zog 350 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 9 hours ago, deanB said: Pyschocandy should've made my list (hindsight) @zog. Proven to be a timeless work of sonic art. Hüsker Dü- Candy Apple Grey has a similar effect on me. I get goosebumps just thinking about those two albums. yes, I have the Hüsker Dü release as well it's great - I also left of Treasure - Cocteau Twins from my list, but it's done.. Although techno and other electronic music makes a big chunk of my listening (and DJing!) it's harder for me to think of whole Albums as I listen and think of them as single tracks, though good mix CDs work well as albums. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Janjuc 38,214 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Hi All, In No Order, but very roughly chronological. The Kinks, Self Titled, first album I purchased with my own money, at the beginnings of the Brit Invasion The Beatles, Revolver, the album that set the path for Sgt Peppers and beyond Jimi Hendrix, Axis: Bold As Love, wow, guitar playing like no-one else Led Zeppelin, I, the power of those 4 was like a blitzkrieg at the time King Crimson, In The Court Of The Crimson King, I was in Melbourne going to buy clothes in Myers, and across the road was a record shop, completely panted in flat black playing KC, ITCOTCK, I listened for the side to finish the went in a purchased it as just had to have it, Pink Floyd, Ummagumma, again was not the 2min 30sec rubbish they were playing on the radio on high rotation Deep Purple, In Rock, just a great album Black Feather, At The Mountains Of Madness, an Australian band that could probably stand against any other band in the world at the time Black Sabbath, Paranoid one of the early hints of Metal to come David Bowie, The Man Who Sold The World, the album that showed his wordsmithmanship Tangerine Dream, Atem German Electronic music, their 4th album that was more coherent than their previous 3. I was into them before Kraftwerk began getting airplay and popularity Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here, the step beyond DSOTM Led Zeppelin IV, possibly the pinnacle of their albums, but still remained there for the next couple, Houses of the Holy and Physical Graffiti. Neil Young, Harvest, nothing to say but great Closer, Joy Division, the changing of British pop Post-punk Queen, A Night At The Opera, from Zero to Light Speed overnight Back In Black, AC/DC, seminal Australian Rock and Roll Kate Bush, The Hounds Of Love, her unique voice and ability to 'paint a picture' with the lyrics Radiohead, OK Computer, complex and thought provoking Rage Against The Machine, Self Titled, American rebellion a decade and a half after Punk Nirvana, Unplugged, a compilation of their, to then, best songs, performed, filmed and audio produced excellently The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots, the album that brought them to a larger audience PJ Harvey, Let England Shake, Putting English military history on trial and showing that nothing is learned David Bowie, Black Star, A farewell album that melded his knowing of his life's end succinctly As with others there are many albums that I will have missed and placed on the list, but this is what I came up with having a think this morning. 29.1.20 An addit, forgot about Hawkwind, seeing them in Cardiff in the early 70s, throwing bread at the audience. JJ Edited January 28, 2020 by Janjuc 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Monty 1,967 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 22/01/2020 at 4:08 PM, blybo said: I bought the Young Ones on DVD around 10 years ago. Gawd it did not age well did it? How did we ever get addicted to shows like Monkey too? Hey blybo. This is not the first time I've come across that point of view, but that's not been my experience. It's remained a favourite. Definitely of its time and place (80s Britain), but I still find slapstick gold, an appealing sense of the absurd/surreal and some pretty sharp dialogue. Maybe I haven't grown up much! The first time I showed it to my kids it went over like a lead balloon: 'This is just men being stupid and it's stupid.' A few years later they were all over it, watched both seasons and took to quoting it around the house. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
keyse1 5,461 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 19/01/2020 at 1:06 AM, Monty said: Nice thread @Batty It's tough picking just 25. In rough chronological/autobiographical order, with no deference to the 'album' proper: 1. The Best of Pete Seeger 2. 20 Loony Tunes These are my earliest memories of having my own records and favourites, aged 5-6. My favourite Pete Seegar track was the African Folk story 'Abi Yoyo', every word and pause counted and I still remember them all. And the leftie folk songs that were so earnest and righteous and joyful. Then there's an inspired (K-Tel) compilation of whacky novelty songs: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, Nervous Norvus, Lonnie Donegan, the Chipmunks and the Coasters. . . . Picking up from @Dave O))) I reckon lists are more interesting with a few reasons why. But it does slow you down and I'll have to come back to it. Pete Seeger Very impressive but where’s the James Brown soul music New Orleans😀 Link to post Share on other sites
rabidlistener 100 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 In no particular order:- Band of Gypsies Least we can do is wave to each other - Van der Graaf Generator What's Going On - Marvin Gaye If only I could remember my name - David Crosby Blow against the Empire - Jefferson Starship Forever Changes - Love Live Dead - Grateful Dead Live at the Filmore - Allman Brothers Band We're only in it for the money - Mother of Invention Sergent Peppers - Beatles 1st Dire Straits album Water Sign - Chris Rea Desperado Eagles Hearts on the Nightline - Richard Clapton East - Cold Chisel Welcome to the Pleasuredome - Frankie goes to Hollywood In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson (still cannot stand Moonchild though!) Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsten Sinatra Swings - Frank Sinatra Fools Mate - Peter Hammill Link to post Share on other sites
rabidlistener 100 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Can't count 4 more to go:- Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison Benefit - Jethro Tull Best of the Black President - Fela Kuti Hunky Dory - David Bowie Link to post Share on other sites
Bisguittin 1,930 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) Just 24? No order at all. 1. Leo Kottke, John Fahey, Peter Lang 2. Leo Kottke - 6 & 12 String Guitar 3. The Albion Band - Rise Up Like the Sun 4. Ry Cooder - Ry Cooder 5. Bert Jansch - Santa Barbara Honeymoon 6. Randy Newman - Little Criminals 7. Joe Cocker - Cocker Happy 8. T-Rex - Bolan Boogie 9. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust... 10. The Edgar Winter Group With Rick Derringer 11. Michael Oldfield - QE2 12. John Martyn - Solid Air 13. Genesis - Duke 14. Steeleye Span - Below The Salt 15.Leon Russell - Leon Russell And the Shelter People. 16. Art Garfunkel - Angel Clare 17. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 18. Al di Meola - Elegant Gypsy 19. Eric Gale - Ginseng Woman 20. Herbie Mann - London Underground 21. Ray Bryant - In the Cut 22. Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon 23. Al Stewart - Year of the Cat 24. Al Stewart - Time Passages Edited June 13, 2020 by Bisguittin 1 Link to post Share on other sites
wen 1,653 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 no order 1. Hendrix - Axis bold as love 2. Santana - Caravansarai 3. Masters Apprentices - Choice Cuts 4. Richard Clapton - Dark Spaces 5. LRB - After Hours 6. ZZ To - Tres Hombres 8. Focus - Hocus Pocus 9. Colin Wallcot - Grazing Dreams 10. Lary Carlton - Friends 11. David Bowie - Lets Dance 12. Rickie Lee Jones - self titled 13. Jan Ackerman - Tabernakel 14. Brand X - Unorthodox Behaviour 15. Roy Buchanan - Youre Not Alone 16. George Winston - Autumn 17. Frank Zappa - Billy the Mountain 18.Doobie Brothers - Takin It To The Streets 19. Dire Straits - First Album 20. Earth and Fire - Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight 21. Miles Davis - Jack Johnson 22. Pat Metheny - As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita 23. Porcupine Tree In Absentia 24. The Pineapple Thief - Tightly Unwound 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RankStranger 3,568 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 It’s been 3528 hours. Does that mean we have to do... oh never mind. Here’s mine 1 Tom Waits - Mule Variations 2 Bill Frisell - Good Dog Happy Man 3 Gillian Welch - Time (The Revelator) 4 Tex, Don and Charlie - Sad But True 5 McCoy Tyner - Guitars 6 DJ Shadow - Endtroducing 7 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven 8 Various - O Brother Where Art Thou (OST) 9 Dirty Three - Horse Stories 10 Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball 11 Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes 12 Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around 13 They Might Be Giants - Flood 14 The Bad Plus - Never Stop 15 Wilco - Sky Blue Sky 16 Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust 17 Old Crow Medicine Show - OCMS 18 Various - Brett Whitely: Strange Brew of Inspiration 19 Keith Jarrett - Vienna Concert 20 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Good Son 21 Nina Simone - Released 22 Paul Kelly - Live, May 1992 23 Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong - Ella and Louis 24 Andrew Davis & The Toronto Symphony - Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring hard to narrow it down but all of these have been my gateway records to some genre or artist or style that has stuck with me and usually escalated. Not always the best or most important or even first, just the hook that caught me 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Little_Joe 87 Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 In no particular order 1. Elton John - Goodybye Yellow Brick Road 2. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Trouble Water 3. Oasis - What's the Story Morning Glory 4. UB40 - Labour of Love 5. Whitney Houston - Whitney Houston 6. Lauryn Hill - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 7. Coldplay - Parachutes 8. Madonna - Like a Prayer 9. Bob Marley - Exodus 10. Fugees - The Score 11. Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman 12. Guns n Roses - Appetite for Destruction 13. Savage Garden - Affirmation 14. Queen - Queen II 15. Dido - No Angel 16. Faithless - Reverence 17. R.E.M - Automatic for the People 18. Michael Jackson - Thriller 19. The Beatles - Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 20. Jay-Z - The Blueprint 21. John Legend - Get Lifted 22. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 23. Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell 24. Radiohead - The Bends Link to post Share on other sites
YCC 3,097 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) 1- Tower of Power - S/T 2- Stephen Stills - Manassas 3- Carole King- Tapestry 4- James Taylor - Sweet Baby James 5- Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story 6- Jethro Tull - Aqualung 7- Grateful Dead - American Beauty 8- Al Green - Gets Next to You 9- Roberta Flack - First Take 10- Donny Hathaway - Everything is Everything 11- Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 12- Rory Gallagher - Live in Europe 13 - Rickie Lee Jones - S/T 14- Miles Davis - Kind of Blue 15- Blood Sweat and Tears - S/T 16- Jackson Browne - Late For the Sky 17- Crosby Stills and Nash - S/T 18- Buena Vista Social Club 19- Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto - S/T 20- Joni Mitchell - Hissing of the Summer Lawns 21- Beatles - Sgt Peppers 22- Eagles - S/T 23- Van Morrison - Moondance 24- Little Feat - Sailing Shoes Edited June 14, 2020 by YCC 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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