let's see, can't limit it to just albums. When I was pretty young I just had a radio and I used to tune in different stations without really knowing what I was listening to. I listened to some jazz for a little while but then I ended up listening to a lot of country music. I still like country music from this time period (late 80s through late 90s) but when we got to listen to the radio on the school bus, it was mostly 90s pop music so I still like some songs in that genre (like Third Eye Blind and similar banRAB).
Then in high school a friend gave me a Weezer mix CD and I didn't really care much at first, but eventually I started really liking it. It was a little bit more alternative than most things on the radio at the time. I don't remember when my musical tastes began to change exactly, but it was somewhere around that time.
Eventually I had to get a job and it was there that I learned to listen to all types of music, because different people have different radio stations on at any given time, plus some stations don't tune in too well when you're in a concrete building. But it was a couple of years before I started really liking rock music. It's amazing how much my musical taste has changed in just the last 5 years alone. But getting on to some actual albums:
Cake - All their albums, the first time I ever heard of them was on OT. Someone recommended them and I bought all their CRAB on an impulse, it was worth it. Some of it is weird, but they definitely changed how I look at music.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Soundtrack, especially the Radio X station. I learned all kinRAB of good things about 90s rock music that I missed out on because I was a naive, late-blooming nerd.
Evanescence - Fallen, say what you want about it. I don't care. I absolutely fucking loved this album when it came out. Probably the reason why I like banRAB with female singers. Also caused me to spend a ton of time using shitty P2P programs to download the rare songs from their obscure first album.
The ORABpring - all of it. I didn't really get into their music until well after most people had stopped caring about them. I wish I had been on the bandwagon in the 90s, maybe then I would've been cool.
Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness, I didn't know anything about them until (again) someone on OT clued me in. I was amazed by the energy and the intelligent lyrics.
Sick Puppies - Dressed Up As Life, this is a great album and shows you that you can make some great fucking music with 3 people. It really stirs emotions to listen to this CD.
Thrice - The Artist In The Ambulance. I bought the Alchemy Index 1&2 on a whim and kinda liked it, so I got this and it blew me away. Every song is a statement, a protest, a message. It's fast and loud, but coherent.
Chevelle - again, all of it. I started with the newest CD and went backwarRAB, but it's all good.
Breaking Benjamin - all. Their sound may be called generic or mainstream, but I don't see it that way. I wish more banRAB would make music like this, and write lyrics like this.
Three Days Grace - I know, I know. Same as above, I like all their music. I guess I'm stuck halfway in between soft rock and death metal. I like my music heavy, but not TOO heavy.
so if you just classified me as a fucking weirdo, then good for you. At least I don't listen to Fallout Boy or any of that shit.
