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NME Top 50 "dark" albums....

veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
edited February 2013 in Other Music
I'm a pretty upbeat, happy person most of the time but I seem to own most of these... :shock:

http://www.nme.com/list/50-darkest-albu ... lbums+ever
Like a book among the many on a shelf...

Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
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  • AzWickerAzWicker Posts: 1,162
    Ummm, where is Dirt?
    Ed: 2011-07-09 2012-11-04
    PJ: 2011-09-03 2011-09-04
  • pj8pj8 Posts: 408
    AzWicker wrote:
    Ummm, where is Dirt?
    My thoughts exactly. Their self titled album belongs on this list too.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Miles Davis Kind of Blue?
    Charlotte 00
    Charlotte 03
    Asheville 04
    Atlanta 12
    Greenville 16, Columbia 16
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    Nashville 22
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,172
    I like Kanye and 808s but that album does not deserve to be anywhere near the top of this list
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  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    AzWicker wrote:
    Ummm, where is Dirt?

    There's a lot more besides which weren't included. I don't think this list was very well researched at all. Still some nice choices though!
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    I'm not familiar with a lot of the ones in the top 15 but I think anything ahead of "The Downward Spiral" would have to put up a good argument to convince me it's darker than that album.
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  • evenflow82evenflow82 Posts: 3,891
    This doesn't surprise me. NME just worships brittish acts (it's a brittish publication, after all) but it seems to do it at the expense of many North American bands. Off the top of my head here are some glaring omissions:

    The Doors debut album
    Bubblegum by Mark Lanegan
    Songs for the Deaf QotSA
    Vitalogy by PJ
    Superunknown by Soundgarden
    Dirt by Alice in Chains
    White Light/White Heat by the Velvet Underground
    Easter Everywhere by the Thirteenth Floor Elevators
    Anything by the Black Angels
    Anything by Tool
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  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Is Jim Morrison American Prayer on the list? Love that album. Dark as hell I think.
  • hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,898
    No Dirt eliminates this list as being in any way valid- Seriously... "I want you to scrape me off the wall and feel dirty like I do?"

    No Mad Season Above, eliminates is in any Way

    No Stabbing Westward Darkest Days eliminates it from validity

    No NIN Broken

    no Faith No More Real Thing...


    No Metallica And justice For All

    No Mazzy Star, no Pink Floyd....NO RHCP Blood sugar...no Charlie Brown Christmas?

    Jerry Cantrell- Degradation Trip

    Soundgarden Down The Upside

    Explosions in the sky the earth is a dead cold place


    No Master Of Puppets

    No Ministry Psalm 69

    Filter Short bus

    Temple Of The Dog


    this list is complete shit
  • DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,429
    evenflow82 wrote:
    Anything by Tool

    This was sorta gonna be my vote too, but I'd really only say Undertow and Aenima. Lateralus is clearly far from shiny/happy, but there's alot of positivity there. 10k Days more of a return to their darker view of the world, but I don't think it carried as much weight as their first 2 full lengths.
  • 63schoefflin63schoefflin Posts: 2,581
    NME is hit or miss... I follow them o Twitter just to get a different perspective and to check out some new bands, but obviously they favor the Brits which is fine bc that's what they are.
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  • LoulouLoulou Adelaide Posts: 6,247
    I think VAST's first album Audio Video Sensory Theatre is particularly dark, especially 'Flames '. Well pretty much all of Jon Crosby's music is quite dark.
    Also Bone Machine- Tom Waits. It sounds like it comes straight from hell! :lol: love it! 'Alice' is quite dark too.
    Right up my alley! ;)
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  • EraserheadEraserhead Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 2,937
    Please listen to White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity by Swans. :)
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    my top 3..

    Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath


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    Joy Division - Unknown pleasures


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    Joy Division - Closer


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  • KH71368KH71368 Florida Posts: 65
    Nirvana - Unplugged in New York is the darkest album of all-time. The End.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,720
    the way Black Sabbath 1st record starts.....

    those fuckers change the history of hard rock that second they recorded that album
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  • veddertownveddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    the way Black Sabbath 1st record starts.....

    those fuckers change the history of hard rock that second they recorded that album

    A-fucking-men!!
    Like a book among the many on a shelf...

    Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
    Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    Dark and depressing... my favorite kind of music.
  • peacefrompaulpeacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    KH71368 wrote:
    Nirvana - Unplugged in New York is the darkest album of all-time. The End.

    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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