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1 The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
(1967)
One would be hard pressed to name a rock album whose influence has been as broad and pervasive as The Velvet Underground and Nico. While it reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures, glam, punk, new wave, goth, noise, and nearly every other left-of-center rock movement owes an audible debt to this set. While The Velvet Underground had as distinctive a sound as any band, what's most surprising about this album is its diversity. Here, the Velvets dipped their toes into dreamy pop ("Sunday Morning"), tough garage rock ("Waiting For The Man"), stripped-down R&B ("There She Goes Again"), and understated love songs ("I'll Be Your Mirror") when they weren't busy creating sounds without pop precedent. …

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1. Yann Tiersen - J'y suis jamais allé
from Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain
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2. Nico – These Days
from Royal Tenenbaums
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3. Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
from Trainspotting
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4. Gary Jules - Mad World
from Donnie Darko
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Perhaps not intentional, but Jimbobbins' late comment on my age-old list of debut albums made me realize how long it has been since my last journal post. Thanks for the much-needed inspiration. So, here’s another go at it, not only because I felt the old list needed an update, but also since I still have an affinity toward the unadulterated sincerity of debut albums. Let’s do a top 30 this time, shall we?



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30. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
The old school has a tendency to grow tedious; their innovations not so apparent anymore, but at least some of them retain their awesomeness. In this case it is possibly a matter of never being revolutionary, rather rock solid, wrapping together the best parts of their gangsta roots and adding a pleasant, if not entirely dead serious Eastern mysticism to the mix. And they did have humor, an incredible flow, personality and coolness, and the Wu-Tang definitely weren’t nothing to fuck with.
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Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen
Jerry Lee Lewis - Pink Cadillac
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive & Wail
Sublime - What I Got
OnOff - Goes Away
Sugarcult - Bouncing Off the Walls
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
The Cure - Lovecats
Bon Iver - Lump Sum
Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
Super Furry Animals - Baby Ate My 8 Ball
The Clarks - The Runaway
Violent Femmes - High As A Kite
Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
Rise Against - Paper Wings

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Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen
Jerry Lee Lewis - Pink Cadillac
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump, Jive & Wail
Sublime - What I Got
OnOff - Goes Away
Sugarcult - Bouncing Off the Walls
Bon Jovi - It's My Life
The Cure - Lovecats
Bon Iver - Lump Sum
Echo & the Bunnymen - Never Stop
13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
Super Furry Animals - Baby Ate My 8 Ball
The Clarks - The Runaway
Violent Femmes - High As A Kite
Wilco - Wilco (The Song)
Rise Against - Paper Wings

Tune in next week for our special NEW YORK themed show! FlirtFM.ie / 101.3 Mondays at 9pm (GMT)!

To be honest, I'm really pulling this week's Top Five straight out of my ass. I've spent my entire week either moving or getting physically and mentally ready to move after my roommate and I decided to go our separate ways. However, I have just the number of tracks in my head to whip together this little post... lucky me.

1)Comfort Eagle - CAKE
2)Lua - Bright Eyes
3)Long Distance Drunk - Modest Mouse
4)You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
5)The Sound of Settling - Death Cab for Cutie

Plus, after a long day of hauling all my belongings across campus yesterday, I treated myself to a little ticket to see Beirut on April 19th at the Electric Factory, which takes places a mere four days after we trek up to the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby to see Death Cab for Cutie! What a week that'll be. Also, along those same lines: the Modest Mouse show at the Electric Factory this past Saturday was phenomenal. The set they played was great, and Isaac Brock never fails to entertain in his fucked up way. …

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

You're Gonna Miss Me : 13th Floor Elevators (Score = 28.63)
House of the Rising Sun : The Animals (Score = 28.02)
The Passenger : Iggy Pop (Score = 22.21)
Marquee Moon : Television (Score = 18.36)
Blank Generation (Remastered Album Version) : Richard Hell and the Voidoids (Score = 17.49)
These Days : Nico (Score = 15.3)
All Along the Watchtower : Jimi Hendrix (Score = 15.13)
Imagine : John Lennon (Score = 15.1)
Love Her Madly : The Doors (Score = 14.9)
Hey Joe : The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Score = 14.64)
Venus : Television (Score = 14.34)
Gloria : Patti Smith (Score = 13.49)
Free Bird : Lynyrd Skynyrd (Score = 13.46)
Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry (Score = 12.83)
Purple Haze : The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Score = 12.63)
Fire : Jimi Hendrix (Score = 12.18)
Personality Crisis : New York Dolls (Score = 11.79)
Free Money : Patti Smith (Score = 11.79)
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