And I don’t understand why I sleep all day, and I start to complain that there’s no rain.
Tag: Alternative Rock
Fastbacks – Very, Very Powerful Motor: #505 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I need a change in my life, and I need it right now. Good or bad, it doesn’t really matter how.
The Breeders – Pod: #506 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So why is The Breeders’ Pod on this best 1,000 albums ever thing? I’m pretty sure the first time I heard a song by The Breeders was by way of 120 Minutes, MTV’s great Sunday […]
Radiohead – My Iron Lung: #510 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Rust in the mountain, rust in the brain, the air is sacred here in spite of your claim.
Weezer – OK Human: #520 of best 1,000 albums ever!
All my favorite songs are slow and sad. All my favorite people make me mad.
Green Day – Uno!: #522 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We are the vultures, the dirtiest kind. We’ll cut you once in your heart and your mind.
Dance Hall Crashers – Lockjaw: #526 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Why are you listening to all the things they tell you every day? Why are you listening, what happened to your own mind anyway?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To Tell: #534 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I got a date with the night, burnin’ down my finger.
Soundgarden – Down on the Upside: #545 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Common ruse, dirty face, pretty noose is pretty hate, and I don’t like what you got me hanging from.
R.E.M. – Automatic for the People: #546 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Smack, crack, bushwhacked, tie another one to your back, baby. Hey kids, rock and roll, nobody tells you where to go, baby.
Le Tigre – Le Tigre: #549 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp? Who took the ram from the ramalamadingdong?
Weezer – Maladroit: #550 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We go together baby, and if we do, yeah I’ll be your weakness baby, and get to you.
OK Go – Oh No: #555 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It starts out easy, something simple, something sleazy, something inching past the edge of reserve. Now through the lines of the cheap venetian blinds, your car is pulling off of the curb.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Question the Answers: #557 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We question one accessory: don’t think the piece is necessary. We agree you’re dressed to kill, but wonder if you will.
The Presidents of the United States of America – The Presidents of the United States of America: #558 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lump lingered last in line for brains, and the one she got was sorta rotten and insane. Small things so sad that birds could land – is lump fast asleep or rockin’ out with the band?
The Hippos – Heads Are Gonna Roll: #560 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Something in the way she never looks my way, I’m in love, I’m in love.
Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown: #561 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Well, I’ve got a fever, I’m a non-believer, I’m in a state of grace, for I am the Caesar, I’m gonna seize the day.
Frank Black – Christmass: #566 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve kissed mermaids, rode the El Niño, walked the sand with the crustaceans. Could find my way to Mariana on a wave of mutilation.
Sonic Youth – Goo: #568 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Time to take a ride, time to take it in a midnight eye. And if you want to go, get on below.
The Fratellis – Costello Music: #577 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Give us a kiss and maybe we can go out – it’s hard to miss you when you follow us about.
Buck-O-Nine – Twenty-Eight Teeth: #578 of best 1,000 albums ever!
My soul is sound when I’m in my hometown, yeah, and no place I’d rather be.
Kaiser Chiefs – Employment: #579 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Watching the people get lairy, it’s not very pretty I tell thee – walking through town is quite scary.
Alice in Chains – Dirt: #582 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I feel so alone – gonna end up a big ol’ pile of them bones.
Pavement – Slanted & Enchanted: #593 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ve been crowned the King of Id, and Id is all we have, so wait to hear my words and they’re diamond sharp.
Stone Temple Pilots – Tiny Music… Songs From the Vatican Gift Shop: #595 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sell your soul and sign an autograph – big bang baby, it’s a crash, crash, crash.
The Libertines – Up the Bracket: #599 of best 1,000 albums ever!
But if you’ve lost your faith in love and music the end won’t be long. Because if it’s gone for you then I too may lose it and that that would be wrong.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Ska-Core, The Devil and More: #600 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You know, I’ve made mistakes. I’ve had my ups and downs, my ins and outs, my share of bad breaks. But when it’s all been said and done, I raise my beer and I swear, “God, it’s been fun!”
Blur – Leisure: #609 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Every time I come here I’m not sure what to say. I know it should be easy but it never seems that way.
The Donnas – Spend the Night: #624 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You shouldn’t try to look so good if you don’t wanna be misunderstood.
Spoon – Gimme Fiction: #652 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Yeah, you got the weight of the world coming down like a mother’s eye.
L7 – Bricks Are Heavy: #654 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They can’t hear a word that we’ve said, when we pretend that we’re dead.
Parquet Courts – Light Up Gold + Tally All the Things That You Broke: #656 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Coffee breaks and lamb’s tail shakes aren’t arbitrary marks.
The Aquabats! – The Aquabats! Vs. The Floating Eye of Death! And Other Amazing Adventures, Vol.1: #668 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey kid! What do we got? Not a lot. So what?
The Riff Randells – Doublecross: #669 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So come on, check it off now.
The Fratellis – We Need Medicine: #674 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One part evil, three-fifths blind.
Metric – Fantasies: #678 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?
Transplants – Haunted Cities: #683 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There are true sonic gems hiding on these streets, in this shadowy world.
Pavement – Wowee Zowee: #684 of best 1,000 albums ever!
We got the money! We got the money now!
The Fratellis – Here We Stand: #686 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You can find her screaming along with the ghosts, reminds you she’s the one that you need the most.
Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: #688 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The band that I feel I should really like more but… erases the but.
7 Year Bitch – Viva Zapata!: #694 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An exquisitely executed dose of grungy riot grrl punk rock.
Sleater-Kinney – Dig Me Out: #696 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It’s the riot grrl drama you’ve been craving.
Parquet Courts – Wide Awake!: #697 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Easily one of my favorite “new” finds of this decade.
Pilfers – Pilfers: #698 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You think it’s funny but what I say is true.
PJ Harvey – Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea: #702 of best 1,000 albums ever!
This is love, this is love that I’m feeling.
Cake – Fashion Nugget: #703 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Much like Fashion Nugget, I will survive. Yeah yeah.
No Doubt – Rock Steady: #706 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hey baby, it’s hella good, okay?
Graham Day and the Gaolers – Soundtrack to the Daily Grind: #714 of best 1,000 albums ever!
One listen and you’ll be on the pull.
Slant 6 – Soda Pop * Rip Off: #716 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Some bands and some albums hit a bunch of my musical sweet spots at once.
Beck – The Information: #717 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Think I’m in love… with The Information.
Frank Black – The Cult of Ray: #718 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Another tremendous album from the cult of Frank Black.
Babyshambles – Down in Albion: #720 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but I still turned out to be a huge Babyshambles fan, didn’t I?
Yolk – Caution: Social Prescriptions May Cause Side-Effects: #721 of best 1,000 albums ever!
In which I make the case for this exceptionally talented band from Binghamton, New York.
Parquet Courts – Human Performance: #722 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The humans of Parquet Courts have banged out yet another remarkably consistent performance.
U2 – Zooropa: #728 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Some albums are better than others.
Urge Overkill – Saturation: #729 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Alt rock with an ironic edge that still nonetheless rocks.
Pulp – Different Class: #732 of best 1,000 albums ever!
There’s something about the vibe that takes me back to the Nag’s Head pub in Rochester, Kent.
Fishbone – Truth & Soul: #734 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It might not be for ma nor pa, but this Fishbone dish is sizzling.
Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill: #735 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’d tell you, but don’t make me say it… Okay, you oughta know, right?
Conehead Buddha – Rockets: #740 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Get that body up.
Streetlight Manifesto – Everything Goes Numb: #743 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Ska punk with a level of musicianship and sophistication that very few bands ever achieve. Oh, and don’t forget the energy energy energy.
Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend: #747 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Matthew Sweet is a power pop master craftsman.
Gorillaz – Demon Days: #749 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It will, I suppose you could say, make you (sha, sha-ba-da) feel good.
Catch 22 – Keasbey Nights: #758 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Day in day out and on and on and on, *this* is the version of Keasbey Nights you’ve been looking for.
Beck – Modern Guilt: #769 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It grooves and clicks and jumps like a fanciful anxious thought, beautiful and foreboding.
Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising: #771 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Listen to this on a battered cassette player for maximum effect.
Sonic Youth – Rather Ripped: #778 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Do you believe in this sweet sensation? You should.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Let’s Face It: #779 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The impression that I get is that this is a rock solid collection of highly enjoyable alternative rock and pop- and punk-infused ska.
Various Artists – Empire Records: The Soundtrack: #786 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A highly pleasurable mix of mid-‘90s tuned and one absolute stunner.
Pearl Jam – Ten: #790 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The pinnacle of Pearl Jam’s output. At least so far.
Descendents – Cool To Be You: #798 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Houston, we have a problem indeed. But not with this record.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!: #799 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Heads will rock n’ roll to this one.
Supersuckers – La Mano Cornuda: #800 of best 1,000 albums ever!
It rocks out while having run rocking out while letting YOU know that they’re… oh, just keep on reading for more.
Catch 22 – Alone in a Crowd: #806 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Don’t point the blame – just check out this frantically upbeat ska punk album.
Parquet Courts – Sunbathing Animal: #807 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Hits that perfect sweet spot between alt rock and garage rock.
Bikini Kill – The Singles: #809 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Fantastic, aggressive, riot grrrl punk rock.
Porno for Pyros – Good God’s Urge: #816 of best 1,000 albums ever!
An album to dig one last time under the Tahitian moon.
Le Butcherettes – Cry Is for the Flies: #817 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Wildly and gloriously weird punk-y art-meets-garage rock. Just dig it.
Brother Meat – Extraordinarily Moist and Delicious: #819 of best 1,000 albums ever!
You want it, you need it, you got it… you got it!
Plumtree – Mass Teen Fainting: #822 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Inviting, energetic, and catchy pop punk.
Descendents – Everything Sucks: #824 of best 1,000 albums ever!
So much that is so great (and so right) about punk rock.
Belly – Star: #826 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A pop grunge vibe that completely works.
The Suicide Machines – Steal This Record: #829 of best 1,000 albums ever!
May the record show that The Suicide Machines have stolen their way into my heart (and another entry on the best 1,000 albums ever list).
Alice in Chains – Facelift: #830 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Lots of AiC in slower-paced grunge mode? Yes please.
Southern Culture on the Skids – Dirt Track Date: #834 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Loose, fun, and fresh sounds from SCotS… down at the dirt track.
Arctic Monkeys – AM: #841 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I’ll call it up when I’m… in any number of states.
Ween – 12 Golden Country Greats: #845 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Plays as great comedic alt country or country rock material or simply flat out great alt country or country rock music, period. Well, except for…
Cracker – Kerosene Hat: #848 of best 1,000 albums ever!
They keep it low, they keep it hot, they keep heads covered.
U2 – Boy: #850 of best 1,000 albums ever!
The first U2 album sounds as fresh and energetic and urgent as ever.
Reel Big Fish – Cheer Up!: #855 of best 1,000 albums ever!
RBF can rock you with their specialty of snarked up ska punk, but it’s the more mature power pop material that really stands out here.
Liam Lynch – Fake Songs: #860 of best 1,000 albums ever!
More than a one-hit wonder album? Whatever.
Various Artists – Luaka Bop 10th Anniversary: Zero Accidents on the Job: #864 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Legit excellent world music, alt rock, funk, and pop from an eclectic group of bands and musicians.
The Lemonheads – It’s A Shame About Ray: #868 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Do you want this album to seduce you? That’d be a yes.
Mad Season – Above: #872 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A supergroup with real chemistry. An album that’s deeply affecting and melancholy and cool.
Blink-182 – Enema of the State: #877 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A great balance of pop and punky alt rock.
Smash Mouth – Fush Yu Mang: #882 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Put your all-star thoughts about this band aside, and you just might be walkin’ on the sun.
Pulp – His ‘n’ Hers: #890 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Britpop that’s deeply soaked in 1970s and 1980s influences spanning post-punk to glam rock to synth pop to dance music.
Mudhoney – Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles: #894 of best 1,000 albums ever!
A freight train of pioneering grungy punk rock energy.
The Offspring – Americana: #896 of best 1,000 albums ever!
I can think of, say, uno dos tres quatro cinco cinco seis reasons…
Cake – Comfort Eagle: #907 of best 1,000 albums ever!
Equal parts fun, good, and ironic.