3x3 - essential albums!

just like the thread in the general game forum, hop to it folks:

I couldn't find the cover art itunes displays for fight off your demons, but this one will do!

>>clicky<<

for stu:

1) Saves the Day - Stay What You Are
2) Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
3) At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
4) Radiohead - Kid A
5) Brand New - Fight Off Your Demons
6) Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna...Are You The Destroyer?
7) Alexisonfire - Crisis
8) The Postal Service - Give Up
9) Brian Eno - Another Green World

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In no particular order, had difficulty deciding between Neon Bible and Funeral but Neon Bible won in the end, and the last square may have been influenced by my recent listening to the Handsome Furs but I find myself wishing I had changed it to something Bright Eyesy or Animal Collectively.

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Props to anyone who recognizes the top right album.

@ shorty:

had to pick between transatlanticism and give up. give up barely edged out.

@ bunny:

i don't, but human equation is a fantastic listen.

Give Up edged out for me because there are some songs on there I just don't care for. Less so on Transat.

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had difficulty deciding between Neon Bible and Funeral

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uh

I like MANY of the songs on Funeral, but Neon Bible has more that hit home for me!

i liked zero songs on neon bible

absolutely zero

7/11 for me! and the rankings of those songs are enough for them to get into the top nine albums. Funeral is good, but Neon Bible has more "favorite songs" of mine.

how could you not like keep the car running, at the very minimum?!

no criticizing until you post a 3x3!

i'm not saying you're wrong in having your opinion (i mean come on i admit to liking pablo honey)

diff strokes etc

ERIC I'LL CRITICIZE ALL I WANT TYVM

edit: 666 gil, guess i'm just gonna edit this post forever

edit: sup guys

edit: my least favorite song on pablo honey is creep

edit: now just get the other five albums so i don't have to do any work

edit: actually feels over strawberry jam maybe

edit: you're still missing some big ones, i've listened to music for more than the last 6 months you know

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how could you not like keep the car running, at the very minimum?!

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because it's bad

I could post Rob's 3x3 with 100% accuracy.

i feel like deja entendu, good mourning, ceremonials, and strawberry jam are probably on there!

No, Rob, you have to post until you get to 6,666!

Fight Off Your Demons is also on there also perhaps d&g.

fight off your demons is really their best album. heartbreaking that it never got a proper release!

FEELS OVER STRAWBERRY JAM IS HIGH TREASON AND SHALL BE PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY

last six months per your last.fm:

this thread was really just an excuse for us to circlejerk again

3x3 incoming hold yer hearses

rob just purchase tt decks until you get back to 666

We can all circlejerk between Alkaline Trio, Brand New, Arcade Fire and Radiohead. I would be happy with that.

here is

how did you do

AHA, I was going to put Florence and the Machine on there! Not In Rainbows, though D: but I admit I didn't go digging through your last.fm history like Eric did.

all in all, 4/9 :(

I believe that is only 44%, Shorty.

That's an F.

For Failure.

I admit that I exaggerated my estimate of 100% :(

but it was all so Rob would just post his damn 3x3!

he only looked at last 6 months which i said don't do! bad listener

4/9 ain't bad, i went back into ancient history for some of those

I see my rap albums have no place in this thread. lmao

i like rap, we're all just god damned hipsters who are too cool to be hipsters

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Oh well, why not.

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9 is easier, still had leave out a couple really awesome albums though :(

This is even harder than picking out 9 favorite games.

But who can ever deny the absolute masterpiece that is the Dark Side of the Moon? Bottom 2 rows are in no particular order.

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Note: CRAZY CRAZY ALMOST FORGOT MGMT

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This is even harder than picking out 9 favorite games.

But who can ever deny the absolute masterpiece that is the Dark Side of the Moon? Bottom 2 rows are in no particular order.

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Heeeeeey, I saw the Riverboat Gamblers live! They were really smurfing good! I had completely forgotten about them until now.

So glad to see someone else with an appreciation for Neon bible :love:

Y'all should provide a key. I'm not hip enough to know what all of these are.

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But who can ever deny the absolute masterpiece that is the Dark Side of the Moon? Bottom 2 rows are in no particular order.

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Heeeeeey, I saw the Riverboat Gamblers live! They were really smurfing good! I had completely forgotten about them until now.

So glad to see someone else with an appreciation for Neon bible :love:

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I always knew you had a good taste in music :greenie: not many people know the Gamblers! Gonna see them for the fourth time this April :D

And I love Neon Bible for the atmosphere it brings as a whole. It's like 1+1=3, all the songs supplement one another to create something more than just a collection of songs.

7/9 of mine have both artist and title on the cover, so hopefully mine aren't too hard to figure out

e: at stubert

I've been afraid to listen to Neon Bible because my first taste of Arcade Fire was Funeral. And that album depressed me way too much. It was seriously impossible to be happy while listening to it. It was good and all but I have hardly been able to bring myself to listen to it since I first tried getting into the band.

So my question is whether Neon Bible will have the same effect and if I should give it a try.

aww, thanks, Pete! I would definitely see them again if given a chance - they put on a good show!

Some songs you might find depressing if you find Funeral depressing. I like Arcade Fire songs because a lot of the time they are about reflection, whether it's on the past and childhood (which is what all the Neighborhoods songs make me think of) or yourself and modern times, where we're going, etc. My Body Is A Cage is pretty smurfing depressing and I don't really listen to it, but others Keep The Car Running, No Cars Go and surprisingly Antichrist Television Blues are pretty upbeat I loves them.

I say give it a shot!

This was very tough. Most of this is how I feel at the moment.

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Karnivool -Themata; Karnivool - Sound Awake; The Mars Volta - The Bedlam in Goliath; The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream; Carina Round - The Disconnection; Soundgarden - Superunkown; Blind Melon - Soup; A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms; I Mother Earth - The Quicksilver Meat Dream.

In no particular order:

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For Shoeberto:
Top row: Tool - 10,000 Days, Lateralus, and Aenima respectively.
Middle row: Only one that isn't obvious is The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute
Bottom row: Also obvious.

But why do you hate Maynard James Keenan, Vivi? Why?

He is a pretty big douche, to be honest xD I was tempted to put Lateralus cause if you asked me the same question about 5 years ago Tool would have occupied about 5 spots, but I haven't listened to an album start to finish in years. Maybe if they didn't take so long between releases I wouldn't get so bored of them.

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But why do you hate Maynard James Keenan, Vivi? Why?

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Honestly not sure if this is a joke or not since I did neglect all of his solo stuff.

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But why do you hate Maynard James Keenan, Vivi? Why?

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Honestly not sure if this is a joke or not since I did neglect all of his solo stuff.

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I was just messing with you. I am actually a huge fan of Tool and other related projects involving Keenan. I appreciate your picks!

EDIT: Your signature made your post funnier.

i was pretty into tool about when 10k days came out, and saw them live on that tour. maynard was pretty good when i saw him but i've heard stories

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It has that effect on people. I've actually listened to some of Maynard's solo stuff too. The Humbling River is quite good, but he's just so much better when he's backed by the great musicians in Tool and A Perfect Circle. Dude can sing like no one's business and should have bands that compliment that well.

And HNB, he may be a bit of a dick, but I will always love any man will hip toss someone on stage and proceed to choke him out, and continuing to sing the song being played while doing it.

Poor guy just wanted a hug :( but yeah it was pretty boss that he kept singing I suppose.

The last time I saw them (2011 I think) his voice was pretty bad, and the set list they chose was even worse. But I saw APC in 2005 and that was still the best concert I've ever been to, so I know how great he can be.

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1. Periphery - Periphery II
2. Between the Buried and Me - Colors
3. Death - Human
4. Tool - Ænima
5. Wintersun - Time I
6. Metallica - Master of Puppets
7. Megadeth - Rust in Peace
8. All Shall Perish - The Price of Existence
9. Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power

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1. Periphery - Periphery II

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I was actually tempted to have that on there but it's not fair because it hasn't been in my rotation for even 1/10th of the time as any of the other albums on my list. One day though...

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I was actually tempted to have that on there but it's not fair because it hasn't been in my rotation for even 1/10th of the time as any of the other albums on my list. One day though...

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I'm happy that you were even tempted to do it. It's like my go-to album these days; I listen to it at least three times a week as of late.

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