Travis Morrison has posted his 100 favorite albums of all time. He does it in what strikes me as a fundamentally honest way:
It got me to thinking—hey, what the hell are my Top 100? And really, really, what 100 records have I listened to the most? Not the records I want everyone to think I listened to the most. Not Albert Ayler, although Live at the Village Vanguard is pretty unreal. Not the Nurse With Wound record I would love to claim to be my ninth-favorite of all time, in certain company. What records did I really just play over and over again? What got the most spins, regardless of any other factor?
The list shows him, surprisingly, stuck in 1987-1992. But you have to admire a man with the self-shaming capacity to name OMD’s Dazzle Ships to his personal top 20.
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24 May | 22:16 | drago
hey, there, what's wrong with dazzle ships?
two i've played the most: billy bragg's worker's playtime; prefab sprout's two wheels good. then there was the scott joplin phase when i listened to one compilation cd about, oh, a 365 times in a year. and the claudio villa (italy's perry como, i'm given to understand) phase. you're right, the stuff you REALLY listen to isn't easy to admit. strike all the preceding, my favorite records are all by bauhaus and dead kennedys.
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