OK, this is a tough one. Not because the album is difficult, which it is, but rather that Amnesiac is a re-telling of Kid A, so they haven’t broken much ground.
These Auzzie scuzzrockers pretty much begat all the other Auzzie scuzzrockers (The Saints, Feedtime, Cosmic Psychos, etc.) and plenty of non-Auzzies, too
Eight “songs” pulled from The Gap sessions. As with the album, you either think Joan Of Arc had become a complete mess by their end, or pure abstract geniuses.
She’s one of the original Bad Seeds, co-wrote some of their more troubling songs, and has offered her vocals to Einstürzende Neubauten and Mick Harvey.
Melodic, noisy, and emotional – Red Bennies have got their shit together. But not too much, so you get the feeling it’s all gonna fall apart at any moment.
Azure Wonder & Lust is complex, samples-rich, echoey, wah-full and skittered up with instrumental comments that blow and crawl and scuttle in all directions.
Are any of these five albums essential? No. Are there 15-20 songs that are absolutely unforgettable and fully deserving of their classic status? You bet.