Alright, I'm going to start going local for the next few picks. In the 1994-1996 category, I pick the classic 10" split EP by The Primrods & Wagbeard.
You can still find copies of this around at Sloth or Melodiya. It was put out by Pornstar / Sloth records (back when Dave Muir used to actively put out albums).
The Primrods were my hands-down favorite Calgary band for a long time. This four song side features them at their best, with P5 as the front man. Paul would go on to front The New 1-2 (who were awesome), and was also in XL-Birdsuit and, after a move to Edmonton, Twin Fang. (They were both awesome too.)
The good people at Catch & Release records put out a compilation called Sh*t Side Story, which includes all the songs from this record, plus earlier tunes from their cassettes.
Wagbeard was equally great. The three tunes on here are great. The biggest testament I ever saw to how loved this band was in Calgary was the reunion show at the Night Gallery in 98 or 99. I never saw that room so full for anything else. I thought the floor was going to collapse.
Here's the video for Wagbeard's 'Too Easy' , which isn't on this record, but who cares:
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Some CDs contain two hidden tracks. At index mark number 13 appears another version of "You Oughta Know" with a heavier bass guitar (a remix by Jimmy Boyelle called "The Jimmy the Saint Blend"), followed by an un-indexed a cappella recording of "Your House" (sometimes referred to as "Forgive Me Love"). Other CDs only contain "Your House" as a bonus track.
Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album (and the first to be released internationally) by CanadiansingerAlanis Morissette. The album made a sharp turn in genre and style for Morissette from her previous dance pop sound.
The album had a slow rise up the charts, but four million copies were shipped in the U.S. during 1996, and in 1997 it became the best-selling album of the year, with ten million shipments. On July 29, 1998, the RIAA certified it 16ื platinum.
It was the second-best-selling album of the 1990s, behind Shania Twain's Come on Over,[1] with twenty-eight million copies sold by 2000. By January 2005, the album had sold 30 million units worldwide.
In October 2002, Rolling Stone ranked it number 31 on its Women In Rock - The 50 Essential Albums list, and in 2003 the magazine ranked it number 327 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
And something I wasn't aware of until now...
Dave Navarro – guitar on "You Oughta Know" Flea – bass on "You Oughta Know"
There is no filler on this record. It's flawless and the great thing about it, as is the case with some other great rock records, is that it was largely born of the hatred that bandmates Roger Hodgson and Rick Davies had growing inside for each other. That emotion produced 10 great songs, 4 of which were massive hits. Any of the ten could've been hits, IMO. It's that solid from start to finish. Solidly my favorite Supertramp record, although my favorite Supertamp track is NOT on this one!
If you put a gun to my head and made me pick my 6 favorite tracks, it would be these. Gone Hollywood
The Logical Song
Take The Long Way Home
Lord Is It Mine
Just Another Nervous Wreck
Child Of Vision
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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I had no idea what to put in this category, until I suddenly realized this fits.
For our 11th round pick, team Twist/Shout picks Things To Make and Do (2000) by Moloko.
This is by far my favourite electronic act, with one of coolest vocalists ever to grace the music business, who also happens to have a great voice and who can even write decent lyrics.I would also call her the best dresser in the business, although she's also the sort of the person that looks cool in anything, and occasionally wears some really weird things.I am of course talking about R๓isin Murphy
A classic, funny story about the bands birth.; "R๓isin Murphy was born in Ireland, and had no prior professional experience as a singer. Mark Brydon already had an extensive CV within the dance music community as a remixer and member of pop/house acts House Arrest and Cloud 9. They met at a party in Sheffield, England, when Murphy approached Brydon using the chat-up line "Do you like my tight sweater? See how it fits my body!" This line would later become the title of their debut album, recorded while the pair were dating."
Now, if ever a chick like miss R๓isin would approach me with a line like that, I'd propably ask her to marry me on the spot (thus ruining my chances of that actually happening, naturally).
"Things to Make and Do is the third album from the electronic/dance duo Moloko. It was issued in the UK in 2000 by Echo Records. Things to Make and Do was a departure sonically for Moloko, as the album featured songs relying less on electronics and more on live musicians. In addition to the change in musical styles, the album also featured lead singer R๓isํn Murphy
using previously unheard technique in her vocals. At the time of its release, Murphy summed up her previous vocal style by saying "I was 19 when I made Tight Sweater, and I knew I was pretending, but if I tried not to, I’d still be pretending. Now, I know myself better.”"
"The album's first single "The Time is Now" became Moloko's biggest hit, peaking at number two on the UK singles chart, prompting a number-three debut for Things to Make and Do in the UK."
"Just You and Me Dancing" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens/Paul Slowley)
"If You Have a Cross to Bear You May as Well Use It as a Crutch" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens/Paul Slowley)
"Keep Stepping" (Brydon/Murphy/Stevens)
"Sing It Back (Boris' Musical Mix)
It's a long album with lot's of good tracks, many of which can be found on YouTube as fanvids, some of which are actually pretty cool. (The Time is Now and Pure Pleasure Seeker are the only official videos.)
Pure Pleasure Seeker (great video)
Being is Bewildering
Remain the Same
The Time Is Now
Mother
It's Nothing
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Because I still feel dirty for finding to way to work them into my last music draft team, I will take in the Greatest Hits category, Death To The Pixies (1987-1991)
I love this band.
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Not the Mexican Beatles, Beastie Boys, Radiohead, or any of the other bands that the lazy rock press in America has dubbed Caf้ Tacuba, this is the Mexican Caf้ Tacuba. Furthermore, despite an obnoxious blurb from a music magazine pasted on the outside of the disc, Cuatro Caminos is not the "Rock en Espa๑ol Kid A." Kid A isn't this good. .. The Tacubas have reinvented themselves as a band once again by changing all the rules of the game of songwriting and making records. This isn't some artsy, pretentious mishmash of intellectual crap full of inside jokes. This is dirty, raucous, greasy, innocently wild, soulful, and raggedly elegant rock & roll that happens to be art because of its originality, energy, and guts. This is a serious candidate for rock record of the year. Cuatro Caminos is as brave as Zapata's revolution and as much fun as an electrified Latin son band playing the Clash and Chuck Berry at the same time.
Caf้ Tacuba is one of the best bands in the world . . . despite its minor flaws, Cuatro Caminos ranks among the most innovative and soulful full-lengths to see release this year, the rare albums on which a fantastically popular group with a firm grasp of their direction and sound is able to produce some of their most memorable and mesmerizing songs without sacrificing any of their experimentation and audacity.
Eo
Eres
Ojala Que Llueva Cafe (Live, traditional song)
La Venganza De Los Pelados (Revenge of the Underdogs with Los Lobos)
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with our next selection, I am ecstatic to choose in the category:
1991-1993: Tool - Undertow
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Originally Posted by allmusic
Just as grunge was reaching its boiling point and radio-friendly punk-pop loomed on the horizon, Tool released Undertow, which firmly reinforced metal's prominence as a musical style — but, for once, it had something worthwhile to say. At the forefront of Tool's commercial explosion were striking, haunting visuals that complemented the album's nihilistic yet wistful mood. Tool's abrasive sonic assault begins from the opening notes and continues through the final moments of the last composition, an open mockery of organized religion and its incapacity for original thought. With its technical brilliance, musical complexities, and aggressive overtones, Undertow not only paved the way for several bands to break through to the mainstream adolescent mall-rage demographic, it also proved that metal could be simultaneously intelligent, emotional, and brutal.
The album was similar in style, both musically and lyrically, to the Pixies' last album Trompe le Monde. Frank Black was characterized by a focus on UFOs and science fiction, although he explored other eclectic subjects, such as in "I Heard Ramona Sing", a song about the Ramones.
Two singles from the album - "Los Angeles" and "Hang on to Your Ego" - were released in 1993. "Los Angeles" is featured on the game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland
While the Pixies' 1991 album Trompe le Monde was being recorded, Black, known as Black Francis at the time, had discussions with the album's producer, Gil Norton, about a possible solo record.[1] He told Norton he was keen to record again, even though he had no new material; as a result, the two decided on a cover album. However, by the time Francis visited a recording studio again in 1992, he had "plenty of tunes and musical scraps".[2]
He collaborated with Eric Drew Feldman to record new material; they began by trimming down the number of covers to one, The Beach Boys' "Hang On to Your Ego".[3] Feldman became the album's producer, and played keyboard and bass guitar on several songs,[4] with former Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago on lead guitar.[5] Francis recorded the album during the hiatus and breakup of the Pixies in late 1992 and early 1993. He then adopted the stage name "Frank Black" (inverting his old persona "Black Francis") and released the results as Frank Black in March 1993.[6]
Frank Black was characterized by a focus on UFOs and science fiction, although he explored other eclectic subjects, such as in "I Heard Ramona Sing", a song about the Ramones.[7] The album was similar in style, both musically and lyrically, to the Pixies' albums Bossanova and Trompe le Monde. Feldman later said that the first record connected his solo career with Trompe le Monde, "but at the same time it is an island, like nothing else he [Black] did".[8]
In live performances, Black said the song Czar was about folk singer John Denver, particularly his energy crisis-era activism and his unsuccessful attempt to become a space tourist.
Frank Black found a fan in "The X-Files" creator Chris Carter, who named the lead character in his second TV series "Millennium" after Black. Also, the track "Man of Steel" on the X-Files soundtrack album "Songs in the Key of X" was provided by Black.
With our next pick Better Late Than Never chooses Helloween - Walls of Jericho in the 1981-1985 category.
Walls of Jericho is the debut full length studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1985. In 1988, the Helloween EP/mini-LP and the Judas EP were added to the Walls Of Jericho track listing; they are now released as a compilation.
Track listing
1. "Walls of Jericho" (Weikath/Hansen) 0:53
2. "Ride the Sky" (Hansen) 5:54
3. "Reptile" (Weikath) 3:45
4. "Guardians" (Weikath) 4:19
5. "Phantoms of Death" (Hansen) 6:33
6. "Metal Invaders" (Hansen/Weikath) 4:10
7. "Gorgar" (Hansen/Weikath) 3:57
8. "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)" (Hansen/Weikath) 4:08
9. "How Many Tears" (Weikath) 7:11
I will select in the category of 2000-02, Aaliyah's I Care 4 U. It was released in December of 2002, and is a compilation of the late singers best and most popular singles. I was a big Aaliyah fan, it was quite sad hearing about her death in a plane crash. She had quite the career going at the time.
One of her first, if not the first, hit single, Back and Forth
Try Again
More than a Woman
If Your Girl Only Knew
We need a resolution
Rock the Boat - Her final video. She was flying back from shooting this video when her plane crashed.
Miss You = Featuring artists saying their goodbyes to Aaliyah
I really loved her voice and style, she was one of my favourite singers.
