Which is to say it kicks ass, and there’s not much more you can ask of a punk song than that. I’m not really a huge lyrics guy (except when I am), but I’m a vibe guy (I guess?), and the vibe here is anti-authority… or at least anti- something, and it works. I don’t know what “Bloodstains” is about, really, but that’s fine. It’s punk, it’s fast, it’s angry, it’s in zero way “mainstream,” it’s raucous, yet with a definite intelligence underlying the operation.
When I throw on “Bloodstains,” the opening track, I dig it immediately. What does Agent Orange’s Living in Darkness mean to me? What does it make me feel? Why is it exciting or compelling? Find out more about why I embarked on a best 1,000 albums ever project. This is 100% my own personal super biased, incredibly subjective take on what my top 1,000 albums are, ranked in painstaking order over the course of doing research for nearly a year, Rob from High Fidelity style.
Yeah, I know it’s audacious, a little crazy (okay, maybe a lot cray cray), bordering on criminal nerdery.īut here’s what it’s NOT: a definitive list of the Greatest Albums of All-Time. What does the “best 1,000 albums ever” mean and why are you doing this? My ranking of the best 1,000 albums ever, the one you’re reading right now – #1,000 out of 1,000Īgent Orange – Living in Darkness on Spotify.When was Living in Darkness released? 1981.Rolling Stone’s greatest 500 albums ranking – not ranked!.What kind of musical stylings does this album represent? Punk Rock, Hardcore Punk, Rock, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, New Wave, Surf Revival, Surf Punk, Punk.
Some stats & info about Agent Orange – Living in Darkness Why? Beyond the fact that it’s a strong album that deserves promotion, I like that it covers a great many musical bases (see the “musical stylings” bullet point below) while overall sounding fresh, indie, passionate, and punk, all the more remarkable for an album produced some four decades ago. A list like this is wildly subjective in all kinds of ways, and certainly Living in Darkness could have in theory landed quite a bit higher, ranking-wise, but I’m really happy that it shook out that it landed here at #1,000 to help debut the list as a whole. It’s the entrée point to this weirdly audacious mega-project, and so it should say something, I suppose, about what else might be coming. I spent a lot of time on this list overall (more on that below), but figuring out what the number one thousand album should be took on a certain special importance. Why is Agent Orange’s Living in Darkness on my best 1,000 albums ever list?
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