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I know that some of you are sick of magazine lists,but Blender's 50 Greatest Cd's of 2004 is pretty good.Highlighted are albums that I own or downloaded,and love.
50.Janet Jackson-Damita Jo
49.The Thermals-Fuckin A
48.Kasey Chambers-Waward Angel
47.AC Newmman-The Slow Wonder
46.Jason Forrest-The Unrelenting Song
45.Ashlee Simpson-Autobiography
44.TV On The Radio-Desperate
43.Regina Spektor-Soviet Kitsch
42.Roots-The Tipping Point
41.Katy Rose-Because I Can
40.Lloyd Banks-The hunger for More
39.Sonic Youth-Nurse NYC's noise doctors find room for melody and a Mariah Carey dis track. 38.PJ Harvey-Uh Huh Her On her seventh album,its back to stark,lo-fi gloom for the mistress of mope. 37.Nelly-Sweat
36.Magnetic Fields-Magnetic Fields
35.Bjork-Medulla Iceland's favorite weirdo gets weirder with an a cappella set. 34.Brian Wilson-Smile
33.Elliott Smith-Songs From The Basement Poignant,painfully hushed laments from the portland suicide. 32.Nancy Sinatra-Nancy Sinatra Pop's sexiest sexagenarian returns,with U2 and Morrissey polishing her boots.
31.Snow Patrol-Final Straw
30.Coheed And Cambria-In Keeping...
29.Dangermouse-The Grey Album
28.The Good Life-Album Of The Year
27.Modest Mouse-Good News for People...
26.Prince-Musicology
25.Courtney Love-America's Sweetheart
24.Tod Snider-East Nashville Skyline
23.Jimmy Eat World-Futures
22.The Hives-Tytanno Saurus Hives
21.Drive By Truckers-The Dirty South
20.The Secret Machines-Now Here Is Nowhere
19.Caetano Veloso-A Foreign Sound
18.The Libertines-The Libertines
17.Eagles Of Death Metal-Peace Love Death Metal
16.Jadakiss-Kiss Of Death
15.Beenie Man-Back To Basics
14.Gretchen Wilson-Here For The Party
13.Ghostface-The Pretty Toney Album
12.Scissor Sisters-Scissor Sisters As full of electro-pop&glam ballads as a night at Studio 54 11.Dizzee Rascal-Showtime
10.Wilco-A Ghost Is Born Jeff Tweedy's head:terrible place to live,great place to visit. 9.Nellie Mckay-Get Away From Me
8.The Streets-A Grand Don't Come For Free
7.Alicia Keys-A Diary Of Alicia Keys
6.Morrissey-You Are The Quarry After seven years.Moz and his perfect colf return 5.Rilo Kiley-More Adventurous
4.Usher-Confessions
3.Loretta Lynn-Van Lear Rose
2.Franz Ferdinand-Franz Ferdinand
1.Kanye West-The College Dropout
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I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Even though there were still the undeserved mentions, like Usher, Ashlee Simpson, and Courtney Love, they included some good ones, like the ones you highlighted and the ones I mentioned. Thanks for posting the list!
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stip wrote:
All this baseball talk makes me wonder where Meg is.
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
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Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Ironman is still one of my favorites.
Me too! I still listen to that all the time, and it never tires of me. I don't think there was a single Ghostface output that I didn't at least like. "Ironman" was exceptional, as was "Supreme Clientele," and his work with the Wu-Tang Clan has always been wonderful.
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stip wrote:
All this baseball talk makes me wonder where Meg is.
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Ironman is still one of my favorites.
Me too! I still listen to that all the time, and it never tires of me. I don't think there was a single Ghostface output that I didn't at least like. "Ironman" was exceptional, as was "Supreme Clientele," and his work with the Wu-Tang Clan has always been wonderful.
I've always wondered where the long movie quote at the beginning of Ironman is from. the one where the kid is like, "I've got a message for smokey"
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elbarto wrote:
one good thing about this list is that eagles of death metal are not only on it but have a very good ranking
I found the review below the ranking,um.. interesting(me not knowing anything about the band)
17.Eagles Of Death Metal-Peace Love Death Metal
Pro-Porn,Pro Crystal meth boogie
Jesse hughes says he "went from being a single father and video store clerk to a cock-swinging rock & roller" with the help of old pal Josh Homme,Queesn of the Stone Age main man.As Homme plays simple,lean drumbeats,Huges-a newborn metal star with trucker mustache and tattoos-slams distorted guitar riffs and howls catchy dalsetto songs of corruption and cruelty.
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Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Ironman is still one of my favorites.
Me too! I still listen to that all the time, and it never tires of me. I don't think there was a single Ghostface output that I didn't at least like. "Ironman" was exceptional, as was "Supreme Clientele," and his work with the Wu-Tang Clan has always been wonderful.
I've always wondered where the long movie quote at the beginning of Ironman is from. the one where the kid is like, "I've got a message for smokey"
God, me too. I've tried looking it up before, but haven't been able to figure it out.
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stip wrote:
All this baseball talk makes me wonder where Meg is.
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Ironman is still one of my favorites.
Me too! I still listen to that all the time, and it never tires of me. I don't think there was a single Ghostface output that I didn't at least like. "Ironman" was exceptional, as was "Supreme Clientele," and his work with the Wu-Tang Clan has always been wonderful.
I've always wondered where the long movie quote at the beginning of Ironman is from. the one where the kid is like, "I've got a message for smokey"
God, me too. I've tried looking it up before, but haven't been able to figure it out.
some lyrics site I found said it came from "Fresh", but I've seen that movie like 2-3 times, and I can guarentee it's not from that movie.
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Truly a terrible list (Jimmy Eat World above Elliot Smith???), I like what they had to say about Wilco though.
Can someone tell me how bad the Scissor Sisters are?
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Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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psychobain wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Can someone tell me how bad the Scissor Sisters are?
cool stuff funny...
What do they sound like? Are they really the biggest hype band of the year that actually sucks?
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
Ricardo Tubbs wrote:
pamplemousse wrote:
I've heard great things about Kanye West. I'll have to check this album out sometime, not that Blender is always a reliable source... I do like some of this list though. Ghostface's album at number 13 put a smile on my face, and I'm really happy The Roots' "The Tipping Point" made the list. It's good to see the latest Nancy Sinatra album on there too; I haven't heard all of it yet because I haven't bought the album, but it sounds great so far!
Ironman is still one of my favorites.
Me too! I still listen to that all the time, and it never tires of me. I don't think there was a single Ghostface output that I didn't at least like. "Ironman" was exceptional, as was "Supreme Clientele," and his work with the Wu-Tang Clan has always been wonderful.
I've always wondered where the long movie quote at the beginning of Ironman is from. the one where the kid is like, "I've got a message for smokey"
God, me too. I've tried looking it up before, but haven't been able to figure it out.
some lyrics site I found said it came from "Fresh", but I've seen that movie like 2-3 times, and I can guarentee it's not from that movie.
That's going to nag at us until we figure it out. I've never seen "Fresh," but I'll take your word for it. Obviously, you would have recognized the scene. Doesn't he have a responsibility to copyright that in his album booklet? Perhaps not, but I wish he did.
glorified_version wrote:
Truly a terrible list
As can be expected from a Blender list. I was surprised that they actually included Ghost and Nancy Sinatra and The Roots though, among a few others highlighted. I always sit and wait for the next obscenely terrible list from Blender or Rolling Stone and hardly find something good to say about any of them. At least they put Ghost at 13. But otherwise, you're right, it's terrible.
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stip wrote:
All this baseball talk makes me wonder where Meg is.
Post subject: Re: Blender's 50 Greatest CD's of 2004
Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:51 pm
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Blender wrote:
29.Dangermouse-The Grey Album
Most overrated album of the year, in my opinion. The concept was great, the finished product left a lot to be desired. Dangermouse even admitted that half of the tracks were rushed because he only wanted to do an EP at first and not the Black Album remixed.
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I've never seen "Fresh," but I'll take your word for it. Obviously, you would have recognized the scene. Doesn't he have a responsibility to copyright that in his album booklet? Perhaps not, but I wish he did. 
