Strange Famous

1, Evanescence - Brilliantly and unashamedly adolescent, wonderful sing-a-long tunes, a gorgeous female vocalist.

2, Fiddy - Lyrically average small time drug dealer with a nice flow. Becomes a huge success by befriending Xzibit & Eminem

3, Christina Aguilera - The only of the crop of "pop princesses" to really prove herself, and on her own terms. Deeply flawed and basically good person, fantastic voice, bringing genuine passion and heart to pop music.

4, Dizzee Rascal - Clasically trained East London Wide Boy, brings the anger and pointlessness of untrendy London to the mainstream. A UK rapper who doesnt try to act American, but raps about HIS world, with its crappy drugs, petty crime, grim housing estates and rain streaked misery and boredom.

5, Johnny Cash - a true rebel, introducing a whole new generation to his music, which mixed country, rock, and folk. A badass who broke everyone's rules, a mean streak as wide as the Mississipi, will be greatly missed.

yours?

Stare At The Sun

I would very much agree W/ evanescence, and christina. Other than that, meh, i could care less

sadatx

What of The Whit Stripes? Are they not popular in the U.K.?

I'd also include Outkast since their new album has taken their fame up a notch.

Evanescene? Natch. I don't hate them, but they don't bring anything new to the music world in my opinion.

Fifty's worth about 2 cent(s) at the moment. Bad move bringing G-unit out (or maybe it's good to exploit Fifty's popularity as much as possible now).


Johnny Cash, good choice.

Christina has enormous talent. But I don't think that it's being put to good use.

I don't think Dizzee Rascal has made it Stateside yet.

Oh, let me also include No Doubt. Because they just keep on chugging and their cover of Talk Talk's "It's my life" is on point.


P.S. I know this wasn't a "critique my choices thread" but I just couldn't help it. Sorry

rockzilla

I had a hard time narrowing my choices down to 5, and I'm not even going to try to put them in any order.

Radiohead - Hail To The Thief - Radiohead had started to lose me with Kid A and Amnesiac. Those albums were too 'minimal electronica' for my likes. Hail to the Thief brought back the Radiohead that I was introduced to with The Bends and began to idolize with OK Computer, I got a fever, and the only cure is more guitar.

The Darkness - Permission to Land - 70's - 80's hair-metal revival. I still haven't decided whether these guys are serious or not, but that doesn't stop me from rocking my face off every time I listen to this album.

The Strokes - Room On Fire - For the past 2 years, I've been wondering if The Strokes were more than a one-album wonder. They haven't changed thier sound much on Room On Fire, it just sounds cleaner and tighter. They show a little more versatility on this album as well.

Outkast - Andre 3000 - The Love Below - I chose Andre's half of the 2 disc set, but not Big Boi's Speakerboxxx, which I enjoyed, but Outkast's most appealing aspect to me has always been Andre's eccentricity and flamboyance. This album is funny, happy, uplifting, sexy and eclectic. I've never heard anything quite like The Love Below, and I probably won't hear anything even close to it until the next Outkast album.

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - Very brooding, melancholy, yet beautiful album that's almost the opposite of what you would expect it to be based on Mer De Noms, or any of Maynards work with Tool. (Yes, I know APC's not just Maynard's band). I was expecting a much harder album, but I was very pleased with this.

Honourable Mentions :
Kenna - New Sacred Cow
Buck 65 - Talkin Honky Blues
Guided By Voices - Earthquake Glue
Led Zeppelin - How The West Was Won (I didn't really consider this since it was a live album of 30 year old material, but they're still the greatest band ever)
Outkast - Big Boi - Speakerboxxx (I liked it, just not as much as The Love Below)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell

Lasereth

I have to say that Metallica's St. Anger album really did it for me. I'm still listening to it everyday. Some Kind of Monster and St. Anger are two damn good songs. I listen to them over and over.

-Lasereth

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Mr.Deflok

My picks for the years breakthrough in music, not necessarily the biggest hits...
David Bowie's Reality
Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Type O Negative's Life is Killing Me