The order of bands....

[Matthew_S]

Here let me help you with this:

1. Pig Lib Crooked Rain Crooked Rain
2. Face The Truth Wowie Zowie
3. Stephen Malkmus (would've been 2. if not for some dumb lyrics) Brighten The Corners
4. Real Emotional Trash (I think he TRIED to make this album bad) Slanted and Enchanted

WHEW! Ok. Better!

You cheated.  Also, switch 1. and 4.

Having Slanted 4th is a complete travesty of justice.  Having Crooked Rain 4th is not much better.    I thought the general consensus on Pavement was near unanimous.  First 2 albums - top shelf, with a battle for supremacy.  3rd is the dividing line -- some prefer it to those previous, some see it as the beginning of the end.  And the last two were at best also-rans, at worst disgracing their predecessors.

(Is there a thread here discussing artists whose later (awful/ repetitive / profoundly disappointing / otherwise problematic ) work has caused you to retrospectively re-evaluate the merit of the earlier creations?)

[ericluxury]

1 Bo Diddley
2 Elvis Presley
3 Chuck Berry

1 The Kinks
2 Led Zeppelin
3 The Who

1 The Clash
2 The Ramones
3 The Sex Pistols

-1 GG Allin
-1 Anal C*nt
-1 Burzum

1 Wu-Tang Clan
2 Jay-Z
3 Nas

1 The Go! Team
2 M.I.A.
3 Santogold

1 Neutral Milk Hotel
2 Guided by Voices
3 Pavement

(hardest one. i love all of them so equally)
1 David Bowie
2 Talking Heads
3 T. Rex

1 Cheap Trick
2 Big Star
3 Badfinger

1 The Cure
2 R.E.M.
3 The Jesus & Mary Chain

new one:
1 Tammy Wynette
2 Dolly Parton
3 Loretta Lynn

[dave from knoxville]

new one:
1 Tammy Wynette

3 Loretta Lynn







279 Dolly Parton

[jbissell]

I'm going to go ahead and be the first person to list the Who at #1.

[yesno]

I'm going to go ahead and be the first person to list the Who at #1.

And I'm going to be the first person to make fun of you for it.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I realized I never rated my own:

1 Santogold
2 M.I.A.
3 The Go! Team

1 Guided by Voices
2 Pavement
3 Neutral Milk Hotel

1 T. Rex
2 David Bowie
3 Talking Heads

1 Cheap Trick
2 Big Star
3 Badfinger
4 The dBs

1 The Cure
2 The Jesus & Mary Chain
3 R.E.M.

Eric's new one:

1 Dolly Parton
2 Loretta Lynn
3 Tammy Wynette

And another new one, listed here in my preferred order:

1 Big Dipper
2 Volcano Suns
3 Mission of Burma

[Susannah]

Why are the dB's ranking so low on everyone's list?  They're way better than Badfinger and Cheap Trick...COMBINED.

[Matt]

Why are the dB's ranking so low on everyone's list? 

Two words: Like This.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Why are the dB's ranking so low on everyone's list?  They're way better than Badfinger and Cheap Trick...COMBINED.

'Cause I don't really know what I'm talking about, maybe.  I do like Cheap Trick, though.

[masterofsparks]

Cheap Trick might be the best band to appear on any of the lists in this thread (this in spite of the fact that 95% of their post-1979 output blows).

[gravy boat]

1 Pavement
2 Modest Mouse
3. Guided by Voices
disqualified --  Neutral Milk Hotel (not enough output)

New One:  The Sibling Set
1. Replacements
2. Fiery Furnaces
3. Breeders
4. White Stripes (cheating - not sure)

[ericluxury]

siblings
1. White Stripes
2. Replacements
3. Breeders
then a gigantic gap
4. Fiery Furnaces

70s/80s Supergroup edition:
1 Blind Faith
2 Asia
3 Emerson Lake & Palmer

pre-CSN groups:
1 Hollies
2 Byrds
3 Buffalo Springfield

[gravy boat]

siblings
1. White Stripes
2. Replacements
3. Breeders
then a gigantic gap (WHAT??)
4. Fiery Furnaces

You are so lucky today is a new day. I would start another Trash Eric Luxury thread.  What's your mailing address? I want to send you a copy of Blueberry Boat ( and multiple magazine subscriptions).

[John Junk 2.0]

I want to send you a copy of Blueberry Boat ( and multiple magazine subscriptions).

I liked it better the first time when it was called the "Into The Woods" soundtrack.

[Beth]

 
1. Breeders
2. White Stripes
3. Replacements
then a gigantic gap
4. Fiery Furnaces

70s/80s Supergroup edition:
1 Asia
2.Emerson Lake and Palmer
3 Bline Faith

pre-CSN groups:
1 Hollies
2 Byrds
3 Buffalo Springfield

I always feel disappointed by the Fiery Furnaces. One of those buzz bands that everyone talked about but always left me feeling flat. Like Vampire Weekend, or that Clap Your Hands Yeah band.