best of 4AD

A longtime person here, mainly lurking and reading....

I couldn't let this go without putting in my opinion: 
In no particular order as these are my favorite 4ad
records of all time....period:

His Name Is Alive:  Mouth By Mouth.  Warn's production
is so crazy and so vivacious.  Makes everything else
he's ever produced seem bland.  I've listened to it a
million times and always hear something new.

Cocteau Twins:  Treasure.  Could you find anything
more beautiful? That's what really got me hooked! 

Lush:  Split.  Arguably not their best record, but it
just holds a ton of memories of good times and bad.

Mojave 3:  Ask Me Tomorrow.  About the only record on
the planet that makes me cry.

Scheer: Infliction.  Dense, loud, and beautiful all at
the same time.  Never heard anything this loud be so
lush and so thoroughly textured.

Close to the list:  Unrest-Perfect Teeth and Dead Can
Dance-Spleen and Ideal.

Got to see Mojave and Scheer in Austin when they
toured with Lush.  Lush played a larger, opening that
night, and the two remaining bands played in a smaller
club.  It was amazing. Also saw HNIA do a small fairly
acoustic gig after the release of Stars of ESP.  Very
neat.  Karin drew a rose and Warn put some neat
ramblings in my copy of King Of Sweet (in sharpie, of
course)

okay. back to lurking.  Thanks for listening.
tom @ hybridmagazine.com

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