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Amazon網站為了促銷遴選出百大Indie Rock專輯，這把戲幾乎人人在玩，即便是最近才倒店的Blender雜誌也有選過，所以幾乎是沒什麼邏輯，青菜蘿蔔各有喜愛罷了。也因此，The Postal Service排到第18名，Yo La Tengo排到第20名，Beirut排到第41名，Galaxie 500排到第44名，還有...Camera Obscura入選的不是第一張，Death Cab for Cute竟然不是烏鴉專輯......這些其實不太重要，反正當作參考，沒聽過的可以補一補就是了。

來自Amazon的說明：
The term "Indie Rock" is undeniably tricky. We challenge anyone to definitively define what is and what is not indie rock--you will fail. For the purposes of compiling this list we've decided to use a combination of hard and fast rules and gut instinct. Our hard and fast rules are listed below, but as for gut instinct--you just kind of have to know. For example: John Oates put out a rock record called Phunk Shui on an indie label, however, in no way should Phunk Shui be mistaken for indie rock. Likewise, Black Flag put out many seminal punk albums on SST, but we're not talking about punk or grunge or classic post-kraut-rock, we're talking about indie rock. Are Black Flag really indie rock? Not to our ears.


Amazon百大Indie Rock專輯
01 Bee Thousand / Guided by Voices
02 In the Aeroplane Over the Sea / Neutral Milk Hotel
03 Spiderland / Slint
04 Exile In Guyville / Liz Phair
05 Imperial f.f.r.r. (Deluxe Edition) / Unrest
06 Slanted & Enchanted / Pavement
07 If You're Feeling Sinister / Belle & Sebastian
08 Surfer Rosa / Pixies
09 Either/Or / Elliott Smith
10 Bakesale / Sebadoh
11 69 Love Songs Volume 1 / The Magnetic Fields
12 Daydream Nation / Sonic Youth
13 Michigan / Sufjan Stevens
14 We Have The Facts and We're Voting Yes / Death Cab For Cutie
15 I See A Darkness / Bonnie "Prince" Billy
16 No Pocky for Kitty / Superchunk
17 Dig Me Out / Sleater-Kinney
18 Give Up / The Postal Service
19 Kill the Moonlight / Spoon
20 I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One / Yo La Tengo
21 Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil... / Bright Eyes
22 Diary / Sunny Day Real Estate
23 Moon Pix / Cat Power
24 Funeral / Arcade Fire
25 Black Candy / Beat Happening
26 The Glow Pt. 2 / The Microphones
27 Yellow House / Grizzly Bear
28 Lift Your Skinny Fists... / godspeed you black emperor!
29 24 Hour Revenge Therapy / Jawbreaker
30 Zen Arcade / Husker Du
31 Repeater + 3 Songs / Fugazi
32 Let It Be [Expanded Edition] / The Replacements
33 Merriweather Post Pavilion / Animal Collective
34 Let's Get Out of This Country / Camera Obscura
35 Person Pitch / Panda Bear
36 Our Endless Numbered Days / Iron & Wine
37 When Your Heartstrings Break / Beulah
38 I Am A Bird Now / Antony & The Johnsons
39 You Forgot It In People / Broken Social Scene
40 This Nation's Saving Grace / The Fall
41 Gulag Orkestar / Beirut
42 Mass Romantic [Remastered] / The New Pornographers
43 On / Imperial Teen
44 On Fire / Galaxie 500
45 How Memory Works / Joan Of Arc
46 Advisory Committee / Mirah
47 Red House Painters I / Red House Painters
48 Agaetis Byrjun / Sigur Ros
49 Wild Love / Smog
50 And Don't The Kids Just Love It / Television Personalities
51 Emperor Tomato Ketchup / Stereolab
52 Liberty Belle And The Black Diamond Express / The Go Betweens
53 Sing No Evil / Half Japanese
54 Pussy / Whipped
55 The Mysterious Production of Eggs / Andrew Bird
56 The Decline And Fall Of Heavenly / Heavenly
57 Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes / TV On The Radio
58 Fabulous Muscles / Xiu Xiu
59 Set Yourself On Fire / Stars
60 Daddy's Highway / The Bats
61 Neon Golden / The Notwist
62 TNT / Tortoise
63 Destroyer's Rubies / Destroyer
64 Rejoicing in The Hands / Devendra Banhart
65 Coquelicot Asleep In The Poppies... / Of Montreal
66 Milk Man / Deerhoof
67 Will You Find Me / Ida
68 Oh, Inverted World / The Shins
69 Feast of Wire / Calexico
70 The Fawn / The Sea And Cake
71 Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating... / Spiritualized
72 II & III / Camper Van Beethoven
73 The R&B Of Membership / The Delta 72
74 The Curtain Hits The Cast / Low
75 Furnace Room Lullaby / Neko Case
76 Jane From Occupied Europe / Swell Maps
77 The Smell Of Our Own / The Hidden Cameras
78 Nothing Feels Good / The Promise Ring
79 De Stijl / The White Stripes
80 The Ugly Organ / Cursive
81 The Sea and the Bells / Rachel's
82 The Last Match / The Aislers Set
83 Save Yourself / Make Up
84 Hearts Of Oak / Ted Leo/Pharmacists
85 Vivian Girls / Vivian Girls
86 Worn Copy / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
87 Cure For Pain / Morphine
88 The Power Out / Electrelane
89 The Milk Eyed Mender / Joanna Newsom
90 Louden Up Now / (!!! Chk Chik Chick)
91 Gallowsbird's Bark / The Fiery Furnaces
92 Horses In The Sky / Silver Mt. Zion
93 Alligator / The National
94 Waiter: 'You Vultures!' / Portugal The Man
95 The Discovery Of A World Inside... / The Apples In Stereo
96 Trans Am / Trans Am
97 Ultimate Alternative Wavers / Built To Spill
98 To Survive / Joan As Police Woman
99 Passover / The Black Angels
100 Dangerous Magical Noise / The Dirtbombs


光「Indie Rock」可能不夠，Amazon還找出了「百大Debut專輯」、「百大Singer-Songwriter專輯」、「百大Romantic專輯」（這樣也行？）...

至於我的百大Indie Rock專輯冠軍？那還用說，一定是Yo La Tengo的《I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One》。

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