Free Pony Theory ~ The best indie Album Project

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Clean, indie album only

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso [LIVE] (Ojc, 1958)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (1967)
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (Evidence, 1967/69)

The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass - Les Stances a Sophie (Universal Sound, 1970)
Faust - Faust IV (Blue Plate Caroline, 1973)
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Takoma, 1973)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Mute, 1973)
Richard Hell - Blank Generation (Stiff, 1974)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Fontana Geffen, 1978)

Glenn Branca - The Ascension (Acute, 1981)
Durutti Column - LC (Factory Records, 1981)
Husker Du - Zen Arcade (Sst Records, 1984)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (Sst Records, 1984)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (4AD, 1984)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Geffen Records, 1988)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (Grand Royale, 1989)

Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (Drag City, 1990)
Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs (Dischord, 1990)
Bikini Kill - Kill (Rock Stars, 1991)
Slint - Spiderland (Touch & Go Records, 1991)
Shellac - The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Play It Again Sam Us, 1993)
Portishead - Dummy (Go Discs, 1994)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey, 1996)
Amon Tobin - Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge Records, 1998)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions (K7, 1998)
Arvo Part - Te Deum (ECM, 1999)
Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi (Eighteenth Street, 1999)

The Third Eye Foundation - Little Lost Soul (Merge, 2000)
The Mercury Program - From the Vapor of Gasoline (Tiger Style, 2000)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Hysteria (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
Four Tet - Rounds (Domino, 2003)
Charalambides - Joy Shapes (Kranky, 2004)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (Xl Recordings, 2005)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop, 2005)
Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (Planet Mu, 2005)
Alva Noto - For (12k/Line, 2006)
Boris - Pink (Southern Lord, 2006)

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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Thelonious Monk - Misterioso [LIVE] (Ojc, 1958)
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (Evidence, 1967/69)
The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass - Les Stances a Sophie (Universal Sound, 1970)
Glenn Branca - The Ascension (Acute, 1981)
Arvo Part - Te Deum (ECM, 1999)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Hysteria (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001)
Alva Noto - For (12k/Line, 2006)

Betty Davis - Betty Davis (Mpc Limited, 1973)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (Sundazed Music Inc., 1974)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (Priority Records, 1978)
Afrika Bambaata - Beware (Tommy Boy, 1986)
Afrika Bambaata - Planet Rock: The Album (Tommy Boy, 1986)
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique (Grand Royale, 1989)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (1967)

Faust - Faust IV (Blue Plate Caroline, 1973)
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Takoma, 1973)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Mute, 1973)
Richard Hell - Blank Generation (Stiff, 1974)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Fontana Geffen, 1978)

Durutti Column - LC (Factory Records, 1981)
Husker Du - Zen Arcade (Sst Records, 1984)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (Sst Records, 1984)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (4AD, 1984)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge (Thirsty Ear, 1985)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (Bar/None, 1986)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Geffen Records, 1988)

Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (Drag City, 1990)
Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs (Dischord, 1990)
Bikini Kill - Kill (Rock Stars, 1991)
Slint - Spiderland (Touch & Go Records, 1991)
Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam (Rough Trade, 1991)
Shellac - The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Don Caballero - For Respect (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Portishead - Dummy (Go Discs, 1994)
Bardo Pond - Bufo Alvarius (Drunken Fish, 1995)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey, 1996)
Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just As Good (Touch & Go Records, 1997)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge Records, 1998)
Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe, 1998)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts (Burning Heart, 1998)
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun (Play It Again Sam Us, 1999)

The Mercury Program - From the Vapor of Gasoline (Tiger Style, 2000)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (2002)
50 Foot Wave - 50 Foot Wave (ThrowingMusic, 2004)
Charalambides - Joy Shapes (Kranky, 2004)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (Xl Recordings, 2005)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop, 2005)
Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81 (Kill Rock Stars, 2006)
Boris - Pink (Southern Lord, 2006)
Uzeda - Stella (Touch & Go, 2006)

Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Play It Again Sam Us, 1993)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (Tvt, 1996)
Labradford - Mi Media Naranja (Kranky, 1997)
Amon Tobin - Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions (K7, 1998)
Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi (Eighteenth Street, 1999)
The Third Eye Foundation - Little Lost Soul (Merge, 2000)
Four Tet - Rounds (Domino, 2003)
Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (Planet Mu, 2005)

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark, 1968)
Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (Dicristina Stair, 1970)
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (Omplatten Records, 1970)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars,1997)
Squarepusher Music Is Rotted One Note (Nothing Records, 1998)
Eels - Electro-Shock Blues (Dreamworks, 1998)
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (Desoto, 1999)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (Kranky, 2000)
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi Warp Records, 2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (Anti, 2002)
Deerhoof - Reveille (Kill Rock Stars, 2002)
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky, 2003)
65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (Monotreme, 2004)
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (Sanctuary Records, 2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)

C.a. Quintet - Trip Thru Hell (Sundazed Music Inc., 1994)
Nobukazu Takemura - Scope (Thrill Jockey, 1999)
Angels Of Light - New Mother (Young God Records, 1999)
Merzbow - 1930 (Tzadik, 1998)
Masonna - Inner Mind Mystique (Relapse, 1996)
Explosions in the Sky - Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever (Temporary Residence, 2001)
Cinematic Orchestra - Every Day (Ninja Tune, 2002)
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher (Warp Records, 2003)
cLOUDDEAD - Ten (Mush, 2004)
Mum - Summer Make Good (Fat Cat, 2004)

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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Manifesto (Records, 1980)
Lounge Lizards - Lounge Lizards (Editions Eg Records, 1981)
AMM - AMMMusic [LIVE] (Recommended Records, 1996)
Ken Vandermark, The Denison/Kimball Trio - Neutrons (Quarter Stick, 1997)
Ground Zero - Plays Standards (Diw Records, 1997)
Derek Bailey - Guitar, Drums 'n Bass (Avant Japan, 1997)
Lounge Lizards - Queen of All Ears (Strange & Beautiful, 1998)
Spaceways Incorporated - Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic (Atavistic Records, 2000)
Happy Apple - Body Popping, Moon Walking, Top Rocking (Midwest Artists Dist., 2000)
Ken Vandermark - Burn the Incline (Atavistic Records, 2000)
Henry Threadgill - Everybody's Mouth's a Book (Pi Recordings, 2001)
The Nels Cline Singers - Instrumentals (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
John Zorn - Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003)

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Everything chronological

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Thelonious Monk - Misterioso [LIVE] (Ojc, 1958)
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (1967)
Anthony Braxton - For Alto (Delmark, 1968)
Sun Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra - Atlantis (Evidence, 1967/69)

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (Dicristina Stair, 1970)
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (Omplatten Records, 1970)
The Art Ensemble of Chicago with Fontella Bass - Les Stances a Sophie (Universal Sound, 1970)
Faust - Faust IV (Blue Plate Caroline, 1973)
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Takoma, 1973)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Mute, 1973)
Richard Hell - Blank Generation (Stiff, 1974)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Fontana Geffen, 1978)

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Manifesto Records, 1980)
Glenn Branca - The Ascension (Acute, 1981)
Lounge Lizards - Lounge Lizards (Editions Eg Records, 1981)
Durutti Column - LC (Factory Records, 1981)
Husker Du - Zen Arcade (Sst Records, 1984)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (Sst Records, 1984)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (4AD, 1984)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge (Thirsty Ear, 1985)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (Bar/None, 1986)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Geffen Records, 1988)

Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (Drag City, 1990)
Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs (Dischord, 1990)
Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill (Rock Stars, 1991)
Slint - Spiderland (Touch & Go Records, 1991)
Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam (Rough Trade, 1991)
Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (Play It Again Sam Us, 1993)
Shellac - The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Don Caballero - For Respect (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Portishead - Dummy (Go Discs, 1994)
Bardo Pond - Bufo Alvarius (Drunken Fish, 1995)
AMM - AMMMusic [LIVE] (Recommended Records, 1996)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey, 1996)
Autechre - Tri Repetae++ (Tvt, 1996)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars,1997)
Labradford - Mi Media Naranja (Kranky, 1997)
Amon Tobin - Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just As Good (Touch & Go Records, 1997)
Ken Vandermark, The Denison/Kimball Trio - Neutrons (Quarter Stick, 1997)
Ground Zero - Plays Standards (Diw Records, 1997)
Derek Bailey - Guitar, Drums 'n Bass (Avant Japan, 1997)
Squarepusher Music Is Rotted One Note (Nothing Records, 1998)
Lounge Lizards - Queen of All Ears (Strange & Beautiful, 1998)
Arvo Part - Te Deum (ECM, 1999)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge Records, 1998)
Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe, 1998)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts (Burning Heart, 1998)
Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions (K7, 1998)
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (Desoto, 1999)
Thievery Corporation - Sounds from the Thievery Hi-Fi (Eighteenth Street, 1999)
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun (Play It Again Sam Us, 1999)

Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (Kranky, 2000)
The Third Eye Foundation - Little Lost Soul (Merge, 2000)
The Mercury Program - From the Vapor of Gasoline (Tiger Style, 2000)
Spaceways Incorporated - Thirteen Cosmic Standards by Sun Ra & Funkadelic (Atavistic Records, 2000)
Happy Apple - Body Popping, Moon Walking, Top Rocking (Midwest Artists Dist., 2000)
Ken Vandermark - Burn the Incline (Atavistic Records, 2000)
Henry Threadgill - Everybody's Mouth's a Book (Pi Recordings, 2001)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief: Hysteria (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001)
Microphones - Glow Pt. 2 CD (K Records, 2001)
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (Warp Records, 2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (Anti, 2002)
Deerhoof - Reveille (Kill Rock Stars, 2002)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (Kranky, 2002)
The Nels Cline Singers - Instrumentals (Cryptogramophone, 2002)
John Zorn - Masada Guitars (Tzadik, 2003)
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky, 2003)
65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (Monotreme, 2004)
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (Sanctuary Records, 2004)
50 Foot Wave - 50 Foot Wave (ThrowingMusic, 2004)
Charalambides - Joy Shapes (Kranky, 2004)
Mum - Summer Make Good (Fat Cat, 2004)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született (Planet Mu, 2005)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (Xl Recordings, 2005)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (Sub Pop, 2005)
Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81 (Kill Rock Stars, 2006)
Alva Noto - For (12k/Line, 2006)
Boris - Pink (Southern Lord, 2006)
Uzeda - Stella (Touch & Go, 2006)

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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

complete update on rock
last major update before posting

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Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - Safe As Milk (Buddha, 1967)
Pearls Before Swine - Balaklava (Get Back Italy, 1968)

Vashti Bunyan - Just Another Diamond Day (Dicristina Stair, 1970)
Os Mutantes - A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado (Omplatten Records, 1970)
Klaus Schulze - Irrlicht (Inside Out U.S., 1972)
Faust - Faust IV (Blue Plate Caroline, 1973)
John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Takoma, 1973)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (Mute, 1973)
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom (Hannibal, 1974)
Richard Hell - Blank Generation (Stiff, 1974)
Pere Ubu - The Modern Dance (Fontana Geffen, 1978)

Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Manifesto Records, 1980)
Jon Hassell - Fourth World, Vol. 2: Dream Theory in Malaya (Editions Eg Records, 1981)
Durutti Column - LC (Factory Records, 1981)
Husker Du - Zen Arcade (Sst Records, 1984)
Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (Sst Records, 1984)
Cocteau Twins - Treasure (4AD, 1984)
Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - Nail (Thirsty Ear, 1985)
Beat Happening - Beat Happening (K. Records, 1985)
Einsturzende Neubauten - Haus der Lüge (Thirsty Ear, 1985)
Beat Happening - Beat Happening (K. Records, 1985)
They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants (Bar/None, 1986)
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation (Geffen Records, 1988)
Big Black - Songs About Fucking (Touch & Go Records, 1988)

Royal Trux - Twin Infinitives (Drag City, 1990)
Fugazi - Repeater + 3 Songs (Dischord, 1990)
Bikini Kill - Bikini Kill (Rock Stars, 1991)
Slint - Spiderland (Touch & Go Records, 1991)
Nation Of Ulysses - 13-Point Program to Destroy America (Dischord, 1991)
Sebadoh - III (Homestead, 1991)
Mercury Rev: Yerself Is Steam (Rough Trade, 1991)
Juliana Hatfield - Hey Babe (Mammoth, 1992)
Shellac - The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Don Caballero - For Respect (Touch & Go Records, 1993)
Even as We Speak - Feral Pop Frenzy (Sarah, 1993)
Vampire Rodents - Lullaby Land (Reconstriction, 1993)
Tav Falco & Panther Burns - behind the magnolia curtain (Triple X Records, 1994)
Alex Chilton - Feudalist Tarts/No Sex (Razor & Tie, 1994)
Portishead - Dummy (Go Discs, 1994)
Bardo Pond - Bufo Alvarius (Drunken Fish, 1995)
East River Pipe - Poor Fricky (Merge Records, 1995)
Danielson Famile - A Prayer For Every Hour (Tooth & Nail Records, 1996)
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die (Thrill Jockey, 1996)
Blonde Redhead - Fake Can Be Just As Good (Touch & Go Records, 1997)
Elliott Smith - Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars,1997)
Squarepusher Music Is Rotted One Note (Nothing Records, 1998)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Merge Records, 1998)
Ani DiFranco - Ani DiFranco (Righteous Babe, 1998)
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombation In 12 Bursts (Burning Heart, 1998)
The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs (Merge Records, 1999)
Make-Up - Save Yourself (K. Records, 1999)
Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (Desoto, 1999)
Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun (Play It Again Sam Us, 1999)

The Mercury Program - From the Vapor of Gasoline (Tiger Style, 2000)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven (Kranky, 2000)
Dirty Three - Whatever You Love, You Are (Touch & Go Records, 2000)
Microphones - Glow Pt. 2 CD (K Records, 2001)
Spoon - Girls Can Tell (Merge Records, 2001)
Jessica Bailiff - Jessica Bailiff (Kranky, 2002)
Boards Of Canada - Geogaddi (Warp Records, 2002)
Tom Waits - Alice (Anti, 2002)
Deerhoof - Reveille (Kill Rock Stars, 2002)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (Arts & Crafts, 2002)
Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism (Barsuk, 2003)
Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (Kranky, 2003)
50 Foot Wave - 50 Foot Wave (ThrowingMusic, 2004)
Charalambides - Joy Shapes (Kranky, 2004)
65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (Monotreme, 2004)
The Fiery Furnaces - Blueberry Boat (Sanctuary Records, 2004)
Arcade Fire - Funeral (Merge, 2004)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Self-Released, 2005)
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
Hold Steady - Separation Sunday (French Kiss, 2005)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (Vice, 2005)
Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (Xl Recordings, 2005)
Delta 5 - Singles & Sessions 1979-81 (Kill Rock Stars, 2006)
Boris - Pink (Southern Lord, 2006)
Uzeda - Stella (Touch & Go, 2006)

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Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 152

Interesting list. What is the purpose of it?

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

I am bored. lol. that probably is the biggest reason.

but ... if there are other reasons...

1. sounds like an interesting project

2. this will go into MdM "page. if Moka feels like it.

3. then we can make a series of posts tied to this page. So, if we run out of idea, somebody can always go to this library and start talking about some aspect/elaborate on itmes in it.

4. it also gives use a little "library" of our own. we can add information, erase, improve, etc. we can build it for MdM.

But overall structure of the project. or how to define it isn't very clear yet. at the moment. It really is just me alone getting bored.

what do you think?

Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1088

Moka's pick (I chop her list short. Very Happy

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Keith Jarrett - Vienna Concert (ECM, 1999)
Autechre - Incunabula (Tvt, 1994)

Fridge - Happiness (Temporary Residence / Brainwashed, 2001)
Dntel - Life Is Full Of Possibilities (Plug Research, 2001)
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn (Constellation, 2003)
Manitoba - Up In Flames (Leaf / Domino, 2003 )
Ellen Allien - Berlinette (Bpitch Control, 2004)
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs (Fat Cat, 2004)
Susumu Yokota - symbol (leaf, 2005)
The Books - Lost And Safe (Tomlab, 2006)

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Clogs - Stick Music (Brassland Records, 2004)

Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 152

Well, I think the list is interesting and doing something with it could be fun actually!

But it all depends on what you want to do with it. For people to care about such a list, you have to make sure for them to understand the concept behind it. So the concept of the list should be very clear (what is your definition of indie-albums for instance) and also a notion of how the list was made. You have to ask yourself what the relevance is for the reader of such a list. I think the list in itself has very little relevance, maybe none at all. But if you take the reader more in-depth and actually write about the albums, start analyzing them, explain why they are included and describe the relationships with other included albums then I think there’s a lot to achieve. Smile

Secondly, if it’s going to be a Motel de Moka list then I think that at least Moka herself should be involved. What is her take on this?

The legendary "Ptolemaic Terrascope" magazine has a top 100 album list called "This Is Our Music". Which in itself is quite cool actually. And if you click on the “More Like This...” link besides each album you get some handy album recommendations. Unfortunately there’s very little else to do with the list for the reader so the relevance of the list is still very limited.