Not necessarily your favorite. I'm sitting at my computer and once again I've put on Stars of the Lid without even really thinking about it. It's one of those albums that I don't have to be actively listening to which helps when reading something online.

Top two albums I've probably worn out:
1. Stars Of The Lid - And Their Refinement Of The Decline (I seriously play this 3 times a week)
2. Radiohead - OK Computer (My first copy didn't leave my stereo for three years until I went to college)

2/8/2009 4:03:24 PM

I probably have to pick 4 that I would guess are head and shoulders above the rest:

Deftones - "Adrenaline"
It was the first CD that I bought and I still pop it in now and again. But simply due to the fact that it was my first CD purchased there is no doubt that it has accumulated more plays than just about any other in my collection imo. (I know I listened to it all the way through several times a week during nearly all of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade haha).

Between the Buried and Me - "Self Titled"
Loved this when I first heard it in HS. I got an ipod and FM tuner for my car freshman year (2003) of college and thus didn't use my CDs in my car really anymore. Besides still being one of my favorite albums at the time, when I first hooked up my FM tuner, this disc happened to be in my CD player. And, since I didn't use CDs much in my car after this as I mentioned, it pretty much stayed in my car's cd player until I got my Ipod integrated Alpine system last year. So, everytime I turned my car on it defaulted to my CD player and the disc would spin and a lot of times I would listen to most of the disc before putting something else on.

Radiohead - "OK Computer"
Not much to say despite the fact that it is one of my favorite albums and is a heavy default when I don't have something else specifically in mind.

Smashing Pumpkins- "Siamese Dream"
Same as Ok Computer

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2/8/2009 4:15:38 PM

Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand is the only album I completely and consistently overplay... at least that I can think of immediately.

Usually I just let the iPod run on shuffle. Or let iTunes run on shuffle. Or plug the iPod into the car radio and let it run on shuffle.

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2/8/2009 4:18:19 PM

i've definitely overplayed apologies to the queen mary.

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM. Reason : that's my most recent overplay, i guess.]

2/8/2009 4:19:10 PM

^^I do that a lot too but usually within 10 songs or so I run across one that makes me go and listen to its respective album front to back heh

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 4:19 PM. Reason : ]

2/8/2009 4:19:50 PM

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik

2/8/2009 4:40:41 PM

and



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2/8/2009 4:41:39 PM

Sublime - Stand By Your Van
Snoop - Doggystyle
B.I.G. - Life After Death

2/8/2009 4:54:40 PM

beatles - abbey road (second half flows so well and once come together starts again you have to listen to the whole album again)

james gang - thirds

RHCP - californication

2/8/2009 5:00:23 PM

this is easy, but it's a hefty list. my totally played out list includes these, all of which i have listened to, arguably, on average probably 5-7 times each per month for anywhere between 4 and 8 years:

Hum - Downward is Heavenward
The Appleseed Cast - Low Level Owl Vol 1
Cursive - Domestica
Radiohead - The Bends
Far - Water and Solutions
Arcade Fire - Funeral

wtf is Stars of the Lid?

2/8/2009 5:36:37 PM

ratm - ratm
sublime - stand by your van

2/8/2009 5:43:04 PM

built to spill - perfect from now on
arcade fire - funeral
sonic youth - dirty

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 6:01 PM. Reason : .]

2/8/2009 6:00:38 PM

im actually not terribly surprised what my highest play counts are....

(according to itunes, since last format)


1.) godspeed you black emperor! - slow riot for new zero kanada - 167 plays
2.) a silver mt. zion - born into trouble as the sparks fly upward - 126 plays
2.) godspeed you black emperor! - F#A#[infinity] - 116 plays
4.) burial - untrue - 112 plays
5.) godspeed you black emperor! - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - 98 plays


can you guess the type of music i listen to at work?

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 6:04 PM. Reason : tww didnt like the infinity symbol]

2/8/2009 6:02:02 PM

whole cd's, probably

all american rejects (the 1st one)

yellowcard - ocean avenue

2/8/2009 6:42:09 PM

2/8/2009 6:49:36 PM

2/8/2009 7:06:54 PM

Boards of Canada – Geogaddi
The Smiths – Louder Than Bombs

2/8/2009 7:19:29 PM

^^^The first two would be on my list as well. (I will maintain that Either/Or is his best album)

(Also, Japancakes cover of the entire Loveless album is very fucking good)







[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 7:22 PM. Reason : .]

2/8/2009 7:20:51 PM

the chronic 2000 by Dr. Dre

2/8/2009 7:32:35 PM

Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon
Breaking Benjamin- Phobia
Three Days Grace- One X

2/8/2009 7:32:56 PM

Type O Negative - World Coming Down
The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore
Anathema - A Natural Disaster
Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
Summoning - Stronghold
El-P - Fantastic Damage
P.O.S. - Audition

2/8/2009 8:01:28 PM

Ronny, I think your list is my favorite so far. i reallly debated putting that mars volta album down as well, but overall i love all of those albums.

[Edited on February 8, 2009 at 8:10 PM. Reason : ]

2/8/2009 8:09:58 PM

Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me

2/8/2009 8:16:47 PM

Skindred - Roots Rock Riot

2/8/2009 10:32:16 PM

Steel Dragon - Blood Poison

2/8/2009 10:50:33 PM

QUEEF SWEAT. fucking awesome !

2/9/2009 1:30:35 AM

taking back sunday - tell all your friends

by far

no track on the album has less than 33 plays on my laptop (thats just the laptop's count) and most of the tracks have 45-60 plays

the ipod tracks would probably have twice as many plays

and my desktop's count would probably be even higher

honorable mentions
nirvana unplugged in new york
beastie boys ill communication
bright eyes lifted
weezer blue album

classics division
beatles white album
michael jackson thriller
thems the shit i grew up on

new school, but not yet on legendary status
cold war kids robbers and cowards
DFA1979 Romance Bloody Romance

2/9/2009 2:16:21 AM

Daft Punk - Homework
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

2/9/2009 2:39:51 AM

Quote :

"wtf is Stars of the Lid?"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stars_of_the_lid

2/9/2009 10:37:27 AM

by far the most, I've yet to surpass it on my iPod

2/9/2009 11:23:07 AM

Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites
whenever i can't decide what to listen to, i seem to resort back to this album or Frengers

Ever We Fall - We Are But Humans
great album for warm sunny days, driving to the beach with the windows down...and now that i live in a florida beach town, that's everyday...so it gets played a lot

Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
of my decently large vinyl collection, this is the only record that gets a lot of play

2/9/2009 11:47:57 AM

Quote :

"Ever We Fall - We Are But Humans"

dang! I didnt even know they put that out. I had a demo in HS (mp3.com ftw) and then I have the "Endura" EP that I got either freshman year of college or senior year in HS and I thought they broke up or something...Ill have to look for that this week.

[Edited on February 9, 2009 at 11:56 AM. Reason : ]

2/9/2009 11:54:56 AM

2/9/2009 12:23:25 PM

2/9/2009 1:16:39 PM

I'm sure it's one of the following, I just have no idea which one I've actually listened to the most:

Radiohead - OK Computer
The Mountain Goats - The Sunset Tree
Rilo Kiley - The Execution of all Things
John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt

2/9/2009 1:23:46 PM

2/9/2009 1:27:51 PM

the classics








the random albums that come to mind i have played out, but aren't quite classics yet













I have listened to ^ Midlake's Trials of Van Occupanther more than any other album released in this decade, including Kid A. It's insane how much I love that album.

2/9/2009 2:16:09 PM

2/9/2009 3:39:28 PM

blink 182- dude ranch
thursday- full collapse
beloved- failure on
jimmy eat world- bleed american
give up the ghost- year one

2/9/2009 4:38:08 PM

Quote :

"thursday- full collapse beloved- failure on"

2 others that I considered.

2/9/2009 4:41:36 PM

jstpack, thanks for posting that Midlake album. I'd never heard of them, but it's a fun album.... gracias.

2/10/2009 2:29:25 PM

i'll do a real one since no one noticed or cared that mine was from the movie "rock star'' that was on the other day.












[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 2:38 PM. Reason : x]

2/10/2009 2:37:41 PM

off the top of my head



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2/10/2009 3:11:02 PM

^^word, that Stone Roses album is great.

2/10/2009 3:27:26 PM

recently? nightwish's dark passion play, probably

2/10/2009 3:33:10 PM

spanning several genres...

explosions in the sky - those who tell the truth shall die, those who tell the truth shall live forever
minus the bear - highly refined pirates
poison the well - the opposite of december
hopesfall - the frailty of words
enslaved - isa
in flames - clayman

[Edited on February 10, 2009 at 6:13 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2009 6:11:44 PM

^ i'm with you on those first 4

2/10/2009 6:37:13 PM

^same, all of those first 4 have gotten a lot of playing time from me over the years. although I do like some in flames too, but mainly jester and colony

2/10/2009 6:52:05 PM