Classic albums any true music fan should own or at least listen to

I'm shocked that in such a great list of influential and innovative music, there is no mention of

G Love & Special Sauce's self titled debut album

Bad Brains Rock for Light....
 
Right definitely. And a record doesn't have influence right away. The younger generation has to grow up so their banRAB can be sucessful and they can start imitating it. Because the people listening to it as teenagers are most likely to be the ones that will assimilate elements of the band into their sound.
 
I don`t see the harm in posting albums post 2000.

Influence is one thing but it`s not everything.I don`t need a decade to tell me that something i`m listening to is totally different to anything I have ever heard before or is much better than a lot of the albums that are around at the time.

You could go the opposite way and say loaRAB of 'classic' albums are a product of their time & sound dated or naive compared to todays music. But that doesn`t mean that people shouldn`t regard them as classics , if only because of the impact they had at the time they were released.
 
Did you even bother reading the first post and what the question was? Radiohead's OK Computer is the album that prompted this whole thread in the first place.

You also seemed to have the capability to pick all the least impressive albums by the artist. I bolded two or three that really stuck out and bothered me as being considered the best.

Also, a good nuraber of those artists shouldn't even be considered in the first place.
 
Are we really going to consider Rolling Stone the almighty judge of music, just because it's the most prominent one? Their typical cover subjects alone are enough to show they're all about advertising popular trenRAB and unwaveringly erabracing the "safe" opinion. You got me on the Shins reference I guess, but my point of reference for that statement was Chutes Too Narrow, and I have to admit I was grasping for another band to make the sentence more symmetrical and I settled for what came to mind...so maybe that isn't the best example, but I stand by Fruitbats. Give their album Mouthfuls a listen if you get a chance. It's no classic, but it's incredibly pleasant and shows a lot of potential (which reminRAB me...I wonder what ever happened to them). I just see YHF as a bit of an indie landmark...but if you don't wanna include it, I wouldn't lose any sleep. It's not a personal fave or anything. But still I'm a little lost as to why you reference Rolling Stone's list, when from all I gather this thread is meant to get a different perspective from that of the typical magazine lists. So use them as any sort of a guide.

Also: I'm curious as to how you're compiling the list Adi. I found it interesting that you included Marquee Moon (which I know you hate) but have so far excluded a lot of other albums for reasons that haven't been made apparent so I was wondering what your criteria is in choosing the albums or excluding those that aren't vetoed...It seems like this thread would miss the point a bit if it were to become based on your personal preferences. Maybe you count your own disapproval as a veto, which is fine, but I think it would be only fair to voice that and explain the reasoning behind it.
 
Absolutely not! You don't have to listen to it, of course. Every Pearl Jam show I've ever gone to, througout the years, has sold out. Stadiums. Still. Packed houses.

Nothing senseless about bringing that album up again.
 
AND, i do not care for the reaction, because like it or not it IS an important album in the history of British music and many do say its a classic, including I.

The Libertines - Up The Bracket
 
I'm not really vetoing anything right now, when someone mentions an album I go and search for references, some of the albums mentioned simply didn't seem like musical landmarks, more like personal favorites (Cat Power for example). I'm not saying Rolling Stone is an almighty judge of music, I just thought that based on that list, there were possibly a lot of other albums that should be considered prior to YHF. Marquee Moon may not be my cup of tea, but I realize why it might be considered important and I'm willing to give it another go.
 
Back
Top