Okay, my top ten as of today. I based these picks on how deeply the album moves me and how close to perfection they feel to me as an artistic statement. If we are talking about albums, then I am thinking not just about the tracks I like but what is the story, the journey that this album takes me on when I stop every distraction and put the music on and really, deeply listen. I’m also not trying to let the brevity of the EP’s or the length of The Fragile sway me. Just let each piece stand on its own merits.

1. The Downward Spiral
2. Hesitation Marks
3. Add Violence
4. The Fragile
5. Year Zero
6. Bad Witch
7. Still
8. Broken
9. Not The Actual Events
10. The Slip

I think Trent has moved away from Hesitation Marks in a very decisive way but I think that in time it may be appreciated as one of his more profound artistic statements. The way some of Bowie’s albums were reassessed decades later.

I bet if I revisited this post a year from now I would disagree with myself. It’s all so subjective and tied to where we currently are in life...

Fun exercise though.