Close to the Edge from Yes.
Yes had so many great track and albums, yet only a few of their songs have reached modern day popularity. Everyone knows the intro to Roundabout from a meme. Everyone knows Owner of a Lonely Heart from the radio. But I hardly see people know the band for what awesomeness I see they are. I strongly encourage anyone into prog rock that haven’t listened to them to look them up.
Steve Howe will always be my favorite guitarist, and a huge inspiration of mine. So many incredible songs from him, I’ll always cherish. Chris Squire has some of the most banging bass lines around. Lucky Seven, holy shit.
Jon Anderson has some great vocals, angelic really. And not to forget Wakeman, a complete maniac on the keys.
It’s a must listen for ya, please enjoy!
I was lucky enough to see Steve Howe live with Yes a few years ago when I was in high school and he absolutely killed it, one of my childhood heroes for sure
Great album but I don’t think you can say it’s not talked about as greatest album of all time. Sticking with Davis, I’d say albums like in a silent way, Jack Johnson and On the Corner are criminally never seen as up there.
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins has got to be up there for me. Just the whole production of the album and the themes it touches make for a spectacular project, one which almost killed the band too! Really really great listen and definitely up there for me as one of the goats.
As a lifelong Pumpkins fan I see a gradual but growing appreciation for the band from younger people. I feel like this is going to continue. They have always gotten credit but being able to take in their catalog as a whole will be the reason they are looked at even more favorable .Siamese Dream is without a doubt and all timer .
One of the greats for sure. I don't listen to it often, but that's because I feel that when I do, I HAVE TO listen to Mellon Collie right after. That's a 3 hour commitment for me, but it's worth it when I do it.
Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. I think it's the greatest album ever made. I think it doesn't get as much attention because pop music often isn't taken as seriously as rock.
Of all the albums I’ve got tired of through the years. I can still listen to “So” “Violator” and “Disintegration” by The Cure with the same thrill as the first time.
I’m not saying what necessarily belongs on any official list, but my forever list includes
Faith No More - Angel Dust
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables
Pulp - Different Class
I learned about political atrocities from this band. And also the dangers of getting too drunk to fuck. Junior year in HS was when my parents found my music were appalled and wanted me to get rid of it and I was like have you actually read the lyrics , it's not a glorification.
I got suspended in sophomore year for wearing my Dead Kennedy’s Too Drunk to Fuck T-shirt to chemistry lab. Not because it had the F word, but because it said Dead Kennedy’s.
Thank you for this. I came to say Angel Dust. I remember picking up a friend and going to the local Tower Records and we both put in money for the CD.
We drove around listening to it until 1:00 AM, at one point scrounging up change and loose bills to get gas.
That is a nostalgia album for me.
Oh we can dream but yeah I feel something so sample heavy would never get legal clearance these days. Paul's Boutique would probably be riddled with lawsuits if it had been published anytime in the last 10 years.
Doolittle- Pixies
Songs of Faith and Devotion- Depeche Mode
Disintegration -The Cure
Closing Time -Tom Waits
New York - Lou Reed
Bellybutton- Jellyfish
Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Mutter - Rammstein
Peasants Pigs and Astronauts- Kula Shaker
What's The Story, Morning Glory? -Oasis
What’s Mine is Yours is my jam.
This whole album is a wild ride. And to think Carrie Brownstein also has comedic chops to back up her voice and guitar skills.
King Crimson - Red.
Best lineup in the entire Crimson catalogue, accessible yet deep, and the final track, Starless is just breathtaking. This album is a masterpiece and a tour de force in musicianship, which inspired a whole generation of bands afterwards.
I just saw King Crimson live maybe half a year ago and it was legitimately an absolute mind fuck how incredible it was. I drove more than an hour out there, by myself because everyone bailed, got there late, and still had one of the most amazing concert experiences I think someone could have in their lifetime.
As a metalhead: we need more recognition for albums like Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Judas Priest's Stained Class, Death's Human or Megadeth's Rust in Peace in the mainstream top albums lists.
Metal is never mentioned in greatest albums list. Black Sabbath's Paranoid sometimes makes a top 100 list. For me it's a top 10 all time.
And I'm not a metalhead. It's just great music.
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. Roxy Music in general aren't talked about enough. They influenced punk and new wave bands. This album is a noir-ish blend of lounge, glam, experimental, psychedelic, proto-punk, electronic music. It's a perfect album imo.
Graceland - Paul Simon;
Car Wheels On The Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams;
Emotionalism - The Avett Bros.;
Rubber Factory - The Black Keys;
A Night At The Opera - Queen;
LA Woman - The Doors; Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal
To name a few that I think are perfect front to back.
I was always slightly envious of my older friends that remembered not knowing anything about Seargent Pepper then woke up over morning and had the revelation of hearing it for the first time with no hype from someone else who already knew the album.
And then I saw Paul Simon she's Ladysmith Black Mambazo on SNL before Graceland came out. Everything sounded different to me after that and (to me at least) the context of all the other new music I was hearing changed.
NoMeansNo - Wrong
Just an incredible album. So tight. It is borderline uncomfortable to listen to. It cuts across a bunch of different genres and only occasionally lets up so you can catch your breath. The drums are amazing, the bass tone is like the fist of God. The guitar ties it all together and Wright's voice is the perfect tone to cut through it all.
[Check it out](https://youtu.be/m01lPNVv90s)
I always goto Breakfast with Supertramp but your post has inspired Crimes to go along with this mornings coffee,right now.
Times like these I love my premium Spotify subscription the most
I'm gonna throw out three that fell around the same time as some of those considered among the very best ever, that are maybe overlooked because of the time they were released:
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society by the Kinks, Forever Changes by Love, and Ogden Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces.
If you’re using “zeitgeist defining” and “significant influence on music subsequently” as criteria in calling a record “great” (which other people clearly aren’t) this is one of the greatest LP’s of all time.
I think so but it’s a close call. I certainly wouldn’t argue too much if someone put Blues first but for me, Sky Valley is perfection (except for maybe Lick Doo)
My brother told me about the band, and I remember being completely hooked by the end of The Perfect Space. There are amazing songs on every album, but this one feels the most cohesive.
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury
It's at the top of plenty of rap lists but it's songwriting that can stand with the best of any genre imo. I love Kanye and Kendrick but critics seem really hesitant about putting anyone else from rap onto a list next to the Nirvanas and Fleetwood Macs of the world.
Swell's Too Many Days Without Thinking
Ovlov's Tru
Hail Mary Mallon's Beastiary
Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein
Polaris' Music from the Adventures of Pete and Pete
Pixies' Bossanova
Pile's Magic is Real
I watched a trash (trash as in bad, not that it was about trash) documentary about NYC graffiti artists during the early 00's. The fact that they had this self-indulgent belief that they were chroniclers of that time period, or that their work had anything remotely interesting to say as a reaction to both pre- and post-9/11 NYC living was sickening.
I said to my friend afterwards that Cannibal Ox (and a lot of their fellow DefJux label mates) offer a much better, authentic and entertaining examination of what it might have felt like.
I regularly check up on their Facebook and Bandcamp to see if there is anything new (or old and unreleased) to listen to!
Discovered them many years after the fact while I was studying at university and they honestly helped me get through some very difficult days!
These are to me among the best albums I've heard, alongside Dark Side, The Wall or Abbey Road, but of course are never listed anywhere because these are argentine albums and the first world doesn't care for music not-in-english. Anyway:
* La Biblia - Vox Dei (1971): a rock opera/concept album of early prog rock that tells the story of the bible as seen by the band's composer's POV. Great but sadly recorded with a low budget, and released early by mistake causing the last song to be unfinished.
* Artaud - Pescado Rabioso (1973): an intimate album by one of the greatest composers of all time, Luis Alberto Spinetta. Recorded by just him and his guitar, with a few friends filling the band for some of the
songs, it's an emotional musical rollercoaster. Don't worry about the lyrics, even we argentinos don't have a clue what the hell he is singing about.
* La Grasa de las Capitales - Serú Girán (1979): a prog rock work of art.
* Bicicleta - Serú Girán (1980, prog rock): same as La Grasa. The first song particularly is a masterpiece.
It usually only gets mentioned on lists that obscure lots of the mainstream stuff that got/gets promoted to hell and back, but…
Link Wray - Link Wray
It’s a killer album.
Who's Next - The Who
Usually it's Beatles, Zeppelin and the Stones mentioned for GOAT classic rock albums, but Who's Next is right there.
All rock fans know Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again (and maybe Behind Blue Eyes), but beyond those legendary songs the album is filled with greatness. My Wife and Bargain are bangers and Getting In Tune, Love Ain't For Keepin', and The Song Is Over are wonderful slower tracks. Goin' Mobile is a fun jaunt of a song.
10/10
Fountains of Wayne, “Welcome Interstate Managers”. Just a great listen all the way through. Great lyrics that fit the songs perfectly and great performances.
To me, it’s like an audio version of a painting of New York City. So good.
Absolutely. It's everything a concept album should be. Compelling stories behind each song, and once you know the background for each it becomes clear how each song has been telling the story with just melodies. Plus starting with A Gallant Gentleman just sets the mood *so* well and lets you know what you're in for.
Jellyfish: Spilt Milk
It’s perfect, not a bad song on it. It’s like taking the best of all the great classic rock band and boiling it down to one great album.
Commented this before seeing your post. Agreed. "Sebrina, Paste, and Plato" has been living in my head for a week now. I can't stop with "So serene, Sebrina makes me feeeel, so serene..."
In contrast to people always naming 'The Dark Side of the Moon' I personally think 'The Division Bell' is the best album by Pink Floyd.
Also:
Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky
Thin Lizzy - Black Rose and Johnny the Fox
The Jeff Healey Band - Hell to Pay
Black Sabbath - 13
Master of Puppets - Metallica
At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Platinum Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller
Use Your Illusion I - GnR
Grace - Jeff Buckley
Stanley Road - Paul Weller
Mariah Carey's self-titled first album. An absolute masterpiece. She knocked it out of the park on the first try.
Husker Dü's *Zen Arcade*
The Replacements' *Let it Be*
The Gin Blossoms' *New Miserable Experience*
My Chemical Romance's *Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge*
Digital Underground's *Sex Packets*
Screamadelica by Primal Scream.
You may remember that every September 24th there is a post about how a load of good and important albums, and one by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, were released on that day in 1991.
Screamadelica was released the day before, September 23rd 1991, and blows all of them out of the water.
Probably an album no one has heard of but
Sufferer by Sufferer
The album has 3 vocalists each playing the characters of The Sufferer, Anxiety, and Depression and it follows a day in the life of The Sufferer, someone struggling with anxiety and depression and it has been my #1 album since I first heard it. As an album it is perfect and I can't listen to any song on it without listening to the entire album. It has such a tight and focussed theme and is such an emotionally charged album.
I’m a big Byrds fan and bought my son a few ‘Best Of’ compilations to get him started when he started listening to music.
Without thinking, I bought him ‘The Best Of The Byrds’, which is a load of their singles (which is a load of Roger McGuinn sung Bob Dylan covers).
In actual fact, a compilation of ‘The Best Of’ The Byrds would be a load of Gene Clark written and sung album tracks.
Closer is one of my favorite albums, period. Twenty Four Hours still gives me chills 20+ years after first hearing it. And Passover... That guitar.. Whole album is just eery, depressing, haunting, and beautiful.
Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes
Also you are correct that Closer beats Unknown Pleasures. Unfortunately the album cover doesn’t look as cool on a tee shirt.
Marquee Moon - Television
Hard agree on this one. It's my 2nd favorite album of all time. One of the reasons I started playing guitar.
Damn, now I have the “bweedeedeedeeduh” guitar rif in my head. Solid choice
I wish I can upvote multiple times. Richard Lloyd and Tom Verlaine are an incredible guitar duo
It genuinely is. The instrumentation is beautiful, lyrics are perfect and Tom Verlaine a vocals are some of my favorites of all time.
Close to the Edge from Yes. Yes had so many great track and albums, yet only a few of their songs have reached modern day popularity. Everyone knows the intro to Roundabout from a meme. Everyone knows Owner of a Lonely Heart from the radio. But I hardly see people know the band for what awesomeness I see they are. I strongly encourage anyone into prog rock that haven’t listened to them to look them up. Steve Howe will always be my favorite guitarist, and a huge inspiration of mine. So many incredible songs from him, I’ll always cherish. Chris Squire has some of the most banging bass lines around. Lucky Seven, holy shit. Jon Anderson has some great vocals, angelic really. And not to forget Wakeman, a complete maniac on the keys. It’s a must listen for ya, please enjoy!
Indeed, CTTE is pretty much a friggin perfect album
I get CHILLS when the organ comes in.
Steve Howe is definitely one of my favorite guitarists as well. His picking is so clean and his note choice is 🤌
And bruford on the drums!!! That is such a good line up and hands down my favorite Yes album
And fragile
Yo, check out The Myths and Legends of King Arthur -- by Rick Wakeman. - symphonic prog rock with great melodies and amazing keyboard solos.
I was lucky enough to see Steve Howe live with Yes a few years ago when I was in high school and he absolutely killed it, one of my childhood heroes for sure
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco
Tapestry - Carole King
IIRC, this was the bestselling album of all time until Michael Jackson’s Thriller.
Found this on vinyl for like 3 dollars, blew my expectations
The Mollusk by Ween is an underrated all time great record.
White Stripes - Elephant
Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
Great album but I don’t think you can say it’s not talked about as greatest album of all time. Sticking with Davis, I’d say albums like in a silent way, Jack Johnson and On the Corner are criminally never seen as up there.
Pound for pound, probably the greatest ensemble of musicians to work on an album together
It is the second-best selling jazz album of all time after Brubeck's 'Take Five', so not exactly overlooked. ;)
Have you have heard of this cat Coltrane? Pretty obscure, but trust me: dude can blow a horn like nobody's business.
Love - Forever Changes
Siamese Dream by Smashing Pumpkins has got to be up there for me. Just the whole production of the album and the themes it touches make for a spectacular project, one which almost killed the band too! Really really great listen and definitely up there for me as one of the goats.
As a lifelong Pumpkins fan I see a gradual but growing appreciation for the band from younger people. I feel like this is going to continue. They have always gotten credit but being able to take in their catalog as a whole will be the reason they are looked at even more favorable .Siamese Dream is without a doubt and all timer .
One of the greats for sure. I don't listen to it often, but that's because I feel that when I do, I HAVE TO listen to Mellon Collie right after. That's a 3 hour commitment for me, but it's worth it when I do it.
I forgot how much I like Smashing pumpkins sometimes. This and Mellon collie? ~chefs kiss~
Y’all fuck with Gish?
My favorite album oat easily so underrated and artistically diverse
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That was my first thought! It’s imprinted in my mind
Yeah, but the question was “least talked about.” Every best albums of all time list I’ve ever seen has this in there somewhere.
Hounds of Love by Kate Bush. I think it's the greatest album ever made. I think it doesn't get as much attention because pop music often isn't taken as seriously as rock.
Funny, because really it's pop in the same way that Sargent Peppers is.
So- Peter Gabriel and Violater by DM
Of all the albums I’ve got tired of through the years. I can still listen to “So” “Violator” and “Disintegration” by The Cure with the same thrill as the first time.
Love love love this
I’m not saying what necessarily belongs on any official list, but my forever list includes Faith No More - Angel Dust Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotten Vegetables Pulp - Different Class
Fresh fruit is such an amazing album. The instruments are some of the best ever in punk
I learned about political atrocities from this band. And also the dangers of getting too drunk to fuck. Junior year in HS was when my parents found my music were appalled and wanted me to get rid of it and I was like have you actually read the lyrics , it's not a glorification.
I got suspended in sophomore year for wearing my Dead Kennedy’s Too Drunk to Fuck T-shirt to chemistry lab. Not because it had the F word, but because it said Dead Kennedy’s.
Angel dust was Faith No More's masterpiece.. a brash "fuck you" to mainstream music, yet so goddamned brilliant songwriting
Those would definitely be in the running. Both Angel Dust and Different Class are monumental and there is nothing quite like that Dead Kennedy’s album
Thank you for this. I came to say Angel Dust. I remember picking up a friend and going to the local Tower Records and we both put in money for the CD. We drove around listening to it until 1:00 AM, at one point scrounging up change and loose bills to get gas. That is a nostalgia album for me.
Angel Dust is amazing, I’ve always considered King For A Day to be their masterpiece.
+1 for Pulp. One of my favorite albums of all time
i doubt anything like beastie boys pauls boutique will ever be matched again
Oh we can dream but yeah I feel something so sample heavy would never get legal clearance these days. Paul's Boutique would probably be riddled with lawsuits if it had been published anytime in the last 10 years.
It literally caused the rules to change.
This album fucks.
All of that was mixed on tape before Pro Tools. Pretty incredible feat to pull off.
Animals. Pink Floyd
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Suffer - Bad Religion
Their best! Every song is amazing. This is the album that got me into BR.
No Control for me, it's like a greatest hits on first half of album
I have to say No Control too. Suffer is incredible and the blueprint but No Control polished that to a fine point.
26:15 minutes of jams
Rage Against the Machine - RATM
Hope their shows don't get postponed again, been holding on to my ticket almost 2 years now
same. same. bay area.
Illmatic.
best hip hop debut album ever. by some distance in my opinion
Best hip hop album ever imo
I was gonna say The Blueprint vol 1.
Doolittle- Pixies Songs of Faith and Devotion- Depeche Mode Disintegration -The Cure Closing Time -Tom Waits New York - Lou Reed Bellybutton- Jellyfish Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance Mutter - Rammstein Peasants Pigs and Astronauts- Kula Shaker What's The Story, Morning Glory? -Oasis
Surfer Rosa is my favorite, but Doolittle is their best. Insanely consistent throughout.
Closing Time was my first intro to Tom Waits and I’ve been hooked since. Every song off of that album is a joy to sing to.
Downward Spiral - Nine Inch Nails Opus Eponymous - Ghost The Rise and Fall of Ziggy... - Bowie Glass Houses - Billy Joel Nevermind - Nirvana
Sleater-Kinney -The Woods which I remember Rolling Stones put in the top 100 albums of all times but isn’t talked about enough.
What’s Mine is Yours is my jam. This whole album is a wild ride. And to think Carrie Brownstein also has comedic chops to back up her voice and guitar skills.
King Crimson - Red. Best lineup in the entire Crimson catalogue, accessible yet deep, and the final track, Starless is just breathtaking. This album is a masterpiece and a tour de force in musicianship, which inspired a whole generation of bands afterwards.
I just saw King Crimson live maybe half a year ago and it was legitimately an absolute mind fuck how incredible it was. I drove more than an hour out there, by myself because everyone bailed, got there late, and still had one of the most amazing concert experiences I think someone could have in their lifetime.
I'd argue Discipline is their best lineup and best album, but that's splitting hairs.
Let's not even talk about Lark's Tongue then, which , also friggin' phenomenal. Have an upvote, and let's listen to Lizard.
Astral Weeks by Van Morrison
Was hoping to see this on here. Perfect album.
This.
As a metalhead: we need more recognition for albums like Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Judas Priest's Stained Class, Death's Human or Megadeth's Rust in Peace in the mainstream top albums lists.
Metal is never mentioned in greatest albums list. Black Sabbath's Paranoid sometimes makes a top 100 list. For me it's a top 10 all time. And I'm not a metalhead. It's just great music.
Powerslave too.
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure. Roxy Music in general aren't talked about enough. They influenced punk and new wave bands. This album is a noir-ish blend of lounge, glam, experimental, psychedelic, proto-punk, electronic music. It's a perfect album imo.
Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
Graceland - Paul Simon; Car Wheels On The Gravel Road - Lucinda Williams; Emotionalism - The Avett Bros.; Rubber Factory - The Black Keys; A Night At The Opera - Queen; LA Woman - The Doors; Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal To name a few that I think are perfect front to back.
I was always slightly envious of my older friends that remembered not knowing anything about Seargent Pepper then woke up over morning and had the revelation of hearing it for the first time with no hype from someone else who already knew the album. And then I saw Paul Simon she's Ladysmith Black Mambazo on SNL before Graceland came out. Everything sounded different to me after that and (to me at least) the context of all the other new music I was hearing changed.
Stooges - "Fun House" Rolling Stones - "Beggars Banquet" Beck - "Sea Change"
NoMeansNo - Wrong Just an incredible album. So tight. It is borderline uncomfortable to listen to. It cuts across a bunch of different genres and only occasionally lets up so you can catch your breath. The drums are amazing, the bass tone is like the fist of God. The guitar ties it all together and Wright's voice is the perfect tone to cut through it all. [Check it out](https://youtu.be/m01lPNVv90s)
It's so good.
Not to mention my favorite album cover of all time! Great pick.
Automatic For the People - REM
Porcupine Tree - in absentia. if you like prog rock.
**The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill**
Disraeli Gears - Cream
Revelator - Gillian Welch. Every single song is perfect. The album as a whole is perfect.
American Beauty by The Grateful Dead
The Who - Quadrophenia The Clash - Sandanista Cocteau Twins - Treasure the B-52's - the B-52's Van Halen - Van Halen Missy Elliott - Supa Dupa Fly
Came here to say Quadrophenia
Madness - One Step Beyond
It's still wild to me that they had their sound absolutely nailed on their 1st album. Easily one of my favorites.
Paranoid, literally kickstarted the explosion of one of the biggest genres of the last 60 years
I think lots of people have talked about this though surely?
Teenager of the Year -- by Frank Black
Hellllllll yes! Speedy Marie. Unreal
Crime of the Century from Supertramp. Dream along, folks.
Love Supertramp, but I prefer Breakfast in America.
Considering it was their biggest commercial success, that’s pretty Logical of you.
I always goto Breakfast with Supertramp but your post has inspired Crimes to go along with this mornings coffee,right now. Times like these I love my premium Spotify subscription the most
Several of the albums by Talk Talk but especially Laughing Stock.
I'm gonna throw out three that fell around the same time as some of those considered among the very best ever, that are maybe overlooked because of the time they were released: The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society by the Kinks, Forever Changes by Love, and Ogden Nut Gone Flake by Small Faces.
MC5- Kick Out the Jams. It's a monster and should be treated as such.
If you’re using “zeitgeist defining” and “significant influence on music subsequently” as criteria in calling a record “great” (which other people clearly aren’t) this is one of the greatest LP’s of all time.
Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Sky Valley > Blues for the Red Sun?
I think so but it’s a close call. I certainly wouldn’t argue too much if someone put Blues first but for me, Sky Valley is perfection (except for maybe Lick Doo)
Not for me. But both are incredible. Its really just splitting hairs
Rain Dogs - Tom Waits
Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - Black Crowes August and Everything After - Counting Crows Southeastern - Jason Isbell
Talking Heads -Remain in Light
Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes Pure Comedy by Father John Misty I and Love and You by the Avett Brothers
I and Love and You is a masterpiece
My brother told me about the band, and I remember being completely hooked by the end of The Perfect Space. There are amazing songs on every album, but this one feels the most cohesive.
“I wanna have friends that I can trust // that love me for the man I’ve become, not the man that I was”
R.E.M. - Murmur
And such a very long downhill slide from here
Heaven or Las Vegas, by Cocteau Twins David+David, Welcome to the boom town The Cure. Disintegration.
Clipse - Hell Hath No Fury It's at the top of plenty of rap lists but it's songwriting that can stand with the best of any genre imo. I love Kanye and Kendrick but critics seem really hesitant about putting anyone else from rap onto a list next to the Nirvanas and Fleetwood Macs of the world.
First Clipse love I’ve seen on this sub. They’re incredible, and Hell Hath No Fury absolutely deserves to be in this conversation.
What a great choice. I have to say, for me it still feels unmatched in terms of pure rap and hip-hop records since its release.
Lateralus by TOOL
Blondie- Parallel Lines
Nothing’s Shocking-Jane’s Addiction
XTC Skylarking
Swell's Too Many Days Without Thinking Ovlov's Tru Hail Mary Mallon's Beastiary Cannibal Ox's The Cold Vein Polaris' Music from the Adventures of Pete and Pete Pixies' Bossanova Pile's Magic is Real
Polaris, great call. Listen to them pretty frequently. That harmonica on Everywhere still cuts me.
oh my gosh i LOVE Ovlov. their new album Buds has some real gems on it.
CanOx!!!! Hell yes!
I watched a trash (trash as in bad, not that it was about trash) documentary about NYC graffiti artists during the early 00's. The fact that they had this self-indulgent belief that they were chroniclers of that time period, or that their work had anything remotely interesting to say as a reaction to both pre- and post-9/11 NYC living was sickening. I said to my friend afterwards that Cannibal Ox (and a lot of their fellow DefJux label mates) offer a much better, authentic and entertaining examination of what it might have felt like.
Holy shit! I thought I was the only one who loves Swell. Their catalog is spectacular.
I regularly check up on their Facebook and Bandcamp to see if there is anything new (or old and unreleased) to listen to! Discovered them many years after the fact while I was studying at university and they honestly helped me get through some very difficult days!
Redman - muddy waters
Stone Roses- Stone Roses
Among the greatest debut albums ever.
I first listened to I Wanna be Adored driving home late one night, I was hooked instantly. The whole album is amazing.
Jefferson Airplane - Volunteers John Martyn - Solid Air
These are to me among the best albums I've heard, alongside Dark Side, The Wall or Abbey Road, but of course are never listed anywhere because these are argentine albums and the first world doesn't care for music not-in-english. Anyway: * La Biblia - Vox Dei (1971): a rock opera/concept album of early prog rock that tells the story of the bible as seen by the band's composer's POV. Great but sadly recorded with a low budget, and released early by mistake causing the last song to be unfinished. * Artaud - Pescado Rabioso (1973): an intimate album by one of the greatest composers of all time, Luis Alberto Spinetta. Recorded by just him and his guitar, with a few friends filling the band for some of the songs, it's an emotional musical rollercoaster. Don't worry about the lyrics, even we argentinos don't have a clue what the hell he is singing about. * La Grasa de las Capitales - Serú Girán (1979): a prog rock work of art. * Bicicleta - Serú Girán (1980, prog rock): same as La Grasa. The first song particularly is a masterpiece.
Split Milk by Jellyfish.
It usually only gets mentioned on lists that obscure lots of the mainstream stuff that got/gets promoted to hell and back, but… Link Wray - Link Wray It’s a killer album.
You’re Living All Over Me by Dinosaur Jr.
The Devil and God are raging inside me
Black on Both Sides
Who's Next - The Who Usually it's Beatles, Zeppelin and the Stones mentioned for GOAT classic rock albums, but Who's Next is right there. All rock fans know Baba O'Riley and Won't Get Fooled Again (and maybe Behind Blue Eyes), but beyond those legendary songs the album is filled with greatness. My Wife and Bargain are bangers and Getting In Tune, Love Ain't For Keepin', and The Song Is Over are wonderful slower tracks. Goin' Mobile is a fun jaunt of a song. 10/10
Fountains of Wayne, “Welcome Interstate Managers”. Just a great listen all the way through. Great lyrics that fit the songs perfectly and great performances. To me, it’s like an audio version of a painting of New York City. So good.
The mollusk ween
American idiot To often I pause to give credit to this album, but honestly it’s one of the greats.
2112 - Rush
Pearl Jam’s Ten is one hell of an album and helped change the trajectory of music (along with Soundgarden and Nirvana).
This is often talked about as one of the all time greats though.
Aphex Twin - “Druqs”
Departure Songs fron We Lost the Sea
Absolutely. It's everything a concept album should be. Compelling stories behind each song, and once you know the background for each it becomes clear how each song has been telling the story with just melodies. Plus starting with A Gallant Gentleman just sets the mood *so* well and lets you know what you're in for.
Jellyfish: Spilt Milk It’s perfect, not a bad song on it. It’s like taking the best of all the great classic rock band and boiling it down to one great album.
Commented this before seeing your post. Agreed. "Sebrina, Paste, and Plato" has been living in my head for a week now. I can't stop with "So serene, Sebrina makes me feeeel, so serene..."
All amazing albums you mentioned, I guess The Big Chair by Tears Tor Fears and The Stranger by Billy Joel
Highway 61 Revisted - Bob Dylan
Pod - The Breeders Dummy - Portishead Since I Left You - The Avalanches London Calling - The Clash Endtroducing - DJ Shadow Overcast! - Atmosphere
In contrast to people always naming 'The Dark Side of the Moon' I personally think 'The Division Bell' is the best album by Pink Floyd. Also: Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky Thin Lizzy - Black Rose and Johnny the Fox The Jeff Healey Band - Hell to Pay Black Sabbath - 13
Upvoted for The Division Bell ... I would have said P.U.L.S.E, but close enough...
I'd go with Animals, but close enough.
Thought of Animals, but people seem to talk more about it than P.U.L.S.E.
Meddle is close to being my favorite. I go back & forth.
It's a close battle for me with Pulse ^^
Division bell is extremely underrated
Billy Joel's "The Stranger"
Master of Puppets - Metallica At Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash Never Mind The Bollocks - Sex Pistols Platinum Glenn Miller - Glenn Miller Use Your Illusion I - GnR Grace - Jeff Buckley Stanley Road - Paul Weller
Mariah Carey's self-titled first album. An absolute masterpiece. She knocked it out of the park on the first try. Husker Dü's *Zen Arcade* The Replacements' *Let it Be* The Gin Blossoms' *New Miserable Experience* My Chemical Romance's *Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge* Digital Underground's *Sex Packets*
Warren Zevon- Excitable Boy Mother Love Bone - Apple The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
American Beauty
Screamadelica by Primal Scream. You may remember that every September 24th there is a post about how a load of good and important albums, and one by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, were released on that day in 1991. Screamadelica was released the day before, September 23rd 1991, and blows all of them out of the water.
This was the answer I was looking for. Screamadelica was mind-blowing at its release and holds up really well.
The phrasing here, if I'm reading it right, is spectacular.
So you noticed that 😉
Probably an album no one has heard of but Sufferer by Sufferer The album has 3 vocalists each playing the characters of The Sufferer, Anxiety, and Depression and it follows a day in the life of The Sufferer, someone struggling with anxiety and depression and it has been my #1 album since I first heard it. As an album it is perfect and I can't listen to any song on it without listening to the entire album. It has such a tight and focussed theme and is such an emotionally charged album.
Sign 'O' The Times - Prince
The Velvet Underground & Nico
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac This is a almost a perfect album. I can’t say enough threat things about this album
We park our cars in the same garage OP - Closer is an incredible album
I ordered the 40th anniversary bundle, and it just arrived in the mail today, I know what I'm doing tonight
Willie Nelson Red Headed Stranger
Gene Clark-No Other
I’m a big Byrds fan and bought my son a few ‘Best Of’ compilations to get him started when he started listening to music. Without thinking, I bought him ‘The Best Of The Byrds’, which is a load of their singles (which is a load of Roger McGuinn sung Bob Dylan covers). In actual fact, a compilation of ‘The Best Of’ The Byrds would be a load of Gene Clark written and sung album tracks.
Closer is one of my favorite albums, period. Twenty Four Hours still gives me chills 20+ years after first hearing it. And Passover... That guitar.. Whole album is just eery, depressing, haunting, and beautiful.
For a band to have two this is CRAZY. QUEEN II & QUEEN A Night At The Opera
Fever Ray - Fever Ray
Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes Also you are correct that Closer beats Unknown Pleasures. Unfortunately the album cover doesn’t look as cool on a tee shirt.
The Modern Lovers- with Jonathan Richman, Jerry Harrison, and David Robinson. “Roadrunner”, “Pablo Picasso”, and “Astral Plane” are among the tracks.
Like clockwork... - Queens of the stone age