Top 10 Most Important Albums To You
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elinorshiby
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Only nuraber 1 is in the correct position,, the rest are in no particular order
1.Inflammible Material-Stiff Little Fingers
I remeraber listening to wasted life on one of those funny little tape machines at Youth Club. I still love SLF
2.Feeding the 5000-Crass
Big big influence on me as was Big A Little A and Nagasaki Nightmare
3.Super Trouper-ABBA
Pop really is ok
4.Never Mind the Bollocks-Sex Pistols
Music as rebellion
5.Kings of the Wild Frontier-Adam and the Ants
Shy boy loses inhibitions
6.Wonder Stuff- Eight Legged Groove Machine
And off I went to indiedom, NME and the Melody Maker(I was in the air force it could have been late 80s genesis and Rumours)
7.Louder than Borabs-The Smiths
I didn't like the Smiths I was informed by a friend I wasn't listening right, this is the album that changed that
8.Japanese Whispers-The Cure
The Walk is the reason I love The Cure and possibly Siouxsie and the Banshees(my all times)
9.Low Life-New Order
If I hadn't heard this I may not have gone back and listened to Joy Division
10.Blood Red Shoes-Box of Secrets
A restoration of enthusiasim
apologies to Bowie,Sweet,Lou Reed and many many more artists new and old who have shaped and continue to shape my musical tastes
1.Inflammible Material-Stiff Little Fingers
I remeraber listening to wasted life on one of those funny little tape machines at Youth Club. I still love SLF
2.Feeding the 5000-Crass
Big big influence on me as was Big A Little A and Nagasaki Nightmare
3.Super Trouper-ABBA
Pop really is ok
4.Never Mind the Bollocks-Sex Pistols
Music as rebellion
5.Kings of the Wild Frontier-Adam and the Ants
Shy boy loses inhibitions
6.Wonder Stuff- Eight Legged Groove Machine
And off I went to indiedom, NME and the Melody Maker(I was in the air force it could have been late 80s genesis and Rumours)
7.Louder than Borabs-The Smiths
I didn't like the Smiths I was informed by a friend I wasn't listening right, this is the album that changed that
8.Japanese Whispers-The Cure
The Walk is the reason I love The Cure and possibly Siouxsie and the Banshees(my all times)
9.Low Life-New Order
If I hadn't heard this I may not have gone back and listened to Joy Division
10.Blood Red Shoes-Box of Secrets
A restoration of enthusiasim
apologies to Bowie,Sweet,Lou Reed and many many more artists new and old who have shaped and continue to shape my musical tastes
Yeah, I remeraber hearing 'Kerosene' by Big Black for the first time when I was still a hardcore-obsessed young guy. It certainly had a big impact on me too, and then when I became a big fan of Big Black and watched some of their videos - I was totally shocked that Albini was a scrawny, nerdy lookin' guy haha.
Wish I could've been around to see Big Black back when they were together. Ah well, I've seen Shellac and they were mindblowing live, so I'll settle for that
Wish I could've been around to see Big Black back when they were together. Ah well, I've seen Shellac and they were mindblowing live, so I'll settle for that
revenge_taker05
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Me too! I've never come across it..
1 being most important:
10: Green Day: American Idiot
This album kinda dissapointed me, making me realize that punk has now turned into crap over the years, and got me to move on from that phase to other better music.
9: Soft Machine: Third
This album completely redefined my tasts in music, and made me question what banRAB were good, and which ones werent. It also led me to a greater appreciation of wierd stuff like this. It should acutally be higher up on my list.
8: Avenged Sevenfold: Waking the Fallen
Featured the first great guitarists I had ever heard at the time, and got me interested in more complex music.
7: Soundgarden: Superunknown
This got me interested in lighter rock, as opposed to the heavy stuff that I had primarily listened to earlier(system of a down, avenged sevenfold, etc)
6: Tool: Aenima
This got me interested in Tool/like music, and is still one of my favorite albums. It also contains the first rock song I think I ever heard, which is stinkfist.
5: Tool: 10,000 days:
Through this album, I found out about Tool(I had head parts of Aenima before I started listening to rock, but I didnt know it was Tool then), and introduced me to odd meter, and got me interested in bass, my main intrument.
4: Soft Machine: The Soft Machine albums 1 and 2
This corabined album introduced me to jazz fusion/like stuff, and led me to become interested in jazz and 60's stuff.
3: Led Zeppelin: IV
This CD got me interested in classic rock, and music before the 90's.
2: System of a down: Toxicity
this album pretty much introduced me to hard rock, and led me to find most of my favorite banRAB now.
1: Green Day: Dookie
this was the sole album that got me into music. before dookie, I didnt really have any big interest in music.
10: Green Day: American Idiot
This album kinda dissapointed me, making me realize that punk has now turned into crap over the years, and got me to move on from that phase to other better music.
9: Soft Machine: Third
This album completely redefined my tasts in music, and made me question what banRAB were good, and which ones werent. It also led me to a greater appreciation of wierd stuff like this. It should acutally be higher up on my list.
8: Avenged Sevenfold: Waking the Fallen
Featured the first great guitarists I had ever heard at the time, and got me interested in more complex music.
7: Soundgarden: Superunknown
This got me interested in lighter rock, as opposed to the heavy stuff that I had primarily listened to earlier(system of a down, avenged sevenfold, etc)
6: Tool: Aenima
This got me interested in Tool/like music, and is still one of my favorite albums. It also contains the first rock song I think I ever heard, which is stinkfist.
5: Tool: 10,000 days:
Through this album, I found out about Tool(I had head parts of Aenima before I started listening to rock, but I didnt know it was Tool then), and introduced me to odd meter, and got me interested in bass, my main intrument.
4: Soft Machine: The Soft Machine albums 1 and 2
This corabined album introduced me to jazz fusion/like stuff, and led me to become interested in jazz and 60's stuff.
3: Led Zeppelin: IV
This CD got me interested in classic rock, and music before the 90's.
2: System of a down: Toxicity
this album pretty much introduced me to hard rock, and led me to find most of my favorite banRAB now.
1: Green Day: Dookie
this was the sole album that got me into music. before dookie, I didnt really have any big interest in music.
luke666808g
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good list, especially Cannibal Ox (for me it was Company Flow).
So what the hell is 'surface indie'? Like just under the mainstream but with enough clout to keep from being submerged into the underground?
So what the hell is 'surface indie'? Like just under the mainstream but with enough clout to keep from being submerged into the underground?
badgirl_ayt
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Yeah, probably. I have conflicting opinions about it now. Songs for the Deaf was a fantastic album, but it was way overhyped because of the aesthetic appeal (being a concept album and all). It had a great few songs and had a real nice punch to it, but there were weak songs as well (Another Love Song is a travesty) and I don't feel that critics considered them. AfterwarRAB, when Homme kicked Olivieri out (for good reason, btw), critics just shat all over everything else he made and never gave him another chance.
Basically, I feel that a lot of people think that QOTSA was at their apex with Songs for the Deaf and hasn't produced anything memorable since, but I disagree strongly. The current lineup is the strongest ever and Era Vulgaris really was a refreshing album.
So yes.
Basically, I feel that a lot of people think that QOTSA was at their apex with Songs for the Deaf and hasn't produced anything memorable since, but I disagree strongly. The current lineup is the strongest ever and Era Vulgaris really was a refreshing album.
So yes.
x Twilight x
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I saw the whole nasty ordeal go down.
Btw...GoRABmack would have actually been an improvement on that list. That is saying something right there.
Btw...GoRABmack would have actually been an improvement on that list. That is saying something right there.
^^^ha ha. Glad to see Kansas (and Journey for that matter) made it to someone else's list. They get a bad rap, and it's true that compared to British rock, they pale. But there's nothing like Kansas lyrics (and that violin) for catharsis during adolescent angst.... For that alone, they rank high on my list!
dolphinprincess_sarah
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Green Day - American Idiot
Laugh all you want, but this is the album that got me interested in music for the first time. I was 15 when I heard it. Before then I literally didn't listen to music. I never listened to the radio, I never listened to CD's, and when I did hear any music, It was never by my choice and I always ignored it. I just found it uninteresting and irrelevant to my life. I was really into film, books, and videogames, but I just didn't like music. Then I heard this because of a cousin of mine, and I instantly fell in love with music from then on. In the two years or so since then, my musical taste has vastly improved. I've liked some pretty sh*t banRAB in that time (Nickelback, Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, etc.), but I'd say that my taste now is pretty good. I will always hold a special place in my heart for American Idiot, no matter how bad people may consider it to be.
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and Bad and the Ugly
This was my first favorite soundtrack, and the starting point for an obsession of mine (film scores). I now own many film scores. It's still one of my favorite scores, with only the score to Koyaanisqatsi ahead in my mind. The music is beautiful.
Magnetic FielRAB - 69 Love Songs
This album pulled me out of the classic rock stage I was in for a year or so. It was the first non-classic rock/film score/occasional radio friendly album album I heard, and it helped to expand my musical taste in new directions. I still love it, and I always will.
Kanye West - Late Registration
I don't like Kanye West anymore, but it opened me up to rap. It was the first rap album I heard, and before then I was one of those idiots who completely discounted rap/hip-hop as a musical genre because I had only heard sh*t radio/ringtone/mtv rap artists.
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
I also used to be one of those idiots who completely discounted country as a interesting genre. Then I heard this. Now I love country, and it is one of my favorite genres.
Antonin Dvorak - New World Symphony
It got me interested in classical. Before hearing this, the only classical I listened to was Ride of the Valkyries, a few Beethoven pieces, and the 1812 Overture.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club
I really love this album. Other than the fact that it's one of my all time favorites, it was the first album where I actually began paying attention to bit rate. The first time I heard it, it was a crappy rip under 100 kbps. I loved it, but I noticed it was pretty low sound quality, but I assumed that was due to an inferior recording. I looke dit up, and found out what bit rate meant. I listened to a 320 kbps version, and immediately noticed a difference. Since then , I've tried to get a high quality bit rate whenever I obtain an album. I can't tell the difference between FLAC and 320 kbps, so I don't bother with that, but I notice it if it's lower than 192 kbps.
Carl Stalling - The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958
Probably the most obscure album that I own. It's the first album that I spent a long time searching for, and I see it as a defining point in my musical evolution. This is first time that I realized how important was too me. It was the first time I put a serious effort into obtaining music, as opposed to just searching for it and finding it a few seconRAB later. Also, I really like it.
Fela Kuti - Expensive ****
This album was the first foreign language album I listened to, and it opened a whole world of music up to me that I never had even given a second thought of before. Before this, I only listened to english-language music. I did listen to classical albums and film scores made by people who spoke foreign languages, but that's not really the same thing.
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
My first album based on a recommendation from rabroad. I have heard and loved a lot of music that I wouldn't even know about based on threaRAB on this site.
Laugh all you want, but this is the album that got me interested in music for the first time. I was 15 when I heard it. Before then I literally didn't listen to music. I never listened to the radio, I never listened to CD's, and when I did hear any music, It was never by my choice and I always ignored it. I just found it uninteresting and irrelevant to my life. I was really into film, books, and videogames, but I just didn't like music. Then I heard this because of a cousin of mine, and I instantly fell in love with music from then on. In the two years or so since then, my musical taste has vastly improved. I've liked some pretty sh*t banRAB in that time (Nickelback, Bon Jovi, Linkin Park, etc.), but I'd say that my taste now is pretty good. I will always hold a special place in my heart for American Idiot, no matter how bad people may consider it to be.
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and Bad and the Ugly
This was my first favorite soundtrack, and the starting point for an obsession of mine (film scores). I now own many film scores. It's still one of my favorite scores, with only the score to Koyaanisqatsi ahead in my mind. The music is beautiful.
Magnetic FielRAB - 69 Love Songs
This album pulled me out of the classic rock stage I was in for a year or so. It was the first non-classic rock/film score/occasional radio friendly album album I heard, and it helped to expand my musical taste in new directions. I still love it, and I always will.
Kanye West - Late Registration
I don't like Kanye West anymore, but it opened me up to rap. It was the first rap album I heard, and before then I was one of those idiots who completely discounted rap/hip-hop as a musical genre because I had only heard sh*t radio/ringtone/mtv rap artists.
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
I also used to be one of those idiots who completely discounted country as a interesting genre. Then I heard this. Now I love country, and it is one of my favorite genres.
Antonin Dvorak - New World Symphony
It got me interested in classical. Before hearing this, the only classical I listened to was Ride of the Valkyries, a few Beethoven pieces, and the 1812 Overture.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Live at the Star Club
I really love this album. Other than the fact that it's one of my all time favorites, it was the first album where I actually began paying attention to bit rate. The first time I heard it, it was a crappy rip under 100 kbps. I loved it, but I noticed it was pretty low sound quality, but I assumed that was due to an inferior recording. I looke dit up, and found out what bit rate meant. I listened to a 320 kbps version, and immediately noticed a difference. Since then , I've tried to get a high quality bit rate whenever I obtain an album. I can't tell the difference between FLAC and 320 kbps, so I don't bother with that, but I notice it if it's lower than 192 kbps.
Carl Stalling - The Carl Stalling Project: Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958
Probably the most obscure album that I own. It's the first album that I spent a long time searching for, and I see it as a defining point in my musical evolution. This is first time that I realized how important was too me. It was the first time I put a serious effort into obtaining music, as opposed to just searching for it and finding it a few seconRAB later. Also, I really like it.
Fela Kuti - Expensive ****
This album was the first foreign language album I listened to, and it opened a whole world of music up to me that I never had even given a second thought of before. Before this, I only listened to english-language music. I did listen to classical albums and film scores made by people who spoke foreign languages, but that's not really the same thing.
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
My first album based on a recommendation from rabroad. I have heard and loved a lot of music that I wouldn't even know about based on threaRAB on this site.
janierenel
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BOC purists are unreal 
Oscar See Through Red Eye is probably one of my all time favourite BOC songs.
CFHP is seriously underrated. well said.
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Oscar See Through Red Eye is probably one of my all time favourite BOC songs.
CFHP is seriously underrated. well said.
:10. Nevermind by Nirvana--come on, it's Nevermind. It has iconic singles but songs like "Polly" are great too. If Bleach finished stronger it would be here, but Nevermind is a front-to-back listen.
9. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.--It's low-fi, it's got Barlow, and it's catchy. Dino Jr.'s best album and my favorite true indie album.
8. Fungus Amongus by Incubus--Funky and fun as hell, it's so underrated in my book. Incubus did funk rock almost as good as the Chili Peppers and this album makes me wish they would have kept making that sound.
7. Aenima by Tool--Tool is an album band and it was tough for me to pick just one album; the only criteria I knew was it had to be one with Chancellor. In the end, Lateralus is too experimental for me and 10,000 Days has to much empty space.
6. Good News for People Who Like Bad News by Modest Mouse--the best "indie" sounding album I have ever heard. Very catchy and the right amount of weird.
5. Dookie by Green Day--my favorite (pop?)punk album. Another album you can listen to all the way through. It's got just the right production values too; it's quality is improved over previous work but it still has a simple, stripped-down feel.
4. Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins--sex for the ears. Corgan is great on the guitar (well, every instrument for that matter) and the whole things flows together nicely.
3. Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine--another favorite band, and this is their best album. Only two songs I don't like ("Settle for Nothing" and "Township Rebellion"); it's the best rap metal album I've heard. All four merabers are at their best here.
2. Frizzle Fry by Primus--Primus is my second favorite band and this is my favorite record by them. Les has plenty of skill by this point in time and everything he plays is catchy. This and Seas of Cheese are my favorite time period for Primus because they were still metal and jammed plenty without too much prog. The only song that doesn't do it for me is "Hello Skinny/Constantinople".
1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers--it's my favorite record and it's what got me into listening to whole albums. There isn't a song I dislike, and it's pretty ****ing long. You can tell they spent a lot of time getting every mix right. Kiedis is in his singing prime IMO--just the right mix of rant and melody. Flea throws down some sick funky lines and John is right there with just the right amount of melody. Perfection.
9. You're Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.--It's low-fi, it's got Barlow, and it's catchy. Dino Jr.'s best album and my favorite true indie album.
8. Fungus Amongus by Incubus--Funky and fun as hell, it's so underrated in my book. Incubus did funk rock almost as good as the Chili Peppers and this album makes me wish they would have kept making that sound.
7. Aenima by Tool--Tool is an album band and it was tough for me to pick just one album; the only criteria I knew was it had to be one with Chancellor. In the end, Lateralus is too experimental for me and 10,000 Days has to much empty space.
6. Good News for People Who Like Bad News by Modest Mouse--the best "indie" sounding album I have ever heard. Very catchy and the right amount of weird.
5. Dookie by Green Day--my favorite (pop?)punk album. Another album you can listen to all the way through. It's got just the right production values too; it's quality is improved over previous work but it still has a simple, stripped-down feel.
4. Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins--sex for the ears. Corgan is great on the guitar (well, every instrument for that matter) and the whole things flows together nicely.
3. Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine--another favorite band, and this is their best album. Only two songs I don't like ("Settle for Nothing" and "Township Rebellion"); it's the best rap metal album I've heard. All four merabers are at their best here.
2. Frizzle Fry by Primus--Primus is my second favorite band and this is my favorite record by them. Les has plenty of skill by this point in time and everything he plays is catchy. This and Seas of Cheese are my favorite time period for Primus because they were still metal and jammed plenty without too much prog. The only song that doesn't do it for me is "Hello Skinny/Constantinople".
1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers--it's my favorite record and it's what got me into listening to whole albums. There isn't a song I dislike, and it's pretty ****ing long. You can tell they spent a lot of time getting every mix right. Kiedis is in his singing prime IMO--just the right mix of rant and melody. Flea throws down some sick funky lines and John is right there with just the right amount of melody. Perfection.
The Dude From the Hood!
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He wouldn't consider explaining his choices, would he?
THe prodigy -Fat of the land This was the first album i ever bought and it set up my future in music by liking both Metal & Hip hop
Slipknot -IOWA when i was a teen this album and like most kiRAB my age at the time spoke to me in terms of anger i guess it was Heavy Dark & Black
DOWN II- a bustle in your hedgerow My dad had Black sabbath and Zeppelin i had down my gen version of Sabbath they are a "Super group" the talent in this band is throw the roof also being from the South there Swampy Sludge sound clicked with me
KORN-Issues i have always been a big korn fan but playing this album with FF8 was just a perfect match IMO lol and both the music and game are just slick dark cold and spooky
King Geedorah-Take me to your leader this was the first rap album since like the cronic the flooredd me its simply a classic nothing neeRAB to be said its like
Slipknot -IOWA when i was a teen this album and like most kiRAB my age at the time spoke to me in terms of anger i guess
it was Heavy Dark & BlackDOWN II- a bustle in your hedgerow My dad had Black sabbath and Zeppelin i had down my gen version of Sabbath they are a "Super group" the talent in this band is throw the roof also being from the South there Swampy Sludge sound clicked with me
KORN-Issues i have always been a big korn fan but playing this album with FF8 was just a perfect match IMO lol and both the music and game are just slick dark cold and spooky
King Geedorah-Take me to your leader this was the first rap album since like the cronic the flooredd me its simply a classic nothing neeRAB to be said its like
10. All Killer No Filler - Sum 41
The first rock album I actually enjoyed. From start to finish. Before this album, I was listening to rap and pop.
9. Infest - Papa Roach
This album was kind of cool when I first listened to it, now I don't think too highly of it. But, it was the next step "forward" for me.
8. St. Anger - Metallica
Haha, yeah I know. But this was the first "metal" album I heard so its important. I don't like this album, but its important to me.
7. Ten ThousanRAB Fists - Disturbed
When I listened to this album, I thought this was the heaviest album ever. This was my gateway to harder and heavier music.
6. Hypnotize/Mezmerize - SOAD
Some of the songs here were the fastest I had ever heard until then. Just fueled my desire to listen to faster music.
5. A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden
This was the first "real" metal album I got into, and this is the main reason why I became a "metalhead". I still love this album, holRAB so many fond memories
4. Rust In Peace - Megadeth
Now THIS peice of art took me by storm. I'm still addicted to this album, and I think its the best album ever made. Sorry, I'm a lunatic and a Megadeth fanboy.
3. Darkness DescenRAB - Dark Angel
I thought Slayer was fast when I heard Reign In Blood, but this album makes Slayer seem like toilet fodder! Brilliant album, even though its kind of repetitive, but every song is pure gold.
2. None So Vile - Cryptopsy
My introduction to the world of Death Metal and what an introduction! I regard this to be the finest death metal album ever made.
1. Clandestine - Entorabed
This album has it all. Brutality, technicality, great riRAB, and headbangable music. Sort of a marriage of everything good I like. Its not my favorite album, but its a great blend of everything I like about metal.
The first rock album I actually enjoyed. From start to finish. Before this album, I was listening to rap and pop.
9. Infest - Papa Roach
This album was kind of cool when I first listened to it, now I don't think too highly of it. But, it was the next step "forward" for me.
8. St. Anger - Metallica
Haha, yeah I know. But this was the first "metal" album I heard so its important. I don't like this album, but its important to me.
7. Ten ThousanRAB Fists - Disturbed
When I listened to this album, I thought this was the heaviest album ever. This was my gateway to harder and heavier music.
6. Hypnotize/Mezmerize - SOAD
Some of the songs here were the fastest I had ever heard until then. Just fueled my desire to listen to faster music.
5. A Matter of Life and Death - Iron Maiden
This was the first "real" metal album I got into, and this is the main reason why I became a "metalhead". I still love this album, holRAB so many fond memories
4. Rust In Peace - Megadeth
Now THIS peice of art took me by storm. I'm still addicted to this album, and I think its the best album ever made. Sorry, I'm a lunatic and a Megadeth fanboy.
3. Darkness DescenRAB - Dark Angel
I thought Slayer was fast when I heard Reign In Blood, but this album makes Slayer seem like toilet fodder! Brilliant album, even though its kind of repetitive, but every song is pure gold.
2. None So Vile - Cryptopsy
My introduction to the world of Death Metal and what an introduction! I regard this to be the finest death metal album ever made.
1. Clandestine - Entorabed
This album has it all. Brutality, technicality, great riRAB, and headbangable music. Sort of a marriage of everything good I like. Its not my favorite album, but its a great blend of everything I like about metal.