Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums: 2017

Folks, another year is in the books. Not a moment too soon if you ask me (I realize you did not ask me). I sincerely hope your 2017 was better than mine. If it wasn't, that's no good, but I hope you at least spent as much time listening to absolutely killer records as I did.

Not a lot of great things happened in 2017, but a ton of great music came out. So much so that I didn't even come close to keeping up with all of it. There was great national stuff, great international stuff, and, most importantly, a staggering amount of quality music coming out of Minnesota. Without any further buildup, here's Flatbasset Radio's 50 Most Played Albums Of 2017.

(Note #1: As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Mozzer album has 12 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as twelve "plays." As usual, all stats come from my Last.FM page. Give it a follow if you really want to stay up on what's getting the most plays.)

(Note #2: This is a list of "Most Played" albums, not "Best" albums. If I made that list it wouldn't look dramatically different, but it wouldn't be the same either. Not really a relevant note, just didn't want anybody to feel bad.)

Alright, here's how it went.

 

 

 

 

 

01. Medium Zach - Beatstory (143 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

02. V/A - The Greatest Of All-Time #2 (141 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

03. Tyte Jeff - Lutheran Teens (125 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

04. Witch Watch - Wandering & Wondering (120 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05. P.O.S - Chill, Dummy (117 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

06. Allan Kingdom - Lines (115 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

07. The Miami Dolphins - Water Your Waiting For (113 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

08. Bash & Pop - Anything Can Happen (109 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

09. Suzie - Chardonnay (108 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10. The Bolt Weevils - Long Way Home (107 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11. Hippo Campus - Landmark (106 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12. Shredders - Dangerous Jumps (101 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13. The Chinchees - The Chinchees (101 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14. Good Doom - New Shapes For You (98 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15. Morrissey - Low In High School (96 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16. Strange Relations - Editorial You (92 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17. Craig Finn - We All Want The Same Things (92 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18. Extraterrestrials - Extraterrestrials (92 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19. Stanley - Stanley (91 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20. The Awful Truth - Glisten (90 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21. Falls - Torn Between Comas (90 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22. Blaha - 499-456 (88 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23. Jeremy Ylvisaker (85 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24. Suzie - Deluxe (83 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25. Porno Wolves - Renegades (83 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26. The Cribs - 24-7 Rock Star Shit (82 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27. Mux Mool - Implied Lines (Deluxe) (81 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28. Murder Shoes - Fall (80 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29. Loud Sun - Sea Graves (80 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30. Rupert Angeleyes & Joey Joey Michaels - Rupert Angeleyes & Joey Joey Michaels (80 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Mirror Traffic (78 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32. Fragile Canyons - Adapting To The Cosmos (77 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33. Yeah Wings - Tomorrow Will Be Better (75 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34. Metasota - It's Just Rap (74 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35. Prince - Prince (74 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36. StoLyette - Summer (74 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37. Narco States - Temples Into Tombs (74 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38. Frances Gumm - My Sweet Demise (71 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour Of Bewilderbeast (70 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40. Remo Drive - Greatest Hits (70 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41. Cool Pollution - From Kosmos With Love (69 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42. Deleter - Meaningless Chants (69 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43. Frank Ocean - Endless (67 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44. Cheap Fantasy - Life Of Glass (67 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45. Chance York & Big Cats - Highest Self (66 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46. Free Truman - It's Whatever (66 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

47. Double Grave - New Year's Daydream (66 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48. Sebadoh - Bakesale (64 plays)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49. Minnie/Bluntz - Gone Plutonium (64 plays)

50. Brilliant Beast - Jelly (64 plays)









There you have it, folks. Another year in the books. Stay tuned for more shows in 2018.

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #112

Thanks for listening, thanks for understanding...

Well hello again, music fans. Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #112!

It's the last show of 2017, everybody and I, for one, couldn't be happier. 2017 was a trash can fire. Will 2018 be better? I don't know. What am I, Kreskin? I hope so, but I'm a practical man, so I'm sure not counting on it.

The one thing I can say with some certainty: This is an outstanding episode of Flatbasset Radio!

(Second thing I can say with some certainty: I am not great at segues.)

Anyway, continuing a theme from last week's episode, I'm making up for some lost time with this one. Over the course of 2017 I slept/worked/moped my way through too many weeks without putting together a show and, as such, I missed a bunch of classic anniversaries. I'm rectifying that here on Ep. #112. A semi-forgotten hip-hop classic, an old demo by a fallen power-pop god , TWO 50th anniversary classics, my favorite post-makeout-stroll album of 1997, the most perfect power-pop song ever written, some weirdo 70's instrumental stuff, one of the great forgotten punk bands of the 90's... all of these things make an appearance on this week's show (as well as a new one from the Twin Cities' favorite ex-pats). All that plus the Cover Of The Week & the Flatbasset Flatclassic.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. I've finally set up a decent downloading site, so if you'd like to download Flatbasset Radio: Episode #112 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.

If you don't have the time or desire to download the show, just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.



Here's how Episode #112 plays out:

01. The Hold Steady - Entitlement Crew

02. Lupe Fiasco - Hip-Hop Saved My Life

03. The Beatles - Flying

04. Nirvana - Son Of A Gun

05. Rivers Cuomo - Chess

06. David Bowie - Moss Garden

07. R.E.M. - Nightswimming

08. Buffalo Springfield - Rock & Roll Woman

09. Wretch Like Me - Hello Hollywood, This Is David

10. Green Day - Last Ride In

11. Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind

12. The Smiths - I Won't Share You









There you have it. See you in hell, 2017!

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Flatbasset Radio: Episode #111

Show me a barrel and watch me scrape it...

Well hello again, podcast fans! Welcome to Flatbasset Radio: Episode #111

I know it's been a minute since the last episode, but I'm trying to finish the year strong. It's a long, holiday travel sort of weekend and I'm here to help you get through that car ride or plane ride or train ride.

You'll find that Flatbasset Radio: Episode #111 is just a bit different (perhaps, dare I say, better) than previous episodes. That's because, in the name of getting some songs in before 2017 passes, each of the sets on this week's show ends with a would-be Flatbasset Flatclassic. I had too many anniversaries pile up on me over the year due to my lack of consistency and I'm making up for lost time. Of course we'll still be dipping into some great new local music, some anniversaries, the Cover Of The Week, a trip in the Minnesota Way-Back Machine, and the actual Flatbasset Flatclassic.

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. I've finally set up a decent downloading site, so if you'd like to download Flatbasset Radio: Episode #111 (with all the appropriate iTunes tagging), just click here.

If you don't have the time or desire to download the show, just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.



Here's how Episode #111 plays out:

01. Another Heaven - Starfall

02. Mew - Carry Me To Safety (Live On Radio K)

03. Nik Void - Rocket USA

04. The Verve - Lucky Man

05. Astronomique - Mimic Forms

06. Bedhead - Unfinished

07. Morrissey - Trouble Loves Me

08. The Busy Signals - She's Got Soul

09. Sloan - I Am The Cancer/Left Of Centre

10. Roma Di Luna - Letter To A Young Poet

11. Gin Blossoms - Found Out About You

12. Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise









There you have it, folks. Enjoy!

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Flatbasset Radio's 25 Most Played Albums: November '17

Well hello everybody. Welcome to another edition of Album Collage Monthly!

Folks, I don't know about you, but my November was straight trash. I won't bore you with the details, but too much worky, not enough sleepy, not enough bloggy... It wasn't any fun. It was so bad, in fact, that it bled into December and pushed this post back a day. I'm sorry for that, but really, if you spent yesterday refreshing this blog waiting for the collage you have problems far worse than mine.

Anyway, as always, big thanks to everybody who checked out the lone show I posted this month. No matter how rough things are, I take sincere joy out of playing that Descendents song every Thanksgiving. It really does say the things I'd like to in a much better (and catchier) way than I can. Sincere thanks to all the bands who play the way they play and help push through the darker days.

Let's get to the thing.

(As always, one "play" equals one song. For example, the new Mozzer album has 12 songs on it, so each time I listen to it front to back it counts as twelve "plays." As usual, all stats come from my Last.FM page. Give it a follow if you really want to stay up on what's getting the most plays.)

01. Shredders - Dangerous Jumps (84 plays)

02. Morrissey - Low In High School (84 plays)

03. Yeah Wings - Tomorrow WillBe Better (63 plays)

04. Buck 65 - Situation (55 plays)

05. Blaha - 499-456 (55 plays)

06. Descendents - Liveage! (54 plays)

07. Local H - Hallelujah! I'm A Bum (51 plays)

08. V/A - EIS Sampler 2013 // 2014 (50 plays)

09. V/A - Unpop 154 (47 plays)

10. The Replacements - All For Nothing/Nothing For All (46 plays)

11. Jay-Z - American Gangster (45 plays)

12. Fragile Canyons - Adapting To The Cosmos (44 plays)

13. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (42 plays)

14. Superchunk - Superchunk (40 plays)

15. Liam Gallagher - As You Were (37 plays)

16. Vangelis - Blade Runner (36 plays)

17. Unwound - Repetition (36 plays)

18. The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (33 plays)

19. The Killers - Sawdust (33 plays)

20. Bedhead - WhatFunLifeWas (33 plays)

21. Romantica - Control Alt Country Delete (32 plays)

22. Buffalo Springfield - Again (30 plays)

23. Greg Graffin - American Lesion (30 plays)

24. Jens Lekman - Life Will See You Now (30 plays)

25. Cream - Disraeli Gears (30 plays)

There you have it, folks. Stay tuned for more shows throughout December!

For more of my rantings you can give me a follow on Twitter (@TCDroogsma).  Previous episodes of Flatbasset Radio are archived on my Mixcloud page.  Stop by Flatbasset Radio's Facebook Page & give it a "Like" if you have the time.