The Comprehensive Music Collection -- the E's

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sorry to redsock, but i've worked my way through the other albums, looking for more fresh blood ;)

Mark Eitzel - Songs of Love Live, 60 Watt Silver Lining
East River Pipe - Shining Hours in a Can, The Gasoline Age

album recommendations would be awesome, from redsock's first "A" thread:

" Artists that start with A, who should I be listening to, and what albums are important? Some artists are best covered by a Greatest hits album, others have one important album. All genres, all years, assume I know much less than I actually do. Let 'er rip…"

Eels - Electro-Shock Blues, With Strings: Live at Town Hall

Eluvium - Copia, Talk Amongst the Trees

Steve Earle - Train a Comin', or the Greatest Hits

Eleven - Eleven

Everything But the Girl - Eden, Idlewild, Temperamental, Walking Wounded, Amplified Heart

Eggstone - In San Diego (early 90's swedish pop)

Eurhythmics - Sweet Dreams, Touch

Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets, Another Green World, Before and After Science

Electronic - Electronic

Echo and the Bunnymen – Crocodiles, Heaven Up Here, Ocean Rain
Eagles of Death Metal – Peace, Love and Death Metal, Heart On
The English Beat – I Just Can't Stop It
Everclear – So Much for the Afterglow
Everything But the Girl – Walking Wounded, Like the Deserts Miss the Rain (best of)

i'd add "porcupine" and the s/t 1987 for echo and the bunnymen, too. they are all pretty great. or you can just get "songs to learn and sing" if you wanna go the greatest hits way.

exploding hearts - guitar romantic (must must must have)

electrelane - no shouts no calls (or axes. or the power out. but you probably only "need" one)

easy star all*stars - radiodread, dub side of the moon
elbow - the seldom seen kid
explosions in the sky - the rescue (which i prefer to "all of a sudden i miss everyone", but ymmv)

… and if you're in to chillout/downtempo/trippy-and-groovy electronica, hunt down some Entheogenic.  amazing stuff.

Erase Errata - Other Animals

The Eternals - Heavy International

ESG - Come Away with ESG, Step Off (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!), A South Bronx Story

Missy Elliott - Under Construction, Miss E…So Addictive, or the Greatest Hits compilation Respect M.E. (honestly, every album of hers is pretty damn good)

No apologies necessary. I'm working on lists a lot bigger than the boadie suggestions. Check back soon to the new and improved http://www.bigyawn.net to follow my progress, and see the full lists come together.

Meanwhile, bring on the E's!! Hoping this letter is much smaller than previous ones.

redsock wrote:
Meanwhile, bring on the E's!!

i'll bring the glow sticks.

Editors - "The Back Room"
Elastica - s/t
Duke Ellington - "The Essential…"
Brian Eno / David Byrne - "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts"
Eric B. and Rakim - "Paid in Full" (does this go under the "Bs"?)
The Essex Green - "Cannibal Sea"
Eugenius - "Oomalama"
Explosions in the Sky - "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever"; "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place"

The E Section in my collection is a bit thin but.


Electronic - Twisted Tenderness the third and probably my favor of the Sumner/Marr collaborations
Electrafixion - Just consider it the heaviest sounding release in the Echo and Bunnymen catalog

Echobelly - Everyone's Got One

Two power pop gems
El Goodo - Goodo
Eugene Edwards - My Favorite Revolution

Egyptian Lover - On The Nile

Roky Erickson - I Have Always Been There Before

No Erasure or Dave Edmunds  picks yet?

FYI, the self-titled Electronic record is flawless in my opinion, as good as anything that New Order ever did. I know that's a bold statement, but it truly has stood the test of time and I still listen to it religiously.

Esquivel-Space Aged Bachelor Pad Music
Steve Earle-I Feel Alright, Train a Comin, Guitar Town, Copperhead Road

That's it for the E's.

bearman wrote:
FYI, the self-titled Electronic record is flawless in my opinion, as good as anything that New Order ever did.

I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

kosmo wrote:
The E Section in my collection is a bit thin but.

i was surprised at how few bands/artists i had in the E's… the B's are enormous

the egg - "travelator", "forwards"

ixkpd-bk wrote:
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets, Another Green World, Before and After Science

you can't talk about eno in this context an not mention "ambient 1: music for airports".  "another green world" can be left off the list, IMO.

bearman wrote:
FYI, the self-titled Electronic record is flawless in my opinion, as good as anything that New Order ever did. I know that's a bold statement, but it truly has stood the test of time and I still listen to it religiously.

Agreed.

I'll add this to the E's collection:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv1_epNEK5s

I'm not really a fan, but I am shocked that Alejandro Escovedo hasn't been mentioned.

Experimental Audio Research-Phenomena 256
Espers-s/t, II
ELO-On The Third Day