file under: whoknows whatpop (pt. iii)

hopefully by now, the exercise looks familiar to those interested in playing along at home. i know it's juvenile, but whenever it's brought up with friends, their answers always surprise me. i therefore want to pose further questions. have i no shame?

the impossible topic this time around is favorite albums. define that last term however you want - i'll accept whatever constraints you lay out there. greatest hits packages? box sets? homemade mixtape? 's all good, cuzzo.

some of my own choices actually surprised me a little bit this time. in order to verify those unexpected answers, i re-listened to and re-evaluated some older favorites and found them slipping down the list (some completely out of the top 10 for the very first time ever!).

i've also noticed that nostalgia has begun to play a huge role for me in this ongoing game. have my boundaries been set? have my tastes calcified? have my plates really fused, so to speak? it was inevitable, i guess.

so without further ado, the 10 albums i think of as my favorites at this early morning hour (in rough but definitely not absolute order):

01) sonic youth - goo
02) the stooges - fun house
03) horace andy - skylarking
04) guided by voices - bee thousand
05) king tubby - essential dub

06) the clash - combat rock
07) mf doom - operation: doomsday!
08) run-d.m.c. - run-d.m.c.
09) yo la tengo - i can hear the heart beating as one
10) erase errata - other animals

what are yours?

[next week: food-related!]