Albums You Forgot Were That Darn Good

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Like a month ago, I ripped my entire CD collection to my external hard drive. I listened to a lot of stuff I hadn't heard in a long time. I removed all the songs off my iPod and filled it with stuff from the 90s that I hadn't heard in a long time.

STP's Core was one of the albums.
Others were:
Alanis Morissette - Unplugged
Blind Melon's three albums
Nirvana - Bleach
and, even though, Green Day's American Idiot came out in 2004, I hadn't listened to it in a couple years since the radio drilled it into the ground. I'd forgotten what a kick-ass masterpiece that is.

 

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Yup. Track 11. Awesome stuff. The whole damn CD is good.

 

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I like Dookie.

 

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Yep. Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod are all on my iPod too.

 

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The best way to listen to Cracker Man is by listening to the song before it. It is all quiet and whatnot, and then suddenly a guy says, "All right. Now what?" and then the riff for Cracker Man starts. That is bad ass.

Also, I used the All right. Now what? as a lead for a football preview story this year because I had been listening to that album so much recently.

 

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Blind Melon's "Soup" is a fucking masterpiece.

There's a DVD out with their last show, at some small club in Chicago. They were known for "No Rain," but they were a tight, tight blues-based rock 'n' roll band.

 

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They were three of my first CDs. I listened to Nimrod and Insomniac yesterday.

 

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When listening to the first album, I always skip "No Rain." "Sleepyhouse" and "Drive" are GREAT songs. That album may be in my Top 10 of ALL-TIME.

 

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Lil Flip's 2002 release, Undaground Legend

 

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REO Speedwagon - Hi InFidelity

 

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a lucky few were able to experience live the alternative rock hurricane that was blind melon. bm bootlegs are pretty rare, and the few that i have never stale when i spin them not very often. deserted, dear ol' dad, time, galaxie, and mouthful of cavities are my top 5 bm songs. and i don't listen to much southern blues based rock much anymore, but bm is always a great experience.

to add to the list i would suggest:

gin blossoms - new miserable experience. it's been almost 15 years since i've ever given a shit about the gin blossoms, but i heard "found out about you" live and what can i say? i was hooked. so many other good songs off nme - till i fall away, allison road, etc. a tragic band that, like bm, had a lot of potential cut down early.

and for those enlightened folk out there, i suggest steve winwood - back in the high life. i don't care what anyone says, winwood's 80s shit is just great. lots of exotic pop sounds, epic as usual winwood vocals, and just a really enjoyable 80s pop. picked it up from my parents, god bless them.

 

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First real grown-up record I ever owned. Still great.