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I am busy as hell this week with school work, SO I'm not going to be around too much. I just wanted to throw a quick update on here to let everyone know I'm still alive. Plus, I am never going to get through my top album list at the rate I'm going.

Here is my #2 Album:

The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

"As these dimpled moptops from Oklahoma grow pepper-bearded and transform into wizened elder statesmen of sonic adventuring, the heartfelt candy of their loving bubblegum stretches ever longer into echoing soundscapes. If Radiohead are halfway to becoming U2, the Flaming Lips are nine-tenths of the way to pop nirvana. Hardly a song on Yoshimi isn't resonated, echoed, and reverberated--floating the listener higher until they have the ultimate bird's-eye view of what makes a great band tick. As with any album by the band, it's hard not to imagine parades and a sky filled with helium balloons while you listen to any of it--in this case, the party is enhanced brilliantly by digital filters and silver shimmering asides. The most immediate songs, like "One More Robot (3000-21)," are digital (almost trip-hop) dance numbers that lift the band out of the cornfields and into the loopy land of Bjrk. Little surprise, then, that the band are already following up this majestic splash of gummy bear brilliance by recording a CD with kids' TV show host Steve from Blue's Clues. It's like Woodstock meets Snoopy!" --Ian Christe (Amazon.com)

03 - H.I.M. - Razorblade Romance
04 - Peter Gabriel - Up
05 - David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust... (Live Concert)
06 - Metallica - ...And Justice For All
07 - Dredg - El Cielo
08 - Fleetwood Mac - The Dance
09 - Dream Theater - Scenes From A Memory
10 - The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie