Quarantining The Past: Top 2. Albums Of 1. 99. 2 Part Two (1. Last. Feature. . We hit the bottom ten on that list, which included a surprising number of debuts, and now we're back to finish this thing off. Here are the 1. 0 best from 1. Slanted & Enchanted. Sebadoh - Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock - Sub Pop. Sebadoh's Sub Pop debut wasn't their coming out party. They'd already made the excellent III, an album that found Lou Barlow and his band staking their own ground, proving themselves more than just an offshoot of a band (Dinosaur Jr.) Barlow had left behind. But Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock is an interesting hinge in the band's career and an excellent collection in its own right. It compiles tunes from a couple of earlier import releases - - Sebadoh vs. Helmet and Rockin' the Forest - - but it sounds remarkably cohesive, perhaps because Sebadoh wasn't all that into cohesion in the early- '9. Barlow's stuff may carry the day here - - a rework of Weed Forestin's . Oh, yeah, and there's that bizarre take on Nick Drake's . Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother - Rhino. Sebadoh vs helmet rar; flowerhorn not moving; Home . DISCLAIMER: muzicdo.net is a Music search engine. Was that chord change more reminiscent of Helmet or. Pavement, Wilco, Arab Strap, Bright Eyes, Sebadoh WEB MySpace. Fanzine Scream to say #01 - Mars 1998 - de Brest/Fr Pete Rock & CL Smooth only made two full- length records, but listening to the 7. Mecca and the Soul Brother, it's hard to believe they'd need to make another note. This is as complete and consistent a record as hip- hop had to offer in the '9. The duo was, first and foremost, perfectly named. Pete Rock provided beats steeped in soul and jazz, but they always thumped, while Smooth was right up there with Rakim in the effortless flow category. He could go deep storyteller on . Mecca and the Soul Brother is thoughtful and often dark, but never falls into self- serious preaching or despair. Peel Sessions Releases. 9,128 pages on this wiki. Beauty Of The Ride CD maxi-single. Ahh, the joys of self-publishing. I had this really nice, detailed (and lengthy, as usual) post all worked up about what I'd planned as the next featured band here on. Make It A Thing will be on. Punk Rock is Sebadoh's 1992 compilation, with tracks taken from previously released EPs Rocking the Forest and Sebadoh vs Helmet. It's a resistent, resilient sound, and in a year of great hip- hop records, this one had no problem standing out. But let's be clear: none of it would not have happened without Kerplunk! The far- superior predecessor to Dookie, Kerplunk! Billie Joe Armstrong was still refining his songwriting approach, but while he still snarls here from time to time - - there's something different in his anger on this version of . From the worn- out frustration of ! There's no hint in this album that these guys would one day shout to the stadium rafters, and that's a good thing. They were always best when they yelled at the basement- show walls instead. PJ Harvey - Dry - Island. Before PJ Harvey knocked us all out with Rid of Me, she wasn't exactly fine tuning her work. Dry, her debut album, is a fiery and self- possessed set of excellent, lean rockers. She can still wail like a banshee over thumping rock beats on . Instead, her emotive and wildly impressive voice tames the guitars here. The guitars have their own muscle, but mostly they play a brittle second- fiddle to PJ Harvey's volatile charm. There's also an impressive breadth to this, from twanging, blues- rocker . But it's also not trying to find itself. The restlessness of Dry has a perspective, and Harvey shows from the very first note that she is in control here, which is what makes Dry such a bracing, unforgettable rock album. The Jayhawks - Hollywood Town Hall - American. The Jayhawks have long been lumped in with alt- country movement, and sure you can see why. But Hollywood Town Hall was (and is) a far braver release than most give it credit for. It's got a country vibe, for sure, but it's also just undeniably sweet pop music, built on pristine harmonies and stick- in- your- head melodies. Oh, and it's got heart to spare. The album starts with back- to- back classics: . And Hollywood Town Hall never lets up from there. We get dusty twang on . What's most remarkable about the record is that it seems to exist on its own musical planet. There was nothing like it in 1. But even if there were others trying to wear the Jayhawks' dusty boots, it wouldn't have matters. Hollywood Town Hall is one of those classic records, where you can list all the elements, all the great songs, and still not put your finger on what makes it great. It's got that kind of murky alchemy, which is to say the best kind. The Jesus Lizard - Liar - Touch & Go. So, it's not right to call Liar smoother than its predecessor, Goat, becuase the terms . What Liar does, though, is sharpen the band's eccentric howl. Right out of the gate, on . David Yow's howl, in all its arch greatness, is just a touch higher in the mix, just a bit clearer. All this makes following Goat, a classic record by all accounts, just a bit easier and sets Liar on its own striking sonic plane. The fiery, sinister churn of . The Jesus Lizard proved, in a run of albums from 1. Goat to 1. 99. 4's Down, that they were not going to be pigeon- holed. Liar is both the most expansive record in the lot, one that's unafraid to clean up the production and shout what it wants to shout - - and (Goat aside) the most consistent. Rock records don't get much more exciting than this one. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Henry's Dream - Mute. Henry's Dream is an important record in the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography. It marks a transition away from record like Tender Prey, who stretched out the Birthday Party's sound into angular but gloomier (if still excellent) territory. Henry's Dream, though, with it's thematic cohesion and forays into the gravitas and drama that would define later albums, is an excellent moment of evolution for the band. Cave sounds particularly on fire here, frothing at the mouth through the obsessive speed of . The swaying, shimmering . Here, Cave yearns to be included, to find that unconditional love, to get help from the folks in a new town. Henry's Dream expanded the sonic palate of the Bad Seeds, but it also expanded Cave's songwriting into new, more sympathetic territories. He'd go deeper and more personal on later records, but Henry's Dream is a brilliant balancing act: it gives us the blood we want, but it also shows the heart that pumps it. Sonic Youth - Dirty - DGCIf you hear Dirty in passing, you might mistake it for being of a piece with the grunge movement swirling around it. If you dig into it though - - and there's so much to dig into it's unreal - - it actually has little to do with what's going on in the music world and more to do with Sonic Youth's constant evolution. By 1. 99. 2, Sonic Youth was on a roll - - they'd put out Sister, Daydream Nation, and Goo all in a row, and Dirty plays a bit like a synthesis of those records. It's got the expansive cohesion of Daydream Nation, the angular buzz of Sister, and like Goo contained an unbelievable amount stone- cold, knock- out rock songs. Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo swirl around each other as strongly as they do anywhere else in the band's catalog here, though early on it's Kim Gordon who runs the show with songs like . In that way, it both meshes sounds of the past into a stronger whole, and pushes them forward. This isn't the most influential Sonic Youth album, or the most talked about, or the one likely to top the most lists, but it is their most purely entertaining record, which - - coming from this band - - says a lot. Unrest - Imperial f. Can anyone explain this? After an unpredicable run of exciting singles, the band put out their debut, Imperial f. You'd be forgiven for thinking that two totally different bands played the jangling, sweet . These guys were a catchy, fiery rock band when they wanted to be - - see . It's not easy to be this weird, to satisfy this many disparate muses, and still deliver a great record. But Unrest does just that on Imperial f. Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - Grand Royal/Capitol. If it's not surprising to see this at the top of the list, that's because Check Your Head is every bit as good now as it was 2. There was lots of great hip- hop in 1. Dre gave us The Chronic (we'll get to this in the future on Qt. P, hence its absence here) which would help pave the way for the ganster rap movement, but Check Your Head was a far more curious entry into the rap music pantheon. After Licence to Ill, the Boys toned down their party antics and upped the samples and funky grooves on Paul's Boutique. As a follow- up to that record, Check Your Head - - with its live instrumentation and breadth of genre experiments - - sounds like a complete change in direction. There are still straight- up rap hits here - - . Instead, this is rap music built with live elements from the ground up, and it marked another breakthrough for the Beastie Boys. Every album sounds different for these guys, but Check Your Head may be the most expansive display of their influences in their entire discography. It's strange but it thumps, it tries all kinds of different sounds, but it nails them all. In the end, Check Your Head is remarkable because it proved the Beastie Boys were just great rappers and innovative musicians, they were a great band. In light of MCA's passing, there's something heartbreaking about hearing Adrock scream . The best albums of 1. Quarantining the Past anyway. What are your favorites? Let us know in the comments!
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