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I've got a text document on my computer where I keep a list of albums I want to buy eventually. It keeps getting bigger and bigger, and I want to take a few chunks out of it. I want to post the list and get recommendations from you guys for which to get first:
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Einstruzenda Neubauten - Kollaps
Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo
Fela Kuti - Zombie
ABC - Lexicon Of Love
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In The Corner
Four Tops - Reach Out
Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind
The Clash - Sandanista
Marquis de Sade - Rue de Siam
Noir Desir - Tostaky
Dr John - Gris Gris
Blue cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear THe Heart Beating as One
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
Telephone - Un Autre Monde
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
Studio - Yearbook 1
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
David Sylvain - Secrets of the Beehive, Gone To Earth
Day One - Ordinary Man
Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
GZA - Liquid Swords
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84
Personal favorites:
The Wrens - Meadowlands
The Sound - Jeopardy [very difficult to find!]
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In The Corner
Dr John - Gris Gris
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear THe Heart Beating as One
Why is Rue de Siam on there? I'm pretty sure you listened to that.
Personal top 5:
1. Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
2. GZA - Liquid Swords
3. Fela Kuti - Zombie
4. Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
5. The Byrds - The Notorious Bird Brothers
Recommended (based on what little I know of your taste):
1. Fela Kuti - Zombie
2. GZA - Liquid Swords
3. The Wrens - Meadowlands
4. Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch!
5. Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh (not sure why actually, but I think you'll enjoy this)
That said, I haven't heard Tostaky, Gris Gris, Ordinary Man, and Lenox Avenue Breakdown
I listened to about a third of them, but mostly only once or twice and I don't own physical copies.
Fair enough. Slot that in at #5 then; if you can get it. 
The two that stood out for me are The Wrens and Yo La Tengo. Those two are brilliant in their own ways.
I haven't heard much of the rest of the list, but from what I've heard, I don't think you'll be (too) disappointed with any of it.
I've got it on a post-it app on my desktop.
2000 year old man
All Hour Cymbals
mummer
das racist
isley brothers - between the sheets
deep purple
VA - In Memory Of... Classics for Funerals
Cowboy Junkies
Dire Straits
sweetheart the drunk
Frampton Comes Alive!
Al Green Greatest Hits
Black Keys - Brothers
smiths
cure
The Con
Pet Shop Boys - Greatest Hits
Strangeways, Here We Come
Rage Against the Machine
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
three mile pilot
The Wall
Saxophone Colossus
The Marshall Mathers LP
Calypso
MellowHype
American Boy
Transatlanticism
I'm Wide Awake Its Morning
Tim Buckley
Game of Love
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
The Monkees
Saturday Night Fever
the hustle
Have You Never Been Mellow
Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle
Lightnin' Strikes
Up Where We Belong
photograph - ringo starr
A Taste of Honey
Tommy Roe - Dizzy
This Diamond Ring
original pirate material
Missy Elliott
Here, My Dear
A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Collapse Into Now
You're Living All Over Me
Meat Puppets
Cults - Due in May
For VanillaFire (no personalized list, sorry, don't remember enough about your taste):
1. The Wall
2. The Marshall Mathers LP
3. Dire Straits
4. Saturday Night Fever
5. Transatlanticism
Also great:
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
Original Pirate Material
Frampton Comes Alive!
Rage Against The Machine
Meat Puppets
I don't have a list like this, although I do have one for films. My music collection is still so small that I'm just buying albums from my top 250 as I come across them.
Dire Straits (Only if you like guitar rock)
smiths
cure
The Marshall Mathers LP (Took a long time to grow on me.)
Tim Buckley (More conventional early stuff, more experimental late stuff)
Meat Puppets (Also, only if you like guitar rock. Liking Nirvana Unplugged helps too.)
The recurring recommendations for me seem to be Notorious Byrd Brothers, Meadowlands, Out To Lunch, Boy In Da Corner, and a few others. And a few rare ones to look for.
Stuff I've listened to that I'll give a thumbs up to:
Fela Kuti - Zombie
ABC - Lexicon Of Love
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear THe Heart Beating as One
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
GZA - Liquid Swords
And those that I didn't like too much:
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In The Corner
The Clash - Sandanista
Dr John - Gris Gris
Blue cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
And for VF:
Thumbs up:
Black Keys - Brothers
The Con- Tegan and Sara right? Big thumbs up.
Saxophone Colossus- Big thumbs up for St. Thomas alone.
Calypso- Assuming Belafonte- Big thumbs up
Transatlanticism
The Monkees- I recommend Pieces, Capricorn and Jones
Saturday Night Fever
original pirate material
Meat Puppets- Big thumbs up for Too High To Die
Thumbs sideways:
All Hour Cymbals
das racist
Dire Straits
The Wall
I'm Wide Awake Its Morning
Here, My Dear
Thumbs down:
The Good, the Bad and the Queen
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Einstruzenda Neubauten - Kollaps
Propellerheads - Decksanddrumsandrockandroll
Les Rita Mitsouko - The No Comprendo
Fela Kuti - Zombie
ABC - Lexicon Of Love
Bauhaus - In The Flat Field
The Sound - Jeopardy
The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Dizzee Rascal - Boy In The Corner
Four Tops - Reach Out
Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind
The Clash - Sandanista
Marquis de Sade - Rue de Siam
Noir Desir - Tostaky
Dr John - Gris Gris
Blue cheer - Vincebus Eruptum
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear THe Heart Beating as One
Blind Faith - Blind Faith
Laika - Sounds of the Satellites
Telephone - Un Autre Monde
Benga - Diary of an Afro Warrior
Studio - Yearbook 1
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
David Sylvain - Secrets of the Beehive, Gone To Earth
Day One - Ordinary Man
Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Arthur Blythe - Lenox Avenue Breakdown
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
GZA - Liquid Swords
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84
My votes are for Wrens, Dizzee and YLT.
regrettably, you're embodying that certain kind of stick that's too much up one's ass, hence i don't really know what you like. half of yours is me, the other half is well matured eurozombie bone
ps: given this statement: the potential David Sylvian suggs make much more sense now
I agree I could stand to mellow out a bit on the board. I just think all music deserves equal chance to be discovered...
I am very much into folk rock and post punk at the moment.
Some I can think of that I want:
The Cure - Join The Dots
Husker Du - Zen Arcade,Warehouse:Songs & Stories,Candy Apple Grey
REM - Fables Of The Reconstruction,Life's Rich Pageant
Wrens - Meadowlands
Pavement - Brighten The Corners,Terror Twighlight,Westing
Prince - Dirty Mind,Controversy,The Gold Experience,Lovesexy
Teenage Fanclub - Deep Fried Fanclub
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Bjork - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - Dry,Rid Of Me,To Bring You My Love
Nick Cave - Murder Ballads,Boatman's Call,Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
Neil Young - Ragged Glory,Sleeps With Angels,Le Noise
Metallica - Ride The Lightning
Hunters & Collectors - Human Frailty
The Triffids - Born Sandy Devotional,Calenture
MIA - Arular
Elastica - s/t
Peter Gabriel - Peter Gabriel,Peter Gabriel,Peter Gabriel,Peter Gabriel
X - Los Angeles
Rush - in general,I have nothing
Pet Shop Boys - all albums
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Happy Mondays - Pills,Thrills...,Bummed
Boo Radleys - Giant Steps
Hole - Live Through This
Goldie - Timeless
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youths...
The Libertines - s/t,Up The Bracket
The Roots - Phrenology
Top 10 from list
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Wrens - Meadowlands
Pavement - Brighten The Corners
Prince - Dirty Mind
Tricky - Maxinquaye
PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love
Neil Young - Ragged Glory
Hole - Live Through This
The Libertines - Up The Bracket
The Roots - Phrenology
And there are quite a few other good ones.
Husker Du - Zen Arcade
Tricky - Maxinquaye
Bjork - Homogenic
PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me,To Bring You My Love
Nick Cave - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus
MIA - Arular
X - Los Angeles
Happy Mondays - Pills,Thrills...,
TV On The Radio - Desperate Youths...
That's only the ones in my AT top 200 or so. Other ones you mentioned are good too.
From the first list, I recommend Eric Dolphy and The Clash's Sandinista. Both are classics, so even if you don't like them right away, they are worth owning.
Sandinista has some questionable tracks, but that's part of its charm. To think that it was a triple album released only a year after London Calling is amazing. Some of the songs on Sandinista are among the very best ever recorded by The Clash.
The Wrens - Meadowlands
Eric Dolphy - Out To Lunch!
Dr. John - Gris Gris
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear The Heart Beating as One
Magma – Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Mercury Rev - Yerself Is Steam
GZA - Liquid Swords
These are the best out of the ones I've heard. Sample the Magma album before you get it; their style is pretty much all-or-nothing in terms of whether you'll like it (with that being said I'm still on the fence as to whether I think it's a masterpiece after 6+ listens). I think you also might like Pharoah Sanders' Karma if you like jazz albums in the style of Out to Lunch.
At first, I didn't notice "Gris Gris" on your list. That's an awesome record.