These are the thoughts that don't get said out loud, or do get said out loud but bear repeating. These are the thoughts that I can't get rid of simply by putting them in the back of my mind.
My first favorite band was The Thompson Twins. I don't know how or why. When I was at the age where someone decides that they have a favorite band, something about the Twins spoke to me and I just became obsessed. While many people quickly move on from the bands and artists they liked as a child, I am not one of those people. Thompson Twins are still a favorite of mine, but over the years, other bands have replaced them in the top spot. One such band, The Human League, has been with me for almost as long. They had been one of my favorite bands since I was about 12 or so, but they moved in to first place probably around the summer after my senior year in high school, when they released "Octopus." Here are all their studio albums ranked from least favorite, to favorite! 10. HYSTERIA 1984 The dreaded follow up Considering they are my favorite band, I obviously wouldn't say Human League have ever made a totally awful album, but this one is definitely the closest t...
The Thompson Twins. They were my very first favorite band. I've been with them through the ups and downs, and the fall before last I finally got to see their songs performed by Tom Bailey, the frontman who was most responsible for the band's actual music anyway. Of course I would have preferred to see the whole band live, but it was really more than I ever imagined would happen anyway and was an amazing experience. Collecting these albums was a journey for me, the first of many similar journeys as I found and fell in love with other bands throughout my life time, but the Twins will always be the one that started it all! 10. Ether (Babble) 1996 The second and final release by Babble, the band the Thompson Twins eventually morphed into, is not really a bad album per se. It's very chill and ambient and therefore easy to throw on in the background, but as a result it's just not that memorable. The only songs that stand out for me are "Hold the Sky," ...
This one's a doozy! I can't think of another band I follow that has been so prolific and consistent. Since the release of their debut album "Fire" in 2003, the band has pretty much released an album every year (with the exception of a two-year delay between "Fire" and sophomore album "SeƱor Smoke"). At times, I have thought of Electric Six as my favorite band. Usually these times are at the end of one of their euphoric live shows, of which I have witnessed an average of at least one per year. Other times, I lose track or interest briefly, so some of the albums I had to really revisit in order to rank them. I do own most of these, but there are a couple that I never ended up buying but rather chose to just stream. Out of 12 albums (including live disc "Absolute Pleasure"), I own physical copies of 9 of them as well as several CD singles, 7" singles, and even a 7" picture disc ("Radio Ga Ga"). For this countdown, I act...
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