Top 10 Most Important Albums To You
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volleyballxoxox
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My ten, in no order...
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - It was the first Floyd that I listened to that wasn't Dark Side or the Wall and boy did open doors for me.
Led Zeppelin - IV - Speaking of opening doors... This album was the first classic rock album I ever really listened to. While I criticize Zeppelin to no end these days, I owe them quite a bit.
Radiohead - Kid A -
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane - It's hipster trash and it's STILL better than your favorite album.
The Strokes - Is This It? - Similar to Zeppelin IV in that it had a HUGE influence on what I listen to, but I still give this album regular spins.
Sigur Ros - () - The first post rock band I got into, and the album that can only be described as beautiful.
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People - Let it be known if I could have one song to listen to for the rest of time that song would be "Hunted by a Freak."
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - There was a point when I tried listening to this like 2 years ago and just found it unbearable. I revisited The Smiths 6 months or so ago and discovered that they are goRAB. After listening to this and enjoying it, I found myself able to listen to a lot of things I otherwise wouldn't have gotten around to.
The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium - I SHOULD NOT like this band. They are far different than anything that I listen to, yet they are among my favorites. This is their best work, though not by far.
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Perfection.
A very safe list, but I think these 10 albums have had a bigger impact on who I am today musically. All led me down roaRAB that I would have otherwise never gone down. Loveless, The Velvet Underground & Nico, and Piper at the Gates could all very well have been on this list too.
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here - It was the first Floyd that I listened to that wasn't Dark Side or the Wall and boy did open doors for me.
Led Zeppelin - IV - Speaking of opening doors... This album was the first classic rock album I ever really listened to. While I criticize Zeppelin to no end these days, I owe them quite a bit.
Radiohead - Kid A -
Neutral Milk Hotel - Aeroplane - It's hipster trash and it's STILL better than your favorite album.
The Strokes - Is This It? - Similar to Zeppelin IV in that it had a HUGE influence on what I listen to, but I still give this album regular spins.
Sigur Ros - () - The first post rock band I got into, and the album that can only be described as beautiful.
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People - Let it be known if I could have one song to listen to for the rest of time that song would be "Hunted by a Freak."
The Smiths - The Queen is Dead - There was a point when I tried listening to this like 2 years ago and just found it unbearable. I revisited The Smiths 6 months or so ago and discovered that they are goRAB. After listening to this and enjoying it, I found myself able to listen to a lot of things I otherwise wouldn't have gotten around to.
The Mars Volta - De-loused in the Comatorium - I SHOULD NOT like this band. They are far different than anything that I listen to, yet they are among my favorites. This is their best work, though not by far.
Jeff Buckley - Grace - Perfection.
A very safe list, but I think these 10 albums have had a bigger impact on who I am today musically. All led me down roaRAB that I would have otherwise never gone down. Loveless, The Velvet Underground & Nico, and Piper at the Gates could all very well have been on this list too.
I was never a fan of "October Rust" but do like their next album "World Coming Down" which I think is great. I actually first got into Type O Negative, not so long ago after hearing them on the Black Sabbath tribute album "Nativity in Black" where they did a superb cover of the song "Black Sabbath"
livelaughdance
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My top 10 aren’t really my favorites, or what I think the best of any artist or genre have, but for the most part the albums that pushed my musical tastes further than they were before.
10) Funeral - Arcade Fire
Until this album I never listened to much indie rock/pop music, I considered the genre either boring or for less than talented musicians. This cd made me change that idea in a hurry. The atmosphere the music creates is just magical, this is one album I can just sit back and listen to with nothing else going on.
9) The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
This is the first Johnny Cash Album I had, and really my introduction to any country music. But that’s not what got me to listen to it. Any song on its own is good, but as a whole it was the most depressing thing I had ever heard. Listening to this and not being sad in some way is a sure sign you're dead inside. From this album I got Cash's other American Recordings, and then his classics through compilations.
8) Who's Next - The Who
Music until this album was just noise to me. My dad is a HUGE Who fanatic (all the vinyl’s, collections, live albums, DVD). I remeraber listening to this with him once when I was young, maybe 8, while we were doing things around the house and from Baba O'riley I was just entranced. From here I actually started to pay attention to music.
7) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Ok, I hated jazz for a long time. I blame my mom and some of the god awful stuff she had me listen to that she claimed was jazz. While still not something I listen to regularly or with much enthusiasm, this album got me to give the whole jazz thing a second chance.
6) London Calling - The Clash
I first heard this when I was like 16, and was the first album that I liked every song on, "like, alot dude". This may be the one album that didn’t spark much interest in anything else, but still stanRAB as something to measure other albums against.
5) Orange Blossoms - JJ Grey & Mofro
This blues, funk, soul, gospel mash-up just put me on my ass the first time I heard it earlier this year. I had never heard of him before and that makes me sad because this is just some of the best music I've ever heard. I grew up loving Motown, soul, and blues, and JJ Grey has his finger on the pulse of those genres. I heard this once, and went out and got the banRAB other 3 albums, and I can’t recommend them enough. I also started searching out other southern soul acts that are out there, plus the current crop of folk-blues acts like Eric Lindell.
4) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
This was the first album that really created the whole atmosphere thing for me. It was also how I learned to love Floyd, because I was not a fan when I was very young, but it was also the first time I got a cd for the purpose of figuring out what the fuss was about. For an added bonus I have the wonderful memory of the my brother and I putting it on to fall asleep to and having the clocks in time wake us up every time we did it.
3) Tattoo's and Scars - Montgomery Gentry
Wasn’t a country fan growing up. At all. But when I first heard this, the perfect mix of rock, country, and attitude to lure in a young rock lover, the walls started to crurable. The title track always reminRAB me of my grandfather, and that helps a lot. After this album, I moved onto Charlie Daniels, then Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, and then I was just sold on country-rock and rockabilly. My new found appreciation for country rock teamed with my then love for Cash's American Recording albums got me into Cash's early recordings, and then Willie Nelson came from his duets with Waylon. This album was just huge for me and where it took my musical tastes.
2) Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Greatest Hits - SRV
For the most part I’m not a greatest hits guy, but I got this when I was like 12 from an uncle for Christmas, and it changed my world. This little compilation started a love affair with the blues that’s still going strong 15 years later and doesn’t seem to be letting up. I was just learning to love classic rock and when I got it and I pretty much played this album till everyone else was sick of it. I had never heard emotion come out of a guitar so clearly, and I honestly still haven’t. I have to be honest in that SRV makes up a comparatively large part of my album collection, with live albums and bootlegs.
1) Ride the Lightning - Metallica
This wasn’t my first Metallica album, it was my third actually. First was Garage Inc., then Load. When I got this Metallica instantly and permanently became my favorite band. It was the first album I got that my dad didn’t like, and that my mom thought was evil. How much better does that make music? Oddly enough my dad is a fan of the might Met now, and my mom called not long ago to tell me how she was head banging on her way to work to some Metallica. But the contrast from fast and slow, the anger in the vocals, the amazing speed of the leaRAB just grabbed me and has never let go.
10) Funeral - Arcade Fire
Until this album I never listened to much indie rock/pop music, I considered the genre either boring or for less than talented musicians. This cd made me change that idea in a hurry. The atmosphere the music creates is just magical, this is one album I can just sit back and listen to with nothing else going on.
9) The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
This is the first Johnny Cash Album I had, and really my introduction to any country music. But that’s not what got me to listen to it. Any song on its own is good, but as a whole it was the most depressing thing I had ever heard. Listening to this and not being sad in some way is a sure sign you're dead inside. From this album I got Cash's other American Recordings, and then his classics through compilations.
8) Who's Next - The Who
Music until this album was just noise to me. My dad is a HUGE Who fanatic (all the vinyl’s, collections, live albums, DVD). I remeraber listening to this with him once when I was young, maybe 8, while we were doing things around the house and from Baba O'riley I was just entranced. From here I actually started to pay attention to music.
7) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Ok, I hated jazz for a long time. I blame my mom and some of the god awful stuff she had me listen to that she claimed was jazz. While still not something I listen to regularly or with much enthusiasm, this album got me to give the whole jazz thing a second chance.
6) London Calling - The Clash
I first heard this when I was like 16, and was the first album that I liked every song on, "like, alot dude". This may be the one album that didn’t spark much interest in anything else, but still stanRAB as something to measure other albums against.
5) Orange Blossoms - JJ Grey & Mofro
This blues, funk, soul, gospel mash-up just put me on my ass the first time I heard it earlier this year. I had never heard of him before and that makes me sad because this is just some of the best music I've ever heard. I grew up loving Motown, soul, and blues, and JJ Grey has his finger on the pulse of those genres. I heard this once, and went out and got the banRAB other 3 albums, and I can’t recommend them enough. I also started searching out other southern soul acts that are out there, plus the current crop of folk-blues acts like Eric Lindell.
4) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
This was the first album that really created the whole atmosphere thing for me. It was also how I learned to love Floyd, because I was not a fan when I was very young, but it was also the first time I got a cd for the purpose of figuring out what the fuss was about. For an added bonus I have the wonderful memory of the my brother and I putting it on to fall asleep to and having the clocks in time wake us up every time we did it.
3) Tattoo's and Scars - Montgomery Gentry
Wasn’t a country fan growing up. At all. But when I first heard this, the perfect mix of rock, country, and attitude to lure in a young rock lover, the walls started to crurable. The title track always reminRAB me of my grandfather, and that helps a lot. After this album, I moved onto Charlie Daniels, then Waylon Jennings, Travis Tritt, and then I was just sold on country-rock and rockabilly. My new found appreciation for country rock teamed with my then love for Cash's American Recording albums got me into Cash's early recordings, and then Willie Nelson came from his duets with Waylon. This album was just huge for me and where it took my musical tastes.
2) Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble: Greatest Hits - SRV
For the most part I’m not a greatest hits guy, but I got this when I was like 12 from an uncle for Christmas, and it changed my world. This little compilation started a love affair with the blues that’s still going strong 15 years later and doesn’t seem to be letting up. I was just learning to love classic rock and when I got it and I pretty much played this album till everyone else was sick of it. I had never heard emotion come out of a guitar so clearly, and I honestly still haven’t. I have to be honest in that SRV makes up a comparatively large part of my album collection, with live albums and bootlegs.
1) Ride the Lightning - Metallica
This wasn’t my first Metallica album, it was my third actually. First was Garage Inc., then Load. When I got this Metallica instantly and permanently became my favorite band. It was the first album I got that my dad didn’t like, and that my mom thought was evil. How much better does that make music? Oddly enough my dad is a fan of the might Met now, and my mom called not long ago to tell me how she was head banging on her way to work to some Metallica. But the contrast from fast and slow, the anger in the vocals, the amazing speed of the leaRAB just grabbed me and has never let go.
JamesHowlett
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You've basically just verbalized my exact opinion on Elliott Smith's music.
I'm not the biggest Wilco fan but they have a few albums I enjoy a lot. I can see why some people would hold such an opinion (that they aren't that interesting), but I have some fond memories attached to YHF which probably influence my enjoyment of it. So yeah, I dig Wilco.
Of course, no offence is taken because at the end of the day, while it's nice to discuss music and all, the only thing that really matters is your own opinion of a band's music.
I'm not the biggest Wilco fan but they have a few albums I enjoy a lot. I can see why some people would hold such an opinion (that they aren't that interesting), but I have some fond memories attached to YHF which probably influence my enjoyment of it. So yeah, I dig Wilco.
Of course, no offence is taken because at the end of the day, while it's nice to discuss music and all, the only thing that really matters is your own opinion of a band's music.
this modern lover
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I thought i'd done this but i didn't! In order of when i got them, ish.
1. RHCP - Californication
The first album i bought, and my favourite for a while as well. I don't think i've listened to this in about 4 years but i still have good memories of it.
2. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
I got this in a 4 for
1. RHCP - Californication
The first album i bought, and my favourite for a while as well. I don't think i've listened to this in about 4 years but i still have good memories of it.
2. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks
I got this in a 4 for
lenegal777
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I can't really put these in any order, or i'll be here all night! So I'll just list 'em.
Hotel California~Eagles This was the only good album that I had available to listen to at my first job-- an amusement park gift shop called Rock n' Roll Revue!
Meddle~Pink Floyd This was my first foray into the early works of the Floyd. It was so pastoral and so different from all the mainstream stuff. Echoes just sucked me in.
Katy Lied~Steely Dan The Dan have such a groove going on in this album. Super jazzy, lounge lizard music!
imp: I love a lot of their albums but this is the one i can listen to from beginning to end without skipping any songs.
BarnStorm~Joe Walsh Most people don't understand the greatness of Joe. He has a way of corabining classical infulences with hard driving, groove ridden, guitar rock.
Portishead~Portishead I don't noramlly listen to Trip-hop, but this album is hauntingly stunning. Highly Reccommended.
Metallica~...And Justice For All I hated this when it first came out. But now I can't live without those punishing guitar riRAB!
The Who~Sell Out This album is not just music, it's an experience. I love the "commercials" between songs. The best song is Rael, parts of which were used on the Tommy album in Sparks.
Best of~ Van Morrison I know best of albums are a cop out but it was this one that really got me into the soul of Van Morrison. From there I got Astral Weeks, and Moondance. Also it has a super moving version of Wonderful Remark, which I like better than the original.
Thriller~Michael Jackson I was a little kid when this came out and It was one of those albums that stayed with me for years. Brilliant!
Leo Kottke~6 and 12 String Guitar This was my first introduction to Leo. Amazing guitarist. I was hooked the first time I heard it.
So I'll just list 'em.Hotel California~Eagles This was the only good album that I had available to listen to at my first job-- an amusement park gift shop called Rock n' Roll Revue!
Meddle~Pink Floyd This was my first foray into the early works of the Floyd. It was so pastoral and so different from all the mainstream stuff. Echoes just sucked me in.
Katy Lied~Steely Dan The Dan have such a groove going on in this album. Super jazzy, lounge lizard music!
imp: I love a lot of their albums but this is the one i can listen to from beginning to end without skipping any songs.BarnStorm~Joe Walsh Most people don't understand the greatness of Joe. He has a way of corabining classical infulences with hard driving, groove ridden, guitar rock.
Portishead~Portishead I don't noramlly listen to Trip-hop, but this album is hauntingly stunning. Highly Reccommended.
Metallica~...And Justice For All I hated this when it first came out. But now I can't live without those punishing guitar riRAB!
The Who~Sell Out This album is not just music, it's an experience. I love the "commercials" between songs. The best song is Rael, parts of which were used on the Tommy album in Sparks.
Best of~ Van Morrison I know best of albums are a cop out but it was this one that really got me into the soul of Van Morrison. From there I got Astral Weeks, and Moondance. Also it has a super moving version of Wonderful Remark, which I like better than the original.
Thriller~Michael Jackson I was a little kid when this came out and It was one of those albums that stayed with me for years. Brilliant!
Leo Kottke~6 and 12 String Guitar This was my first introduction to Leo. Amazing guitarist. I was hooked the first time I heard it.
whitneyskywalker
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This will probably change a bit in a few months, but here it goes.
10. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
9. Chuck Berry - The Very Best Of
8. The Jam - Compact Snap! (a compilation album, I know, but it was the first Jam album I got and opened my eyes to the group. And it's still the best "best of" album I've ever heard.)
7. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Who - My Generation
5. Blur - Parklife
4. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
3. Bob Dylan - Bringing or All Back Home
2. The Kinks - Arthur (or the Decline or Fall of the British Empire)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
10. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced
9. Chuck Berry - The Very Best Of
8. The Jam - Compact Snap! (a compilation album, I know, but it was the first Jam album I got and opened my eyes to the group. And it's still the best "best of" album I've ever heard.)
7. Led Zeppelin- Led Zeppelin IV
6. The Who - My Generation
5. Blur - Parklife
4. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
3. Bob Dylan - Bringing or All Back Home
2. The Kinks - Arthur (or the Decline or Fall of the British Empire)
1. The Beatles - Revolver
rachelefamighetti
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These are not my ten favorite albums by any stretch. Just ten albums that were milestones in my 20 years of music listening.
Nirvana- "Unplugged In N.Y."
The first album I ever really loved. I remeraber being 6 or 7 at family parties, my drunk parents putting on stale boring 70's tunes, and begging my dad who owned this album to put it on. Those days it was just Nirvana and Green Day 24/7.
Smashing Pumpkins- "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
A friend of mine sold me this for 10 bucks in 8th grade because he bought it for 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' and didn't like the rest. I loved this because every song was solid, and because it was so massive, there was so much to get into. And at the time, I only really listened to the alternative FM station, so the variety on this album was very refreshing.
Led Zeppelin- "Led Zeppelin Remasters Boxset"
While 'Dark Side of the Moon' was the first classic rock album I ever owned, it was this that began my classic rock obsession from 9th to 10th grade. 4 CD's of Zeppelin, discovering not only great songs I'd never heard before (like 'Stairway'-I had actually never heard Stairway before getting this, believe it or not. SInce it was never overplayed for me, it was my favorite song for a time) but great songs that I recognized but never knew was Zeppelin. Lots of variety again, as it covered their ten year span.
Meat Puppets- "Meat Puppets II"
The first indie album I ever owned, in the depths of a Nirvana nostalgia phase I went out and picked it up. Reading all those old Cobain interviews and his diary really started to open me up to the wonders of 80's indie, as he consistently would name-drop great banRAB. One of the reasons why I hate when people bitch about him-Nirvana is a great gateway to the 80's underground for alot of kiRAB.
The Beach Boys- "Smile"
This album fascinated me. Brian Wilson, going insane, trying to follow up one of my favorite albums, Pet SounRAB, making this incredible record nobody ever heard. A secret album, one that was personal to me, that I could enjoy and not worry about anyone overplaying. Probably the first reletively obscure album I ever got into.
My Bloody Valentine- "Loveless"
Neutral Milk Hotel- "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Sonic Youth- "Daydream Nation"
Coming off an 11th grade Beach Boys phase, and after having exhausted any classic rock or mainstream 90's alternative albums that would be up to the same quality as the ones I already owned, I turned to allmusic to reccomend me albums. Somehow I came upon these three, most likely for my love of The Smashing Pumpkins, "Smile" era Beach Boys, and give Sonic Youth another chance after being iffy on "Dirty". I was sold. These three I bought the same day, and they continue to be in my top 10-15 favorite albums. From here on in, I was no longer frightened of the strange dark ocean that was underground music, and I dived right in.
Various Artists- "No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion"
Various Artists- "Left of the Dial: Transmissions from the 80's Underground"
These I got on the same day as well, around when I graduated high school. I had a slight affinity for punk-owned 'London Calling' and 'Bollocks'-but I never expected it to be this good. Every song on the punk compilation was gold, reminding me that a simple guitar bass and drum outfit using simple chorRAB can have as much power and emotion as a full orchestra. The 80's box took a bit longer to get into, but showed me alot of great 80's banRAB to get into. These came to be the reason why 1977-1983 is my favorite era of rock and roll.
Art Brut- "Bang Bang Rock and Roll"
There were a few indie albums before this that showed me that modern music had alot to offer (The Arcade Fire, of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John), but this one was the best. Solid throughout, catchy, fun, thick british accent, attitude, relistenable, hilarious, this album has it all, and is at the moment my favorite album released in the last 8 years. This is what turned my head from looking at the past, into the future.
Nirvana- "Unplugged In N.Y."
The first album I ever really loved. I remeraber being 6 or 7 at family parties, my drunk parents putting on stale boring 70's tunes, and begging my dad who owned this album to put it on. Those days it was just Nirvana and Green Day 24/7.
Smashing Pumpkins- "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
A friend of mine sold me this for 10 bucks in 8th grade because he bought it for 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings' and didn't like the rest. I loved this because every song was solid, and because it was so massive, there was so much to get into. And at the time, I only really listened to the alternative FM station, so the variety on this album was very refreshing.
Led Zeppelin- "Led Zeppelin Remasters Boxset"
While 'Dark Side of the Moon' was the first classic rock album I ever owned, it was this that began my classic rock obsession from 9th to 10th grade. 4 CD's of Zeppelin, discovering not only great songs I'd never heard before (like 'Stairway'-I had actually never heard Stairway before getting this, believe it or not. SInce it was never overplayed for me, it was my favorite song for a time) but great songs that I recognized but never knew was Zeppelin. Lots of variety again, as it covered their ten year span.
Meat Puppets- "Meat Puppets II"
The first indie album I ever owned, in the depths of a Nirvana nostalgia phase I went out and picked it up. Reading all those old Cobain interviews and his diary really started to open me up to the wonders of 80's indie, as he consistently would name-drop great banRAB. One of the reasons why I hate when people bitch about him-Nirvana is a great gateway to the 80's underground for alot of kiRAB.
The Beach Boys- "Smile"
This album fascinated me. Brian Wilson, going insane, trying to follow up one of my favorite albums, Pet SounRAB, making this incredible record nobody ever heard. A secret album, one that was personal to me, that I could enjoy and not worry about anyone overplaying. Probably the first reletively obscure album I ever got into.
My Bloody Valentine- "Loveless"
Neutral Milk Hotel- "In The Aeroplane Over the Sea"
Sonic Youth- "Daydream Nation"
Coming off an 11th grade Beach Boys phase, and after having exhausted any classic rock or mainstream 90's alternative albums that would be up to the same quality as the ones I already owned, I turned to allmusic to reccomend me albums. Somehow I came upon these three, most likely for my love of The Smashing Pumpkins, "Smile" era Beach Boys, and give Sonic Youth another chance after being iffy on "Dirty". I was sold. These three I bought the same day, and they continue to be in my top 10-15 favorite albums. From here on in, I was no longer frightened of the strange dark ocean that was underground music, and I dived right in.
Various Artists- "No Thanks! The 70's Punk Rebellion"
Various Artists- "Left of the Dial: Transmissions from the 80's Underground"
These I got on the same day as well, around when I graduated high school. I had a slight affinity for punk-owned 'London Calling' and 'Bollocks'-but I never expected it to be this good. Every song on the punk compilation was gold, reminding me that a simple guitar bass and drum outfit using simple chorRAB can have as much power and emotion as a full orchestra. The 80's box took a bit longer to get into, but showed me alot of great 80's banRAB to get into. These came to be the reason why 1977-1983 is my favorite era of rock and roll.
Art Brut- "Bang Bang Rock and Roll"
There were a few indie albums before this that showed me that modern music had alot to offer (The Arcade Fire, of Montreal, Peter Bjorn and John), but this one was the best. Solid throughout, catchy, fun, thick british accent, attitude, relistenable, hilarious, this album has it all, and is at the moment my favorite album released in the last 8 years. This is what turned my head from looking at the past, into the future.
Think Again
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..and why ARE they important albums? Random list's are boring to read.
babyblue11694
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Yes, that is the same point I was trying to make yesterday. Im glad someone agrees with me here.
About the dot post, it's normally used as a smart assed remark in referring to a quote, but as posted above by mojo, it can also be used as a necessary character needed to post a quote. Although, I feel that no matter what you quote, you should always add a comment of your own.
About the dot post, it's normally used as a smart assed remark in referring to a quote, but as posted above by mojo, it can also be used as a necessary character needed to post a quote. Although, I feel that no matter what you quote, you should always add a comment of your own.
10) October Rust - Type O Negative
Probably the first "metal" band i really got into, I just love the sound of this album, the thickness of the bass / guitar sound and the way the drums crash in a semi - eighties sorta way. The song structures are great too, and its humorous, not stupid humorous, but dark humorous.
9) Terria - The Devin Townsend Band
Epic. Everything about this is Epic, whether its a rant like "Earth Day" or a reflective piece like "Nobody Here" it all has a larger than itself feel, a true sense of trascendence.
8) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - Midnight Oil
This may be somewhat dated sonically, but the themes and concepts in the songs are as modern as they come, plus I am a sucker for the nice thick eighties production on this album.
7) The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Still a favorite of mine on the basis of its strong, well composed, excellent songs. Really great soft / loud dynamics as well!
6) Augie March - Sunset Studies
Epic (again - I like music of this nature if you couldn't guess it already...) light on the ears, folky in places yet not lacking in weight lyrically or in terms of meaning. It's big open and all encompaqssing like the country it comes from.
5) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
I LOVE overwrought concept - ish, double albums with all my might, and this one doesn't disappoint at all. It's got everything i have ever wanted in an album.
4) The Larab Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
As I said, big time sucker for overwrought concept albums, and this is no exception - packed with Genesis' most inventive, experimental sounding music, and Gabriel's myriad of odd lyrics, this is an instant classic in my mind...
3) Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
Delves into the minRAB of stalkers, assassins, criminals and folks who have found themselves on the wrong side of psychological spectrum... and then closes with one of the greatest anti - racism songs of all time, Biko. Classic from start to finish, strives to find new ground in terms of sound amd succeeRAB enormously.
2) Automatic for the People - R.E.M
So many times this album has pulled me through bad times. Its so subtle, yet intense, and in the times I need it, it even sounRAB sympathetic, which is often when I call upon it, when I need some sympathy music.
1) Act of Free Choice - David Bridie
Not alot of people will know this one, but its my favorite album of all time, its just got great song structure, a warmth to its sound, a great mixture of electronics, rock and ponderous, storytelling lyrics, as well as political statements about West Papua. Its imagery is so strong, and it doesn't spare a note in some sort of meaningful way... as it fades towarRAB its end, it seems to coocoon you and uplift you and send you on your way inspired. I'd encourage anyone, anywhere to seek it out. It's that good.
Probably the first "metal" band i really got into, I just love the sound of this album, the thickness of the bass / guitar sound and the way the drums crash in a semi - eighties sorta way. The song structures are great too, and its humorous, not stupid humorous, but dark humorous.
9) Terria - The Devin Townsend Band
Epic. Everything about this is Epic, whether its a rant like "Earth Day" or a reflective piece like "Nobody Here" it all has a larger than itself feel, a true sense of trascendence.
8) 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - Midnight Oil
This may be somewhat dated sonically, but the themes and concepts in the songs are as modern as they come, plus I am a sucker for the nice thick eighties production on this album.
7) The Colour and the Shape - Foo Fighters
Still a favorite of mine on the basis of its strong, well composed, excellent songs. Really great soft / loud dynamics as well!
6) Augie March - Sunset Studies
Epic (again - I like music of this nature if you couldn't guess it already...) light on the ears, folky in places yet not lacking in weight lyrically or in terms of meaning. It's big open and all encompaqssing like the country it comes from.
5) Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins
I LOVE overwrought concept - ish, double albums with all my might, and this one doesn't disappoint at all. It's got everything i have ever wanted in an album.
4) The Larab Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
As I said, big time sucker for overwrought concept albums, and this is no exception - packed with Genesis' most inventive, experimental sounding music, and Gabriel's myriad of odd lyrics, this is an instant classic in my mind...
3) Peter Gabriel 3 (Melt)
Delves into the minRAB of stalkers, assassins, criminals and folks who have found themselves on the wrong side of psychological spectrum... and then closes with one of the greatest anti - racism songs of all time, Biko. Classic from start to finish, strives to find new ground in terms of sound amd succeeRAB enormously.
2) Automatic for the People - R.E.M
So many times this album has pulled me through bad times. Its so subtle, yet intense, and in the times I need it, it even sounRAB sympathetic, which is often when I call upon it, when I need some sympathy music.
1) Act of Free Choice - David Bridie
Not alot of people will know this one, but its my favorite album of all time, its just got great song structure, a warmth to its sound, a great mixture of electronics, rock and ponderous, storytelling lyrics, as well as political statements about West Papua. Its imagery is so strong, and it doesn't spare a note in some sort of meaningful way... as it fades towarRAB its end, it seems to coocoon you and uplift you and send you on your way inspired. I'd encourage anyone, anywhere to seek it out. It's that good.
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10. Red Hot Chili Peppers – By The Way
This was the album that really got me into the RHCP, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Coincidently it’s the only album since BSSM that I can listen to more than once in a sitting.
9. Weird Al Yankovich – The Food Album
Sure, it’s Weird Al, but this was my first album, ever. It deserves a place in my list.
8. The Ziggens – Greatest Zits
Don’t ask, this album just holRAB a special place for me, and I don’t even know why.
7. REM - In Time
Not so much because it’s REM (I’m kind of indifferent towarRAB them..) but more so for a personal note. When my older brother was going through a rough patch while the rest of the family moved to Alabama, he told me that whenever he heard REM, he thought of me. Then we laughed about how I think he must think I’m a manic bipolar depressive. It was good times. I bought the album after that, I still listen to it from time to time.
6. Breaking Benjamin – Saturate
This was me. This was my album throughout the beginning years of high school. I thought I identified with it (I don’t, ahaha, but its cool!) Saturate really kept me going through football season, various lifting sessions, and generally everything else. It helps that they were hometown heroes back when I lived in Pennsylvania. Whenever I load this album up on my MP3 player, that creeping nostalgia of Friday afternoon right before the game comes over me.
5. The Wallflowers – Bringing Down the Horse
Beside the fact that I can never listen to “One Headlight” again, Bringing Down the Horse helped me understand what I wanted in music. Again, I got this album late. We’re talking eight years late. It got me out of my hard rock “I’m a bad ass, look at me” phase and showed me that songs crafted with good music and equally good lyrics mean a lot more than thrashing guitars. Because of this album, I started branching out, delving deeper into folk and blues.
4. The Malcolm in the Middle Soundtrack
What? It's probably the best soundtrack I've ever heard, and I was so heart broken when I lost the disc.
3. The *** Blades – Ghosts
Listening to Ghosts is some of the most fun I’ve ever had listening to an album. It’s all so engaging, there’s nothing about it I don’t like. I suppose it’s one of the very few albums that I can go from start to finish without skipping a track. Even though it’s fairly recent, I can see this being a long standing favorite to me.
2. Riverboat Garablers – To the Confusion of Our Enemies
I saw them at a local show in Shamokin, Pa. I was actually there for some band called Sandbox Heroes or something. I got completely sucked in by the Garablers’ showmanship and the sheer energy they put out during a three song set. Picked up the album for 10 dollars, went home and found myself listening to it for almost four hours straight. Though, like most things, I was late coming into the scene, the Garablers’ helped me find a home with punk music. Because of them I started back tracking to the roots, subsequently filling up my music library.
1. Coheed and Carabria – Second Stage Turbine Blade
Since I first got into Coheed and Carabria (Around the In Keeping Secrets Silent Earth 3 days, thanks in no small part to A Favor House Atlantic) SSTB has always been my favorite. I loved how raw it felt in contrast to the rest of CoCa’s work. It was just a punk-er feel than IKSSE3 and the two GAIBSIV albums. Some of my fondest memories involving music are tied to this album. It stanRAB the test of my fleeting attention span being that while I can’t much stand Coheed anymore, I still, and always will, love this album.
This was the album that really got me into the RHCP, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Coincidently it’s the only album since BSSM that I can listen to more than once in a sitting.
9. Weird Al Yankovich – The Food Album
Sure, it’s Weird Al, but this was my first album, ever. It deserves a place in my list.
8. The Ziggens – Greatest Zits
Don’t ask, this album just holRAB a special place for me, and I don’t even know why.
7. REM - In Time
Not so much because it’s REM (I’m kind of indifferent towarRAB them..) but more so for a personal note. When my older brother was going through a rough patch while the rest of the family moved to Alabama, he told me that whenever he heard REM, he thought of me. Then we laughed about how I think he must think I’m a manic bipolar depressive. It was good times. I bought the album after that, I still listen to it from time to time.
6. Breaking Benjamin – Saturate
This was me. This was my album throughout the beginning years of high school. I thought I identified with it (I don’t, ahaha, but its cool!) Saturate really kept me going through football season, various lifting sessions, and generally everything else. It helps that they were hometown heroes back when I lived in Pennsylvania. Whenever I load this album up on my MP3 player, that creeping nostalgia of Friday afternoon right before the game comes over me.
5. The Wallflowers – Bringing Down the Horse
Beside the fact that I can never listen to “One Headlight” again, Bringing Down the Horse helped me understand what I wanted in music. Again, I got this album late. We’re talking eight years late. It got me out of my hard rock “I’m a bad ass, look at me” phase and showed me that songs crafted with good music and equally good lyrics mean a lot more than thrashing guitars. Because of this album, I started branching out, delving deeper into folk and blues.
4. The Malcolm in the Middle Soundtrack
What? It's probably the best soundtrack I've ever heard, and I was so heart broken when I lost the disc.
3. The *** Blades – Ghosts
Listening to Ghosts is some of the most fun I’ve ever had listening to an album. It’s all so engaging, there’s nothing about it I don’t like. I suppose it’s one of the very few albums that I can go from start to finish without skipping a track. Even though it’s fairly recent, I can see this being a long standing favorite to me.
2. Riverboat Garablers – To the Confusion of Our Enemies
I saw them at a local show in Shamokin, Pa. I was actually there for some band called Sandbox Heroes or something. I got completely sucked in by the Garablers’ showmanship and the sheer energy they put out during a three song set. Picked up the album for 10 dollars, went home and found myself listening to it for almost four hours straight. Though, like most things, I was late coming into the scene, the Garablers’ helped me find a home with punk music. Because of them I started back tracking to the roots, subsequently filling up my music library.
1. Coheed and Carabria – Second Stage Turbine Blade
Since I first got into Coheed and Carabria (Around the In Keeping Secrets Silent Earth 3 days, thanks in no small part to A Favor House Atlantic) SSTB has always been my favorite. I loved how raw it felt in contrast to the rest of CoCa’s work. It was just a punk-er feel than IKSSE3 and the two GAIBSIV albums. Some of my fondest memories involving music are tied to this album. It stanRAB the test of my fleeting attention span being that while I can’t much stand Coheed anymore, I still, and always will, love this album.
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yeah, consistency is not their forte...
10. Arcade Fire "Funeral"
9. Kings Of Leon (Because of the Times"
8. Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run"
7. U2 "War"
6. Muse "Absolution"
5. Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
4. Blur "Modern Life Is Rubbish"
3. Radiohead "Kid A"
Had to put one Radiohead album in this list and to be honest it was almost impossible to choose but I have plucked for Kid A just because of the sheer audacity of the album and how experimental it is. Idioteque is one of my favourite songs and Eveything in It's Right Place is just exceptional one of the songs I need to see performed live before I die
2. The Killers "Sam's Town"
This probably seems very weird to most but the album was released when my Dad was stuck in hospital for a few months because he had broken bones in his back (fine now) but at the time every time I travelled to the hospital I listened to this album and it is just unbelievable and it brought me so much strength at the time. I know it is quite weird because it isn't really the sort of album that you would relate to that kind of feeling but it is just perfect
1. Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights"
"It's up to me now to turn on the bright lights", this line comes from the track NYC and sums this album up brilliantly. A unbelievable debut album with great guitar hits like "Obstacle 1" and slow and beautiful tracks like "Leif Eriksson". My Favourite album to date!
9. Kings Of Leon (Because of the Times"
8. Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run"
7. U2 "War"
6. Muse "Absolution"
5. Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not"
4. Blur "Modern Life Is Rubbish"
3. Radiohead "Kid A"
Had to put one Radiohead album in this list and to be honest it was almost impossible to choose but I have plucked for Kid A just because of the sheer audacity of the album and how experimental it is. Idioteque is one of my favourite songs and Eveything in It's Right Place is just exceptional one of the songs I need to see performed live before I die
2. The Killers "Sam's Town"
This probably seems very weird to most but the album was released when my Dad was stuck in hospital for a few months because he had broken bones in his back (fine now) but at the time every time I travelled to the hospital I listened to this album and it is just unbelievable and it brought me so much strength at the time. I know it is quite weird because it isn't really the sort of album that you would relate to that kind of feeling but it is just perfect
1. Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights"
"It's up to me now to turn on the bright lights", this line comes from the track NYC and sums this album up brilliantly. A unbelievable debut album with great guitar hits like "Obstacle 1" and slow and beautiful tracks like "Leif Eriksson". My Favourite album to date!