I don't have Internet or cable at my new place, becuase I want to feel like a big man and not need television, but I do miss TSN. My Prolines have sucked lately.
8. V/A - God Save The Queers
The Queers are one of my favourite punk bands of all time, so it goes to figure a great tribute album would have to be one of the top used pick ups of my 2011. This disc is even more special for me because I grabbed it at the Asian Man 15th Anniversary Festival the day that I saw the Queers play for the first time.
It has excellent contibutions from the Dwarves (messed up recording), Screeching Weasel, and the New Bomb Turks. This album also has a lot of lesser known bands that do a great job of covering the Queers, and they hit all the right tunes.
7. English Dogs - Invasion of the Porky Men
I have written before about certain record labels being able to tip a person off as to whether or not a band is worth listening to, and Captain Oi! is one label I can always trust for a good album. In October I had the good fortune of coming across the English Dogs Invasion of the Porky Men, which is some classic British punk. The guitar and bass are hard and driving the vocals are nice and gritty, just in case you have had too much
The English Dogs do a good job with the time changes. Your Counrty may be the best example of that, and this too is a good ol’ punk military song. My favourite track on the album is definitely Left Me For Dead. This tune is written almost anthem style with the repetitive “Leave me be Leave me be,” into the “you left me for dead chant. It’s a great tune, an d here is a little sample.
This pick would have been better, but Invasion of the Porky Men is a terrible song that’s only redeeming quality is the quite British “porky” chant that turns up throughout.
6. GBH - Complete Vinyl
Not much to say about this collection. It is some great British Hardcore, and it even translates some American skate style hardcore as well. If you are into driving guitars, and lyrics that aren’t really deep, but good for an adrenaline filled romp on some sort of board, or even at work.
5. Motorhead - All The Aces
I had been looking for a Motorhead disc that had Orgasmatron on it, and it was an exhausting search that stretched into the United States. But on faithful afternoon this summer I happened upon All The Aces, and it blew my mind. This disc goes past the usual songs that you get on Motorhead comps, to the gritty, harder songs like We Are The Road Crew, and still makes sure to keep the classics like Ace of Spades, Bomber, and No Class.
Double CD, double the fun.
4. Farrell Bros. - Dead End Boys
The psycho Billy pride of Selkirk Manitoba brings, in my opinion, their best songs ever in this 13 track album. The sound is fast, gritty, and swings the way good rock n’ roll should.
There are fast songs like R.E.B.E.L., and some of the lighter songs really hit the mark for me. A song like Let’s Face It is one of those tunes that I hear and I cannot believe that this band is not bigger. This tune has everything: great instrumentals, great raspy vocals, and song righting that is perfect for every different style song they play.
I also picking up rumble at the Opry earlier this year, and it, from early listening, seems like a more traditional rockabilly album. I’m pretty excited to get that listened to a little more.
3. Rise Above - Black Flag Tribute
This is an unbelievable album. What else is there to say other than Black Flag fans will love this album, and likely be shocked by how hardcore the likes of Hank III, and Dean Ween.
All the best Black Flag songs, and unlike the Ramones tribute, which I also grabbed used this year, the songs are true to the essence of Black Flag. The Romanoes tribute has to many songs that only sound only like the artist (Marilyn Manson), and ruin great songs like Beat on the Brat (Marilyn Manson).
2. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
Most of this list comes from alternative styles of music, but this is the list of my top ten used pick ups for 2011, and this Beatles album for me is the tops (for Beatles used pick ups of 2011)
Songs like Norwegian Wood are so unique, and those tracks are surrounded by classic - good - pop tunes that are catchy because they are well written, not repetitive and possibly containing mind control technology. You Won’t See Me, it seems like a lame concept, but it is done so well that you just want to
groove to it.
The Word, oh man, this album was at 8 but it has moved up thanks to Think For Yourself - heck is that a hella tune.
I also saw the White Album at a competitors store, but it was too expensive for even a double CD, which will never happen at War On Music where a used CD is always dirt cheap. I have grabbed some great deals for 99 cents.
1. Poison Idea - Pajama Party
It’s a cover album, and that maybe should drop it a little, but when a band you really like does a good job of covering some great tunes it can make quite the great album.
One thing that I thought put this album above and beyond was the range of the music covered.
MC 5 is in there and Motorhead, kinda the usual suspects right? Well how do you like a little a little Elvis Jail House Rock with lyrics that sound a lot more like Oz, and not the "fun" jail that Elvis covered in the past.
It is pretty much a best of as far as I can tell, but there aer covers, and other stuff. Hey, if you know what this thing is all about let me know, becuase I am still confused.
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