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TQID is #5 in Spin magazine's 'Best Albums of the Past 20 Years' Poll
posted by davidt on Monday June 20 2005, @10:00AM

 AnneCoates writes:
Although you can't get all the info from spin.com, CNN has an article about the poll. Check out the Top 10 listed with the article.

The top album of the last 20 years is ... - AP / CNN

Spin's Top 10
1. "OK Computer," Radiohead
2. "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," Public Enemy
3. "Nevermind," Nirvana
4. "Slanted and Enchanted," Pavement
5. "The Queen Is Dead," Smiths
6. "Surfer Rosa," Pixies
7. "3 Feet High and Rising," De La Soul
8. "Sign 'O' the Times," Prince
9. "Rid of Me," PJ Harvey
10. "Straight Outta Compton," N.W.A

 
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Easily the best band of the last 20 years.... (Score:1)
It's so nice to see American publications recognize the brilliance of The Smiths. It seems like any other credible countdown, which ranks The Smiths amid Radiohead, Nirvana, The Beatles, Led Zep are more than likely British. Finally, mainstream American rock critics are pointing out that which has already been a reality; The Smiths have released some of the best albums of all time.
DavidBeauy <davidbeauy@yahoo.com> -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:10AM (#167947)
(User #6009 Info | http://dhost.info/beau/ )
 "When thirteen years old Who dyed his hair gold ? Oh, I know very well, I don't need to be told"
I don't have a problem with this list..... (Score:0)
Except for I prefer TQID to 'OK Computer' (which i do also think is excellent!)

'Nation Of Millions' is great - Public Enemy's best album, and worth getting for the magnificent 'Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos' alone, which is spinetingling.

'Nevermind' - not as good as 'In Utero' IMO, but then it perhaps suffers slightly from being the most overexposed Nirvana album.

'Surfer Rosa'? Yeah, it's a toss up between that and 'Doolittle', though 'Surfer' has a more raw quality to it.

Never heard '3 Feet High And Rising', but I don't object to it being in the list.

REM, 'Automatic For The People', is phenomenal - wonder why that never made the list? I like 'Slanted And Enchanted' but would say 'Automatic' is better!
Anonymous -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:15AM (#167950)
Am I being a pedant? (Score:2, Funny)
Weren't they called "The Smiths"?

Details are so important.

and2rew -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:15AM (#167951)
(User #8232 Info)
  • superb.. by Hello Indie (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @10:20AM
    • Re:superb.. by LoafingOaf (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:44AM
    pavement over the smiths? (Score:2)
    i was devotee of early 90s indie rock, but "TQID" deserves more credit than "Slanted and Enchanted" for sure.
    jp.5.22 -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:22AM (#167954)
    (User #12669 Info)
    Rap (Score:1)
    Apparently 25 out 100 of the albums on the full list are by rap artists.

    Although I am not an ardent fan of this genre it is not without merit, However I do not feel this can be mainted over a whole album. The idea of listening to the ghastly 50 Cent for nearly an hour makes my feel quite ill.

    Are Morrissey fans supposed to like rap? Morrissey refers to it as dirge.
    Spellbound -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:41AM (#167965)
    (User #13956 Info)
     ........a life affirming voice set to a heavenly guitar melody, a killer bass line and a impassioned drum beat.
    • Re:Rap by Ben Budd (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:16AM
      • Re:Rap by dazzak (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:34AM
          Re:Rap (Score:2, Funny)
          Watching him was like watching your drunken uncle trying to be sexy at his 50th wedding anniversary.
          I kept having to pinch myself to make sure it wasn't some terrible nightmare.

          I'm sure he has a wonderful personality though.
          KenBarlow * -- Monday June 20 2005, @01:48PM (#168008)
          (User #13803 Info)
           In the Future When All is Swelled
          [ Parent ]
          • Re:Rap by Anonymous (Score:0) Saturday June 25 2005, @01:49PM
      • Re:Rap by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday June 20 2005, @11:58AM
        • Re:Rap (Score:2, Insightful)
        Well I don't think Morrissey would rate any of these albums apart from his own one would he? If all we were allowed to listen to was Morrissey-approved artists our record collections would pretty much be Morrissey/Smiths back catalogues (with strategic scratches over certain tracks), Under The Influence and The best of Jobriath.

        I agree with you about rap to a certain extent. I am a fan but rap albums can get a bit 'samey'. Its not that weird to think of Moz fans liking rap. Rap is all about the lyrics, also the main attraction to Morrissey's music for most people. In this sense they are not poles apart.
        Richey <rich.wells@gmail.com> -- Monday June 20 2005, @01:25PM (#167998)
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        [ Parent ]
        • Re:Rap by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday June 20 2005, @01:50PM
          • Re:Rap by Anonymous (Score:0) Monday June 20 2005, @02:24PM
        • Re:Fitty, Snoop, 2Pac, Dre, etc... by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @04:30AM
        • Re:Rap by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @07:45AM
          • Re:Rap Dr Dre by Anonymous (Score:1) Tuesday June 21 2005, @07:51AM
            • kanye west by ih8netto (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @08:58AM
              • Re:kanye west by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @10:37AM
                • Re:kanye west by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @10:44AM
              whatever (Score:2, Insightful)
              Completely arbitrary list of ten albums just to get Spin in the news.

              Meaningless.

              LoafingOaf * -- Monday June 20 2005, @11:36AM (#167975)
              (User #778 Info)
               Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling.
              • Re:whatever by LoafingOaf (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:39AM
                Top Ten (Score:2)
                I can't understand why 9 & 10 are on the list at all. Maybe NWA because it was kind of a new musical idea but if it's innovation alone you're after then surely more artists that predate the 80's should be in the top ten. Other gripes I have are that I prefer Doolittle to Surfa Rosa and I think ok Computer has a couple of weak tracks on which means it isn't the greatest ever album - cos TQID is.

                Also, where are Automatic for the people and Ziggy Stardust?
                ohglen -- Monday June 20 2005, @11:43AM (#167979)
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                • Re:Top Ten by ohglen (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:46AM
                  • Re:Top Ten by LoafingOaf (Score:1) Monday June 20 2005, @11:52AM
                  "The Queen Is Alive at 5" (Score:1)
                  Just think, it only took Spin '19 years' to give The Smiths some 'well deserved' credit. But I would have put Meat Is Murder at #1, The Smiths #2, Strangeways, Here We Come at #3 and Morrissey 'Viva Hate' in the #4 spot! After that, does it really matter?
                  Paneeks -- Monday June 20 2005, @12:28PM (#167993)
                  (User #13051 Info)
                   "A beach is a place where a man can feel, its the only soul in the world thats real".
                  patti smith meltdown (Score:1, Insightful)
                  others would of by now noticed johnny marr & the healers were to play with her
                  in june www.jmarr.com it just seems too much of a coincidence morrisseys "advice" was it to hire johnny marr for a concert or maybe morrissey as well at the same time complete with gladioli in back pocket the unexpected reunion.
                  Anonymous -- Monday June 20 2005, @02:00PM (#168012)
                  the first top 10 list (Score:1)
                  without a U2 album, there's justice after all.

                  no Oasis, Suede or 'madchester band'[stone roses,
                  the happy mondays]

                  otoh I find the 1rst Arrested Development album
                  much better than Dela Soul's album
                  Celibate Cry <vauxhall@mail2uk.com> -- Monday June 20 2005, @08:45PM (#168055)
                  (User #220 Info)
                   and the hills are alive with celibate cries
                    Help! (Score:0)
                    Ever since the site was revamped I cannot seem to log in under my old nickname, even having tried a new password. Can anyone tell me what to do? (No wisecracks thanks)

                    firstodie
                    Anonymous -- Monday June 20 2005, @10:58PM (#168062)
                    • Re:Help! by and2rew (Score:1) Tuesday June 21 2005, @02:18PM
                      Good set of records. (Score:1)
                      I've got all but PJ Harvey and Pavement.
                      beau -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @12:34AM (#168066)
                      (User #3697 Info)
                        Hmm (Score:1)
                        Where is Pornography(or Disintegration) and the Stone Roses album?
                        Kerki -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @01:05AM (#168068)
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                         Im sinking in the quicksand of my mind
                        • Re:DiSINTEGRATION by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @04:13AM
                          • disintegration by Anonymous (Score:0) Tuesday June 21 2005, @10:13AM
                              • Re:Hmm (Score:2, Interesting)
                              Well technically, Pornography was over twenty years ago. But yeah... no Cure? How strange!
                              And what about Manic Street Preacher's "Holy Bible"? My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless"? Boards of Canada's "Music Has the Right to Bear Children"?
                              I guess part of the problem is that none of these records garnered even TQID's sales stateside.
                              I get the feeling, though, that Spin was trying to list alternative music's most influential records, rather than its best. Quality being so subjective with these things, I hope so. From that perspective, they did quite a good job. I'd put "Nevermind" #1 (grunge/modern rock), "Nation of Millions" #2 (rap), "TQID" #3 (emo), Pavement's "Crooked Rain" #4 (indie), New Order's "Substance" #5 (electronic) and call it a day, but basically I agree.
                              Nice Nice <popsicle_why@hotmail.com> -- Friday June 24 2005, @07:16PM (#168585)
                              (User #14216 Info)
                              [ Parent ]
                              List, My Arse (Score:1)
                              The best ten albums of the last 20 years are, in no particular order:

                              Meat Is Murder
                              The Queen Is Dead
                              Strangeways, Here We Come
                              Viva Hate
                              Vauxhall and I
                              Your Arsenal
                              Southpaw Grammar
                              Maladjusted
                              You Are The Quarry
                              Take That And Party!

                              Anyone care to disagree?

                              kissmyshades -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @02:47AM (#168074)
                              (User #12542 Info)
                              To Me... (Score:0)
                              The Queen Is Dead IS Number ONE in this List.
                              Anonymous -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @07:37AM (#168103)
                                Here's My Ten Best Since 1985 (Score:1)
                                1. The Queen Is Dead THE SMITHS
                                2. Strangeways Here We Come THE SMITHS
                                3. The Bends RADIOHEAD
                                4. Vauxhall & I morrissey
                                5. ok Computer RADIOHEAD
                                6. Automatic For The People REM
                                7. Disintigration THE CURE
                                8. Nevermind NIRVANA
                                9. Homogenic BJORK
                                10. Doolittle THE PIXIES

                                Honourable Mention:
                                REM~Adventures In HiFi/Reconstruction of the Fables
                                RADIOHEAD~ Kid A
                                SUPERGRASS~ In It For The Money
                                TORI AMOS~ Boys For Pele
                                THE CURE~ Head On The Door
                                DavidBeauy <davidbeauy@yahoo.com> -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @09:02AM (#168115)
                                (User #6009 Info | http://dhost.info/beau/ )
                                 "When thirteen years old Who dyed his hair gold ? Oh, I know very well, I don't need to be told"
                                I know I take any magazine that puts... (Score:2, Funny)
                                My Chemical Romance on the cover seriously. Oh wait.
                                joans_walkman -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @10:29AM (#168128)
                                (User #6238 Info)
                                  At least... (Score:3, Interesting)
                                  It's not a carbon copy of the "Best Of" lists that come out of the UK every 10 days or so. For countless fans in the US, a band like Public Enemy is held in the same regard as The Smiths, and they too can't stand the shit littering the charts these days.

                                  Of course lists are the easiest target there is, so why not look at the bright side? It's an obvious point, but we're only seeing the lists that do feature Morrissey/The Smiths -- if every Best Of list that didn't was posted here, well, a nation of Moz fans would turn its back and gag...

                                  king leer * -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @09:36PM (#168197)
                                  (User #80 Info)
                                    Bloody typical (Score:1)
                                    Not that I'm complaining, but not only do they put it at number five instead of number one, they put the most obvious album there...the most obviously commerically appealing album. Everyone likes the Queen Is Dead the best, and I agree, it is a thing of excessive beauty, but what about 'meat is Murder'? What about 'strangeways'?
                                    Cole Berlin -- Thursday June 23 2005, @04:45AM (#168375)
                                    (User #13010 Info)
                                      Re:Of course most of the black stuff's only on the (Score:1)
                                      oh that's just goofy...dang anonymous poster
                                      Lon * <loneal@ureach.com> -- Monday June 20 2005, @02:56PM (#168027)
                                      (User #121 Info)
                                      [ Parent ]
                                        Re:What a load of bollocks (Score:0, Redundant)
                                        1. Shit comment from a shit poster.

                                        2. What is the point of this abuse?

                                        3. Obviously, those people who have commented

                                        Anonymous -- Monday June 20 2005, @03:47PM (#168036)
                                        [ Parent ]
                                        Re:Of course most of the black stuff's only on the (Score:0)
                                        The real soul of black music died with Motown sadly.

                                        That was music, this is just "talking books" for the slow in the head.
                                        Anonymous -- Monday June 20 2005, @04:39PM (#168043)
                                        [ Parent ]
                                        Re:Oh for...! (Score:0)
                                        You are a fucking no-nothing idiot. The Pixies are one of the greatest bands of all time. I consider myself graced by God to see them play at Umass of all places on their recent tour. Any so-called music fan who dislikes them really should consider not listening to music at all. You obviously haven't a clue. Go choke on glass. Charles

                                        ps. Radiohead have only ever been 'ok' at best. 'Just' was brilliant. I'll give them that much.
                                        Anonymous -- Tuesday June 21 2005, @07:56PM (#168192)
                                        [ Parent ]
                                        • Re:Oh for...! by Anonymous (Score:0) Wednesday June 22 2005, @01:10PM
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