smpb's top albums
1. Zwan - Mary Star of the Sea (369) 2. Poets of the Fall - Signs of Life (276) 3. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (270) 4. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (disc 1: Dawn to Dusk) (257) 5. Tori Amos - Tales of a Librarian (221) 6. The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (disc 2: Twilight to Starlight) (215) 7. Bôa - Get There (191) 8. Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (177) 9. Poets of the Fall - Carnival of Rust (163) 10. The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina/The Machines of God (159) 11. Bôa - The Race of a Thousand Camels (132) 12. The Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (119) 13. Jean-Michel Jarre - Aero (110) 14. Moby - Hotel (110) 15. The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish (108) 16. Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile (105) 17. Goldfrapp - Supernature (104) 18. The Smashing Pumpkins - Pisces Iscariot (94) 19. Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose (93) 20. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple (87) 21. Auf der Maur - Auf der Maur (86) 22. Breaking Benjamin - Phobia (85) 23. DragonForce - Inhuman Rampage (81) 24. Garbage - Garbage (80) 25. They Might Be Giants - The Else (79) 26. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations (79) 27. The James Taylor Quartet - Wait a Minute (77) 28. Bear McCreary - Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 (73) 29. Garbage - Absolute Garbage (71) 30. Various Artists - élie Poulain (69) 31. Sérgio Godinho - Noites Passadas (68) 32. Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (67) 33. The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina Acoustic Demos (67) 34. The Corrs - Unplugged (66) 35. The White Stripes - Elephant (66) 36. Nirvana - Nirvana (64) 37. The Gift - Film (62) 38. Bôa - Twilight (62) 39. Foo Fighters - One by One (61) 40. Ornatos Violeta - ão (60) 41. Garbage - Version 2.0 (57) 42. Röyksopp - The Understanding (57) 43. Moby - Play (55) 44. The Doors - The Very Best of The Doors (54) 45. The White Stripes - The White Stripes (54) 46. Moby - 18 (52) 47. Lúcia Moniz - 67 (51) 48. Muse - Absolution (50) 49. A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe (50) 50. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (50)
top albums script

My top 50 albums!1. Daft Punk - Discovery (324) 2. Daft Punk - Human After All (315) 3. Daft Punk - Homework (315) 4. System of a Down - System of a Down (205) 5. The White Stripes - Elephant (177) 6. System of a Down - Steal This Album! (163) 7. Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (138) 8. System of a Down - Toxicity (132) 9. The White Stripes - Icky Thump (125) 10. The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned (121) 11. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (120) 12. The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan (117) 13. System of a Down - Hypnotize (112) 14. System of a Down - Mezmerize (111) 15. The Chemical Brothers - We Are The Night (102) 16. Gorillaz - Demon Days (99) 17. Muse - Black Holes And Revelations (98) 18. Serj Tankian - Elect The Dead (91) 19. Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters (83) 20. Shaka Ponk - Loco Con Da Frenchy Talkin' (66) 21. Thomas Bangalter - IRREVERSIBLE (66) 22. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (64) 23. Moloko - Catalogue (58) 24. Muse - Absolution (56) 25. Sugababes - Change (55) 26. Moby - Hotel (49) 27. Gorillaz - Gorillaz (49) 28. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium (46) 29. The Chemical Brothers - Surrender (45) 30. Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality (43) 31. Electric Six - Fire (36) 32. Muse - Origin of Symmetry (36) 33. Daft Punk - Daft Club (35) 34. Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long (34) 35. System of a Down - Storaged Melodies (33) 36. Franek Kimono - Franek Kimono (31) 37. MSTRKRFT - The Looks (30) 38. Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (30) 39. Les Rythmes Digitales - Darkdancer (30) 40. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star (29) 41. Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way (27) 42. Alter Ego - Rocker (25) 43. The Chemical Brothers - Push the Button (25) 44. Coldplay - X&Y (23) 45. Muse - Showbiz (23) 46. Moby - Play (23) 47. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (23) 48. Moby - Last Night (21) 49. Justice Vs Simian - We Are Your Friends (20) 50. Hey - [album artist=Hey][Sic!][/album] (19)
Made with this script. Cool thing, huh?

I stole this from someone's journal.

1. What is your favorite genre of music?
Indie

2. Why?
Why not?

3. Name your favorite band(s):
Nouvelle Vague
The Postal Service
CSS
Crystal Castles
Arctic Monkeys
Klaxons
The Ting Tings
Feist
The Kooks
Franz Ferdinand
New Young Pony Club

4. Name your favorite solo artist(s):
Jamie Cullum
Imogen Heap
Jason Mraz
Kate Nash
Rufus Wainwright
Lily Allen
Jack Johnson
Holly Brook

5. What is your favorite album?
Nouvelle Vague - Bande a Part


6. What is your favorite album cover?
Uh... Too many
Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Feist - The Reminder
Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
Moby - Hotel
Nouvelle Vague - Bande a Part


7. Name your favorite song(s):
(Not in order)
Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
Nouvelle Vague - In a Manner of Speaking
Nouvelle Vague - Ever Fallen In Love
Nouvelle Vague - O Pamela
Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me
Nouvelle Vague - Teenage Kicks
The Ting Tings - We Walk
The Ting Tings - Traffic Light
The Postal Service - Against All Odds
The Postal Service - This Place Is a Prison
CSS - Music is My Hot, Hot Sex
CSS - Alala
CSS - Alcohol
Crystal Castles - Air War
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Rufus Wainwright feat. Dido - I Eat Dinner
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Rufus Wainwright - Sanssouci
Feist - 1234
Regina Spektor - Samson
BB Brunes - Dynamitez moi
久石譲 - Summer
Arctic Monkeys - Flourescent Adolescent
The Dresden Dolls - My Alcoholic Friends
Psapp - Eating Spiders
Frou Frou - Let Go
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On
Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum
Jack Johnson - Situations
Tegan and Sara - Take Me Anywhere
Sleeping at Last - Quicksand
Feist - So Sorry
Psapp - About Fun
Holly Brook - Still Love
Imogen Heap - Speeding Cars
Beck - Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes
The Kooks - Sway
and more...


8. Favorite CD you own?
Holly Brook - Like Blood Like Honey

9. Favorite song on your computer?
The Ting Tings - We Walk

10. Favorite song you DON'T have?
If I like a song, I have it.

11. Favorite lyrics?
The Ting Tings - We Walk
Regina Spektor - Samson
Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
The Postal Service - Against All Odds
Nouvelle Vague - O Pamela
Nouvelle Vague - In a Manner of Speaking
CSS - Music is My Hot, Hot Sex
Rufus Wainwright feat. Dido - I Eat Dinner
MGMT - Time to Pretend
Feist - 1234

12. Favorite vocalist?
Alex Turner

13. Favorite guitarist?
BBB

14. Favorite bassist?
-

15. Favorite drummer?
Ummm... Meg White

16. Favorite instrumentalist (any instrument not mentioned above)
I dont know.

17. Favorite classical / jazz composer?
久石譲

18. Favorite rapper?
None.

19. Favorite theatrical score?
Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain

20. Favorite of anything not mentioned?
-

1. What's your least favorite genre of music?
Rap

2. Who's your least favorite band?
You really want to know? Okay..
Tokio Hotel
Rihanna
Every finn band; like Negative, Smak...
50 Cent
Britney Spears
Paris Hilton
Sean Kingston
Jessica Simpson
Amy Diamond

5. If you could shoot any "artist" or "band", who would it be?
Look at the previous answers.

6. Who do you think is the least talented?
Ashlee Simpson

9. Most repetitive song?
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

10. Last song to be stuck in your head?
The Ting Tings - We Walk

11. Did this survey just get that song stuck in your head again?
No.

12. Worst band that used to be good?
-

13. A good band that used to suck?
-

Your musical background

1. What was the first music you remember listening to?
Smurfs

2. What type of music do your parents listen to?
Pop?

3. Do you play any musical instruments, or sing?
No.

4. Do you take lessons for instruments or voice? If so, for how long?
No.

5. Do you plan to / have you gone to college for music?
No.

6. Who are your musical inspirations?
-

7. Who was your first favorite band or artist?
Linkin Park

8. Who is your most recent favorite band or artist?
CSS
The Ting Tings
New Young Pony Club

9. What styles of music are you interested in learning about?
Ummm.. I don't know

10. What styles of music do you already know a lot about?
-

11. Do you know much about musical theory? If not, would you like to?
No. I'd like to

12. If you take lessons, do you like your teacher(s)?
No

13. How many different music teachers do you have, or have you had?
Zero

This or that

1. Classical or jazz? Classical
2. Classic rock or modern rock? I don't know.
3. Rock or Rap? Rock
4. Emo or Punk? Emo
5. Funk or Blues? Funk
6. Pink Floyd or Led Zeppelin? -
7. Bob Marley or Michael Franti? -
8. Coldplay or Radiohead? Coldplay
9. Guster or Dispatch? What?
10. John Mayer or Jack Johnson? Jack Johnson
11. Eminem or 50 Cent? Spice Girls
12. Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? SPICE GIRLS!!!
13. Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC? SPICE GIRLS!!!
14. The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? The Beatles
15. Ludwig van Beethoven or Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16. Sergei Rachmaninoff or Claude Debussy? Huh?
17. Duke Ellington or Count Basie? ?
18. Electric or acoustic? Both.
19. Mandolin or ukulele? Ukulele
20. Saxophone or trumpet? Saxophone

Miscellaneous

1. Why do you like music?
Who wouldn't like music?

2. When you're angry, what type of music do you listen to?
Anything

3. Has music ever made you cry?
No

4. Has music ever made you laugh? When?
Yes. When I listened Sepi Kumpulainen, or themes

5. Do you like local music?
NO.

11. If you could just chill with any musician, who would it be?
Moby

Me encontraba muy cansado, con mucho estres, y esque estaba muy presionado en el trabajo, son de esas ocasiones en que no sabes a que hora vas a llegar a tu casa a descansar, decidi, en lugar de quejarme o enojarme, mejor acompan'arme de musica durante el dia, puse un album que no conocia, que no habia escuchado antes, vi dentro de la biblioteca de mi ipod un album de moby, ya habia escuchado todos sus albums antes excepto uno, y esque este viene como "bonus disc", el album es "Hotel", en lo personal este album no me parece "lo mejor de moby", pero, al escuchar este "bonus disc" que viene en este album, Wow!! que disco, creo que moby da una catedra de como se usa un sintetizador para crear musica que te haga viajar a un estado de relajamiento, fuera de tu atmosfera, es indescriptible el universo de este disco, una vez mas la musica es un arma tan poderosa que hace mover cosas, sentir cosas, sin duda alguna para mi, en mi humilde opinion este es el mejor trabajo de moby, su mejor cracion.

Moby

I love Moby. No, I LOVE Moby beyond all reason. At first, I heard the song Porcelain and I adored it. Then, as a snotty trying to be deep teenager, I went out to the nearest Tower Records and bought Play. To this very day, I can listen to the album the entire way through and still love it. Moby managed to put together something that was enjoyable and commercial while still being innovative. I know that I had never heard anything like it.

I have listened to his older works (more importantly his take on the James Bond Theme) and didn't care too much for it. Maybe it was the disco beats of 18, the surreal Hotel, and his latest (which my friend, Jason, kindly sent me), Last Night that makes me adore him so, but I know that whenever I travel into San Francisco on BART, I can drown out the rest of the world with my faithful Moby.

Oh yes, my #5 most played artist Era (2,934), #8 E.S. Posthumus (1954), and Moby, who now sits at #23 with 802 plays have all released new album recently, and I got a hold of them.

Firstly, I was ecstatic to learn (via E.S Posthumus' page on last.fm of course) that they released a new album (Cartographer) months ago! So I quickly downloaded, and got listening. First impressions? First CD with that lady singing is very unlike the E.S. I loved. Second CD was more like it, but to date only 4 songs I consider good. They are Oraanu Pi, Mosane Pi, Isunova Pi, and Raptamei Pi.

Fyi, E.S made it to my #1 spot for the week ending Mar 30, with 136 plays.

Era's album Reborn is slated for release soon is again another New Age album I think has too much pop influences. Previous Era works (Era and Era 2) were a great mix of dance, and Gregorian vocals, this release is more pop with a smaller dose of the above mentioned. The few favourites are Sinfoni deo, Reborn, Come into my world, and finally Last song.

Era placed 9th on last week's charts with 22 plays. No doubt there will be a greater showing on this week's charts.

Last, but certainly not least, Moby's Last Night (incidentally, it's official release is today Tuesday April 1) is, unlike the other albums, not a disappointing one.

I must say, that I love albums 18 and Play especially by Moby.

Let's run through the track listing, shall we?

1. "Ooh Yeah" - 5:18

Nice start to the album. Not a favourite so far, but not a skipper. 3/5

2. "I Love To Move In Here" - 4:45

I love the fake audience, a technique Moby used in I'm Not Worried At All, a favourite of mine. 4/5

3."257.Zero" - 3:38
Upbeat track, 4/5

4. "Everyday It's 1989" - 3:40
This is the track that stood out the first time I played it. It's damn good, lyrics? Something along the lines of "Everyday I got to go through (screaming)". It's damn good, and as I said in the track's shout-box here on last.fm, it's the Moby I love. I've played this song (according to Win-Amp 50 times, last.fm been stingy with the play updates, so we'll see soon enough the track's total). 5/5, you have to hear this song!

5. "Live For Tomorrow" - 4:02
Sang by a female (like previous track), this up-beat song actually has more lyrics through. 4/5. Good song.

6. "Alice" - 4:27
Was never a fan of this song. Just never grew on me. 3/5

7. "Hyenas" - 3:35
Hotelesque, not my cup of tea. 3/5

8. "I'm In Love" - 3:43
Slightly better than the previous track. Starts off slow (in terms of quality, but gets better with time) 4/5

9. "Disco Lies" - 3:23
Good track, but personally I don't know why it's currently the highest charting new track for Moby on Last.fm. 4/5

10. "The Stars" - 4:21
Another fake audience track. "Can you believe it?" 4/5

I'm not sure what's happening with the last couple of tracks. No lyrics, very ambient. I'll have to keep playing them to like them more. So for now they're kind of "bla"?

11. "Degenerates" - 3:58
12. "Sweet Apocalypse<