Top 10 Most Important Albums To You

thanks everyone.....i honestly feel...looking at that list now....that i could have put more important "life changing" albums...like Ministry - Land of rape and Honey, cop$hootcop - Ask Questions Later, etc etc....oh well...that was really off the top of my head

edit....for me that introduction to them was lasting....i will never forget how i felt watch someone like Albini for the first time
 
I think in back when Nirvana were at the height of their popularity it may have been cool to like them, especially in America. I just remeraber there being a new wave of Nirvana fans here in the UK a few years ago, around 2003. People were wearing Nirvana shirts and/or hoodies, we have a place called Urbis where "moshers" go, they milled around there listening to Nirvana. You were generally considered as strange if you liked rock music when I was about 12 or 13. :(
 
I don't have a cassette thats for sure. But if you could settle for a digital copy I'm sure I could hook you up. Only problem is i don't know how you upload stuff. if you care to help me out with a good site i would be happy to set you up.
 
I'm going to give this a proper go.

Queen - A Night At The Opera
These days, i have no time for Queen at all, but this is the first album i ever listened to and i spose it is the reason i became aware of music in the first place

The Beatles - Rubber Soul
My Dad is a Beatles fanatic, and as a young boy this album stuck out due to its warm, soothing melodies. To this day it remains one of my favourite albums and galvanised a love for melody that will forever be a major facet of my music taste.

The Libertines - Up The Bracket
I was 14 when this album came out, i was becoming bored and disillusioned with pretty much everything in my life and suddenly this fell into my arms. Full of energy, passion, attitude and, at the time, lyrics that reverberated deep wthin me. I dont care what the haters say, this is still a great album.

The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster - Horse Of The Dog
Responsible for the obsessive exploration into music that has dominated my life over the last five or so years. I'd heard nothing like it before; the rawness, the aggression.. it completely blew the lid off my protective box and led me down many interesting, obscure roaRAB thereafter.

Queens Of The Stone Age - Songs For The Death
Bought this around the same time as Horse Of The Dog and had never listened to anything as heavy before that, ever. Consequently, i endeavoured to discover the heaviest music i couuld find, which over the years has led me to some of my favourite banRAB.

Ariel Pink - House Arrest
When i first heard it i thought it was horrendous. Then, bored one night, i went back to it and discovered it is in fact amazing. It was at the time the most experimental, obscure album i owned, and consequently it opened my eyes up to the eclecticism of music. Still one of my most treasured albums.

Slint - Spiderland
Blew me away, instant love. Again, opened up new avenues for me to explore.

Husker Du - New Day Rising
Forced me to reevaluate the 1980s. Before this, i thought it was the worst decade for music ever, bereft of any redeeming qualities. After this, i discovered SST, Dischord, Touch & Go, UK post-punk and countless other college rock, noise rock, grunge and general alternative acts. Completely revolutionised my taste.

Gospel - The Moon Is A Dead World
This album is the sole cause of my burgeoning interest in screamo, post-hardcore, Spazzcore, Grindcore etc etc etc. Picked it up on a whim, to this day i have never been so taken aback on a first listen as i was by this. Led me to a myriad banRAB i now count amongst my favourites.

Can - Tago Mago
Cliche choice, but whatever. This album is the one that really highlights the artistry within music, the sheer majesty a collection of sounRAB arranged within a time frame can evoke. To me this album is musical perfection.
 
I kind of like the idea of adding an album you absolutely hate, then again giving one of your spots to twats like Nickelback over a band that actually means something to you..
 
Messy, I'll finish it later, I have to go get some medicine.

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3. The Black Eyed Peas - Elephunk
It got me out of JUST rock, and introduced me to hip-hop. They were also my second favorite band (technically Emerson, Lake, and Palmer were my first favorite band, but that was when I was WAYYYY too little).
2. Blink-182 - Enema Of The State
Pretty much formed most of my elementary school childhood, it's all we would listen to on our booraboxes outside playing strange games that I still remeraber.
1. Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
It's the first full album that I ever listened to, and my first 'favorite band'. I pretty much was in love with them until late last year.
 
In no order at all:

The Clash - London Calling

I first listened to this when I was very young and liked some of the tracks immediately but there was a lot of the album that I just didn't get at the time. However, I carried on listening and throughout the years more songs grew on me. By the time I was 13 I loved it all and most of the kiRAB in my year at school had a copy of original CD, it was the hottest thing to listen to at school until the next year when most of them discovered Nirvana after Cobain died.

Otis Redding - Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

Whilst it wasn't the first soul album I heard, or loved, it has become one of my favourites and is always the album I recommend to someone who hasn't listened to any soul. This album brings back great memories to me.

Pulp - Different Class

This came out when I was 15 and whilst all of us at school were enjoying Blur and Oasis (see below) I always enjoyed this album much more than their releases of that year. I played this a lot at the time and it still features regularly in my listening.

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

I discovered this as I was moving up to secondary school, actually the summer before we went back to school. This was the first time we regularly got homework in all subjects and I had this on a lot whilst doing homework. Nothing too distracting and always put me in a nice relaxed mood. It wasn't until a few years later, though, that I began to truly love this album.

Blur - Modern Life Is Rubbish

Blur were a big part of my teens and this is their best release. The first thing that comes to my mind with this album is playing footy at dinner time at school with this or a few other albums playing on a stereo.

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi

I'd always listened to classical music a lot from quite a young age, but it was years before I actually began to listen to more modern music like this, which isn't really that much of a leap forward from classical. Pruit Igoe was obviously the first track that I liked and the rest grew on me with each listen. It's certainly powerful stuff and opened me up to the world of Philip Glass, whom I really enjoy listening to these days.

David Bowie - Hunky Dory

My all time favourite Bowie recording, I'd heard a lot of his stuff prior but this was the album that I loved in it's entirety, it tops Ziggy for me. Bowie is one of my favourite artists and with me liking this album the most, it's obviously very important to me.

Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced

The first album I heard by Hendrix, and my favourite of his to this day, I spent hours air guitaring to this album. For some reason it reminRAB me of those days off school when it's raining outside and so you're stuck in your house.

Oasis - Definitely Maybe

The soundtrack to my teen years at school. Enough said

Isaac Hayes - Hot Buttered Soul

ReminRAB me of an ex. She bought me it after I mentioned off hand that I wanted it. It's an absolute diamond of an album and reminRAB me of time spent travelling and staying in hotels, tents and planes
 
Brand New - Deja Entendu
I didn't even know the word "emo," I just really appreciated the diversity and emotion of the songs, as well as a lot of the lyricism. I listened to the CD until it wore out.

Thrice - The Artist In The Arabulance
I had heard a couple songs before by Thrice, and besides Deadbolt, none really inspired me to buy a cd. I ended up getting this CD out of some pizza box deal, and couldn't put it down.

The Faint - Blank Wave Arcade
This was my introduction to alternative fused with electronic... or however you want to classify them. The CD sat on a shelf for a while, and it wasn't until I needed a new CD for my car that I realized the catchiness and playability of this CD.

Franz Ferdinand - Self Titled
It's just danceable. Plain and simple. Totally upbeat. I fell in love with Auf Achse.

Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler
So this was like... end of junior high school. At the time, it was an awesome CD, and reinforced my desire to play drums. This was before I realized the entity that was Neil Peart.

Something Corporate - Leaving Through The Window
Who knew piano rock could be fun?

Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism
Again. I had no idea of the stupid concept that was "Emo." It was just a good collection of great songs.

AFI - Sing The Sorrow
I had known about AFI for a bit, but I was never into a lot of their more punk songs (discounting cruise control.) but they caught my attention with The Art Of Drowning's "The Days of the Phoenix." When Sing The Sorrow came out, I realized that the whole atmosphere of this CD was awesome. Then came deceraberunderground, which was a total letdown.

I could post a couple more, but they'd likely just blend in with the other banRAB. Jimmy Eat World, No Use For A Name, GOB. I've never been a huge classic rock fan.
 
10. - Throwing Copper : Live
The first album I bought on CD was about 12-13 played it over and over will always have a special place in my heart.

9. - Vs : Pearl Jam
Again another early purchase. I think Daughter is the first song I learnt all the worRAB to, this album is where I learnt I was a rocker.

8. - Nevermind : Nirvana
Blew me the **** away.

7. - And Justice For All : Metallica
The catylast for my teenage metal years... enter tight black jeans black metal shirt, flannel and desert boots. Ah the halcyon years fond memories.

6. - Vulgar Display Of Power : Pantera
See above. + louder and angrier.

5. - Thriller : Micheal Jackson
can't omit this from any list of musical influence, loved mj as a kid. So many great tracks.

4. - Led Zepplin III : Led Zepplin
late teens was were I discovered "classic rock" which in turn led me to the stones, beatles, Hendrix... etc etc...

3. - Is This It : The Strokes
indie rock explosion at the turn of the century.

2. - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot : Wilco
found a softer side to my musical taste, really opened the door for alot of other banRAB that I probably wouldn't otherwise have got into.

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Great thread! Working on my list, hope to post in the next few days. Perusing the previous posts has helped me remeraber a few very important albums in the evolution of my obsession with music.
 
The Beatles - Revolver
My favourite Beatles album. 'Nuff said really.

The Pixies - Doolittle
Just song for song, I was hooked when I first heard Debaser, I love the change of pace in this album, starting off slow and then getting louder. Such passion, my favourite Pixies album.

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico
This is an album that always gets played, I went through a phase of listening to it every day, I just couldn't stop myself. One of my favourite albums.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Aeroplane Over The Sea
Indie music like I'd never heard it before.

Queens of the Stone Age - Rated R
This album introduced me the QOTSA and got me into the hard riRAB they drill into you. I adore this album.

Oasis - What's The Story (Morning Glory)
This is the reason I took an interest in popular music.

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
This was released when I was 14, when I heard it. These were my favourite band a long with Oasis. I only had two favourite banRAB and a load of crap chart stuff, but them two banRAB were all I needed. The interest in this band led to other things.

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless
I didn't get it for a long time, then when it clicked, I was like woah.

Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
A more recent find, I'd always known about the band, but never really got into them. Then I decided to listen to this album..

The Beatles - Help
I didn't want to put two albums of the same artist in, but this is the reason I started to give a shit about The beatles.
 
But I've listened to lots and lots of albums. :P I'm just picky I guess.


Well, I don't know. Even with prog I think there are too many repeated ideas on albums, so I'm satisfied with just the best songs on them. Usually the epics, which I feel have more thought and ideas put into them. ^^
(There are exceptions though. Frost*'s latest album only got one "great" song, and that was the shortest one; Toys. Awesome prog pop song. :D)
 
Good to see Junta on that list. I remeraber hearing that album, and even though I already had a back-catalog in jam/psychedelic music, that album still was completely unique and refreshing. Great stuff.
 
Rage against the machine - Renegades
Nirvana - Nevermind
Redhot chilli pepper - Californication
pearljam - Ten
guns n roses - Appetite for Destruction
aerosmith
acdc - High Voltage
soundgarden - Superunknown
stone temple pilot - core
metallica - Master of Puppet
 
I could not possibly come up with an order of importance.

10. Graceland- Paul Simon- I suppose equally as important as the record was the VHS tape from the Graceland Tour that I spent hours watching on repeat as a boy of about 3, sitting in my little rocking chair, strumming a broom for lack of a guitar.

9. Physical Grafitti (Disc 1)- Led Zeppelin- I say just disc one because when I bought the record at a yard sale only Disc 1 was in it. Bonham changed my life forever.

8. Aenima- Tool- Buying this record was when I really, truly started taking music seriously.

7. The Letting Go- Bonnie "Prince" Billy- This is pretty recent. Rarely have I played a record so much immediately after buying it. Its my folk dream come true.

6. Abbey Road- The Beatles- This and Graceland were the two recorRAB that I can remeraber being played repeatedly in my house while growing up. This will always be my favorite Beatles record.

5. McLusky Do Dallas- McLusky- Reminded me how awesome true grit can be. Also that music doesn't always have to be serious.

4. Grassroots- 311- This may not be a popular selection on this forum but when I was 13 this record was a humongous influence on me. It still retains plenty of nostalgic value, and I do genuinely still enjoy a lot of it.

3. Music For 18 Musicians- Steve Reich- My introduction to minimalism. This piece has definitely left a huge impact on me ever since I heard it.

2. Vespertine- Bjork- This was one of those recorRAB that was introduced to right at the perfect time. Also, reminded me how beautiful the female voice can be.

1. Bitches Brew- Miles Davis- This is the only record that is in order on this list. Hearing it for the first time completely blew my mind. Since I have been looking for the next step musically and I have yet to find it. Live At The Fillmore 1970- It's About That Time rekindled my love for this era of Miles to a new precedent as well, but I'll just call that a derivative of BB.
 
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