Top 10 Most Important Albums To You

I agree with the speed metal part. The riRAB weren't so thrashy in Darkness DescenRAB, they were more 84-85ish.

But it was the uncontrolled aggression, and the uncontrolled speed that made me love Darkness DescenRAB. Before listening Darkness DescenRAB, I was reluctant to check out faster music. I thought Reign In Blood was the fastest and most brutal album I would ever like, but after hearing Darkness DescenRAB, I wanted to listen to the fastest, most brutal, most insane album ever made.

And then I found None So Vile :)
 
I'll elaborate.

10. Britney Spears - Toxic

Introduced me to pop. Plus she's so classy and f***in hot.

9. Nickelback - Any Album By Them

My favorite alternative rock band. I was getting bored with it all until I discovered them, I love how they bring a new original sound with each song.

8. Manowar - Kings of Metal

The title says it all. Plus, what could be better than going to a concert to see a bunch of big burly dudes in tight leather clothes with armor and weapons for props? These guys are the best out of the power metal bunch. No contest.

7. Vanilla Ice - Hard to Swallow

If it weren't for this album, I wouldn't listen to rap today.

6. Korn - Untouchables

One of the albums that will go down as a classic from the early '00s. Master of nu metal, a favorite of mine.

5. Limp Bizkit - Results May Vary

They do one of the best covers of all time on this album, the Who's Behind Blue Eyes. This guys make it at least 15 times as good.

4. Metallica - Reload

The only thing in their discography ever worth listening to, besides the original Load.

3. Oh No Not Stereo - 003

Oh my god the best indie band ever! They just blew away everyone else at SXSW... I would have paid $85 just to see them, they're that good. They're so much better than all those stupid generic indie banRAB out there, I really understand why these guys became so famous. They'll be the next Led Zeppelin.

2. Breathe Carolina - It's Classy Not Classic

OMG these guys are so good! I had the fortune of going to one of their concerts with my sister because she needed someone to drive her, and I discovered one of my favorite banRAB ever! Their live show was so amazing, hanRAB down best concert I've ever been to... they even covered Hannah Montana, and did it better than her!

1. The Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers

These guys are like Backstreet Boys and nsync but much much better. This is my favorite album at the moment, and it gets most influential spot for enouraging me to go back and check out all of the Backstreet Boys, Nsync, and so on albums that I hadn't heard. They led me to discover a lot of my favorite music. So hardcore, rock on Jonas Brothers!

There's a bit of insight into what I listen to.
 
I thought it sucked too but I never cried over it.

You need to grow some tougher marbles dude.
 
in no order:

1) guy clark- old nuraber one
growing up the way i did in small town texas, listening to guy clark was much like breatheing, and there are so many of his songs that lend themselves to the soundtrack of my life,....i'll go with old nuraber one, because it was his first,....and my first of his,....it includes LA Freeway, which is quite possibly my very favorite song ever, he has a way of turnin the simplest of phrases into some kind off accidentally romantic poetry......hearing guy clark is much like drivin down a tree lined dirt road, with all the windows down, just as the sun starts to set, and breatheing really deep,taking in the smell of fresh cut hay,....guy clark is home


2) traffic - heavy traffic
i've always been a huge steve winwood fan,.....traffic, and later blind faith, played a large role in the identity of my high school self,.....technically interesting, yet undeniably feel good while being thought provoking,......meh, who am i kiddin,....i was smokeing alot of pot

3) pat green - live at billy bobs
considered my generation's jerry jeff walker, pat green inspired many a road trip weekend,.....his songs were fun,..light,....about beer, and burritos, and music, and texas, and love,.......it was all about a good time, or a good time to avoid heart break,.....sometimes good music isnt good because its original, or thecnically steller,....but it envokes some kinda of memory, connection, within you,...pat green does that for me and many of my frienRAB,.....because of this album, we set off on our own,......we ate ramen noodles all week just so we could afford five dollar cover and dollar beers in some run down side of the road beer joint, that was packed with others just like us,....tryin to figure out who we are, where we are goin,......what we knew is that we would get there with pat on the radio, an allsups burrito in our belly, and lone star beer in a cooler behind the seat

4) neil young – harvest
my father,….and much of my relationship with him

5) the toadies – rubberneck
Almost every good memory I have can some how be tied into this album,…..be it playing in the back ground,……or quoted in conversation,……or just a general vibe,……this album provides a song for almost any situation I can think of,…..and in a way that’s alittle ****ed up

6) ani difranco – not a pretty girl
This album has gotten me through every breakup I’ve had thus far,…clich
 
Chronologically:

1. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash
Representative of my early years, this album is probably the first I can remeraber listening to. My parent's have a home video of me as a toddler dancing and singing along to Remeraber the Alamo in my diaper and Dad's cowboy boots. Not only was I was fucking adorable, but I knew my shit.

2. Hanson - MMrabop
As I progressed into childhood I decided that I wanted to be a rock star when I grew up. I would spend hours on end listening to the band that shared my aspiration. Laugh all you want, I bet you still know the worRAB.

3. Kansas - Leftoverture
4. Journey - Escape
My growth from a child into a pre-teen is best represented by these albums. A good deal of my memories from that phase of my life could feature Carry on My Wayward sun and Don't Stop Believing as the soundtrack. Cliche as it may be, these albums are very important to me still, and every time I listen they bring with them an air of adolescent bliss.

5. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
It's the year 2000, I'm 10 years old. The music video for Californication is continually being played on MTV, and I can't get enough. My Dad was a big influence on my taste in music growing up, and he was as obsessed with the song as I was. Not only did he buy me the cd, but a RHCP t-shirt.

6. KoRn - Take a Look in the Mirror: Greatest Hits (Head's Departure)
7. System of a Down - Toxicity
So I went through this phase where I thought it was really "cool" to be depressed all the time, tell people I was bi-polar wear all black and listen to Metal. I wrote poems about suicide, displaced myself from my frienRAB my entire freshman year of high school, etc., etc. These were the only albums I listened to. It's a time of my life I don't care to look back on, but I admittedly still rock out to Toxicity.

8. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News
As I emerged from the shadows of my juvenility, and at the request of my family, I started listening to "less depressing" music. I wasn't satisfied with the shallow crap on the radio, instead I searched for something with lyrics that touched me in all the right places.

9. Elliott Smith - Either/Or
The first album I downloaded purely from the influence of rabroad merabers. It definitely think it was a stepping stone to the broadening and enhancing of my music taste, and I have you guys to thank. :)

10. The Beatles Discography
To avoid going into a lengthy rarabling of my devotion to the band I'll simply say this: No band has had the same effect on me. I don't think I'll find another band I like more, and I am perfectly at peace with that.
 
I have ranking things in order, so this has no order to it.

CunninLynguists - A Piece of Strange

I never get tired of listening to this album, the pieces are all there to make it one of the greatest hip hop albums ever produced. The beats are catchy, the lyrics are intelligently written and delivered flawlessly and the guests were really well chosen for each track. I spin this album at least once a week and it's usually always on my MP3 player or MP3 CD.

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness

Such a powerhouse album, one track running in at 60 minutes long. I love listening to this album at least once a month. I use to smoke up with this album playing in my headphones, laying back on the couch and just listening at peace, some of the best memories I have that are marijuana and music related. I could easily see this album surviving 100 years from now and being regarded in the same sense that we regard Mozart or Bach today.

Opeth - Blackwater Park

This was one of the toughest decisions to make as I love all of Opeth's albums. One of the strongest banRAB I've ever seen, they have never released a bad album to me, some have been stronger than others, but each are enjoyable in their own way. "Blackwater Park" was my first introduction to Opeth and I don't think anybody could ask for a better introduction to a band as amazing as Opeth. Solid from start to finish.

Strapping Young Lad - City

Along with "Blackwater Park" I think "City" was my first introduction to Strapping Young Lad and I don't think anybody could recommend a better album to start. Extremely ferocious and heavy but retaining some tongue-in-cheek dark humor that is a staple of Strapping Young Lad and Devin Townsend. Recently I recommended it to Antonio and I believe he really liked it.

WarsawpacK - Gross Domestic Product

Unknown Canadian hip hop/ reggae group who as ohkasey described their sound "Like if Rage Against the Machine took a chill pill but with better grooves". Very politcally and environmentally critical, yet retaining intelligent and insightful debates and arguments, rather than the typical "**** Bush and all the Republicans" that seems to be the only argument you can get from some banRAB. Sadly they have disbanded :(

The Smalls - My Dear Little Angle

Another little known Canadian group from Edmonton Alberta, these guys were an eclectic blend of jazz, punk, metal, and some country. "My Dear Little Angle" was their debut album and I don't think you could have asked for a stronger debut. Extremely bass driven songs that are surprisingly heavy, yet retaining jazz influences, this is another band that has sadly disbanded :(

LuciDream - Choose The Madness

Yet another Canadian band, this one being from Calgary (unofficially known as Canada's Armpit). "Choose The Madness" does everything right for me as far as hip hop is concerned. All the guitar parts are acoustic, but the lyrics are what really drive the album. I reviewed it last week in my Music Journal, however I think I praised it a little too highly as it was unable to live up to the unreasonable expectations that I had created for it. Regardless of that, it is a phenomenal album from start to finish with intelligent and beautifully written lyrics that are extremely thought provoking.

Devin Townsend - Terria

Anybody who follows my music knows how much of a Devin Townsend fanatic I am and this list wouldn't be complete if I left one of his albums off. "Terria" is a bit of an odd choice for some, because it was released at a weird time in his life, where he had already been diagnosed with bi-polar depression and was on treatment for it. It had been 4 years since he released anything with Strapping Young Lad, and the year before he released his 3rd solo album "Physicist" that was heavy and angry enough to qualify as a Strapping album. "Terria" is far more environmentally conscious and after listening to it all the way through I could easily see Devin spending time out in the Canadian wilderness to get inspiration. Containing tracks like "Nobody's Here", "Earth Day", and "Canada" this is probably his most underrated album, and one of 2001's finest entry's.

Elliott BROOD - Arabassador

People who know my taste in music were probably anticipating this album on this list. Gothic Country at it's finest, the songs are brilliantly dark, yet hauntingly beautiful. A perfect introduction to the band that launched them into a type of fame. If you're looking for something that is dark yet beautiful, this is oen of the albums to look for.

Gruvis Malt - ... With the Spirit of a Traffic Jam

I believe this was my first entry in my "A Gift From Me To You" series that I started a month ago. This album really did a nuraber on me when I heard it for the first time last year. A perfect blend of progressive rock with jazz and hip hop influences, this is one of my favorite "
chill out" albums. For some reason I've found it works better during the winter time, the album seems to warm you up when you listen to it. I hope the people that received it enjoyed it as much as I do, and if you didn't receive it but want to give it a try, please feel free to PM me.

Honorable Mentions

Rehab - Graffiti The World
The Interpestuals - ReviveR
Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow
Aesop Rock - Labor Days
Meshuggah - Catch 33
 
I will post them in chronological order and has been stressed in the thread, these albums shouldn't neccessarily be your favourites. Only the albums that shaped your musical tastes. ( the dates are when I first heard the album)

The Beatles - Red/Blue albums. (1975 onwarRAB)

It is best to use these albums as catch alls for The Beatles music. My dad was and still is a big fan and my earliest recollection of music was hearing their music.

E.L.O - Discovery (1979)

Once again it's my dad's fault! I can remeraber hearing ELO and being utterly intrigued with the vocals and sound effects (obviously synthesisers but I didn't know that at the time!). It just sounded so different compared to early Beatles music.

Madonna - Like A Virgin (1984)

This one mainly because it was the first album I ever bought. I got it on cassette in 1984 to use with my first walkman. I still have a soft spot for this album and own it on CD.

Iron Maiden - Live After Death (1986)

This really kick started everything for me musically and it gave me an identity and a route into non mainstream music. I still absolutely love it.

Megadeth - Peace Sells..But Who's Buying? (1987)

I am pretty sure that this was the first thrash Metal album that I heard and I just love the changes in tempo and the aggression of the album. A continuation of my love for Metal.

Pink Floyd - Meddle (1989)

I heard this whilst working in my first full time job making fire extinguishers (!). A guy working there asked me what music I was into and I said Metal and was also a big fan of Marillion. He suggested trying Pink Floyd's Meddle. I listened and the A side (it was on vinyl) sort of left me a little bemused. Then I heard 'Echoes' which took up the entire B side and so began my love of Pink Floyd.

Tangerine Dream - Underwater Sunlight (1990)

I moved to the town I still live in, in 1990 and basically was an 18 year old kid getting pissed and sleeping on many sofas and floors. After a particulary heavy night out I awoke in a frienRAB house and he was playing this album. The rich lush arabience was quite new to me and it just seemed to work perfectly with waking up with sun bearing down and a fuzzy head. Still a big favourite now.

Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants (1998)

I started a new job as a chef and they always played music that was not your usual Restaurant piped crap. this album was playing and the epic Banstyle/Sappys Curry was playing. It's over 15 minutes long and has a brilliant breakdown with an acoustic guitar kicking in and a slow build back up. It made me look at Dance music in a completely different light and I realised that there is just as much innovative and well made stuff in the genre as Rock music.

Melt Banana - Cell Scape (2007)

You are never too old to hear new music and although my genre tastes are wide, I had never experienced noise rock. Due to you good folk at rab this was my first taste of it and I was blown away by the energy and quirkiness. Again this opened up another avenue of musical exploration.

Melody Gardot - Worrisome Heart (2008)

I do love my female singer/songwriters but I have never really been into Jazz. This represented the perfect way to ease into Jazz and what a fantastic album it is and now Jazz is a genre that i'm inching into all the time.
 
Since this is a milestone list, I'm just going to tweak the nurabers a tad. I've only been album-whoring for about 2 months mind you.
I'll go in chronological order.


8)My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade
The first album I bought myself, one year ago. While, yes, looking back it it quite an erabarassment, when I bought it I was blown away (probably because I my low standarRAB at the time. :) )
However, I do still spin it every now and then just to see how far I've come from it.
Key Tracks: Welcome to the black parade, Cancer


7)AFI- Deceraberunderground
After a few albums I came across AFI. I picked up their latest work, DU.
It was the first album I bought that I TRULY loved. Track-for-track (back when I had low standarRAB) it was great, and was also the only album I owned at the time where the singles paled compared to the rest of the tracks.
Key Tracks: Prelude 12/21, Summer Shudder, 37mm

6)System of a Down- Toxicity
From my first 20 albums, this is the only one I still listen to today regularly.
While it didn't seem like a giant step for me at the time, it was now that I look back. The only reason I picked up because it was at Hot Topic, as I was a little emo kid for the first half 2008. While it took a little while, this is the album that lifted me off the ground from emo kid to true music fan, as the quality of my music taste shot off afterwarRAB.
Key Tracks: ATWA, Chop Suey!, Deer Dance, Prison Song

5)Rodney Crowell- Fates' Right Hand
I took a chance and attempted to expand my musical horizon (C'mon, a hottopicore kid listening to COUNTRY?), and Jesus Christ did it pay off. Exellent song-writing, amazing lyrics, and heart-felt vocals. This album also proved to me that you CAN NOT judge an entire genre by whats on that genres radio station.
And soon after, the process of album whoring began.
Key Tracks: Earthbound, Riding Out the Storm, Fates' Right Hand

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4)Rush- 2112
This is the album that jump started my appreciation for music. However, it did come with a mild case of fanboyism that I had to fight with for a bit.
After getting Moving Pictures and Perm Waves, I thought I would go back into Rushs' Discography, and I came across this. The fact the title track was twenty minutes astounded me. I took a while to fully appreciate, but soon this album gave way to my love of Progressive Rock.
Key Tracks: 2112, The Twilight Zone, Something For Nothing

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3)Coheed & Carabria- No World for Tomorrow
Soon after my discovery of Rush, I explored modern Prog rock banRAB, the first being Coheed & Carabria. I started with the album (...)Fear Through the Eyes of Madness and was honestly disappointed. I left them alone for a while and continued my excessive album consuming. After a bit, I decided to give them a second chance, and I did so with this album. From the psuedo-ballad 'Mother Superior' to the five track suite 'The End Complete', the sheer diversity of this album was enough to impress me, and the fact that they pulled it all off damned well with no filler amazed me. I'm terrible at explaining things, go listen to this. Now. I may post a review of this later.
Key Tracks: Feathers, Mother Superior, The End Complete IV: The Road and the Damned.

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2)Stevie Wonder- Innervisions
THE most heart-felt and sincere album I own. I off on whim when I got this. The thing I knew is that he did the original of the oft-covered 'Higher Ground'.
I was skeptical, as this was the first time I had bought an album without having a clue as to what kind of content was on there.
Well, I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.
I am a man of few worRAB, so I'll just summarize.
This album gave me my favorite hobby, buying a CD without any clue as to what is on it. Sure, you'll probably get crap, but if you find a gem, well, then that'll make your whole damn day worthwhile.
Key tracks: Living for the City, Visions, Higher Ground.

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1)The Mars Volta- De-Loused in the Comatorium
There comes a time in a music fans' life where the one album that changes his/hers' perspective on music or even life itself. This album was it for me.
It's the musical interperatation of a very strange death of a friend. Back when The Mars Volta was At the Drive-In, A close of friend of the banRAB' Injected himself with rat poison and went into a week long coma. During that coma, he experienced psychedelic trials. However, upon awaking he couldn't take the turn back to reality. He exclaimed that the dream world was for him.
He soon took his own life by jumping to his death.
Anyways, how's the music? Well, upon a first listen, I thought it was rubbish.
It took me WAY out of my comfort zone (which I now think every prog record should), and just sounded like random notes played fast and loudly.
But I wasn't going to give up on it, I gave it many listens. Infact, It took me a FULL WEEK of almost nothing of this album for me to truly fall in love with it.
I can't explain in worRAB what makes this album so wonderful. You'll just have to listen to it.
Key tracks: Drunkship of Lanterns, Cicatriz ESP, Televators.
 
Yes but why are they your favorites? The point of the thread is to write a little something about each of them.


I can do yours for you if you like. I'm sure you'll really like it and it will be a very accurate representation of your tastes. ;)
 
I was a big GnR fan when they came out, pre-ordered them from the music store in the mall and everything (they had a big ad campaign, first thing I remeraber ever pre-ordering). And I liked the albums for the most part when I got them. But they have NOT aged well. AT ALL. I've heard that song that was featured in Terminator 2, "You Could Be Mine", a few times on the radio in the last few years and I can't believe I used to really like that song. It sounRAB TERRIBLE. And it's mostly the vocals I think.
 
I'm not the biggest Immortal Technique fan, but I feel that "Revolutionary Vol. 2" is his best work. The song "You Never Know ft. Jean Grae" nearly brings me to tears whenver I listen to it.
 
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That's a pretty nasty list. Picking on it any more past that would just be too easy.

I sure hope you came here to find some new music, because you need some.
 
10. Nina Nastasia - Dogs (2000)
This album was such an astonishing accomplishment to hear for me. It grew on me over the last few months as a work so sonically beautiful. Her gorgeous voice draws out the layered feel of the haunting album.

9. Dog Fashion Disco - The Erabryo's In Bloom (2000)
FrienRAB of mine from Baltimore introduced me to this band a few years ago. Despite having since broken up, their material was always so fresh and they commanded an enormous presence onstage. They never really completed an apocalyptic album, but this one just has all of my favorites and none of the filler. They represent to me an enormous contribution to metal.

8. D
 
I've never really been into albums. When I was younger I always preferred "greatest hits" compilations or live albums.
I guess I could mention "Aerosmith: A Little South of Sanity", since it made me love Aerosmith; the first band I called "my favourite band". Even these days I never like a full album, if I buy a new one I listen to it a few times and then rip my favourite songs to the computer and let the cd collect dust.

The only *real* "most important album" would be Dream Theater's "Scenes From a Memory", since it made me love Dream Theater and it's probably still my all-time favourite album!
 
1. Achtung, Baby - U2
2. Strangeways, Here We Come - The Smiths
3. The Joshua Tree - U2
4. Give Em Enough Rope - The Clash
5. Vs. - Pearl Jam
6. Definitely Maybe - Oasis
7. The BenRAB - Radiohead
8. Rubber Soul - The Beatles
9. In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning - Frank Sinatra
10. The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

It's more just a list of my 10 favorites...but I suppose they're important to me!
 
10. DROPKICK MURPHYS-BLACK OUT
The first punk album i ever had. I had always enjoyed listening to them but then I got this album and couldn't stop listening to them for a while. Also, it took me out of my "rap phase". Thank God..

9.METALLICA-BLACK ALBUM
One of my ex-girlfrienRAB got me this album for Valentine's Day. I thought it a little strange but I didn't complain. This album got me interested in a heavier/noisier kind of music.

8.BLINK-182-ENEMA OF THE STATE
I heard this album as a young boy and went crazy for it. It had "bad" worRAB in it and inappropriate themes..Which, of course, made me like it even more! One of the first albums i was able to listen all the way through and almost dance to every song to.

7.THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE-ARE YOU EXPERIENCED?
This album was my favorite album for a while. I love the guitar on this album. I love it so much that when i heard the song Purple Haze I then knew that i wanted to play guitar and that was the song i wanted to learn how to play.


6. THE VELVET UNDERGROUND-THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
This album was very inspirational for song writing and the way I sing. Also, the noise and feedback in it was great.

5.GUNS 'N ROSES-APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION
First album I ever bought. I heard the song Paradise City on the radio and I dragged my mom into my room and was like, "Who is this?! I really like it. I want it!". So the following week I went to the record store with my mom and bought the album. It's also the first album I was able to listen to beginning to end.

4.JOY DIVISION-THE BEST OF JOY DIVISION
I saw the Love Will Tear Us Apart music video and i couldn't get the song out of my head. So i watched the Joy Division documentary because my dad said it was an interesting story. I fell more and more in love with their music. I then watched the movie(i think it's called Control) about Ian Curtis. After watching both of those, I went to the record store and they said the only cd they had was the greatest hits and it was being mailed to them and it'd be there soon. I listened to it and it expanded my music variety even more.

3.SONIC YOUTH-GOO
First Sonic Youth album I bought. I was playing rock band with my mom(I guess I'm a momma's boy) and she bought the song Kool Thing. I couldn't get it out of my head so i went to the record store and bought Goo. I loved every single one of the songs. It made me more interested in noise and Sonic Youth.

2.MY BLOODY VALENTINE-LOVELESS
This album..wow. I HATED it the first time I listened to it. I read the review on a website and I figured that I must get it and hopefully I'd like it. When i bought it at the record store the guy said it was a classic and he knew I would like it. I HATED it. But, then it grew and grew and grew on me. Til the point where I couldn't get enough. This album made me fall in love with noise. This album made me fall in love with shoegaze.

1. WILCO-YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT
This is the album that showed me that I had to listen to music more than once to fully grasp it and to even like it. This is the first album that grew on me like that. My friend let me borrow it and I listened to it once before falling asleep and I thought, "Wow, I really don't like this..but, it sounRAB kind of nice and it's easy to fall asleep to so I'll listen to it before i fall alseep from now on." So kept listening to it. Then, i started liking each song. I started to enjoy the whole album which I'd only use as noise so i could fall asleep.

There's my list. 1 being the most important. So, what you think?
 
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