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Amico Putativo

8 apr 12

Blur — Leisure | DeRank™: 0,00

It brightened some gloomy afternoons of my adolescence.
How can you not love "there's no other way," "she is so high," and "sing"? more

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8 apr 12

Pixies — Bossanova | DeRank™: 0,00

five albums five centers
everyone says they are essential (kurt said that nevermind was born because he wanted to make a record like the one by the pixies) more

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8 apr 12

The Stone Roses — The Stone Roses | DeRank™: 0,00

The debut of The Stone Roses is the cornerstone upon which 90s British rock is built. It's what the Pixies of Black and Deal represented for the American alternative scene. Without them, everything would simply have been different. If we want to set aside the above and consider it merely as a simple sequence of songs, we are faced with some of the hits that any lovestruck teenager would place as the soundtrack to their afternoons with the mo. more

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8 apr 12

Pixies — Come On Pilgrim | DeRank™: 0,00

five albums five centers
everyone says they are essential (kurt said that nevermind was born because he wanted to make a record like the pixies') more

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8 apr 12

Pixies — Trompe le monde | DeRank™: 0,00

the last one before uncle frank's insane act.
perhaps he thought that the pixies were just him.
he was wrong.
with the exception of "cult of ray" from '96, there's nothing that Black has done after the pixies that compares to the five masterpieces.
kim deal got her posthumous revenge, but at what cost?
the pixies were great because they were an alchemy that worked.
steel is 96% iron and 4% carbon. Carbon may be little, but iron without carbon is not steel. more

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8 apr 12

The Breeders — Last Splash | DeRank™: 0,00

the most beautiful album of the '90s. more

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8 apr 12

Inspiral Carpets — Devil Hopping | DeRank™: 0,00

In an era when Britpop had ousted the scene from bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and various rockers, Inspiral Carpets, along with Charlatans, Stone Roses, Blur, and Oasis, represented the soundtrack of many young lads holed up in their rooms or jumping around in clubs at night. This is perhaps the best work of the "inspired carpets" of Madchester, featuring hits like "Saturn 5" and "Party in the Sky" that get you moving like few others from that time. Ciao. more

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8 apr 12

Pixies — Complete ‘B’ Sides | DeRank™: 0,00

for those who truly want to hear everything about the Pixies more

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8 apr 12

Robert Pollard — Not in My Airforce | DeRank™: 0,00

some of my favorite songs (get under it, flat beauty) that illuminated my adolescence.
bare, essential songs, played practically solo but still possessing something epic.
in Pollard's vast discography (including Guided by Voices), if I had to choose just one, I would save this one.
it deserves a deep listen to be fully absorbed, but then it becomes addictive. more

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8 apr 12

Tobin Sprout — Carnival Boy | DeRank™: 0,00

was released in the same year as Pollard's first solo album, which, along with Sprout, forms the foundational core of Guided by Voices. Setting this project aside temporarily, the two former partners embarked on parallel solo careers that seem to convey the same message: to create milestones, all you need is a cassette recorder, a guitar, and deep inspiration. Just how bulimic has Pollard been (17 albums from '96 to 2011 plus a countless number of side projects with other musicians - ''Boston Stars)? more