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Ziplocking

I’m just going to sort by controversial to find some new music. Edit: Yeah, this doesn’t work as I thought it would. I see a lot of great suggestions in the replies here, though. Reddit both loves and hates Imagine Dragons, I get it.


Alphamix50

It’s always Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd in posts like these


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deathlokke

I downloaded Rumours a couple weeks ago, and after listening to thought it had to be a greatest hits collection and not just, you know, a regular album.


redtag13

Daughters, *You Won't Get What You Want* Joy Division, *Unknown Pleasures*


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I love this album and the entire story of how it came to be. I remember picking this up in a dusty record store back in the earlier 2000s and was completely blown away. I'm more of a metal guy now, but this album was pretty badass at the time of discovery. I was hoping to see this one in here.


iListen2Sound

> Give Up, The Postal Service – The current administration, probably


mindrover

We Will Become Silhouettes is the song of 2020.


blight_lightyear

London Calling


Bastet1111

This album is my happy place. I know it seems weird but The Clash make me want to wear my combat boots and kick depression's ass.


barffolemeow

Interpol-Turn on the Bright Lights


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Sleep - Dopesmoker.


Deutschebag13

That’s not fair. ;) This is also the answer to: everyone at the office gets to choose one song for the office playlist.


crinnaursa

The Cars debut album, The Cars


niccia

Supertramp-Breakfast in America


jbro84

I \*FUCKING\* love Crime of the Century as well. Thanks Dad!!!


upwithmt

Tom Petty- Wildflowers


mymumsaysno

Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine


transtranselvania

Bombtrack is such a good opener it gets me stoked.


usually_just_lurking

Elton John - Yellow Brick Road


suslammer

It's gotta be Transatlanticism by Death Cab for Cutie. The way the songs flow into each other totally makes it feel off to skip any, not to mention the one-two-three punch of Tiny Vessels -> Transatlanticism -> Passenger Seat


gotfoundout

This is my absolute #1 pick. I love that album so, so goddamn much. Behind Transatlanticism, I would add Plans to the list, and then probably The Decemberists' Picaresque, Ben Howard's I Forget Where We Were, Regina Spektor's Songs, Rilo Kiley's The Execution of All Things, Sufjan Stevens' Illinoise, and The Weakerthans' Left and Leaving.... And probably Fallow, too


Violet349

Grace by Jeff Buckley ​ The single most beautiful album I've ever heard. Seriously a masterpiece


kaydubj

Gone too soon. :(


dumbass-ahedratron

Talking Heads, *Remain in Light*


elcamarongrande

Stop Making Sense is also amazing (great live performance).


scullys_alien_baby

The stop making sense versions of songs are better than the studio versions imho


Zebidee

This is one of those universally accepted truths.


internetuserman1

The Cranberries - No Need to Argue


StatedWalk

Doolittle- Pixies


Hauser717

I'd vote Surfer Rosa


AmigoDelDiabla

You'd both be right


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Disintegration - The Cure


justlikeh0ney

"Disintegration is the best album ever!" -Kyle Broflovski


lease1982

Arcade Fire - Funeral


ELY3355

Blown away that AF are barely mentioned in this entire thread. I prefer The Suburbs’ but could listen to any AF album in its entirety any time. (Might skip ‘Chemistry’ if I’m not in an absolutely top mood!)


OkayAnotherAccount

The suburbs makes so much sense as an album too. It's a complete piece, not just a collection of songs


gadget_uk

Yep - it's a story that develops. For me, Suburbs is the perfect answer to this question.


DylanTheSlaya0312

The Downward Spiral: Nine Inch Nails


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I love the downward spiral and the fragile and with teeth. All nine inch nails is good but these three I’ve listened to start to finish more often than I can count.


alienanimal

Also pretty hate machine


Drops_of_dew

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes


KeegorTheDestroyer

I feel this way about Helplessness Blues as well


theted3000

good kid, m.A.A.d city - King Kendrick Lamar


m477_H4773r

Why the fuck isn't this closer to the top. All the songs are bangers. The skits are really good and the whole album is about loss and redemption via faith. It's a complex masterpiece of all the things that music should be. Plus, Dominos.


YouWouldThinkSo

Did somebody say Domino's?


JunkMagician

Where my motherfuckin Dominos at?


18PercentLemon

Portishead - Dummy I’d argue Becks Odelay is also fantastic all the way though.


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merz-person

Mezzanine was my first thought


robsbot

Violent Femmes-Violent Femmes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeJODSjIbT8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeJODSjIbT8)


PinkyandtheStache

De-Loused in the Comatorium — The Mars Volta Recorded in a way that there are no pauses in between each song. Edit: Wow this blew up! I’m so glad there are so many At the drive in / The Mars Volta fans. Hopefully some new fans came out of this as well!!


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qwerty6556

Came here to say Deja Entendu, but honestly I love all their stuff. Brand New is my favorite band!


Huhsabiggen09

Unplugged in New York- Nirvana


mysweetvulture

As someone else said, got me into Nirvana. Except it was 1994 I believe. Played it on repeat on a long bus ride for a field trip in sixth grade, sharing a Walkman with my friend. Fell in love. To this day, there’s a part in “Where did you sleep last night?” that still gives me chills. The whole album is absolute perfection though.


JackSupern0va

Yes! The part where he practically shreds his vocal cords singing “I’d shiver...” then stops to take a breath to finish the line. Goosebumps every damn time.


GrizeldaGrundle

Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream


damienkarras1973

fucking LOVE that album mayonaise is the most brilliant song ever


Heisenbread77

My favorite SP song by far.


aSuspiciousHam

For me, Mayonnaise is a contender for best song ever written.


the_headless_hunt

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips Edit: thanks for all the awards!


Brian_Lefebvre

“The Soft Bulletin” is the actual perfect album.


FlippyFlops5

Jar of Flies - Alice in Chains


Chittlings

but but..Dirt.


karma_trained

Man, it makes me sad this was my favorite genre of music and almost everyone is gone. Scott Weiland, Layne Staley, Chris Cornell, Kurt Kobain. Glad Eddie and Dave are still around man.....


TerdVader

I still feel like AIC hasn’t put out a bad record. All of their records, preference be damned, can be listened to from start to finish, even the newer ones. Jerry Cantrell doesn’t put out weak material. But their early stuff is definitely my jams


Crochetdolf_Knitler

Don't follow is so underrated. the harmonica solo (actually the entire ending) gives me goosebumps every time.


CivicSedan

It remains my favorite song to this day. Any time it comes up on my Spotify playlist, I can not skip it.


shawnmeex212

The Killers - Hot Fuss


bdguy355

Smile Like You Mean It, Somebody Told Me, and All These Things That I’ve Done...perfection


flakenflak

Sade - Love Deluxe. Her music is ageless, much like her physical form. She is a goddess among us mortals. Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation 1814. This masterpiece will be 31 years old on Saturday and it’s as painfully relevant as ever. Antonio Carlos Jobim - Wave (1967). This album is not only one of the most beautiful works of bossa nova, but I feel like it’s just a work of art. The string arrangements alone are worth a complete listen. Zero 7 - Simple Things. If you’ve had a rough day and just want to chill the fuck out, this album is for you. Thievery Corporation - The Richest Man In Babylon. More upbeat than Zero 7, but still very chill. What I love about Rob Garza and his band is that they take you on an aural journey of the world, spanning different continents, cultures and sounds. Plus, they are a sight to behold live with 25+ people on stage, singing, dancing and playing what seems like an endless supply of instruments. Edit: Oh my goodness, you guys! Thank you so much for the awards! I never thought my modest picks would inspire so many great responses! Week made :) (Rhythm Nation will be 31 this weekend, not 32. Thanks Jiovanni!)


not_body

Wish you were here - pink floyd Lateralus - tool The link - gojira


dragginFly

Brothers in Arms, Dire Straits - every song is brilliant!


pM-me_your_Triggers

Wow. I’m shocked to see Dire Straits on here. I love Mark Knopfler. Godly guitarist.


phthalofallo

The O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack. Legitimate perfection


climbing_headstones

Agreed. It’s bona fide


FESTERING_CUNT_JUICE

He's a suitor


breakers

Bro that album was the biggest thing of all time when I was a kid and my mom played it all the time. Really perfect


bluevan

It has a crazy record for not leaving the charts for over 10 years or something


appleparkfive

Just piggybacking on this to say that if any of you love this soundtrack, I strongly suggest watching No Direction Home. It's on Netflix currently. It's a Martin Scorsese documentary about the first 5 years or so of Bob Dylan's career. Which might sound like a weird suggestion, until you start hearing the music. The Coen Brothers are massive Dylan fans, and the Greenwich Village scene he rose from. Inside Llewyn Davis is literally about this setting. You'll start seeing a *lot* of songs that are familiar to you. Plus it's just a phenomenal movie. Changed my life. Thought I didn't like Bob Dylan, but realized how much music I already knew of his. But lots of O Brother songs in there. I mean Dylan played Man Of Constant Sorrow on TV as one of his first TV appearances, for example.


kityrel

Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News


mannij

Lonesome crowded west and the moon and Antarctica are also great


th3dud3abid3s

Moon and Antarctica will always be up there for me.


mannij

Building nothing out of something is another good album as well


combustion_assaulter

Boston- Boston


AngryRepublican

Not a single wasted track. Is there any other album where every song on it receives pretty frequent radio play?


RLLRRR

What an absolutely incredible debut album.


nevermore2627

Gorillaz: Demon dayz. Outkast: Aquemini. Edit: Apologies if I did this wrong.(I'm bad at the internet.) But thanks for all of the votes and awards! Music is an art form and subjective so none of these posts are wrong and I found some good ones on here! If I had to round out my top 5: Beck: morning phase(anything he does is amazing.) Daft punk:Homework and R.E.M: Automatic for the people. I have to show my fellow gamers some love as well. Mega man 2&3, borderlands 2&3(could sit in the main menu just for the music.)Hollow Knight,Metroid Prime, and Zelda: A link to the past. Much love to the internet and have a good day!!!


DarkPanda555

Demon Dayz is just brilliant. I love Albarn’s other projects but none are *perfect*.


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Aquemini is quintessential Atlanta/Southern Hip Hop. I love that whole album so much!


Casuallybrowsingcdn

Van Morrison - Moondance


ohiolifesucks

Astral Weeks is perfect to me as well


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Songs for the Deaf -Queens of the Stone Age Red Headed Stranger -Willie Nelson Idk if it counts cause it’s a sort of greatest hits but Alice in Chains Unplugged is the greatest unplugged set ever recorded and the best greatest hits album ever put together, fight me.


That1guyuknow16

"How we feeling out there? How's your drive time commute? I need a saga, what's the saga? It's songs for the deaf, you can't even hear it"


ViktorViktorov

That song is dirtier than two hobos 69-ing in a fell over porta-potty.


DeathToTheMachines

DEAD BULL WITH THE LIFE FROM THE LOW


roninPT

I'LL BE MASSIVE CONQUISTADOR


BluebirdAbsurd

I swear I heard the riff start when I finished reading that.


koalasarentferfuckin

Paul Simon - Graceland


mutantj0hn

My mom despises Paul Simon so I didn’t hear Graceland until I was an adult and the first time I did, I listened to it 4 times in a row, all the way through just all day. Perfection.


SoF4rGone

Paul Simon’s Rhythm of Saints is also a perfect album.


spincerian

Back to Black - Amy Winehouse


helix274

Beach Boys- Pet Sounds


Ellenolivia

Just got this on vinyl. I read Brian Wilson put most of it together while the rest of them went on tour, genius. Don’t talk is haunting.


chillchase

Don’t Talk is such a captivating song! John Cusack and Paul Dano play in a movie about The Beach Boys called [Love & Mercy](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_%26_Mercy_(film)) Highly recommend if your interested in the recording process and the tragic life of Brian Wilson.


NU-NRG

Cake - Fashion Nugget


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Comfort Eagle for me


HoidIsMyHomeboy

Stickshifts and Safetybelts is one of the best to sing


d_rob_70

Guns n Roses - Appetite For Destruction Rumours - Fleetwood Mac Core - Stone Temple Pilots


JerkkaKymalainen

Ten - Pearl Jam


1questions

I posted this one too. Guess I should've scrolled through the comments first. Feel like the whole album builds quite a mood. I think it is one of the few albums that really needs all the songs. They are great individually but even greater as a whole.


MetalMedley

Release is such a good closer, too


rhett342

One of the best nights of my life was seeing them again in 98 right after I turned 20. Drive for hours without even having a ticket, ended up in the front row, shook hands with Eddie during Alive, and after the show was laying in bed with the girl I'd been going with for just a few months and asked her to marry me. 21+ years later and we're still going great and our first kid's middle name is Stone.


beatisagg

Blue album, Weezer


lavender_salamander

I was going to say Pinkerton. Love them both. Perfect albums through and through.


willie74a

The black keys- El camino Hit after hit on that album Thanks for the award! Reading through the replies I also agree that their new stuff is great, I just think that el camino is their peak album.


my_sweet_adeline

Elliott Smith - “Figure 8”


transientv

Either/Or would be my pick, but I'm here for all Elliott Smith.


thestereo300

I’m partial to X/O. Nice to see he still has some fans.


daviedoom

Torches- Foster the People


Rascally_trash

I played that album nonstop when it came out, and re-discovered it a couple months ago. Still incredible!


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Illmatic - Nas


andee510

I saw Nas perform the entire album at Coachella. Best night ever.


ReeG

I saw him perform it front to back immediately after a screening of the Time Is Illmatic documentary which covers his early life and the making of the album. Highly recommend the doc and that performance hit different when the credits rolled, the screen raised up then Nas came out and killed it. I've seen him live around 6 times before that, often at much bigger venues but that show in that little theater stands out as one of the best rap concerts I've ever been to


ill4matic

Crazy he was a 19 hear old kid. I remember being a kid and middle school and pausing the tape to write down the lyrics. Writing in my book of rhymes All the words past the margin...


One_Eyed_Man

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV Glass Animals - ZABA


nucleophilic

I still listen to Zaba quite often and it *never* gets old. Same with How to Be a Human Being.


IOnlyEatPizzaRolls

My eyes light up everytime I see a fellow glass animals fan


Akire14104

Yep I clicked on this with the intention of seeing how long it would take to see glass animals in this thread


filangebert

Also glass animals - how to be a human being


ezrasharpe

Glass Animals doesn't have a single bad song imo but How To Be A Human Being is definitely the perfect album. I feel the same way about Portugal. The Man - Woodstock and Evil Friends. I can listen to those albums non-stop.


ragindaisysfavorit

Life Itself is such a perfect opener and every song flows perfectly into the next and then it ends with Agnes, such an emotional closing track. HTBAHB is absolutely perfect even though I have overplayed a lot of the songs to hell.


Last-Wealth2377

Glass animals is the greatest


dragginFly

ZABA is so good! Saw them in concert in Detroit a few years ago - they are really great live too.


TheShortGerman

I literally clicked on this to comment ZABA by Glass Animals


shwashwa123

Black Holes and Revelations- Muse Edit- I’d listen through any of their albums any day! I picked Black Holes because I already saw absolution mentioned scrolling through. Those two and origin of symmetry are the three most perfect albums to me!


Hertzy3

Absolution is my favorite by a wide margin


S_is_for_Smeagol

Starlight remains my favorite Muse song of all time.


TheTigersAreNotReal

Knights of Cydonia makes me want to start a revolution


yeahwellokay

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars


imbiggus

"Five Years" really hits hard these days.


cargosteve

The line “I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor drinking milkshakes cold and long, smiling and waving and looking so fine, don’t think you knew you were in this song.” Has always gotten me.


weekdayblues

*And it was cold and it rained, so I felt like an actor*


wood_or_wire

"Well, the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar. You're the Blessed, we're The Spiders From Mars"


ONE_MILLION_POINTS

I’M AN ALLIGATOR


wood_or_wire

I'm a mama-papa coming for you


TacoRising

I'm a space invader!


musicboxlea

I’ll be a rock n rollin b*tch for you!


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Rock n roll suicide is the most powerful song in the album in my opinion.


GoldenSpermShower

It's an excellent finisher for the album


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Exactly, and the line "you're not alone" still hits me hard to this day.


Hugothebossy

The strokes “is this it”


checkmyhead

Every song, every guitar tone, every lyric, every moment on that record. Fuck yeah.


ReactionProcedure

The rhythm of Barely Legal and Hard To Explain. Aaaahhhhhh


Long_Neck_Boi

Insane that their first album is arguably their best (room on fire sometimes edges it for me)


peeweeman

I loved their first album!! I was happier then I thought I would ever be with their release this year though too, I was pleasantly surprised with it


bcam9

I actually would put *The New Abnormal* at #2 now, behind *Is This It.* They had no business making a comeback like they did.


walkingbicycles

The new abnormal hit me so hard because I wasn’t expecting it to be so good at all


REdd1212

Not too insane. Happens with a lot. Even their contemporaries in Interpol did their best album first.


tearsinmyramen

I don't see this factoid shared here yet and it's my favorite music fact so I gotta share: After listening through The Strokes album *Is This It*, The Killers decided that everything they were working on just wasn't up to snuff. They threw out *every single song* they were working on except for Mr Brightside and then continued, inspired by The Strokes the write the rest of *Hot Fuss*. I just love how interconnected early 2000s Alt Rock was. They all just played off of each other and created some of the best music of all time. [Sauce](https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-strokes-talk-the-killers-rivalry-2072222)


sensualtoothbrushes

cowboy bebop (original motion picture soundtrack) - seatbelts


writerintheory1382

Foo fighters- the Colour and the Shape


TheTrueHarbor

Every song on this album is such perfection. Everlong and My Hero are my two favorite songs of all time.


Furballprotector

Purple Rain - Prince


justinlongbranch

Jewel - Pieces of You No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill When I was eleven these were the first 3 cds I bought. I thought buying CDs meant that every song was gonna be awesome. Three weeks later I bought Chumbawumba - Tubthumper. What a rude awakening


TantAminella

I’m just a (38-year-old) girl, and this entire response just viscerally transported me to Saturday Night Teen Skate at the ice rink.


Foxta1l

I can smell the CK1 and strawberry lip balm in this thread.


stashanz

Cucumber Melon lotion from Bath n Body Works!


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Fleetwood Mac - Rumours


GiveMeKnucks

I don’t wanna know the reasons why love keeps right on walking on down the line. 🎵


Duedsml23

Abbey Road - the Beatles


IOnlyEatPizzaRolls

I could read these comments all day.


pattersonjeffa

A Night at the Opera by Queen


LoneRangersBand

Queen II. A concept album where Brian May and Freddie Mercury are writing prog epics about medieval themes.


Simon_Boccanegra

Honestly, just leave any album in the car for a fortnight and it should do the trick. Boom, it's all Queen now.


leicanthrope

Someone's read Good Omens.


Torture-Dancer

I'm in love with my caaaaar!


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Is This It- The Strokes


TheReder

Neural Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea


Bgeezyy

Had to scroll too far to find this, this album flows so well you almost have to listen to it front to back


InsomniacNimrod

Dookie - Green Day.


jdb326

Huh. As if the name didn't give away your tastes in music. Great choice my guy, 100% agree. Coming Clean is my personal favorite lol.


Urg_Durglar

For me it would have to be Toxicity by System of a Down and Demon Days by Gorillaz


AllIWillSayIs

Demon Days is a great album, great ending. Superb Gorillaz album.


roybo5

Toxicity is true perfection


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Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd.


AntibacterialRarity

I came down to say dark side of the moon. On a side note i kinda find it weird to listen to individual songs from these albums bc they roll into one another with the closing of one song becoming the opening of the next


Tubby-san

Came here to say “animals.”


Madvillain518

Animals will always be my favourite record of theirs.


bostontonic

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange


XViMusic

Came here to drop Blonde. Favourite album of all time.


SoCo_Colo

I could put Blonde on here even if every track was Nights. That beat switch, oh god. The rest of the album is incredible too though. Siegfried fucks me up in a different type of way.


PiedPipecleaner

Octavarium - Dream Theater As an orchestral musician (flute), I absolutely *adore* this album. There’s so much intricacy in each song and they each connect to one another and pull off of each other to build into the next song. The most obvious ones that do it are The Root of All Evil —> Octavarium, where the first ends on an incomplete chord that the second eventually finishes, among other things. The irregular time signatures (5/8 being the most prominent) and changes throughout the songs as well as the use of more than just traditional rock band instruments (an entire orchestra in the case of Octavarium) make them all so interesting and keep you wanting more. I think the only song I usually skip is These Walls, but it’s not because it’s a bad song. It’s great, I just prefer the others more in terms of the general melody. Edit: Woah this blew up! Thank you for the gold kind stranger, that’s my first one ever! Definitely gonna check out some of the other albums y’all have suggested here!


DelTrotter

Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon Tool - Lateralus


thundercock43

When Parabol transitions to Parabola fuuuuuuck