One of the few bands that anyone has done that I care about. Here's my version... Killing Joke Killing Joke 10 What's THIS For…! 8 Revelations 4 Fire Dances 7 Night Time 5 Brighter Than a Thousand Suns 3 Outside the Gate 1 Extremities, Dirt, and Various Repressed Emotions 10 Pandemonium 9 Democracy 5 Killing Joke (2003) 9 Hosannas From the Basements of Hell 4 Absolute Dissent 9 MMXXII 7 And here one for another favorite band... Sparks Sparks 3 A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing 9 Kimono My House 8 Propaganda 9 Indiscreet 7 Big Beat 8 Introducing 3 No. 1 In Heaven 6 Terminal Jive 2 Whomp That Sucker 8 Angst In My Pants 8 In Outer Space 5 Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat 4 Music That You Can Dance To 1 Interior Design 1 Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins 8 Plagiarism 5 Balls 2 Lil Beethoven 10 Hello Young Lovers 9 Exotic Creatures Of The Deep 9 The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman 5
Nice, and my ratings would have been similar. But I would have only rated the studio albums as I'm not familiar with compilations or live efforts
Iron Maiden S/T - 9 Killers - 10 Number of the Beast - 9 Peice of Mind - 10 Powerslave - 8 After that they lost me, I kind of cheated, if someone would like to finish the Iron Maiden or do their own full list please do.
REM Chronic Town EP - 7 Murmur - 8 Reckoning - 9 Fables Of The Reconstruction - 9 Life's Rich Pageant - 8 Document - 7 Green - 6 Out Of Time - 7 Automatic For The People - 8 Monster - 7 New Adventures In Hi - Fi - 7 Up - 8 Reveal - 6 Around The Sun - 3 Accelerate - 4 Collapse Into Now - 4
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds From Her To Eternity - 9 The First Born Is Dead - 7 Kicking Against the Pricks - 8 Your Funeral...My Trial - 9 Tender Prey - 9 The Good Son - 10 Henry's Dream - 7 Live Seeds - 9 Let Love In- 10 Murder Ballads - 9 The Boatman's Call - 6 No More Shall We Part - 4 Nocturama - 4 Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus - 9 Dig, Lazarus, Dig! - 6 Push The Sky Away - 7
Interesting as we don't vary that much except for Brighter which I love and you seem to dislike pretty badly and Hosannas which you similarly panned. Might I ask what it is about Hosannas you dislike so much? Is it the production? The lengthy, industrial tinged songs? I, personally, find it to be one of their heaviest outings and it'd get a 10 from me for "Gratitude" almost alone. That said, I didn't like it either upon initial listens. It's a "grower" of an album that with repeated plays has become a favorite. In fact, it might be the Killing Joke album I listen to the most!
Interesting. I seem to like the later stuff better than a lot of people, but overall, I think I'd agree with your assessments except I'd give Nocturama a much higher rating as well as Dig. Thanks for doing that, though.
My Bloody Valentine This Is Your Bloody Valentine - 3 Ecstasy - 7 Isn't Anything - 10 Loveless - 9 mbv - 8
Cheap Trick: S/T-10 In Color-10 Heaven Tonight-10 Live At Budokon-7 Dream Police-8 All Shook Up-8 One On One-9 Next Position Please-8 Standing On The Edge-8 The Doctor-4 Lap Of Luxury-5 Busted-5 Woke Up w/A Monster-7 S/T-9 Special One-7 Rockford-9 The Latest-7
I think Nick's still doing quality work in the latter stages of his career. I just proceed with caution more. I'm not overly fond of Warren Ellis taking over as the unofficial music director of the band and wish Nick would get over his bromance with him.
The Jam In The City - 6 This Is The Modern World - 5 All Mod Cons - 8 Setting Sons - 8 Sound Affects - 9 The Gift - 9 Style Council Café Bleu - 9 Our Favourite Shop - 10 The Cost Of Loving - 8 Confessions Of A Pop Group - 7 Modernism - 6 Paul Weller Paul Weller - 9 Wild Wood - 9 Stanley Road - 8 Heavy Soul - 8 Heliocentric - 7 Illumination - 6 Studio 150 - 5 As Is Now - 7 22 Dreams - 10 Wake Up The Nation - 9 Sonik Kicks - 8
Public Image Ltd First Issue - 8.5 Second Edition - 7 Flowers Of Romance - 3 This Is What You Want... - 7 Album/Cassette.... - 8.5 Happy? - 6 9 - 6 That What Is Not - 8 This Is Pil - (Do not know it well enough) Kate Bush The Kick Inside - 9.5 Lionheart - 8 Never For Ever - 8.5 The Dreaming - 8.5 Hounds Of Love - 7.5 Sensual World - 7 Red Shoes - 7.5 Aerial - 6.5 Director's Cut - (don't know it) 50 Words For Snow - 6 but still new to me so that may change a bit The Jam In The City - 8 This Is The Modern World - 7 All Mod Cons - 9.5 Setting Sons - 8.5 Sound Affects - 9 The Gift - 7
I've heard similar complaints about Warren Ellis in other NC&TBS threads. I think once Mick Harvey left the band, Nick kind of turned to him as they've done a lot of work together on soundtracks and so forth. But I understand what you're saying. That said, I am huge Warren Ellis/Dirty Three fan, so I don't have the problem you do. Big Mick Harvey, fan, too, though!
The Smiths The Smiths - 8.5 Meat is Murder - 8.0 (title track drags it down a bit) The Queen is Dead - 9.5 Strangeways, Here We Come - 9.0 Rank (the live album) -4.5 as far as the comps with non-album cuts, I'll go with Louder Than Bombs. I'll give it a 9.5 instead of 10, because of Golden Lights, the only Smiths song I dislike.
The Clash The Clash - 8 Give 'Em Enough Rope - 7 London Calling - 8 Sandinista - 8 Combat Rock - 8 Cut The Crap - 6 [YES MICK IT DOES EXIST]
One of the main reason's Mick left the band was because Nick made Ellis his go-to guy. He relied less and less on Harvey. Out of all the people who've floated in and out of Cave's orbit over the years, the most consistent and important person was always Mick Harvey. That said, Push the Sky Away turned out better than I expected.
Metallica 1983 - 1988 (greatest metal band ever) Kill em all 9 Ride the lightning 10 Master of Pupperts 10 ...and justice for all 8.5 Sorry, still don't own the black album. It represents their fall from grace.
The Damned Damned Damned Damned - 9.5 Music For Pleasure - 7 Machine Gun Etiquette - 8.5 Black Album - 9.5 Strawberries - 9 Phantasmagoria - 7.5 Anything - 5.5 ...I'll end it there since I don't know the material afterwards as well
The Gun Club Fire of Love - 10 Death Party (EP)- 7 Miami - 8 The Las Vegas Story - 9 Mother Juno - 7 Pastoral Hide and Seek - 5 Divinity - 6 Lucky Jim - 5
KISS 8.5 Hotter than Hell 9 Dressed to Kill 8 Alive! 10 Destroyer 9 Rock n Roll Over 8 Love Gun 6 Alive II 8 Ace 10 Paul 8.5 Gene 2 Peter 2.5 Dynasty 8 Unmasked 4.5 The Elder 5 Creatures of the Night 9 Lick it Up 7.5 Animalize 5 Asylum 6 Crazy Nights 4 Hot in the Shade 4.5 Revenge 7.5 Alive III 7 Carnival of Souls 8 Psycho Circus 3 Sonic Boom 4 Monster 4
