TOP 5 BEST ROADTRIP ALBUMS (presently):
1) REFUSED "Shape of Punk to Come"
-this is good especially if you start your endeavor in the AM hours. I learned the neccesity of playing this album at loud volumes in the morning from listening to an acquaintence's college radio show "WAKE UP SCREAMING"--which i learned later on was the title of a SUBHUMANZ track.
2) QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE "Songs For the Deaf"
- this album was recorded with the concept of turning the "dial" trying to find a decent station on the way to JOSHUA TREE STUDIO (as read in interview w/ JOSH HOMME and NICK OLIVERI--but i don't remember what magazine and when)
3) SOCIAL DISTORTION "Sex, Love, & Rock N' Roll"
- i can't explain how profound an appreciation i have for this album. it came at a pinacle point in my life, and it SPEAKS TO ME on a level I've never been. The constant themes of innocence lost and momentary living [as if today was your last day] weave in and out of simplisticly-complex chord progressions. It speaks truth and makes you think of where you're going, what you're doing, and where you've been...yet constantly reminds you to forget yesterday, think about tomorrow, but LIVE FOR TODAY.
4) NEIL YOUNG "Greatest Hits"
- this is just a great collection of songs that have been remastered from original tapes. some of the underlying tones range from country, to southern rock, to folk, to brit-rock--(see: CINNAMON GIRL--sounds like CREAM!) All-in-all a good blend of styles from one of the greatest songwriters in American Rock History.
...now #5 is a tough one--a toss up maybe...but only ONE can be chosen.
5) THE TWILIGHT SINGERS "Blackberry Belle"
- when the sun is going down, this album is perfect. the textures of organ, guitar, drums, gospel singing backgrounds, and deep, dark vocals painting a picture of lament...not to mention, one of the COOLEST voices in music today: MARK LANEGAN (as a guest vocalist). Fronted by Greg Dulli [Afghan Whigs] this album is as uplifting as it is mournful from the starting bars interpreted by a piano and Dulli's singing all the way to the ending track with vocal-dualing of LANEGAN and DULLI and shaded with slide guitar....
those are my (for today) TOP 5 ROADTRIP CD'S--for on the way to Nebraska....i'm falling asleep now.
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