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Great Albums with Built to Spill

By MP3.com Staff
August 1, 2006 at 10:12:00 AM

Indie mavens, Built to Spill discuss some great albums, Glam freaks with a lot of money, and the best rock lyrics ever penned.

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Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies (1973)

"When I was a kid my sister moved out of the house real early and she lived in a trailer...that was one of the records she had and I would always go over to her house and pull that record out."

- Brett Netson

The Replacements - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash (1981)

"Just the rawness of Sorry Ma was what really appealed to me...little short songs about absolutely nothing."

- Brett Nelson

Soul Asylum - Made To Be Broken (1986)

"Just the power of that record, and seeing them do it live was just so impressive."

- Jim Roth

Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me (1987)

"It kind of actually took me a while to get a grip on it...it took a few listens to understand where they were coming from, and then at some point it became the most magical record to me."

- Doug Martsch

Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (1988)

This one helped me make sense out of Sister...it wasn't until Daydream Nation came out that those records began to make sense."

- Scott Plouf

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TadMarko
To have mentioned Neil Young would have been redundant. While Doug is always cited as a guitar god, the less explored truth is that he writes the most wonderful lyrics. They are always multi-layered in meaning, humble, humorous, insightful and they seem to speak to me at whatever stage in my life I seem to be at.



"and God is whoever you're performing for"
Posted 08/04/2006 3:14pm
XlpranksterlX
Alice cooper is really out of place among this hardcore indie stuff. I believe i've heard a built to spill song before and if its the one im thinking about then these choices make sense.

Posted 08/02/2006 1:54pm
MikeAAA
It's like "great college-rock albums of the '80s." All great albums, though. The last two would definitely be in my top ten, along with BTS's "There's Nothing Wrong With Love."
Posted 08/02/2006 10:07am
crowdermp3
That's some serious indieness...
Posted 08/02/2006 9:36am
freaksngeeks
and I'd put Built To Spill's "Keep It Like A Secret" on my list.
Posted 08/01/2006 3:30pm
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