Best Records of the 00's - Miracle of 86 "Every Famous Last Word"

Every once in a while a record will come along that is really great and nobody knows about it. It feels good to be one of a few people who really appreciate it. You feel bad for the band because they never got big because of the record, they were never playing arenas, never signed a multi record multi million deal. In fact they put the record out and then broke up like a year later. If you meet someone that knows and also loves this record, you are instantly surprised and taken aback that they know of it, but you also immediately trust their taste in music.



Oh yeah I'm talking about "Every Famous Last Word" by Miracle of 86. Every song is great. And nobody ever bought it or talked about it. You all done fucked up. Although Kevin Devine, luckily, is doing just fine and still making great music. But this record ruled. In fact I can't find any Miracle of 86 shit on YouTube - so here's Kevin doing a couple of songs solo. They sound different though obviously.

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Best Records of the 00's - Eminem "The Marshall Mathers LP"

I think in the summer of 2000 there was a couple of records I had in rotation - but nothing ruled like that year's Eminem release. Every song seemed so crazy and angry, but at the same time clever, and I loved it.



At the time I worked for a really really small company, where I basically sat in a room with my boss and my one coworker. Me and my coworker Andy listened to this so much we knew pretty much all the words, all the background noises and sound effects and would recite them at times. Although it seems really dated now, with the references to the Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and Carson Daly, at the time it fit as an angry piece of music countering the smiley pop music that dominated. The next record from Eminem "The Eminem Show" was also good, but not quite as great. The two after definitely slipped with "Encore" probably under the category of albums that blow. Here's some of my favorite tracks from Marshall Mathers LP: