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Anything too quirky can never be good. The obvious kings of quirk, They Might Be Giants, can only occupy at most one space in a CD rack, and are best not to. Should they be there, it really ought to be Factory Showroom.
Other artists that can be classified as almost-too-quirky include Ween, Weezer, Violent Femmes, Beck (Seachange is essential though), Belle and Sebastian (I allow Dear Catastrophe Waitress and Tigermilk), Looper, any given West Coast ska punk band especially of the puerile variety (an issue in itself, I say NONE), comedian side-projects or TV Cartoon spinoff compilations and The Flaming Lips (with the exception of The Soft Bulletin, which is excellent).
I say less quirk for your smirk, so keep a lid on things. No more than four quirky discs, distributed both among the artists and also chronologically so it doesn't look like you went through a phase.
Other artists that can be classified as almost-too-quirky include Ween, Weezer, Violent Femmes, Beck (Seachange is essential though), Belle and Sebastian (I allow Dear Catastrophe Waitress and Tigermilk), Looper, any given West Coast ska punk band especially of the puerile variety (an issue in itself, I say NONE), comedian side-projects or TV Cartoon spinoff compilations and The Flaming Lips (with the exception of The Soft Bulletin, which is excellent).
I say less quirk for your smirk, so keep a lid on things. No more than four quirky discs, distributed both among the artists and also chronologically so it doesn't look like you went through a phase.
posted by peter at
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The Flaming Lips can be in anyone's collection with any number of discs from The Soft Bulletin onwards. Yes I know that's only two but I am allowing for future discs.
Beck... I say that Mellow Gold, One Foot In The Grave and Midnite Vultures are the only inessential albums.
Belle And Sebastian: my own personal nickname for them is Dull And Predictable.
They Might Be Giants: one disc.
Weezer/Violent Femmes/proto-Emo: any number (but not a full back catalogue).
Also, forgot to say: NO Frank Zappa. That should go without saying.
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