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2005-07- 4, 3:07 AM

100 Greatest Albums from 1985 to 2005 by Spin

七月號的"Spin":http://www.spin.com/公佈了過去二十年來的"百張最佳專輯":http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/covers/2005/06/0507_cover_greatest_albums/。 前陣子才"討論過":http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/005228.html榜單的各個面向，這份新出爐的榜單似乎也一體適用之前得出的結論。這次的1985-2005榜單是由Spin的樂評與編輯群選出的，口味稍偏菁英取向；此外，眾所皆知Spin為美國另類音樂的龍頭刊物，它伴隨著八零年代末期的College Rock、九零初期的Grunge與九零中期的Alternative Movement一同興衰；這些音樂潮流的黃金時期就是Spin最具影響力的階段。因此這份名單裡充斥著大量的美國另類專輯，而Brit-Pop陣營幾乎全軍覆沒自是不難理解。 換個角度看，Spin選出這些專輯，不只推薦了專輯本身，也再次將自己的歷史定位蓋上了認證的戳記。前兩篇文章我提到Rolling Stone早已成為保守退步的代名詞，而曾經被全球的Underground Kids奉為聖經的Spin，它的獨立性與卓越品味也隨著九零年代的終結而再不復返。 音樂風潮與音樂刊物之間唇齒相依的程度有多深，我們在歷史上已看了太多；拿英國為例，Brit-Pop全盛時期的"Q雜誌":http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music絕對是兼具深度與廣度的優良刊物；而現今的Q，充其量就是多了點搖滾內容的偶像八卦雜誌，早已被"Uncut":http://www.uncut.net/遙遙拋在後頭不知多遠了。 同樣的現象也發生在Spin身上。自從另類風潮從地下轉趨主流後，Spin抓的音樂調性也突然間失了準頭。千禧年前後大張旗鼓地Promote一掛實無多大不同的Nu-Metal樂隊，確實嚇跑了許多老讀者。如今站在書店的雜誌區裡，Spin已屬於那類引不起我興趣將它拿在手上翻個幾頁的無趣雜誌。目前美國最好的另類/獨立音樂刊物當屬"Filter":http://www.filter-mag.com/index.html與"Under The Radar":http://www.undertheradarmag.com/，都是寫作質量極高、資訊豐富、排版有型與音樂品味傑出的優秀雜誌。 音樂風潮因後起之秀而不斷更迭，音樂媒體何嘗不是如此？唯有不斷加入新的寫作者，張開雙手接納新興樂種，才能永遠站在先鋒位置，不輕易被後浪淹沒了。"Wire":http://www.thewire.co.uk/current/index.php就是很好的例子。 回到這份榜單，前面加註*號的是讓我下巴差點掉到地上的品項。

100. Strokes - Is This It 99. Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen *98. Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time 97. Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 96. The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash 95. Elastica - s/t 94. Slint - Spiderland 93. Pearl Jam - Ten 92. Big Black - Atomizer 91. XTC - Skylarking 90. Sonic Youth - Sister *89. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell 88. Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup87. Blur - Parklife 86. Meat Puppets - Up On The Sun 85. REM - Automatic For The People 84. Soundgarden - Superunknown *83. At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command 82. Jeff Buckley - Grace 81. Beck - Mellow Gold 80. D'Angelo - Voodoo 79. Moby - Everything Is Wrong 78. The Stone Roses - s/t 77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 76. Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister *75. Le Tigre - s/t 74. Portishead - Dummy 73. Pulp - Different Class 72. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 71. The Jesus & Mary Chain - Psychocandy 70. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 69. DJ Shadow - Entroducing... 68. Tricky - Maxinquaye 67. Slayer - Reign In Blood 66. Outkast - Aquemini *65. Basement Jaxx - Remedy 64. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 63. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 62. Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly 61. Weezer - Pinkerton 60. De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead 59. Modest Mouse - The Lonesome Crowded West 58. Metallica - Master Of Puppets 57. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells 56. PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love 55. The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole 54. The Breeders - Last Splash 53. Rage Against The Machine - The Battle Of Los Angeles 52. Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill 51. Nirvana - In Utero 50. New Order - Low Life 49. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation Of... 48. Radiohead - Kid A 47. Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full 46. The Fall - This Nation's Saving Grace 45. Kanye West - College Dropout 44. Green Day - Dookie 43. B.D.P. - Criminal Minded 42. Jane's Addiction - Nothing's Shocking 41. Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 40. Run D.M.C. - Raising Hell 39. Lucinda Williams - s/t 38. A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory 37. Guided By Voices - Bee Thousand 36. Pixies - Doolittle 35. Dr. Dre - The Chronic 34. Elliott Smith - Either/Or 33. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted 32. The Replacements - Tim 31. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me 30. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die 29. Fugazi - 13 Songs 28. Oasis - Definitely Maybe 27. The Cure - The Head On The Door 26. Bjork - Post 25. Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral 24. Sleater Kinney - Dig Me Out 23. Outkast - Stankonia 22. My Bloody Valentine - Loveless 21. Public Enemy - Fear Of A Black Planet 20. Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) * 19. Hole - Live Through This 18. Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction 17. Nas - Illmatic 16. Beck - Odelay *15. Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville 14. Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation 13. Husker Du - New Day Rising 12. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique 11. U2 - Achtung Baby 10. N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton 9. PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me 8. Prince - Sign O The Times 7. De La Soul - 3 Ft. High And Rising 6. Pixies - Surfer Rosa 5. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 4. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted 3. Nirvana - Nevermind 2. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation... 1. Radiohead - OK Computer

OK Computer再度被加冕不讓人意外，它的歷史定位已接近難以撼動；至於其他九十九個位置，如要我選，大概超過半數都會與Spin的結果不同。（事實上我曾考慮於今年結束前列出自己的All Time Favorite 100 Albums，但這工程太過浩大，能用的時間實在有限。）為了預防一認真起來這篇文章會沒完沒了，按照閃過腦海的順序我列出了三十張不在這份名單中的唱片，都來自過去二十年。

Primal Scream – Screamadelica or XTRMNTR Radiohead – The Bends The Verve –Urban Hymns or A Northern Soul Smashing Pumpkins –Melon Collie & The Infinite Sadness Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space or Lazer Guided Melodies Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin or Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Sigur Ros - Agatis Byrjun Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die or TNT Godspeed You Black Emperor! - F# A# Infinity or Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Galaxie 500 – On Fire Happy Mondays - Pills 'N' Thrills and Bellyaches Air – Moon Safari Massive Attack - Blue Lines or Mezzanine Neil Young – Ragged Glory The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go Suede – Dog Man Star U2 – The Joshua Tree Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds –The Boatman’s Call Slowdive –Souvlaki Ride – Nowhere Spacemen 3 - Playing with Fire or The Perfect Prescription Doves – The Last Broadcast Tindersticks –Tindersticks II Mogwai – Young Team Ryan Adams – Gold Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs Mansun – Attack Of The Grey Lantern Chemical Brithers – Surrender Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One or And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out Underworld – Second Toughest in the Infants Aphex Twin - The Richard D. James Album Blur – 13 or The Great Escape Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Tom Waits – Rain Dogs

結果我還是沒完沒了地列了四十五張。如將這四十五張組織為球隊A，將加註*號的Cornershop - When I Was Born For The 7th Time、Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell、Le Tigre - Le Tigre、At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command、Basement Jaxx – Remedy、Hole - Live Through This、Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville組織為球隊B，兩隊各派一名輪流單挑。如果有人跟我說球隊B能在任何一種對戰組合裡取勝，實在相當難以說服我。 Spin也列出了百張專輯中最驚人的銷售數字。Guns N Roses - Appetite For Destruction已賣出了一千五百萬張；Pearl Jam – Ten已賣出了一千兩百萬張；Nirvana – Nevermind與Green Day – Dookie都賣出了一千萬張；Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP與Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill則賣出了九百萬張。 其實我還滿喜歡看銷售數字的相關報導，常能看出許多有意思的東西。某些樂隊的銷售量比想像中差勁許多，有些則剛好相反，銷量好到超乎想像。以近期的北美市場為例，Coldplay – X&Y上市三週已賣了一百二十四萬張，Oasis新專輯上市一個月只賣了十二萬張；The Killers – Hot Fuss上市一年狂賣了兩百萬張，同樣上市一年的Keane – Hopes & Fears也賣了七十四萬張；Bloc Party – Silent Alarm上市三個月賣了十萬張，Embrace新專輯Out of Nothing上市半個月只賣了兩千七百張。 我們選擇自己的經典榜單時當然不會考慮到銷售量的問題，但瞭解自己喜歡或不喜歡的唱片在商業市場上的表現如何，有時仍是件有趣的事。 伴隨著這份新出爐的榜單，Spin也刊登了一篇由Chuck Klosterman撰寫的"Off The Record":http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/columns/chuck_klosterman/2005/06/06202005_chuck_july_column/ 。此君目前為美國最火熱的搖滾作家之一，新書"Killing Yourself to Live : 85% of a True Story":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743264452/qid=1120413293/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_ur_1/002-2042521-6836855?v=glance&s=books&n=507846昨天才剛從Amazon收到，過陣子閱畢後再來介紹。Off The Record這篇文章列出了過去二十年來Chuck Klosterman認為最重要的其他十件事，包括電影或音樂錄影帶等，都與大眾文化有關；筆調維持一貫的詼諧幽默，頗有閱讀樂趣。 最後列出的是1989年四月號Spin選出的The 25 Greatest Albums of All Time。對照十六年過後的新榜單，真給人滄海桑田之感。

1. James Brown - Sex Machine 2. Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones 3. Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 4. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead 5. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II 6. Television - Marquee Moon 7. Sly and the Family Stone - Fresh 8. Elvis Costello and the Attractions - This Year's Model 9. Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. 10. New Order - Low-life 11. Run-D.M.C. - Run-D.M.C. 12. The Replacements - Let It Be 13. Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul 14. George Michael - Faith 15. Depeche Mode - Black Celebration 16. Al Green - The Belle Album 17. Echo & the Bunnymen - Ocean Rain 18. The Velvet Underground & Nico 19. Leonard Cohen - Songs of Leonard Cohen 20. Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane 21. Van Morrison - Moondance 22. Prefab Sprout - Two Wheels Good 23. Neil Young with Crazy Horse - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 24. Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra 25. Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime

Related Article: "OK Computer? No Problem.":http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/005228.html "100 Greatest Pop Songs Since 1963":http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/005617.html Related Chart: "Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 80’s":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/80s/ "Pitchfork’s Top 100 Albums of the 90’s":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s%20%5b1999%5d/ "Pitchfork’s New Edition of Top 100 Albums of the 90’s":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/90s/ "Pitchfork's Top 100 Albums from 2000 to 2004":http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/top/2000-04/

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蠻認同你的說法
也認同你自己評選的45張A級名單
因為算一算
我也擁有超過半數以上
看來好音樂還是不會被埋沒的
至少有一小群人在口耳相傳著....

由 粉紅機器人六號 發表於 July 4, 2005 11:59 AM

要我选的话要再加这几个
manic street preachers - the holy bible
weezer 同名蓝专辑
suede 同名
the auteurs - new wave

要我排名的话，《the bends》第一，《pinkerton》第二，《suede》第三

台湾应该比大陆更容易得到这些欧美摇滚讯息

由 shakermaker 發表於 August 10, 2005 11:03 AM

Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible的確是遺珠之憾。
上星期才剛看完Weezer的演出，仍舊是爆發力十足啊。

由 pulp 發表於 August 22, 2005 1:27 PM

任何形式的专辑排行榜OK Computer总是毫无悬念的位列第一~
不愧为“全宇宙最佳大碟”啊~~~

由 nike_angus 發表於 May 5, 2006 4:12 AM

cornershop那张碟相当精彩且很有新意
top 100中我听过而又觉得名不副实的有Strokes、Afghan Whigs、The Pogues、Elastica、Yeah Yeah Yeahs、Moby、The White Stripes、Green Day、Hole
而flaming lips、yo la tengo、the verve、spiritualized、spacemen 3、david sylvian、Jon Spencer Blues Explosion等等优秀乐队/歌手没有作品入选实在不应该

由 cornershop 發表於 October 31, 2006 4:14 PM

另外，楼主和我的音乐口味很接近，楼主列的45张碟都很不错，其中我没有的不超过10张

由 cornershop 發表於 October 31, 2006 4:17 PM