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Rolling Stone ranks the top 40 emo albums of all-time
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RPS37
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Not sure if you're kidding but I'm pretty sure its this band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4qSpn4pELU
PassiveObserver
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Gave that Owls record another listen today and it's fucking ace. Too bad Two didn't quite live up to the high expectations, sounding more like a Joan of Arc album. Those Kinsellas really had a handle on emo.
rocketskates
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I like both of y'all :x
That's a little reductive.
The Hotelier is one of the best emo bands around and they talk about more stuff than relationships, same for World Is a Beautiful Place. And these were just the first two that came to my mind.
Also, as a side note, I need to listen to some more old emo stuff. But some records are weirdly absent from streaming services.
Because stadium rock isn't emo?
I mean, I have nothing against MCR but they aren't making emo music. Making a concept album about dead isn't emo.
SomedayTheFire
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top 8 is great but clarity is better than bleed american.
This list is total bullshit. They left off Lynyrd Skynyrd. They had guitars and they had a song or two about relationships. Guitars and a few songs about lost love. They were fucking emo pioneers. Not to mention ZZ Top. Neil Diamond? Where is he listed? No Cat Stevens either? Tony Orlando and Dawn? tiny Tim? Your high school marching band. All love lorn emo
jawbreaker wasn't an emo band
Is Thursday - Full Collapse emo? This is one of those albums that ruined emo by bringing about hot topic emo. I NEVER would have called it emo at the time, but in retrospect there's something about it that seems kind of emo. Like it's the missing link that bridges hot topic emo and real emo. It made emo kids want to get loud.
MeshuggahMan
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I'm shocked rolling Stone even knows about algernon let alone lists it at 32. Those dudes were my best friends in high school. Did they get popular after they broke up or something?
TarpitCarnivore
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When this album came out it was HUGE and became extremely influential for the genre. I remember being at the show after they got signed by Victory. It was the Catch-22 release show for Alone in the Crowd and Victory pushed Thursday onto the bill. The crowd was entirely filled with ska kids and Thursday opened. There were a lot of shocked and confused faces.
Their back catalog is pretty stacked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-Thru_Records#Release_catalog
Love or hate the bands on there, there are a lot releases that at the time were massive. Something Corporate, Starting Line, New Found Glory, Midtown, etc were all headling touring bands. Between them and Vagrant there were some serious heavy hitter albums coming out.
Such a useless, non-specific genre classification. Makes me feel all emo.
I mean, fuck, what about Slint - Spiderland? Is that not "emo"? I'm asking because I don't know. It doesn't make sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-o3l8uKloM
I mean, fuck, what about Slint - Spiderland? Is that not "emo"? I'm asking because I don't know. It doesn't make sense.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-o3l8uKloM
TheLetdown
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Nah, they're more slowcore. Same with Codeine or Low.
Dear You is probably their most emo record, though.
Goldenroad
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I know nothing about Emo, but I also know Diary is the best emo album I've heard. Used to listen to the shit out of that in the mid-90's. One of the first albums I ever bought on Vinyl too despite not even having a record player at the time.
Vigilant Walrus
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I like this Jimmy Eat World song. Don't know the band besides that; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yud6TmNJWhY&list=PLhwGpvgmr3pMNDs16ssjOqVUDMSsO6ixe&index=30
The Broken Ska Record
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The album it's from is great. Bleed American was the soundtrack to my '02 Summer.
TheLetdown
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Hopefully, Hipinion's got a thread going on this topic. They blocked it at work randomly, which has to be my fault because I'm for sure the only person here who lurked there.
And for the subset of people who were excited by this list and also live in the Southern US, the Wrecking Ball ATL fest (in Atlanta, if that wasn't obvious) confirmed that they're having "some" of the bands on this list. They haven't said who yet, but the lineup is releasing later this month, I think.
For reference, last year slayed.
And for the subset of people who were excited by this list and also live in the Southern US, the Wrecking Ball ATL fest (in Atlanta, if that wasn't obvious) confirmed that they're having "some" of the bands on this list. They haven't said who yet, but the lineup is releasing later this month, I think.
For reference, last year slayed.
I thought Slint was considered a post rock band, one of the first. I don't really know to be honest, but they've never been considered emo. Most of the stuff classified as post rock I can't stand. Slint never did anything for me.
Mister Wilhelm
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Fallout Boy, Paramore, and Panic! At the Disco do not belong here.
They are all fundamentally pop or pop punk bands.
Having any album from the Used on the list that isn't their self-titled is a joke.
Also, having Thursday - Full Collapse outside the top ten, let alone the top five, is killing me.
They are all fundamentally pop or pop punk bands.
Having any album from the Used on the list that isn't their self-titled is a joke.
Also, having Thursday - Full Collapse outside the top ten, let alone the top five, is killing me.
Coheed deserves praise but being 35th best Emo album is just hilariously misplaced. That album is as prog as the best of Rush.
I'm surprised that some more post-hardcore stuff like Pierce the Veil, Saosin, Chiodos, D.R.U.G.S., or Isles and Glaciers didn't qualify, since they're basically begging for weepy adolescent tears (though musically gifted AF)
I'm surprised that some more post-hardcore stuff like Pierce the Veil, Saosin, Chiodos, D.R.U.G.S., or Isles and Glaciers didn't qualify, since they're basically begging for weepy adolescent tears (though musically gifted AF)
Nappuccino
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I'd have liked to see an Owen album make the list, but I guess the kinsellas dominated enough already
probably because those are all post-hardcore bands and are not emo bands
also Saosin's Translating the Name EP is the only good bit of music any of those bands have put out
Chiodos Bone Palace Ballet is pretty great, but if A Letter from Janelle isn't emo, I don't know what is.
Emo is less of an instrumental style and more of an expressive lyric style, so post-hardcore bands can (and often do) qualify as both, they aren't mutually exclusive.
victreeb3l
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First Fallout Boy album was better than cork tree. Swap those.
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You ever seen Bal-Sagoth album titles? But then again, their whole thing is sorta kinda based on Conan the Barbarian, so their album titles are deliberately pompous and cheesy.
After listening to it yesterday, I can tell it's going to find it's way in to my top 10 list, fantastic stuff.
superdeluxe
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Sunny Day Real Estate. YES>
Is a Real Boy would have been my personal pick.
I know they denied any association with the emo genre, but if you're going to include MCR, then yeah, Black Parade is their masterpiece.
Awwwww yessss a list for me!
Under The Cork Tree is such an incredible album, but I do think Infinity On High is better. But UTCT scored pretty damn awesome! Suck it Panic! fans
Also the MCR representation was Three Cheers? Darn, I think Black Parade and Danger Days are so much cooler.
Also my favorite album of all time is number 28!
Awesome list that made me happy
I know they denied any association with the emo genre, but if you're going to include MCR, then yeah, Black Parade is their masterpiece.
forgeforsaken
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While Dear You might be Jawbreakers most "emo" record and it was unfairly maligned at the time, I still think it is probably their weakest album.
Good luck finding Indian Summer. pretty deep cut.
Which one is your favorite?
drtomoe123
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There's a really great "Map of Emo" over on r/Emo that breaks a lot of the popular bands down to first wave, second wave, emo pop, etc. Really great for looking at the genre as a whole because you can see the context surrounding bands/albums and see what kind of influences they were working with. It's also great for finding new stuff to listen to.
I can't even buy/stream Dear You here
The rights for some of this stuff must be a nightmare. It's a shame.
xDUMPWEEDx
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I'm kind of surprised Senses Fail - Let it Enfold You wasn't even top 40. Is this album forgotten about or something?
I always thought "Buried a Lie" was an interesting song in the way it tells a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vCbPp6Y9M
I always thought "Buried a Lie" was an interesting song in the way it tells a story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-vCbPp6Y9M
Jugendstil
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Bleed American being ranked above Clarity is completely insane. I hate this list.
I like this breakdown better than most
And props to them for including p99 and city of caterpillar in there somewhere
I like 99% of the bands listed...haha
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senses fail sucks
reggieandTFE
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The best Get Up Kids album is Something to Write Home About. My wife was beyond embarrassed as I sang every lyric when they played the album in full at Riot Fest two years ago.
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