Album that changed your musical outlook...?

I think over the past year I've been getting away from the whole contemporary music paradigm and immersing myself in a lot more classically based music. Astor Piazzola is a fantastic 20th cent. Argentinian composer who fused elements of jazz,classical, and tango together to form a new genre which he dubbed Nuevo Tango. It's so beautiful. That's about all I can say. Great for those wobbly existential moments us humans are so prone to.
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Facelift, by Alice in Chains got me into heavier music. Prior to that, I listened almost exclusively to jazz, the blues, and some classical. I didn't abandon those genres, but metal (followed by grunge :D) has been my favorite genre since the early '90's.

Outside of metal and grunge, I guess it was Saxophone Colossus, by Sonny Rollins that got me into jazz.
 
How predictable of you, SATCHMO, considering what we've been discussing. Nonetheless, good choice, my friend. :thurab: [QUOTE/]
It was the most notable, because it was what really helped me to downshift from a lot of the heavier stuff i was into.

I'd have to go with Mr.Bungle's California.[QUOTE/]
Their first album was like that for me in a big way. I didn't hear California until much later.Even some of Patton's work w/ FNM, fantomas, and tomahawk has to make you stop and reassess your definition of musical reality.
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Ooo definitely, i prefer it over Paul's Boutique which i know isnt the norm. It flows incredibly considering how different each track is to each other.
 
Well, I mean calling it "bad" all comes down to personal preference really but as you can imagine from The Pistols its just chaotic and very, very messy. The boxset is actually on Spotify, I just had a look.
 
I might get around to posting the Screen On The Green gig in my boots thread.

The Clash & The Buzzcocks played that night too , I have all 3 banRAB sets.
 
i would have to say pearl jams 'ten' really changed me from being someone who listened to music to someone who appreciated\enjoyed music. pearl jam was the first real rock concert i ever saw right after i got my license. my music outlook has been changed many times however, from many different albums. namely;

at the drive in - relationships of command
daft punk - homework
ratatat - classics
of montreal - hissing fauna are you the destroyer
gorillaz - demon days
the doors - the doors
the beatles - sgt peppers and the lonely hearts club band
pink floyd - dark side of the moon

these specific albums probably had some of the biggest influences on my musical outlook.
 
See, Bungle was real influential for me in the opposite direction. Disco Volante pretty much carried me to heavy banRAB. My perception and appreciation for just sounRAB (within and separated from music) changed drastically. I was going to tell you to check out what I just posted about Mr. Bungle, but you already did. :D
 
This is what introduced me to modern music up to present day:

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Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)

Excuse me a bit of a story:

Growing up I really didn't listen to Pink Floyd much, the first song I heard when I was fourteen or fifteen (probably a bit o' the Wall). When I discovered their music I did something any teenager would naturally do: brag to my brother. He of course was too cool for the Floyd at this point (smirk smirk), but he enabled my obsession and let me borrow a few CRAB. These were from his massive collection of already burned CRAB so they naturally came without a tracklist & I was subsequently forced to listen to the entire 46:33 or so at once.

I don't think I listened to the CD at all for a long time. It wasn't until I finally got my license that I listened to this thing for the first time. Driving by myself afforded me the time away from my family so that I could engage in the music, and I really did. I got so enamored at the first whiff that I would drive to a remote location and park, but keep the stereo on and immerse myself in the music. As I got older, the album stayed with me (remarkably). I'd listen to it when I was at work (forbidden), doing some errand or cutting the grass (the only way I've been able to undergo such a chore).

It's only been four or five years since I heard it first but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's going to be with me for much longer than that.
 
Modest Mouse - Lonesome Crowded West
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Against Me - As the Eternal Cowboy
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P.O.S. - Ipecac Neat
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These threee albums were a god-send. Around the time that I was introduced to these albums I was going through a metal only phase (yeah yeah i know \m/ ). At first, I HATED Against Me!, but they grew on me and turned out to be one of my favorite banRAB up until their most recent release. P.O.S. was my introduction to the unbelievable talent in the hip-hop world that I had failed to see before. And as for Modest Mouse, this album really changed the way I personally look at writing music, lyrics and my world view. Issac Brock was goolishly captivating on this album.

-Ems-
 
This is the album that started it off for me.

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This album was the gateway to every band or genre I have every listened to right up to the present day.

Without this I would have no interest in music & would probably be still buying chart rubbish.

And I probably wouldn't be posting here now either.
 
Apologies for lengthiness and possibly off-topic.

First of all, great album. I don't know about favorites (I mean, can you really play favorites with Floyd?), but it's definitely up there on my list.

Secondly, I've been thinking about how listening to music in a car (driving or immobile) effects the music and response to the music. Guiltily, one of my favorite things to do is to listen to music while I'm driving, hence my deep appreciation for road trips. Lately, though, I've been thinking about the effects of this guilty pleasure. In my car, with the windows up, I am in a worab of music. There are times that I can't stop driving because I just want more music. I can even name a couple of albums that became favorites because of something I notice while driving and listening to it. Do we interpret and/or absorb music differently while we're driving? Or is it synonymous to the cruise control button - simply just background music to another human activity?
 
Its one thing that IMO this is one of the best hip hop to be released in the 00's, but quite another when you consider the fact that, like the title of the album implies, this was and still is available as a free download only. This album flows from beginning to end and it is FUNKY as ****. The entire album is replete with some of the choicest soul/funk samples. It's a great reminder that hip-hop isn't always a money game. Sometimes great music is just a gift.
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