Jimxcomet

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Loved the Dream Syndicate in the early 80s. Went through a serious phase of listening to them but I much preferred the second album Medicine Show to the debut. While it's a good album it won't make my final 25.

They started in the same band and were separately responsible for some of the greatest records of the late 70s early 80s. While the debuts were good they didn't even come close to former greatness. They won't make my final 25.
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It was one of the more impressive punk debuts and while they were musically more sophisticated than a lot of the earlier bands the genre just sounded stale by 1980 compared to the incredibly vibrant and creative post punk scene.
It won't make my final 25.
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I always try to include Irish albums in this when I can. Used to go and see this band all the time and they were incredible live. However, the album was disappointing. Maybe it was the production but it didn't do them justice. It won't make my final list.
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Shortlist of 42 which I'll try to get down to 25 by the weekend. No pressure.
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This should be good
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3 out of 5 not bad

3 out of 5 not bad

Never actually realised that

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I've made a playlist
open.spotify.com/playlist/6TW...
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Hi Richard
My top 5
1 Amy Winehouse Frank
2 Zero 7 Simple Things
3 Goldfrapp Felt Mountain
4 Beth Gibbons Out Of Season
5 Nouvelle Vague Nouvelle Vague
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Number 1
Never any doubt about this. There's both an innocence and melancholy to this album which is striking but also very sad. Amy was an incredible talent. One in a million.
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Number 2
I love the whole vibe of this record. The drums, bass and electric piano blend together beautifully and it's topped up with those cinematic strings. Feels like it was designed specifically for me.
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Number 3
Their first and in my opinion their finest.
There's a European feel to this record that's not on their others, particularly on tracks like Utopia.
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Number 4
Ok it's not as good as Dummy but this is definitely as good as the other 2 Portishead albums, if not better. Her voice is just incredible on this but it just didn't get the attention it deserved.
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I didn't know that. Here's me thinking at the time that they had great taste 😃

Ok top 5 here goes
Number 5
There's no original material on this record. It basically contains bossa nova covers of early 80s punk and post punk classics and it's absolutely brilliant.
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Number 6
An homage to early 90s dance music only with better production...and a record that's aged very well.
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Oops completely forgot about the self titled one 🫢

Number 7
Took me a while to get into this as I missed out on it first time around.
They remind me so much of the bands I listened to in my teens. Only Fontaines DC come close.
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Number 8
I loved this when it came out. An absolutely chaotic melting pot of so many different styles. Still not sure about the vocals. If they'd made this an instrumental album it would be in my 5.
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Number 9
A beautiful record.
That voice was meant to accompany a melancholy piano.
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Cutting down from 15 to 10
Number 10
Bands started to make a comeback at the start of the 00s and The Bees were one of the better ones. They pushed the envelope a little more.
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I love The Shins. They have a very unique style of songwriting. They sometimes remind me of Love. However 11 into 10 doesn't go so they won't make my final 10.
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Time to cut the shortlist from 15 to 10 .... getting difficult now.... but I'll start with these 4
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I remember when this came out they got a lot of stick, not all deserved, from fellow Irish artists. Definitely a bit of jealousy involved. Having said that it was a good album but it won't make my final list.
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Time to cut the shortlist down from 20 to 15 so I'm letting these 4 go.
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Initially struggled to find then struggled to cut down