1. MANIC STREET PREACHERS - A design for life
2. THE HIGH LLAMAS - Literature is fluff
3. MUNDY - To you I bestow
4. KULA SHAKER - Tattva
5. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - Like Dylan in the movies
6. THE BOO RADLEYS - Four saints
7. MANSUN - Stripper vicar
8. BABYLON ZOO - Spaceman
9. THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Who?
10.DODGY - Good enough
11.THE HIGH LLAMAS - Nomads
12.THE CHARLATANS - One to another
13.ARCHIVE - Londinium
14.SUEDE - Trash
15.STEREOLAB - Cybele's reverie
16.THE BOO RADLEYS - Everything is sorrow
17.THE BRIANJONESTOWN MASSACRE - Straight up and down
18.AIR - Casanova 70
19.THE DIVINE COMEDY - Something for the week-end
20.SUPERGRASS - Going out

Chris

Jul 28th, 2007 - 9:44 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Albums:

1. REM- New Adventures In Hi-Fi
2. Beck- Odelay
3. Belle and Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister
4. Weezer- Pinkerton
5. Stereolab- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
6. Pearl Jam- No Code
7. Tool- Aenima
8. Soundgarden- Down on the Upside
9. Tortoise- Millions Now Living Will Never Die
10. Screaming Trees- Dust
11. Failure- Fantastic Planet
12. DJ Shadow- Endtroducing
13. Brainiac- Hissing Prigs in the Static Couture
14. Posies- Amazing Disgrace
15. Wilco- Being There
16. Manic Street Preachers- Everything Must Go
17. Belle and Sebastian- Tigermilk
18. Stone Temple Pilots- Tiny Music…Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop
19. Aphex Twin- Richard D. James Album
20. Melvins- Stag

Songs:

1. REM - E-Bow the Letter
2. Beck - Where It's At
3. Screaming Trees - Traveler
4. Pearl Jam - In My Tree
5. Belle and Sebastian - The Stars of Track and Field
6. Tool - Stinkfist
7. Soundgarden - Burden in My Hand
8. Weezer - El Scorcho
9. Manic Street Preachers - The Girl Who Wanted to Be God
10. Cardigans - Love Fool
11. Failure - Stuck on You
12. Tortoise - Djed
13. Posies - Song #1
14. Afghan Whigs - Going to Town
15. REM - Be Mine
16. Prodigy - Firestarter
17. The Chemical Brothers - The Setting Sun
18. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
19. Beck - Sissyneck
20. Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
21. Pearl Jam - Smile
22. Belle and Sebastian - Seeing Other People
23. Failure - The Nurse Who Loved Me
24. REM - Leave
25. Supergrass - Going Out
26. Screaming Trees - Sworn and Broken
27. Stereolab - Metronomic Underground
28. Brainiac - This Little Piggy
29. DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
30. Wilco - Outtasite (Outta Mind)
31. Stone Temple Pilots - Big Bang Baby
32. Stone Temple Pilots - Lady Picture Show
33. Beck - Jackass
34. Weezer - The Good Life
35. REM - Electrolite
36. The Eels - Novocaine for the Soul
37. Polvo - Bridesmaid Blues
38. Weezer - Falling for You
39. Pearl Jam - Hail, Hail
40. Kula Shaker - Tatva
41. Fountains of Wayne - Radiation Vibe
42. No Doubt - Happy Now?
43. Superdrag - Sucked Out
44. Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
45. Manic Street Preachers - Kevin Carter
46. Prodigy - Breathe
47. Tool - Forty-6 and 2
48. Unwound - Entertainment
49. Afghan Whigs - Honky's Ladder
50. Primitive Radio Gods - Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand

John

Jul 28th, 2007 - 11:13 PM

Re: Forum poll: The Best Albums and Songs of 1996

Here's the re-up!

Songs:

1. 2Pac- Hail Mary
2. Beck- Hotwax
3. Brian Jonestown Massacre- Ballad of Jim Jones
4. Fastbacks- No Information
5. Olivia Tremor Control- Memories of Jacqueline 1906
6. 2Pac- California Love
7. Weezer- Across the Sea
8. Folk Implosion- Natural One
9. Beck- Jack-Ass
10. Belle and Sebastian- Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying
11. Cibo Matto- Birthday Cake
12. Fountains of Wayne- Radiation Vibe
13. Soundgarden- Pretty Noose
14.

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