Esensja's 50 Best Polish Albums (Poland, 2009)

[Pierre]

Screw it, I decided to empty my backlog of lists so I'm done with posting lists on Acclaimed Music in the foreseeable future, most of all because I've run out of ideas for lists to search for, or because I've outlived the fun of it - either way, I'm at the end of the line for this. That's not a lot nor very long lists (in my opinion) anyway and if need be, I'll add them to the spreadsheet of the "Help Wanted!" thread as I offered to. Sorry Henrik, usually my word is more solid than that but it's just bugging me all the time to have these lists around and not posting them here, where I think they belong I believe and hope these won't create much difficulties for you.

Anyway, Esensja is a strange beast of a magazine from the Polish scene which started as a sort of big fanzine for heroic fantasy and developed into a legitimate cultural mag over the years. At the turn of the decade they published two lists, one for the best Polish rock albums since 1959 (considered the birth of Polish rock) and a regular End-of-decade list. Here's the Polish albums-exclusive list (just in case, I present it as "ranking | act | album | year" as usual).

http://esensja.pl/muzyka/publicystyka/t ... omentarzet

1 | Marek Grechuta & Anawa | Korowód | 1971
2 | SBB | Wołanie o brzęk szkła | 1978
3 | Kult | Spokojnie | 1988
4 | SBB | Memento z banalnym tryptykiem | 1980
5 | Breakout | Blues | 1971
6 | Czesław Niemen | Niemen | 1971 [nicknamed "czerwony album" which means "red album"]
7 | Siekiera | Nowa Aleksandria | 1986
8 | Anawa | Anawa | 1973
9 | Republika | Nowe Sytuacje | 1983
10 | Kult | Tata Kazika | 1993
11 | Republika | Nieustanne tango | 1984
12 | Armia | Legenda | 1991
13 | Czesław Niemen | Enigmatic | 1970
14 | Raz, Dwa, Trzy | Trudno nie wierzyć w nic | 2003
15 | SBB | SBB | 1974
16 | Lech Janerka | Historia podwodna | 1986
17 | Riverside | Out of Myself | 2003
18 | TSA | Heavy Metal World | 1984
19 | Riverside | Second Life Syndrome | 2005
20 | Collage | Moonshine | 1994
21 | Maanam | Maanam | 1981
22 | Maanam | Nocny patrol | 1983
23 | TSA | Live | 1982
24 | Ścianka | Statek kosmiczny Ścianka | 1998
25 | Kinsky | Copula Mundi | 1993
26 | Klaus Mitffoch | Klaus Mitffoch | 1985
27 | Budka Suflera | Cień wielkiej góry | 1975
28 | Perfect | Perfect | 1981
29 | Lady Pank | Lady Pank | 1983
30 | Kult | Posłuchaj to do ciebie | 1987
31 | Obywatel G.C. | Tak Tak | 1988
32 | Kult | Ostateczny krach systemu korporacji | 1998
33 | Perfect | Live | 1983
34 | SBB | Ze słowem biegnę do ciebie | 1977
35 | Voo Voo | Sno-powiązałka | 1987
36 | Dezerter | Kolaboracja | 1987
37 | Kobong | Kobong | 1995
38 | Homo Twist | Cały ten seks | 1994
39 | Perfect | UNU | 1982
40 | Myslovitz | Miłość w czasach popkultury | 1999
41 | Obywatel G.C. | Obywatel G.C. | 1986
42 | Breakout | Na drugim brzegu tęczy | 1969
43 | Hey | Fire | 1993
44 | Brygada Kryzys | Brygada Kryzys | 1982
45 | Kult | Muj wydafca | 1994
46 | Świetliki | O.Gród K.Oncentracyjny (dwa dni później) | 1995
47 | Wilki | Wilki | 1992
48 | Klan | Mrowisko | 1971
49 | Oddział Zamknięty | Oddział Zamknięty | 1983
50 | Dżem | Detox | 1991