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primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,348
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In my opinion...
1. Alice In Chains "black gives way to blue"
2. Queens Of the Stone Age "like clockwork"
3. Local H "Hey Killer"
4. Foo Fighters "wasting light"
5. Mastodon "the hunter"
6. Mastodon "cold dark place ep"
7. Alice In Chains "the devil put dinosaurs here"
8. Mastodon "once more around the sun"
9. Mastodon "emperor of sand"
10. Local H "hallelujah I'm a bum"
Summerfest 7/8/95
Missoula 6/20/98
Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
Champaign 4/23/03
Alpine Valley 6/21/03
Missoula 8/29/05
Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
Grand Rapids 5/19/06
Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
Tampa 6/12/08
Chicago 8/23/09
Indy 5/7/10
Alpine Valley x2 2011
Wrigley 2013
Milwaukee 14
Telluride 16
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    Of The AggieOf The Aggie The ATX Posts: 1,497
    In no order:
    1.  AIC  - Rainer Fog
    2.  Cold War Kids - LA Divine
    3.  U2 - Songs of Innocence/Experience
    4.  Kings of Leon - WALLS
    5.  Metallica - Hardwired...To Self-Distruct
    6.  Florence + The Machine - Ceremonials
    7.  Collective Soul - See What You Started By Continuing
    8.  Silversun Pickups - Better Nature
    9.  Soundgarden - King Animal
    10.  Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
    11.  The Chemical Brothers - Further

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    joe159joe159 Decatur, IL. Posts: 307
    Local H  “hallelujah I’m a bum” would definitely be in my top 5. 
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    No particular order 

    1. Brandi Carlile- By The Way, I Forgive You

    2. Honey Honey- 3

    3. Deftones- Gore

    4. Chris Cornell- Songbook 

    5. Fiona Apple- The Idler Wheel....

    6. Gojira- Magma

    7. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds- Skeleton Tree

    8. Pearl Jam- Lightning Bolt 

    9. Ryan Adams- 1989

    10. A Perfect Circle- Eat the Elephant

    11. Tool- Fear Inoculum 

    12. Sturgill Simpson- Sailors Guide...

    13-15. All 3 Wheeler Walker Jr albums


    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
    ooooh tough one i'll have to work on a list
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,764
    In alpha order:

    Carlton Melton:  Photos of Photos
    Dinosaur Jr.:  Bug: Live At The 9:30 Club
    Dinosaur Jr.: Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not.
    J Mascis:  Several Shades of Why
    J Mascis:  Tied to a Star
    J Mascis:  Elastic Days
    Juliana Hatfield: Pussycat
    Kurt Vile: Bottle it In.
    The Replacements:  Songs For Slim
    Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Colorado




    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,118
    I wish I listened more to music, and remembered albums I've listened to more...

    But I guess these would be on it:
















    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    Tim SimmonsTim Simmons Posts: 6,986
    edited November 2019
    Burial - Rival Dealer
    Frank Ocean - Blonde
    Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
    Carly Rae Jensen - Emotion
    Beyonce - Lemonade
    Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
    LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening
    Taylor Swift - Red
    Japandroids - Celebration Rock


    no order
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    F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 30,664
    edited November 2019
    As I look them up a number of ones I would have included released in 2009.
    Shows how little I listen to new music!
    Not in order...if I had to pick my favorite, it is Pearl Jam, because I am a homer like that.
    Next might actually be Westworld, although there are some other records there I really like.

    Edit -- Songbook is tops!  With this edit, I make an 11 record listing, because, we go to 11.
    • Songbook - Chris Cornell
    • Black Keys - Brothers
    • Black Keys - El Camino
    • PJ - Lightning Bolt
    • Soundgarden - King Animal
    • Arctic Monkeys - Suck It and See
    • A Giant Dog - Pile
    • The Revivalists - Men Amongst Mountains
    • The Revivalists - Take Good Care
    • Westworld - Season 1
    • Primus - Green Naugahyde

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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,118
    primussucks said:
    1. Alice In Chains "black gives way to blue"
    That's not this decade.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,348
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    primussucks said:
    1. Alice In Chains "black gives way to blue"
    That's not this decade.
    Came out in 2010 didn't it??
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
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    Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 29,118
    primussucks said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    primussucks said:
    1. Alice In Chains "black gives way to blue"
    That's not this decade.
    Came out in 2010 didn't it??
    i thought 2009. maybe im wrong
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,413
    September 29, 2009
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
    in no real order (yet):

    Arcade Fire-  The Suburbs (2010)
    Arctic Monkeys- AM (2013)
    Queens of the Stone Age- Villains (2017)
    Foo Fighters- Wasting Light (2011)
    Daft Punk- Random Access Memories (2013)
    Ghost- Meliora (2015)
    The Black Keys- El Camino (2011)
    The War on Drugs- Lost in the Dream (2014)
    Jack White- Blunderbuss (2012)
    The Racontuers- Help Us Stranger (2019)
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,082
    edited November 2019
    This is fun reading these.

    In No Order...

    Thee Oh Sees- Smoat Reverser
    Ty Segall- Mutilator
    LCD Soundsystem- This is Happening
    Tool- Fear Inoculum
    The Weeks- Easy
    Jay Z Kanye- Watch the Throne
    Awolnation- Run
    Foster The People- Torches
    Cardi B- Invasion of Privacy
    All Them Witches- Sleeping Through The War
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    Glorified KCGlorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,503
    I'll throw out a few of my favorites, I can't argue if they're the "best"
    • Arcade Fire - Everything Now
    • Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You
    • The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger
    • Jack White - Lazaretto
    • Relaxer - Alt-J
    • The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
    • A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead
    • Fear Innoculum - Tool
    • Random Access Memories - Daft Punk
    • Yours, Dreamily - The Arcs
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,420
    edited November 2019
    YTCracker - Introducing Neals - probably my favorite album of the decade, the rest are in no particular order
    Veruca Salt - Ghost Notes
    Pearl Jam - Constitution Hall 9/19/98
    Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
    Metric - Art of Doubt
    Ghost - Meliora
    Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun
    Hilltop Hoods - The Great Expanse
    Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania
    Jenny Lewis - Voyager
    Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour
    Nine Inch Nails - Not The Actual Events/Add Violence/Bad Witch
    Battles - Gloss Drop
    Rush - Clockwork Angels
    Lady Gaga - Born This Way
    Lady Gaga - Joanne
    Meg Myers - Sorry
    Billy Strings - Home
    Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
    Billlie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob
    The Chats - Get This In Ya
    Illy - The Chase
    360 - Falling & Flying

    Obviously this is mostly shit I listen to and I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff...
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    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,420
    Why does my shit always double space?
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 (xx) / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24
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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    edited November 2019
    A dozen of my favorites:
    David Bowie -- Blackstar
    Neko Case -- Hell-On
    Billie Eilish -- When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Karen O & Danger Mouse -- Lux Prima
    OST -- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
    Pearl Jam -- Lightning Bolt
    The Raconteurs -- Help Us Stranger
    Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter -- Marble Son
    Tom Waits -- Bad as Me
    Roger Waters -- Is This the Life We Really Want?
    Neil Young -- Le Noise
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse -- Psychedelic Pill
    I SAW PEARL JAM
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    May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,666
    edited December 2019
    Hey Rosetta!-Second Sight
    The War on Drugs-Lost in a Dream
    Hiss Golden Messenger-Heart Like a Levee
    Kendrick Lamar-Butterfly... and DAMN.
    Amen Dunes-Freedom
    Bon Iver-all three albums from this decade are awesome
    Hansard-Didn't He Ramble
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    Add The Deftones- Diamond Eyes to my list. Love the Deftones. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    No CoderNo Coder Brisbane Posts: 1,126
    Here's mine - 
    By the Way I Forgive you - Brandi Carlile
    IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistence
    IDLES  - Brutalism
    Gang Of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
    Gang of Youths - The Positions
    WAAX Big Grief
    Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emporer
    Bon Iver - Bon Iver
    Maggie Rogers - Heard it in a Past Life
    Black Pumas - Black Pumas
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
    Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
    Wolf  Alice - My Love is Cool
    Chris Cornell - Songbook
    You+Me - rose ave.
    Tired Lion - Dumb Days
    Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
    City and Colour - Little Hell
    Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
    Meg Mac - Low Blows
    The Middle East - I Want That you are always Happy
    Violent Soho - Hungry Ghost
    Logic - Bobby Tarantino II
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me

    *BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
    *BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
    *BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
    *QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
    *EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
    *Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
    *EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
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    RYMERYME Wisconsin Posts: 1,904
    edited November 2019
    In my humble opinion I declare this best rock album 2019.  Sturgill Simpson Sound and Fury.
    Give it an honest listen cover to cover on whatever your Music playing vehicle is.  What say you?  I've ordered the CD and the vinyl,  I think it's fist-pumping punch the ceiling in your car play drums on the steering wheel while driving a hundred miles an hour down the freeway or down a Country Road with a lit joint in your hand.  Hank Williams meets Pink Floyd? maybe David Bowie ish?
    No real genre totally innovative and refreshing.  Hard Rock guitars with sexy synthesizing.   can't put my finger on it.  I Just love it!! =)
    Upon further thought not Hank Williams.
    It's more like Waylon>Pink Floyd> David Bowie>Pearl Jam and probably some others but he's unique unto himself.
     this music accelerates like Pearl Jam's early music did.  The song writing rhythms and riffs are badass, intertwined with vulnerabilities similar to Eddie V.
    All Said and Done reminds me a little bit of Black.  The guitar solo in this one sounds like something Mike McCready would do.
    https://youtu.be/-nrGmG4MN0k
    Sound & Fury https://g.co/kgs/E2t7Pf 

    Make Art Not Friends
    https://youtu.be/U0-mjAB_Mig
    Maybe I'm a little off topic with rock album of the year.  But I didn't want to start a new thread.

    Very clever lyrics, and a killer album cover to boot. 
    Fastest Horse In Town is about getting rich off the backs of broken down horses, literally and figuratively.. fantastic!! extraordinary!!
    https://youtu.be/qBYct1Ed_Eo
    Cheers!!
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    May 30thMay 30th Posts: 1,666
    No Coder said:
    Here's mine - 
    By the Way I Forgive you - Brandi Carlile
    IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistence
    IDLES  - Brutalism
    Gang Of Youths - Go Farther in Lightness
    Gang of Youths - The Positions
    WAAX Big Grief
    Marilyn Manson - The Pale Emporer
    Bon Iver - Bon Iver
    Maggie Rogers - Heard it in a Past Life
    Black Pumas - Black Pumas
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
    Pearl Jam - Lightning Bolt
    Wolf  Alice - My Love is Cool
    Chris Cornell - Songbook
    You+Me - rose ave.
    Tired Lion - Dumb Days
    Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
    City and Colour - Little Hell
    Gaslight Anthem - Handwritten
    Meg Mac - Low Blows
    The Middle East - I Want That you are always Happy
    Violent Soho - Hungry Ghost
    Logic - Bobby Tarantino II
    great list!!!
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    pearljammr78pearljammr78 Posts: 1,613
    You + Me is a great album. Just got told about it. Real cool. 
    Peace,Love and Pearl Jam.
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    ceskaceska New York Posts: 1,082
    edited November 2019
    Top Ten, er, Eleven:
    1 Joseph Arthur - The Ballad of Boogie Christ
    2a/b. The Spring Standards - Would Things be Different; Yellow/Gold
    3. Drive-By Truckers - American Band
    4. Lucius - Wildewoman
    5. Trapper Schoepp - Run Engine Run
    6. Wilco - The Whole Love
    7. Mark Lanegan - Blues Funeral
    8. Joan Shelley - Over and Even
    9. Eric Stuart Band - Lipstick and Barbed Wire
    10. Mdou Moctar - Ilana the Creator

    Honorable Mentions:
    Erika Wennerstrom - The Sweet Unknown; Old 97s - The Grand Theater Vol 1; AA Bondy - Believers;
    Joseph Arthur - The Graduation Ceremony. Come Back World; Lucius- Good Grief;
    Wilco - Star Wars, Ode to Joy; Mazzy Star - Seasons of Your Day;
    Joan Shelley - Electric Ursa, Joan Shelley; Drive-By Truckers - English Oceans.

    PS - Looks like the whole forum is now double spacing? or at least this whole thread
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    brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,764
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Why does my shit always double space?
    It's an ongoing problem with these forums:


    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.













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    rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,357
    edited November 2019
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    I feel other albums that I enjoyed upon their release but no longer listen to (eg, Soundgarden's King Animal; U2's Songs of Innocence/Experience; Lightning Bolt) were more about my love for the particular band at an earlier time and not so much about the quality of the release itself. I think Radiohead's album stands up quite well compared to their earlier work (although I don't know if I'd say the same about The King of Limbs).
    That Sturgell Simpson album (Sound & Fury) is pretty solid, I must admit.
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,413
    RYME said:
    In my humble opinion I declare this best rock album 2019.  Sturgill Simpson Sound and Fury.
    Give it an honest listen cover to cover on whatever your Music playing vehicle is.  What say you?  I've ordered the CD and the vinyl,  I think it's fist-pumping punch the ceiling in your car play drums on the steering wheel while driving a hundred miles an hour down the freeway or down a Country Road with a lit joint in your hand.  Hank Williams meets Pink Floyd? maybe David Bowie ish?
    No real genre totally innovative and refreshing.  Hard Rock guitars with sexy synthesizing.   can't put my finger on it.  I Just love it!! =)
    Upon further thought not Hank Williams.
    It's more like Waylon>Pink Floyd> David Bowie>Pearl Jam and probably some others but he's unique unto himself.
     this music accelerates like Pearl Jam's early music did.  The song writing rhythms and riffs are badass, intertwined with vulnerabilities similar to Eddie V.
    All Said and Done reminds me a little bit of Black.  The guitar solo in this one sounds like something Mike McCready would do.
    https://youtu.be/-nrGmG4MN0k
    Sound & Fury https://g.co/kgs/E2t7Pf 

    Make Art Not Friends
    https://youtu.be/U0-mjAB_Mig
    Maybe I'm a little off topic with rock album of the year.  But I didn't want to start a new thread.

    Very clever lyrics, and a killer album cover to boot. 
    Fastest Horse In Town is about getting rich off the backs of broken down horses, literally and figuratively.. fantastic!! extraordinary!!
    https://youtu.be/qBYct1Ed_Eo
    Cheers!!
    It’s great, but so believe Sailor’s is the Sturg album for this discussion. 

    I need to put together a list shortly.
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    Glorified KCGlorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,503
    edited November 2019
    rummy said:
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    I feel other albums that I enjoyed upon their release but no longer listen to (eg, Soundgarden's King Animal; U2's Songs of Innocence/Experience; Lightning Bolt) were more about my love for the particular band at an earlier time and not so much about the quality of the release itself. I think Radiohead's album stands up quite well compared to their earlier work (although I don't know if I'd say the same about The King of Limbs).
    That Sturgell Simpson album (Sound & Fury) is pretty solid, I must admit.
    I enjoyed King of Limbs, if you don’t judge it on the context of Radiohead’s catalog.  I would rank it near the bottom of their studio albums, but still enjoy the album.  If you haven’t seen them perform it live at Austin City Limits, I recommend doing so.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
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    rummyrummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,357
    edited November 2019
    cdthomas1981 said:
    rummy said:
    Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
    I feel other albums that I enjoyed upon their release but no longer listen to (eg, Soundgarden's King Animal; U2's Songs of Innocence/Experience; Lightning Bolt) were more about my love for the particular band at an earlier time and not so much about the quality of the release itself. I think Radiohead's album stands up quite well compared to their earlier work (although I don't know if I'd say the same about The King of Limbs).
    That Sturgell Simpson album (Sound & Fury) is pretty solid, I must admit.
    I enjoyed King of Limbs, if you don’t judge it on the context of Radiohead’s catalog.  I would rank it near the bottom of their studio albums, but still enjoy the album.  If you haven’t seen them perform it live at Austin City Limits, I recommend doing so.
    I agree with what you are saying about TKOL. It's a decent record but just not as good as the one before it (In Rainbows) or after it (A Moon Shaped Pool). I listen to it's From The Basement more than the album itself. I think "The Daily Mail" is better than anything on it.
    I will definitely revisit the Live at Austin City Limits performance. Thanks for the recommendation.
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