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The 111 Best Dreams By David Bowie

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Legends are rare.  Legends who endure are even rarer. Legends who can defy death are the rarest of all.  Bowie’s absence will leave a hole in all our hearts but his music will live on in our souls.  Bowie shared his dreams with us: dreams of tomorrow, dreams of the unknown. His dreams will live on in all of us.

This list encompasses the majority of Bowie’s solo career.  I did not include Tin Machine or his guest spot/team-ups.  I also avoided the live albums.  This list was hard enough with just his main releases.  I will update this list through-out the day as I re-visit Bowie’s amazing dreams.

Here are the 111 Best Songs By David Bowie:

  1. Suffragette City (Ziggy Stardust)
  2. Life on Mars? (Hunky Dory)
  3. Modern Love (Let’s Dance)
  4. Ziggy Stardust (Ziggy Stardust)
  5. Rebel Rebel (Diamond Dogs)
  6. Moonage Daydream (Ziggy Stardust)
  7. China Girl (Let’s Dance)
  8. The Man Who Sold the World (The Man Who Sold the World)
  9. Young Americans (Young Americans)
  10. Changes (Hunky Dory)
  11. Hang On To Yourself (Ziggy Stardust)
  12. Space Oddity (Space Oddity)
  13. Golden Years (Station To Station)
  14. Five Years (Ziggy Stardust)
  15. Andy Warhol (Hunky Dory)
  16. Song For Bob Dylan (Hunky Dory)
  17. The Width of a Circle (The Man Who Sold the World)
  18. Neighborhood Threat (Tonight)
  19. Bang Bang  (Never Let Me Down)
  20. Jean Genie (Aladdin Sane)
  21. Blue Jean (Tonight)
  22. Sound and Vision (Low)
  23. DJ (Lodger)
  24. John, I’m Only Dancing (Ziggy Stardust)
  25. Lazarus (Blackstar)
  26. 1984 (Diamond Dogs)
  27. Cracked Actor (Aladdin Sane)
  28. Starman (Ziggy Stardust)
  29. Let’s Dance  (Let’s Dance)
  30. Watch That Man (Aladdin Sane)
  31. Queen Bitch (Hunky Dory)
  32. Velvet Goldmine (Ziggy Stardust Deluxe Edition)
  33. Be My Wife (Low)
  34. Rock N Roll Suicide (Ziggy Stardust)
  35. Loving The Alien (Tonight)
  36. Fascination (Young Americans)
  37. Star (Ziggy Stardust)
  38. Heroes (Heroes)
  39. Let’s Spend the Night Together (Aladdin Sane)
  40. Soul Love (Ziggy Stardust)
  41. All The Young Dudes (Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary)
  42. The Stars Are Out Tonight (The Next Day)
  43. Cat People (Let’s Dance)
  44. Scary Monsters and Super Creeps (Scary Monsters)
  45. She’s Got Medals (David Bowie)
  46. Diamond Dogs (Diamond Dogs)
  47. Blackstar (Blackstar)
  48. New York’s In Love (Never Let Me Down)
  49. I’m Afraid of Americans (Earthling)
  50. Afraid (Heathen)
  51. Lady Stardust (Ziggy Stardust)
  52. Kooks (Hunky Dory)
  53. Black Country Rock (The Man Who Sold the World)
  54. Fame (Young Americans)
  55. Where Are We Now? (The Next Day)
  56. Criminal World (Let’s Dance)
  57. The Supermen (Hunky Dory Special Edition)
  58. Sunday (Heathen)
  59. Janine (Space Oddity)
  60. Love Is Lost (The Next Day)
  61. Secret Life of Arabia (Heroes)
  62. Strangers When We Meet (Outside)
  63. Growin’ Up (Diamond Dogs 30th Anniversary)
  64. Time Will Crawl (Never Let Me Down)
  65. How Does The Grass Grow? (The Next Day)
  66. Reality (Reality)
  67. The Bewlay Brothers (Hunky Dory)
  68. Drive In Saturday (Aladdin Sane)
  69. Oh! You Pretty Things (Hunky Dory)
  70. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die (The New Day)
  71. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In City (Sound and Vision)
  72. Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (Blackstar)
  73. Day-In Day-Out (Never Let Me Down)
  74. Breaking Glass (Low)
  75. Jump They Say (Black Tie White Noise)
  76. TVC15 (Station To Station)
  77. Valentine’s Day (The Next Day)
  78. Time (Aladdin Sane)
  79. Panic In Detroit (Aladdin Sane)
  80. Seven (Hours…)
  81. Big Brother (Diamond Dogs)
  82. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Blackstar)
  83. Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly (Space Oddity)
  84. Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere? (Pin-Ups)
  85. Rock N Roll With Me (Diamond Dogs)
  86. Cygnet Committee (Space Oddity)
  87. Tonight (Tonight)
  88. It Ain’t Easy (Ziggy Stardust)
  89. You’ve Been Around (Black Tie White Noise)
  90. You Will Set The World On Fire (The Next Day)
  91. Letter To Hermione (Space Oddity)
  92. Slow Burn (Heathen)
  93. The Prettiest Star (7-inch version)
  94. Boss of Me (The Next Day)
  95. Seven Years In Tibet (Earthling)
  96. I’m Deranged (Outside)
  97. Because You’re Young (Scary Monsters)
  98. Girl Loves Me (Blackstar)
  99. Always Crashing in the Same Car (Low)
  100. The Next Day (The Next Day)
  101. Little Wonder (Earthling)
  102. Outside (Outside)
  103. Beat of Your Drum (Never Let Me Down)
  104. The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Hours…)
  105. Look Back in Anger (Lodger)
  106. Slip Away (Heathen)
  107. Teenage Wildlife (Scary Monsters)
  108. Black Out (Heroes)
  109. John I’m Only Dancing, Again (7-inch)
  110. Magic Dance (Labyrinth)
  111. When I Live My Dream (David Bowie)

The 11 Most Popular Record Store Day Ebay Flips 2015

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You can’t read anything about Record Store Day anymore without reading some article whose author spends pages of digital content, complaining about the vinyl holiday. “It’s killing independent stores,” “it excludes indie labels,” and it’s only for unnecessary major label titles.”  You know what would be worse than Record Store Day?  NO RECORD STORE DAY.  A world where there is nothing promoting independent records stores, causing them to fade and dissolve into music history alongside the 8-track, mini-disc, and reel-to-reel.  But today, music stores are alive and well…in part, thanks to record store day.  Record stores having to deal with throngs of audiophiles twice a year (Black Friday) is a way better scenario than dealing with foreclosure.  .

Another complaint comes from independent labels themselves who have found their material excluded by the event coordinators.  Read here about Father/Daughter’s comp, which seemed like a rather cool release.  Sure there are some releases that get excluded…and there are some titles that seem unnecessary.  But even if we’re talking about 10% of the titles or even 25% of the released titles being unnecessary…that still leaves 300 great vital releases!  Isn’t it worth some crap to get some gold?  That said, I’m not even sure how we determine which titles are unnecessary.  I read bloggers claiming the Citizen Dick release was the most unnecessary title this year…it’s an unreleased Pearl Jam song from the 1991/Ten era version of the band!  I bought it and it’s the title I’ve listened to more than any other release.  If someone wants to buy them…then doesn’t that make them necessary?  (and the Citizen Dick record just missed this list…so the 12th most popular record flip is somehow unnecessary?  Okay…)

That said…it’s hard to determine prior to the holiday which albums will sell out in seconds and which ones will linger until August.  Some of the most talked about releases including Courtney Barnett, Brian Eno, and Run The Jewels were still available at stores late on Sunday afternoon.  While others (like Brand New) had people lining up the night before.  I mean seriously, how is Brand New’s reissue of a 12-year old album that is readily available on Spotify and itunes AND coming out in wide release next month the number one Ebay flip merely because it comes in a paper bag?  Every store I visiting had people waiting 12-24 hours for this record.

For this list, I determined the ranking based on list price versus Ebay sale…and what was the greatest increase in comparison to the price.  Stereogum lists Jurassic 5’s $100 Ebay sale as a big flip…but the list price was $90 to begin with.  That’s only a $10 increase.  Same with Phish’s Live 1995 6-disc set that listed at $160 but sold for $200.  The biggest flips versus price, I believe, truly shows what were the must-have vinyls of RSD 2015.

Here are the biggest Ebay Flips of Record Store Day 2015:

  1. Elvis Presley – My Happiness (List price $12 – Ebay price $245) 20.5x increase
  2. Brand New – Deja Entendu (List price $28 – Ebay price $384) 13.7x increase
  3. Interpol – Everything Is Wrong (List price $9 – Ebay price $99) 11x increase
  4. John Prine – September 78 (List price $25 – Ebay price $227) 10.1x increase
  5. David Bowie – Changes (List price $11 – Ebay price $99) 9x increase
  6. Bob Dylan – Basement Tapes (List price $30 – Ebay price $250) 8.3x increase
  7. Citizen Dick – Touch Me I’m Dick (List price $11 – Ebay price $69) 6.3x increase
  8. Ryan Adams – Come Pick Me Up (List price $9 – Ebay price $59) 5.9x increase
  9. U2 – Songs of Innocence (List price $36 – Ebay price $199) 5.5x increase
  10. Twenty One Pilots – The LC LP (List price $20 – Ebay price $99) 4.9x increase
  11. Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room (List price $20 – Ebay price $99) 4.9x increase

Honorable Mention:

Paul McCartney’s Sweet Trash sold for a ridiculous $895 but I didn’t include it since it’s signed by Sir Mac (which obviously alters the true value of the vinyl).

Here are some other fun lists:

 

 

The 11 Most Talked About Record Store Day Releases:

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Tomorrow is the annual fun-loving shopping spree for audiophiles everywhere.  Pretty much every music mag/zine/blog/critic/expert has their own top essential purchases they recommend for RSD.  I could do the same.  But it would just be my recommends for what I really want.  Instead, I’ve dug through the net and tallied up everyone else’s list.  I’ve created a combo list of the most talked about releases.  I was surprised to see only two of my “must buys” on the list.  And craziest of all, the number one most talked about release on Record Store Day is…a CASSETTE.  Metallica’s reprint of their very first release on cassette is the most talked about release this year.  Overall, it’s a pretty solid list with current rockers, classic rockers, rap lords, and some fresh indie faces.

Happy hunting!!!

Here are The 11 Most Talked About Record Store Day Releases:

  1. Metallica – No Life ‘Till Leather

2.  The White Stripes – Get Behind Me Satan

3.  Foo Fighters – Songs From The Laundry Room

4.  Father John Misty – I Loved You Honeybee

5. J. Dilla – Fuck the Police

6. Run the Jewels -Bust No Moves

7. Courtney Barnett – Kim’s Caravan

8. Sly and the Family Stone – Live at the Fillmore East

9. David Bowie – Changes

10.  Brian Eno – My Squelchy Life

11.  Willie Nelson – Teatro

Honorable Mentions:  Mclusky, Elvis Presley, Sim Dunlap, Phish, Mumford and Sons, and Hanni El Khalib

What are your favorite releases?

 

The 111 Best Albums of 2013

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Here it is, the 111 best albums of 2013…as voted on by YOU.  If you don’t like the list…change your listening habits.  Have a great 2014.

  1. Arctic Monkeys – AM
  2. The National – Trouble Will Find Me
  3. Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
  4. The Arcade Fire – Reflektor
  5. Kanye West – Yeezus
  6. Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City
  7. Haim – Days Are Gone
  8. David Bowie – The Next Day
  9. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
  10. CHVRCHES – Bones of What You Believe
  11. Foals – Holy Fire
  12. My Bloody Valentine – m b v
  13. Paul McCartney – New
  14. Burial – River Dealer
  15. Phoenix – Bankrupt!
  16. Lorde – Pure Heroine
  17. The Strokes – Comedown Machine
  18. Queens of the Stone Age – Like Clockwork…
  19. Okkervil River – The Silver Gymnasium
  20. Said The Whale – Hawaii
  21. Danny Brown – Old
  22. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
  23. Volcano Choir – Repave
  24. Empire of the Sun – Ice on the Dune
  25. The Field – Cupid’s Head
  26. Foxygen – We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors
  27. White Lies – Big TV
  28. A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
  29. Sky Ferreira – Night Time My Time
  30. Drake – Nothing Was The Same
  31. Savages – Silence Yourself
  32. Olafur Arnalds – For Now I Am Winter
  33. James Blake – Overgrown
  34. Deerhunter – Monomania
  35. Paramore – Paramore
  36. Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
  37. Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
  38. Local Natives – Hummingbird
  39. Nine Inch Nails – Hesitation Marks
  40. Peace – In Love
  41. Small Black – Limits of Desire
  42. Superchunk – I Hate Music
  43. Caitlin Rose – The Stand-In
  44. Disclosure – Settle
  45. The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
  46. Chance The Rapper – Acid Rap
  47. Charli XCX – True Romance
  48. Mikal Cronin – MCII
  49. Fall Out Boy – Save Rock N Roll
  50. Atoms for Peace – Amok
  51. The Naked And Famous – In Rolling Waves
  52. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
  53. Sleigh Bells – Bitter Rivals
  54. Autre Ne Veut – Anxiety
  55. Skylar Grey – Don’t Look Down
  56. Ra Ra Riot – Beta Love
  57. Nils Frahm – Spaces
  58. Cayucas – Bigfoot
  59. Eels – Wonderful Glorious
  60. Everything Everything – Arc
  61. Front Bottoms – Talon of the Hawk
  62. Kisses – Kids in LA
  63. King Krule – 6 Feet Beneath The Moon
  64. John Moreland – In The Throes
  65. The O’s – Thunderdog
  66. Panthu Du Prince and Bell Laboratory – Elements of Light
  67. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S/T
  68. Calexico – Spiritoso
  69. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Made Up Mind
  70. Lonely Forest – Adding Up The Wasted Hours
  71. Streetlight Manifesto – The Hands That Thieve
  72. Pearl Jam – Lightning Bolt
  73. Neko Case – The Worse Things Get
  74. Avicii – True
  75. Beyonce – Beyonce
  76. Bill Callahan – Dream River
  77. M.I.A. – Matangi
  78. Hookworms – Pearl Mystics
  79. Franz Ferdinand – Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action
  80. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
  81. The Beatles – On The BBC Volume 2
  82. The Knife – Shaking The Habitual
  83. J. Cole – Born Sinner
  84. Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
  85. Shearwater – Fellow Travelers
  86. Gov’t Mule – Shout!
  87. The Deer Tracks – The Archer Trilogy Pt 3
  88. Deafheaven – Sunbather
  89. Yo La Tengo – Fade
  90. Tegan & Sara – Heartthrob
  91. New Order – Lost Sirens
  92. Eisley –  Currents
  93. Panic! At The Disco – Too Weird To Live,Too Rare To Die!
  94. Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes
  95. Blood Orange – Cupid Deluxe
  96. Jay-Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail
  97. Juliana Barwick – Nepenthe
  98. The Lone Below – The Lone Below
  99. Lanterns on the Lake – Until The Colours Run
  100. Renaissance – Grandine Il Vento
  101. Patty Griffin – American Kid
  102. Bells> – Fundamentals
  103. Anna Calvi – One Breath 
  104. Leagues – You Belong Here 
  105. Night Beds – Country Sleep 
  106. Hiss Golden Messenger – HAW 
  107. Lights – Siberia 
  108. Daughter – If You Leave 
  109. Air Marshal Landing – You Used To Be Me 
  110. Austin Lucas – Stay Reckless 
  111. Tom Morgan – Orange Syringe

The 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44)

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Part 2 of our countdown of the best albums of this year.  Don’t like our choices?  Then it’s your turn to vote.  Send me your 20 best albums of the year.  We’re compiling a best of list from our fans.  Can’t wait to see what you loved this year…there were a lot of great releases for sure.

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Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2013 (34-44):

34.  Waxahatchee – Cerulean Salt
35.  Grouplove – Spreading Rumors
36.  David Bowie – The Next Day
37.  Jason Isbell – Southeastern
38.  My Bloody Valentine – m b v
39.  Atoms For Peace – Amok
40.  The Civil Wars – The Civil Wars
41.  Kaskade – Atmosphere
42.  The Head and The Heart – Let’s Be Still
43.  Dawes – Stories Don’t End
44.  Mac Miller – Watching Movies With The Sound Off

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